The New York Times Crossword Puzzle: About Two Feet

NO. 0709 7/16/23

ACROSS

1 Band with the 2021 No. 1 hit “Butter” 4 Under 1%, say 8 What always has time on its hands 13 Turns down 17 Abraham Accords country: Abbr. 18 “Put your wallet away”

19 Hill who wrote “Speaking Truth to Power”

20 Think of

22 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for best makeup 25 Broadway, e.g. 26 Mobile homes, punnily 27 Secretary of the interior Haaland 29 Oil company with toy trucks 30 Georgetown athlete 31 Razor edges? 32 Coin-toss spots,

once

35 Longed (for)

39 What “X” could mark on a map

41 Jazz genre for Charlie Parker 43 Court count

44 “____ that

somethin’!” 45 Author of “The Climate Book,” 2022

48 Vegetable that can be slimy when cooked

50 Abounds

53 Crystal container 54 Airport across the

bay from SFO 56 OB-GYN offering 58 Group of

candidates 60 Pantomimes, perhaps 61 Important part of a toddler’s day

65 What follows You on

the internet

67 Paella seasoning 68 “Don’t be ____!” 69 In which “P or Q, but not both” is represented as (PVQ)^¬(P^Q) 71 Prompt

72 Soup often made with rice vermicelli noodles 73 ____-Missouria Tribe 74 Peacock seen on TV

75 Called up 76 Diner-caddy offering 78 Garage brand 80 Alley ____

81 “My goodness!” 82 Linguistic group including Zulu and Xhosa

84 Coast, in a way 87 Highfalutin 90 Zero

92 Does an impression of

94 Give in

95 “Stop, I’m blushing!” 99 Break after a major fall?

103 Evening coffee

order

104 Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye

106 Love, at the Louvre 107 The “I” in FIFA:

Abbr.

108 Greek vowel

109 “This was fun, but I gotta go” 113 Mages’ accessories 115 High standards established by a predecessor ... or what you are presented with in this puzzle?

118 File menu option 119 Future 122-Across 120 Like heterochromia

in eyes

121 Actress Long 122 Future flower 123 Author/economist

Emily

124 Makes a case

against, say

125 Ready-to-go link?

DOWN

1 “... is there a reason, though?” 2 Its name derives from the Washoe for “lake” 3 Informal farewell 4 G, in the C scale 5 Hopping joint? 6 Devious sorts 7 Conductor Zubin 8 Asks to join

9 A couple of chips, say 10 Collegiate beaver mascot whose name is its school spelled backward 11 Overseer of Windy City buses and trains, in brief 12 Twitter username 13 Software engineer, for short

14 Chill place to stay? 15 “Olympia” painter 16 Like some winter roads 20 Chinese zodiac animal of 2023 21 Minus 23 Airpods, e.g. 24 National org. that doesn’t actually have an age requirement for membership 28 Designer Schiaparelli

32 Go down in flames

33 Cheri of Hollywood 34 “Be right with you!” 36 Wildlife spotted in Haleakala National Park

37 Recede 38 Female 20-Down 40 ____ Negro (Amazon tributary) 42 Certain side wagers, informally 45 Silicon Valley, e.g. 46 Angles above 90 degrees?

47 Cat, in Spanish 49 Feature that helps to avoid late penalties 51 Contents of some streaks on cheeks 52 Unflagging 53 Shocked sounds 55 Pottery oven 57 Excavated 59 Poetic lament 61 Sullivan’s opponent in a landmark free speech case: Abbr. 62 Stephen K. ____, British stand-up comedian 63 Alien-film franchise, for short

64 Prefix with sphere or system

66 Prefix with sphere or system

69 In a way

70 Online initialism rarely meant literally

75 Proxima Centauri, e.g. 77 Alternative to a monthly charge 79 Actor Oliver 81 Ventimiglia of “This Is Us” 83 “Although ... “85 Pentathlon event 86 “____ Rosenkavalier” 88 That guy’s 89 Recliner setting 91 Accept, as losses 93 Show excessive affection toward 95 Gossips

96 B to B, e.g.

97 We don’t talk about that

98 Petrol brand

100 Attention-grabbing protests 101 Charlotte ____, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands 102 Loudly chastise 103 Insult

105 Rated rides

109 Deer ____, Maine vacation destination 110 “Man of the open country,” in Genesis 111 French 101 verb 112 Turndowns

114 It goes in and out 116 E.R. lines

117 ____ check