New York Times Crossword No. 0305
Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, developing cancer immunotherapies. An avid crossword solver (typically six to 10 puzzles a day), she started constructing in 2020 at her wife’s suggestion. Her puzzles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. This is her sixth (and first Sunday) for us. Rebecca is excited to debut the modern coinage at 39-Down. — W. S.
ACROSS
1 Gas light
5 Spa garment
9 Hebrew word for
‘‘spring’’
13 Ideal course
18 Chow chow chow
19 Presidential ‘‘pet’’
that sprouts an Afro
21 Challah braids, e.g.
22 Bus?
24 Bowlers
25 Ingredient in un
cortado
26 ____ across the board
(perfect score)
27 Subatomic particles
29 Antiquated, quaintly
30 Looks to pick things
up
32 Photosynthesize?
35 Some classic Chuck
Taylor All Stars
39 Little Energizers, say
40 Replay tech.
41 United
42 Volunteer
44 Gift for a budding
myrmecologist
48 Peal?
51 Garments often seen
at royal weddings
53 Stead
54 Secondhand
55 ‘‘American Greed’’
network
56 ‘‘Jump’’ duo ____
Kross
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57 Finales
58 Disposable sock in a
shoe store
59 Frame of mind
61 Abhor
64 Words stealthily mouthed to a friend while stuck in a boring conversation
65 Photoshop?
68 Olympic
snowboarding event
71 Family-style meal with simmering broth
72 Frolic
73 Intelligence org.
76 Stinks
77 Actress Ward
78 Kristen of ‘‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’’
80 Mama pigs
81 Full house, in poker
slang
82 Exquisitely made
basket
83 Sting?
87 Olympic runner ____
Felix
89 Takes an oath
91 Role on ‘‘Seinfeld’’
92 Onetime Turkish title
94 ‘‘What’s the ____?’’
95 Aggressively
enterprising sort
97 Iron?
101 2006 mockumentary with a 2020 ‘‘Subsequent Moviefilm’’
102 ____ Alto
103 Multiple-choice
choice
104 Drudge
105 It’s-time connector
110 Tickler’s targets
112 Quenched?
116 Soaks in hot water
117 Wear white to a chili cook-off, you might say
118 Marathon segment
119 Setting for ultra
close-up photos
120 For two, musically
121 Crock-Pot creation
122 Collared-shirt
accessory
DOWN
1 Table salt, to a chemist
2 One of the Hearst
magazines
3 International grp. headquartered in Vienna
4 Comedian Trevor
5 TV brand
6 ‘‘You’re embarrassing
me!’’
7 Muscles targeted by
curls
8 Brings in
9 Muscles targeted by
planks
10 Large container
11 Cry from someone
who’s disheveled
12 Esteem
13 ‘‘____ qué?’’ (‘‘Why?’’
in Spanish)
14 Passion project,
perhaps
15 Spanish city enclosed within intact medieval walls
16 Food, air, water, etc.
17 Tushies
20 Yiddish laments
21 Teachers’ teachings
23 Took five
24 23andMe facilities
28 Ending with clip or
slip
31 ‘‘Today’’ co-host Kotb
32 Chutzpah
33 Commuter option
34 Big Ben hrs.
35 Hosts, as at a
penthouse
36 ‘‘Can’t win ’em all’’
37 Affixed in a
scrapbook, say
38 Posterior
39 Evidence derived from personal experience and observation rather than systematic research and analysis
42 Recede
43 Ankle bones
45 Help around the
House
46 Paper purchase
47 Think out loud
49 Subject of Queen
Mary
50 Phrase that may be repeated in a long story
52 Course for an English
major, informally
56 Stayed toasty
57 Kvetch
59 Scans that may involve dye injections, in brief
60 Anthem contraction 62 Pseudoscientific
ability, for short
63 Terence who’s known as the ‘‘Mozart of Mathematics’’
64 Total
65 One who’s no fun
at all
66 Breakfast centers?
67 Ancient Roman
formal wear
68 Tea served with a
jumbo straw
69 Golden calf, for one
70 Hockey score
73 Pitch-perfect? 74 Pigs
75 ‘‘____ my last email
. . . ’’
77 Shade providers
79 ‘‘Where’s My
Refund?’’ org.
80 Whack
82 Down B-52s, say
83 Close tightly
84 Signifying symbol
85 Company that created
a Sonic boom?
86 Handle at the bar
88 Succeeded at musical
chairs 90 Imagine ____ Peace (Ben & Jerry’s flavor)
93 Campfire remnant
95 Skilled in
96 Elaborately decorated
97 Muscle contraction
98 Kauffman who
co-created ‘‘Friends’’
99 Ancient Mesoamerican civilization
100 Places for some
piercings
101 Objections 104 Winter setting in S.F.
106 Tushies
107 ‘‘Dealing with that
right now!’’
108 Campus with the ZIP
code 90095
109 Place to swim or
play b-ball
111 Stock launch, in brief
113 Image on Australia’s
coat of arms
114 Donkey Kong, for
one
115 Make final, with ‘‘up’’