The New York Times Crossword
Lisa Bunker is the author of two novels for young readers and she represents Exeter in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
ACROSS
1 Percussion instrument in a marching band
7 Prefix with sexual 10 Prefix with sexual 14 Animals in a pod
19 Start of a playground taunt 20 Kitchen brand with a palindromic name 21 What an article may come with?
22 Drain, as from soil 23 Fatsis who wrote “Word Freak’’
24 Most feathery, as clouds 26 “Thong Song’’ singer, 2000 27 Sharp, in a way
28 Early tie
30 The ones over here
32 In the capacity of 33 Some Ivy Leaguers 34 Born yesterday, so to speak
36 Calm
38 Comfy slip-on, in brief 39 What an outstretched arm with an open palm can mean
41 Fleet org.
42 It means business 43 Stakes
44 Narrow
46 Group tour vehicle 49 Playground comeback 52 Build up
53 Sci-fi publisher of “Ender’s Game’’ and “The Wheel of Time’’
54 Popular beer brand, briefly 57 With 3-Down, one of the Avengers
59 ____ smear 61 Reduced
63 Opposite of a standing order?
64 “Do me this one favor ... ‘’ 67 French vineyards 68 Prats 69 Contrariwise
71 North African capital 72 Nongendered, as language: Abbr.
73 Sui ____
74 Kind of dash
76 Best Supporting Actor winner for “Dallas Buyer’s Club’’
78 Prefix with friendly 79 Rules out?
80 West Coast beer brand, in brief
81 “____ ruled the world ... ‘’ 83 :
86 Capital of Yemen
87 Kind of modern office plan 89 Smell of a rose
92 Smell of a rosé
95 _ _ _ _ Fridays
96 Barrister’s deg. 97 Bench tool
99 Quibble 101 Student’s bonus points 103 Drawn-out campaigns 105 When doubled, another name for dorado
106 Call ____ night 107 Eighth letter
109 British tennis champ who invented the sweatband 111 ____ impasse 112 Guardian spirits 114 Especially
116 Soubise sauce is made from them 118 Greenish-brown 119 ____ cake (dim sum dish) 120 Suffix with social 121 “Wheel of Fortune’’ freebies
122 Sharp
123 Label for Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes
124 Latin king
125 Sea lion, for one
DOWN
1 Word with sound or solar 2 Few
3 See 57-Across 4 Subsequent versions 5 Thurman of “Kill Bill’’ 6 Word before and after “a’’ 7 Turned on
8 Kind of symmetry
9 A pretty capable sort 10 Singer Difranco
11 Big name in bubbly 12 Small woodland songbird 13 “Town square for the global village of tomorrow,’’ per Bill Gates 14 Jimmy of the Daily Planet 15 L.L. Bean competitor 16 Medieval helmet 17 Exonerate
18 Prime snorkeling spots 25 Like many stuffed animals 29 PX shopper
31 The Quran, for one 35 Mango Madness and Go Bananas, for two
37 Ones initiating handoffs, for short
39 Some mattresses 40 Indulgence
45 Capital of French Polynesia 47 Show again 48 Caterer’s container
50 A fine mesh this is! 51 Debussy prelude inspired by a water sprite 54 Outcast
55 Out of focus 56 Surface anew, say
57 Post production 58 Without a doubt 60 Turkish officers
62 Timid sort 63 Instrument in “O! Susannah’’
64 They’ll be mist
65 Super Bowl of 2022 66 Place with robes and sweaters
70 Seasick sea serpent of old cartoons
71 Bank posting
73 Words after throwing a ball
75 Grams 77 Unbalance 82 Packaging list 84 “L’chaim!’’
85 (a, b), e.g.
87 Anthem contraction 88 Suit perfectly 90 France from France 91 Singer who founded Fenty Beauty
92 What ponies express? 93 Field-plowing duo 94 Poem piece 97 Notable point in geometry 98 U.N. member since 1949: Abbr.
100 Glittery decoration 102 Listing
104 Beau ____
105 Ones with plenty of reservations
108 Blade brand
110 Days of old
113 Suffix with court or cash 115 Deli supply 117 Surveillance org.