NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: NUMBER THEORY
ACROSS
1 “Consarn it!” 5 Kind of case in grammar 11Shed some pounds 17 Edited, in a way 19 Sister channel of HBO 20What the answer at 26-Across is written in 21Low-level, as a class 22Question that might be asked when hurrying into a meeting 23 Duty for a property owner 24Relative of marmalade 26 FIFTEEN 28Oval Office V.I.P. 29 Transition point 30 Period preceding a school break 34What the answer at 45-Across is written in 36 “Yes, captain” 40 Gaping opening 41 Willem of “John Wick” 42 Toward the stern 43 Howe'er 44 Chicago mayor Lightfoot 45 ELEVEN 46 Whom Harry Potter frees from serving Draco Malfoy's family 50 Spicy, crunchy snack tidbit 53“Ars Amatoria” writer 54 Area the Chinese call Xizang 55 “Make sense?” 56 Hell 58Square up with 59 & 60 Take control after a coup 61 SIXTEEN 62“Just ____ boy, born and raised in South Detroit” (lyric from “Don't Stop Believin'?”) 63 Specks 64 Sleep: Prefix 65Not quite right 66Full of tension 67 “Hallelujah, praise the Lord!” 71 Because 75 TWO 76 Cozy spots to stop 77 Miss in the future, maybe 78 Buzz source 79 Cocktail specification 81Fictional creature made from slime 82 Restaurant handouts for calorie counters 84What the answer at 61-Across is written in 86 Final authority 88Rainbows, e.g. 89 Flour filter 90 & 92 Alternative title for this puzzle 98On-the-go sort 101 It's SW of Erie, Pa. 103 See 106-Across 104What the answer at 75-Across is written in 105 Life lessons? 106 With 103-Across, character in Episodes I through IX of “Star Wars” 107 Millennial, informally 108Things passed between the legs? 109 “Butt out!”
DOWN
1 Title host of radio's first major quiz show 2Contact-lens-care brand 3Broadway opening 4 Declare for the draft, say 5Items that, ironically, contain nickel 6“Slumdog Millionaire” co-star ____ Kapoor 7Be a snitch 8Wishy-washy R.S.V.P. 9 Plant holder? 10 Funeral ceremony 11 Go across 12Soldier on horseback 13 Word before card or fund 14 Sloan School of Management sch. 15Team ____ 16Major Southwest hub, for short 18 In store 19Like some New Orleans cooking 20 Sloppy 25 Letter in the classical spelling of “Athena” 27 “Here's something that'll help” 29Some battery ends 31 Amorphous creatures 32Dreaded musician of the 1960s-'70s 33 Brisk 34Luxurious affair 35Symbols of failure 36 1974 Eurovision winner that went on to international stardom 37 “Wahoo!” 38Immature stage of a salamander 39Letters of credit? 41 Drops on the ground? 42 “Not on ____!” 44 Where Wagner was born and Bach died 46 Scatterbrained 47Man's name that sounds like two consecutive letters of the alphabet 48At any time 49Oktoberfest vessels 51Some unfair hiring managers 52“Go ahead,” in Shakespeare 56 Openly controversial opinions 57 Knock out 58 Invoice directive 59 Like most medicaljournal articles 60 High hairstyle 61 Club ____ 62 Egypt's “king of the gods” 63 Excellent conductors 64 N.Y.C. neighborhood near NoLIta 65 “Ciao” 66 Put in jeopardy 67 Muscle cars of the '60s 68 Lyrical, as poetry 69Facetious response to a verbal jab 70“E.T.” actress Wallace 72“Ugh, stop talking already!” 73 Sack 74 Sun ____, “The Art of War” philosopher 79Where most of America's gold is mined 80Like the presidency of John Adams 82 Joint 83Longtime Eagles QB Donovan 84 Suspect 85 Bible study: Abbr. 87With a wink 89Kisses, in Cambridge 91 Brown 92 Bring (out) for display 93 Candy wrapped in a tube 94 “I'll come to you ____”: Macbeth 95 Eensy-weensy 96 New pedometer reading 97 Beginner, in modern lingo 98 Mammoth 99 Western tribe 100 ____ Salvador 102 What will happily sell its Soul?