N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Hurricanes and tornadoes 9 One of 12, biblically 17 “Way to go, me!” 19 Grape from France’s Côte-d’Or 20 Great ape? 22 Erotic artist? 23 5-Down’s pet 24 Ooze 26 Authors 27 Yesterday, in Spanish 30 ____ Jam (record label) 31 “Let me be perfectly ____” (Pride slogan) 34 Guinness of “The Ladykillers” 37 Street magician? 44 Made, as a putt 45 Stockpile 46 Linger 47 Rock’s ____ Fighters 48 Toast with a raised stein 50 Bad thing to drop in polite company 52 Anthony Hopkins won this with only 16 minutes of screen time 54 Reply of disgust 55 One hitting the space bar? 57 Muscat resident 59 Leaves slackjawed 60 Farmers? 63 Took big steps 65 Unplanned preview, perhaps 66 See here! 67 ____ of Orleans, moniker for Joan of Arc 68 Supply, as elevator music 71 Switch hitter? 78 Zeno of ____, paradoxical thinker 79 Fastest train in the U.S. 80 Spot for a microphone 81 What might be drawn with a “C” in cartoons 82 Plans of study 85 Time’s 2023 Athlete of the Year 87 Appropriate 89 Hail, to Caesar 90 Warm touch 92 Gunpowder ingredient 94 Top pair 95 Animal tranquilizer? 98 Trash 99 Pan handle? 100 Communication with one’s hands, for short 101 Target of Y.A. fiction 103 Word with straw or swing 105 Big Apple figure 109 “Boy Wonder” of comics 113 & 117 The Grim Reaper? 120 Live content creators 121 They might be flagged as “Potential Spam” 122 Seasonal charity event 123 Cuts down to size
DOWN
1 V on the N.Y.S.E. 2 Albatross, metaphorically 3 Hypnotized, say 4 Some closet organizers 5 “The Jetsons” boy 6 Crossed (out) 7 Online school closing? 8 Nurses 9 Dash’s partner 10 Ancient Romans made it from soot 11 Purchase for a golf course 12 Nexus: Abbr. 13 Peeved 14 Indigo Girls song with the chorus “Adding up the total of a love that’s true/ Multiply life by the ...” 15 Creditor’s security 16 Makes a misstep 18 Ready, with “up” 19 Wrinkle-faced dog 21 Cash in 22 Disney villain who’s the grand vizier of Agrabah 25 / 28 Replies of disgust 29 Stoolie 31 Somewhat 32 Section of a syllabus 33 ____ Griffin, civil rights pioneer 34 Meat jelly 35 Butler on “The Addams Family” 36 Japanese mushroom 38 “Pass,” in a casino 39 Quadcopter, e.g. 40 Concrete support 41 Straws in the wind 42 Sweet-talked 43 Origin of the words “cake” and “egg” 49 Actor George who wrote the 1994 autobiography “To the Stars” 51 Police accountability tool 53 Rapper ____ B 56 List 58 Demure 61 E.R. shout 62 Author Gaiman 63 What a crackerjack cracker jacks 64 Does some field work 67 Superlatively sullen 68 Praline ingredient 69 Valentine candy message 70 Not open to appeal, as a court decision 71 Bass symbol 72 Tiniest bit 73 Actress Fisher of “Eighth Grade” 74 Worshiper of Jah, informally 75 Insurance giant 76 Mental fogs 77 Lock 79 Law enforcer in the Harry Potter universe 83 Longtime actor on “Law & Order: SVU” 84 Give a darn 86 All together 88 Emulate Jack Sprat 91 Old SeaWorld mascot 93 Parkway or expressway: Abbr. 96 Complained 97 Keyboard corner key 102 Straight up 103 Like the open sea 104 Not fooled by 105 Some carry a spare one in a boot 106 Smartphone platform 107 Bit of decoration at a beach house 108 Not just think 110 Zodiac symbol 111 Sicily or Sardinia 112 Ending with late or great 114 “____ out!” 115 “The Dark Side of the Moon” studio 116 Fire (up) 118 Texter’s “Truthfully ...” 119 French chess piece