The New York Times Crossword
Ross Trudeau is a writer and puzzlemaker in Cambridge, Mass. This is his 48th crossword for the Times. He posts a free original puzzle every week on his website, Rossword Puzzles.
ACROSS
1 Rock subgenre named for
its vocal aesthetic
8 Like some space-saving
beds
14 Styles that are picked,
informally
18 Amateur
20 Disinclined (to)
21 Royal figure of sci-fi
22 Grammy for Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.’’ or Cardi B’s “Invasion of Privacy’’
24 Shuts down
25 American, abroad
26 Apt name for a worrier
27 Moving toward equilibrium,
in biology
29 Legerdemain
31 Horse color
34 Prepares for a Ms. Olympia
competition, say
36 Tiny foragers
37 “Here’s an example ... ‘’
41 Insect with distinctive
pincers
44 Without stop
45 Subj. for some future
bilinguals
46 Sources of music in
musicals
50 Splinter group
51 Brewing brothers
54 Capital of Japan’s Hyogo
Prefecture
55 It might be broken in
overtime
56 Waits to publish, as an
article
59 Second-rate
61 Pronoun pairing
63 Loop trains
64 Hornswoggle
67 De-creased
69 Luxury Hyundai
70 “Still da ____’’ (Trina title
track of 2008)
72 Fluster
74 Kind of squash
77 One using cloves or garlic 79 What gets filled at a shell
station?
80 Monthly condition, for short 83 Hairstyle protectors
85 Tabbouleh topping
87 Build, as interest
89 Kind of test
90 Board figure, informally
92 Recipe unit
95 Goddess in a peacockdrawn chariot
96 Marilyn Monroe wore a fuchsia one while singing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’’
99 Beverage that was a medieval source of nutrition
100 ____ President
101 Literary protagonist raised
by wolves
102 “The Sound of Music’’
household
105 “Horned’’ creature
107 Turn one’s back on
109 Laces (into)
110 Apelike 112 University of Montana city 115 Weasel word?
118 ____ Fielding, co-host of “The Great British Bake Off’’ beginning in 2017 119 Suffering from a losing
streak, in poker slang
122 Secret exits represented five times in this puzzle’s grid
125 “Bus Stop’’ playwright 126 Camping shelter
127 Advocates
128 Romanov ruler
129 Vulnerable
130 Most likely to inspire
“thirst’’
DOWN
1 Twins, e.g., for short
2 Site with tech tutorials
3 Gets out of a grave
situation?
4 Scores for place-kickers
5 Mental health org.
6 They’re thumped at
supermarkets
7 Balls
8 Overly simplistic
9 Bake-off equipment
10 Major-____ (pro
ballplayer)
11 OB/GYNs, e.g.
12 Application
13 Royal pain
14 Circus apparatus
15 Laugh or cry, say
16 “Old MacDonald Had a
Farm’’ sounds
17 N.Y.C. retailer with a famed
holiday window display 19 Rum ____ Tugger (cat in
“Cats’’)
23 Like a romantic evening
stroll, perhaps
28 [someone else’s error]
30 Cause chaos
32 —
33 “That’s it?’’
35 Camping shelter
37 Only person to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in the same year (1973)
38 Kitty ____, stunt performer once known as the “fastest woman in the world’’
39 Four-limbed animals
40 “Raiders of the Lost Ark’’
biter
42 Plato’s P
43 Halloween decorations that can be made with cotton balls
46 Heavy metal’s “Prince of
Darkness’’
47 “Am ____ only one?’’
48 Level
49 Some skin-care products 52 Power up
53 A.L. East squad: Abbr.
57 Slice, for one
58 Give the ____
60 Stopover
62 —
65 —
66 Put on ice
68 Traffic control org.
70 Disco ____ (iconic garment
for Lady Gaga)
71 “Chandelier’’ singer, 2014 73 Longtime record label
74 Annexes
75 Rube Goldberg machines,
e.g.
76 Like some vaccines
78 A, in Berlin
80 Incline
81 Expansive work of art,
usually
82 Disreputable
84 Annual Austin festival,
familiarly
86 “This is too much’’
88 One to be dethroned
91 One being coddled, maybe 93 Lacking any adulteration 94 Zing
97 One who may have
attachment issues?
98 Small Nintendo console,
once
100 Spring month in France 102 ____ 1, Yuri Gagarin’s
spacecraft
103 Cries in a tattoo parlor
104 Frothy coffee invented in
Greece
105 —
106 Sign of resistance
108 Some bank deposits
110 Foul mood
111 Pelicans’ home, informally 113 —
114 Girl in a tartan
116 Miner discoveries
117 Relative of “Hey!’’
120 March Madness “trophy’’ 121 Road goo
123 Maliciously reveal personal
info about online
124 “Mais ____!’’