New York Times Crossword
Sam Ezersky, 25, is an associate puzzle editor for The New York Times. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17, just before starting his senior year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va. Eight years and 30 Times crosswords later, Sam says his professional goal is to ‘‘never, ever create an ‘ordinary’ puzzle.’’ His favorite clues/answers in this one are at 111A and 81D. — W.S. 1 Marvel at
7 L.G.B.T.-aligned advocacy group since 1987
12 Occasion to get all
gussied up
19 Stroke of good fortune 21 Newswoman Sawyer 22 ‘‘You ain’t lyin’!’’
23 What the Old
English called ‘‘Winterfylleth’’
24 To a cosmetician:
‘‘You’re …’’
26 Home to Antilia, the world’s most valuable private residence (27 floors, $2.2 billion)
28 Is
29 Kind of clef
30 To a produce vendor near closing time: ‘‘You’re …’’
34 The ‘‘B’’ in GB 35 Fisherman’s ____
(San Francisco attraction)
36 Utter nonsense
37 Eyes: Sp.
39 Feature of a batter that needs more whisking
40 Wong of stand-up
comedy
41 Drive (away)
42 Laughing matter?
45 Palindromic rulers
47 To a bad free throw
shooter: ‘‘You’re …’’
ACROSS
52 All ____
54 Ruin, as plans
55 Crowd noise
56 Blubbers
60 The dove’s-foot crane’s-bill, for instance
62 Big seller of animal
supplies
63 To a temp worker:
‘‘You’re …’’
65 To a rude driver:
‘‘You’re …’’
68 Architect Frank
69 Sci-fi classic featuring
the Three Laws 71 Taylor Swift’s first No.
1 country hit, 2007 72 Things stuck in clogs 73 Itching to eat and irritable about it, in slang
75 [Leave it]
76 With 98-Across, to an aspiring entrepreneur: ‘‘You’re …’’
80 Friendship
85 Vim
86 Parts of Twitter
profiles
87 Clicking sound?
88 All over hell’s half
____ (everywhere) 89 Item on a president’s
lapel
90 Placing a call
94 Fishing basket
95 Apt anagram of MY
CAR
98 See 76-Across
10 0Native speakers of
Chiwere
10 1Declined
103 Sips 104 To anyone who wasn’t addressed above: ‘‘You’re …’’ 107 Vegan latte option 111 Kings and queens, maybe
112 Large chunk of one’s final grade, often
113 Aspen or Alta
114 It’s against the rule 115 Move like a peacock 116 Big name in
nonprofit journalism
DOWN
1 Adele’s ‘‘Million Years
____’’
2 Medic
3 Spring hrs. in Colorado
Springs
4 Organism that structurally resembles another organism
5 Brush off
6 ‘‘Never interrupt your ____ when he’s making a mistake’’ (old aphorism)
7 Four-star figures
8 Valerie Plame’s org. in
2003’s Plame affair
9 Go up against
10 Sui generis
11 Destitution
12 Code edited by a
webmaster
13 Many end in ‘‘-ite’’
14 Ice cream purchase 15 ‘‘Expect ____’’ (road
sign)
16 Warranting an ‘‘X,’’
say
17 Something to do with
your buds?
18 Social climate 20 Physician who co-founded A.A., familiarly
25 Traipse (about)
27 How some like their
café
30 Creatures that can have asymmetrical ears, which aid in hunting
31 ‘‘Nah’’
32 Author Janowitz of literature’s ‘‘brat pack’’
33 Pinot ____
34 Cutesy sound accompanying a poke
37 Greeting when running into someone unexpectedly
38 Book before Amos
41 Texas county on the
Mexican border 42 Italian painter known
for his frescoes
43 Pain-relief brand
44 How some like their
coffee
46 Floor
47 One of two on the
Titanic
48 ‘‘Who wants this?’’
response
49 Makeover result,
maybe
50 Word stylized with extra R’s on some cereal boxes
51 Some froyo bar
toppings
53 ____ polloi
56 Circus venue
57 A ball and a strike, in
a baseball count
58 Useful
59 Toy rocker, in tot
speak 60 Give up
61 What might be ‘‘love’’ or ‘‘lesbian’’ in a TV show title
62 Lead-in to potty
64 El ____ (weather
phenomena)
66 It’s not a lot to jot
67 Third of seven
columns: Abbr.
70 ____ hair
73 Earliest-known Chinese dynasty (dating back to 2000 B.C.)
74 Eagerly excited 75 Villain in 1998’s
‘‘Mulan’’
77 With adroitness
78 División de la casa
79 Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil options
81 Good-looking guy?
82 Cold treat
83 Diagram of
relationships
84 App with a
Reservations feature 89 Newspaper articles and mentions on social media, in brief 90 Ducks
91 ‘‘My turn’’
92 Electrically balanced,
in chemistry 93 Sandwiches on pita
bread
94 Pool-chalk target
95 ____ Brava, Spain
96 Georgia’s capital,
informally
97 Jason who played Khal Drogo on ‘‘Game of Thrones’’ 98 The Reds, on
scoreboards
99 2020 U.S. Open tennis
champ Naomi
101 ____ Tzu (dog breed) 102 Like sponge cakes 105 Middle of a certain
three-in-a-row
106 Lone Star State sch. 108 Wrath
109 Man’s nickname that omits the ‘‘is’’ at the end
110 ____ in kangaroo
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