THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE
STITCHIN’ TIME By Robert Ryan Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 ‘‘It’s not that simple’’ 9 Kind of passage 14 When Juliet drinks the potion
19 Race held annually in early March 20 Computer expert, for short
21 Reading can be found on it
23 Bigamy, legally speakin’?
25 [I forgot the words .?.?. ]
26 Eau so big? 27 Stellar, as a pitching outing
28 Pirate fodder, once 30 Right hand
34 Joel’s smuggling partner on HBO’S ‘‘The Last of Us’’ 35 Creative types 36 Where copy editors are workin’? 40 Beefeater, e.g. 42 Certain legal guardian
43 Shade
44 Pitch tents, say 48 Auction unit 49 Loads
50 Heading on a balance sheet
53 Classic Hasbro toy that debuted in 1964 54 Lenovo competitor 56 ‘‘Enjoyin’ your meal?’’ or ‘‘I’ll be servin’ you today’’? 59 Super Bowl LVI winners
60 One can be empty or veiled
63 Spirit
64 Brussels administrative official, informally
66 Oxford, e.g.
68 ‘‘____ is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it’’: Gillian Flynn
71 France before it was France
72 Animal that resembles a raccoon more than a bear, despite its name
76 Opposite of da 78 Spell out in Spanish?
82 Crumbly cake topping
83 Reaction to the climax of a heartbreakin’ movie?
87 Equipment used to make ‘‘pizza slices’’ or ‘‘French fries’’ 88 Church chorus 90 Styled like Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
91 Sch. near the Getty Center
94 Cooper’s raw material
95 Outkast, e.g. 97 Gnaw (at) 98 First-time offense, so to speak
100 Concave bodily features
102 Statute regulatin’ surrogacy?
104 Big ____
107 2022 horror sci-fi film co-starring Daniel Kaluuya
108 Item on a wish list 109 Japanese fried pork cutlet
111 World capital closest to ‘‘Null Island’’ (0°N, 0°E)
113 Before, poetically 116 Cause of warming tropical seas
117 Financin’ Broadway shows?
123 Seize an opportunity
124 ‘‘Snowy’’ bird 125 All shook up 126 Stood (with) 127 Hiding spot for a 124-Across
128 Fully
DOWN
1 Sharp bark
2 Product typically wrapped in paraffin wax
3 Father
4 Draw
5 Grams in Britain? 6 Beats Electronics cofounder, familiarly 7 Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. 8 Wednesday eponym 9 Specialty segments 10 Liable to be lost 11 Emits sparks, as a campfire
12 Stick for a snowman, say
13 Auto racing champion Sébastien
14 Yet to be apprehended
15 Some protest activity
16 Bubbles featurin’ comic-book dialogue? 17 Products with screens .?.?. or a homophone of a type of big screen
18 South African grassland
22 Mouthing off 24 ‘‘Gotcha’’
29 Not of the cloth 31 Big-box store with a labyrinthine layout 32 Blackmail ammunition
33 Furnish with an income
36 B equivalent 37 Booze 38 Acid-alcohol compound
39 Entertainers Carvey and Delany 40 Fencing face-off 41 Fix, as a bow 43 Sister channel of QVC
45 Cracked open 46 N.Y.C. gallery 47 Irritating sort 50 ____ Gawande, best-selling author of ‘‘Being Mortal’’ 51 What’s found at the end of ‘‘Citizen Kane’’? 52 Comfy
55 One tendin’ to reply quickly? 57 Android competitor
58 Georgian and Edwardian, for two 61 Comprehensive report?
62 Shade
65 French agreement 67 ‘‘The Simpsons’’ teacher Krabappel 69 Regarded suspiciously
70 Cause of insomnia in a fairy tale
72 Surf sound 73 Grammy-nominated sister of Aretha 74 Yawning 75 Something a P.S.A. lacks
77 ‘‘Preach!’’
79 Vans Old ____ (classic sneaker) 80 Heroine of Disney’s ‘‘The Princess and the Frog’’
81 Hastily hung, maybe
84 401(k) alternatives 85 Word with ‘‘at home’’ or ‘‘at all’’ 86 Mess (up) 89 Annual indie festival 92 Bread an Italian grandmother might have made?
93 Similar (to)
96 Like all animals in the genus Equus, uniquely
98 Sailor’s rear 99 Diplomatic agreement
101 Form-al org.? 102 Ribbed
103 Some cross-references in a research paper, informally 104 ‘‘____ it up!’’ 105 Preppy tops 106 Listless feeling 107 Pearl button coating
110 Very, informally 112 Marginally 114 Set of sheets? 115 ‘‘Dónde ____ .?.?. ?’’ 118 Carbon-dating determination 119 Game with ‘‘+2’’ and ‘‘+4’’ cards 120 Held session, as a council
121 ‘‘More or less’’ 122 ‘‘Relations’’
PUZZLES & GAMES
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2023-06-03T07:00:00.0000000Z
2023-06-03T07:00:00.0000000Z
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