The New York Times
Edited by Will Shortz No. 0107
ACROSS
1 “Shoot!”
11 It’s turned down at
a hotel
14 Living under a
rock, say
15 Language that Minecraft was written in
16 How hors d’oeuvres are served
17 Squeezed (out)
18 1996 horror classic originally titled “Scary Movie”
19 Major upsets, e.g.
21 “Yikes!”
22 Only chemical element whose name fits this answer’s length
24 Bell of the synthpop duo Erasure
25 Cone head?
26 Die-hard enthusiasts, and then some
29 Moisten, in a way
33 Eco-centric college
class, informally?
35 At some previous
point
36 Produced, as
digital currency
37 Wild-tasting
38 He’s a mensch
40 J. M. Barrie
boatswain
41 Something people
trip on, informally 42 Half of a classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon duo
44 _ _ _ Aarnio, interior designer who created the bubble chair
45 Refuse to settle,
say
46 A-line line
49 Early flat screen
53 Capital in Lewis
and Clark County
55 “I thought of a joke about ___, but it’s too corny” (groaner)
56 Here, to locals
58 Urge
59 Chores, typically
60 Word on either
side of “vs.”
61 Some sleeveless
frocks
DOWN
1 Kids’ game cry
2 Unit of measure that has a shared etymology with “inch”
3 Striking
4 Word at the center of Rhode Island’s flag
5 They’re just above
C’s
6 If not more
7 Go green,
perhaps?
8 “Shoot!”
9 Founder of the label Rhyme Syndicate Records 10 See-___
11 Bit of casino
restaurant fare?
12 “Ugh, this always
happens to me!”
13 Longtime A&W
competitor
15 He hosted the first “Jeopardy!” in the post-Trebek era
20 Squat
23 Policy at some bars and eating establishments
26 People of Unalaska
27 Start of some juicy
gossip
28 Ophthalmologists
call it a hordeolum
29 What might
surround a trunk
30 Having been
informed
31 Drive off
32 Bill Clinton played one on “The Arsenio Hall Show” in 1992 34 Namibia neighbor:
Abbr.
39 Downfall
43 Human-shaped
board game piece
46 ___ journey (literary archetype)
47 Parisian
preposition
48 Guy Fawkes Night
accessories
49 Many posts,
informally
50 Things of use to
note takers?
51 Miami school,
casually
52 John who was a pioneer in set theory
54 Code components
57 Cookie Monster’s
real name