New York Times Crossword Puzzle
THAT'S A TALL ORDER
ACROSS
1 Volcanic residue
4 Iraqi, e.g.
8 Not working today
11 Top of the Alps?
17 Singer with the 2016 No.
1 hit “Cheap Thrills” 18 Ancient Iranian 19 Something dogs may
pull
20 Only musical to win Best Picture since “Oliver!” in 1968 21 Early encyclopedist credited with coining “Home is where the heart is”
24 Adjusts, as an
instrument 25 Reference aids for
artists
26 Children’s author
Lowry
27 Nonkosher sammie 28 Tested
29 Phrase followed by
“one two, one two” 32 English channel, with
“the”
33 ____ Min Lee, victim
in the podcast “Serial” 34 Archipelago nation in
the Indian Ocean 35 Stage before pupa 36 Gchat transmissions,
briefly 39 Accident-investigating
org.
41 Big dealer in outdoor
gear
42 Suggestion for a reading circle, informally
44 Fruit with a pit
46 Seek revenge on, in
a way
47 Is a straight shooter 49 Some printer hues 51 Word after meal or
before school
53 Put forward as a basis
of argument 54 Takedown pieces,
slangily
56 Charge (through) 58 Dryer residue
59 Dog sound
63 Sunbather in the tropics 64 Sources of weekly
N.C.A.A. rankings 66 Looked at lasciviously 68 Work with feet? 69 Pretzel topping 71 Modern cousin of
“Yay!”
72 Fear-inducing
73 Spanish phrase meaning
“Enough is enough!” 76 “Pencils down!”
78 Huge mix-up 79 Soft-rock singer who received Kennedy Center Honors in 2016 82 Philanthropist Broad 84 Salacious stuff 85 Anonymous female, in
court 86 Nurse in a bar
87 Train between N.Y.C.
and Montauk
89 Crafty
90 Kind of acid
91 Inherited
94 Muffin ingredient
96 It’s rigged
97 Protein in Wheaties 99 Bygone car model that’s an anagram of GRANITE
103 Part of a diner display 104 It brings you closer to
your subjects
105 “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up”
107 Mythical hunter
turned into a stag 109 State bordering the
Pacific
111 Establishment such as Crumbs and Whiskers or KitTea (both real!) 112 Avian diver
113 Not much
114 Convent-ional sort 115 Gets ready to pray 116 National Pizza Mo. 117 !
118 Future Ph.D.’s test
DOWN
1 Grp. with a pet project? 2 Buildings often outfitted
with ladders
3 Lauds
4 Oscar nominee for “Gone Baby Gone,” 2007
5 Measure of virality 6 Ritalin target, for short 7 It’s full of hard-to-spell
words
8 What a bitter person
might try to settle 9 Retainer
10 Prez with the dog Fala 11 4-Across chief 12 All-in-one boxes
13 R.N.’s place
14 Foreign capital designed
by two Americans
15 9+ for a game, e.g. 16 Program starting with the fifth year of college, informally 19 Like 100-1 odds 20 Popular gardening shoe 22 Early vintner, in the
Bible
23 Music genre associated
with the goth look 26 Baudelaire’s “____
Fleurs du Mal”
30 Inch along
31 The common folk 32 Picnic side dish 34 Trucker with a
transmitter
35 Stuff of legends 36 Futuristic tracking
device
37 “Are we done here?,”
politely
38 Bust, maybe
40 Dines
42 Recycling ____
43 River mammal
45 Flow of one line of a verse to the next without pause
47 Music genre from Asia 48 Term of address from one girlfriend to another
50 IV, to III, e.g.
52 { }
55 Player of many an opera
villain
57 Stun 60 Family name on a 1960s
sitcom
61 Sorry
62 Bygone military
punishment
64 ____ king
65 Fantasy series that inspired “Game of Thrones,” briefly 67 What the thumbs-up
emoji can mean 70 Took a course? 72 Kosher ____
74 Sleekly designed 75 Flared dress type 77 Spice Girl also known
as Sporty Spice
79 Bob Marley, for one 80 Liqueur often mixed
with water
81 Vacancy
83 One of the Avengers 85 Fill to absolute capacity 88 For all to see, in a way 91 Koala’s tree
92 Marketing tactic 93 Australian band with the 1988 No. 1 hit “Need You Tonight” 95 “Ideas worth spreading”
offshoot
97 Mistakes
98 Singular
99 Speck
100 Cleaning for military
inspection
101 Happen again
102 In lockstep
104 Fervor
106 Lyft alternative
108 Nickname for a buddy 109 Bronx-born singer,
familiarly
110 Bronx-born congresswoman, familiarly