SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
I DO, I DO ... DO!
ACROSS
1 Businesses that might offer “pawdicures” 8 Subject in sexology 13 Feeling of auditory bliss, in a modern coinage
20 Stacked
haphazardly 21 Some religious
artwork
22 Band stan 23 Preparing to put
earrings in an ogre? 25 Understood
26 Treat, as wood 27 Revealer of the
Wizard of Oz 28 Hostile parties 29 Nickname for Luigi 31 The Macy’s in
New York’s Herald Square, and others? 39 Harbor boat 42 Downside
43 Had trouble with, as
an icy road 44 Defeat decisively 45 Home to five U.S.
national parks 47 Instruction in a
meringue recipe 49 E.M.T.’s apparatus,
informally
51 Org. that facilitates
adoptions 52 Pentad for a poetry
performance? 56 Outdo
57 Infection fighter
58 In ____ (as found) 59 What “O” might
stand for
60 “What’s ____ ...”
61 TV spy drama of the
early 2000s 63 Watch all at once,
say
66 Supreme Court
surname 68 Shopping for some
cereal? 72 Deep-fried appetizer often served with chutney
75 Big fuss
76 One side
of a battery 79 “Good heavens!” 80 The “L” of L.V. 82 Vegan alternative to
gelatin
84 Literary character described as “a stout little fellow with red cheeks” 86 What “X” might
stand for
87 Prize in a chowder
cook-off?
92 Gen Zer who might be into faux freckles and anime
94 Start of many a
Father’s Day card 95 Campy stuff?
96 ____ mater
97 Was completely
depleted 99 Smartphone,
e.g.
101 “Well, ____-di-dah!” 103 You might need just the “last four” of it: Abbr.
11/20/22
104 Old-timey wizard who needs to learn some manners? 106 Fly
108 Be overly sweet
109 “No chickening out!” 111 Faith founded in
Persia
115 “Black” or “Pink”
animal
119 Band with the 1997 hit “Semi-Charmed Life” ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme
123 They might wipe the
slate clean
124 Spine-tingling
125 Klingon speaker, say 126 Deadlock
127 C-suite members 128 Pots and pans, e.g.
DOWN
1 Ballroom-dance moves
2 “Will do!”
3 Greek earth goddess 4 Lavender unit
5 Walk in the park ... or sit in a park, maybe 6 Actor Mahershala 7 Lookouts
8 General idea 9 Classy establishment? 10 ____ favor
11 United 12 “You should know better!” 13 Encourage
14 Stop the progress of 15 Entree that might be prepared with a brown-sugar glaze 16 “Gloomy” guy 17 What some people use to solve a
New York Times crossword 18 German “you”
19 Rx request
24 Slimy stuff 28 Lacquer, e.g. 30 Home to wild Bactrian camels 32 Clears (of) 33 Lead-in to -logue 34 N.F.L. quarterback Jared
35 Surgery sites, in brief
36 Toronto N.B.A. player 37 Usher
38 Tot’s geometry lesson, perhaps 39 Clump of hair
40 City at the foot of the Adirondacks 41 What may bring a meeting to order 43 Cholesterol-lowering drug
46 Landing site 48 Cover, of a sort 50 Words for a cover 53 Like many a
lumberjack’s shirt 54 Certain footholds 55 Ancient marketplace 60 Spanish resort
island, to locals 62 “Do”-to-“do”
delivery 64 Understood 65 Pioneering
computer 67 National park in the
Canadian Rockies 69 Former retail giant 70 Captivate
71 Cousin of a stingray 72 Dwindles, with “out” 73 It’s 2.3 years for the average heterosexual American couple 74 Something made in
a press
77 Things a plangonologist collects
78 Some semihard
cheeses 81 Stubbornly oldfashioned
83 “The museum of social decay,” per Gary Oldman
85 The so-called Pearl
of Arabia 87 Strapless
accessories
88 As above, in citations
©2023 New York Times 89 ____ bean 90 “Groovy!”
91 Like some tradition 93 Spoil
98 Some bathroom
contractors
100 Comedy’s ____ the
Entertainer
102 Cartoon character who said “Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them”
105 Like the goddess Hel 106 March 14 dessert,
appropriately
107 “The birds and the
bees” and others
110 Pope writings
112 Sharp increase
113 Kapoor of “Slumdog Millionaire”
114 Two weeks after calends, approximately
115 Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame architect
116 River offshoot
117 Power ____
118 Wand-waving org. 119 Merch-table
offering
120 Spell of bad luck?
121 Seething state
122 Before,
in poetry