SUNDAY CROSSWORD: RIGHT ON THE MONEY
ACROSS
1 Landscaper’s
purchase 4 Downright
9 [If you’ll allow me
to butt in ... ] 13 “Gotcha!” 16 Anton ____, food critic in “Ratatouille” 17 Come-on
18 ____ years (old
age)
20 Word with purpose or personality
21 “____ you ready?” 22 Enjoyed oneself 24 Major part of
astronomy? 25 Tous ____ jours (French for “every day”) 26 Something dot
something, say 27 Features of telephone directories 29 Emerged as a
victor
31 Grovel
34 Writer Ayn
35 Fight (for)
36 Rest atop 37 Euphemistic cry of
frustration 41 Sweetly, in scores 42 Actress Close 43 Japanese buckwheat noodle
44 2022 culinary black comedy, with “The” 45 Peabody-winning
journalist Linda 47 Prefix with sphere 49 It can be a
lifesaver, in brief 50 One might read, “Caution: Messy eater!”
51 Twilled fabric 53 Satyrs, say
55 Old nomad of
Central Asia 56 Playroom
collection 58 Where to see heads of gladiators, informally 60 Little fights 62 Degrees for most
profs
64 Poet Ezra
65 Dark green Indian
dish
67 “That was hilarious!” in textspeak 70 Totally committed
to
72 Serves right? 76 Stuff refineries
refine
77 Classifies
80 Part of a furniture
measurement 82 60 minuti 83 Senator
Klobuchar 84 Whole shebang 85 Figure of speech in which words are reversed for effect, like “Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you” 87 Vassal’s plot 89 Miss
90 Goldman ____ 93 Stylish women’s
shoes
94 Hasty signature, often
96 Figures in Islamic
mythology 97 Twit, to a Brit 98 Not fake 99 Formulates, as a
plan
101 Craving
102 Movie hero
introduced in 1981 106 Novelist Patchett 108 Go down slightly 111 King Tut, during
most of his reign 112 Titular feature of fiction’s Lisbeth Salander
115 No. 34
116 Oomph
117 ____ vincit amor 118 Displayed
119 Trawler’s need
120 Red army
member?
121 Caught
122 Blobby parts of
blobfish
123 Much of the
planet Saturn
DOWN
1 Product-safety indicator 2 Princess Fiona, e.g.
3 Treats favorably/ Has a very good effect
4 Fall fruit
5 It may deliver a punch
6 What may come before Today
7 Gig part
8 Get bigger 9 Jacinda ____,
New Zealand prime minister who, at 37, was at the time the world’s youngest female head of government 10 Blindly punch 11 Big, big, big
12 Like a momentous occasion/Office communiqué 13 Someone’s je ne sais quoi 14 Padlock holder 15 “Sorry to say ... ” 17 Speaks loudly 19 Firefighter famous for extinguishing burning wells 20 Lollipop with a “mystery flavor” 23 Film company behind “Amadeus” and “Platoon”
28 The “E” of E.S.L., for short
30 “Back in the good old days ... ” 32 Claim
33 50-50, e.g.
35 First ____ (Shakespeare collection) 37 Movers and shakers 38 Robotic anime
genre
39 Enter
40 Switches allegiances, as a spy
41 You’re gonna pay
for this!
42 Targets of some
wipes
43 Got less hairy 46 Bracelet bit 48 Peak in the
“Odyssey” 52 Masters/
Elaborated 53 Gives kudos 54 Flying fish-eaters 57 Pool locale 59 Application of
polish, e.g.
61 Grp. that goes on
tour
63 Novelist Tami 65 They’re no longer
“fresh”
66 Prefix with thesis 67 Enjoys doing
nothing
68 Taunt, in a way 69 Philadelphia
athlete
70 Drench
71 Worker at the
Genius Bar 73 Large, as a lead 74 Blow
75 Give lip service? 78 Captain of M.L.B.’s
Swingin’ A’s of the 1970s
79 What a Tyrannosaurus rex grapples with?
81 “Are you satisfied?”/ Common fairytale conclusion 86 “Not a problem” 88 Part of a potter’s process/Parts of a building’s safety system
90 Early evening hour 91 Actress Jennifer 92 Lead-in to gender 95 Arthur of “The
Golden Girls” 96 Christopher
Columbus, e.g. 99 Motherless calf 100 “Socrate”
composer
102 Chichén ____ (ancient Mayan city)
103 Hamburg refusal 104 Bad impression? 105 Primatologist
Goodall
107 Refusals
109 Store whose name is an acronym
110 Some motel
prohibitions
113 Year abroad?
114 They might be
wall-mounted