YOU’RE TELLING ME!
Sam Ezersky, 25, is an associate puzzle editor for The New York Times. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17, just before starting his senior year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va. Eight years and 30 Times crosswords later, Sam says his professional goal is to ‘‘never, ever create an ‘ordinary’ puzzle.’’ His favorite clues/answers in this one are at 111A and 81D. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Marvel at
7 L.G.B.T.-aligned advocacy group since 1987 12 Occasion to get all
gussied up
19 Stroke of good fortune
21 Newswoman Sawyer
22 ‘‘You ain’t lyin’!’’
23 What the Old English called ‘‘Winterfylleth’’
24 To a cosmetician:
‘‘You’re …’’
26 Home to Antilia, the world’s most valuable private residence (27 floors, $2.2 billion)
28 Is
29 Kind of clef
30 To a produce vendor near closing time: ‘‘You’re …’’
34 The ‘‘B’’ in GB 35 Fisherman’s ____ (San Francisco attraction)
36 Utter nonsense
37 Eyes: Sp.
39 Feature of a batter that needs more whisking
40 Wong of stand-up
comedy
41 Drive (away)
42 Laughing matter?
45 Palindromic rulers
47 To a bad free throw
shooter: ‘‘You’re …’’ 52 All ____
54 Ruin, as plans
55 Crowd noise
56 Blubbers
60 The dove’s-foot crane’s-bill, for instance 62 Big seller of animal supplies
63 To a temp worker:
‘‘You’re …’’ 65 To a rude driver:
‘‘You’re …’’
68 Architect Frank
69 Sci-fi classic featuring the Three Laws
71 Taylor Swift’s first No.
1 country hit, 2007 72 Things stuck in clogs 73 Itching to eat and irritable about it, in slang
75 [Leave it]
76 With 98-Across, to an aspiring entrepreneur: ‘‘You’re …’’
80 Friendship
85 Vim
86 Parts of Twitter profiles
87 Clicking sound?
88 All over hell’s half
____ (everywhere)
89 Item on a president’s
lapel
90 Placing a call
94 Fishing basket
95 Apt anagram of MY
CAR
98 See 76-Across
10 0Native speakers of
Chiwere
10 1Declined
103 Sips 104 To anyone who wasn’t addressed
above: ‘‘You’re …’’
107 Vegan latte option
111 Kings and queens,
maybe 112 Large chunk of one’s
final grade, often 113 Aspen or Alta
114 It’s against the rule 115 Move like a peacock 116 Big name in nonprofit journalism
DOWN
1 Adele’s ‘‘Million Years
____’’
2 Medic
3 Spring hrs. in Colorado
Springs 4 Organism that structurally resembles another organism
5 Brush off
6 ‘‘Never interrupt your ____ when he’s making a mistake’’ (old aphorism)
7 Four-star figures
8 Valerie Plame’s org. in
2003’s Plame affair
9 Go up against
10 Sui generis
11 Destitution
12 Code edited by a
webmaster 13 Many end in ‘‘-ite’’ 14 Ice cream purchase 15 ‘‘Expect ____’’ (road
sign) 16 Warranting an ‘‘X,’’
say 17 Something to do with
your buds? 18 Social climate 20 25 27 30 31 32 33 ‘‘Nah’’ How Author Traipse Pinot Physician Creatures co-founded familiarly café have ears, hunting literature’s pack’’ some ____ asymmetrical which Janowitz (about) who that like ‘‘brat A.A., aid can their in of
34 Cutesy sound
accompanying a 37 38 41 Texas Greeting Italian Book poke running someone unexpectedly Mexican before county painter when into border Amos on known the 42
for his frescoes 43 44 Pain-relief How some brand like their
coffee
46 Floor
47 One of two on the 48 ‘‘Who wants this?’’ 49 Makeover response Titanic maybe result, 50 Word extra cereal stylized R’s boxes on some with 51 Some froyo bar
toppings
53 ____ polloi
56 Circus venue
57 A a ball baseball and a count strike, in 58 59 Useful Toy rocker, in totspeak 60 Give up
61 What might be ‘‘love’’ or ‘‘lesbian’’ in a TV show title
62 Lead-in to potty
64 El ____ (weather
phenomena)
66 It’s not a lot to jot
67 Third of seven
columns: Abbr.
70 ____ hair
73 Earliest-known Chinese dynasty (dating back to 2000 B.C.) 74 Eagerly excited 75 Villain in 1998’s
‘‘Mulan’’
77 With adroitness
78 División de la casa
79 Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil options
81 Good-looking guy?
82 Cold treat
83 Diagram of
relationships 84 App with a
Reservations feature
89 Newspaper articles and mentions on social media, in brief 90 Ducks
91 ‘‘My turn’’
92 Electrically balanced,
in chemistry 93 Sandwiches on pita
bread
94 Pool-chalk target
95 ____ Brava, Spain
96 Georgia’s capital,
informally 97 Jason who played Khal Drogo on ‘‘Game of Thrones’’ 98 The Reds, on
scoreboards
99 2020 U.S. Open tennis
champ Naomi
101 ____ Tzu (dog breed)
102 Like sponge cakes
105 Middle of a certain
three-in-a-row
106 Lone Star State sch.
108 Wrath
109 Man’s nickname that omits the ‘‘is’’ at the end
110 ____ in kangaroo
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