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Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, is a researcher and designer in the field of user experience. In 2018, he earned a Ph.D. in film and media studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. When the pandemic started, Danny had the idea of constructing 30 crosswords in 30 days as a way of coping with lockdown anxiety. He didn’t quite make it — more like 28 puzzles in 60 days. That’s still quite productive. He thought of this puzzle’s theme while brushing his teeth one night (which is not a hint). It’s his second appearance in The Times and his first Sunday. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Venomous snake
6 ‘‘ To be honest . . .”
12 ‘‘My goodness!’’
16 Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet
Like the water in a
whistling teakettle
20 Puzzled remark
21 A student may pass it
22 Kid’s refrigerator
display
23 Law partners
25 Booty call?
27 How-to manual
component
28 ____ learning
29 Richard of ‘‘Chicago’’
30 Mount ____, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth
Having a very high
body mass index Singer with the 2020 album ‘‘A Holly Dolly Christmas’’ Problems with
streaming
36 Puller of strings?
39 Silent partners
42 Noticeably amazed
43 Leigh who played
Scarlett
Train ticket info, for
short
Writing partners 19 31 33 35 44 45
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48
Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in ‘‘Calvin and Hobbes’’ Red ____
Who ‘‘can get in the way of what I feel for you,’’ in a 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys hit
56 Business suits?
57 Famous bed-in
participant
58 Nest noise
60 For example
63 Salmon and sturgeon
delicacies
64 Partners in crime
69 Modern meeting
method
Some U.S. space
launch rockets
71 ‘‘See ya’’
72 Requests at security
lines Chicago mayor
Lightfoot
74 Gave up
76 First dynasty of imperial China, 221206 B.C.
79 Flier trier?
82 Business partners
85 Commotion
86 Fervent believer
88 Walker’s need
89 Romantic partners
94 Tight-fitting suits
96 Apartment, in real
estate talk
97 Core principles
98 Bake, as an egg
99 Evil Kermit or
Grumpy Cat 54 55 70 73
100 How Phileas Fogg traveled Money in coins rather than bills
104 Earnest request
108 Like some
vinaigrette
110 Domestic partners
112 Sponge off of
113 Calendar row
114 Magazine bestowing Best of Beauty awards
115 Not a big studio film
116 Take possession of
117 Makes a typo, say
118 Gave a boost
119 S-shaped moldings 101
DOWN
1 Officers above capts.
2 What San Diego and
Tijuana do
3 Airplane ____
4 ‘‘Notorious’’ rap
nickname
It may be blond, brown
or ginger
6 Of the utmost quality
7 Snapchatter’s request
8 1981 Stephen King
thriller
9 Certain bolt holder
10 Being fixed, as a car
at a garage
11 Vegan milk source
12 Still being debugged
13 Turn against
14 Event organizer’s
count
____ to come 5 15
16
Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice
Like monarch
butterflies Debut album for Etta
James
24 Apollo’s half brother
26 Fool
29 Sweet red dessert
wine Representatives’ term
lengths
34 A thing in poker?
36 Unfortunate events,
old-style
C.I.A. whistle-blower
Philip Encountered by
chance
39 Subject of a Magritte
work (or not?)
40 Simple palindromic reply to ‘‘Madam, I’mAdam’’
41 Fiscal year div.
43 Ryder ride
46 Dweeb
47 Rihanna or Mariah
Carey
49 Have a preference
50 Deep-fried tortilla
dish
51 Group of heavies
52 Universal donor’s
blood type, in brief
53 Brand of pads
59 Sewing 101
assignment
60 Didn’t go anywhere
61 Spanish article
62 Investment options,
for short 17 18 32 37 38 63
Setting for Hitchcock’s ‘‘Notorious,’’ informally
64 Portend
65 Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30
66 More eye-catching
67 Anthony ____, 1950s
British P.M.
68 Villain with the ‘‘real’’ name Edward Nigma
69 Teen’s woe 73 Big game changer?
74 This is what it sounds
like when doves cry
75 P.D. or F.D. worker
77 Kindergarten
comeback
78 Indefinite degrees
80 Sweetness and
sourness Canoodling in a
crowd, for short Prominent feature of the Who’s ‘‘My Generation’’ 81 82
Answer in Classifieds 83 Cheer for Real Madrid
84 Drinking game that
requires aim Winter setting in
N.Y.C.
89 Deceptive talk
90 Perturbation
91 Small hole-drilling
tool
92 Obstinate sort
93 Talents
94 Really stood out
95 Patchy in color 87 98 Close call
102 Sport with saddles
103 Bevy : quails :: mob
: ____
105 Fill with freight
106 Lake largely fed by the Detroit River Lemon or lime drinks, informally
109 Wonder
110 Piano tune
111 Words accompanying
a headshot, in brief 107