New York Times Crossword
CHOICE WORDS
ACROSS
1 Action done while saying, “Good dog” 4 Mischiefmakers
11 It might click
for a writer 14 Fall mo.
17 Kind to Mother
Nature
18 Harris in the Country Music Hall of Fame 19 Living ____ 20 Member of the superfamily Hominoidea 21 Noted Apple release of 1968, to fans 23 Haphazard 25 Some crumbly
blocks
26 Inits. for a
theatrical hit 27 Send away,
in a way 29 Accomplished
the task 30 What wiggly lines in comics may represent 32 Cause of boom
and bust? 34 Convene for
another session 36 Up to it 37 What’s frequently used by poets?
38 “To quote yours
truly ...”
41 ____ dish 42 Heath
43 Desperate 45 Traditional
British entree 48 Tries for a role
49 S.F. metro 50 “Hey ... over
here!”
51 Derby
lengths 53 Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji
56 Give a buzz
61 Inconvenience 64 Execute, as a
royal of old 67 Classic concert
chambers 68 Noted U.S. rock
group? 70 Approximately 73 See captain? 74 Studio
fixtures
76 “I’m game!” 77 State of
equilibrium 80 Code-cracking
grp. 81 Match-ending
rugby call 82 Bygone
sovereign 85 Dance-a-____
87 Build on 90 Military
dismissal 96 “You game?” 98 State to be the
case
99 ____ Kornfeld, music promoter for Woodstock 100 Daddy-o
102 Great Basin
native
103 Stun
104 Heavy weights
in Britain
106 “Murder, ____
Wrote”
107 Samuel ____, business partner of Marcus Goldman 109 Gradually wear
away
111 Lipton
competitor 113 Keypad triplet 115 Critical
remark
116 Regardless of
the outcome 118 Hectic trip
abroad
121 Card in a royal
flush
122 Purposes 123 One runs from
Me. to Fla. 124 Seminoles’
sch.
125 “You betcha!” 126 Northern ____ (curiously named apple variety)
127 Have
128 Boggy expanse
DOWN
1 Fare that’s eaten hands-free 2 Wanted
badly
3 Mano a mano 4 Negligent 5 Silicon Valley’s ____ Research Center
6 Candy bit that comes in a plastic roll 7 “Battlestar Galactica” robots 8 Clerical
vestment
9 F, in music 10 Southern region of Mesopotamia 11 Fabric options 12 Sense of self 13 Fluent speaker
of Elvish, say 14 Uttered a
sound
15 ɛ
16 Bugs 19 Relative of a
bug 22 Churchill ____ Rooms (London tourist attraction)
23 Long ball
24 City with a
Little Havana 28 Nickname for
José 31 Farthest down? 33 Anklebone 35 Least messy 39 Sorority
member
40 Yang’s
counterpart 44 “I Wanna Be
Sedated” band 46 Horrid 47 Maximum
degree
49 The brainy
bunch? 52 Profligate
sort 54 Measures of electrical resistance
55 One of the fire
signs 57 Alveolar trill, as it’s commonly known
58 Concept, in
Cannes 59 Just in case 60 Glasgow gal 61 Mischiefmakers
62 ____ court 63 Stage between larva and imago 64 Consecrates
65 Act investigated by an insurance company
66 ____ ex
machina
69 QVC alternative 71 Journalist Fallaci who wrote “Interview With History” 72 Bindis, e.g. 75 Running behind 78 Kinda 79 Berate blisteringly 81 They can be wrinkled or thumbed 83 Field that deals with fields 84 The newest trend, in slang 86 Inits. at Westminster 88 Trigger 89 Head for the hills? 90 Moved aside (for) 91 Cupidity 92 Changes from commercial to residential, perhaps 93 Words to live by 94 Wash out 95 Popular tick repellent
96 Piercing eye hue
97 Trial 101 ____ of Alexandria (wonder of the ancient world) 105 Clinch 108 Puerto Rico clock setting: Abbr.
110 Ballpark figures, in brief 112 Semiserious “Got it!” 114 Places hangers hang 117 Guff 119 Distributor of CARES Act funds
120 ____ Moines