SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
TANGENT
ACROSS
1 Gambling spot? 4 Chap
8 Addis ____
13 Pro response
16 Bit of chicanery 17 ____ water (healthful
drink)
18 Totally uncool
19 Rock’s Jethro ____ 20 “You’re gonna love
this, I promise!” 22 Urban area typically with the tallest buildings
24 Rocky road topping? 25 Length for a
pregnancy 27 Moneymaking
venture
28 LeBron James
became one in 2018 29 That’s the spirit! 30 Highway network that famously has sections without a speed limit 32 Service recipient 33 An ocean
34 Device dusted off to watch old home movies, maybe 35 Flat-topped French
hat
36 Ante alternative
37 Musician Brian 38 Public court
proceeding
40 Many a bad Yelp
review
41 Luxuriate (in) 42 They’re not sciences 43 ____ Cannon, creator of the “Pitch Perfect” film series 44 Fish sticks? 48 Strength of
character
50 “Me!” 52 Compliment to a
French chef 54 Crackerjack 56 Slack-jawed 59 Automotive successor of the Bel Air
60 Proudly embody,
informally
61 What you’re on when you’re making progress
64 Product sold on a
rack, informally 65 “Them’s fightin’
words!”
67 Set one’s sights 68 Welcome-center
handouts
70 Free of flaws, as a
reputation 72 DiFranco of folk 73 Sewer in American
history
74 Hamlet’s cousin 75 Music-genre prefix 76 Ideal engine sound 79 Duel personalities?
81 Like some memes 83 Major concern for a
meteorologist 85 The Bruins, on
scoreboards 88 Contents of a
household box 89 Pasta whose name means “barley” in Italian
90 Startled scream
91 Weight
92 Goes from one thing
to another 11/20/22
94 Purchase option for
a dedicated fan 96 Like dumbbells
97 Like Roma tomatoes 98 Something that may
be sold by the yard 99 The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund, e.g., in brief
100 Hate, hate, hate
101 Certain juicing need 104 Residential
construction project 106 Deep shot, in hoops 107 Weird
108 Brother of Logan
Roy on “Succession” 109 Has a meal
110 Urban grid: Abbr.
111 Tennis champ ____
Osaka
112 Figs. first issued in
1936
113 Summer on the
Riviera
DOWN
1 Subscription platform for online-content creators 2 “That is my
intention”
3 Where the ilium and
ischium are 4 Inhabitant of Ireland
or Scotland 5 Holiday helper
6 Sign that you can’t
go back now? 7 Philosophical pillar
8 ____ Arbor, Mich. 9 Deep inhalation to get high
10 Ordered delivery, perhaps
11 Hive mind of “Star Trek: TNG,” with “the”
12 National Dog Show org.
13 ____ someone’s yum (criticized a person’s tastes, slangily)
14 Discovery astronaut Ochoa
15 With it
16 Shake a little 19 Amtrak booking
21 Worker with wax 22 “Oof, what a day!” 23 Run-D.M.C.’s “You Be ____”
26 Longtime co-host of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
30 Good Texas hold ‘em hand
31 Auto-loan figs.
32 Bit of roofing in Spanish-style architecture 34 Biden and Harris, notably, in brief 36 Underwire undergarments 38 Muffin makeup, maybe 39 Over-emoter 41 Trade, informally
43 Star N.F.L. wide-receiver
Allen
45 First family from Illinois
46 Exercise in a swimming pool 47 Grabs
48 “____ Life” (1981 Rick James single) 49 Tool for cutting wood along the grain 51 Scandalized
52 Pro who gets many return customers?
53 Bad makeup artist
54 Spot for a band 55 High ways
56 Early stop at a casino, maybe 57 Univ. senior’s hurdle 58 Funding
62 “____ but a scratch”: oft-quoted Monty Python line
63 Con artist 66 Chattering plastic teeth, for one 69 Rapper ____ Def 71 Group with lodges 72 Part of E.T.A.: Abbr. 76 100% 77 Allow for more highdensity housing and mixed-use development, in urban-planning lingo
78 Company shake-up,
for short
80 Symbol of
sturdiness
82 Pallid
83 Problem for
a pitcher
84 They have their ups
and downs
85 & 86 Very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle’s clues?
87 Grand mounts 88 They go around at
museums
91 Coffin carrier 92 Drops down?
93 In no way
hidden
94 It has only one-sixth of the mass of Earth’s moon 95 Goobers 96 Pentagon
inits.
98 Cousin of turquoise 100 Part of the eye that focuses light onto the retina
102 Momma’s boy
103 Big name in outdoor
gear
105 Jones of CNN