NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: BLANK EXPRESSIONS
ACROSS
1You say it when you “get it” 4 Cell connection inits.
7 Dope
12 Sorta
15 Writing tip
18Film critic with a cameo in
1978's “Superman”
20 Safe bets
22 “Levitating” singer, 2020 24Stuffed up, in a way 25 Northern New Jersey town 26 Literally, “father of many” 272020 No. 1 hit for Cardi B
and Megan Thee Stallion 28 Longtime cooking show
hosted by Alton Brown 30 They may be classified 31Resident of the secondlargest U.S. city
35 Like some bulls 36Dangerous part of a tour 41Fan of the album
“Aoxomoxoa,” say 43Dress (up) 44Flings without strings 45 Yogurt-based Indian drink 46 The Blue Marble
49 “Ditto!”
50 Part of “fwiw”
51Sit in stir
53 Good people to ask for
directions
55 Grok
56 Clothing store sign
58 Owed
59Parts of many skyscrapers 63Med. care option 64South ____ 65Wilson of film 67Loud and clear, as a call to
action
69First name among
billionaires
71 Demean
74Woolly ma'am 76Chats over Twitter, for short 77____ al-Fitr (holiday) 79Lump sum?
83 Hawaiian home parts 85 Grabbed the reins 88The barber of Seville 89Singer Grande, to fans 90 Diverse ecosystem 92Christine of “The Blacklist” 93 French 101 verb 95 Mustangs' sch. 96 Back tracks?
98 Made bubbly 100Not stop talking about 102Supreme Court appointee
before Thurgood Marshall 104“Dios ____!”
105 Firm
107 Pin points?
108 Spacecraft's reflective
attachment
111 Ominous 112Flexible spade, say 113Like werewolves
116 Hairsplitter
120 Late actor Eisenberg 121In which belts are worn 123Ideal beta tester 127Gives a boost, informally 129Roger ____, first film critic
to win a Pulitzer for criticism 131 Boots 132Algebra I calculation 133 Worries
137 Calendar mo. 138Captain's log entry, maybe 142 Quinceañera feature 1432013 Bong Joon Ho thriller 146Hear out, say
147 N.Y.C. mayor after de
Blasio
148Alien's line of
communication?
149 Speedy travel option 150 Precept
151 John, abroad 152Young 'uns
153 Cares for
DOWN
1Pioneer in Dadaism 2 “That's amusing” 3Rose of Guns N' Roses 4 Passport, for one 5Vegan protein source made
from fermented soybeans 6Big name in ice cream 71993 Salt-N-Pepa hit 8Heart-shaped, as leaves 9Entree with boiling broth 10 Dash figure
11No. 1 N.B.A. draft pick in
1992 12Journalist ____ B. Wells 13 Outback, e.g. 14 Stereotypical football coach 15Org. with grants
16It's got hops, for short 17 Superhero comics sound 19Ties another knot 20Bay Area airport code 21 Tennis division 23Victor ____, role in
“Casablanca” 28 Professional saver? 29Fad accessory of the
1980s
31It comes off the top of
one's head
32 “Cool beans!”
33 Verbose
34The eighth of eight 37Feeling bad, in a way 38“August: ____ County”
(Tracy Letts play) 39Site of Hercules' first
labor
40Ramps up or down? 42Leave it to beavers 44 ____-Magnon
47 Author Gaiman
48 Plus
52 Pablo Neruda wrote one “to a large tuna in the market”
54 Has online? 57Slugger with 609 homers 60Bit of cosmic justice 61 Unlikely feature for
competitive swimmers 62 Some trattoria offerings 64All tucked in
66 Eccentric
67Top dog, for short 68 Wedding-notice word 70 Basket-weaving materials 71Home of Gulf State Park 72 Behind-the-counter
helper
73 Licorice-flavored quaff 75 “____ With Marc Maron”
(popular podcast)
78 Rage
80 Main connection? 81 Some antique furniture 82Like 100 vis-à-vis 99, say 84 The Trojan priestess
Cassandra, e.g. 86 Two-syllable cheer 87 Contest
88 Softened expletive on
“Battlestar Galactica” 91 Cutesy ending with most 94Marijuana compound, for
short 97 Some coding statements 98 United
99Having less vermouth, say 101Air or Ear ender, in tech 103 “____ live and breathe!” 106No longer funny
109 Jay with jokes
110 Does the same as 113Blood typing, e.g. 114Runnin' ____ (N.C.A.A.
basketball team) 115In and of itself 117 Shining brightly 118 Former Jordanian
queen
119 Formal accessory 122Text file in a software
package 124Inundate, as with work 125 Runner Bolt 126Like some parking 128Attract while exploiting
someone's weakness 130 Shades 132Cuts off the flow of 133“P.D.Q.” in the O.R. 134Way off the mark
135 Flair
136 Imbibe, old-style 138Scrooge McDuck, for one 139Last word of the New
Testament
140“All ____ ... ” 141Chapters in history 144 “Hunh?”
145 P