New York Times Crossword Puzzle
No. 0929
ON THE UP AND UP ACROSS
1 Large decorative letter at the start of a chapter 8 Wood for crafts and rafts
13 Rapper Azalea with the
2014 hit “Fancy” 17 Farm stat
18 Weep for 19 Competitors in a classic advertising “war” 21 Salon bed acquisition, perhaps
22 Give a nudge 23 Discarded computers and such 25 Maintain the impression of wellbeing
28 [Grrr!]
29 General on Chinese menus
32 Put in order, in a way 33 Online instigator 35 “____ minute” (“Be patient”)
36 Ancient region of Asia Minor 38 Lopes of R&B’s TLC 39 Reconciled, as a couple 41 Ab-targeting exercise equipment
43 To the point
45 ____ Chex (old
breakfast cereal) 46 With 12-Down, “Isle of Dogs” director 47 Work at a music school 49 When doubled, band with the 1984 No. 1 hit “The Reflex”
51 MGM rival of the ’30s 53 Money handler on a ship
55 Amber, originally 56 Miniature spring bouquet 60 Pummel with snowballs, say 61 Roulette choice
63 “I believe,” in Latin 65 Something that comes with a sock 66 Screen-minimizing key 67 Method for identifying mystery callers 70 M.L.B. stat
71 Downed
72 O’Connor’s Supreme Court successor 73 Futuristic deliverer of packages
74 Flank or shank 75 Athlete’s knee injury, familiarly
77 Bitter fruits
79 –
82 Material for classic hockey sticks 83 Bouquet offerers, maybe 84 Deep distress 85 Article in Paris Match 87 Animal mimic? 89 Response to “Who’s there?” 91 Some cheesecake photos
95 Accelerated alternative to broadband 98 “Poppycock!”
100 Rainwater diverters 101 Diez menos nueve 102 “Au contraire!”
103 Hairstyling icon Vidal 105 What it is to kill a mockingbird, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” 106 “I feel the same way!” 108 Voltage-increasing electrical device
111 Animal mimic?
113 Ask too much
114 Brand in the dessert aisle
118 Character in “Grease” who sings “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”
119 Like many measuring
cups and spoons 120 Doctor Doom and Galactus, to the Fantastic Four
121 Homer, for one
122 “Yecch!”
123 Puts to rest, as rumors
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1 2010s dance move involving dipping the head to the elbow 2 Inits. on 30 Rockefeller Plaza until 1988 3 Surgery sites, for short 4 Christmas Eve no-no 5 Large waterfalls 6 Slack-jawed
7 Distant correspondent 8 Oktoberfest locales 9 Mideast capital once known as Philadelphia 10 Tender ender?
11 Holy, in Latin phrases 12 See 46-Across
13 Treat to reduce swelling
14 Run amok
15 Flamboyant rock genre 16 Woman’s name that’s one letter off from a fragrant flower 18 Prepare, as pot roast 20 Roadside produce sellers
24 Cheese with a red covering 26 Top-drawer
27 Sammy with 609 career home runs
29 Bard’s contraction 30 Cry a river
31 A quarter to four? 34 Ignore for the time being
37 Like xenon or neon 39 Popular moisturizing lotion
40 Subj. of Article 86 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice 42 Paint choice
44 Solved
48 Foe of Austin Powers 50 Dried chile peppers 52 ____-Aid
53 Tagliatelle topper 54 Reason for some bellyaching?
55 Got up again
56 Outer layer
57 Weapons that are about
3 1/2 feet long
58 Five books of Moses 59 Whack
60 Fuel common in
Scotland 62 Doc at a clinic 64 Red-headed friend of Harry Potter
67 Losing Super Bowl LIII team
68 Former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel 69 Door openers for journalists
74 Family name?
76 “A bit of talcum/ Is always walcum” writer
78 Set (down)
80 Chill in the air
81 Host of the Oscars,
Grammys and Emmys 83 Apiarist’s hazard
84 Oil painter’s primer 85 One-dimensional
86 Act of selfaggrandizement 88 They might get collared
90 Like a jammed printer 92 KOA visitors 93 Waipahu wreath 94 Form 1099 fig. 95 Distinctive part of a zebu 96 Kind of button 97 Feature of many a Cape Cod house
99 Played (around)
103 Little brats
104 Muscat citizen
107 Pasta also called risoni 109 Lhasa ____ (dog) 110 Aid for getting a boat in the water
112 Little ’un
115 Many an alibi
116 This may shock you 117 It’s twice twisted