The new york times
ACROSS
1 Goal for many a T.A. 4 There’s a Winter one in St. Petersburg and a Summer one in Beijing
10 Confront
16 QVC alternative 19 Grande preceder 20 Many a video-game
player has one 21 Hebrew name of
God
22 Major N.Y.S.E.
events
24 Vainglory
25 Good side in
70-Across
27 Reid of “Sharknado” 28 Grade-school basics 30 Scoundrel
31 Points all around? 32 Celsius of the
Celsius scale 33 Director Nicolas 35 Good cheer 37 People to pick from 38 Major role in
70-Across 41 Smartphone forerunners, in brief
42 “____ kingdom
come ...”
43 Big stretch 44 Bluish-gray shade 46 Mobile ____
48 Time might be shown on the side of one
50 Score of 8, in golf
slang
52 Events where one person’s trash may be another person’s treasure
56 Pull back (in) 59 Capital-B Belief 61 Family name on
TV’s “Succession” 62 Vote in favor 63 Prefix with futurism 64 Outback offering 65 Locale of the 2002 and 2022 World Cups
67 Long-term
damage
68 Some copywriting
awards
69 The volcano Emi Koussi is its highest point
70 The better of two major sci-fi film franchises?
72 Climb (up)
73 Gives a bad hand? 74 “But ____ counting?”
75 Gentle hill
76 Grams, by another name
77 Voice heard by 500 million people 78 ____ Majesty
79 Not for moi? 80 Pump choice
82 Spot for a patch,
perhaps
83 Begins to like 86 Regular at Citi Field 89 Small spot for a
castaway
91 Ian McKellen, e.g. 92 Skin-care brand
with an accent over its last letter 94 Mens ____
95 Sends a Telegram,
in brief?
97 Not looking good 99 Major role in
70-Across
102 Stop at the liquor
store?
103 Comforting phrase 106 Newton of the Black
Panther Party
107 “____ Darko” (2001
cult film)
109 Distend
110 Who wrote “April is the cruellest month”
113 Scratch-and-sniff
page, e.g.
114 Dramatic
accusation
115 Good side in
70-Across
118 Misfortune
119 Cousin of a
skimmer
120 ____ One
121 “Do you mind?”
122 Brown of HBO
Max’s “Gossip Girl” reboot
123 WaPo
competitor 124 “There’s not much
hope”
125 Bumper
attachments
126 Sazerac cocktail
ingredient
DOWN
1 Records in advance 2 Time for a shootout 3 Memorable quote
from 70-Across 4 Apple device 5 Affirms
6 Some college
classes
7 “Thanks, but I
already ____”
8 Diet Coke doesn’t have a single one: Abbr.
9 Wipes out
10 “The Clan of the
Cave Bear” heroine 11 What’s raised in a
ruckus
12 Waste of an
election? 13 Confesses
14 Bad thing to be
stuck in
15 On-line connection? 16 Arrive at, as a
solution 17 Memorable quote
from 70-Across 18 “Take your time” 23 Audacious
26 A target for Target,
say
29 It might be a
shocker
31 “The Simpsons”
character
33 Social media star
Addison
34 Partner of one 36 French skin-care
and cosmetics giant 38 ____ teeth
(proverbial rarity) 39 Noble title 40 Follower of black or
special
44 Slanders
45 Director Waititi 47 Ones involved in a
transaction
49 Nutty confections 51 So-called Breakfast
of Champions 53 They might end on
a high note 54 Sound of a jaguar 55 Let out, in a way 57 Some contents of
golf bags 58 Needing to butt out 60 Potato or pea
preparer
64 Albert who developed a polio vaccine
66 Leaves in a huff,
with “off”
67 Body part that
precedes “band” 68 Innocent
69 One of the Prairie
provinces: Abbr. 71 “It’s a ____!” 72 Show of scorn 74 Question of confusion or disgust
79 Sound of a Jaguar 81 Reassuring words 83 “____ Hiring”
(business sign) 84 Kind of card
85 The “quail” in Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony
87 By plane, say 88 Obvious untruth 90 Q preceder? 93 Aloof
95 “Seems so”
96 Like the inside of a
lava cake 98 Devices in atomic
clocks
100 Converse, e.g.
101 Rank
102 Common waitingroom viewing
104 Jeer
105 Shock treatment,
for short
107 Slobber
108 Noises that come
from pens
111 “Girls” creator
Dunham
112 Carded, informally 113 Tabbouleh
go-with
115 “Enough already!” 116 Suffix in organic
chemistry
117 Quirk