New York Times Crossword Puzzle
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
By Timothy Polin Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Disseminated
5 JPEG alternative 8 Quick-witted 14 ‘‘Forbidden fruit is the
sweetest,’’ e.g.
19 Kind of writing 21 Hurting more 22 Mineral used as a
flame retardant 23 Aromatic herbal drink 24 Carmen McRae or
Anita O’Day, notably 26 Disorganized
27 Sound in the Serengeti 29 Tying words? 30 Horrible boss, say 31 Neighbor of S. Sudan 32 Endpoint of a Shinto
pilgrimage
36 What’s going up in
Chicago?
38 And so forth 40 Munchkin
41 Spade with a short
handle?
42 Morse morsel
43 You can have a blast
with this
44 ‘‘Yes, indeedy!’’
47 ____ volente
49 Makes clearer, in a way 51 1997 pop hit with a
nonsensical refrain 52 Fete
56 Anago, on a sushi menu 57 In ____ fertilization 58 & 59 Flag bearers, for
short?
62 Clap back
63 Many moons 64 Chaired
66 Many, many, many
moons
68 Subj. line heading 69 Birthplace of five U.S. presidents, with ‘‘the’’
73 German title
74 Like discriminatory
employers, often 75 Just roll with it!
76 See 88-Across 77 Eliminates, mob-style 79 Driving stick?
81 ____ out a victory 83 Pack (in)
84 Fracases
85 Start of some
conventional wisdom 88 With 76-Across, Mexican business magnate who was once the world’s richest person 89 Means of a quick
recharge
92 ‘‘____ funny!’’
93 Fab
94 Akin to
95 Rapper ____ Cudi or
DJ ____ Loco 97 Comprehension 99 Domain of Mars 100 Boise-to-Spokane dir. 102 Post-default event 104 ‘‘Eureka!’’
108 ‘‘That’s the spot’’ 110 Kinda
111 Lunkhead
113 Court order
114 Red accessory for cartoondom’s Huckleberry Hound 116 Scientific contribution from 98-Down, discovered in a manner suggested by this puzzle’s theme 120 Crow’s-nests, e.g. 122 One living in the rial
world?
123 Lingerie fabric
124 Blights
125 More mirthful
126 Defiant refusal
127 ____ Plaines, Ill. 128 Start of a story, in
journalese
DOWN
1 Cause of a jolt
2 Really busy, perhaps 3 It’s nothing to joke
about
4 Artist known for his lampooning cartooning
5 Startin’ place
6 ‘‘____ moved on’’ 7 Calming words
8 Holy city near Baghdad 9 Hardly a lover of hot
wings? 10 Radio-frequency meas. 11 Ad or show follower 12 ____ P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison’s vice president
13 Lost deposits, as a
bank?
14 Attorney’s org. 15 Sorrow
16 Thank you, in Tokyo 17 Stovetop device 18 Breadths
20 Sled dogs, e.g.
25 Word in some cocktail
names
28 Baseball’s ‘‘Master
Melvin’’ 33 Westernmost sch. in
Conference USA 34 Actress ____ Pinkett
Smith
35 ‘‘Er . . . umm . . .’’ 37 Nonbinary possessive 39 Game-show invitation 45 Modern lead-in to ‘‘X’’ 46 Got out fast
48 Exit
50 Tom Petty hit with the opening line ‘‘She’s a good girl, loves her mama’’
51 Rendezvous 52 Nickname for Virginia 53 Declare
54 Is beaten by
55 You might take a lift
to one
56 Married mujeres:
Abbr.
57 All-in-one purchase
from a smoke shop 60 Unforgettable,
unstoppable sort 61 They’re not to be
trusted 65 Julie who played
Catwoman on old TV 67 Puzzle (out) 70 Personal bearing 71 Strong pan
72 Hard thing to do? 78 German title
80 Capital of Bangladesh 82 Mushroom in miso
soup
86 Afterword
87 Nicolas who directed ‘‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’’
88 Lab where the Higgs boson particle was discovered 89 Inventory
90 ‘‘My Cousin Vinny’’
setting
91 Airport route 93 Squealed
96 Opposite of a glut 98 Who was famously hit over the head with inspiration?
99 Tech release of 2006 101 Didn’t act rashly, say 103 Pit
105 Words before relax or
remember
106 Small section of a pit 107 Bowl-shaped cooking
vessels
109 German state that
includes Frankfurt 112 Manage
115 What’s got ewe
covered?
117 Hemlock relative 118 Old ____ (London
theater)
119 Gag line?
121 Spanish ‘‘hey!’’
Style
en-us
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