Monterey Herald

New York Times Crossword No. 0305

- SIMILE IRRESISTIB­LE BY REBECCA GOLDSTEIN / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, developing cancer immunother­apies. An avid crossword solver (typically six to 10 puzzles a day), she started constructi­ng in 2020 at her wife’s suggestion. Her puzzles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. This is her sixth (and first Sunday) for us. Rebecca is excited to debut the modern coinage at 39-Down. — W. S.

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

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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

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

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’’

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