New York Times Crossword Puzzle
No. 0714
HIDDEN TACTICS
ACROSS
1 Cleaning product in a dangerous 2010s viral internet challenge
8 “Home” in a classic song
16 Jack of children’s rhyme
21 “Agreed”
22 Escapes, as molasses
23 Irregularly notched, as a leaf
24 Protein found in hair and hooves
25 See instructions
27 Watson’s creator
28 Pain for a tiler, maybe 30 Yearbook
31 Side represented by
34 Adams and Elgort
35 Doctor’s order
37 Dorothy’s caretaker in “The Wizard of Oz”
40 Irritate
41 Irritable
42 Verify the addition of
43 Nabisco product with an exclamation point in its name
49 That guy’s
50 Ill repute, to a Brit
52 Santa ____ winds
55 Some ovations
60 Become attentive
61 Succeeds
65 Cowboy flick
66 Eve’s counterpart
67 What a plant may exude
69 Freak out
71 Treasure
72 When doubled, a Thor Heyerdahl book
73 Mother ____
74 [Grumble, grumble]
75 Pith holders
76 Set aside for now
78 Score elements: Abbr.
79 Digital message
80 Old gold coin
81 Map of Hawaii or Alaska, often
82 1974 Gould/ Sutherland C.I.A. spoof
83 Lushes
84 Deteriorate with age
86 Cut into bits
88 Prevents, legally
89 Letters near an X-ray machine
90 People native to Tennessee and the Carolinas
92 “While I have you …,” in a text
95 Classic 1922 film subtitled “A Symphony of Horror”
98 Brown-headed nest appropriator
104 “Fighting” college team
107 Maker of pens and lighters
108 Sheer fabric
109 First commercial film shown in stereophonic sound
111 Key of Bizet’s first symphony
116 Side represented by O
117 87 is a common one
118 Conspicuous
121 Yuletide contraction
122 See instructions
125 Arrests
128 Outpost for an osprey
129 No longer needed for questioning
130 Senator Tammy Duckworth or former Senator Max Cleland
131 Symbol of directness
132 Arrived at, as an answer
133 Swollen area
DOWN
1 Hangout often near a pool
2 Glacial hue
3 Like Mount Kilimanjaro
4 Doe in ‘‘Bambi’’
5 Polling fig.
6 French acceptances
7 Title 1962 film villain 8 Valentine heart, e.g.
9 Urban cacophony
10 Slate, e.g.
11 Touch up, as styled hair
12 Some airborne particulates
13 What dashes may represent in internet searches
14 Kind of reaction
15 Ike’s W.W. II command
16 Veto on movie night
17 Figure in many a fairy tale
18 Mischievous
19 One-named singer with the 2002 No. 1 hit “Foolish”
20 Some cuppas
26 No longer edible
29 Computing acronym
32 Silicon Valley start-up V.I.P.
33 Baby fox
35 Unexceptional
36 Prefix with planet
38 St. Louis’s ____ Bridge, the oldest span over the Mississippi
39 Biblical high priest
40 The “u” spelling of
50-Across, e.g.: Abbr.
43 Figures in the Sistine Chapel
44 Part of Africa or an orchestra
45 Your signature might be in this
46 Came down hard
47 Terrific
48 Chatter
51 City that hosted the 1974 World’s Fair
53 Rare beneficiaries of royal succession
54 Together
55 See instructions 56 Dating-app distance metric
57 Stat
58 Lush
59 Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon
61 Enter incorrectly
62 Jawbone of ____ (biblical weapon)
63 How early Beatles songs were recorded
64 Best
66 Suffix on many an infomercial product’s name
68 Self-inflicted ritual death of a samurai
70 See instructions
73 Leash
77 Dulce de ____ (confection)
82 Notice
85 ____ Luis Obispo
87 One of 24 in un giorno
88 Those: Sp.
90 Banned aerosol propellant, for short
91 Green: Prefix
92 Like some lenses
93 Wrong pipe, so to speak
94 Spends December through March (in)
96 Bit of judo attire
97 One-named singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier”
99 Indianapolis-to-St. Louis dir.
100 “Phooey!”
101 Ape
102 Calls it quits
103 Boutique stock
105 Barbie’s younger sister 106 Long (for)
108 Part of an M.A.
program application 110 Religious sch.
111 Called out
112 Any of the Apennines 113 In ____ (grumpy)
114 War hawk
115 Situation after a leadoff single
118 Ball ____
119 Big org. in Saturdayafternoon TV
120 “Indiana Jones” setting
123 Half of a 1955 union merger
124 Singer’s syllable
126 They’ll sound sped up at 45 r.p.m.
127 French director Besson