n.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
1+1=5
ACROSS
1 Hardly
8 Chemicals proscribed by ’70s legislation
12 Like some legal damages
20 2018 N.C.A.A. football champs
21 “I know the answer!”
22 Final song in “Fantasia”
23 Excited sort
25 Chinese-restaurant chain
26 Actress Green of 2006’s “Casino Royale”
27 Tasteless
28 7 1/2-hour exam, for short
29 Component of a summer cloud
30 One doing the lord’s work
32 Something you hope people have when they leave?
34 Bee ____
35 Business bigwigs
39 Caught morays
40 What a spoiler spoils
42 Crush
44 Heroic figure in “Star Wars” films
49 “I need everyone’s help!”
54 “Geez, that was tiring!”
55 Rumpus
56 Many a cereal-box toy
57 Speckled horse
59 Big name in nail polish
60 Bathtub accessory
61 Rating for “Game of Thrones” and “House of Cards”
62 Area for filming in Hollywood
65 ____ favor 66 Org. that oversaw F.D.R.’s Federal Project Number One
67 Haw’s go-with
68 Patriotic song lyric before “Mind the music and the step”
71 Regulation followers, in brief
72 Shorn animal
73 An ace has a low one
74 Relatives of channels
75 Gallic gal pal
76 Dumbbell curls build them, for short
77 Aides: Abbr.
80 ____ Rios, Jamaica
81 Cry to a prima donna
82 Had 83 Hero
85 Natural disaster of 2012
88 Magician known for debunking paranormal claims
91 IV-bag contents
92 Big ____, nickname of baseball’s David Ortiz
93 Fetch
96 Photo-editing option
98 4-Down personnel, informally
100 Item in a sink
102 Lasting, unpleasant memory
105 Match (with)
106 Move to solid food
108 Something used in a pinch?
112 Social ____
113 Stretchable wrappers
115 1988 crime comedy rated 93% positive on Rotten Tomatoes
117 Spanish
101 question
118 They may be loaded in a casino
119 Device many use in bed
120 Massé, e.g. 121 On the double
122 Go down
DOWN
1 Deceptive moves
2 Partner of well
3 Cockpit devices
4 “Enemies: A History of the ____” (2012 best seller)
5 Delhi dignitary
6 Country whose total land area is less than .01% forested
7 Retailer with a star in its logo
8 Flaky entree
9 A,B,CorD
10 Brothel
11 ____-crab soup
12 Vatican jurisdiction
13 Eye part
14 Call from behind a counter
15 The “Home Alone” boy, e.g.
16 Things to shoot for ... or shoot at
17 Ryan of “The Beverly Hillbillies”
18 Embassy issuances
19 Big ____ Conference
24 Sermon topic
28 Señora, across the Pyrenees
31 Reddish-purple
33 Prefix with liter
34 Have an exclusive relationship
36 Nutrient in lentils and liver
37 X
38 Pathetic
40 Make easier to plow, in a way
41 Makes a connection
43 Pfizer competitor
45 Dieting units: Abbr.
46 Helen Reddy’s signature hit
47 Malleable
48 Tougher
49 Like a fictional Casey 50 Have as a housemate
51 “I wanna look!”
52 ____ Zero
53 Leafy vegetables
58 Acknowledge without words
62 Irish Spring, e.g.
63 Pueblo ancestors
64 It’s lit
68 “Totally, bro”
69 Four-letter island name with three syllables
70 Some expensive gowns
75 Associate of Athos and Porthos
78 ____ Fridays
79 “____ in the Rain”
81 Certain bra spec
84 Big heads
86 ____ ipsa loquitur
87 Hot state
89 Each
90 Goal for a tailor
94 Beethoven’s Third
95 Typewriter formatting aid
97 Consent (to)
98 Ballroom dance in duple time
99 City near Biscayne National Park
100 Touches, as with a tissue
101 “This is SO frustrating!”
103 Poet who wrote “For the Time Being” and “Another Time”
104 Figure on a poster
105 Bench presses build them, for short
106 Well thought?
107 Prefix with -derm
109 Kept in the loop, in a way
110 Prudence
111 Whoops?
114 French possessive
115 Billboards, e.g.
116 France’s ____ du Bourget