NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Julian Kwan, of Dumont, N.J., is a software test engineer for a telecommunications company. He started solving crosswords in college (University of Pennsylvania, class of 1997). Several years ago, he says, after noticing that all the Times puzzles had bylines, ‘‘I figured, Why couldn’t one of them be me, right?’’ This is Julian’s fourth published crossword but his first for The Times. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 SAT section eliminated by the College Board in 2021 6 Firth person? 10 Best-selling book of all time 15 Get the attention of 19 Sister-in-law of Prince William 20 Lead-in to pilot 21 Stick on 22 ‘‘Goodness gracious!’’ 23 Nod off at a self-serve restaurant? 26 Jupiter, exempli gratia 27 [Turn the page] 28 Sooner, informally 29 Diamond stat 30 Get down and dirty, in dialect 32 Bovine disease 34 Fancy flooring for an R.V.? 38 Home of Etihad Airways: Abbr. 39 Eyeball creepily 40 Requirement 41 Hoops grp. 44 Like universal blood recipients 48 One layer of a seven-layer dip 50 What the prestigious ice sculptor had? 55 Unable to think clearly 59 Goes nowhere, say

60 Word with holy or heating 61 Grammy-winning singer Cash

63 Certain elite school 64 Appear 65 Back in the U.S.S.?

66 Org. to which Taft was elected president after serving as U.S. president 67 ‘‘Yes, that’s clear’’

69 ‘‘Let everyone else get some steak before taking seconds!’’ 74 Mooches 76 Mate 77 Grand Central info 78 Surreptitious bit of communication 81 ‘‘What have we here!’’

82 Like many characters in Alison Bechdel cartoons 84 Nintendo release of 2006 85 Show runner 86 2013 Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical

88 ‘‘We should stall!’’ 91 Long-stemmed mushroom 93 Egyptian god of the afterlife 94 Llama’s head? 95 Button clicked to see the rest of an article 97 Not out, say 101 Target of the heckle ‘‘What game are you watching?!’’

103 Why no one hangs out in actors’ dressing rooms these days? 107 Played obnoxiously loudly

111 At 10 or 11 p.m., say

112 Part of lifeguard training 113 Navigation app 115 Lucky charm 116 American ____ (century plant) 117 Bathroom fixture that one never asked for? 122 Their heads get dirty

123 Dirt

124 Typos for exclamation marks if you fail to hit Shift 125 Opposite of neat 126 ____ strategy 127 Fills to the max 128 Set (on) 129 Bathroom-door sign

DOWN

1 ____ salt (magnesium sulfate) 2 Mixed-martialarts great Anderson 3 What a hiree should be brought up to 4 Brief summary 5 Gab 6 Knocked in a pocket, in pool 7 Handle a job satisfactorily 8 Additional 9 ____ the line

10 Trinket 11 Less certain 12 Many a maid of honor, informally 13 Create an account?

14 Not included 15 Marvel group led by Hercules 16 ____ monkey 17 Lucky charm 18 Plague

24 ‘‘My treat next time!’’ 25 Cheese sometimes paired with fig jam 31 Subject of the Iran-contra affair 33 Requirements for witnesses 35 Jessica of ‘‘L.A.’s Finest’’ 36 Believer in Jah 37 Book-fair organizer, maybe, in brief 41 Longtime procedural set in Washington, D.C. 42 Foreshadow 43 Pass up? 45 Declare

46 ‘‘All in the Family’’ mother 47 Tissue that’s prone to tearing, for short 49 Italian car since 1907 51 Enemy in the game Doom 52 Sticks in a box? 53 Style of women’s leather handbags

54 Isaac and Rebekah’s firstborn

56 Piece with a title like ‘‘10 Best Places to . . . ’’ 57 First mate? 58 Recolor 62 Comparatively neat 65 Johnson & Johnson skin-care brand 68 Moniker after a lifestyle change 70 Initial problem for a storied duckling 71 Man’s nickname that sounds like consecutive letters of the alphabet 72 ‘‘Phooey!’’

73 Japanese ‘‘energy healing’’ 74 Bread for dipping 75 Golden ratio symbol 79 Actress Patricia of ‘‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’’ 80 Phone, wallet, ____ (traveler’s mental checklist) 83 Gaudy jewelry 84 Word in obituaries 85 Eponymous member of the Ford family 87 Most cheerful 89 Fictional establishment selling Duff Beer

90 Option for an overnight guest 92 Campsite org. 95 Antacid brand 96 Forms of some mythological sea creatures 98 Turn into 99 Bob hopes? 100 Garment worn with a choli 102 Something Pharaoh’s dream foretold in Genesis 103 Make a goat 104 Heavies 105 ‘‘Pearls Before ____’’ (comic strip)

106 Put away

108 Sculptor with a dedicated museum in Philadelphia 109 Throw out 110 Showers attention (on) 114 Lemon-bar ingredient 118 Food-serviceindustry lobby, for short 119 Command to a dog

120 Male swan 121 Slow (down)