SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
John Kugelman is a software engineer and musician from Gainesville, Va. He has worked in cybersecurity for many years. ‘‘I like anything that’s complicated and puzzle-y,” John says. ‘‘Any engineering problem is fascinating to me.” (And what is crossword construction, after all, but the engineering of words?) This is John’s second crossword for The Times, both Sundays. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Hurricanes and tornadoes
9 One of 12, biblically 17 ‘‘Way to go, me!” 19 Grape from France’s Côte-d’Or
20 Great ape?
22 Erotic artist? 23 5-Down’s pet
24 Ooze
26 Authors
27 Yesterday, in Spanish 30 ____ Jam (record label)
31 “Let me be perfectly ____” (Pride slogan) 34 Guinness of
“The Ladykillers” 37 Street magician? 44 Made, as a putt 45 Stockpile
46 Linger
47 Rock’s ____ Fighters 48 Toast with a raised stein
50 Bad thing to drop in polite company 52 Anthony Hopkins won this with only 16 minutes of screen time
54 Reply of disgust 55 One hitting the space bar?
57 Muscat resident 59 Leaves slack-jawed 60 Farmers?
63 Took big steps 65 Unplanned preview, perhaps
66 See here!
67 ____ of Orleans, moniker for Joan of Arc
68 Supply, as elevator music
71 Switch hitter?
78 Zeno of ____, paradoxical thinker 79 Fastest train in the U.S.
80 Spot for a microphone 81 What might be drawn with a “C” in cartoons 82 Plans of study 85 Time’s 2023 Athlete of the Year
87 Appropriate
89 Hail, to Caesar 90 Warm touch 92 Gunpowder ingredient 94 Top pair
95 Animal tranquilizer? 98 Trash
99 Pan handle?
100 Communication with one’s hands, for short 101 Target of Y.A. fiction 103 Word with straw or swing
105 Big Apple figure 109 “Boy Wonder” of comics
113 & 117 The Grim Reaper?
120 Live content creators 121 They might be flagged as “Potential Spam” 122 Seasonal charity event
123 Cuts down to size
DOWN
1 V on the N.Y.S.E. 2 Albatross, metaphorically 3 Hypnotized, say
4 Some closet organizers 5 “The Jetsons” boy 6 Crossed (out)
7 Online school closing? 8 Nurses
9 Dash’s partner 10 Ancient Romans made it from soot
11 Purchase for a golf course
12 Nexus: Abbr. 13 Peeved
14 Indigo Girls song with the chorus “Adding up the total of a love that’s true/Multiply life by the … ” 15 Creditor’s security 16 Makes a misstep 18 Ready, with “up” 19 Wrinkle-faced dog 21 Cash in
22 Disney villain who’s the grand vizier of Agrabah
25 /
28 Replies of disgust 29 Stoolie
31 Somewhat
32 Section of a syllabus 33 ____ Griffin, civil rights pioneer
34 Meat jelly
35 Butler on “The Addams Family” 36 Japanese mushroom 38 “Pass,” in a casino 39 Quadcopter, e.g. 40 Concrete support 41 Straws in the wind 42 Sweet-talked
43 Origin of the words “cake” and “egg”
49 Actor George who wrote the 1994 autobiography “To the Stars”
51 Police accountability tool
53 Rapper ____ B
56 List
58 Demure
61 E. R. shout
62 Author Gaiman 63 What a crackerjack cracker jacks
64 Does some field work 67 Superlatively sullen 68 Praline ingredient 69 Valentine candy message
70 Not open to appeal, as a court decision
71 Bass symbol
72 Tiniest bit
73 Actress Fisher of “Eighth Grade’’ 74 Worshiper of Jah, informally
75 Insurance giant 76 Mental fogs
77 Lock
79 Law enforcer in the Harry Potter universe 83 Longtime actor on “Law & Order: SVU” 84 Give a darn
86 All together
88 Emulate Jack Sprat 91 Old SeaWorld mascot 93 Parkway or expressway: Abbr. 96 Complained 97 Keyboard corner key 102 Straight up
103 Like the open sea 104 Not fooled by
105 Some carry a spare one in a boot
106 Smartphone platform 107 Bit of decoration at a beach house
108 Not just think
110 Zodiac symbol
111 Sicily or Sardinia 112 Ending with late or great
114 “____ out!”
115 “The Dark Side of the Moon” studio
116 Fire (up)
118 Texter’s “Truthfully … ”
119 French chess piece