NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Sid Sivakumar is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis. This is his 15th Times crossword in three years. He likes theme ideas and clues that are challenging but not forced. When you figure something out, he wants you to say, ‘‘Of course!’’ not, ‘‘Uh . . . OK, I get it.’’ When possible, Sid includes South Asian references in his puzzles, as in the clue for 111-Down here. — W. S.
50 Invitation in a 94 Like a dirty film 6 Total dump therapist’s office 95 Chlorophyte, e.g. 7 *‘‘Is it even possible?!’’ Minecraft block with 96 Org. for D.C. United 8 *It’ll take a second to a fuse and the L.A. Galaxy get it Designer of Doha’s 97 Impediments to team 9 Similar group Museum of Islamic productivity 10 Elegy, e.g.
Art
98 Get in a knot Boba tea is often
55 Analogy words 11
101 ‘‘Thou God ____ me’’ served with a wide
57 ‘‘Yes, that spot right (Genesis quote) one there . . . ’’
103 Fred who co-created 12 Miniature-cheesewheel
60 Added streaks to, say ‘‘Portlandia’’ brand
63 Honey ____! (ringshaped 107 Campus part 13 ‘‘____ Maria’’ cereal)
108 In a scuffle 14 *Chinese New Year
65 Young bloke
110 Hopping herbivore decoration
66 Ruin
112 Captain of fiction 15 *Meat-and-vegetables
67 Last word in dish with Creole and ‘‘America the 113 Address that’s often Cajun varieties Beautiful’’ shown in blue letters 16
Target
68 Anna of Arendelle’s 114 With 116-Across,
18 Coat that may take elder sister procedures in
which drivers take awhile to put on
69 Festival with lion 20 Witherspoon of dances turns joining a
single stream, as Hollywood
70 Mobile ____ demonstrated five 21 *Electrical wiring
71 Ultimatum word times in this puzzle nexus
72 Pitch 116 See 114-Across 27 Pigmented eye layer 73 Part of a gas-mileage 118 Crow’s cry 30 Lower-interest deal,
rating 119 Backside for short
74 Start-up loan agcy. 120 Air Seoul’s parent 33 Blood work,
75 Damascene’s country airline colloquially
77 What ‘‘gladiator’’ 121 Hubbub 34 Start of a detective’s literally translates to trail
122 Actress Mowry of
80 Beer brand with ‘‘Sister, Sister’’ 35 Uno + dos + tres mountains in its logo 123 Green expanse 37 Site with gadget Jessica ____, reviews
124 Commander for Joe astronaut who Biden, e.g. 42 *Revolutionary participated in cooking device? the first all-female 125 Pass judgment on
43 Conflict over seceding spacewalk 126 Tricksy from the Galactic
83 Not the same Republic, in sci-fi
84 It ‘‘sounds like a 45 Some brandy clarinet with a cold,’’ cocktails per Victor Borge 46 *Hair-salon goo
85 Battery in a Wii 47 *Many a presidential
Remote election occurs in
88 Stinging pests one
89 Some residents 48 Prospective eBay of the eastern buyer’s figure Mediterranean 52 ‘‘Better than I
91 Banks thought’’
93 Lung or brain 53 *Where hip-hop
segments originated
ACROSS
1 Greek letter that’s a
symbol for torque
4 Done without foresight
8 Small samples
12 Chocolatier’s unit
15 Holding areas in
Capture the Flag
17 Thoughtless mode
19 Declares confidently
22 Novelist/short-story
writer ____ Bender
23 ‘‘The Rise of ____’’
(2019 film subtitle)
24 Coat with small
droplets
25 Mrs. or Sra.
equivalent
26 Prepares to deal,
perhaps
28 Western ____ (coll.
course)
29 Name repeated in a
nursery rhyme
31 Item sometimes made
with wiliwili seeds
32 Flaky, syrupy pastry
34 Divisions represented by the answers to starred clues in this puzzle
36 Livestream, e.g.
38 Worry-free
39 French for ‘‘between’’
40 Small fox with
unusually large ears
41 University of
Cincinnati athlete
44 ____ Command (Atari
game of the 1980s)
47 Abbr. in a birth
announcement
49 Longtime
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DOWN
1 *Person with a
stopwatch
2 Drink that may be
spiced
3 Potential scenario in which a piece of software might be helpful
4 Person who worships
Jah
5 Puffins, e.g. 54 State of matter in the
sun
55 *Theoretical substance for which a chemistry law is named
56 Fifth in a scale
57 Stadium with the first
animated scoreboard
58 *Where newlyweds are typically seated at a wedding reception
59 Severity
61 Latin ‘‘is’’ 62 *Toddler drop-off
locales
64 Equilibria
76 Home to the sport of
hurling
78 Americans usually spell ‘‘cancelled’’ with this
79 Queens players
81 Enters like slime
86 Grammy-winning Mexican singer Downs
87 *Exercise that strengthens hip flexors 89 *Compilations of 105 What might have
laughably bad takes attachment issues? 90 Bit that bonds 106 ‘‘You’re kidding!’’
92 Mineral collection site 109 Tablet you might
94 Motion to ____ (court take in the bathroom request)
111 The Hindu god
98 Are Ganesha is often
99 Certain essential depicted with four
worker of them
100 Taco topping 114 Ray-gun sound
101 Job increasingly 115 replaced by speechto-text Makeshift towel programs 116 N.Y.C. commuter rail
102 G7 member, overseer
informally 117 Pedestrians cross
104 Some offshoots them: Abbr.