The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: COLLISION COURSES (1120)
Sam Donaldson is a law professor at Georgia State University, teaching property to first-year students and federal income tax and trusts and estates to upper-division ones. He’s been making crosswords for The Times since 2008. Typically his grids have lots of lively vocabulary. Sam writes, ‘‘This is one of those puzzles where solvers might not realize the theme until after they’re done, so I wanted the process of getting to the finish line to be as enjoyable as possible.’’ — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Sell, as bicycles? 7 Coups in
journalism
13 What might prompt a run for Congress? 19 Arctic jacket 20 Hairspray brand
since the 1950s 21 Big name in pain
relief
22 Band whose final album, ‘‘Synchronicity,’’ was their most popular, with ‘‘the’’
23 More in need of
practice
24 24 horas from
now
25 Big name in pain
relief
26 Disembark
27 Used an unspoken
language
28 One not getting in
too deep 29 Chinese zodiac
animal
30 Tiny amount of
time: Abbr. 32 Hella
33 Game typically
played in the dark 37 Become
established
39 Calf site 42 Common concert
merch
43 Pronoun for
Frenchwomen 46 Like diamonds 47 It shares a key
with ‘‘!’’
48 It might be stuck on the chopping block
50 Rise, as a steed
might
52 Politico Cheney 54 Color-wheel
options
55 Old yellers? 57 Animal with a prominent proboscis 61 Trifling, informally 62 Lab-engineered fare, facetiously
. . . or a hint to the
six crossings of shaded squares 67 Totenberg of NPR 68 ‘‘____ at 11’’ (local news promo)
69 Prefix with biology 70 Thing moving through a tube, maybe
71 Qom home 72 Lenovo competitor 73 Bountiful harvests for farmers . . . or another hint to the crossings of
shaded squares 77 Grub
78 What gorillas have
that giraffes lack? 80 Spot for a tattoo 81 Prefix with biology 82 Peter Pan
alternative 84 Achieved a flight
training milestone 86 Hiking group? 88 Email symbols,
informally
91 Target of an
annual shot 93 Worker who makes
a ton of dough 94 Terse affirmation 95 Producers of multiple outs, for short
96 Like a very heavy
sleeper 99 Precisely
102 It’s ‘‘rarely pure and never simple,’’ per Oscar Wilde
103 Bit of hairstyling 106 Mop’s partner, in
a brand name 107 Measures up to 111 Tight (with) 113 Pipes up
116 Pinkerton who
founded the Pinkerton detective agency
117 Unpredictable
change 118 Is delighted by the
invitation 119 ‘‘Brille Brille Petite ____’’ (children’s song abroad) 120 Mesopotamian
metropolis 121 Thinks up 122 Experience sharer
123 Got in order 124 Fast-sounding
freshwater fish 125 Eye-grabbing email
subject line
DOWN
1 Tree of the custard
apple family
2 ‘‘The ____ Holmes Mysteries’’ (young adult series) 3 Gave (out) 4 Claptrap
5 Makes some deep
cuts in
6 Barely squeeze
(by)
7 Unlawful occupant 8 Swear word 9 Swear word 10 Garnish for a
Gibson cocktail 11 Jurors, to a
defendant
12 Word with food, clothes or entertainment 13 Quick escapes 14 Cry of perfection
from a carpenter? 15 City NW of Bar
Harbor
16 Retort to ‘‘No,
you’re not able’’ 17 Has for supper 18 Seeing someone
socially
20 Loud, as a crowd 26 ‘‘For ____, all nature is too little’’: Seneca 31 Tesla but not
Edison
34 Vast quantity 35 Smart ____ 36 Bad look 38 Kenan’s comedy partner 39 Queen commemorated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 40 Objects from faraway lands 41 Not so harsh 44 Land of leprechauns 45 Seek, as punitive payment 49 1993 R.&B. hit with the lyric ‘‘Keep playin’ that
song all night’’ 51 Seat of Utah
County
53 Most off the wall 56 Alphabet ____ 58 Illegal, as a
download 59 Ensnared 60 Return payments? 62 Totally terrif
63 Go back for more 64 ‘‘Knives Out’’ actress Ana de ____
65 ‘‘Happy to!’’ 66 Contacts via Instagram, informally 74 Singer/songwriter
____ Mai
75 They start in the
corners
76 Bygone magazine
for rock music
enthusiasts 79 Beast with a mouth best left unexamined 81 Where you went 83 Longtime Progressive spokeswoman 85 Vehicle that might have parachute brakes
86 Brand namechecked in Paul Simon’s ‘‘Kodachrome’’ 87 It’s hot right now 88 Some skin care ingredients, informally 89 Relative of a
waterspout 90 More cocksure 92 Sch. for which
John Wayne
played tackle 97 Wedding
proposal? 98 So-called ‘‘father
of geometry’’ 100 Honors in the ad
biz
101 Fit in
104 ‘‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’’ spinoff
105 Unpopular food that’s rich in minerals
108 A-listers
109 Claw
110 Hägar the
Horrible’s hound 112 Twosome 114 105-Down, e.g. 115 Spanish dirección 119 Source of big
green eggs