SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Manaal Mohammed is a junior at M.I.T. studying computer science. This is her first crossword for The Times. It started when she saw the phrase [27-Across] and thought that was an apt way to describe mac ‘n’ cheese. The grid is full of references with personal significance. Manaal is from the 7-Down area. Her mother uses 14-Down to make rotis. Her older sister used to be obsessed with 23-Downs. And her dad keeps a 41-Across interview stuck on the family refrigerator. —
W.S. ACROSS
1 Drinks named after a city in Yemen
7 Remove, as a cap 11 Bloody Mary ingredient
18 Deluge
19 Collection of threads, of a sort
21 Person pursuing passion, not pay 22 Cookbook for rotelle lovers?
25 Play lists?
26 Creature thought to inspire mermaid legends 27 Olive oil for a macaroni salad?
29 Chills
30 Lose it
33 Clothing style with retro and preppy influences
34 Camel relative
36 Gate listing, for short 37 Bit of high jinks
38 “You think?” 40 Fairy-tale antagonist 41 Best-selling personal finance guru
43 Electrify
45 Advice for saucing a lasagna?
50 Region of ancient Palestine
51 Down
52 Competition for boxers
53 Martin Scorsese and
Spike Lee, for 67-Across 55 Running fettuccine dough through the pasta machine?
61 Concealed field, for short
62 Cacao bit
65 Pigeon’s sound 66 Rubber-stamps 67 Where Ross taught paleontology on “Friends,” for short 68 Self-serve spots at pasta bars?
73 Star clusters?
76 Butch Cassidy, famously
77 Astronaut Jemison 79 Baked, so to speak 80 Kitchen disaster with rotini?
86 Hits on the head, informally
87 Topic of a traveler’s inquiry
88 Keepsakes for some of the world’s greatest dads?
89 Appropriate rhyme for “stash”
92 Hummus brand 93 “Ugh!”
96 Big news for a co. 97 Singer Bareilles 98 Storage story
99 Sets of mathematical points
100 With 108-Across, aftermath of a farfalle dinner?
105 Canvas carry-on 107 Asanas in a sauna, say
108 See 100-Across 111 Question from a poker dealer
112 Horror or humor 113 Like O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi”
114 Signifies
115 Jungian topic
116 Some party lines
DOWN
1 “____ Dearest” (1981 film)
2 Like the musical “Come From Away” or “Six” 3 Stretched out to see 4 Hip things to do in Hawaii?
5 Part of T.A.: Abbr. 6 Style of alternative rock with psychedelic influences
7 Texas metroplex, to locals
8 Expression of amazement
9 Let go
10 Truck stop purchase 11 ____ audience
12 “La Boh me” subject 13 The “x” in x2
14 Roti flour
15 Takes care of something
16 Things that snake oil salesmen sell
17 Surgery spots, for short
20 Cardinals’ org.
23 Early 2000s virtual animal companion 24 Lushes
28 “All Quiet on the Western Front” setting, for short
31 Tom callin’s?
32 Unpaid debt 35 Cardinals’ org. 37 Ham-and-cheese sandwich
38 Washed out, maybe 39 Word with fire or red 40 Forcibly pull 41 Education acronym 42 Dynasty name in Italian history
43 Song words after “God Bless” or “Party in”
44 Bulk
45 Narrow ravine
46 Bring out
47 “Barry” airer
48 Rubik who created the Rubik’s Cube
49 Ill
50 Pokes
54 Photo-sharing social media accounts, for short 56 “That su-u-ucks!” 57 Snappy quip 58 Motivational content, in modern slang 59 Bedtime brand
60 Blast of wind
63 “____ do”
64 Meadow sounds 69 Some large cuts 70 Browse social media without commenting or posting
71 Low digit 72 Like AAA, among all bond ratings
74 “Whole ____ Red” (2020 chart-topping album for Playboi Carti) 75 Legal memo header 78 Flair
80 Stock option?
81 Stuff oneself with 82 [I’m thinking .?.?. ] 83 Low digit
84 Global revolutions? 85 Like some sedatives 86 Weight-to-height meas.
89 Pearl units
90 One form of bark 91 Third-largest city of Colombia
93 Japanese board game also called Five in a Row 94 Tree that yields gum arabic
95 Soprano’s feats 97 Transition
98 Together
99 Shade of yellow 101 Beginner
102 Horn sound
103 Gerund end
104 Distinctive features of a chameleon
106 Fatty tuna, on a sushi menu
107 Stashed
109 Link letters 110 One making calls, informally