New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Try to hit
7 Numbskull
11 With 108-Down, hot stretch of summer
14 Moment of inspiration
19 ‘‘He’s’’ this, in a 1963 hit for the Chiffons
20 Woes
21 ‘‘I know, I know!’’
23 What this might mean: ‘‘
24 English poet who wrote ‘‘The Highwayman’’
26 World Cup org.
27 Digs in the ice?
28 Persian ____ (rug maker’s deliberate mistake)
29 Humorist Bombeck
30 Early American
pseudonym
32 Within
33 Prop that enabled Houdini to ‘‘walk through’’ a brick wall
35 Napoleonic ____
36 Sounds of disapproval
37 Accept imminent
punishment 39 Republic toppled in 1933 41 Red block in Minecraft 42 Sopranos’ highlights 43 Rapper Fiasco
45 Curse out
49 Word with open or
pigeon
50 I, personally
52 Bird associated with
bats
53 Place side by side 56 Doctrine of East Asia 58 Six-Day War
combatant: Abbr. 59 Natural fertilizer
60 Jack of old TV 61 Neighbor of Jammu
and Kashmir 64 Instrument that makes
a ‘‘tsst’’ sound 66 ‘‘Mazel ____!’’ 67 Wrestler’s goal 68 Caesar-salad ingredient 71 Clanton at the O.K.
Corral
72 It’s over here
73 Ground
74 Works a wedding,
perhaps
75 Flying ____
(martial arts strike) 76 Spots for snorkeling 78 Women’s ____ 80 Helpful connections 81 Friendly
conversation ender 83 Wrap on a rancho 84 Opts
87 Horse-drawn carriage 88 ‘‘In Praise of Folly’’
essayist
90 Norman or English
king?
91 With 93-Across,
young river critter 93 See 91-Across
96 Tribal circle, perhaps 98 Scramble some eggs,
say
101 Smile ... or shine 104 Burden
105 Large electromotive
unit
106 Strong cleaners
107 Branch of dentistry that specializes in root canals
110 Name hidden backward in ‘‘excellent’’
111 Actress Teri
112 Davis of ‘‘Thelma &
Louise’’
113 Go to sleep, with ‘‘out’’ 114 Noted songwriter behind Wynonna Judd’s ‘‘Tell Me Why’’ and Linda Ronstadt’s ‘‘All My Life’’
117 You can’t run on this
for long
118 ____ Martell, ‘‘Game
of Thrones’’ princess 119 Goods for sale: Abbr. 120 Taiwan-born
filmmaker
121 George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, and others
122 Total mess
123 Sought redress, in a
way
124 Heeded an owner’s
order
DOWN
1 Org. created under F.D.R. 2 Howler of a movie? 3 Beset
4 Rant
5 ‘‘So let us begin ____ ...
’’: J.F.K.
6 Talk acronym
7 Model for a grade
schooler 8 Mountain residence 9 Argues
10 What three dots
might mean 11 Accomplish on behalf of 12 Home of Kenyon
College
13 Walk, so to speak
14 Org. created under
F.D.R.
15 Shower
16 Eponym for one of
the earth’s five oceans 17 Baby bearer, maybe 18 Stove toppers
22 Vice president after
Pence
25 One of Neptune’s
moons
30 Second half
of an incantation 31 Helen Reddy’s
signature hit 32 Rearward, to a rear
admiral
33 It shares space with # 34 Like dipsticks 38 Southwestern art hub 39 Tom Jones and Anthony
Hopkins, by birth 40 Make bubbly
44 Suzhou Museum
architect
46 Same old, same old 47 He set a Guinness World Record in 2014, reporting for 34 consecutive hours 48 Boob tubes 49 Northernmost N.B.A.
city, on scoreboards 50 Magic power 51 Brotherly figures 53 Placate
54 Job with numerous
applications?
55 Her name is Greek
for ‘‘all-gifted’’ 56 One always having
a place to hide 57 Mounds of activity 61 The standard
62 Pro Bowl side, for short 63 Item with straps 65 ____ Master’s Voice 68 ‘‘I’m in trouble!’’ 69 Approach gradually 70 One who gave us all
a lift?
75 Development
in cryptography
77 A few weeks ago,
probably
79 Worker with a comb 81 Mountebank
82 ‘‘Listen!’’
85 Some hangouts
for remote workers 86 It has its ratios, for
short
87 Popular beer
brand, casually 89 Meeting with a dead
line?
91 One side of the coin 92 Baited online
93 What all companies
try to make
94 Service charge 95 Scoring figs.
97 Lifts up
99 Literary utopia
100 Projecting edge
101 Deck out with spangles 102 The other side
103 Crackerjack
105 Longtime sports
journalist Jim
108 See 11-Across
109 Still competing
111 Sold out
114 Tour de France
distance units: Abbr. 115 ‘‘____, humbug!’’
116 Added paper to,
as a printer