The New York Times Crossword
MAGAZINE RACKET By Sam Ezersky / Edited by Will Shortz Sam Ezersky, 26, is the digital puzzles editor of The New York Times. He also edits the daily Spelling Bee.
ACROSS
1 Make a bust, say
7 Chew (on)
11 Ointment amounts
15 Modern lead-in to mania 19 “Enough!’’
20 Contemporary of Picasso 21 Factory watchdog, in brief 22 Native of the country whose national sport is oil wrestling
23 Bit of company swag for a Genius Bar staffer?
25 With 114-Across, exasperated question to parking enforcement? 27 Awesome time
28 Elements of a Sherlock Holmes sports mystery? 30 A small part of who you are 31 Prefix with medicine
32 “Duck Dynasty’’ network 33 Irish ____, popular St. Patrick’s Day cocktail
36 Like much toothpaste 38 Mountain mammal
42 Plant cultivated by the Incas
43 Program after undergrad, for some
47 “____ rate ... ”
48 Today’s plans: watchin’ someone’s kids? 54 Broadband inits.
55 Overrun
56 “Mr. Mom’’ actress Teri 57 Data output denoted by “N/A’’
59 Super Bowl in 2022
61 Come on down!
63 Name that’s a body part in reverse
64 It may be measured in both feet and meters
65 How much Michael Jordan or Wilt Chamberlain could score, hyperbolically? 71 Lead-in to cross
72 Happy companion
73 Focus of the website Brickipedia
74 “The Hangover’’ character who wakes up with a missing tooth
75 Eschews grains and processed foods, perhaps 78 Common results of penalties
80 Writers such as Sappho 85 Waze way: Abbr.
86 Missile silo’s holding?
89 Pie slices might be displayed in one
91 Natural application to waterproof a ship’s hull 92 Guacamole go-with? 93 Engine type, informally 94 Playwright Edward
97 Hidden obstacle
100 Transport on a river 102 Transport on a rail 106 “Dope!’’
107 Where Sweet’N Low displays its logo?
111 T as in Tartarus
114 See 25-Across
115 Cry following an electrical malfunction?
117 Rufus and Chaka Khan’s “____ Nobody’’
118 Like garage floors, often 119 Slight amount
120 Old English folklore figure 121 Jumbo
122 When said three times, “What have we here?!’’ 123 Music score abbr.
124 Jaguar two-seaters starting in 2013
DOWN
1 Catch
2 ____ América (soccer tournament)
3 They call ’em as they see ’em
4 Text back and forth?
5 Like pioneering search engines of the 1980s 6 Polka-influenced music style
7 Yukon and Acadia, for two 8 Canon competitor
9 Sizable urban construction project
10 King of the gods in Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen’’
11 Ann of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale’’
12 Rubbish receptacle
13 Hindi name for India 14 Smooth and glossy
15 “... per my understanding’’ 16 Zap
17 Line on a neck
18 Clears
24 “Resume speed,’’ musically 26 The Golden Arches, on stock tickers
29 One covering plenty of ground
30 Persona non ____
33 Invent
34 When Lady Macbeth cries, “Out, damned spot!’’ 35 Smoke shop purchase 37 Standout in a field
39 Bunch of scoundrels 40 Follows
41 Tissue in a plant stem
42 DNA reviewer, in brief
44 Buy time
45 State of subjugation
46 Male voter stereotype beginning in the mid-2010s 47 Wheels off the road?
49 Run in place
50 In-state attendee of Great Basin College, e.g.
51 Check
52 Brother in the Lemony Snicket books
53 Certain college member 58 Great ____
60 Jokey remark after missing a modern reference 62 Be philanthropic, say 65 Execrate
66 Company computer fixers, informally
67 Big hits?
68 ____ Float (cold treat)
69 Like a situation at the start of an inning
70 Ounce of praise, jocularly 71 Slangy stuff to sell
76 Placed
77 “... must all learn to live together as brothers,
____ will all perish together as fools’’: M.L.K. Jr.
79 Cakewalk
81 Bygone messaging app 82 Cheer for the Vikings
83 Poker giveaway
84 Certain outbuilding
87 Doth proceed
88 Fun plans after work, say 90 Stuff in stuffed pasta shells 94 Aphid that produces honeydew 95 “Ooh, check it out!’’ 96 Happened to 98 Really miff 99 Tycoon 101 What only one planet, Jupiter, is spelled with 103 ____ Hard Apple (beer brand) 104 Not connected 105 Name that’s “all the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word,’’ on Broadway 107 Liver, in Le Havre 108 Like church bells 109 “Bye 4 now!’’ 110 “Power Lunch’’ airer 111 Maryland athlete, for short 112 End in ____ 113 Doesn’t waste 114 Thanksgiving dinner offering 116 Very important