THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Note: When this puzzle is completed, take the answer to each starred clue and cross out all the letters used twice. The leftover letters will spell an appropriate word, reading top to bottom.
Across 1 Joke’s target 5 Own (up) 9 One of the Five Pillars of Islam 13 French film award 18 Phlegmatic 20 Prefix with distant 21 Black-and-white, in sneaker lingo 22 More than enough 23 Folded food 24 111-Across’s partner 25 They “don’t lie,” in a No. 1
Shakira hit 26 Not be able to sleep 27 *Doctor’s orders? 30 ____ fraîche 31 Regenerist brand 32 Capital of Kazakhstan 33 Streaming-video giant 35 “Fareed Zakaria GPS”
airer 36 Up in years 37 ____ pull (sports injury) 38 *1999 rom-com based on
Shaw’s “Pygmalion” 42 *Manhattan Project site 44 Cook in charge of 110
Across 45 Engine part, briefly 46 “____ Tag!” 47 Drink served in a flute 50 Razz 53 Popular tech review site 55 Money of Peru 56 *Lawyer 58 *Event with rainbow
flags 62 Went on to say 63 Caribbean area, once:
Abbr. 64 ____ jacet (phrase on tombstones) 65 Often-torchlit events 66 Requirement for one going into labor? 67 Impudence 68 “Speaking personally …,” in texts 69 Supporting the idea 70 *Pressured 73 *Makes wedding plans 75 Geometry- textbook symbols 76 Big fund-raising effort 77 One-stanza poem 78 Green day? 80 Expression in a toothpaste
ad 83 Shade of blue or green 85 “Feliz ____ Nuevo!” 86 *County that includes much of Everglades National Park 90 *Tidy sum 94 Relative of ibid. 95 Newspaper unit: Abbr. 96 What they say about you,
informally 97 Ectomorphic 98 Car collector? 100 “That’s just ____ roll” 101 “Same here” 103 *Hides out 107 Arrive 108 South side? 109 Portend 110 See 44-Across 111 See 24-Across 112 Face with numbers 113 Skin So Soft maker 114 Sadness 115 Cultural values 116 Kind of prof. 117 Agent Scully on “The
X-Files” 118 “____ to me”
Down 1 Wharton, e.g., informally 2 Maurice who painted Parisian street scenes 3 Grippers for geckos 4 At risk of capsizing 5 Scary 6 Math term that uses all five vowels exactly once 7 Things taken home from the beach? 8 Protest type 9 Deep laugh 10 Lavish Vegas casino
opened in 2009 11 Lowest part 12 Book before Judges 13 Deliberate 14 Robe-wearing ruler 15 Certain balloons 16 Smith graduate, e.g. 17 Start on a righteous path 19 CNBC interviewee,
maybe 28 Ring figure? 29 Old Spanish kingdom 34 Cousin of inc. 37 Muscle strengthened by a
StairMaster, informally 39 “That guy?” 40 My Chemical Romance
and others 41 Mine transport 43 Up in years 47 Chat-room policers,
informally 48 ____ Hawkins dance 49 Spirit 51 Fairly recent 52 Some game-show prizes 53 Peninsula in 2014 headlines 54 Quitting aid, of sorts 55 Relative of a skillet 57 Fix 58 Band with a Ben & Jerry’s flavor named for it 59 Trudge 60 Glows 61 “Something to Talk About” singer, 1991 66 Sports teams wear them, informally 69 Dangerous rifts 70 “I could go with whatever” 71 Like Mount Rushmore at night 72 Kicked oneself over 74 “S.N.L.” bit 79 Country singer Lee ____ Womack 80 Nursed 81 1990s craze 82 Chatting online with,
for short 84 Bedroom shutter? 86 Ukraine neighbor 87 Some 88 Secrecy, with “the” 89 Those saying “somethin’,” say 90 Capital that’s home to the world’s largest castle, per Guinness 91 Take umbrage at 92 Multistory temple 93 Small-capped
mushrooms 99 Out of favor 100 Motorcyclist’s
invitation 102 Hero of kid-lit’s “The Phantom Tollbooth” 104 Ballpark figs. 105 Part of the “everything” in an everything bagel 106 “Super cool!”