The New York Times Crossword

IT’S ALL ON THE TABLE

Greg Slovacek is a software engineer from San Francisco. This is his first published crossword. A note on Texas hold’em: Players seek to combine up to two of the cards they hold with cards laid out on the table to make the best possible five-card poker hand.

ACROSS

1 Italian almond-flavored cookies 9 Highland boating spot 13 Thick slices 18 Local at St. Mark’s Square 19 Put right 21 Bridal path 22 Plant with clusters of tiny white flowers 23 Come forth 24 Do OK, academically 25 Instinctive 26 Source of the phrase “Look before you leap’’ 28 Opportunity for making professional connections 30 Little cells 31 Traditional Easter entree 33 MGM rival, once 34 Part of a sword 35 Hurriedly 38 More versed in esoterica, maybe 41 Reason one might not go out for a long time? 43 “Forbidden’’ fragrance 46 Biblical verb with thou 47 One after the other 50 Model Banks 52 Bhutanese bovines 53 Fire-resistant tree 57 Fruit also called blackthorn 58 Works as a mixologist 60 Raid and plunder 62 Taken (with) 65 Waterworks, e.g.: Abbr. 66 Zip 69 Put on the map, say 71 Control element in medical trials 73 Anger 75 Do some hemming, but not hawing 76 Zip 78 Waters of the world, figuratively 80 From Serbia or Croatia, say 81 Anne Hathaway’s role in 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland’’ 83 Actress Perlman of “Cheers’’ 85 Uses a ride-ordering service 86 Public discussion venues 88 1975 Wimbledon winner 90 Daybreaks 92 Roulette bets with nearly 1:1 odds 94 Old imperial title 96 Steve Martin, Tina Fey and Drew Barrymore, all more than five times

101 Fraser of 1999’s “The Mummy’’ 103 Groups within groups 106 100 percent 107 Part of U.S.D.A.: Abbr. 108 Original first name of Mickey Mouse 111 It can have a French or pistol grip 112 What can keep a bubble from bursting 115 Trumpeter Armstrong 119 F.D.R. initiative for workers’ rights 120 Sci-fi author Asimov 121 “That’s cool, man’’ 123 Some loungewear 126 “Whole ____ Love’’ (Led Zeppelin hit) 127 Artifacts 128 Held in high regard 129 Scornful look 130 Philosopher Descartes 131 1998 Matt Damon film featuring this puzzle’s game

DOWN

1 Pop culture sister site of The Onion 2 “I’m back’’ 3 Flowers like marigolds and petunias 4 Takes on, as a tenant 5 French summer 6 “____ consummation/ Devoutly to be wish’d’’: Hamlet 7 Yarn 8 Aplenty 9 Apollo vehicle, for short 10 Legislative vacancy 11 Insertion mark 12 Like a geocentric orbit in which the orbital period is more than 24 hours 13 Wise 14 Actor Schreiber 15 Footnote indicator 16 They might be down for a nap 17 Economy part 19 Some tow jobs, for short 20 Aired again 27 Hour, in Italy 29 Resort chain since 1950 30 Tuna type 32 QB stat: Abbr. 35 The Tabard in “The Canterbury Tales,’’ e.g. 36 They’re picked by the picky 37 Schleps 39 123-Across’s holding that wins this puzzle’s game 40 Letter starter 42 Indicator on a clock ... or one of four in this puzzle? 44 How words may be recited 45 Language in which “khoobsurat’’ means “beautiful’’ 48 Frolic 49 “America’’ singer, 1981

51 Noted sparkling wine region 53 Some gear for a gig 54 Register ring-up 55 Fore, for the H.M.S. Pinafore 56 Consume 59 Recycling receptacles 61 Site of a counter offer? 63 Literature, theater, filmmaking and others 64 Rave attendees, for example 66 ____ the way 67 Title meaning “commander’’ 68 Benching targets, informally 70 Statistics, e.g. 72 Home of Iolani Palace 74 Place to wear goggles 77 Cardinal point? 79 Good judgment 81 Small songbird 82 Fireplaces 84 Em or Bee, e.g. 86 Missouri site of 2014 civil rights protests

87 Think too highly of 89 Entering gingerly 91 Counterpart of “Thx’’ 93 Humphrey Bogart role 95 Common component of a tiki-bar cocktail 97 Honest and caring 98 Diana Ross, once 99 One picking up the tab 100 Spot 101 “Purple’’ and “Thai’’ herbs 102 Polite refusal 104 Big swigs 105 Sign of a full house 109 Public-transit customer 110 Patterned fabric 113 Kismet 114 Place to dine on a train 116 Account creator, maybe 117 “____ Excited’’ (Pointer Sisters song) 118 Yearly January speech to Congress: Abbr. 122 Chill 124 Give new hope to 125 1960s campus activist grp.