The New York Times Crossword
Sam Trabucco, 27, is a cryptocurrency trader who divides his time between San Francisco and Hong Kong. He got into crosswords as a child by playing competitive Scrabble.
ACROSS
1 Magical healer 7 Maintain 11 Overseas landmark located in Elizabeth Tower 17 “Fa-a-ancy!”
18 Classic Mell Lazarus comic strip
19 Soaring performer 20 GAZACHO
22 Young antagonist in Super Mario games 23 Counterpart of the Roman Aurora
24 Jargon
25 John, to Lennon 26 Mythical archer 27 Suffix with Jumbo 29 SMEILL
34 Poet who wrote “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love” 35 Chocolaty Post cereal 36 Org. for which Pelá once played 37 Something many an A-list celebrity has
38 Area with a half-dome 42 Noted Chinese-american fashion designer 44 Mystical ball 47 ENTURIES
51 Payment to a freelancer for unpublished work 53 ____ fixe
54 Informal “Ugh!”
55 Little thing to pick 56 Some p.m. times 57 China flaw
59 Familiar inits. in math 60 Original airer of “The Office”
61 Lapis lazuli shade 62 TECHNIQUEO 66 DEFINITEL
68 Romeo and Juliet, e.g. 69 Adam’s ____ 70 Air-traffic watchdog, for short
71 Literary protagonist named after a king of Israel 72 Violinist Leopold 73 “That’s show ____!” 74 Film character introduced in 1977 who died in a 2015 sequel
76 ____ Major
80 French compliment 82 INSTBANT
84 Ability that’s hard to explain 85 Hand-sewn toy 87 Derive (from) 88 Woman in Progressive ads 89 Book reviewers, for short 91 1910s flying star 94 James Garfield’s middle name 96 ENVIRONMENAL 101 Yuletide
102 Part of binoculars
103 Fireside-chat prez 104 “The United States is not, and never will be, at war with ____”: Obama 106 Home of the Sun Devils, familiarly
107 Subj. of Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution 110 RUMYSELF 114 Digitally IDS by location 115 Rock standard?
116 Big name in skin care 117 Features of some dresses and shoes 118 Subtracting
119 Stifled
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1 Help line?
2 “With any luck!” 3 Uncompromising 4 House of Burgundy? 5 Keyboard key 6 Cabernet county 7 Land between Albania and Serbia
8 Histrionic sort
9 Bird Down Under 10 ____ smear
11 Play’s final act? 12 Computer addresses, for short
13 Fraternity and sorority members
14 Carnival or circus, so to speak
15 Delight in
16 Language from which “reindeer” comes 18 Christmas-gift bearers 19 Annoyance for Santa 21 Rowing machine, in fitness lingo
22 ____ nova
25 Sierra ____ 28 Peachy-keen
30 Like some hair and embarrassed friends 31 Sweetums
32 First Nations people
33 Get perfect
34 ____ counter
39 Tiny amount 40 Something that’s not easy to blow
41 ____ sauce (sushi bar condiment)
43 Alpine lodging 45 Happening again? 46 Burdened 48 Millennials
49 Veil over a Muslim woman’s face
50 ____-doke
52 No go-getter
55 Org. to which Jordan once belonged
58 “____ complicated” 60 Grendel, e.g.
61 “I knew it was you!” 62 Take to the soapbox 63 Store-sign info
64 Curse remover
65 Diana Ross musical, with “The”
66 “Life of Pi” author Martel 67 Reply of faux innocence 70 Have no success with 73 Speak with swagger 74 Spiral
75 Words of wonder
77 Like some web pages and memories
78 Will Ferrell and Tina Fey 79 Chemist’s study 81 Muffin choice
82 Leafy shelter
83 U.S. ally in the Gulf War 86 Nickname of the Miami Heat’s all-time leader in points, games, assists and steals
90 Old Spanish bread 92 “Hear ye! Hear ye!” announcers 93 Obstacle-free courses 95 Waterside lodging with a portmanteau name 96 Drinking sounds
97 Put back to Level 1, say 98 Young salamanders 99 Congeal
100 Cross shape
105 *big kiss*
108 Quick time out
109 Chief legal officers: Abbr. 110 Target of an athlete’s M.R.I. 111 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life”
112 “____ changed” 113 Stretch of history