South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, developing cancer immunotherapies. An avid crossword solver (typically six to 10 puzzles a day), she started constructing in 2020 at her wife’s suggestion. Her puzzles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. This is her sixth (and first Sunday) for us. Rebecca is excited to debut the modern coinage at 39-Down. — W. S.
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
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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 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 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 71 82
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 104 Winter setting in S.F. (Ben & Jerry’s 106 Tushies flavor)
107 ‘‘Dealing with that
93 Campfire remnant right now!’’
95 Skilled in 108
Campus with the ZIP
96 Elaborately decorated code 90095
97 Muscle contraction 109 Place to swim or
98 Kauffman who play b-ball co-created ‘‘Friends’’
111 Stock launch, in brief
99 Ancient
113 Image on Australia’s Mesoamerican
coat of arms civilization
100 Places for some 114
Donkey Kong, for piercings one
101 Objections 115 Make final, with ‘‘up’’