The New York Times Crossword
CLASSICAL MUSIC By Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp / Edited by Will Shortz
Jill Rafaloff of Forest Hills, Queens and Michelle Sontarp of Manhattan met when they joined the same law firm more than 30 years ago. 34-Across was the inspiration this New York Times debut.
ACROSS
1 Need for double Dutch 5 ____ avis 9 Cutting room?
14 Hirer of an executive director
19 Popular pizza chain, familiarly
20 Building support beam 21 Spirit of St. Louis, e.g. 22 Half of a Muppet duo 23 URL starter 24 Supplication to Ares (Plastic Ono Band)
27 Tell (on)
28 Shows up in the afternoon?
29 Figure-skating jump
30 Excited gifter’s words 32 Tell (on), informally 33 Congregants’ seats
34 Warning to Icarus (the Beatles)
38 Trunk 43 Iconic TV role for Lucy Lawless
44 “No ____!’’ 45 Beef, maybe 46 Consideration for a hairstylist
49 The “I’’ of AIG: Abbr. 52 Request to Prometheus (the Doors)
56 Features of airports in Nevada
58 Set apart
60 One with a fasten-ating job?
61 Common city-street hangouts
63 London-based cosmetics giant
64 Dior fragrance
65 Small sip of alcohol, to Brits 66 Comment to Aphrodite (Roy Orbison)
70 Purge
73 Olympic crafts since 1936
75 Chapters of history 76 Under-the-table 78 Drunken walk 80 Vegetable that looks like a portmanteau of two other vegetables (but isn’t!)
83 First name in cosmetics
84 Criticism of Narcissus (Carly
Simon)
86 Crème ____ crème
88 Some are loose
89 Smoke detector?
90 Envy, e.g.
91 ____ Major Cluster
(astronomical grouping)
93 Van ____ & Arpels (jeweler) 95 Entreaty to Hades (Electric
Light Orchestra)
103 “Like … NOW!’’
105 Actress Chaplin
106 Camp production, maybe 107 Egg white
111 Bygone Apple desktops
113 Heart monitor, for short 114 Congratulations to Eos (Cat Stevens)
117 Predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus
118 Component of some chains
119 Cafeteria server
120 Eat in style
121 Lackluster
122 Foul
123 Religious figurehead
124 Some are loose 125 ____ Daly, “Cagney and Lacey’’ co-star
DOWN
1 Exclamation from Astro on “The Jetsons’’ 2 Like some books
3 Worker who throws things
4 In particular, in shorthand
5 Ribbed pasta
6 Somewhat
7 Dodger Stadium is built on one
8 Big things to sell out 9 Chant to an honoree 10 Word of woe 11 Fond du ____, Wis. 12 Representation of January 13 Tidy up 14 Orders 15 Kind of history 16 A, as in ancient history? 17 Having a lot of dinero
18 “Whoaaaaaa’’-inducing
25 Cheeky
26 Yoga pose on all fours 28 “Optical’’ accessories 31 Touching, say 33 Neither lose nor win, in betting lingo
35 Nail work, for short
36 Radiate
37 Solomon, for one
39 Job candidate’s aspiration
40 Highlight, in a way
41 Certain
42 German “or’’ 46 [Hey!]
47 Vocal range from about F3 to F5
48 Underlying reason
50 Peter and Alexander
51 Either blank in “____ is ___’’
52 Guiding light
53 Airport transport
54 Big name in auto parts
55 De Carlo who played Lily Munster
57 Total suck-up?
59 Parcel of land
62 What a cordwainer makes 64 ____ and the Pussycats
(fictional band)
67 Spanish “but’’ 68 Jr. and sr. 69 Component of a fairy costume
71 Its first store was in €lmhult, Smaland
72 Ingredients in many candies
74 Concur
77 Nuevo Hampshire, por ejemplo
78 Match
79 Something found on a belt
80 Major inconvenience
81 “____ Misbehavin’?’’
82 Stopper
85 Letters on a Cognac bottle 87 Radii, e.g.
92 Univ. sessions
94 Brood
95 Swing by a string, say
96 Jacket type
97 Erupt with laughter
98 Like some spy messages
99 Item in a table setting
100 To excess
101 Certain polytheist
102 Cancel out
104 Pres. Biden, once
107 “You tell ’em!’’
108 ____ Linda, Calif.
109 Articles that may be wired 110 Condo, e.g.
111 Popular vacation destination 112 Tear
115 “2001’’ computer
116 Recipe instruction
117 Frequently, poetically