New York Crossword,
Across
1 “Whatever,” way back when 6 Hurting for a good time 12 Provide counterarguments
against
18 Lacking energy
20 Portugal is part of it 21 Commit 100% 22 Automobiles with plush, velvety exteriors?
24 Insects in a plague
25 Negative aspect
26 Jeep’s successor
27 Go too fast
28 1989 play set in a Manhattan apartment
29 Silverbacks, e.g. 31 Small-business owner on “The Simpsons”
32 “Sugar” or “honey” alternative
36 Fruit-salad ingredient
37 Line from a number 39 Unfeeling
41 “Rent” has one
43 Latin phrase meaning “Let the buyer of high-end seafood beware”?
47 Took a curved path
48 Airline based in Sweden 51 Hand down, as a judgment 52 Stern piece
54 “Say Yes to the Dress” channel 55 “Rats!”
56 Occupies, as a phone booth 60 Talking with your hands, for short
63 City near Casper
65 Tommie of the 1969 “Miracle Mets”
66 Facial hair, casually
68 Condo
69 Food that powers students through an all-nighter? 74 Playlet
75 Joking Jimmy
77 Visit
78 Distressed fairy-tale figures 80 Parapsychology subject 81 Present in February
84 Too cutesy, as a store
85 Tight end Gronkowski 86 Stranded sailor
88 Some are spam
90 That lady
91 Category
93 Savory pastry made with carp? 98 Reach as fast as you can
100 Breakfast nook
101 Tiny Toyota
105 Signs, as a contract
106 John with 19 Emmys
108 Young Turk Kasparian
111 “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___” (Newbery Medal– winning book of 1972) 112 School on the Charles River 113 Non-folder’s words
114 Italia and España are part of it
117 Shadowy figure
118 Best left alone, maybe
120 Light dinner for Tony
Soprano?
124 Aigner of handbags
125 Edible ring sources
126 Noses in sties
127 Began a backgammon turn 128 End of some URLs
129 Words to your followers
Down
1 Language named for a Frenchman
2 Figure seen around Woodstock
3 Longtime Playboy CEO Christie
4 Total (abbr.)
5 It’s made at a birthday party 6 Heavy Chevy
7 Skilled
8 31-day periods
9 Part of many nest eggs
10 Bro, for one
11 “¡No ___!”
12 Perches for finches
13 Apiece
14 Strain felt in the chest 15 Accompaniment best consumed while wearing a long coat?
16 Test the strength of, chemically
17 Left no doubt about 19 Amiga
21 Stick stuff that’s sticky 23 Moody, as music 27 Prepared to vlog, say 30 Attack command
33 Dayan’s day
34 NASCAR sponsor
35 Ability to amuse
36 Tiny perforation
38 Bounce (off )
40 Mining find
42 “I ___ noticed”
44 Tuk tuks, e.g.
45 Core
46 Toys ___ (classic chain) 48 Evangelist born in Turkey 49 “You Oughta Know” name 50 Appetizer made with the cheapest ingredients available?
53 Benjamin who spent seven years as prime minister 57 Lake on which Fredo got whacked
58 Prior to now
59 Part of FDNY
61 One of the Jolie-Pitts 62 Stops bothering
64 PIN requester
67 Ignoramus
70 Felt the same way about 71 Herd word
72 Where bailiffs work (abbr.) 73 Buzz Aldrin’s real first name 76 Blow
79 Like eating watermelon 82 Bother persistently 83 Finally chooses
84 Stop working
87 Wishes undone
89 Got together
91 More in need of a scrubbing 92 Saw on the street
94 “___ for Fugitive” 95 Connections 96 Congressman Zeldin
97 Solo in front of an audience 99 Marie or Donny
102 Like Josephine Baker’s
dancing
103 Ascribe, as motives
104 Most like a wallflower
107 Surf competitor
109 Magnus Carlsen’s country
(abbr.)
110 Precinct-wide alerts
113 John’s “Say Anything…” co-star
115 “___ Reader” (quarterly magazine)
116 “___ We Got Fun”
119 He directed Gene in “Young
Frankenstein”
120 “The ___ Squad”
121 “Kiss Kiss Kiss” singer, 1980 122 Comedian’s series of jokes 123 Prepare for future reaping