NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

TURNS OF PHRASE

Nancy Stark, of New York City, is a writer, lyricist and former editor for the Literary Guild book club. Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, is a professional crossword constructor. Nancy thought of this puzzle’s theme (at 4 a.m. one night when she couldn’t sleep), they brainstormed examples of it, Will constructed the grid and they both wrote the clues. This is their sixth collaboration for The Times. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 Web site? 6 Browser window 9 Streaming service acquired by Fox in 2020

13 Civil rights grp. once

led by M.L.K.

17 Fictional character who says, ‘‘I will take the ring, though I do not know the way’’ 18 Scorpion, for one 20 Wasn’t overturned on appeal

21 Artists sketching

pectorals? 23 Stays out all night? 24 Glowing or shining 25 Work rotations 26 French ‘‘I like’’ 27 ‘‘Right on!’’

28 Spot at a casino 30 Either side of a beaming grin, in a phrase

31 Tony winner McDonald 32 Something to make

after you wake 33 Vow to remain mum about hotel guests’ secrets?

37 Hoops org. 40 Possibility

41 Scoffing sound 42 Driver of film 43 Nonbinary people,

informally

47 Declined 49 Over-poetical? 50 Modern-day ‘‘carpe

diem’’

51 Early times in verse 52 Small distance covered by a naval armada?

56 First sitting prez to

fly in an airplane 57 Words after walk or

cash

58 Hyperbolic wait time 59 Like climates where cactuses thrive 60 Pointy part of a charger?

62 Group of followers 64 Willem who played Jesus in ‘‘The Last Temptation of Christ’’

66 Some pianos and motorcycles

68 2000s Fox teen drama 69 Playwright Simon 70 ‘‘Emotion in motion,’’ per Mae West 71 Thomas ____, British general at Bunker Hill

72 Sweetie

73 Boxer lacking a left

hook?

77 One of the boxing Alis 78 Gumbo ingredient

80 :-) alternative

81 Below par

82 Something unleashed in a denial-of-service attack

83 Destination for a

return flight 84 Himalayan humanoid 86 ____ eyes 88 ‘‘I’m a frayed ____’’ (punchline of a classic joke) 89 What brass-band music has?

92 Court

95 Groups of Greeks,

informally

97 Watcher of the skies,

for short

98 Old ____ (motherland,

affectionately) 99 Announced

100 You can count on them

101 Beat in a race

104 Very productive

106 Not even a little off 107 Tree feature in winter?

109 Quaint bathroom sign

110 Galosh

111 Lumberjack’s favorite kind of beer?

112 ‘‘What are the ____?’’ 113 Audience for Cocomelon, the most-viewed YouTube channel in the U.S.

114 Omega’s place

115Columns with angles

DOWN

1 Home with a pointy

roof

2 Worked on Wall Street 3 Bring to a repair shop,

say

4 Creative springboard 5 Cereal once advertised by Woody Woodpecker

6 Subject for Laozi 7 Sounds from a lab

8 ‘‘The Art of Fugue’’

composer

9 One’s kin, casually 10 Loosen, in a way

11 Some zeros and ones 12 Bar necessities, at

times

13 It has several steps 14 What a dog walker and a strong-willed pooch might vie for? 15 Run easily

16 Makeup of some

music libraries

19 Main

20 Huge quantity 21 Lacking color

22 Brief period of work 26 ‘‘Easy . . . everything’s

going to be OK’’ 29 Bottle marked with a

skull and crossbones 31 Cost for a spot 33 Garden-shed items 34 Caramel-filled candy 35 ‘‘You can leave this

to me’’

36 Declaration by one

who’s done playing 38 Benjamin Franklin famously considered it ‘‘a rank coward’’ with ‘‘bad moral character’’

39 ‘‘Te quiero’’ sentiment 43 Mideast V.I.P. 44 Response to ‘‘No

offense’’ 45 The Bee Gees’ Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb?

46 It might gather lint 48 Somersault 52 Adversary

53 To’s opposite 54 Old-timey reproach 55 Scottish cap

58 Aromatic trees

61 Really bother 63 Jacqueline or Jacques 64 For sure, for short 65 Something a snowboarder catches 66 Last word of

‘‘Ulysses’’

67 Goal in musical chairs 69 Nick of ‘‘48 Hrs.’’

70 Beer brand whose name spells an article of apparel backward

72 Knock on the head 74 Carolers’ repertoire 75 ____ dancer 76 Minotaur’s foot 77 Bird known in the

U.K. as a diver 79 Draws

82 Red-light district

establishment

85 Like some vodkas 87 Fly into a rant 90 Spuds

91 Tall tales

92 Dispensed with 93 N.H.L. team with five championshipwinning seasons in the 1980s

94 Praising poetry 96 Ballet sections

99 Play station?

100 Got rid of

101 ‘‘Duh,’’ in modern slang

102 Pine

103 Like the Radio City Music Hall sign 105 Harvest

106 Something swollen on a pro athlete? 107 Totally fine 108 Alternative to Webster’s, in brief