The New York Times Crossword
Across
1 Hurricanes and
tornadoes
9 One of 12,
biblically
17 “Way to go, me!” 19 Grape from France’s Côted’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 slackjawed
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