New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Amenity in G.M. vehicles 7 R.N.’s workplace 10 ‘‘Awake in the Dark’’
author
15 Down at the bar? 19 Peace and quiet
20 Tease constantly, with
‘‘on’’
21 Bottom lines?
22 Spanish Steps city 23 What an unsteady tightrope walker may do?
25 Number cruncher, in
Wall Street lingo 26 Spelling clarification 27 CPR experts
28 ‘‘____ to My Family’’ (song by the Cranberries)
29 ‘‘It’s just too $%#@
hot!,’’ e.g.?
31 Fasten again, as
documents
34 Dish cooked in an
underground oven 35 Bolshoi debut of 1877 36 Thesis defenses, e.g. 37 Thereabouts
39 Me-day destination 40 What a beekeeper
receives at work? 45 Pettily punishes 50 Dynamite
51 Explode on Twitter, say 52 ‘‘____: Ragnarok’’ (2017
blockbuster)
54 Catty comments 55 Upstanding person 57 Flood protector
59 Bird that carries Sinbad
to safety
61 ‘‘Little Fockers’’ actress
Polo
62 Little auk, by another
name
65 Japanese audio brand 66 Cousin of a clarinet 67 Why the knight went
shopping?
73 Letters no longer seen
on most phones 74 Ingredient in une
quiche
75 Source of the words ‘‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;/It is the green-ey’d monster
. . . ’’
76 Bohemian
77 ‘‘Hate Me Now’’ rapper,
1999
78 2019 award for ‘‘What the Constitution Means to Me’’ 79 ‘‘Magnifico!’’
84 Fully grown fillies 86 Statistician’s calculation 88 Cruz known as the
Queen of Salsa 91 Regenerist skin-care
brand
92 Upfront? 94 Hogs, after being
scrubbed clean? 97 Even a little bit
99 Take ____ from
(follow)
100 Thrill
101 Resident of the lowest circle of hell, in Dante’s ‘‘Inferno’’ 106 Spring setting in San
Antonio: Abbr.
107 Border of a lagoon, say 111 What the ecstatic
janitor did?
113 Porcine pad
114 Paul of ‘‘There Will Be
Blood’’
115 Actress Taylor
116 ‘‘Stop it, I’m blushing’’ 117 ‘‘Michael Jordan’s Top 10 Free Throws’’ and others?
120 Rental units: Abbr. 121 Ballet shoe application 122 Shakespearean prince 123 Cuts off
124 Interlock
125 Choral composition 126 N.F.C. South city: Abbr. 127 Kids’ camp crafts
project
DOWN
1 Figure-skating champ
Brian
2 Reinvented self-image 3 Tiffs
4 Spots to shop for tots 5 The Sun Devils’ sch. 6 One squat, for example 7 What soap bubbles do 8 Pet shop purchase 9 ‘‘Yuck!’’
10 Sublime
11 Toto’s creator 12 They’re full of questions 13 Holds on to one’s
Essence, say? 14 Fasteners of some heels 15 Go at a glacial pace 16 Book before Joel
17 Boat sometimes built around a whalebone frame
18 Soul, e.g.
24 Give a shout
29 Nothing of the ____ 30 Digital sounds? 32 Something up one’s
sleeve
33 Original site of the
Elgin Marbles 34 Beyoncé, for one 38 ‘‘How neat!’’
40 Uncle ____ 41 Heartbreak
42 Martin who wrote the ‘‘Baby-Sitters Club’’ series
43 Conclude (with) 44 Coarsegrained igneous
rock
46 Tagging along 47 Martial-arts-based
workout
48 Trial’s partner
49 Went cross-countrying,
say
53 Spiked wheel on a boot
spur
56 Farm-to-table program,
in brief
58 Shish ____
60 Scientist who said, ‘‘The cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star-stuff’’
63 First string
64 Puts out
65 How obedient dogs walk 67 Gets a head?
68 Host of an Apple TV+
book club
69 In again
70 More sardonic 71 Paperless airplane
reservation
72 Trifling amount 78 Because (of)
80 Sky fall?
81 Whitney of cotton gin
fame
82 Headed
83 ‘‘Later!’’
85 Button on an old video
game controller 87 Org. that publishes the
journal Emotion 89 Prepare for a guided
meditation, perhaps 90 Cavity fillers 93 Homogeneous
95 ____ Gobert, 2018 and 2019 N.B.A. Defensive Player of the Year 96 Benchmark: Abbr. 98 ‘‘Over here!’’
101 Religion symbolized by
a moon and star 102 Make a choice on
Tinder
103 Isle of Man men, e.g. 104 Gorillalike
105 Suite meet?
108 Made lighter
109 One might begin
‘‘Dear Diary . . . ’’ 110‘ ‘All That Jazz’’ director 112 Screenwriter Lee, sister
of Spike
113 De-bug?
117 ____ cha beef
(Chinese entree)
118 V-J Day prez
119 Ni‘ihau necklace