N.Y.TimesCrosswordPuzzle
1 Become hysterical, with “out”
4 Elided title 8 Restaurant competitor of Pinkberry and Sweet Frog 12 Catchy tunes,
informally 16 Sigh of lament 17 Where dancers
have a ball? 18 McFlurry mixin
19 Furniture giant 20 Bad flight
forecast 21 Reason 22 Hierarchy level 23 Certain U.S.
time zone 24 Economizing, as represented by the circled squares?
27 “The bad news
is ... “29 WhatsApp transmissions, briefly
30 Navy nay 31 Seizes eagerly, as an opportunity 33 Sean of “Stranger Things”
34 Part of an M.C.’s intro, often 36 Prohibition
target 40 Economizing, as represented twice in 12Down?
45 “The Crown”
role
46 Colorful kind of
shirt
47 Offering from Dr. Mom, in brief
48 Senior partners? 50 ____ Hill, neighborhood of San Francisco
51 Bussing on a bus, for short 54 Memorable
mission 56 “You’ve made your point,” slangily 57 Lead-in to an
opinion
60 Zip
62 From not so long
ago
63 Parts of a gig 64 Scrapbooker’s
project 67 Honesty, resilience or a sense of humor, perhaps
69 Shield of ancient
Greece: Var. 73 Manhattan is
one: Abbr. 75 Attempt
77 Work that hasn’t yet entered publication 79 Little squealer 83 Fencer’s score 86 Hebrew version of the English pronoun “I” 87 Confidentiality contract, for short
88 Welcome event 90 ____ drag (hockey maneuver) 91 Cellist’s need 93 In concert 94 Economizing, as represented in 58-Down? 99 Unwelcome, so
to speak
101 Vote in favor 102 Trading places 103 Like some
modern maps 105 Golfer Palmer,
to fans
106 A/C meas. 109 “The Planets”
composer 111 Economizing, as represented by the shaded squares?
115 Bad-sounding creatures? Ditto, in legal footnotes Word that means “ocean” in a religious title Large crowd It’s cried on a slide 121 Check
122 Classical poem 123 Beast with
recurved horns 124 Triumphant shout at a crossword tournament 125 Freshness 126 Like some
morning lawns 127 Smokey spot, for
short
Down
1 Sharpens
2 “How ____ Your
Mother”
3 Work out
4 Some garlic
prep
5 Regarding 6 Maker of the Nitro 5 gaming laptop
7 “The year’s at the spring/ And day’s at the ____”: Robert Browning 8 Yankees manager before Girardi
9 Zealous activist 10 C-note 11 Tranquil
discipline 12 Former name of a Kansas arena that commemorated a 1976 U.S. anniversary
13 It helps make a
stew a goo 14 Poached fruit 15 Garnish for una
margarita 16 Source of many a name on a campus building, informally 17 Starts eating 20 Poli ____ 25 Reply to the
Little Red Hen 26 Name hidden in
“before long” 28 It makes a red
velvet cake red 32 Cancún cash 33 Hamburger’s
beef?
34 Word with
pepper or tower 35 Like some
ancient pyramids 37 Acceleration,
e.g.
38 Quelques-____ (some, in French) 39 Quantity multiplied by acceleration in Newton’s second law 40 Pioneer in global aviation 41 Words of defeat 42 “Don’t sweat it,” informally 43 Educ. supporter 44 Once-popular devices discontinued in 2022 49 Cousin of a weasel 52 “What’s the ____?” (“‘Sup with that?”) 53 Suffer 55 Farmyard cry 58 Not in a relationship 59 “The Last O.G.” network
61 Vile Nile reptile 65 Out-and-out 66 Foreign leader whom Nixon met in 1972 68 That’s history! 70 Kind of knife of
infomercial fame 71 Like Urdu or
Hindi
72 Was very ripe 74 Round figures 76 Montana city
SW of Helena 78 The main
antagonist? 79 [Ugh, this is
horrible!]
80 ____ facto 81 Like some highlighter colors
82 Relish
84 Plant whose name derives from Quechua 85 Devious snicker 89 Barely gets the
words out
92 Pros with deliveries, in brief
95 Painter Jan
van ____ 96 “Let’s do this!” 97 Civil rights icon ____ Helen Burroughs 98 Power structure? 100 Capers
104 Shakespeare’s “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” has five of them 105 Beaming, as
with joy
106 Liberal arts college in Kentucky 107 Locally focused
lecture franchise 108 Pac-12 player 109 Santa’s favorite Hostess dessert?
110 Wilson of film 112 Carded at a bar,
informally 113 Common spot
for a sunburn 114 Gaggles
115 Chain email
abbr.
117 Grammy winner
____ Lipa