New York Times Crossword

ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES

ACROSS

1 “Nah, you’re

not!” retort 8 Comedy-club

sounds

13 Port of Mexico 19 Where to hear

amateur bands? 20 Wear down

21 “It is better to be ____ than to be pitied”: Herodotus 22 Spaceship battle?/An iconic van Gogh

24 Big hit

25 Timbre 26 ____-nest

27 Some fairy-tale

characters 29 Coffee-maker

insert 30 Student-council

electee, informally 33 Booze it up,

old-style

34 Grp. with

cryptanalysts 37 Sounds of saxophones 38 Flying invention by a classic automaker?/An iconic Klee 41 “You’re on!” 44 Why cases might

go cold

47 NFL sportscaster

Andrews 48 Slangy reply when Bart’s sister asks, “What’s COVID?”/An iconic Leonardo 50 West Coast football powerhouse, in brief 51 Gravy, you might say

52 Curmudgeons 53 Come next 55 Maximal ending 57 Anago or unagi 58 Dance accompanied by pahu drums

59 Blue berry 61 Popular a.m. show, familiarly 63 Essential qualities 65 Reason Mercury gets eclipsed?/ An iconic Botticelli 69 Remark from the financially or vertically challenged 72 “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” e.g. 73 War game 74 Put out 78 Word of advice 79 Academic must: Abbr. 80 Cause of some Yellowstone traffic jams 82 Hang loose? 83 Like some covers and kisses

85 Zip it! 88 Post-dinosaur period?/An iconic Magritte 91 What a wristwatch wraps around 92 Hated with a passion

94 No small favor 95 Opposite of liberal doves?/An iconic Hopper 98 Participate in a marathon, say 99 Notice 100 Notice 101 “Unfortunately, yes” 105 Schumer of comedy

108 In fashion? 111 “Cute” vowel sound 112 California city whose name means “tar” 113 Dalmatians, e.g. 115 Planning one’s 24-hour itinerary?/An iconic Michelangelo, with “The”

119 Ill considered 120 U.S. swimming gold medalist Ledecky 121 Private meeting 122 Like in-flight smoking

123 Tell jokes until PowerPoint unfreezes, e.g. 124 Apt word spelled by the new letters that alter this puzzle’s seven works

DOWN

1 “Yippee!” 2 Touch up, as text 3 Bottom of the Thames? 4 Cowlick concealer 5 Rocky Mountain state: Abbr. 6 Flag carrier in the Mediterranean 7 Quagmire 8 Subject of the biography “Mr. Playboy” 9 Crop up 10 Enjoy more than one’s fair share 11 Focusing issue, in brief

12 Pitted against one another 13 Where fur coats get cleaned? 14 Loosen, as a spool

15 Nefarious 16 Real doozy 17 No. for a résumé 18 Work of praise 19 Dot-com start-up? 23 Cornerstone figs. 28 Zoos, so to speak 30 Los ____, vacation hot spot in Mexico 31 One may be on the house 32 Start for made or paid

35 Big ball 36 Records of the past 37 Relaxing soak 39 ____ de vie 40 NYC ave. east of Park 41 Hankering 42 Drive-____ 43 Prey for a polar bear

44 NFL team with the mascot Sourdough Sam, to fans

45 Old spy org. 46 Giggle alongside (not at!) 49 First pope in a line of 13 51 “How could you?!” playfully 54 Punk offshoot 56 Scored, as free throws 59 Super-dry 60 Rainbows in the sky, perhaps 62 Sporting a natural style 64 It’ll cost you 66 Per musician Charlie Parker, “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your ____” 67 Neighbor of the “~” key

68 Tree climbers, perhaps

69 Vampire’s cry in sunlight 70 “Stranger Things” actress ____ Bobby Brown 71 Wipe clean, as a car

75 Baby’s first word, commonly 76 Hoppy offerings, in brief 77 Good practice for a half-marathon 81 That ship 82 Pooch, in slang 84 “Oh, cry me a river!” 86 Feature of décolleté clothing 87 Run off at the mouth 89 “Hmm, never really thought about it ...” 90 Some vow takers 93 Org. with X-rays 96 African menace 97 Spoke menacingly 98 Embarrassing fail, in modern lingo 102 Whip around wildly 103 Canned tomatoes brand 104 Grammy winner DiFranco

105 Fire 106 Playground bully 107 “Aren’t I somethin’?!” 109 It may lead to greener pastures 110 “Darn it all!” 112 Bugaboo 113 Baby hyena 114 Modern vaccine component 116 Info for a limo driver 117 Above, to a bard 118 A thick one may be found in a bank