N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pieces of praise
5 Host
8 D-lister’s quest
15 Anjou
alternative
19 Hot sauce with a reduplicative name
21 About whom an early critic said: “Can’t act, can’t sing. Balding. Can dance a little”
22 Opposite of
baja
23 Case study?
24 “Definitely,
leave it to me!
25 Japanese
noodle dish
26 “I declare this doughnut to be a truly tasty treat!”
28 Blends
30 Egg ____ yung
31 Final opponent in many a video game
32 Source of division at a wedding
36 Download in
progress?
38 Cube’s 12
41 Items of apparel in the song “My Favorite Things”
43 Blows past
44 Turn into a
puddle, maybe
45 “Here’s one way to eat a doughnut without getting icing on your nose ... “
48 2006 Amy
Winehouse hit
49 La Perla
purchases
50 ____ Day, nickname for Billie Holiday 51 Dawson of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”
53 Work (up)
54 Alternative to
Betsy
55 Stew
56 Mark in a shell
game
59 Sign of a
sellout
60 One way to have something down
61 Night before
62 Pulls rank on, in
a way
65 Character asked to “shine down,” in a children’s song
67 ____ student
68 “Let’s raise a glass to this outstanding doughnut!”
70 Tolkien’s Treebeard, for one
73 Mideast rulers
75 Interrupts when it’s not one’s place to do so
76 It “shines with a mournful light, like its own tear,” in an Andrew Marvell poem 77 Prix ____ menu
79 “Lemme think ...
“
81 Originally
named
82 Natural leaders,
it’s said
83 Corsica, par
exemple
84 Likely to offend,
for short
85 Telenovela, e.g.
87 “____
everybody?”
88 Inventory: Abbr.
89 D.E.A. agent
91 “It is an undeniable fact that this doughnut is awesome!”
95 Long span of
time
96 Massages
98 Downtempo electronica genre
99 Like those celebrating a day of visibility on March 31
100 Heading on a certain neighborhood poster
102 Lure in the
“Odyssey”
103 Foofaraws
105 Certain filler
words
106 Like a baseball
shutout
108 “This doughnut is the talk of the town!”
113 Pass quickly
(through)
115 Small houses in
the Southwest
119 Movie featuring Mickey Mouse in a wizard’s cap 120 “Me as well!”
121 Magazine “real
estate”
122 Frozen treat named for a playful animal
123 Little copper?
124 Keep going
125 “Get it?”
126 Their first five parts are often disguised, for short
DOWN
1 Oil-industry
acronym
2 Megacelebrity,
maybe
3 “Red” leader
4 Some blackjack
wagers
5 Makes, as
money
6 Pod cast?
7 Response to
“Cómo estás?”
8 “Come to think
of it ... “
9 When doubled,
a fly
10 Symbols in social media handles
11 Clothing
12 “Bones”
13 Sonicare
competitor
14 Civil rights activist Sylvia who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom
15 German lead-in
to haus
16 “This doughnut would be great dipped in milk!” 17 Game popular in
Brooklyn streets
18 What has good coverage for retirement?
20 Mazatlán moola
27 Symbol of
freshness
29 Foofaraw
33 TV “Cousin”
34 Chateau
____ Michelle (Washington winery)
35 Headed up
37 Pithy review
38 Symbol
39 Get
40 “I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts ...”
41 Up-to-date
42 Doesn’t move
45 An annual vaccination can limit its spread
46 Japanese
noodle joint
47 Fixed
completely
52 Indeed, quaintly
55 Two inside an
ellipse
56 Garfunkel’s
partner in song
57 Treasure
58 Trattoria bowlful
63 Cheer squad’s
cry
64 Numbered
things in N.Y.C.
66 Subway stops:
Abbr.
69 Gets ready for a Ms. Olympia contest, perhaps
71 Civil rights icon
Mandela
72 Many fans of the “Enola Holmes” franchise 74 Hotbeds of
tourist activity
77 Genre for George Clinton or Earth, Wind & Fire
78 Like rocks or clocks, but not a fox or an ox
80 Pull up
86 They’re called “white carrots” in Scotland
87 Gets something
straight?
88 Snickers
alternatives
90 One-eyed god
92 Kid often nicknamed “Trey”
93 “Rough Translation” podcaster
94 Not just “a”
97 Bit of movietheater candy
99 Dense cake
101 A, B, C or D, but
rarely E
103 Banded
gemstone
104 Author of “De vulgari eloquentia”
107 Former governor
of Georgia?
109 Popular tabloid
subjects
110 Org. with “Informed Delivery” emails
111 The Promised
Land
112 Nukes
114 Great deal
116 Mai ____
117 Coolers, for
short
118 Word with “to work” or “to stun”