AS HEARD AROUND THE DINNER TABLE
John-Clark Levin, of Ojai, Calif., is a Ph.D. student at Cambridge, in England, studying how governments can better anticipate the impacts of artificial intelligence. In his spare time he does stage magic and stand-up comedy. With a partner, he once held the Guinness world record for the ‘‘longest continuous handshake’’ — 15-plus hours. That’s even longer than it took him to make this puzzle. — W. S.
ACROSS
1Commuter’s ticket 8 They take bows 15 G-rated, say
19 ‘‘It’s not coming
to me’’
20 Floral brew 21 Quintessential ingredient to borrow from a neighbor 22 Dine out 24 Competitive setting
in Fortnite
25 Like many phone
cards
26 Oftenmispunctuated word 27 Lets it all out, say 28 Aurora, to the
Greeks
31 Powerful weapon,
for short
32 Pop option
34 Firefly, e.g.
35 Aid in some
makeshift repairs 38 Blackhead remover 40 Company that
created Pong
41 They can make a
huge impact 42 Spongy mushroom 43 Movie character who said ‘‘I love you’’ to 110-Across 45 Network supported by ‘‘Viewers Like You’’
46 Literary character who cries, ‘‘I am madness maddened!’’
50 Bog
51 Ill humored 52 ‘‘Cool!’’
55 Act theatrically 56 ‘‘Meet the Press’’
host Chuck 57 Attractions for
antique hunters 60 Donnybrooks 61 Ironically funny 62 Part of many a
weight-loss ad 64 Buck chaser? 65 Something checked at a T.S.A. checkpoint
67 One vs. 52?
68 Go on and on 69 ‘‘Cool!’’
70 Crib
71 Bad impression? 72 Tiny bit of work 73 Famed Deco
designer
74 Whitman of
‘‘Parenthood’’ 77 Aftermath of a
toddler’s meal 78 Train that stops in New Haven and New York
80 They often don’t mature until they turn 30
84 Yucatán native 85 Lie out on a
scorching day 89 Landmark at the
entrance to Narnia 92 ‘‘Yeah, but still . . . ’’ 93 Online handicrafts
marketplace 94 Bareilles who sang
‘‘Love Song’’
95 Tribe native to the
Great Basin
96 Suit fabric
97 Agcy. impersonated in some scam calls 98 Crouched in terror 101 Private
102 Vegetarian options ... or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically
108 ‘‘The Three Musketeers’’ action scenes
109 Flatten
110 Movie character who replied ‘‘I know’’ to 43-Across
111 They may be long
and shocking
112 Clink
113 Gray matter?
DOWN
1 Tom Hanks movie featuring a giant piano
2 It might turn out to
be a drone
3 Barfly
4 Blue diamond in
‘‘Titanic,’’ e.g. 5 Lab-culture medium 6 Star close to Venus? 7 Take responsibility 8 Bandleader Shaw 9 Share the ____
(sign)
10 Fort Collins sch. 11 ‘‘____ Loss’’ (2022 No. 1 album by Drake and 21 Savage) 12 Cyber Monday
merchant
13 Mall security
guard, pejoratively 14 Exams with a 4001,600 range 15 Soup-serving dish 16 Interfacers with
publishers
17 Layer between the
crust and the core 18 Need for a tough
crossword, perhaps 21 Command for creating a revised draft
23 Sushi-bar drink 28 Wax-coated cheese 29 Like words this
clue the in?
30 Easily frightened
sort
32 Where you might go down in the ranks?
33 Bauxite or galena 34 Things usually
made in the morning 36 What’s in
37 ’Fore
38 MADD ad, e.g. 39 Lefty
41 Apple wireless file
transfer
43 Do nothing
44 Paris bar tender? 46 Reddit Q. and A. 47 ‘‘The nerve!’’ 48 Finally
49 Under siege 51 Turned red, say 52 Like an allegro
tempo
53 Landed
54 Subjects of VH1’s ‘‘I
Love the . . . ’’ series 55 ’Fore
56 Packaging string 58 Actress Ward 59 Many teens’
rooms, to parents 60 Pulitzer-winning columnist Stephens 62 ‘‘Du-u-u-ude!’’ 63 Large coffee
vessels
66 Made a fast stop? 68 ‘‘Previously on ...’’
segment
74 ‘‘The kissing
disease’’ 75 ‘‘Coming face to face with yourself,’’ per Jackson Pollock 76 Otherworldly 77 Minority in New Zealand’s parliament 78 What goes ‘‘up to
11,’’ in ‘‘Spinal Tap’’ 79 Pot grower? 80 Skinflints
81 Does well on a
test, say
82 Wild donkey 83 Fellow
85 Along
86 Many a Monopoly
property
87 Ear piece? 88 Marx’s co-author for ‘‘The Communist Manifesto’’
89 They can be passed but not failed
90 Franklin who sang ‘‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’’ 91 Robin Hood’s love 94 On the wagon 97 Little mischiefmakers
98 Veggie that’s
often pickled 99 Virgil described its ‘‘cloud of pitchblack whirling smoke’’
100 Sign of neglect 103 Channel that airs old MGM and RKO films
104 ____ BankmanFried, fallen crypto mogul
105 Excessively 106 Boston’s Liberty
Tree, for one 107 Kind of sauce
for dim sum