NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

HOLLYWOOD REMAKES | BY JEREMY NEWTON | EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Jeremy Newton, of Austin, Tex., is an engineering manager for mobile games at SciPlay. He’s been making crosswords for The Times since 2008. He says this one is a special accomplishment, because the idea for it has been kicking around since 2010. He finally managed to find a consistent theme set he was happy with. While creating the puzzle, he mumbled a lot. You’ll soon see why. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 King, queen, etc. 9 Overly impulsive 13 Something in a

cocoon

17 It may produce both a cringe and a laugh

19 Acclaimed rock ’n’ roll biopic of 2022

21 Emerald or

aquamarine

22 ‘‘That cult’s initiation ceremony is brutal!’’ [1983] 24 Creator of the games Xybots and Klax

25 Bit of memory,

for short

26 It’s quite the

stretch

27 Not stay outside,

informally

29 Spurred into

action

32 Bronzed New York basketball player from Bangkok [1997] 34 Junk

35 Prominent features of Sphynx cats

38 Treaty that was

dissolved in 2020 39 Neighbor of a

return key

42 Places

44 ____StavroBlofeld,

enemy of 007

48 Therein lies the

rubbed

49 Why the Devil was forced to pay ‘‘The Greatest’’ [1969]

52 Parks at a pier

54 Anise-flavored liqueur

56 Passes (out)

57 Not play by

oneself, perhaps 59 ‘‘Remarkable!’’ 60 Bucatini, ziti

and rigatoni, e.g. 62 High point of a

trip to Europe? 63 Total breeze

64 Do some

making up

65 Cry after remembering to meet at noon [1984]

68 Somewhat off 69 English football powerhouse, to fans

70 Time out in preK?

71 Change for the

better

72 Belly, cutesily

73 ‘‘You didn’t fool

me!’’

75 One way to

cross a lake

77 One in the oil

business?

80 Actress Davis

81 ‘‘You there, hoarding the Quattro razor! Scram!’’ [2002] 85 Losing line in

tick-tack-toe

86 Wryly comical 88 Word with pie,

pot or port

89 Subject of SETI

space scans

91 Partner of Clark in American history

93 Stefani who sang the 1996 hit ‘‘Don’t Speak’’

94 Six-foot runners? 95 How one cannibal felt after devouring the other [2000] 101 Like ‘‘threads,’’

for clothing

104 Latest releases,

of sorts

105 Neighbor of an

Emirati

108 Anxiety condition,

for short

109 I.T. bigwig

110 Some optical illusions created with one’s fingers [1999]

116 Rival of a ’Vette 117 ‘‘Socrate’’

composer

118 Auditing a class,

maybe

119 Part of H.K.

120 Miffed, with ‘‘off ’’ 121 Compliment to Daisy during a game of fetch

DOWN

1 Summer hrs. in Dallas

2 ‘‘Nice joke!’’

3 Previously,

poetically

4 Bit of apparel that

covers the face

5 Turn into

confetti

6 Big change in

price or power

7 Classic record

label

8 Lug around

9 [Yuck!]

10 Greeting that means, literally, ‘‘love’’

11 Crime-show

spinoff, to fans

12 Skedaddle, with

‘‘it’’

13 ____ Hall, home of the N.C.A.A.’s Pirates

14 Many a

Zoroastrian

15 Line at a

karaoke bar

16 ‘‘Hogan’s

Heroes’’ colonel 18 Ambassador, in

brief

20 Pile of papers

21 Cosmic

comeuppance 23 Big drinkers

28 Pay (up)

29 Freak

30 What you get upon reading aloud the answers to the seven italicized clues

31 ‘‘Works for me!’’ 33 Historic builders of rope bridges 34 Recipe qty. 36 Syst. of unspoken words 37 Diamond shapes 40 Make an

appearance

41 Many a watch

display, for short 42 1983 No. 1 hit for

David Bowie

43 Work of

appreciation

45 Dozes after a

dose, say

46 Category for which every 30-Down in this puzzle was recognized, aptly 47 Its loss can

cause baldness 50 Ganja 51 Didn’tgoanywhere 53 Filling-station

brand

55 ‘‘Not good, amigo’’ 58 Missions, in brief 60 ‘‘____ OK!’’

61 One who makes

calls

62 Writer Rand

64 Like the death of 19-Across, some claim

65 Grammywinning DiFranco 66 Out of control 67 Cowboy’s cry of

excitement

69 Aerial threat during the Cold War 72 Classic Disney film that opens at Flynn’s arcade 74 On display, as a

painting

75 Tapped

76 Feel bad

77 Travel through

time?

78 Easily

persuaded sort 79 Things pandas

have 20 of

82 Chew the fat

83 Jubilant cheer 84 Options for ‘‘bee’s

knees’’ cocktails 87 Alternative to

Levi’s 90 End of a flight,

in two senses

92 Serves, with ‘‘on’’ 93 Nickname for

Mom’s mom

95 Grind

96 Brought about 97 ‘‘Well, shucks!’’ 98 Contacting on

Twitter, for short 99 Compadre

100 Journalist in a

field

102 Ball game?

103 Like the smell of

burnt rubber 106 Rapper behind the ‘‘King’s Disease’’ trilogy 107 ‘‘Copy,’’ to a cat 111 Great Basin

people

112 D.D.E.’s W.W. II

battleground 113 Sci-fi film

staple, for short 114 White-wine

aperitif

115 Show with a ‘‘What’s Up With That?’’ segment, for short