New York Times Crossword

David Steinberg sold his first crossword to The Times in 2011, when he was 14 and just finishing the eighth grade. A prolific contributor since then, he has had 94 crosswords in the paper altogether. A 2019 graduate of Stanford University, studying psychology and computer science, David recently moved to Kansas City, Mo., to edit crosswords for Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate. — W.S. ACROSS 1 Passes along, as a

present

8 What 13-Down means

in poker

14 Book in a mosque 19 Antarctic mass 21 Major British tabloid 22 Yogurt-container

words 23 Celebratory Native

American feast 24 Drives around awhile … as suggested by this puzzle’s visual elements?

26 If’s counterpart, in programming 27 “S.N.L.” alum Cheri 29 Military-alert system 30 Sow’s home 31 Small criticism 32 Baa-dly needing a

haircut? 34 “Today” co-host Hoda 36 Challenges for

infielders 38 “De-e-e-eluxe!” 41 Cherry brandy 45 Certain rideshares 47 Deposit box? 48 Morning hour 51 Many a Stan Lee film

role

52 Capital NE of

Casablanca 53 Idris of “The Dark Tower” 55 Ones or tens place 56 0 0 0 57 Wafer brand 58 Hockey-shot sound 59 Shots in the dark 61 Beginning of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet 62 Camera type, for

short

63 Very funny person 65 Extremely cold 67 River through Pakistan

69 Sea creatures that may employ camouflage when hunting 71 Blood-type system 72 Ones generating buzz

in the music world? 74 Play at full volume 75 Super ____ (game

series)

77 Help with a job 78 Wrath 81 Eco-friendly car

introduced in 2011 82 Something the nose knows

84 ____ Pictures 86 First name on the Supreme Court 88 Quits a program 90 Dennis the Menace,

e.g.

91 Burnt barbecue bits 92 Shooting stars, some

think 93 Kind of salami 94 Pool components 96 Type units

97 Like going all in, maybe 98 Diamond pattern 100 Slowly, musically 102 Some are liberal 103 Meyers of late-night 105 Producer of brown eggs

107 Black ____ 110 Arborist’s tool 113 Laid, as a claim 117 “Spider-Man” director

118 Hit hard

119 1965 No. 1 Byrds hit … as suggested by this puzzle’s visual elements? 122 Australia’s smallest state 124 Upstate New York city

125 Topic of Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution 126 Up-and-coming 127 Wrinkle treatment 128 Shaman, for one 129 Newspaper sections that often fall out DOWN 1 Age 2 Romaine concern 3 Kicks things off 4 Land in the water 5 Mortgage org. 6 Mountains just south of Yellowstone 7 The Quakers and others 8 Celebrity socialite 9 Comedian Margaret 10 Mind

11 “____ quam videri,” state motto of North Carolina 12 Strike on the head 13 See 8-Across 14 Home of the Marine Corps University 15 ____ Constitution 16 Individual curls, say 17 Slightly

18 It contains M.S.G.: Abbr.

20 1973 play featuring a sign with a burnedout “E”

25 Part of a king’s guard 28 It charges to do some cleaning 32 Arrogant newcomers 33Rebellion leader

Turner 35 Swagger 37 Freud’s first stage 39 Plays hard after working hard 40 Baker with the 1986 hit “Sweet Love” 42 Baker or dry cleaner, maybe

43 They multiply by

dividing 44 Garden item that sounds like the plural of another garden item 45 Dispensers at banquets

46 Help (out) 47 Author of “The Lion, the Bear and the Fox”

49 Full of empty talk 50 Royals’ org. 54 Teleported, in the Harry Potter books 60 Drop-down menu in online shopping

64 I as in Icarus 66 Something you might take a bow for in the theater? 68 Unapologetic 70 Squeaky mice, e.g. 73 Chasm 74 Jabber? 76 Whirlpool subsidiary since 2006 79 Place to lace up 80 “It’s a snap!” 81 Summer Triangle star 83 The Notorious ____ 85 Six Nations tribe 87 Leave off, as the last word of a

89 Line just above a total, say 95 Squid’s ink holder 99 Latin rebuke 101 Accumulate

102 Up

104 Like a zero-star review 106 Savory taste 108 Coat that’s hard to take off 109 Sports page fodder 110 Paycheck go-with 111 A plane might be flown on it 112 Judicial order 114 Pad site

115 ____ Rosso (Sicilian wine)

116 Kind of citizenship 118 Kind of tea

120 Cpl. or sgt. 121 Fwy., e.g. 123 Virginia Woolf’s “____ Dalloway”