THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Goes wherever the wind blows?

6 Person who likes all your FB posts, perhaps 9 Key with five sharps: Abbr.

13 Western film, in old slang

18 Harriet’s partner on 1950s-’60s TV 19 China’s Chou En____

20 Paul Simon’s ‘‘____ Rock’’

21 Tree that Athena gifted to Athens 22 Inaptly named bear of a tongue twister 25 Spanish rice 26 Letter-shaped construction piece 27 Endeavor

28 Winter weather hazard

31 Little black ____ 32 Art of verse 33 Jurisdiction of a Catholic church official

37 Get closer and closer

40 Mapmaker’s subj. 41 Literary traveler to Lilliput and Brobdingnag

42 Transfixed 43 Former telecom giant that merged into Verizon 45 Ostentatious display

48 Kicked back 49 Singer Lisa 51 Pre-euro currency 52 National tree of the U.S.

53 Paradise lost 54 Scatterbrains 56 Grandma, to Brits 57 Frenzy 59 Rattlesnake’s warning

60 Ambrose Bierce defined it as ‘‘A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue’’ 62 Totally over it all 63 Final creature encountered in ‘‘Dr. Seuss’s ABC’’ 68 Far-right state 70 Buckskin, e.g. 71 Something stretched out in a yoga class

74 Has over

75 Go after

78 Like varnished wood

79 ‘‘Pretty please?’’ 80 Sci-fi travelers 81 Pan-fries 84 Violated a code of silence

85 Sportscaster Jim with the classic opening ‘‘Hello, friends’’ 86 Opportunities to win a vacation on ‘‘Wheel of Fortune’’ 90 Stocking stuffer 91 Actress Ana of ‘‘Love, Victor’’

92 ‘‘Alas .?.?. ’’

93 Bistro sign word 95 Francis’ tenure, e.g. 96 Lively, on a score 97 Collect little by little

99 Makes

101 ‘‘Which Disney Princess Are You?’’ and the like

104 Big Ten powerhouse, for short 107 Eye shade

110 Basic skateboard trick

111 Quick nap .?.?. or a playful description of the 64-Down here 113 Conflagration 114 Diamond who went platinum

115 Scottish denial 116 Popeye creator Segar

117 Footnote abbr. 118 Icelandic work that influenced Tolkien

119 Key for getting out, not in

120 Like May through August, unlike the other months of the year

DOWN

1 What ‘‘piano’’ can mean

2 Côte d’____ 3 Nickname for Isabelle or Isidore 4 Fashion designer Lange

5 Actress Amanda of 2012’s ‘‘Les Misérables’’ 6 What B. B. King was king of

7 Rattles

8 Opposite of flatness 9 Members of bevies and broods

10 Tie the knot 11 Mine: Fr.

12 Many a collaboration between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald

13 ‘‘C’est magnifique!’’ 14 Spanish composer Isaac

15 ‘‘How to ____ a ____’’

(popular Google search)

16 One of the Gabor sisters

17 Radiation unit 23 Member in the genus Troglodytes, so named for its tendency to enter dark crevices 24 ‘‘Jeepers!’’ 25 Generational divide 29 Former queen of Jordan

30 Nintendo princess 31 Order of roses 34 Kilt-wearing Greek infantryman

35 Fixed, as tiling 36 Northern California town once home to the palindromic ____ Bakery

37 Chain that sells chains

38 ‘‘Jeepers!’’

39 Levels

40 Old fogy

41 Quiet valley 43 Partner of glamour 44 Comedian Fields 46 ____ garden 47 When repeated, one of the Gabor sisters

50 Mercedes-____ 54 Stupor

55 Multitude 57 Pac-man navigates through one 58 Wood-shaping tool 60 They’re taken out in alleys

61 Six-day War leader Weizman 62 No-nonsense TV judge

63 Unsightly spot 64 Sleep indicators 65 Counterfeit

66 Spike the Beanie Baby, e.g.

67 Having some pep 68 Alternative to Advil or Aleve

69 Birthplace of the Franciscan order 71 Kind of ray

72 Bit of tomfoolery 73 Nervous state 74 Seven: Prefix 75 Football sideline reporter Kolber 76 Brand of pretzels and chips

77 Electric ____ 79 Kvetches 81 Pointy-eared dog 82 Big name in car parts

83 Break away 85 Reason to hang up 87 Victoria Falls river 88 Uniform adornment

89 Center of L.A., once

94 Sufficient, informally

95 Aphids, to ladybugs 97 Beyond cold 98 Woman’s name meaning ‘‘night’’ in Hebrew and Arabic 99 Pound and others 100 Worshiper of the rain god Tlaloc

102 Took off

103 One of the Nereids of Greek myth 104 Eleven, en français 105 Parts of snowmobiles

106 Exploits 107 ‘‘The White Lotus’’ airer 108 View from Lake Como

109 Country music’s ____ Brown Band 112 In a bad way