The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: LE PUZZLE (1009)
Kathy Bloomer, of Seattle, is a retired hospital pediatrician. Constructing crosswords developed out of her love for solving diagramless puzzles, which involve a similar logic. This is her second Times crossword, after her debut in 2018. She had lots of attempts that didn’t quite make it. Kathy says, “I am working on a book I am going ţo call ‘Best Puzzles Rejected by The New York Times.’” — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Complete jerk 7 Experience
equanimity 15 Word with ghost
or pirate 19 Inventor Tesla 20 Champion 21 Old-fashioned trial
transcriber 22 ‘‘When will the leaky faucet get fixed?’’ e.g.? 24 ‘‘____ Speaks!’’ (Marx brother autobiography) 25 Equinox mo.
26 PC key
27 Actor Astin 28 Spam generator 29 Gridiron gains:
Abbr.
30 Bygone theater
chain
33 Lithe
36 Spam containers 37 Opposed to, in
dialect
39 Song from back in
the day 41 German physicist with an eponymous law 42 Focal points 43 Worldly
45 Hoot
46 Part of a how-to
manual 47 Oklahoma city named for a character in a Tennyson poem 48 Curt summons 49 Remarks further 50 It may be unlimited in a phone plan 51 One-named singer whose last name is Adkins 52 Faulkner’s ‘‘As
____ Dying’’ 53 Setting for a classic Agatha Christie novel 54 Opt for ‘‘deluxe,’’
say
56 Baby louse
57 The brother in 24-Across, for one
58 Harvester of the
future 59 Potentially
offensive, say 62 Easy pill to
swallow? 64 Candy bar whose name is an exclamation 66 2015 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame 68 Bloke
69 Covers, as the bill 70 Labneh go-with 72 Most popular dog breed in the U.S., familiarly
73 Gives a whirl 75 Without: Lat. 76 A bunch of 77 Common stain on a baseball uniform 80 Adversaries
81 Bit of spice,
figuratively 82 Writers not likely to win literary prizes
83 Floppy features of
basset hounds 84 Asset
85 Possible cause for
road rage
86 Boos
87 Editorial override 88 Word before crow
or dirt
89 Prop for a painter 90 Former attorney
general Holder 91 Salty droplet 92 Home to the University of Georgia
94 Begins giving solid food, say 96 Green-lights 99 Floating 101 Whip 103 Imitate
104 Country Oman, for bordering short 105 Versatile neutral
shade 106 Where you’d find
sap for syrup? 111 Sam the ____
(patriotic Muppet) 112 Condition treated
with insulin 113 114 Rang Wedding invitation
enclosure, in brief 115 The other you
116 Protests, in a way
DOWN
1 Fidgety
2 Spawned
3 Says ‘‘John, Paul,
. . . and Ringo’’? 4 Post ____ (occurring after the event)
5 Basic
6 Brewski 7 Help-page
initialism
8 URL ender
9 Times outside office hours, in personals
10 Goes berserk 11 About 6.5 inches, on a standard piano
12 Virginia senator
Tim
13 From ____ Z 14 Currency that features ‘‘The Tale of Genji’’ on one of its bank notes 15 Show up naked,
perhaps?
16 Emma Watson’s role in the Harry Potter films 17 Not marked
permanently, say 18 Lounge chair
location 21 ‘‘Yellowjackets’’ airer, for short 23 Summer abroad 28 Plant fiber used to make some jewelry 31 M __ U __ H? 32 It’s a slippery slope 34 Loss of the winning ticket? 35 A layoff, crudely 38 Like venison 40 Salon specialties 43 Exploiting 44 Kind of map 46 Leo with the 1977 No. 1 hit ‘‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’’ 49 Cornhole player’s
asset
50 New beginnings 51 It may be vegetal
or fruity
53 Lightly bite, as a
pup might 54 Sappho and
Mirabai
55 Certain fed.
security 57 Alternatives to
shakes
58 Drinks that are
‘‘slammed’’ 60 King and queen? 61 Exhibiting the effects of too little sleep, say
63 The three R’s? 65 Stays optimistic 67 Bottomless void 71 Quill go-with 74 Note in the C
minor scale 75 Raw power 76 Salon job,
informally 77 Develops, as an
idea
78 Like some highquality bonds 79 They might tie the
room together 81 Bout enders, for
short
82 Caballero, e.g. 84 Bog contents 85 Hosts 86 Nag
89 Dress for
graduation 93 Razzle-dazzle 95 Contented sigh 97 Superman’s birth
name
98 A pomegranate can contain a few hundred of these 100 Corkage ____ 102 Name of either brother in a classic Nickelodeon sitcom
106 Computing
pioneer Lovelace 107 Teeny
108 Rule, informally 109 Menu eponym 110 Pint contents