The New York Times Crossword

No. 1108

ACROSS

1 Colombian

cornmeal cake

6 “Are you sure

about that?”

10 Home to more than 20% of Nevadans, informally

15 Frenzied

16 City famous for its French Quarter, familiarly

17 Wear away

18 Affirmative at sea

20 Buzz up, perhaps

21 ___’easter

22 Dish of stuffed

grape leaves

23 Prepared for serving, as a fancy dish

24 12 parts of a

dodecagon

26 Hit BBC series of

1976

28 Arab League

country 30 Name that’s found in “mesmerize”

31 Person who lives

next to 28-Across

33 12 parts of a

dodecagon

36 One supplying strong emotional support, metaphorically

40 Tax org.

41 Award-winning Chinese artist/ activist

44 Eggs on a sushi

roll

45 “Busy” ones

47 Watch brand that’s the endall?

48 ___-o

50 “The Wizard of

Oz” pooch

52 New Haven

collegian

54 Bart catchphrase on “The Simpsons” 59 What Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and “Us” evoke

62 Comes to realize

63 First noble gas,

alphabetically

65 Japanese for

“yes”

66 ___ Haute, Ind.

67 Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking

69 Big kitchen brand

70 ___ Hendryx, “Lady Marmalade” singer

71 DreamWorks

ogre

72 Underhanded

73 Kind of

citizenship

74 Uses a coaster

DOWN

1 Big kitchen brand 2 Lustrous semisynthetic fabric

3 Activity tracked by the Nest or mySunPower app

4 Part of an Insta feed

5 Milieu with tenure tracks

6 Like many flights to JFK and LAX: Abbr. 7 “Same here” 8 ___ crest (place for a backpacker’s hip belt) 9 Shade akin to

camel

10 Fine writing

paper

11 Kindle or Nook

12 Mob figure portrayed by Travolta in 2018

13 “I bid you ___”

14 Dispatches

19 Prepare to be

painted, say

23 Out of fashion

25 Spearheaded

27 Wiggle room

29 One attending a parenting class, maybe

31 Bro or sis 32 “___ we having

fun yet?”

34 Barely passing

grade

35 Band’s

engagement

37 Sign at a takeout

counter

38 Fish oil source

39 It jingles on a

janitor’s ring

42 Tiny specks

43 Do-nothing state

46 Was given first

billing

49 Lungful

51 Bad-tempered

and combative

53 Perched upon* 54 Cher and Sade,

vocally

55 “Come on,

seriously?!”

56 Magna ___

57 Louisiana

waterway

58 Locale for

gladiators

60 Propelled a galley

61 They’re balanced against possible rewards

64 Figure in fundraising

67 Break off

68 Hart Memorial Trophy awarder, in brief