The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES EXES & NOS By Brad Wiegmann / No. 0327
ACROSS 1
5
Band of supporters Something absolutely necessary
10 “____ and Janis”
(comic strip)
14 Oomph
17 Word from the French for “high wood”
18 Washed out
20 Dock
21 Something a winner may run into
22 “It’s tough finding the right person. My first boyfriend was a perfectly nice atheist, but he ...” 24 Tour de France
seasons
25 Side dish at a fish
fry
26 Main component of
Saturn’s rings
27 Lena of “Enemies, a
Love Story”
28 “So then I dated a fun couch potato, but he ...”
31 Nonstarters?
33 Toeing the line
34 Fútbol cheer
35 Italian wine region 36 “30 for 30” airer
39 The 1 in {1,2,3}:
Abbr.
40 Lab vessel
42 Camphor, e.g.
45 One getting depressed during exams?
47 They’re found near
traps
48 “Then my friend set me up with a recluse, but he ...” 52 Comedian Mort
54 Classic Hawaiian
folk song
55 Superman and
others, for short
56 Book with a notable
world premiere?
59 What middlemen do 60 Noisy beachgoer 62 Bun in a bamboo
steamer
63 Internet encryption
inits.
65 Binary
66 “I dated my rock climbing instructor for a while, but he just ...”
68 ____-Pacific
69 Not sparkling
71 Blast-furnace supply 72 Baloney
73 Bad signs for a
bank robber
75 Academic journal with a Breakthrough of the Year award 77 U.K. track-starturned-politician Sebastian
78 Mishmashes
79 Swindled
80 “Then I had a fling with a Pittsburgh Penguin, but I knew he ...”
83 Cuisine featuring som tam
Drill command Feel another’s pain Cavalryman of old Big ____ (Olympic snowboarding event)
92 Whimper
93 Starters, for short 97 Outback speedster 98 Keep rhythm, as a
conductor might 101 Wisconsin town with a clothing namesake
104 “I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he ...” 106 Org. issuing vaccine standards starting in 2021
107 It may be part of a
solution
108 Together, in music 109 Fading sea name 110 “Finally, I started seeing a charming magician, and he ...” 113 Pan, in part
114 Fun-size
115 Kind of thesis
116 Weekend warrior’s
woe
117 Happening offline,
to a texter
118 Relaxation
119 Devotee of Haile
Selassie, informally 120 Bit of kitchen
waste 86 88 89 91
DOWN 1
Big name in pricey cigars
2 You can’t say it
doesn’t count
3 Lizzie is one, in the
“Cars” movies
4 Crossword solving
option
5 Watchmaker
since 2015
©2022 New York Times Syndicate
6
It lands on the White House’s South Lawn 7 ____ Bator, Mongolia 8 On the ____
9 Fastened, in a way 10 Making change
11 Well past the freshness date, say
12 “My Fair Lady” composer
13 Actor/comedian who was a regular on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”
14 Meathead
15 Military uniform feature
16 Bluish-gray shades 19 Scintilla
21 “Shameful!”
23 Alley-____
29 Possessive types? 30 Way to go: Abbr.
32 “You’re so wrong about that!”
37 Lead-in to Cat 38 Something that all but three U.S. presidents have had while in office 41 “Time out” in the
NBA
43 What makes the
short list?
44 Total jerk
45 Boxing highlight
46 Apply to
48 Jokesters
49 Some native
Alaskans
50 Tile work
51 Leadership position 53 Bit of a chuckle
56 Rubberneck
57 “A house divided against ____ cannot stand”
58 Rubylike gem
60 Richard of “Chicago” 61 Native people for whom a state is named 62 When doubled, a
candy
64 Quick with a
clapback
66 So-called “Father
of Liberalism”
67 Conflict taking a
couple of seconds? 70 Soccer star Messi,
to fans
73 Capital of Fiji
74 “How ____ Your
Mother”
76 Beloved site for the
Irish ... and French 77 Journalist who was the first woman to guest-host “Jeopardy!”
78 Hard stuff that
jiggles
80 “We’ll be in touch!”
often
81 Dr. of 112-Down
82 Counterpart of full,
in a way 4/3/22
83 Wise guys?
84 One might be smoke-filled
85 Not surprisingly
87 Big name in hot dogs
90 Face on a penny, familiarly
92 Strong suit
94 Regulate
95 Cupid’s love
96 Mideast currency unit
99 Features of some halls
100 Mucky substances 102 Twin sister of He-Man
103 What, in multiple senses, might get tipped
105 Take place?
106 Redding who wrote “Respect”
111 Crispr material
112 See 81-Down