The New York Times Crossword
Across
1 Tobacco plug
5 Manipulate
10 Graduates of Quantico, informally
14 Taller roommate of
15-Down
18 Showgirl in the 1978
hit “Copacabana” 19 Boomer’s kid,
maybe
20 Declare
21 Snack item with approximately 53 calories
22 Positive thinker’s
motto?
25 Textbook section 26 FireWire
alternative
27 Letter between November and Papa in the NATO alphabet
28 It might be set at
sea
29 When a prime-time
drama might air
31 Reason-based
belief in God
33 Repeated sound that’s hard to get rid of
34 Means of becoming
a god?
36 “Call the Midwife”
network
38 Had something
nice
40 Nonsense
41 Place in danger
45 Ernst and Young,
e.g.: Abbr.
46 Peroxide ____
47 It’s an affront
51 Where Rapunzel let
down her hair?
53 Quarrel
54 It matures quickly,
in brief
55 Angled to get
attention: Abbr.
56 Suffix with serpent
or opal
57 Offed
60 Reach quickly, as a
conclusion
61 Perhaps
62 Doc. to ensure
secrecy 63 A pupil may grow in
it
64 United group, e.g. 65 Holy water?
70 Excites
72 “Salus populi suprema lex ____” (motto of Missouri)
73 Charade
74 One of 17 in
Monopoly: Abbr. 77 One with pressing
work
78 Feed the guests,
maybe
79 Dish that’s cooked
underground
80 Feb. 14
81 673 parts of the
Louvre Pyramid
82 “Old man”
83 Answer to “What is Roquefort or Brie?”
86 Offed
87 Go the wrong way 88 Green-lit
90 Like drunken
speech
91 Announcement on National Coming Out Day
93 Inappropriate
95 Early bird?
96 Spilled milk?
100 Front of a semi
102 Ubiquitous advertiser with an acronymic name 106 Seeing as
107 Weight of an empty
container
108 What’s clothed in summer and naked in winter, per an old riddle
110 China’s largest
ethnic group
111 What BankAmericard became in 1976
112 The queen with her
pets?
116 School where some of “Shakespeare in Love” was filmed 117 Annual Memorial Day race, informally
118 Red Sox’ div. 119 Bit of sports equipment that may be electrified 120 Casino tool
121 Philippine money 122 Fleas and flies 123 What’s left on a map?
Down
1 Obscure 2 Windsor, e.g. 3 A criminal’s may be unbelievable
4 “Time ____ ... “
5 Big name in jelly
6 Like mosaic tiles
7 Lose possession?
8 One of the books of
the Torah: Abbr.
9 Where Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” was first performed
10 Prima ____
11 Word that becomes more dramatic when you add an “R” in front 12 Caribbean land, at
the Olympics
13 Administer an oath
to
14 Echoes
15 Shorter roommate
of 14-Across
16 Control,
metaphorically
17 Completely, in
slang
19 Pedal on the right 23 Man of La Mancha 24 Late-night trips to
the fridge, e.g.
30 Shirt or blouse
32 Bit of magic
35 Projecting front
37 Temporarily replace 39 Most likely to win at
Trivia Night, maybe 41 Long-billed wader 42 Parent company of
43 Game starter
44 Home for Holmes 48 One who sees what
you’re saying?
49 Berliner’s “old”
50 Sight on winter
roads
52 Sign of overuse
53 “All ____!”
54 Prefix that’s mega mega?
58 Not merely annoyed
59 Split 60 BuzzFeed staple 64 Wide ties 66 Netflix series set at Green Gables
67 Manipulates
68 Place to go on a
ship
69 Them’s the breaks! 70 List in “The Idiot’s
Guide to ... “
71 Neighbor of Siberia,
in Risk
75 Common still-life prop 76 Looked at 78 Architectural columns in the form of sculpted female figures 80 Threshold 82 Gunslinger’s command 84 Schools
85 Held tight 87 A narcissist may go on one
88 Shockingly bizarre 89 What the quadriceps muscle connects to
92 N.Y.C. commuting
inits.
94 Bugs
96 Where bile is
produced
97 Loos who wrote “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
98 Casual response to
an apology
99 Panasonic
subsidiary
101 Orchestra section 103 “If my luck holds out ... “
104 Pens 105 Beginning 109 Rhinitis treater, in brief
113 Phoenix-toAlbuquerque dir. 114 Bottle labeled “XXX” in the comics
115 “Do the ____” (soft
drink slogan)