The New York Times Crossword

Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle and a frequent crossword contributor. Juliana Tringali Golden is an editor in Northern California. She says she always wanted to create a crossword with a doughnut theme and Jeff showed her this grid.

ACROSS

1 Pieces of praise

5 Host

8 D-lister’s quest

15 Anjou alternative

19 Hot sauce with a

reduplicative name

21 About whom an early critic said: “Can’t act, can’t sing. Balding. Can dance a little’’

22 Opposite of baja

23 Case study?

24 “Definitely, leave it to me!

25 Japanese noodle dish

26 “I declare this doughnut to be

a truly tasty treat!’’

28 Blends

30 Egg ____ yung

31 Final opponent in many a

video game

32 Source of division at a

wedding

36 Download in progress?

38 Cube’s 12

41 Items of apparel in the song

“My Favorite Things’’

43 Blows past

44 Turn into a puddle, maybe

45 “Here’s one way to eat a doughnut without getting icing on your nose .…”

48 2006 Amy Winehouse hit

49 La Perla purchases

50 ____ Day, nickname for Billie

Holiday

51 Dawson of “The Hunger

Games: Mockingjay’’

53 Work (up)

54 Alternative to Betsy

55 Stew

56 Mark in a shell game

59 Sign of a sellout

60 One way to have something

down

61 Night before

62 Pulls rank on, in a way

65 Character asked to “shine

down,’’ in a children’s song

67 ____ student

68 “Let’s raise a glass to this

outstanding doughnut!’’

70 Tolkien’s Treebeard, for one

73 Mideast rulers

75 Interrupts when it’s not one’s

place to do so

76 It “shines with a mournful light, like its own tear,’’ in an Andrew Marvell poem

77 Prix _ _ _ _ menu

79 “Lemme think .…”

81 Originally named

82 Natural leaders, it’s said

83 Corsica, par exemple

84 Likely to offend, for short

85 Telenovela, e.g.

87 “____ everybody?’’

88 Inventory: Abbr.

89 D.E.A. agent

91 “It is an undeniable fact that

this doughnut is awesome!’’

95 Long span of time

96 Massages

98 Downtempo electronica

genre 99 Like those celebrating a day

of visibility on March 31

100 Heading on a certain

neighborhood poster

102 Lure in the “Odyssey’’

103 Foofaraws

105 Certain filler words

106 Like a baseball shutout

108 “This doughnut is the talk of

the town!’’

113 Pass quickly (through)

115 Small houses in the

Southwest

119 Movie featuring Mickey

Mouse in a wizard’s cap

120 “Me as well!’’

121 Magazine “real estate’’

122 Frozen treat named for a

playful animal

123 Little copper?

124 Keep going

125 “Get it?’’

126 Their first five parts are often

disguised, for short

DOWN

1 Oil-industry acronym

2 Megacelebrity, maybe

3 “Red’’ leader

4 Some blackjack wagers

5 Makes, as money

6 Pod cast?

7 Response to “Cómo estás?’’

8 “Come to think of it .…”

9 When doubled, a fly

10 Symbols in social media

handles

11 Clothing 12 “Bones’’

13 Sonicare competitor

14 Civil rights activist Sylvia who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom

15 German lead-in to haus

16 “This doughnut would be

great dipped in milk!’’

17 Game popular in Brooklyn

streets

18 What has good coverage for

retirement?

20 Mazatlán moola

27 Symbol of freshness

29 Foofaraw

33 TV “Cousin’’

34 Chateau ____ Michelle

(Washington winery)

35 Headed up

37 Pithy review

38 Symbol

39 Get

40 “I’ll bet you dollars to

doughnuts .…”

41 Up-to-date

42 Doesn’t move

45 An annual vaccination can

limit its spread

46 Japanese noodle joint

47 Fixed completely

52 Indeed, quaintly

55 Two inside an ellipse

56 Garfunkel’s partner in song

57 Treasure

58 Trattoria bowlful

63 Cheer squad’s cry

64 Numbered things in N.Y.C.

66 Subway stops: Abbr. 69 Gets ready for a Ms. Olympia

contest, perhaps

71 Civil rights icon Mandela

72 Many fans of the “Enola

Holmes’’ franchise

74 Hotbeds of tourist activity

77 Genre for George Clinton or

Earth, Wind & Fire

78 Like rocks or clocks, but not a

fox or an ox

80 Pull up

86 They’re called “white

carrots’’ in Scotland

87 Gets something straight?

88 Snickers alternatives

90 One-eyed god

92 Kid often nicknamed “Trey’’

93 “Rough Translation’’

podcaster

94 Not just “a’’

97 Bit of movie-theater candy

99 Dense cake

101 A, B, C or D, but rarely E

103 Banded gemstone

104 Author of “De vulgari

eloquentia’’

107 Former governor of Georgia?

109 Popular tabloid subjects

110 Org. with “Informed Delivery’’

emails

111 The Promised Land

112 Nukes

114 Great deal

116 Mai ____

117 Coolers, for short

118 Word with “to work’’ or “to

stun’’