The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: DOING DOUGHNUTS(1022)
Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle and a frequent crossword contributor for The Times. Juliana Tringali Golden is an editor in Northern California, making her fourth appearance here. The idea for this puzzle was Juliana’s. She says she always wanted to create a crossword with a doughnut theme, and when Jeff showed her some blank grids he’d made with interesting patterns, this one, with a torus shape in the middle, ‘‘screamed ‘doughnut’ to me!’’ — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Pieces of praise 5 Host
8 D-lister’s quest 15 Anjou alternative 19 Hot sauce with a reduplicative name
21 About whom an early critic said: ‘‘Can’t act, can’t sing. Balding. Can dance a little’’ 22 Opposite of baja 23 Case study? 24 ‘‘Definitely, leave it
to me! 25 Japanese noodle
dish
26 ‘‘I declare this doughnut to be a truly tasty treat!’’ 28 Blends
30 Egg ____ yung 31 Final opponent in many a video game
32 Source of division
at a wedding 36 Download in
progress?
38 Cube’s 12
41 Items of apparel in the song ‘‘My Favorite Things’’ 43 Blows past
44 Turn into a puddle,
maybe
45 ‘‘Here’s one way to eat a doughnut without getting icing on your nose ... ’’
48 2006 Amy
Winehouse hit 49 La Perla purchases 50 ____ Day, nickname for Billie Holiday
51 Dawson of ‘‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’’ 53 Work (up) 54 Alternative to
Betsy
55 Stew
56 Mark in a shell
game
59 Sign of a sellout 60 One way to have
something down 61 Night before
62 Pulls rank on, in a
way
65 Character asked to ‘‘shine down,’’ in a children’s song 67 ____ student 68 ‘‘Let’s raise a glass to this outstanding doughnut!’’
70 Tolkien’s
Treebeard, for one 73 Mideast rulers 75 Interrupts when it’s not one’s place to do so 76 It ‘‘shines with a mournful light, like its own tear,’’ in an Andrew Marvell poem
77 Prix ____ menu 79 ‘‘Lemme think . . .
’’
81 Originally named 82 Natural leaders,
it’s said
83 Corsica, par
exemple
84 Likely to offend,
for short 85 Telenovela, e.g. 87 ‘‘____ everybody?’’ 88 Inventory: Abbr. 89 D.E.A. agent
91 ‘‘It is an undeniable fact that this doughnut is awesome!’’
95 Long span of time 96 Massages 98 Downtempo
electronica genre 99 Like those celebrating a day of visibility on March 31
100 Heading on a certain neighborhood poster
102 Lure in the
‘‘Odyssey’’ 103 Foofaraws
105 Certain filler words 106 Like a baseball
shutout
108 ‘‘This doughnut is the talk of the town!’’
113 Pass quickly
(through)
115 Small houses in
the Southwest 119 Movie featuring Mickey Mouse in a wizard’s cap 120 ‘‘Me as well!’’ 121 Magazine ‘‘real
estate’’
122 Frozen treat named for a playful animal 123 Little copper? 124 Keep going 125 ‘‘Get it?’’
126 Their first five parts are often disguised, for short
DOWN
1 Oil-industry
acronym 2 Megacelebrity,
maybe
3 ‘‘Red’’ leader 4 Some blackjack
wagers
5 Makes, as money 6 Pod cast? 7 Response to
‘‘Cómo estás?’’ 8 ‘‘Come to think of
it . . . ’’
9 When doubled, a
fly
10 Symbols in social
media handles 11 Clothing 12 ‘‘Bones’’ 13 Sonicare
competitor
14 Civil rights activist Sylvia who was awarded a Presidential Medal
of Freedom 15 German lead-in to
haus
16 ‘‘This doughnut would be great dipped in milk!’’ 17 Game popular in
Brooklyn streets 18 What has good coverage for retirement? 20 Mazatlán moola 27 Symbol of
freshness 29 Foofaraw
33 TV ‘‘Cousin’’ 34 Chateau ____ Michelle (Washington winery)
35 Headed up 37 Pithy review 38 Symbol
39 Get
40 ‘‘I’ll bet you dollars
to doughnuts . . .’’ 41 Up-to-date 42 Doesn’t move 45 An annual vaccination can limit its spread 46 Japanese noodle
joint
47 Fixed completely 52 Indeed, quaintly 55 Two inside an
ellipse 56 Garfunkel’s partner
in song
57 Treasure 58 Trattoria bowlful 63 Cheer squad’s cry 64 Numbered things
in N.Y.C. 66 Subway stops:
Abbr.
69 Gets ready for a Ms. Olympia contest, perhaps 71 Civil rights icon
Mandela
72 Many fans of the ‘‘Enola Holmes’’ franchise 74 Hotbeds of tourist
activity
77 Genre for George Clinton or Earth, Wind & Fire 78 Like rocks or clocks, but not a fox or an ox 80 Pull up
86 They’re called ‘‘white carrots’’ in Scotland
87 Gets something
straight? 88 Snickers
alternatives 90 One-eyed god 92 Kid often
nicknamed ‘‘Trey’’ 93 ‘‘Rough
Translation’’
podcaster
94 Not just ‘‘a’’
97 Bit of movietheater candy 99 Dense cake 101 A, B, C or D, but
rarely E
103 Banded gemstone 104 Author of ‘‘De
vulgari eloquentia’’ 107 Former governor of
Georgia?
109 Popular tabloid
subjects
110 Org. with ‘‘Informed Delivery’’ emails 111 The Promised
Land
112 Nukes
114 Great deal 116 Mai ____
117 Coolers, for short 118 Word with ‘‘to
work’’ or ‘‘to stun’’