CROSSWORD PUZZLE: ‘LOOKIN’ GOOD!’
Emily Carroll is a 2016 medical school graduate who just finished her residency. The genesis of the puzzle was 41-Across, with its unusual letter pattern. Part of that pattern led her to think of 110-Across, which became the puzzle’s ‘‘revealer’’ entry. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Unpleasantly surprise 4 Music-licensing org.
9 Big brother?
14 Some Pac-12 athletes
18 Three or four, say
20 Ashton Kutcher’s role on
“That ’70s Show”
21 “Cross my heart”
22 Ingredient in spanakopita 23 Carefree quality
25 Synopsis
26 Saudi king before Abdullah 27 Popular Asian honeymoon destination
29 Ready for publication 31 Comes into view
32 Was given no other option 35 Online publication
36 Funny Foxx
37 Rant
41 Top musical group of the
1990s, per Billboard
43 51 past
44 Patronize, in a way
45 Slow start?
46 Momentarily
50 Supporting, with “up”
52 “I messed up,” in slang 54 Comaneci of gymnastics 55 One shouting, “Get off my lawn!” 56 PC port
58 Clothing designer Marc 62 “SNL” alum who co-starred in
2016’s “Ghostbusters” 64 Classic soft drink
65 Response to a funny meme 66 Stopping point
67 Lead-in to meter
68 Manage
70 Follower of Sam or will. 72 Pince-____ glasses
73 Iranian currency with a
75-Across on its bills
75 See 73-Across
77 Game console introduced in 2006
80 It’s often included with an RSVP card
81 Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr. 82 Scatters about
83 United way?
84 The most recent Pope Benedict 86 Like some “#@&!” language 88 “Actually, I do”
89 Photo ____
92 “Buddy Holly” band, 1994 94 Braced (oneself)
96 New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project 98 Amenable sort
99 Pet lovers’ org.
103 Phrase on a candy heart 104 Impertinent sorts
106 Birds or wasps
108 Caviar source
110 Good-looking … or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle
114 What may follow fire or stone 115 Pulmonologist’s expertise
118 Give too much light
119 One way to turn a ship
120 Members of une sororité
121 National currency that, if you drop its second letter and read the result backward, spells another national currency
122 Memo header
123 Knights’ titles in “A Game of
Thrones”
124 Heart topper, in bridge
125 “Someone Like You” hitmaker,
2011
126 Jokey suffix with most
DOWN
1 Prattle
2 Triangular construction
3 Was taken aback
4 Unable to move well 5 Submits
6 Former TV psychic Miss ____ 7 The “A” of WNBA: Abbr.
8 Ask
9 Parts of hearts
10 Wonderful receptacle? 11 Tampa Bay NFLer
12 Rock-____ (jukebox brand) 13 Romantic preference
14 Where to see Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”
15 Three or four, say
16 Colorless gases
17 Turns blue?
19 “Well, that’s quite a coincidence …” 24 Sudden turn
28 Ewe or sow
30 One with superhuman powers 33 Spanish or Portuguese
34 “____ Como Va” (Santana hit) 38 Make alterations to
39 State of disbelief 40 Humdinger
42 Lusaka native
43 “Swell!”
44 NNE or SSW
46 Tattoo artists
47 Fictional land of books and film 48 “Impossible Is Nothing” sloganeer 49 Family nickname
51 University officials
53 ____ canto
55 Part of a short race
57 Draws back
59 Washington’s Kellyanne or
George
60 Little: Ger.
61 Smith and Nelson
63 Teacher
64 Emphatic denial 69 Arduous
71 Degree for a research scientist 74 Latin law
76 New York Mets epithet 78 Quaint contraction
79 West Coast brew, for short 82 France’s Boulogne-____-Mer 85 Disney’s Herbie, for one 87 Under attack
88 Visitors’ announcement 89 “The Song of Hiawatha” tribe 90 Sierra Nevada, e.g.
91 Oar
93 Frozen Wasser
95 Counterpart of dorsal 97 Immature eggs
98 Doofus
99 First part in an instruction manual 100 Hallucinogen sometimes
called a “divine messenger” 101 Parts of waves
102 Give the green light
105 No longer in style
107 Reason for a TV-MA rating,
perhaps
109 “Say it ain’t so!”
111 Jedi guru
112 Poet who wrote, “Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers’ perjuries”
113 World’s rarest goose
116 A count manager
117 Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek
Wedding”