THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
To mark the 75th anniversary of the New York Times crossword, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword. This collaboration is by the designer and TV host Isaac Mizrahi, together with David J. Kahn, a retired consulting actuary in New York City.
Across
1 Little bit 4 Chickenhearted 9 Spur-of-the-moment 13 “Word just got out ...” 19 Funny Gasteyer 20 Offer a thought 21 Shakers' movement? 22 Loren of “Marriage Italian-Style” 23 Top limit, for short 24 Flaunt a loose dress at a soiree? 27 Text changes 29 Mideast royal name 30 Fair-hiring letters 31 Vogue rival 32 Overstuff 33 Title of a fashion-industry seamstress's tell-all? 38 With 53-Across, goethite, e.g. 39 N.F.C. North rivals of the Bears 40 Support under a tank? 41 “Enrol,” for “enroll”: Abbr. 42 Ones who fix toys? 43 Grub 44 Flapper wrapper 45 Ideal 49 Chipper greeting 51 Cellphone chip holder 53 See 38-Across 54 Personal guide 56 What some wrap dresses are? 60 D.C. summer setting 61 ____ pants 62 Plot at home, maybe 63 Fantasy writer Michael 64 “____ who?” 65 Exercise with keys 66 Way off base? 67 Unwanted pressure 69 Bit of a grind 71 Get the gold 72 Author Michael ____ Dyson 74 “Frozen” snow queen 75 Mars vehicle 76 Scatter 77 Like a model's hairstyle? 81 Calendario opener 82 Argentine article 83 Northern Indiana county or its seat 84 Kind of pressure 85 Souls 88 French possessive 89 Bundle 92 Shiner 95 Boating aid 96 Civil War inits. 97 Ding maker 98 Kind of street 99 Takes fashion photos using an unorthodox camera angle? 104 More limited 105 “Keep it ____” 106 Bylaw, briefly 107 Plane-related 108 N.B.A. notables Korver and Lowry 109 Shorten some couture dresses? 115 Bach's Partita No. 6 ____ Minor 116 Resistant (to) 117 Swift ending for a bad stage performance 118 Chill-inducing, say 119 Writer/critic Hentoff 120 Got the impression 121 Uneasy 122 Ground breaker 123 Chicago rumblers
Down
1 Last Scottish king to die in battle 2 How you might do something dumb 3 Preferred means of arriving at a fashion show? 4 Some rescues 5 Subj. for CNBC 6 Putin's peace 7 Stain that's hard to remove 8 Keeps from proceeding 9 Loses 10 Order member 11 Klingons, e.g. 12 Tower with many eaves 13 Suffix with 105-Across 14 Christmas threesome 15 Banned supplement 16 Not worth ____ of beans 17 Go through 18 Historical trivia 25 Vandals 26 ____ party 28 Decagonal 33 A butter alternative 34 Actress Vardalos 35 Little Boy, e.g., informally 36 Got out of 37 Stud site 44 Dust jacket part, usually 45 Revenue source for a magazine 46 Inspects a fashion designer's offerings? 47 One who says,“I'd like to have ...” 48 AOL alternative 50 Food-prep class at school 51 Very short climb 52 Chilling, so to speak 54 Ruins as a dog might 55 Food in the field 56 Cantina treats 57 Top of the world 58 Quattro minus uno 59 Edict 67 “Take it!” 68 Nutmeg State collegian 70 Cry of exasperation 73 Warlords, e.g. 78 Medium-to-poor 79 Ideal 80 Drunk's problem 84 Cop's target 86 Cans 87 One may be tipped 89 Goes through 90 Creator of an ancient pyramid scheme? 91 Ring around the collar 93 Place for cannons 94 Winter apples 96 Holiday scene 97 You, once 99 Some Latinas: Abbr. 100 Pitch 101 Like some floors 102 Order member 103 Long-winded 108 Leg bender 110 Advantage 111 ____ Xing 112 Put in, as hours 113 Glass on public radio 114 Suffix with fact Answers will appear next week