THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Cookbook amt. 5 “Careful where you watch this,” in emails 9 Wonder Woman foe 13 Canned brand 17 “The ____ U Give” (2018 film)

18 Pro Football Hall of Fame locale

19 Sugar serving 20 Claimed 21 Pound who wrote “Literature is news that stays news”

22 Piece of cake? 23 Prop for a belly dancer

24 “As I Lay Dying” father 25 Something big in 1950s autodom 27____ Lane, home of the Muffin Man

31 Marine mollusks that cling to rocks 33 Symbol of strength

34 666, perhaps 36 Mimic 37 Yahoo!, but not “Yahoo!” 38 Trig calculation

39 It’s a first 41 F.D.R.’s jobcreating agcy. 42 Film monster originally intended as a metaphor for nuclear weapons

44 Zip

45 “Way to go, team!”

48 Fashion brand with a rhinoceros logo

49 Feature of many a state flag 50 Acclaimed 2017 biography subtitled “The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror” 51 Childish comeback 53 Diplomacy 55 Called for 56 Major accidents 58 Taiwanese computer giant 59 ____ bull 61 Hoodwinks 63“King Kong” co-star 64 Quattroporte and GranTurismo

66 Ballpark with the Home Run Apple

68 Are loath to 70 Issued

71 1980s TV ET 74 Emperor who, in actuality, played the lyre, not the violin 75 Suffix in Suffolk

77 Lady Vols’ home: Abbr. 78 Sound investment?

81 Let the air out?

83 Posted warning near mountains

86 Lead-in to bargain or deal 87 Actress Foy of Netflix’s “The Crown” 90 Notable Nixon gesture

91 Guzzles

93 Fort ____ (where Billy the Kid was killed) 94 More streaked, as marble 96 Principles 97 Eight things that most spiders have

98 Barack Obama’s mother 99 Lacto-____vegetarian

100 Black

101 Hole number 103 Vaulted 105 It’s bedazzling

107 Stopper, of a sort

110 N.A.A.C.P. ____ Award 112 It’s a tragedy when seen in close-up but a comedy in the long shot, per Charlie Chaplin 114 Co-star of 2011’s “Bridesmaids” 115 Home of The Herald

117 Memo taker 118 Flanged fastener

119 Promgoer’s concern, maybe 120 John of “The Addams Family” 121 Ring bearers? 122 It’s not a good look

123 Handbook info, for short 124 Doctors’ orders

DOWN

1 Upstart’s goal 2 Istanbul’s Grand ____ 3 Perfect places for bowlers to aim?

4 Ring 5 Comment when you need a serious comeback at the end of a bowling game? 6 What a slug may leave behind?

7 Bygone cry of outrage

8 “You got that right!”

9 ____ Singer (“Annie Hall” protagonist) 10 French way 11 Estevez of “The Breakfast Club”

12 Whether to aim at 7 or 10, in bowling? 13 “Chop-chop!” 14 Disappointing news for a bowler?

15 Colt, maybe 16 City in Texas or Ukraine 26 Forces (upon) 28 Short end of the stick 29 Raising 30 Prepared 32 Smoky agave spirit

35 Big advertising catchword 37 Police rank: Abbr.

40 Like some poetry

43 “You didn’t fool me!” 46 Geographical anagram of ASLOPE

47 Bring on 49 Material found in countertops

52 Birthstone of some Scorpios 53 Close kin, casually 54 Lotus-____ (figures in the “Odyssey”) 56 Stroked 57 Code for the busiest airport in Australia 60 ____ blanc 62 Niña companion

65 Projected, as a film

67 First word across in the world’s first crossword (1913)

69 Relates 70 Director Leone of spaghetti westerns 71 Pre-K group? 72 Knockout 73 Pace at which bowlers complete their games? 76 “Wheel of Fortune” option 78 Hip bowling enthusiasts?

79 Go from one state to another? 80 “Family Feud” option

82 Like some car air fresheners 84 Action-packed 85 What people who agree speak with

86 Like breastcancer awareness ribbons 88 Three-____ (long movies, once)

89 Highland language

91 Mix up 92 Changed like Ophelia in “Hamlet” 94 Modern activity banned in most high schools

95 Rodeo activity 101 Ben & Jerry’s buy

102 Beloved: Lat. 104 Adele, voicewise

106 Quite a long time

108 Friendly femme

109 Bowlers’ targets … 10 of which can be found appropriately arranged in this puzzle 111 “Gosh!” 113 When Bastille Day occurs 114 Major operation?

116 Prefix with -morphic