THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Prayer, e.g.
7 Market index, for short
13 And so on and so forth
19 Actor Ray of ‘‘Field of Dreams''
20 Like a certain complex
22 Relative of the mambo
23 High winds
24 Space bars? [Frank Sinatra]
26 Healthful dessert options
28 Overhauled, in a way
29 ‘‘____ making a list .?.?. ''
30 Offering in china .?.?. or from China 31 ‘‘Top Chef'' chef ____ Hall 32 Geographical name that comes from the Sioux for ‘‘sleepy ones'' 35 First prize at the Juegos Olímpicos 36 Sink holes
40 Biting
42 Bird whose males incubate the eggs 44 Mathematical proposition
47 Wet bars? [Gene Kelly]
51 Things many people lose as they grow older
53 Big Five studio of Hollywood's Golden Age
54 ‘‘Thus .?.?. ''
55 St. Louis symbol 56 Strongly endorse 58 Hot place to chill 59 ____ Adlon, Emmy winner for ‘‘King of the Hill''
61 Papal name last taken in 1939 63 Smallest state in India
64 Options for outdoor wedding receptions 67 Like some bread and cereal
68 Director Lee 69 Prison bars? [Elvis Presley]
73 Bamboozled 74 Weight right here! 76 ____ Austin, Biden defense secretary 77 Misidentify something, e.g.
78 For the lady 79 Center of a court 81 They're often parked in parks 82 Relevant
84 Excited cry after scratching a lottery ticket
85 Move a cursor (over)
88 Pride : lions :: ____ : dolphins
89 Hip
92 Cash bars? [Abba] 96 ‘‘Same here''
97 ‘‘I mean .?.?. '' 98 What goes right to the bottom?
99 Got around
101 ‘‘Hoo-boy!''
102 Gist
104 Last option in a list, maybe
107 ‘‘That feels goooo-ood!''
109 Practice
110 Brainy?
112 A+ earner
116 Singles bars? [Robyn]
120 First House speaker from California
122 Not going anywhere
123 Was snoopy 124 Made square 125 Japanese mat 126 ‘‘We got permission!''
127 Makes insulting jokes about
DOWN
1 Sitcom extraterrestrial 2 Did a little lifting 3 Candy bars? [Def Leppard]
4 ‘‘You, too?!''
5 Wiped out
6 Stood the test of time 7 Mapo ____ (spicy Sichuan dish)
8 A leg up 9 Häagen-dazs competitor
10 Low-wattage 11 Where trills provide thrills 12 Something that's well-kept? 13 Comeback
14 It's turned, in a phrase
15 It's a relief!
16 Prefix with conscious
17 Poetic shortening 18 Food-pantry donation
21 Broad valley 25 Large expanses 27 2006 film with the tagline ‘‘Keep it wheel'' 29 Hindu festival of colors
31 Most-watched TV show of 2002-05 33 Gold bars? [Queen] 34 ‘‘Do you understand me?''
37 Disappointing court result
38 Black
39 Habitat for Humanity is one, for short 41 Sister restaurant of Applebee's
43 Lets go of
45 Gaping holes 46 Weizenbock or Berliner Weisse 48 Scruffs
49 Ridiculous 50 Seventh avatar of Vishnu
52 It's a long story 57 Muddy
58 Beefcakes 60 Thumbs-up 61 Solving crosswords, e.g.
62 Insect named for the way it moves, not for its length
65 Got hot on Twitter, say
66 Kind
69 ____ Psaki, Biden press secretary 70 Gymnastics apparatus
71 Oral equivalent of a facepalm
72 Native American tribe of Montana 75 Single
78 Box score column 80 Noted 1815 comedy of manners
82 Actress Chaplin 83 Flag carrier to Karachi and Islamabad 86 Traditional Chinese drink
87 Anointment 88 Perspective, in brief 90 ‘‘No more for me, thank you''
91 Minute
93 Element 39
94 Big bleu expanse 95 Alumni grouping 100 Stylish
103 World capital that's home to Kotoka International Airport 105 World capital that's home to Noi Bai International Airport 106 Horror film locale, in brief
108 Egg: Sp.
111 2016 No. 1 album for Rihanna
112 Pop
113 Really thin type 114 ____ Domini 115 ‘‘I beg of you,'' e.g. 116 Bit of Morse code 117 Actress de Armas 118 D.C. pro
119 ‘‘Of course!'' 121 They're checked at check-ins