NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

SNOOZEFEST

Trenton Charlson, 25, is a full-time crossword constructor in Columbus, Ohio. He loves words with unusual letter combinations, like 63-Across here, which he’s been trying to use in a puzzle for years. He says, “I value the sort of ‘X-factor’ that makes a puzzle feel playfully and distinctly ‘human’” — the fill included. With advanced crossword software and databases available now even to first-time constructors, it takes special effort, like Trenton’s, to display a personal style. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 Goes wherever the

wind blows?

6 Person who likes all your FB posts, perhaps

9 Key with five sharps:

Abbr.

13 Western film, in old

slang

18 Harriet’s partner on

1950s-’60s TV

19 China’s Chou En-____ 20 Paul Simon’s ‘‘____

Rock’’

21 Tree that Athena

gifted to Athens 22 Inaptly named bear of

a tongue twister 25 Spanish rice 26 Letter-shaped

construction piece 27 Endeavor

28 Winter weather

hazard

31 Little black ____

32 Art of verse 33 Jurisdiction of a Catholic church official

37 Get closer and closer 40 Mapmaker’s subj. 41 Literary traveler to Lilliput and Brobdingnag 42 Transfixed

43 Former telecom giant that merged into Verizon

45 Ostentatious display 48 Kicked back 49 Singer Lisa

51 Pre-euro currency 52 National tree of the

U.S.

53 Paradise lost 54 Scatterbrains 56 Grandma, to Brits 57 Frenzy

59 Rattlesnake’s warning 60 Ambrose Bierce defined it as ‘‘A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue’’

62 Totally over it all

63 Final creature encountered in ‘‘Dr. Seuss’s ABC’’ 68 Far-right state 70 Buckskin, e.g. 71 Something stretched

out in a yoga class 74 Has over

75 Go after

78 Like varnished wood 79 ‘‘Pretty please?’’

80 Sci-fi travelers 81 Pan-fries

84 Violated a code of

silence

85 Sportscaster Jim with the classic opening ‘‘Hello, friends’’ 86 Opportunities to win a vacation on ‘‘Wheel of Fortune’’

90 Stocking stuffer 91 Actress Ana of ‘‘Love,

Victor’’

92 ‘‘Alas . . . ’’

93 Bistro sign word 95 Francis’ tenure, e.g. 96 Lively, on a score 97 Collect little by little 99 Makes 101 ‘‘Which Disney Princess Are You?’’ and the like

104 Big Ten powerhouse, for short

107 Eye shade

110 Basic skateboard trick

111 Quick nap . . . or a playful description of the 64-Down here 113 Conflagration 114 Diamond who went platinum

115 Scottish denial 116 Popeye creator

Segar

117 Footnote abbr. 118 Icelandic work that influenced Tolkien 119 Key for getting out, not in

120 Like May through August, unlike the other months of the year

DOWN

1 What ‘‘piano’’ can

mean

2 Côte d’____

3 Nickname for Isabelle

or Isidore

4 Fashion designer

Lange

5 Actress Amanda of 2012’s ‘‘Les Misérables’’

6 What B. B. King was

king of

7 Rattles

8 Opposite of flatness 9 Members of bevies and

broods

10 Tie the knot

11 Mine: Fr. 12 Many a collaboration between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald

13 ‘‘C’est magnifique!’’ 14 Spanish composer

Isaac

15 ‘‘How to ____ a ____’’ (popular Google search)

16 One of the Gabor

sisters

17 Radiation unit 23 Member in the genus Troglodytes, so named for its tendency to enter dark crevices 24 ‘‘Jeepers!’’ 25 Generational divide 29 Former queen of Jordan

30 Nintendo princess 31 Order of roses 34 Kilt-wearing Greek

infantryman

35 Fixed, as tiling 36 Northern California town once home to the palindromic ____ Bakery

37 Chain that sells chains 38 ‘‘Jeepers!’’

39 Levels

40 Old fogy

41 Quiet valley

43 Partner of glamour 44 Comedian Fields

46 ____ garden

47 When repeated, one of the Gabor sisters 50 Mercedes-____

54 Stupor

55 Multitude

57 Pac-Man navigates

through one 58 Wood-shaping tool 60 They’re taken out in

alleys

61 Six-Day War leader Weizman 62 No-nonsense TV

judge

63 Unsightly spot

64 Sleep indicators 65 Counterfeit

66 Spike the Beanie

Baby, e.g.

67 Having some pep 68 Alternative to Advil or Aleve 69 Birthplace of the Franciscan order 71 Kind of ray

72 Bit of tomfoolery 73 Nervous state

74 Seven: Prefix 75 Football sideline

reporter Kolber 76 Brand of pretzels and

chips

77 Electric ____ 79 Kvetches 81 Pointy-eared dog

82 Big name in car parts 83 Break away

85 Reason to hang up 87 Victoria Falls river 88 Uniform adornment 89 Center of L.A., once 94 Sufficient, informally 95 Aphids, to ladybugs 97 Beyond cold 98 Woman’s name meaning ‘‘night’’ in Hebrew and Arabic 99 Pound and others 100 Worshiper of the rain god Tlaloc 102 Took off

103 One of the Nereids of Greek myth

104 Eleven, en français 105 Parts of snowmobiles 106 Exploits

107 ‘‘The White Lotus’’ airer

108 View from Lake Como

109 Country music’s ____ Brown Band

112 In a bad way