The new york times
ACROSS
1 Writer who created
Oz
5 “Obviously,” in
slang
10 First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
14 “... with possibly direr consequences” 17 ____ Berliner, pioneer in phonograph records
18 Lex Luthor, to
Superman
22 Raised
23 Bit of asparagus 24 Alternately
25 Lines up
26 Agitated
29 Pricey
30 M.L.B. team with a big “W” in its logo
31 Rx order 32 “Revolution,” to
“Hey Jude” 34 Space-scanning
org.
35 It may be bitter 36 Like bees
37 Not ____
(mediocre)
39 Clear weeds, in a
way
40 Part “missing”
from p.s.i. 41 Mystery writer
Deighton
42 Words cried after
“Go”
46 Abbr. after a price in a Craigslist ad 47 Lt.’s inferior 48 Decidedly 51 Québec’s ____
St.-Jean
52 Soft drink since
1905
54 Young hombre 56 Biblical verb ending 57 Instruments for Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole 60 German auto since
1899
61 “That’ll teach
you!”
62 Pigeon English? 63 Basketball champions’ “trophy”
Maple Leaf | Stephen Mccarthy
64 Gillette brand 115 Suppliers of the 65 Leader of the milk for Roquefort
house? cheese
67 “Love is love,” e.g. 116 Singer Mary J. ____ 70 Pallid 117 Moves quickly and 71 Outlets, e.g. lightly
73 Something that 118 Not only that might lengthen a 119 Rehearsal, e.g., in sentence? slang
74 Moneybags 120 Approvals
75 High school 121 You can believe it hurdle whose 122 “Likewise” first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components 76 Like all the answers with pairs of circled letters, punnily 81 Programming
pioneer Lovelace 82 Seasons in Québec 84 15th birthday
celebration 85 Tomtit is another
name for it 86 Talks up 88 Classical Icelandic
literary work 89 Title letters chanted in a 2011 Katy Perry hit 90 Oldsmobile Cutlass
model 91 Financial org. once deemed “too big to fail” 93 Newfoundland, e.g.:
Abbr. 94 Serpentine
swimmer 95 Root-beer brand 96 Veterans 100 Range within which you can answer the question “Can you hear me now?” 104 Six-time winner of the N.H.L.’s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan 108 “24” and “Suits” actress, born in Halifax 111 Princess who says “Why, you stuckup, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!” 112 Dish served on a
skewer 113 Congresswoman
Omar
114 Actress Lena
DOWN
1 Pears with a sweetspiced flavor
2 Part of B.A.
3 Deploy
4 Alberta city named for an eagle-feather headdress
5 Like some birds or
dolls
6 Excite
7 Rank
8 Stops talking, with
“up”
9 Mettle that may
merit a medal 10 Two-player game
invented in Toronto 11 Sardonic
12 ____ of Parliament 13 Stops talking, with
“up”
14 “Nice burn!” 15 Battle ____ 16 Seasonal destination near Quebec City 19 Program introduced by the Trudeau government in 1984, colloquially 20 Approximate weight of the Liberty Bell
21 Spots
27 Advocacy grp. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021
28 Words at an
unveiling?
31 Cry after an award
is announced 33 Woman’s short
hairstyle 36 Portrayer of
Senator
Vinick on “The West Wing”
38 Level or bevel
43 Like some outlets 44 Desert planet of
“Star Wars” 45 Be batty, in a way? 49 Canuck, e.g., for
short
50 Capital of Qatar 52 Like bells in
carillons
53 Part of L.C.D. 54 Some salon
supplies
55 Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City 58 Novel convenience? 59 Band whose 1999 hit “Smooth” spent 12 weeks at No. 1 66 Sleep stage 68 Overturns
69 “Very high,” on a
fire-danger scale 70 Iowa Cubs baseball
classification
72 Et ____ (footnote
abbr.)
74 Federal regulatory
org.
77 Rose or lilac 78 “Where ____ go
wrong?”
79 Novelist Gaiman 80 Pound sound 83 Thrown together 85 They might help with changing your locks
87 One with a phony
personality? 90 Snake oil,
purportedly 92 Passes
95 Central route thru
town
96 Leers at
97 Frederick who composed “Camelot”
98 Helps a dishwasher,
say
99 One source of oil 100 Cheer
101 Shout, informally 102 ____ Wars, conflicts of 1839-42 and 1856-60
103 It may be perfect or
simple, but not both 105 Big elevator maker 106 $15/hour, e.g.
107 What most spiders
have eight of
108 Hitchhiker’s need 109 International fashion magazine
110 Climb, as a rope