Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Hurricanes and tornadoes
9 One of 12, biblically
17 ‘‘Way to go, me!’’
19 Grape from France’s Côte-d’Or
20 Great ape?
22 Erotic artist?
23 5-Down’s pet
24 Ooze
26 Authors
27 Yesterday, in Spanish
30 ____ Jam (record label)
31 ‘‘Let me be perfectly ____’’ (Pride slogan)
34 Guinness of ‘‘The Ladykillers’’
37 Street magician?
44 Made, as a putt
45 Stockpile
46 Linger
47 Rock’s ____ Fighters
48 Toast with a raised stein
50 Bad thing to drop in polite company
52 Anthony Hopkins won this with only 16 minutes of screen time
54 Reply of disgust
55 One hitting the space bar?
57 Muscat resident
59 Leaves slack-jawed
60 Farmers?
63 Took big steps
65 Unplanned preview, perhaps
66 See here!
67 ____ of Orleans, moniker for Joan of Arc
68 Supply, as elevator music
71 Switch hitter?
78 Zeno of ____, paradoxical thinker
79 Fastest train in the U.S.
80 Spot for a microphone
81 What might be drawn with a ‘‘C’’ in cartoons
82 Plans of study
85 Time’s 2023 Athlete of the Year
87 Appropriate
89 Hail, to Caesar
90 Warm touch
92 Gunpowder ingredient
94 Top pair
95 Animal tranquilizer?
98 Trash
99 Pan handle?
100 Communication with one’s hands, for short
101 Target of Y.A. fiction
103 Word with straw or swing
105 Big Apple figure
109 ‘‘Boy Wonder’’ of comics
113 & 117 The Grim Reaper?
120 Live content creators
121 They might be flagged as ‘‘Potential Spam’’
122 Seasonal charity event
123 Cuts down to size
DOWN
1 V on the N.Y.S.E.
2 Albatross, metaphorically
3 Hypnotized, say
4 Some closet organizers
5 ‘‘The Jetsons’’ boy
6 Crossed (out)
7 Online school closing?
8 Nurses
9 Dash’s partner
10 Ancient Romans made it from soot
11 Purchase for a golf course
12 Nexus: Abbr.
13 Peeved
14 Indigo Girls song with the chorus ‘‘Adding up the total of a love that’s true/Multiply life by the . . .’’
15 Creditor’s security
16 Makes a misstep
18 Ready, with ‘‘up’’
19 Wrinkle-faced dog
21 Cash in
22 Disney villain who’s the grand vizier of Agrabah
25 /
28 Replies of disgust
29 Stoolie
31 Somewhat
32 Section of a syllabus
33 ____ Griffin, civil rights pioneer
34 Meat jelly
35 Butler on ‘‘The Addams Family’’
36 Japanese mushroom
38‘ ‘Pass,’’ in a casino
39 Quadcopter, e.g.
40 Concrete support
41 Straws in the wind
42 Sweet-talked
43 Origin of the words ‘‘cake’’ and ‘‘egg’’
49 Actor George who wrote the 1994 autobiography ‘‘To the Stars’’
51 Police accountability tool 53 Rapper ____ B
56 List
58 Demure
61 E. R. shout
62 Author Gaiman
63 What a crackerjack cracker jacks
64 Does some field work
67 Superlatively sullen
68 Praline ingredient
69 Valentine candy message
70 Not open to appeal, as a court decision
71 Bass symbol
72 Tiniest bit
73 Actress Fisher of ‘‘Eighth Grade’’
74 Worshiper of Jah, informally
75 Insurance giant
76 Mental fogs
77 Lock
79 Law enforcer in the Harry Potter universe
83 Longtime actor on ‘‘Law & Order: SVU’’
84 Give a darn
86 All together
88 Emulate Jack Sprat
91 Old SeaWorld mascot
93 Parkway or expressway: Abbr.
96 Complained
97 Keyboard corner key
102 Straight up
103 Like the open sea
104 Not fooled by
105 Some carry a spare one in a boot
106 Smartphone platform
107 Bit of decoration at a beach house
108 Not just think
110 Zodiac symbol
111 Sicily or Sardinia
112 Ending with late or great
114 ‘‘____ out!’’
115 ‘‘The Dark Side of
the Moon’’ studio
116 Fire (up)
118 Texter’s ‘‘Truthfully . . .’’
119 French chess piece