The New York Times Crossword

Laura Taylor Kinnel of Newtown, Pa., was asked by her son and his fiancé to construct a crossword for their wedding reception. The result was printed on a large foam board and guests used dry erase markers.

ACROSS

1 Letting up

8 35mm. options 12 Rotter

15 What a cafeteria tray can be used as 19 Creative, as thinking 20 Tug of war or capture the flag

22 Le Pew of Looney Tunes 23 Hypotenuse-finding formula

25 Opposed to, in dialect 26 Frost

27 Prefix with pronoun 28 “No ifs, ____ or buts’’ 29 Asia’s vanishing ____ Sea 30 Ethereal glows 32 Young Henry V, to Falstaff 33 Eins + zwei

34 A-lister

36 Evening, informally 38 Pharmaceutical pioneer Lilly

40 Having an impeccable reputation, say

43 One drinking soft drinks at a party, perhaps

48 “Le Bonheur de Vivre’’ painter

49 “Dust Tracks ____ Road’’ (Zora Neale Hurston memoir)

50 Egg on 51 Implement at a regatta 52 Doesn’t comply with 53 A Kool-Aid flavor 56 Serve

58 Ham it up

59 Member of the fam 60 Eliot’s “____ Marner’’ 61 Cause of class struggle? 66 Boor

67 Symbol of Irish heritage 69 Garnish on a Moscow mule 70 Some young ladies abroad: Abbr. 72 Things frequently stolen 73 Pierre ou Marie 75 Auditioners’ goals

76 Like some lips 78 Common frequency for college classes

80 Bum

84 Non reversal? 86 Langston Hughes classic 87 Insta blurb 88 Invertebrate with a floral eponym

89 “The Pink Panther’’ character

92 Having successfully made it, slangily 94 Top-level foreign policy grp.

95 Avant-garde

96 ____ de leche 97 Internet star Majimbo known for her comedy videos

99 Prince, but not a princess 101 “Go jump in a lake!’’

105 Oil alternative, in baking 106 Durable furniture material 107 Texter’s transition 108 ____ Antipova (“Doctor Zhivago’’ character) 109 Gallic greeting 110 Composer who studied under Joseph Haydn

115 Bit by a bit 116 Tournament favorites 117 Group of tonal languages 118 Day originally marked by a full moon in the early Roman calendar 119 Hunk

120 Like some forecasts and complexions

121 Wish otherwise

DOWN

1 Leader of the pack 2 Gulf Coast habitat 3 Fragrant oil 4 Resident of the most populous city in western Asia

5 Income source for some older folks, in brief 6 Do more than nudge 7 Day-_ _ _ _

8 “Mean’’ Joe Greene, e.g. 9 Simple shelter

10 When doubled, overly enthusiastic 11 Windshield annoyance 12 Rapper with the 2018 No. 1 album “Invasion of Privacy’’

13 Midwest college town 14 Biden or Harris, for short 15 One on a rack

16 “In witness whereof,’’ “as hereinbefore mentioned,’’ etc.

17 Disorder from which Dostoyevsky and many characters in his novels suffered

18 Cozy spot 21 Approach 24 Protein-mimicking molecule 29 Compound at a nail salon 31 Ink on a contract 32 Beats around the bush ... or bushes

33 Sublime soprano 35 Brings up, as a subject 37 39+ weeks, for a pregnancy

39 Mane character in “The Wizard of Oz’’? 41 Leaves out

42 Prefix with constriction 43 Wedding-cake supports

44 Charm

45 Didn’t participate

46 Big cheese’s place? 47 Physicist Schrödinger 52 Like carbon monoxide 54 James who sang “A Sunday Kind of Love’’ 55 Like sumo wrestlers, medically speaking 57 Single-handedly 60 Adheres 62 Blackthorn fruit 63 Shiny top

64 Voting rights matriarch ____ Boynton Robinson 65 “Who, me?’’ response 68 Deceived, in a way 71 Like one who’s seen a ghost

72 In a few words 74 Hand warmer 75 Post-merger overhauls, informally

77 Digital digest with the motto “Cure ignorance’’ 78 Tastes 79 Something to knock on

80 Remunerated

81 Made invalid 82 Prevaricate 83 Preceders of pis 85 Pres. Carter’s alma mater 89 Post-merger acquisitions? 90 Cloud nine feeling 91 Swirling storm 93 Essential

98 Many a Winter Olympian 100 ____ goal (soccer blunder)

102 Cousin of a crow 103 Childish retort 104 Painter ƒdouard often confused with painter Claude

106 Fancy Feast flavor 107 Some boxers

109 Name found in “Variety’’ 110 Setting for simmering 111 Onetime auto make with the Metro and Prizm models

112 Stately shade tree 113 Howe’er 114 Ball-and-socket joint