The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: BIRD PLAY (0818) BY By Ale x Eaton -Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners is an in-house attorney for Western Digital, a technology company headquartered in San Jose, Calif. When he’s not creating crosswords, he enjoys escape rooms, reading and spending time in nature. He says the starting point for this puzzle was 84-Across, with the title coming shortly thereafter. This is Alex’s 21st crossword for The Times (not counting two diagramless puzzles) and his first Sunday. — W.S.
Across
1 Share on social media 5 Blackens 10 Screen org.? 13 William H. Bonney ____ Billy the Kid 16 Mathematician taught by Bernoulli 18 Most populous nation not in the U.N.
19 Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004
22 It’s just part of the act 23 Surname of Princess Leia 24 Midwest college town 25 “Curiouser and curiouser …” 28 Bother
29 Grand onstage 30 Place to swim or work out, informally 31 Business that has cut prices 32 Entertaining 34 Went over the limit, say 36 Major name in petrol 39 Language from which “jackal” and “jasmine” come 40 “La Traviata” composer
41 Jeer
43 Bit on a book jacket
46 Part of a three-in-arow
47 Greasy in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 49 In-group at school 52 Preach the gospel 55 Rip off 56 Longtime “All Things Considered” host Robert 57 Screenwriter Ephron 58 Anchor, e.g. 59 Chinese liquor made from sorghum 62 “Consequently …” 63 Verbal alternative to a shoulder tap 65 Beginnings of ideas 66 Internet content typically viewed alone
68 Italian scooter brand
71 What 1-Down has that 1-Across lacks
73 Part of the resistance? 74 Some pickup info on rideshare apps: Abbr.
78 Stir
80 Man’s name that means “my God” 81 What’s depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across 84 … in 52-Across 87 Rehearse a play from start to finish, in theater lingo 88 Swimmer in a Himeji Castle moat 89 Nursery floor hazard 90 Unfamiliar with 91 Informal “What if …?”
93 Alter, as a manuscript 95 Bird’s home 96 Bird’s home 97 Places for speakers 98 Common people 102 Close up, say 104 Stylish ballroom
dance
105 Investigation 106 … in 25-Across 112 Brown powder 114 French cake 115 Nashville university, familiarly 116 … and in
19-Across 117 Go to
118 Princess of Avalor,
in children’s TV 119 Machiavellian 120 Tape deck button 121 Oboes and saxes,
e.g.
122 Aid for a detective
DOWN
1 Real pain 2 Reaction to pain 3 Berth place 4 Bowling 5 Cause of a supermarket parking mishap 6 Tripping 7 Expected 8 Serving with carrots and celery, maybe 9 Meander 10 Lighter-air link 11 Virtual people 12 Bitter, e.g. 13 Alternative to Times New Roman 14 Noncapital city whose name means “capital city”
15 City on the Nile 17 As (to)
18 Band with the 1983 No. 1 hit “Africa”
20 Far offshore
21 Kit ____ 26 Dedicator of Iceland’s Imagine Peace Tower 27 Ocelli 31 Challenges for movers 32 Habitually 33 ____ Nurmi, 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed the “Flying Finn” 34 Bud of baseball 35 Veep’s boss 37 Subject of lessons at an island resort 38 Roman sun god 40 Team at an upscale restaurant 42 Brother 43 Cowboy’s home, informally 44 Middle of the month
45 Best Play Tony winner with a geographical name
48 Jellied delicacies 50 Cry from Juliet 51 ____ club (annual show presenter) 53 Diaper, in Britspeak 54 Chef Lagasse 60 Crossword constructing, e.g. (no, really!) 61 AirPod pairing target 64 “Paradise Lost” tempter
65 Site of Jesus’ crucifixion 67 Prefix with directional 68 Word with life or flak
69 Brand of markers 70 See the future with a crystal ball 72 Track-meet divisions 73 Worth keeping around 75 Peacefully protests, as during the national anthem
76 Flier on a mission 77 Loses traction 79 Pristine places 82 Fairy-tale alter ego 83 Crushed in competition 85 Pronoun in a picture rebus 86 Increase quickly 92 Mixing board 94 Wrongly predict, as an election 97 Dit’s partner 98 Places for figureheads
99 Not express 100 Magazine that named Barack Obama its first-ever Person of the Year (2009) 101 Bit of sweat 103 “J. ____” (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic)
104 Missile first used in the Yom Kippur War
105 Non-Macs 106 Kind of mind 107 Suit
108 Number in
brackets? 109 Without
110 Poet ____ St.
Vincent Millay 111 Diana who was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of shark protection (2013) 113 Russian for
“peace”