THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Bondsman, of late?
12 Unfold
21 It has some miles on it
22 Not yet in the database 23 A.P. courses, e.g. 24 Summer-camp activity 25 Emily Dickinson’s “I heard ____ buzz — when I died” 26 Wonder-working biblical prophet
28 Creator of Mike Hammer 29 Cross
31 In the mood for love
33 Main theme of “Othello” 37 Climax of “The Shawshank Redemption”
42 Picnic, e.g.
43 Bumming, as cigarettes 44 Rotting evidence
45 Clicking counters
46 Lacking
48 Imprint permanently 50 Means of communication without interference 52 Insulation and sealing material
54 Thrice due
55 Not generics
59 Went skiing
60 Hit 1997 film condemned by the Chinese government 63 Fixture in a chocolate factory
66 Least normal
67 Like some arts
69 James who starred in 1970s TV’s “How the West Was Won” 70 Name originally proposed (but not adopted) for Utah 73 Paint a false picture of 74 Weigh-station lineup 75 Fuel-carrying ships
77 Event that usually has gate crashers?
78 Methods of studying pooled data
81 Peak in 1980 headlines 83 Representation of the real world in literature and art 84 NASA’s spacecraft Dawn began orbiting it in 2015 85 Clowns sometimes put them on
89 List-ending phrase
91 Big to-do
95 Given a heads-up about 97 Subscription service with an arrow in its logo
100 Free
101 Something that’s not contracted
very often
102 Partly sheltered area near land in which vessels ride at anchor
103 Petty officers on police duty while a ship is in port
DOWN
1 Nobleman above un conte 2 From
3 Dickens orphan
4 One way to stand by 5 Anticipatory time
6 Certain Thanksgiving turkey serving
7 “Nice and rosy” things in the song “Sleigh Ride”
8 Founder of New York’s Odditorium in 1939
9 Like burning rubber
10 Les Aléoutiennes, e.g. 11 House minority leader before Pelosi (1995-2003)
12 Half of a reproach 13 Sitcom/film star who was named People’s “Most Beautiful Woman” twice
14 Staying fresh
15 Chicory variety
16 Topics for fashion magazines
17 Elevator near an arch? 18 Something that can be performed da capo
19 Campus abutting Drexel, informally
20 Beat by a whisker
27 Pal
29 What all NaCl molecules have
30 Persian, e.g.
32 “Yeah, right!”
33 Steinbeck family
34 Blake who composed “I’m Just Wild About Harry”
35 Early employer of Steve Jobs 36 Head residents?
37 Many T-ball coaches 38 Spherical bacterium
39 Not regularly standing 40 Something to drive home 41 Cousins of kites
43 Bird on California’s state quarter
46 Satisfies
47 Suggest
48 Running mate?
49 Standard features of almanacs
51 Department capital SE of Paris 52 Get married, in slang
53 2004 sci-fi thriller inspired by a classic 1950 book
56 Bigeye, on some menus 57 Some sewers
58 Wine components
59 Mother ____
60 Buzzy body?
61 Like some coincidences 62 French for “twenty”
63 End of many town names 64 Par ____
65 Is thick (with)
68 Shade akin to turquoise 70 Word after old or dog 71 Longtime dairy aisle mascot 72 What a big sock might make you do
75 Reached maturity
76 Onetime Procter & Gamble product on Time magazine’s list of “The 50 Worst Inventions”
77 “____ Said,” 2019 best seller on the #MeToo movement 79 Rare and valuable instruments
80 Like restaurants with three Michelin stars
81 Usurper 82 Amplifier of radio signals 84 Mild, light-colored cigar 85 German industrial region 86 Dolly in “Hello, Dolly!,” e.g. 87 Paris’s Place ____ Bastille 88 Neighbor of Lucy and Ricky on “I Love Lucy”
90 Nanny, in Nanjing
91 Lose sleep, so to speak 92 “Not true!”
93 Schoolyard retort
94 Spa offering
96 Publication whose first ed. took more than 70 years to complete
98 Beat by a whisker
99 “Don’t text and drive” ad, e.g., in brief