IN PLAY New York Times Crossword
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, the crowdfunding site for content creators. Michael Lieberman is an attorney in Washington, D.C. Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. They met through crossword posts on Twitter and now play on the same team in a weekly trivia night over Zoom. The idea for this puzzle was Michael’s. Rafael and Adam added to the theme. They all collaborated on the grid and clues. — W.S.
68 Stole 121 Excel 46 Labor
69 It lacks value 122 Swamp plant 48 Makes certain
70 Leafy salad green 123 Lamb, for one knitting stitches 71 Recommit to 49 Before: Sp. one’s fitness ... or 51 Group of giftgivers what 23-Across depicts literally 52 Cuddle
74 State south of amorously, in a
Mumbai way
75 Perception 54 Magical creature 76 Goof associated with 77 South, in much of rainbows
South America 55 Tri- one more
78 Light touch time?
81 Nickname that’s 59 Rock’s ____ an anagram of Fighters
ONLINE 60 Soccer star ____ 82 What characters Heath in musicals 61 Enthusiastic often do ... or affirmative what 31-Across 62 Region depicts literally encompassing
87 “Discreet Music” most of the
musician Brian Arkansas/
88 Cars with Missouri border
clutches 63 Copy, in brief
90 Photographer 64 Rap mogul,
familiarly
Goldin
65 Quick and
91 Prosecco cousin
nimble
92 Big shots they 66
Noble gas used are not in some lasers
95 Secular 67 “All good”
96 It’s just under a 68 B’way purchase
foot 72 STEM subject
97 Explorer Ericson that rhymes with 98 Useful people “stem” to know ... or 73 Recover what 50-Across 74 ____ pig depicts literally 77 Buy time
104 What an 78 Barely sits still? economy seat is 79 No pro usually short on 80 “Weekend, here I 105 “Oh, why not?!” come!”
106 Kuwaiti currency 82 ____ mitzvah
109 Beseech (Jewish
110 Screen feature ceremony for that facilitates multiple people) multitasking ... or 83 Flatten, say what 61-Across 84 A pop depicts literally 85 Having an intact 116 Food that’s easy tamper seal, to get hooked say on? 86 One might move 117 Group character fast in stores
118 Mocking smile 89 Loser to Herbert 119 The “garden” in Hoover in 1928 Bosch’s “The 93 Parts of some Garden of Earthly military uniforms Delights” 94 ____-Caps
120 Old video game (candy)
console inits. 96 Holy place
ACROSS
1 Image on the flag of Oakland, Calif., appropriately
5 Country whose capital is an anagram of its former capital
10 Sends 10 texts in
a row to, say
15 Stage partitions? 19 Achings
20 Basic Mediterranean sauce
21 Eagles’ home
22 Pork cut
23 Stick of butter,
geometrically
26 Sesame Street resident who refers to himself in the third person
27 Attentive
28 Change of scenery, in real estate lingo
29 Less involved
31 Seminal 1980 hit by Joy
Division
37 Attire for some
queens
39 Subtle flavor, to a
wine taster
40 Accomplishes
41 Barbecue discard 42 White House
staffer
43 What a V-sign
might indicate? 44 Try to hit, as a
piñata
47 ____-Locka, Fla. 50 Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming, among others
53 Lap, maybe
56 Visitors from afar,
in brief
57 Hurry, quaintly
58 A matter of
course?
59 Works in a gallery 60 ____ Aviv
61 Hit 1998 Eddie Murphy comedy based on books by Hugh Lofting 65 “An empty set
exists,” e.g.
DOWN
1 Banks on TV
2 Lively dance
3 Moon of Saturn found to have a potentially habitable ocean
4 Component of some hormone therapy
5 National Blood
Donor Mo.
6 Big inits. in
insurance
7 Work enthusiastically and energetically 8 Genetic variant
9 Singer Horan of the boy band
One Direction
10 Part of a woodpecker’s diet
11 /
12 Perfume line by
pop star Grande 13 Beauty pageant
since 1952
14 Precursors to
finals
15 Mideast city with an eponymous pepper
16 Share a byline,
maybe
17 Part of a stove
18 [That is so funny!] 24 Off-road option,
for short
25 Spoil
30 ____ Pro (tech
product)
32 Require
33 “Holy moly!”
34 Button added to
Twitter in 2022
35 Primo
36 Govt. agency
rules
37 Title for food writer Mary
Berry
38 Hilarious sort
44 Library section
45 Imperfection,
metaphorically
No. 0108
98 Goofs
99 Aired anew
100 Uses performanceenhancing drugs 101 Egypt neighbor:
Abbr.
102 Say “..., say,”
say
103 Agcy. that advises against eating raw cookie dough
107 ____ man (frequent subject in The Onion)
108 Monopoly
payment
111 Home of more than one M.L.B. team
112 Whole lot
113 Bring into play 114 Cribbage marker 115 Anger
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