N. Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
Across 1 Org. for Sandra Bullock in “Miss Congeniality” 4 Shawarma
wraps
9 Tear things 14 Sorry
17 Dress (up),
quaintly
18 Dress up
19 ____ nous 20 Bring up to ____ 21 Nocturnal bird known for its distinct calls, informally
22 –
23 How things might go on the internet
24 Fit
25 ____ Moshfegh, author of the 2015 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning novel “Eileen” 27 Collections of
bets
28 Response to a repeat introduction 29 Respond to 30 Some outdoor
seats
31 –
32 14,000-foot volcano in California 34 Hallmarks of
Scottish accents 35 Long walk 37 Secret lairs
38 –
40 Grammy winner
Hill
42 Green beginning 43 Lifted, as
spirits 44 Swelling
45 Sch. with the mascot Sparky the Sun Devil 48 Zakat, in Islam 49 Equivalent of
one gallon
50 –
52 Some roofing
material
55 Part of a day
care schedule 56 From India or
Pakistan
57 Wee, in one
spelling
58 Hit Mach I
… or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle
63 Run for it! 64 Beneficent 65 Denomination of Boston’s historic Charles Street Church: Abbr.
66 Real so-and-so 67 “Anything you
want!”
68 –
69 Nibble (on) 70 Substance banned for agricultural use in 1972, for short
71 Style that flares out from the waist
73 One crying
“Help!”?
75 Big money
exec
78 Growing
season
80 Former magazine that featured male nudes
81 –
82 Up there, so to
speak
83 Princess of Power, in the comics
84 Let live
86 2 vis-à-vis 8, 3
vis-à-vis 27, etc. 89 –
91 Lauder of
cosmetics 92 Amherst sch. 93 Tied up
94 Fade hairstyle sported by Grace Jones
97 Stack up 98 Skin marks 99 Lollygagger 100 –
102 Among
103 Lingered (on) 104 Hit one out of
the park
105 Member org. of the Five Eyes alliance
106 Something picked in an argument
107 Habitat for
vicuñas
108 Some essays 109 Couturier who created Le Smoking tuxedo, for short
Down
1 “Victory!,” in internet shorthand 2 Clothing style with hippie influences 3 “Look at the
time!”
4 Easily
recognizable 5 Responses prompted by an officiant 6 Tugboat jobs 7 Side by side,
maybe?
8 Show shot in Studio 8H, for short
9 Gobbles up 10 Marriages 11 Copy command
on a keyboard 12 Offensive line in
football, say? 13 Fleur de ____
(seasoning) 14 “Same here” 15 Irene ____ (“the Woman,” to Sherlock Holmes)
16 411
20 Fresh 26 Nonsense, to
Brits
27 Medicare section that covers prescription drugs 28 Comment when trying to get a discussion back on track 29 U.S. Davis Cup player for 10 years 30 Slippery stuff 33 Heap praise on 34 Believes, so to
speak 36 Something to
pray on
39 Pep
40 Like many truecrime dramas 41 Aslan’s world 43 Overdraft fees,
e.g.
44 Cap’n’s
subordinate 46 Fenced-in patches of mud
47 ____ guide 49 Reality show
fodder
51 ____ Lingus 52 Long-term security option, in brief 53 Responded to
“Speak!” 54 Modernizes the
equipment of 56 “____ forget
…”
57 Steamed food items eaten with the hands 59 Recipient of a 2008 govt. bailout 60 Scraping (by) 61 Browser
destination 62 Language group of sub-Saharan Africa
68 “That’s ... so ...
crazy!”
69 Agog
72 Many do this on
the beach 73 What an errant red sock may do in a load of whites
74 All ____ 75 Humorously
exaggerated 76 Exemption from
consequences 77 Shoppe
descriptor 79 Took a breather 80 Things revealing
basic truths? 81 Like Zambia relative to Angola
83 Feed, as a pup
might
85 Fades (out) 86 Holy text divided into suras
87 Savory quality 88 Suffer an embarrassing loss
90 Sped 94 Something that
closes quickly 95 Capital of Togo 96 Parroted 98 Sidewalk snogging, e.g., for short 99 “Dexter” channel, familiarly 101 ____ Penn, actor who held a post in the Obama White House