New York Crossword,
Across
1 Bill at a comedy club 6 Directing DuVernay
9 Savory jelly
14 Early stage of life
19 Train to Penn Station
20 Talk trash about 21 Thoroughness
22 Deep sense of boredom 23 Israeli life
24 Roastmasters, e.g. 25 Ridiculous
26 They’re placed on houses 27 Pronoun seen with “she” 28 “Da 5 Bloods” director 31 Leaders of Oman and Brunei, e.g.
33 Org. with a presence in workplaces
35 ___-Lay (chip company) 36 Serving Andre
39 Prop for driving
40 Statue of Liberty builder 42 Interacting with servers, say 44 Ernie of golf
45 Decided beforehand 47 Slightly
49 Danson of “The Good Place” 50 Attila’s crew
52 See 4-Down
53 Lets out a yelp 55 Industrious insects
57 Church area
58 Strawberry’s field, once
59 Big economic jump
61 Sanford of “The Jeffersons” 65 Provincetown’s cape
66 It may mean “Can you pet me?”
67 In the style of
68 “Money ___ object”
70 Pale or ginger follower
71 Wall St. event
72 Sneaker emanation
73 Some faults hit it
74 From the top
75 Permit
76 Actor Patel of “Lion”
77 Choose a candidate
78 ___ Moines Register (Midwest paper)
79 Osso buco cuts
80 Play your part
81 Like some bands
83 Da ___ (Vietnamese city) 85 Squadron
86 Money before deals are made 87 Two-dimensional 89 Permanently 91 Aviatrix or wingman 92 Blue-green shade 94 Sugarloaf Mountain’s city, for short
96 Abbr. for a peak
97 One-named singer who recently named her son X AE A-Xii 98 Chunk of lawn
99 Clear out
102 Woman’s name derived from an Old English word meaning “rich friend”
104 Play set in a Manhattan apartment
105 Sings like the Swiss
106 Author Proulx
108 “Frozen” queen
111 Athena turned her into a spider 113 Fir growth
116 “So funny!”
117 Land, in Latin
118 Stop in the sand
121 Piece from Ancient Greece, perhaps
122 Pilsner alternative
124 Fund, as a university chair
125 Guy with a pan
126 Fictional Swanson or Weasley 127 WaterPik target
128 Uber shares, e.g.
129 Aquatic force
130 Be indebted to
131 Hawaiian who sang
“Tiny Bubbles”
Down
1 Looking for a fistfight, maybe
2 Feels sore
3 So in love
4 With 52-Across,
Big Pharma member
5 They have horns on their helmets
6 Regard highly
7 Star of “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Mama’s Family” 8 Item of value
9 India who sings “Brown Skin” 10 Singer O’Connor
11 Tour without duffers
12 Charged particle
13 Shakespeare title role 14 Warnings for drivers
15 “I’ll take care of that now”
16 Like food sent back to the chef 17 Lincoln and Holland, for two 18 Warnings from cats
29 Vowelless “Nonsense!”
30 Sarge’s superior
32 Admiral’s org.
34 Store path
37 “Don’t ___ upset!”
38 Exist
41 Witty Tina
43 Like poorly made decisions 45 Three Tenors name
46 Be in a hurry with, as a gift 48 Maidenform garment
51 UT, OR, CT, and others
53 “Can I ask you something?” response
54 Watery protectors
56 Start of many workdays 58 Arizona resort town 60 Kitchen beeper
62 Art made by a clown 63 Winning candidate
64 Pi and P, e.g.
66 Schenectady is in it
67 “All work ___ play …”
69 Golf legend Sam
82 Painting teacher’s deg.
84 Run ___ of (conflict with) 85 Nail locale
86 Draw ___ in the sand 88 Give-and-take situation 90 Gather, as information
91 48 hours before Sun. 92 Deluge
93 Facebook co-founder Saverin 95 Sidewalk hazard
97 Ifill or Stefani
98 Tamil Nadu and Texas, e.g. 100 Math great John ___ Neumann
101 Dream
103 Warwick who sings
“Walk On By”
107 Prefix with transmitter 109 *Direction that migratory birds fly for the winter, as the seven in this puzzle’s theme entries have
110 However, briefly
112 Shoe made of foam resin
114 “You sure?”
115 Abbr. on a cornerstone 119 Be under the weather
120 Get a look at
123 Excessively