SUNDAY CROSSWORD: SIMILE IRRESISTIBLE
ACROSS
1 Gas light
5 Spa garment 9 Hebrew word for
“spring”
13 Ideal course
18 Chow chow chow 19 Presidential “pet”
that sprouts an Afro 21 Challah braids, e.g. 22 Bus?
24 Bowlers 25 Ingredient in un
cortado
26 ____ across the board
(perfect score) 27 Subatomic particles 29 Antiquated, quaintly 30 Looks to pick things
up 32 Photosynthesize? 35 Some classic Chuck
Taylor All Stars 39 Little Energizers, say 40 Replay tech. 41 United
42 Volunteer
44 Gift for a budding
myrmecologist 48 Peal?
51 Garments often seen at royal weddings
53 Stead 54 Secondhand 55 “American Greed”
network
56 “Jump” duo ____
Kross
57 Finales 58 Disposable sock in a
shoe store
59 Frame of mind 61 Abhor
64 Words stealthily mouthed to a friend while stuck in a boring conversation 65 Photoshop? 68 Olympic
snowboarding event 71 Family-style meal with simmering broth
72 Frolic
73 Intelligence org. 76 Stinks
77 Actress Ward 78 Kristen of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”
80 Mama pigs
81 Full house, in poker
slang
82 Exquisitely made
basket
83 Sting?
87 Olympic runner ____
Felix
89 Takes an oath
91 Role on “Seinfeld” 92 Onetime Turkish title 94 “What’s the ____?” 95 Aggressively
enterprising sort 97 Iron?
101 2006 mockumentary with a 2020 “Subsequent Moviefilm”
102 ____ Alto
103 Multiple-choice
choice
104 Drudge
105 It’s-time
connector
110 Tickler’s targets
112 Quenched?
116 Soaks in hot water 11/20/22
117 Wear white to a chili cook-off, you might say
118 Marathon segment
119 Setting for ultra close-up photos
120 For two, musically 121 Crock-Pot creation 122 Collared-shirt accessory
DOWN
1 Table salt, to a chemist
2 One of the Hearst magazines 3 International grp. headquartered in Vienna
4 Comedian Trevor 5 TV brand
6 “You’re embarrassing me!” 7 Muscles targeted by curls
8 Brings in
9 Muscles targeted by planks
10 Large container
11 Cry from someone who’s disheveled 12 Esteem
13 “____ qué?” (“Why?” in Spanish) 14 Passion project, perhaps 15 Spanish city enclosed within intact medieval walls
16 Food, air, water, etc. 17 Tushies
20 Yiddish laments 21 Teachers’ teachings 23 Took five 24 23andMe facilities 28 Ending with clip or
slip
31 “Today” co-host
Kotb
32 Chutzpah 33 Commuter option 34 Big Ben hrs. 35 Hosts, as at a
penthouse
36 “Can’t win ‘em all” 37 Affixed in a
scrapbook, say 38 Posterior 39 Evidence derived from personal experience and observation rather than systematic research and analysis 42 Recede
43 Ankle bones
45 Help around the
House
46 Paper
purchase
47 Think out loud 49 Subject of Queen
Mary 50 Phrase that may be repeated in a long story
52 Course for an English
major, informally 56 Stayed toasty 57 Kvetch
59 Scans that may involve dye injections, in brief 60 Anthem contraction 62 Pseudoscientific
ability, for short 63 Terence who’s known as the “Mozart of Mathematics” 64 Total
65 One who’s no fun at
all
66 Breakfast
centers?
67 Ancient Roman
formal wear
68 Tea served with a
jumbo straw 69 Golden calf,
for one
70 Hockey score 73 Pitch-perfect? 74 Pigs
75 “____ my last email ...
“
77 Shade providers 79 “Where’s My
Refund?” org. 80 Whack
82 Down B-52s,
say
©2023 New York Times 83 Close tightly 84 Signifying symbol 85 Company that created a Sonic boom?
86 Handle
at the bar 88 Succeeded at
musical chairs 90 Imagine ____ Peace (Ben & Jerry’s flavor)
93 Campfire remnant 95 Skilled in 96 Elaborately
decorated
97 Muscle contraction 98 Kauffman who
co-created “Friends” 99 Ancient Mesoamerican civilization
100 Places for some
piercings
101 Objections
104 Winter setting in S.F. 106 Tushies
107 “Dealing with that
right now!”
108 Campus with the
ZIP code 90095
109 Place to swim or
play b-ball
111 Stock launch, in brief 113 Image on Australia’s
coat of arms
114 Donkey Kong, for
one
115 Make final, with “up”