New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Loosefitting garment 8 Things packed for
a sleepover, informally 11 Cavs, on a scoreboard 14 Effects seen on FX, perhaps
17 Nation on the Red Sea 18 Helmsman on ‘‘Star Trek’’ 20 High times for the petroleum industry 23 X, but not Y 24 It might help you keep
up with old classmates 26 Big-eyed baby 28 Excerpted passage 29 China’s Sun ____-sen 30 Carrier of goods by rail 34 Player of 45s 35 Haim of ‘‘Licorice Pizza’’ 37 Iconic role for
Carrie Fisher 38 Certain porter 40 ‘‘Right you are!’’ 43 Contest 45 Some Kiwis 47 Stop on a publicity tour 50 When repeated, gung-ho 51 Dish often topped with marinara
sauce 54 Dorm décor, often 56 Rave 58 Trivial 59 ____ Paz, 1990
Literature Nobelist
60 The ‘‘e’’ of i.e.
61 Chosen name of five popes 63 ____ Equis
65 Prepare (oneself) 66 Fundamentals 69 Alternatives to Pumas 71 Break for a bit 73 Ctrl-Z command 74 Does some fieldwork 76 ____ Rose of Guns N’ Roses 77 Standings column 78 Leb. neighbor 80 French desserts whose name translates as ‘‘small ovens’’ 82 Flair 84 Thor, e.g. 88 Makeup of some sleeves 89 TV chef who wrote
‘‘Semi-Homemade Cooking’’ 92 ____ Sremmurd
(hip-hop duo)
93 White Russian ingredient 94 Playwright Eugene 95 Michelangelo masterpiece 97 Camelot figure
100 It can be written in scripts known as naskh and ruq’ah 102 Require 103 Tree with ‘‘eyes’’ on
its bark 106 They can be tapped out 108 Concern at the
end of a space journey 110 X 111 Ambitious sort 114 ____ Cherry, 1989 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist 115 ‘‘Take it easy once in
a while!’’ 118 Sonny and Fredo, for two
123 They’re all pulling in the same
DOWN
direction
124 Keep it in mind!
125 Classy
126 Chinese-dish eponym
127 End of days?
128 You might take them out for a
quick spin, informally
129 Rages
1 –
2 ____TV (network for ‘‘Impractical Jokers’’)
3 Lower, as lights
4 Hwy.
5 Coding headache
6 Naval engagement
7 One taking interest in
your education?
8 H.S. exam
9 7/
10 Heaps at
publishing houses
11 Edward Jenner used it when developing the world’s first successful vaccine 12 Sigmatism,
by another name
13 The blonde in
‘‘Legally Blonde’’
14 What might unfold
at camp
15 Exclamation on April Fools’ Day 16 Words of clarification
19 ‘‘Yeah ... pass’’
21 Checks for bugs
22 Mlle., in Madrid
25 –
27 Wrap up by
30 Distress signal
31 Put on the air again
32 –
33 Letter after sigma
34 Borough of New Jersey noted
for its indoor shopping malls 36 Landed on a licorice space in
Candy Land, say
39 Male swan
41 Put side by side
42 Relative of a gator
44 Their eggs are dark green
46 Camera spec
48 –
49 Brought before a jury
52 This, in Spanish
53 Malibu, e.g.
55 One way to go
57 ‘‘This guy? We’re together’’
61 –
62 Accounts
64 Greenlights
66 Schedule slot filler: Abbr. 67 Grim
68 Terra ____
70 One doing the
lord’s work?
71 Birch bark and pine
cones, e.g.
72 –
75 Missing work?
77 Exchange words?
79 Trickle (through)
81 –
83 Language spoken in
Luang Prabang
84 Government bonds? 85 Welcome
86 Consumer
87 Set ... or word said
before set
90 Estuary
91 ‘‘Three Tall Women’’ playwright 96 Overnight site
98 Cold feet and cold shoulder,
for two
99 Emperor before the Year of the
Four Emperors
101 Louisiana cooking style
103 ‘‘Flick of the Switch’’ band 104 Curt
105 Aches (for)
107 Classic soda brand
109 –
112 ____-Ball
113 Education orgs.
114 Hush-hush pacts, in brief
116 –
117 Good name, informally
119 Some smartphones
120 Something bent or lent
121 –
122 Norm: Abbr.