THE INSIDE SCOOP
BY SID SIVAKUMAR / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ
Sid Sivakumar is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis, training in biomedical engineering and neuroscience. This is his 17th crossword for The Times. Since the theme material appears mostly in the middle, Sid made the grid’s sides — and especially the corners — quite open, giving them a themeless feel. “I was very fortunate they turned out so clean and fresh,” Sid says. “I’m usually not so lucky!” — W.S. newlyweds love 115 Much like each other 116 What hits the 64 Lifesaving ground running?
mission, for short 117 Seat in the 66 Its panhandle London Stock abuts British Exchange? Columbia 118 At the earliest 67 Prudent chance 69 Texas A&M 119 They get high by
athlete the beach 70 One fast-tracked 120 Airport screening in an interview inits. pool 72 Like Loki 73 Absolutely devour 74 Fitting a little tight 75 Home to the Great Ziggurat of Ur 77 Common jeans
feature 78 “Whoop-de-____” 79 Subject of 1960s-’70s addiction research 80 Purges 82 Things that perceptive people might pick up 86 Picture taker? 88 Sound in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” 89 Windy part of a
kite? 90 The “A” of the ACT UP organization 94 Thunderous
sounds 95 Piece of info 97 Body of water adjoining Korea Bay 100 ____-de-camp 101 Proceeds 103 Putting together 104 Hardly worth
mentioning 106 ID whose first five digits are sometimes ignored 107 Keister 108 Flight segment 111 Demographic
group 113 Tiny member of a
swarm 114 Big Ten school that plays home football games at
Beaver Stadium
ACROSS
1 Mess-hall
patrons, in brief
4 Theater backdrop 9 Stressful work?
13 Disorganized
stack
17 Home-screen
array
19 Port container
20 Clean hands, so
to speak
22 Spill (over)
23 Strict sales limit,
informally
24 Slow-cooked
entrees
25 Boos-y drink?
27 Olympic gymnast
Raisman
29 Charge (with)
30 Involves
31 Some kennel
personnel
34 Only U.S. coin that does not explicitly indicate how many cents it’s worth
35 Eschewed pork
and shellfish, say 37 Arena seating
sections
38 Perfume
ingredient
39 Civil wrong
40 Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N.
42 Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in “foreign satellite interception”
43 Really hurt
44 Orders more of
than necessary
48 Oktoberfest
purchase
49 “Clifford the Big
Red Dog” airer
52 “Gross!”
53 Excessively
54 Checkout unit
56 Eyeballs, e.g.
60 “Naw, no way!”
62 Hindu wedding adornment that’s said to get darker the more the
DOWN
1 Winter housewarming option
2 “That’s my goal”
3 Powerlifter’s
helper
4 Marine predator often seen near shorelines
5 First Nations
people
6 Best Melodic
____ Performance (Grammy category)
7 “My concern is ...
”
8 Variety used to make Bordeaux wine
9 Dot on a die
10 Musical artist
Yoko
11 Joins those on the
stage
12 Counterparts of
eves
13 With 61-Down, like some gossip ... as represented phonetically by each set of shaded squares? 14 Like a bathroom directly connected to a bedroom
15 Feigns indignation 16 Bug
18 Address
19 Barbecue-grill fill 21 Camp bed
26 Summer
Olympics host between London and Tokyo
28 Comics sound when something is snatched
31 Clenched, as
teeth 32 Recordholder for most games played in the FIFA World Cup (26)
33 Modern ____
36 Trains above
street level
38 Delivery that can’t
be returned
41 “Well, don’t wait
out here!”
43 Goals
45 Sun shield
46 ____-conscious
47 Variety commonly found in jellies and pies
48 Wax figures?
49 Golf-tournament
division
50 President who campaigned on the slogan “Our best days still lie ahead”
51 Real pickle
55 So ... or a word
following “so”
57 Fit for a king
58 Sees red
59 Word before
dating or skating 61 See 13-Down
62 Dance at a luau
63 More open to the
elements
65 Lake-house rental 67 Unnerves
68 Sea hawks
71 Lyft request
73 Lithium-____
battery
76 “Don’t ____ me ...
”
78 1994 single by Hole whose cover art depicts a miniature wedding dress and veil
81 Real-time PC
exchanges
83 Man, woman and
child, e.g.
84 Little lifter
85 Snore loudly
86 One dropping
amorous hints
87 Trigonometry
units
88 B-baller in Big D 91 “Am I mistaken?” 92 Turndowns
93 Hot herbal brew
No. 0225
94 Place to pamper
pets that purr
95 Some rivers have
them
96 Variety that shares its name with a Mideast capital
98 Game with big
prizes
99 “I’m not working right now,” in email shorthand 101 Believer in Jah
102 Mushroom added
to ramen
105 Org. with the phone number 1-800-TAX-FORM 107 Cornmeal cake 109 Info you might send someone when you’re running late
110 Liven (up)
112 Stashed away