NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
THE INSIDE SCOOP By Sid Sivakumar / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Mess-hall patrons,
in brief
4 Theater backdrop 9 Stressful work? 13 Disorganized stack 17 Home-screen array 19 Port container 20 Clean hands, so to
speak
22 Spill (over)
23 Strict sales limit,
informally 24 Slow-cooked entrees 25 Boos-y drink? 27 Olympic gymnast
Raisman
29 Charge (with) 30 Involves
31 Some kennel
personnel
34 Only U.S. coin that does not explicitly indicate how many cents it’s worth 35 Eschewed pork and
shellfish, say 37 Arena seating
sections
38 Perfume ingredient 39 Civil wrong 40 Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N.
42 Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in “foreign satellite interception” 43 Really hurt
44 Orders more of than
necessary 48 Oktoberfest
purchase
49 “Clifford the Big
Red Dog” airer 52 “Gross!” 53 Excessively 54 Checkout unit 56 Eyeballs, e.g. 60 “Naw, no way!” 62 Hindu wedding adornment that’s said to get darker the more the newlyweds love each other 64 Lifesaving mission,
for short
66 Its panhandle abuts
British Columbia 67 Prudent
69 Texas A&M athlete 70 One fast-tracked in
an interview pool 72 Like Loki 73 Absolutely devour 74 Fitting a little tight 75 Home to the Great
Ziggurat of Ur 77 Common jeans
feature 78 “Whoop-de-____” 79 Subject of 1960s’70s addiction research
80 Purges
82 Things that perceptive people might pick up 86 Picture taker? 88 Sound in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
89 Windy part of a
kite?
90 The “A” of the ACT
UP organization 94 Thunderous sounds 95 Piece of info
97 Body of water
adjoining Korea Bay 100 ____-de-camp 101 Proceeds
103 Putting together 104 Hardly worth
mentioning
106 ID whose first five digits are sometimes ignored 107 Keister
108 Flight segment 111 Demographic group 113 Tiny member of a
swarm
114 Big Ten school that plays home football games at Beaver Stadium
115 Much like
116 What hits the
ground running? 117 Seat in the London
Stock Exchange? 118 At the earliest
chance
119 They get high by the
beach
120 Airport screening
inits.
DOWN
1 Winter housewarming option 2 “That’s my goal” 3 Powerlifter’s helper 4 Marine predator often seen near shorelines
5 First Nations people 6 Best Melodic ____ Performance (Grammy category) 7 “My concern is ... ” 8 Variety used to make Bordeaux wine
9 Dot on a die 10 Musical artist Yoko 11 Joins those on the
stage 12 Counterparts of
eves
13 With 61-Down, like some gossip ... as represented phonetically by each set of shaded squares?
14 Like a bathroom directly connected to a bedroom 15 Feigns indignation 16 Bug
18 Address 19 Barbecue-grill fill 21 Camp bed 26 Summer Olympics host between London and Tokyo 28 Comics sound when something is snatched 31 Clenched, as teeth 32 Recordholder for most games played in the FIFA World Cup (26)
33 Modern ____ 36 Trains above street
level
38 Delivery that can’t
be returned 41 “Well, don’t wait
out here!”
43 Goals
45 Sun shield 46 ____-conscious 47 Variety commonly found in jellies and pies
48 Wax figures? 49 Golf-tournament
division
50 President who campaigned on the slogan “Our best days still lie ahead” 51 Real pickle
55 So ... or a word
following “so” 57 Fit for a king
58 Sees red
59 Word before dating
or skating
61 See 13-Down 62 Dance at a luau 63 More open to the
elements 65 Lake-house rental 67 Unnerves 68 Sea hawks
71 Lyft request 73 Lithium-____
battery
76 “Don’t ____ me ...” 78 1994 single by Hole whose cover art depicts a miniature wedding dress and veil
81 Real-time PC
exchanges 83 Man, woman and
child, e.g.
84 Little lifter 85 Snore loudly 86 One dropping
amorous hints 87 Trigonometry
units
88 B-baller in Big D 91 “Am I mistaken?” 92 Turndowns
93 Hot herbal brew 94 Place to pamper
pets that purr 95 Some rivers have
them
96 Variety that shares its name with a Mideast capital 98 Game with big
prizes
99 “I’m not working right now,” in email shorthand 101 Believer in Jah 102 Mushroom added to
ramen
105 Org. with the phone number 1-800-TAXFORM
107 Cornmeal cake 109 Info you might send someone when you’re running late 110 Liven (up)
112 Stashed away