The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: THIS AND THAT (1114)
Sid Sivakumar is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis, training in biomedical engineering and neuroscience. He works on medical devices that aid in stroke rehabilitation. In his spare time, he constructs and edits crosswords, including The Juggernaut Crossword, aimed at the South Asian diaspora. This themeless puzzle is Sid’s 10th for The Times. To make it, he started at 92-Across (“which has great letters”), stacked two long answers on top of that and worked his way up. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Piles
15 Tablet purchases 19 Setting for Banff
National Park 21 Dealer’s enemy 22 Disney film with more than a million handdrawn bubbles 24 Rap’s Run
D.M.C., e.g. 25 Ostrich or
kangaroo 26 Amtrak service 27 Emulate Ella
Fitzgerald 29 Boxer Wolfe who played Artemis in ‘‘Wonder Woman’’ 30 ‘‘Yes, indeed’’ 31 Get-together 33 Rush
35 Clear spirit 36 Seasonal fastfood sandwiches that aren’t halal 37 ‘‘Star Trek’’
virtual-reality chambers
38 San ____ (European enclave)
39 [stern glare] 40 Italian wine
region
41 Certain
developer’s job 42 Seriously
unpleasant
43 Or greater
44 Fall flavoring 45 Some movietheater concession areas 50 Shattered 51 Eateries serving
small plates 52 Spoils
53 Up
54 Command center 55 Multiday event,
for short
56 2017 CVS Health
acquisition 57 Profess
58 Tough bass part? 60 Really grooves
with something 61 Quaint locale of
first-aid supplies 63 Valorous 64 Bhikkhunis : Buddhist monastery :: ____ : convent 65 The C of C major,
e.g.
66 Word with zone
or boots
67 Actor Idris 68 Error message? 69 Was completely
exhausted 70 Hiking aids 72 Employees who
work a lot
73 Bit of reading near a cashier, in brief
76 Grasps at
straws?
77 Not at all
78 Big name in
pasta sauces 79 N.B.A. coach
____ Unseld Jr. 80 Badly hurt 81 ‘‘Capisce?’’ 82 Rail in a dance
studio
83 Images on some Australian silver coins
85 V.I.P. access
points
89 Mythos 90 Nutritional plan involving controlled removal of foods 91 Predator frequently appearing in Calvin’s daydreams in ‘‘Calvin and Hobbes’’
92 Special delivery?
DOWN
1 Put on
pretensions 2 Island home to Faa’a International Airport
3 It’s located in the middle of an alley
4 Drones, e.g. 5 Terse confession 6 Op. ____
7 Bad person to confess bad things to 8 Twisting together 9 Puerto Rico’s ____ Telescope, formerly the world’s largest single-aperture telescope 10 Impersonate at a
Halloween party 11 Immune system
component 12 Vegetable in
bhindi masala 13 Lens holder 14 Fine crystals used in food preparation 15 Symbol of
industry
16 Make a flying jump onto a slope
17 They get left in
the dust
18 Treat on a tea
trolley tray 20 ‘‘____ Mode’’ (2018 No. 1 hit for Travis Scott) 23 Labyrinth builder
of myth
28 Tarot card said to ‘‘radiate’’ positivity 31 Foretold the
future
32 Certain gasket 33 Deterrent to a
pickpocket 34 Behaves like a
fool, informally 36 Drama linked to the resurgence of the name ‘‘Betty’’ for baby girls
37 Remains tightly
secured 38 Acquired family
member 39 Actress Meyer of ‘‘Beverly Hills 90210’’ 41 Tested the
censor, say 42 Vendors of e-cigs 43 Cruise stop 44 Wet behind the
ears 45 Important sales for growing businesses? 46 Argument 47 Totally wipes out 48 Like some very
old characters 49 Pallet piece 50 Small drink of
whiskey
51 Zap, in a way 54 Items at T.S.A.
checkpoints 56 Boeing
competitor 58 What the waving
of a white flag
can indicate 59 Business brass 60 Reduce in rank 62 Style pioneered
by Picasso 63 Works at the
cutting edge? 66 Hot, in Havana 67 Evidence of a crossword solver’s mistake, maybe 68 Dairy-free coffee
additive 69 Butcher’s
offering
70 Quiver
71 Ripply fabric
pattern
72 Give a thumbsdown 73 Bespectacled ‘‘Peanuts’’ character 74 Gives a thumbsup
75 Talk-show slate 76 Harped (on) 77 Unfashionable 78 Time off, for
short
81 Slightly spoiled,
in a way
82 Label signing 84 ____-positive
movement 86 Contest 87 Actress Mowry of
‘‘Sister, Sister’’ 88 Authority,
metaphorically