THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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’’