New York Times Crossword Puzzle
No. 0119 STATE OF CONFUSION
ACROSS
1 Some Japanese cars
7 Judean king, in Matthew
12 Medical-insurance grp.
15 Freedom of the ____
19 Like a short play
20 Brick material
21 Sushi fish that’s never
served raw
22 School with its own ZIP code — 90095
23 Voice box? [Wolverine State]
26 33-Across’s sound
27 “Dang!”
28 Like a soufflé
29 ____ Kea
30 2014 film with the tagline “One dream can change the world”
31 Losers
33 Safari sighting [Golden State]
35 Captain of science fiction
36 Spleen
38 Wiggle room
39 Rehearsed
42 Device that keeps fish alive
44 Pay a brief visit
48 Stashed for later [Blue Hen State]
53 Whom a warrant officer might report to, informally
54 “____ Lang Syne”
55 Letters on an ambulance
56 Times before the present?
58 Revealer of the Wizard
59 Following, as a detective might
63 Gave up the ghost
66 It’s condensed
67 Editorialist’s skill [Mountain State]
72 Banned pollutant, for short
74 West Coast birthplace of John Steinbeck
75 Like some candles
78 “No way, José!”
80 Fairy-tale prince, perhaps
81 “There it is!”
84 Big Island city
85 Events for socialites
87 Knight’s accouterments [Ocean State]
92 Brother or sister
95 School
96 ____ Schwarz (toy company)
97 Like some wallpaper patterns
100 In which a single raised pinkie is an “i”: Abbr.
101 Wilbur’s partner in an old sitcom
103 Sushi-bar offering [Centennial State] 107 Cockney and others
111 Pilots’ flights just after training is finished
112 Face-planted
113 Detach slowly (from)
114 Hit playfully on the nose, slangily
115 Rights-defending org.
116 Has been around the block [Evergreen State]
119 What locks are made of
120 Hawaiian word that’s also a common Chinese surname
121 Layers
122 Ready for publication, say
123 “Like that’ll ever happen”
124 Lead-in to Brown or Robinson in No.1 song titles
125 Sport on a range
126 Not for ____ (sign)
DOWN
1 Disney heroine of 2016
2 Invalidate
3 Cocktail garnishes
4 ____ City, Yukon Territory
5 Nail
6 Bit of party decoration
7 Puts up
8 Pushing the envelope
9 Letters after CD
10 Most of the 2010s
11 Insomniac’s order
12 Tush
13 Poses a danger to
14 Cry with an accent
15 Emphatic rejection
16 Food inspectors test for it 17 Thrifty competitor
18 Sticky roll
24 Snub
25 Let fly
30 One leaving a trail
32 What scared horses do
34 “That’s so sweet!”
36 Article
37 40 make up a furlong
39 Exam for the collegebound
40 ____ fortis (another name for nitric acid)
41 Noted export from Holland
43 Something North Carolina’s Alcohol Law Enforcement regulates, aptly
45 Charlie Brown catchphrase
46 Ask the obvious question, so to speak
47 “Ouch!”
49 Indolent
50 “____ here!”
51 Maintain
52 Reading on the dashboard of the DeLorean in “Back to the Future”
57 Improv offering
60 Fed. agency that helped take down Al Capone
61 Secretive org.
62 Wide gap
63 Walgreens rival
64 Symbol for viscosity, in chemistry
65 Short swim
68 What phonies put on
69 Word before cap or shoe
70 Shakespearean schemer
71 Classic pop brand 72 Flat-faced dogs
73 Kind of tea
76 “____ Minnow Pea,” 2001 novel with an alphabetically punny title
77 Dummy
79 Setting for some pickup
basketball
81 Uses sigma notation, in calculus
82 Tow
83 Nelson Mandela’s org.
86 George Eliot’s “____ Marner”
88 It’s no bull
89 Musician Marley, son of Bob
90 Outlander
91 Command to a dog
93 Go-ahead
94 Many a dad joke
98 Stella ____ (imported beer)
99 Big name in theaters
102 Flotsam and jetsam
103 Japan’s largest brewer
104 English class quiz subject, informally
105 Skateboard jump
106 Imitates Daffy Duck, in a way
107 Many a founding father, religiously
108 Terra ____
109 Dry (off)
110 Fine china
113 “This is fun!”
116 Airline with a crown in its logo
117 1-1, for one
118 Something that might accompany a dedication