NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Note: When this puzzle is completed, 12 squares will be filled with a certain keyboard symbol— which will have a different signification in the Across answers than it does in the Downs.
ACROSS 1 “I Am Not ____” (1975 show-business autobiography) 6 “Shoot, shoot, shoot” 12 Cassio’s jealous lover in “Othello” 18 Charge 20 Got up again 21 Comes to fruition 22 “Psst! Come hide with me!” 23 Come closer to catching 24 Takes out, as some beer bottles 25 First in a race? 26 Colt, e.g. 27 Ones doing a decent job in the Bible? 29 Magical phrase in an old tale 32 “Shoot!” 34 Takes apart 37 Drink at un café 38 Amt. often measured in ozs. 40 Drink at un café 41 Not as far from 43 LeBron James or Kevin Durant 46 One trillionth: Prefix 47 Welcome site? 48 When some tasks must be done 50 Schwarzenegger film catchphrase 52 Amazon’s industry 55 Person of the hour 57 Still 58 Comment after a betrayal 61 Pen 63 Go on foot 64 Link between two names 66 Large goblet 71 Where batters eventually make their way to plates? 74 Catchphrase for one of the Avengers 77 Gap in a manuscript 81 Like some storefronts 83 Farmer, in the spring 84 Repeated bird call? 86 Is unable to 89 Bygone record co. 90 Site of the “crown of palaces” 91 Multicar accidents 93 Travel over seas? 96 N.Y.C. museum, with “the” 97 Honeymooners’ site 98 GPS calculation 100 What the ruthless show 101 Author ____René Lesage 103 What the ring in “The Lord of the Rings” is called 107 Nepalis live in them 109 Hebrew letter before samekh 110 75- and 80Down, e.g.: Abbr. 112 Tote 113 Google browser 115 Steamy 118 Place 119 Wrinkle preventer, of sorts 120 Beezus’ sister, in children’s literature 121 Ones making an effort 122 Contraction with two apostrophes 123 Something matzo lacks DOWN 1 ____ Lanka 2 “Let us spray,” e.g. 3 It works for workers, in brief 4 Money, in modern slang 5 Something that may have bad keys 6 Church keys? 7 Leader of a procession 8 ____ War, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” event 9 Swanson on “Parks and Recreation” 10 Ol’ red, white and blue’s land 11 Material sometimes sold ripped 12 Scourge 13 Recite 14 “What ____!” (cry after some spectacular goalie play) 15 What zero bars means on a cellphone 16 Tools for people picking pockets? 17 @@@ 19 Paint type 21 Soda-can feature 28 Like a softball interview vis-àvis a grilling 30 Guessed nos. 31 Assistant number cruncher 33 Art critic, stereotypically 34 Not seemly 35 More nifty 36 “Hakuna ____” (“The Lion King” song) 39 Rings on doors 42 Site of the U.S.’s only royal palace 44 Go on 45 Host 46 Course standard 49 Kettle’s accuser 51 Groups that never get started 53 “Lord, is ____?” 54 Wolfish 56 Teachers’ grp. 59 C equivalents 60 Royale carmaker of old 62 “Gross” 65 “So you admit it!” 67 Language in Southeast Asia 68 “Cross my heart and hope to die” 69 One seeking the philosopher’s stone 70 How one person might resemble another 72 Revolutionary thinker? 73 Feeling the effects of a workout 75 L.A. institution 76 Bound 77 Wool source 78 Pasta variety 79 Conviction … or what’s almost required for a conviction 80 TheWahoos of the A.C.C. 82 Romanian currency 85 ____ rate (tax amount per $1,000) 87 iPod model 88 Kind of leg 92 Dictation takers 94 “Git!” 95 Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say 97 Where many shots are taken 99 Shrewdness 102 “Things are bound to go my way soon” 104 Presidential perk until 1977 105 “That’s nothing” 106 Not reacting 108 Muscles worked by pull-ups, briefly 111 Greek portico 112 1940s prez 114 Genetic stuff 116 Stand-____ 117 Monopoly token that replaced the iron in 2013