The New York Times Crossword

Hoang-kim Vu, of Washington, D.C, works in global public health.

ACROSS

1 Loosefitting garment

8 Things packed for a

sleepover, informally

11 Cavs, on a scoreboard

14 Effects seen on FX,

perhaps

17 Nation on the Red Sea

18 Helmsman on “Star Trek’’

20 High times for the

petroleum industry

23 X, but not Y

24 It might help you keep up

with old classmates

26 Big-eyed baby

28 Excerpted passage

29 China’s Sun ____-sen

30 Carrier of goods by rail

34 Player of 45s

35 Haim of “Licorice Pizza’’

37 Iconic role for Carrie

Fisher

38 Certain porter

40 “Right you are!’’

43 Contest

45 Some Kiwis

47 Stop on a publicity tour

50 When repeated, gung-ho

51 Dish often topped with

marinara sauce

54 Dorm décor, often

56 Rave

58 Trivial

59 ____ Paz, 1990

Literature Nobelist

60 The “e’’ of i.e.

61 Chosen name of five

popes

63 ____ Equis

65 Prepare (oneself)

66 Fundamentals

69 Alternatives to Pumas

71 Break for a bit

73 Ctrl-z command

74 Does some fieldwork

76 ____ Rose of Guns N’

Roses

77 Standings column

78 Leb. neighbor

80 French desserts whose name translates as “small ovens’’

82 Flair

84 Thor, e.g.

88 Makeup of some sleeves

89 TV chef who wrote “Semi-homemade Cooking’’

92 ____ Sremmurd (hip-hop

duo)

93 White Russian ingredient

94 Playwright Eugene

95 Michelangelo

masterpiece

97 Camelot figure

100 It can be written in scripts known as naskh and ruq’ah

102 Require 103 Tree with “eyes’’ on its

bark

106 They can be tapped out

108 Concern at the end of a

space journey

110 X

111 Ambitious sort

114 ____ Cherry, 1989 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist

115 “Take it easy once in a

while!’’

118 Sonny and Fredo, for two

123 They’re all pulling in the

same direction

124 Keep it in mind!

125 Classy

126 Chinese-dish eponym

127 End of days?

128 You might take them out for a quick spin, informally

Rages

129 DOWN

1 —

2 ____TV (network for

“Impractical Jokers’’)

3 Lower, as lights

4 Hwy.

5 Coding headache

6 Naval engagement

7 One taking interest in

your education?

8 H.S. exam

9 7/

10 Heaps at publishing

houses

11 Edward Jenner used it when developing the world’s first successful vaccine

12 Sigmatism, by another

name

13 The blonde in “Legally

Blonde’’

14 What might unfold at

camp

15 Exclamation on April

Fools’ Day

16 Words of clarification

19 “Yeah … pass’’

21 Checks for bugs

22 Mlle., in Madrid

25 —

27 Wrap up by

30 Distress signal

31 Put on the air again

32 —

33 Letter after sigma

34 Borough of New Jersey noted for its indoor shopping malls

36 Landed on a licorice

space in Candy Land, say

39 Male swan

41 Put side by side

42 Relative of a gator

44 Their eggs are dark green

46 Camera spec

48 — 49 Brought before a jury

52 This, in Spanish

53 Malibu, e.g.

55 One way to go

57 “This guy? We’re

together’’

61 —

62 Accounts

64 Greenlights

66 Schedule slot filler: Abbr.

67 Grim

68 Terra ____

70 One doing the lord’s

work?

71 Birch bark and pine

cones, e.g.

72 —

75 Missing work?

77 Exchange words?

79 Trickle (through)

81 —

83 Language spoken in

Luang Prabang

84 Government bonds?

85 Welcome

86 Consumer 87 Set … or word said before

set

90 Estuary

91 “Three Tall Women’’

playwright

96 Overnight site

98 Cold feet and cold

shoulder, for two

99 Emperor before the Year

of the Four Emperors

101 Louisiana cooking style

103 “Flick of the Switch’’

band

104 Curt

105 Aches (for)

107 Classic soda brand

109 —

112 _ _ _ _-Ball

113 Education orgs.

114 Hush-hush pacts, in brief

116 —

117 Good name, informally

119 Some smartphones

120 Something bent or lent

121 —

122 Norm: Abbr.

Answers to last Sunday’s puzzle