The New York Times Crossword
Across
1 Image on the flag of Oakland, Calif., appropriately
5 Country whose capital is an anagram of its former capital
10 Sends 10 texts in a
row to, say
15 Stage partitions? 19 Achings
20 Basic Mediterranean sauce
21 Eagles’ home
22 Pork cut
23 Stick of butter,
geometrically
26 Sesame Street resident who refers to himself in the third person
27 Attentive
28 Change of scenery, in real estate lingo
29 Less involved
31 Seminal 1980 hit by
Joy Division
37 Attire for some
queens
39 Subtle flavor, to a
wine taster
40 Accomplishes
41 Barbecue discard 42 White House
staffer
43 What a V-sign
might indicate? 44 Try to hit, as a
piñata
47 ____-Locka, Fla.
50 Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming, among others
53 Lap, maybe
56 Visitors from afar,
in brief
57 Hurry, quaintly
58 A matter of
course?
59 Works in a gallery 60 ____ Aviv
61 Hit 1998 Eddie Murphy comedy based on books by Hugh Lofting
65 “An empty set
exists,” e.g.
68 Stole
69 It lacks value
70 Leafy salad green 71 Recommit to one’s fitness ... or what 23-Across depicts literally
74 State south of
Mumbai
75 Perception
76 Goof
77 South, in much of
South America
78 Light touch
81 Nickname that’s an anagram of ONLINE
82 What characters in musicals often do ... or what 31-Across depicts literally
87 “Discreet Music”
musician Brian
88 Cars with clutches 90 Photographer
Goldin
91 Prosecco cousin 92 Big shots they are
not
95 Secular
96 It’s just under a
foot
97 Explorer Ericson 98 Useful people to know ... or what 50-Across depicts literally
104 What an economy seat is usually short on
105 “Oh, why not?!” 106 Kuwaiti currency 109 Beseech
110 Screen feature that facilitates multitasking ... or what 61-Across depicts literally 116 Food that’s easy to
get hooked on? 117 Group character 118 Mocking smile
119 The “garden” in Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights”
120 Old video game
console inits.
121 Excel
122 Swamp plant
123 Lamb, for one
Down
1 Banks on TV 2 Lively dance 3 Moon of Saturn found to have a potentially habitable ocean
4 Component of some hormone therapy
5 National Blood
Donor Mo.
6 Big inits. in
insurance
7 Work enthusiastically and energetically
8 Genetic variant
9 Singer Horan of the boy band One Direction
10 Part of a
woodpecker’s diet 11 /
12 Perfume line by
pop star Grande
13 Beauty pageant
since 1952
14 Precursors to finals 15 Mideast city with an eponymous pepper
16 Share a byline,
maybe
17 Part of a stove
18 [That is so funny!] 24 Off-road option, for
short
25 Spoil
30 ____ Pro (tech
product)
32 Require
33 “Holy moly!”
34 Button added to
Twitter in 2022
35 Primo
36 Govt. agency rules 37 Title for food writer
Mary Berry
38 Hilarious sort
44 Library section
45 Imperfection,
metaphorically
46 Labor
48 Makes certain
knitting stitches 49 Before: Sp.
51 Group of gift-givers 52 Cuddle amorously,
in a way
54 Magical creature associated with rainbows
55 Tri- one more time? 59 Rock’s ____
Fighters 60 Soccer star ____
Heath
61 Enthusiastic
affirmative
62 Region encompassing most of the Arkansas/Missouri border
63 Copy, in brief
64 Rap mogul,
familiarly
65 Quick and nimble 66 Noble gas used in
some lasers
67 “All good”
68 B’way purchase
72 STEM subject that
rhymes with “stem” 73 Recover
74 ____ pig
77 Buy time
78 Barely sits still?
79 No pro
80 “Weekend, here I
come!”
82 ____ mitzvah (Jewish ceremony for multiple people)
83 Flatten, say
84 A pop
85 Having an intact
tamper seal, say 86 One might move
fast in stores
89 Loser to Herbert
Hoover in 1928
93 Parts of some
military uniforms 94 ____-Caps (candy) 96 Holy place
98 Goofs
99 Aired anew
100 Uses performanceenhancing drugs 101 Egypt neighbor:
Abbr.
102 Say “..., say,” say 103 Agcy. that advises against eating raw cookie dough
107 ____ man (frequent subject in The Onion)
108 Monopoly
payment
111 Home of more than
one M.L.B. team 112 Whole lot
113 Bring into play
114 Cribbage marker 115 Anger