San Francisco Chronicle

SATURDAY PUZZLES N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

- SIMILE IRRESISTIB­LE by Rebecca Goldstein / Edited by Will Shortz © The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Gas light

5 Spa garment

9 Hebrew word for “spring” 13 Ideal course 18 Chow chow chow

19 Presidenti­al “pet” that sprouts an Afro 21 Challah braids, e.g.

22 Bus?

24 Bowlers

25 Ingredient in un

cortado

26 ____ across the board (perfect score)

27 Subatomic

particles

29 Antiquated,

quaintly

30 Looks to pick

things up

32 Photosynth­esize?

35 Some classic Chuck Taylor All Stars

39 Little

Energizers, say

40 Replay tech.

41 United

42 Volunteer

44 Gift for a budding myrmecolog­ist

48 Peal?

51 Garments often seen at royal weddings

53 Stead

54 Secondhand

55 “American

Greed” network

56 “Jump” duo ____

Kross

57 Finales

58 Disposable sock in a shoe store

59 Frame of mind

61 Abhor

64 Words stealthily mouthed to a friend while stuck in a boring conversati­on

65 Photoshop?

68 Olympic snowboardi­ng event

71 Family-style meal with simmering broth

72 Frolic

73 Intelligen­ce

org.

76 Stinks

77 Actress Ward

78 Kristen of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”

80 Mama pigs

81 Full house, in

poker slang

82 Exquisitel­y

made basket

83 Sting?

87 Olympic runner

____ Felix

89 Takes an oath

91 Role on

“Seinfeld”

92 Onetime

Turkish title

94 “What’s the

____?”

95 Aggressive­ly

enterprisi­ng sort

97 Iron? 101 2006 mockumenta­ry with a 2020 “Subsequent Moviefilm”

102 ____ Alto

103 Multiple-choice

choice

104 Drudge

105 It’s-time

connector

110 Tickler’s targets

112 Quenched?

116 Soaks in hot

water

117 Wear white to a chili cook-off, you might say

118 Marathon

segment

119 Setting for ultra close-up photos

120 For two,

musically

121 Crock-Pot

creation

122 Collared-shirt

accessory

DOWN

1 Table salt, to a

chemist

2 One of the Hearst magazines

3 Internatio­nal grp. headquarte­red in Vienna

4 Comedian

Trevor

5 TV brand

6 “You’re embarrassi­ng me!”

7 Muscles targeted by curls

8 Brings in 9 Muscles targeted by planks

10 Large container

11 Cry from someone who’s disheveled

12 Esteem

13 “____ qué?” (“Why?” in Spanish)

14 Passion project,

perhaps

15 Spanish city enclosed within intact medieval walls

16 Food, air, water,

etc.

17 Tushies

20 Yiddish laments

21 Teachers’

teachings

23 Took five

24 23andMe

facilities

28 Ending with clip

or slip

31 “Today” co-host

Kotb

32 Chutzpah

33 Commuter

option

34 Big Ben hrs.

35 Hosts, as at a

penthouse

36 “Can’t win ‘em

all”

37 Affixed in a

scrapbook, say

38 Posterior

39 Evidence derived from personal experience and observatio­n rather than systematic research and analysis 42 Recede

43 Ankle bones

45 Help around the

House

46 Paper purchase

47 Think out loud

49 Subject of

Queen Mary

50 Phrase that may be repeated in a long story

52 Course for an English major, informally

56 Stayed toasty

57 Kvetch

59 Scans that may involve dye injections, in brief

60 Anthem

contractio­n

62 Pseudoscie­ntific ability, for short

63 Terence who’s known as the “Mozart of Mathematic­s”

64 Total

65 One who’s no

fun at all

66 Breakfast

centers?

67 Ancient Roman

formal wear

68 Tea served with

a jumbo straw

69 Golden calf, for

one

70 Hockey score

73 Pitch-perfect?

74 Pigs

75 “____ my last

email ... “

77 Shade

providers

79 “Where’s My

Refund?” org.

80 Whack 82 Down B-52s,

say

83 Close tightly

84 Signifying

symbol

85 Company that created a Sonic boom?

86 Handle at the

bar

88 Succeeded at

musical chairs

90 Imagine ____ Peace (Ben & Jerry’s flavor)

93 Campfire

remnant

95 Skilled in

96 Elaboratel­y

decorated

97 Muscle

contractio­n

98 Kauffman who co-created “Friends”

99 Ancient Mesoameric­an civilizati­on

100 Places for some

piercings

101 Objections

104 Winter setting in

S.F.

106 Tushies

107 “Dealing with

that right now!”

108 Campus with the ZIP code 90095

109 Place to swim

or play b-ball

111 Stock launch, in

brief

113 Image on Australia’s coat of arms

114 Donkey Kong,

for one

115 Make final, with

“up”

 ?? ??

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