NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 1116
ACROSS
1 Goes after
8 One who’s got something brewing 15 Somehow 17 What a performer does periodically during a musical 18 Place for a pigeon 19 Not barefoot 20 Weather balloon, maybe
21 One in 10 people being left-handed, e.g.: Abbr. 22 Nurses 25 Recognize silently 27 Sporty car option
29 Puts in a box, perhaps 31 Some obligations 33 “Great job!” 35 International marque whose logo is a pair of calipers 36 Leader in a 24-Down 39 Forbes rival 40 Diminutive, informally 41 Tapped
42 Use as a doormat 44 Teased, teased, teased
45 [Eh]
46 Seed
50 Past presidential candidate who once worked for IBM
52 Its chief agricultural export is dates
54 Diminutive 55 Hollow, maybe 56 Part of a Cinderella story 58 Relatives of chalcedonies 60 How Old Faithful erupts 64 Refuge, of sorts 65 Opposite of crowed
66 Total train wreck
DOWN
1 Relative of a snifter 2 Brewing rebellion
3 Must
4 ___ bag 5 Basketball’s jab step and others 6 Cries of dismay 7 Dweller in the Hundred Acre Wood
8 Jets might be found in this 9 They get minuses in chemistry 10 Musical movement with a recurring theme
11 “___ alive!” 12 Public mention 13 Rogers 14 Cornstarch brand since 1892 16 2016 election meddlers 23 Texter’s qualifier 24 Domain led by a 36-Across 26 Kitchen prep for onions and tomatoes
28 It’s a stunner 30 School where Aristotle taught 32 “How about this ...”
34 Carnotite, for example 35 Kind of system in a hospital
36 Old RCA product 37 “Heaven forbid!” 38 “Rawhide,” for Ronald Reagan 43 Open organization, for short 45 Impresario 47 Discarded computer parts and such 48 Hinges
49 Abbr. in a formal salutation 51 Division signs 53 What “check” means in poker 55 2022 World Cup venue
57 ___ for life 59 Provider of a lifeline 61 Nickname akin to Ginger
62 The letter AE 63 Part of the original spelling of “Sparta”