THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 C.E.O.’S deg.

4 Perch for a mountain goat

8 Airplane seating area 13 45s and LPS 18 Middle-earth creature

19 First class

20 Singer whose second album, in 2011, topped the Billboard chart for a record 24 weeks

21 Hindu scripture on meditation

22 Derby, for one 24 Writer Zora ____ Hurston

25 Biblical name that means ‘‘one who struggles with God’’ 26 Last-minute bidder on ebay 27 Fish-and-chips fish 29 Wander around online

31 ‘‘Quit stalling!’’ 32 Clumsy sorts 34 Paris is found in it 35 Chicago neighborhood with a namesake zoo

37 It’s a lot, for some 39 Wild guess

42 Org. with a Clickn-ship option 43 ‘‘Gently, now’’ 44 ‘‘____ for Tinhorns’’ (‘‘Guys and Dolls’’ number)

46 Trattoria dessert 47 Comedian Margaret

48 A.A.A. service 49 What you get as you grow older, it’s said

50 It ain’t just a river in Egypt!

51 Impatient agreement

53 Fork over 55 Membership category

57 Cask contents

58 Pip or pit

59 Ancient manuscripts discovered in the Qumran Caves 62 Give up, in wrestling 64 Like medium vis-àvis well done, say 65 What a paper clip may indicate online .?.?. as represented in 22-Across

71 Jonathan Van ____ of ‘‘Queer Eye’’ 74 Ways of doing things, in brief

75 Tilt

76 ____ of the world 77 Drink whose name derives from its country of origin

79 Medical attendants at boxing matches 81 Roger who wrote ‘‘Life Itself: A Memoir’’ 83 Darling

84 Hopper car contents

85 Subject of the 2003 book ‘‘Power Failure’’ 86 Italian fashion house

87 ‘‘____ the Roof’’ (1962 hit for the Drifters)

89 Staff symbol 90 Henry VI founded it in 1440

91 ‘‘Achoo!’’ inducer 92 Excel offering .?.?. as represented in 29-Across

95 Entree often served with onions

97 Pitches in

99 Big name in magic 100 It may lead to a 404 error page .?.?. as represented in 35-Across

103 Class speakers, for short

104 World’s largest peninsula

106 Ginger of old Hollywood

107 Relative of cream 109 Browser annoyances .?.?. as represented in 59-Across 111 Not inclined 112 Shiny balloon material

113 Tours with? 114 Broadway actress Phillipa 115 Like one-word commands

116 Hawks

117 House of ____-Coburg and Gotha

118 A little help around the holidays?

DOWN

1 Eponymous mineralogist Friedrich 2 Waves aggressively 3 Martial artist’s stance 4 Snapped out of it 5 Sound heard at the start of every MGM movie

6 Grammy winner Difranco 7 Alternatives to tablets

8 Honesty

9 Beverage suffix 10 Antichrist figure, in Revelation

11 Bad treatment 12 When Romeo says he ‘‘saw true beauty’’ before seeing Juliet 13 Soup stock in Japanese cuisine 14 With good sense 15 Have one’s day in court

16 First Nations people

17 Preserve, in a way 21 Line on a spine 23 Hesiod’s ‘‘Theogony’’ and ‘‘Works and Days’’

28 Neutrogena competitor

30 Match making? 32 Bother, with ‘‘at’’ 33 ‘‘All right, you win’’ 35 Titular love object on old TV

36 Czech composer Janá?ek

38 Game over, so to speak

40 Even a little 41 Bucolic bundles 45 Food-safety agcy. 46 Tony-nominated actor Mann 48 Longtime host of Food Network’s ‘‘Chopped’’ 49 Unionized? 50 Something that’s hand-cut?

52 Object of a dubious sighting

53 Closes

54 Org. opposed to fur farming

56 ‘‘Winning ____ everything’’ 59 Preschoolers 60 Fencing option 61 Frozen-yogurt mix-in

63 French bread 65 Run the show 66 Organize, as a campaign

67 Ptolemy was one, famously

68 Listed below a recipient, maybe 69 Torment

70 TV personality often referring to himself in the third person 72 Diamond theft 73 Film megastar 77 Word with dollar or bank

78 Weight

80 Handles

82 React, but just barely

83 Amazon wrappers? 86 Basic knitting stitch 87 Major in astronomy? 88 Establishments for shampooing pooches 89 Like a low blow 91 Slow to catch on 93 Group on ‘‘the 11th day of Christmas’’ 94 Zhuzh (up) 96 Writer’s block? 98 Developed ability 100 Oktoberfest order, casually

101 Wander about 102 ‘‘Big Blue’’ machines

104 ____ predator 105 Since 108 ‘‘Wonder Woman’’ star Gadot

110 Fraternal twins come from different ones