N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
THE FINAL FRONTIER
Across
1 Visitor-center
handouts
5 Crew supervisor on a merchant ship
10 QB Patrick who was 2018’s N.F.L. M.V.P. 17 Like a pub crawler’s breath, perhaps 18 *Embarrassing
pants mishap? 20 Set apart 21 Relative of “ciao” 22 “I never met a ____ I didn’t like”: Garfield 23 Like some tans 24 *Shipper of
British toilets? 26 Something you might use just for the halibut? 27 ____ Plaines, Ill. 28 Hill worker 29 Modern-day
groundskeeper? 30 Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, for the 2022 Oscars
31 Divides into
sectors 33 5-Down, in
Spanish
34 “I’m not
impressed” 35 Some sci-fi
effects
37 Fast line at the airport, informally 41 Small figures? 44 *Big fight for a Disney heroine from Polynesia? 47 Some track-andfield races 48 “They tell me ... “50 Impulsive sorts? 51 Spanish
gentlemen 52 Standing at the
ready 54 Affectionate attention, for short
55 Neither blows it
nor crushes it 56 Grabs lunch, say 59 Word with cane
or cone
61 As a friend, in
French
64 “That hits the
spot!”
65 Voyage by rocket ... or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues?
68 U-Haul offering 69 One rounded up
in a roundup 72 A car that won’t start is a common one in horror films
73 Ties again 76 Pulitzer-winning
novelist Lurie 78 Extreme vexation 80 Alliance 81 Symptom of
burnout
83 Take up a notch 86 Singer Abdul 87 Keg attachment 88 *Shortage of
slime?
90 Appear
91 “Is that a
challenge?!” 92 Part of E.S.L.:
Abbr.
93 Voice of dissent 94 Scratch (out) 96 Film brand 98 Seoul singers? 99 Component of some high-tech dog collars 103 Kind of card sold in many international airports
106 Metric for a Met,
for short
107 Diane Sawyer’s
real first name 109 *Rest spot for a
tabby?
110 Angry and
impatient
112 Parent who’s fluent in emojis and modern slang, maybe 114 “Your ____ ran over my dogma” (classic dad joke) 115 Sovereign’s
singular
116 *Brew that’s both bitter and fruity?
117 Tiny arachnids 118 Cries feebly 119 Do some
barbering on 120 Language of the
Emerald Isle
Down
1 French wine
region
2 Series of trade
discounts? 3 Portmanteau
invitations 4 Website
overseers, in brief 5 Image on a postcard from Yellowstone 6 Western Hemisphere treaty grp. 7 *Painting of
potatoes, e.g.? 8 Exhorts 9 ____-Down
(what this is) 10 Botch
11 *Main course featuring Egyptian snake meat?
12 Street smarts 13 Portuguese
greeting 14 “S.N.L.” alumna
Rudolph 15 Boarding school where tailcoats are part of the dress code
16 On its way 17 Show some
reluctance
18 Item tossed into a fire at the end of “Citizen Kane” 19 Buddy 25 “Va-va-____!” 30 Set of options 31 Acne spot,
informally 32 Brawl site in old
westerns
34 West of
Hollywood 35 Agree
36 ____ Goose, cousin of Donald Duck 38 *Iditarod, for
one? 39 Bourbon
alternative
40 The start of
something? 41 Byproduct of
composting 42 “Wow, super!” 43 *Staging of a
narc sting? 45 How a parent serving as the tooth fairy might walk
46 Supported 49 Stephen of “The
Crying Game” 51 Anguish following a dance marathon 53 N.F.L. positions that sound like a fast-food chain 55 “I’m sorry, ____, I’m afraid I can’t do that” (line from HAL in “2001”) 57 Mountain lake 58 Green prefix 60 Fish with a long
snout 62 Layer beneath the
earth’s crust 63 Something made
off the cuff? 66 Closing words 67 Office PC
setup 70 One-percenters 71 Frustrating
process
74 Noted speedway
sponsor
75 What a beehive is
made of 77 *Terrific messenger at Hogwarts? 79 *Friend in a
competition? 81 Furbys or fidget
spinners, e.g. 82 In the manner
of
83 Many
millenniums 84 Small batteries 85 “Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you ____!”: Dr. Seuss 88 Lead-in to X, Y
or Z
89 Substance
95 Sign unlikely to have been written by the person it is attached to
97 Hill workers 98 Swell
99 Hindu embodiment of virtue
100 Stolen treats in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” 101 Mann of music 102 Mardi ____ 103 Knights and
noblemen
104 Privy to
105 Request for
permission 107 TV screen option,
for short
108 Chits
109 Manage
111 Dallas hoopster,
for short
113 Lotta money