I’M STILL STANDING
August Lee-Kovach is a freshman at Concord-Carlisle High School, in Concord, Mass. He started solving crosswords with his family when he was 9. Someone would read the clues aloud and anyone could call out answers. He started constructing puzzles by himself when he was 11. This is his third Times puzzle, starting last October, and his first Sunday. At 14 years 11 months, August is the youngest known person ever to have a Sunday crossword in the paper. – W.S.
ACROSS
1 Swears (to)
8 L.A. region
13 Motto meaning “to
the stars”
20 Place with carts 21 Square
22 What oil may do in
frigid temperatures 23 1990s-2000s Volkswagen sevenseater
24 Things
25 Overseas land
measure
26 Not needing a thing 27 “____ homo”
29 Siri uses it 30 Halliwell a.k.a.
Ginger Spice
31 Dino friend of Buzz
Lightyear
32 “____ it ironic?” 34 Storm
37 What an up arrow
might mean 39 Green-light 41 Approximately 5.5 million tons of it was used to build [see circled letters] 43 Bellini opera that
takes place in Gaul 46 A = B, B = C, ergo A
= C, e.g.
48 Purchase plan 50 Sneaker, in British
lingo
51 See 5-Down 55 Committed to
memory
56 Western
Hemisphere grp. 57 Gunslinger’s cry 59 Former Japanese
P.M. Shinzo ____ 60 Country between
Ghana and Benin 61 Word repeatedly said while plucking petals
62 Clipped
63 Opposing vote
from a horse?
64 Blue ribbon or gold
star
66 Yarn
68 Make secret, in a
way
71 A chance to dream 74 It’s often played for 75 Website with an “Everything Else” category
76 Some small
batteries
78 C sharp equivalent 80 Mexican poet Juana ____ de la Cruz
81 Sass
82 U.F.C. fighting style 83 Radio host John 84 Head, in slang 85 Play group 87 Frequent victim of
an April fool
90 Creep
93 Municipal facility:
Abbr.
94 Kind of bar 96 Waterfall feature 98 One forced into a
force
100 One-act Oscar
Wilde play
101 Burial ____
103 Fútbol cry
104 “You no-good
dog,” e.g.
105 Spoils
106 ____ bean
108 Some December
purchases
109 They’re stored in
pollen grains
111 Villainous “Star
Trek” collective 113 Like some chicken
cutlets
116 Element named
after a German river 120 “Ugh!”
121 Prehistoric
Southwest culture 122 Little squirt
123 Sign of success 124 Trendy
125 Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”
DOWN
1 Periods in history 2 Level
3 They wrap things up 4 Prefix with system 5 With 51-Across and 15-Down, group in which [see circled letters] is the only one still largely intact
6 Egyptian desert, e.g. 7 Harmonize
8 generis (unique) 9 Prompt
10 Greek name for this puzzle’s enclosed answer
11 Targets
12 Sleeve fillers
13 Not just smart 14 Active sorts
15 See 5-Down 16 Pepper’s rank:
Abbr.
17 High-arcing shots,
in basketball lingo 18 Like a T206 Honus Wagner baseball card
19 Lion in the “Madagascar” movies
28 Most massive dwarf planet in the solar system
30 Pass it on 33 Singers’ star turns 35 Contents of some
belts, informally 36 Reason for an R
rating
38 It comes before
one
39 Regarding 40 Harp-shaped
constellation 41 Turkish money 42 Provide resources
for
44 [Big kiss, dahling!] 45 Pay (up)
47 ____ and the Pacemakers (1960s pop group)
49 They reflected rank
in old Rome 52 “Ooh-la-la!”
53 It gives you a lift 54 2003 #1 Outkast hit 58 Tad 60 Mat made of soft
rush
62 You might take
them out for a spin 65 Artful
66 Mujeres con
esposos
67 Outdoor game for
kindergartners 69 Time out?
70 “The Office” role played by Jenna Fischer
72 College voter,
perhaps
73 Light shades 74 With 101-Across, where this puzzle’s enclosed answer is located
75 Disney’s ____ of
Arendelle 77 Smooth, in a way 79 Number of 101-Acrosses in [see circled letters] 85 Workmates, e.g. 86 Pale ____
87 Tiffs
88 Sleeve filler 89 Brewer Frederick 91 ____-Magnon 92 Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, say 95 Chewy confection 96 Oxford, e.g. 97 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians”
99 Fakes
101 Hotel offering 102 New York town that’s home to Playland amusement park 105 Caused
107 The “A” of James
A. Garfield
110 So-called “Iron Lady” of Israeli politics
112 “This does not
look good!”
113 Fell for it
114 Pi follower 115 “People who love to ____ are always the best people”: Julia Child 117 Writer Fleming 118 Weapon in “The
Terminator”
119 Actress Farrow
Answers will be printed in next week’s crossword puzzle page.