The New York Times Crossword

WITH EASE By Garrett Chalfin / Edited by Will Shortz

Garrett Chalfin, 18, is a senior at Riverdale Country School in New York City.

ACROSS

1 Warming periods 6 Activates, as yeast 12 Chatter 15 Great Britain, geographically 19 “My ____ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),’’ 1992 hit by En Vogue 20 Not a big Mac? 21 Nail, as a test 22 “I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of ____’’: Erma Bombeck 23 Kitchen at a barbecue restaurant? 25 Potentially adoptable pup 27 Misfit 28 Result of a 1960s Haightashbury shopping spree? 30 It’s in your blood 31 Play parts 33 Ones coming “home’’ at homecoming 34 Quick-moving 36 Corp. shake-ups 37 Host 38 Highly visible belly button? 40 Up to, informally 42 Actress Fisher of “Now You See Me’’ 46 Curious in the extreme 47 Streamlet 48 Good friend who won’t stop snooping? 51 The first one was built in 1925 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 53 What to add to “Iraq’’ to make it adjectival 54 Subwoofer sound 55 Jhumpa ____, author of the Pulitzer-winning “Interpreter of Maladies’’ 56 Take a load off 58 Some cameras, in brief 60 SETI subjects 62 Language in which “puzzle’’ is “pid sa’’ 63 Burnable media 66 Prenuptial agreement? 69 “Geaux Tigers!’’ sch. 70 Be an agent for 71 Feature of Sylvester’s speech 72 Comedian Rudolph 73 Taiwanese president ____ Ing-wen 75 Skateboard tricks 77 Went 90, say 79 _ _ _ _ Tac (mint) 81 Throat bug 85 Long anecdote from a complainer? 87 Italian mount 88 Astronomer Sagan 89 Takes a load off 90 One with an underground colony 91 Tinker Bell or Puck? 94 Fruit-based dessert ... or a possible description of its flavor 97 “Sorry to say, you guessed wrong’’ 99 What many clocks and card games have 100 Whence feng shui 102 Skiing areas 103 Didn’t give forever 104 Bad person for a gambler to make bets with? 106 Plant with purple-pink flowers 109 Rustic abode 110 Acolyte with a bad temper? 114 Part of Q.E.D. 115 Cozy stopover 116 Nueva York, por ejemplo 117 Word with code or rehearsal 118 Cozy spots 119 It appears blue as a result of Rayleigh scattering 120 Chimes and dimes vis-àvis this clue’s answer 121 Difficult to climb, in a way

DOWN

1 Trio with the 1995 No. 1 hit “Waterfalls’’ 2 Jolly laugh 3 Passionate 4 Fragrant medicinal plant also called colicroot 5 Most snarky 6 Finish second 7 Something to hang your hat on 8 Elect 9 Plains tribe 10 Not to go 11 Bugging people, perhaps 12 Displays of shock 13 Start to play? 14 Put on no pretensions 15 “Fine by me’’ 16 Sin city 17 Commits piracy 18 Avant-garde 24 “My name is Prince, and I am ____’’ (Prince lyric) 26 Proficient 29 Sauces made with basil and pine nuts 31 Songs to be played at a concert 32 Slinky, e.g. 34 Sales-promotion acronym 35 Hoot 36 Downfall 37 Shifty 38 “The Office’’ role 39 Gives a grand speech 41 It’s up for debate 43 Alternative to sparkling 44 Turkish money 45 Letters found in a socalled “supervocalic’’ word 48 “Yuck!’’ 49 Spots on a Rorschach card 50 They don’t require much study 52 Stahl of “60 Minutes’’ 54 I’m toast! 57 Like chicken cordon bleu, originally 59 British sailor, in slang 61 One who’s rolling in money 63 Is exultant 64 City of 16+ million straddling the Yamuna River 65 7-10, e.g., in bowling 67 Big name in printing 68 Plants used in wickerwork furniture 74 “Worth a try’’ 76 Gut feelings 78 Bit of hype, informally 80 Scoop 82 Worry for a speakeasy 83 Slips up 84 Layer 86 Parlor offering, for short 87 Language in which “puzzle’’ is “puzal’’ 91 “Is that understood?’’ 92 “Is that understood?’’ 93 State of uneasiness, informally 95 Seton who wrote “Dragonwyck’’ 96 Prayer leaders 98 Hang around 100 Taking out the trash, for one 101 Navajo dwelling 102 One of the Corleones 103 Interlocking bricks 104 Made a case 105 Word that may come from a pen 106 ____ Park, home to the University of Chicago 107 One-on-one Olympics event 108 “All ____!’’ 111 Farm structure 112 Top part of Scotland? 113 “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?’’ feeling