The New York Times Crossword

Jim Peredo of Lakewood, Wash., is a stay-at-home dad and former communications engineer in the Air Force. He got into crosswords by way of geocaching.

ACROSS

1 Orchestra heavyweights 6 Mushroom in ramen 11 When tripled, a comment of annoyance

14 “Oh, my!’’

18 It has a very big bed 19 One of a pair of explorers on the Missouri state quarter

20 Spring feature 21 Golden-rule word 22 Run-on sentence? 25 ____-by date 26 Common female middle name

27 Wax theatrical 28 Sharply dressed, shoewise? 30 Boring events

32 Bit of conniving 34 Five-letter world capital that locals spell as two words

35 Tempe neighbor 36 Passing comment? 38 Riding the waves 41 Something a bib catches 43 Busy Bee, for short 44 Single quote? 50 Doesn’t touch

55 Head to bed

56 Surreal finale?

57 Big name in student grants 59 Order to attack

60 ____ Paradise, “On the Road” protagonist 61 Weapon associated with the film quote “Here’s Johnny!”

63 Sack cloth

65 Hats, slangily

66 Just saying?

72 ____ Roddenberry, first TV writer on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 73 Ancient Greek poet sometimes called the Tenth Muse

74 Smear 75 Preschooler 77 Nickname for Baseball Hallof-famer Ernie Banks 79 When tripled, “etc.” 80 Educational TV spot, for short

83 Square dance move 85 Fireplace item

87 Stock phrase?

90 Not commercial: Abbr. 92 Briskly

93 Bring in

94 Self expression? 101 Trade jabs

104 Sports venue

105 “Outta luck!” 106 Magical powder 110 Prepped for surgery 112 Children’s-song refrain 113 Uma Thurman’s role in “Pulp Fiction” 114 Yonder, in dialect

115 Old saw?

119 Anger

120 Spew anger

121 ____ Mitchell, creator of the Tony-winning musical “Hadestown” 122 Handle

123 “What are the ____?’’ 124 Deli sandwich, hold the vowels

125 Like stereotypical Seattle weather

126 Symbol of the National Audubon Society

DOWN

1 Coverings on ancient Roman statuary 2 Women’s-basketball powerhouse, for short 3 Gas-relieving brand 4 “What a relief!” 5 “4-Down-choo!”

6 Poe poem about a mythical quest

7 Scurriers near streams 8 Minor cut, say 9 Makeup holder

10 Suffix with Black or brack 11 “Can’t deal with that right now!”

12 Lacking focus 13 Unbridled joy 14 Composer Mahler

15 Low tie 16 Canonized fifth-century pope called “the Great” 17 “Stop right there!’’ 20 Adorable one

23 ____ Research Center

24 Org. tracking workplace accidents

29 English setting for a series of Impressionist paintings by Monet 31 Neighbor of an Emirati 32 Young weaned pig 33 Monk’s digs

36 Word with tippy or twinkle 37 “2001: A Space Odyssey’’ computer

38 Puts on … or things put on 39 Ugly ones sometimes come out in December

40 Nosh at noon, say 42 Diamond stat 45 Second-most-common Vietnamese surname 46 Home of Wichita Falls 47 Magnum _ _ _ _ 48 Game-ball material

49 The scat got her tongue, you might say

51 Where bills pile up 52 Lower-extremity affliction 53 Secret target

54 Capt.’s assistant, maybe 58 Milk: Fr.

62 Where the meaning of life was sold in 2000 for $3.26 63 Part of a job application 64 European museum whose name means “meadow’’ 67 Sign on again 68 Another name for the moonfish

69 Common wedding hairstyle 70 Undergo rapprochement 71 Stern’s opposite

72 “Today” rival, for short 76 “Old ____ Road,” longestrunning No. 1 single in Billboard history (19 weeks) 78 You might open one at a pub

80 Kind of book or ad 81 Didn’t just float

82 Home of 72-Down 84 Mortimer ____, dummy of old radio and TV 86 Newcomer, informally 88 Org. in charge of the 23Down

89 Not worry

91 Country whose most widely spoken language is Wolof 94 Democratic politician Julién 95 Flower for a corsage 96 First name in the 1970s White House

97 Gets used (to) 98 Gopher, e.g.

99 Fighter pilot’s wear 100 [head slap] 102 Masochist’s pleasure 103 Generate, as suspicion 106 Peaceful protest 107 Brown shade 108 Evening hour in Spain 109 Cartomancer’s deck 111 Pointed remark

112 Actor Morales

116 Rattle

117 “____ voce poco fa” (Rossini aria)

118 One of the March sisters