COUNTDOWN New York Times Crossword
By HOANg-Kim VU / EDiTED By Will SHORTz
Hoang-Kim Vu, of Washington, D.C, works in global public health. This is his 10th crossword for The Times — fitting, given the theme! — and his first Sunday. He wanted a theme that made full use of the larger grid, which resulted in this ambitious and impressive interlock. As a born-and-bred New Jerseyan, he hopes solvers will excuse 34-Down, with which he’s “probably more comfortable” than most. 66 Fundamentals 69 Alternatives to
Pumas 71 Break for a bit 73 Ctrl-Z
command 74 Does some
fieldwork 76 ____ Rose of
Guns N’ Roses 77 Standings
column 78 Leb. neighbor 80 French desserts whose name translates as “small ovens” 82 Flair 84 Thor, e.g. 88 Makeup of some
sleeves 89 TV chef who wrote “SemiHomemade Cooking” 92 ____ Sremmurd
(hip-hop duo) 93 White Russian
ingredient 94 Playwright
Eugene 95 Michelangelo
masterpiece 97 Camelot figure 100 It can be written in scripts known as naskh and ruq’ah 102 Require 103 Tree with “eyes”
on its bark 106 They can be
tapped out 108 Concern at the end of a space journey 110 X 111 Ambitious sort 114 ____ Cherry, 1989 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist 115 “Take it easy once in a while!” 118 Sonny and Fredo,
for two
ACROSS
1 Loosefitting
garment
8 Things packed for a sleepover, informally
11 Cavs, on a
scoreboard
14 Effects seen on
FX, perhaps
17 Nation on the
Red Sea
18 Helmsman on
“Star Trek”
20 High times for the petroleum industry
23 X, but not Y
24 It might help you keep up with old classmates
26 Big-eyed baby
28 Excerpted
passage
29 China’s Sun ____sen
30 Carrier of goods
by rail
34 Player of 45s
35 Haim of “Licorice
Pizza”
37 Iconic role for
Carrie Fisher
38 Certain porter
40 “Right you are!” 43 Contest
45 Some Kiwis
47 Stop on a
publicity tour
50 When repeated,
gung-ho
51 Dish often topped with marinara sauce
54 Dorm décor,
often
56 Rave
58 Trivial
59 ____ Paz,
1990 Literature Nobelist
60 The “e” of i.e.
61 Chosen name of
five popes
63 ____ Equis
65 Prepare
(oneself) 123 They’re all pulling in the same direction
124 Keep it in mind! 125 Classy
126 Chinese-dish
eponym
127 End of days?
128 You might take them out for a quick spin, informally
129 Rages
DOWN
1 –
2 ____TV (network for “Impractical Jokers”)
3 Lower, as lights 4 Hwy.
5 Coding
headache
6 Naval
engagement
7 One taking interest in your education?
8 H.S. exam
9 7/
10 Heaps at publishing houses
11 Edward Jenner used it when developing the world’s first successful vaccine
12 Sigmatism, by
another name
13 The blonde in
“Legally Blonde” 14 What might
unfold at camp 15 Exclamation on
April Fools’ Day 16 Words of
clarification
19 “Yeah ... pass” 21 Checks for bugs 22 Mlle., in Madrid 25 –
27 Wrap up by
30 Distress signal 31 Put on the air
again
32 – 33 Letter after sigma 34 Borough of New Jersey noted for its indoor shopping malls
36 Landed on a licorice space in Candy Land, say 39 Male swan
41 Put side by side 42 Relative of a
gator
44 Their eggs are
dark green
46 Camera spec
48 –
49 Brought before a
jury
52 This, in Spanish 53 Malibu, e.g.
55 One way to go
57 “This guy? We’re
together”
61 –
62 Accounts
64 Greenlights
66 Schedule slot
filler: Abbr.
67 Grim
68 Terra ____
70 One doing the
lord’s work?
71 Birch bark and
pine cones, e.g. 72 –
75 Missing work?
77 Exchange words? 79 Trickle (through) 81 –
83 Language spoken
in Luang Prabang 84 Government
bonds?
85 Welcome
86 Consumer
87 Set ... or word
said before set
90 Estuary
91 “Three Tall Women” playwright
96 Overnight site
98 Cold feet and cold shoulder, for two
99 Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors
No. 0310
101 Louisiana
cooking style
103 “Flick of the
Switch” band
104 Curt
105 Aches (for)
107 Classic soda
brand
109 –
112 ____-Ball
113 Education
orgs.
114 Hush-hush pacts,
in brief
116 –
117 Good name,
informally
119 Some
smartphones
120 Something bent
or lent
121 –
122 Norm: Abbr.
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