THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Monopolizer 4 Isn’t well 8 The people vs. us 12 When repeated, spirited Fiscal exec 15 18 20 Hot and bothered Luxury hotel amenity 21 Where to buy clubs at a club 23 Confiscate a chef’s appetizer? “Count me in!” 25 26 10, for the base 10 number system 27 Charles Nelson __ _, old game-show staple Spill catcher 29 28 Quick round of tennis, maybe 31 Pulitzer winner James 32 Lewis with 12 Emmys 35 Rondo maker 36 Performance artist with a palindromic name 37 Conk a coach’s team member? 40 Driver’s lic. info 41 Furnishes with soldiers 43 Clueless 44 Graduate from Barnard, say 45 Old Roman well? 46 Disney dog 48 HVAC measures, for short 49 Certain radio user 51 Like most fish 53 View from Long Is. 55 Close a VW Beetle owner’s car door? 60 Like much rush-hour traffic 61 Bud 63 Abbr. of politeness 64 You suffer when you’re in it 65 Feu fighter? 66 Put a spice mix on a cook’s piece of poultry? 70 Point 71 Immortal P.G.A. nickname 73 Island where Homer is buried, by tradition 74 Exclusive 75 Cancels, as a mission 77 Keep a bad comedian onstage? 80 Poetic preposition 81 Not prompt 82 Perfect 83 Wrathful 85 Some sports cars, informally 86 Bit of choreography 88 The “g” in e.g. 91 “Baby” singer’s nickname, with “the” 93 Off-white shade 97 Canadian N.B.A. team, on scoreboards 98 Find out what a baby’s milk tastes like? 101 “True Blood” network 102 ___ store 103 Apples introduced in 1998 104 Asian holidays 105 Full 107 Magician David 109 Latin dance 111 Valleys 112 Observation of cardinals, say 114 Hop over an electrician’s wires? 116 Alliance between nations 117 Crate & Barrel rival 118 Not magnified or reduced 119 Paris’s Parc ___ Princes 120 Setting at 0° long. 121 U.S.A.F. V.I.P. 122 Jimmy Carter’s middle name 123 A pop
DOWN 1 Isn’t cramped 2 1992 David Mamet play 3 Smoothly applied, as eye makeup 4 Tips 5 Suffix of imprecision 6 Creepy look 7 Barely moves? 8 Irish city near Killarney 9 Loudly dress down 10 uBid competitor 11 ___ school 12 N.Y. engineering school 13 Grabbing distance 14 Windbag’s output 15 Ensure a surfer’s safety? 16 Like many accents 17 Run 19 Commando movie accessories 22 ___ mai (dim sum dish) 24 Rifle attachment 30 “See?!” 32 Group of unsolicited manuscripts 33 ___ radio 34 “We the Living” author Rand 38 Like a coquette 39 Besides 42 [You cad!] 45 Sea lane danger 47 “Love and Happiness” singer, 1972 48 Vague memory 50 Squishy seat 51 Goggle 52 Take a mechanic’s inventory? 53 Allergic reaction 54 Band with a 1985 U.K. No. 1 album titled “Meat Is Murder” 56 Gut wrencher? 57 “Such a pity” 58 Agreement 59 Rooms with high ceilings 60 Security feature 62 Ones making intros 67 Shore dinner handout 68 Part of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s costume 69 Fit to be consumed 72 Blue-roofed chain 76 “___ I hear” 78 Groups of troops 79 Relative of Camembert 84 One side in “The War of the Worlds” 85 Shade of black 86 Like Julius Caesar 87 Where to write your name on an I.R.S. form 89 Zenith competitor 90 Org. that registers pointers 91 Muff 92 “Just arrived!” 94 N.B.A. Hall-ofFamer nicknamed Handy Andy 95 Something easy as pie 96 “Luck Be a Lady” composer/lyricist 98 Jacket part 99 “C’mon, help me out” 100 Ultimate purpose 106 They make indents 108 Suffix with fluor- or chlor109 Pickled veggie 110 Discipline 113 High-profile interviewee 114 Fiddler’s tune, maybe 115 Sleeper, for one