NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Matthew Stock, 24, started constructing puzzles several years ago after he attended a crossword tournament in Boston and ‘‘had a great time chatting with puzzlemakers throughout the afternoon.’’ This is his third crossword (and first Sunday) for The Times.
ACROSS
1 Prayer, e.g.
7 Market index, for short 13 And so on and so forth 19 Actor Ray of ‘‘Field of
Dreams’’
20 Like a certain complex 22 Relative of the mambo 23 High winds
24 Space bars? [Frank
Sinatra]
26 Healthful dessert
options 28 Overhauled, in a way
& §§RRRR z
from China
31 ‘‘Top Chef’’ chef ____
Hall
32 Geographical name that comes from the Sioux for ‘‘sleepy ones’’
35 First prize at the
Juegos Olímpicos 36 Sink holes
40 Biting
42 Bird whose males
incubate the eggs 44 Mathematical
proposition
47 Wet bars? [Gene Kelly] 51 Things many people lose as they grow older
53 Big Five studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age
"! §§ ¨¨
55 St. Louis symbol 56 Strongly endorse 58 Hot place to chill 59 ____ Adlon, Emmy ¨¨ winner for ‘‘King of the Hill’’
61 Papal name last taken
in 1939
63 Smallest state in India 64 Options for outdoor
wedding receptions 67 Like some bread and
cereal
68 Director Lee
69 Prison bars? [Elvis
Presley] 73 Bamboozled
74 Weight right here! 76 ____ Austin, Biden
defense secretary 77 Misidentify something,
e.g.
78 For the lady
79 Center of a court 81 They’re often parked
in parks
82 Relevant
84 Excited cry after scratching a lottery ticket
85 Move a cursor (over) 88 Pride : lions :: ____ :
dolphins
89 Hip
92 Cash bars? [Abba] 96 ‘‘Same here’’
&$ §§t ¨¨
98 What goes right to the
bottom?
99 Got around
101 ‘‘Hoo-boy!’’
102 Gist
104 Last option in a list,
maybe
107 ‘‘That feels goo-ooood!’’
109 Practice
110 Brainy?
112 A+ earner
116 Singles bars? [Robyn] 120 First House speaker
from California 122 Not going anywhere 123 Was snoopy
124 Made square
125 Japanese mat
126 ‘‘We got permission!’’ 127 Makes insulting jokes about
DOWN
1 Sitcom extraterrestrial 2 Did a little lifting
3 Candy bars? [Def
Leppard]
4 ‘‘You, too?!’’
5 Wiped out
6 Stood the test of time 7 Mapo ____ (spicy
Sichuan dish)
8 A leg up
9 Häagen-Dazs competitor 10 Low-wattage
11 Where trills provide
thrills
12 Something that’s wellkept?
13 Comeback
14 It’s turned, in a phrase 15 It’s a relief!
16 Prefix with conscious 17 Poetic shortening 18 Food-pantry donation 21 Broad valley
25 Large expanses
27 2006 film with the tagline ‘‘Keep it wheel’’
29 Hindu festival of colors 31 Most-watched TV show
of 2002-05
33 Gold bars? [Queen] 34 ‘‘Do you understand
me?’’
37 Disappointing court
result
38 Black
39 Habitat for Humanity is
one, for short 41 Sister restaurant of
Applebee’s
43 Lets go of
45 Gaping holes 46 Weizenbock or Berliner
Weisse
48 Scruffs
49 Ridiculous
50 Seventh avatar of
Vishnu
52 It’s a long story 57 Muddy
58 Beefcakes 60 Thumbs-up
61 Solving crosswords,
e.g.
62 Insect named for the way it moves, not for its length
65 Got hot on Twitter, say 66 Kind
69 ____ Psaki, Biden press
secretary 70 Gymnastics apparatus 71 Oral equivalent of a
facepalm
72 Native American tribe
of Montana
75 Single
78 Box score column 80 Noted 1815 comedy of
manners
82 Actress Chaplin
83 Flag carrier to Karachi
and Islamabad 86 Traditional Chinese
drink
87 Anointment 88 Perspective, in brief 90 ‘‘No more for me, thank
you’’
91 Minute
93 Element 39
94 Big bleu expanse 95 Alumni grouping 100 Stylish
103 World capital that’s home to Kotoka International Airport 105 World capital that’s home to Noi Bai International Airport 106 Horror film locale, in
brief
108 Egg: Sp.
111 2016 No. 1 album for
Rihanna
112 Pop
113 Really thin type 114 ____ Domini
115 ‘‘I beg of you,’’ e.g. 116 Bit of Morse code 117 Actress de Armas 118 D.C. pro
119 ‘‘Of course!’’
121 They’re checked at
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