The New York Times Crossword
Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is a Ph.D. student in Stockholm studying transportation modeling. There is a little trick to this puzzle and your solution may not match everyone else’s.
ACROSS
1 Goal for many a T.A.
4 There’s a Winter one in St. Petersburg and a Summer one in Beijing
10 Confront
16 QVC alternative
19 Grande preceder
20 Many a video-game player
has one
21 Hebrew name of God
22 Major N.Y.S.E. events
24 Vainglory
25 Good side in 70-Across
27 Reid of “Sharknado’’
28 Grade-school basics
30 Scoundrel
31 Points all around?
32 Celsius of the Celsius scale 33 Director Nicolas
35 Good cheer
37 People to pick from
38 Major role in 70-Across
41 Smartphone forerunners, in
brief
42 “____ kingdom come ... ‘’ 43 Big stretch
44 Bluish-gray shade
46 Mobile ____
48 Time might be shown on the
side of one
50 Score of 8, in golf slang
52 Events where one person’s trash may be another person’s treasure
56 Pull back (in)
59 Capital-B Belief
61 Family name on TV’s
“Succession’’
62 Vote in favor
63 Prefix with futurism
64 Outback offering
65 Locale of the 2002 and 2022
World Cups
67 Long-term damage
68 Some copywriting awards 69 The volcano Emi Koussi is its
highest point
70 The better of two major scifi film franchises?
72 Climb (up)
73 Gives a bad hand?
74 “But ____ counting?’’
75 Gentle hill
76 Grams, by another name
77 Voice heard by 500 million
people
78 ____ Majesty
79 Not for moi?
80 Pump choice
82 Spot for a patch, perhaps
83 Begins to like
86 Regular at Citi Field
89 Small spot for a castaway 91 Ian McKellen, e.g.
92 Skin-care brand with an
accent over its last letter
94 Mens ____
95 Sends a Telegram, in brief? 97 Not looking good
99 Major role in 70-Across
102 Stop at the liquor store? 103 Comforting phrase
106 Newton of the Black Panther
Party
107 “____ Darko’’ (2001 cult
film)
109 Distend
110 Who wrote “April is the
cruellest month’’
113 Scratch-and-sniff page, e.g. 114 Dramatic accusation
115 Good side in 70-Across
118 Misfortune
119 Cousin of a skimmer
120 ____ One
121 “Do you mind?’’
122 Brown of HBO Max’s “Gossip
Girl’’ reboot
123 WaPo competitor
124 “There’s not much hope’’ 125 Bumper attachments
126 Sazerac cocktail ingredient
DOWN
1 Records in advance
2 Time for a shootout
3 Memorable quote from
70-Across
4 Apple device
5 Affirms
6 Some college classes
7 “Thanks, but I already
____’’
8 Diet Coke doesn’t have a
single one: Abbr.
9 Wipes out
10 “The Clan of the Cave Bear’’
heroine
11 What’s raised in a ruckus 12 Waste of an election?
13 Confesses
14 Bad thing to be stuck in
15 On-line connection?
16 Arrive at, as a solution
17 Memorable quote from
70-Across
18 “Take your time’’
23 Audacious
26 A target for Target, say
29 It might be a shocker
31 “The Simpsons’’ character 33 Social media star Addison 34 Partner of one
36 French skin-care and
cosmetics giant
38 ____ teeth (proverbial
rarity)
39 Noble title
40 Follower of black or special 44 Slanders
45 Director Waititi
47 Ones involved in a
transaction
49 Nutty confections
51 So-called Breakfast of
Champions
53 They might end on a high
note
54 Sound of a jaguar
55 Let out, in a way
57 Some contents of golf bags 58 Needing to butt out
60 Potato or pea preparer
64 Albert who developed a
polio vaccine
66 Leaves in a huff, with “off’’ 67 Body part that precedes
“band’’
68 Innocent
69 One of the Prairie provinces:
Abbr.
71 “It’s a ____!’’
72 Show of scorn
74 Question of confusion or
disgust
79 Sound of a Jaguar
81 Reassuring words
83 “____ Hiring’’ (business
sign)
84 Kind of card
85 The “quail’’ in Beethoven’s
“Pastoral’’ Symphony
87 By plane, say
88 Obvious untruth
90 Q preceder?
93 Aloof
95 “Seems so’’
96 Like the inside of a lava cake 98 Devices in atomic clocks 100 Converse, e.g.
101 Rank
102 Common waiting-room
viewing
104 Jeer
105 Shock treatment, for short 107 Slobber
108 Noises that come from pens 111 “Girls’’ creator Dunham
112 Carded, informally
113 Tabbouleh go-with
115 “Enough already!’’
116 Suffix in organic chemistry 117 Quirk