THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 MAPLE LEAF By Stephen McCarthy/puzzles edited by Will Shortz Answers on Page 15 Across 1 Writer who created Oz 5 “Obviously,” in slang 10 First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas” 14 “. . . with possibly direr conse- quences” 17 ____ Berliner, pioneer in phonograph records 18 Lex Luthor, to Superman 22 Raised 23 Bit of asparagus 24 Alternately 25 Lines up 26 Agitated 29 Pricey 30 M.L.B. team with a big “W” in its logo 31 Rx order 32 “Revolution,” to “Hey Jude” 34 Space-scanning org. 35 It may be bitter 36 Like bees 37 Not ____ (mediocre) 39 Clear weeds, in a way 40 Part “missing” from p.s.i. 41 Mystery writer Deighton 42 Words cried after “Go” 46 Abbr. after a price in a Craigslist ad 47 Lt.’s inferior 48 Decidedly 51 Québec’s ____ St.-Jean 52 Soft drink since 1905 54 Young hombre 56 Biblical verb ending 57 Instruments for Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole 60 German auto since 1899 61 “That’ll teach you!” 62 Pigeon English? 63 Basketball champions’ “trophy” 64 Gillette brand 65 Leader of the house? 67 “Love is love,” e.g. 70 Pallid 14 119 Rehearsal, e.g., in slang 120 Approvals 121 You can believe it 122 “Likewise” Down 1 Pears with a sweet-spiced fl avor 2 Part of B.A. 3 Deploy 4 Alberta city named for an eagle-feather headdress 5 Like some birds or dolls 6 Excite 7 Rank 8 Stops talking, with “up” 9 Mettle that may merit a medal 10 Two-player game invented in Toronto 11 Sardonic 12 ____ of Parliament 13 Stops talking, with “up” 14 “Nice burn!” 15 Battle ____ 16 Seasonal destination near Quebec City 19 Program introduced by the Trudeau government in 1984, colloquially 20 Approximate weight of the Liberty Bell 21 Spots 27 Advocacy grp. that fi led for bankruptcy in 2021 28 Words at an unveiling? 31 Cry after an award is an- nounced 33 Woman’s short hairstyle 36 Portrayer of Senator Vinick on “The West Wing” 38 Level or bevel 43 Like some outlets 44 Desert planet of “Star Wars” 45 Be batty, in a way? 49 Canuck, e.g., for short 50 Capital of Qatar 25 26 30 36 40 41 48 54 18 23 24 27 42 66 67 82 83 86 97 33 38 45 52 56 57 62 63 21 58 59 102 103 39 46 51 20 34 47 53 64 69 70 74 78 79 80 81 84 85 88 92 98 13 29 73 77 87 91 44 68 72 76 43 12 19 37 61 75 11 28 50 71 10 17 55 65 9 32 49 60 96 8 31 35 89 93 90 94 95 99 104 100 105 106 107 108 109 101 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 52 Like bells in carillons 53 Part of L.C.D. 54 Some salon supplies 55 Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City 58 Novel convenience? 59 Band whose 1999 hit “Smooth” spent 12 weeks at No. 1 66 Sleep stage 68 Overturns 69 “Very high,” on a fi re-danger scale 70 Iowa Cubs baseball classifi - cation 72 Et ____ (footnote abbr.) CL SOP C L AT SO P C O. 16 22 71 Outlets, e.g. 73 Something that might lengthen a sentence? 74 Moneybags 75 High school hurdle whose fi rst two letters, phoneti- cally, sound like one of its former components 76 Like all the answers with pairs of circled letters, punnily 81 Programming pioneer Lovelace 82 Seasons in Québec 84 15th birthday celebration 85 Tomtit is another name for it 86 Talks up 88 Classical Icelandic literary work 89 Title letters chanted in a 2011 Katy Perry hit 90 Oldsmobile Cutlass model 91 Financial org. once deemed “too big to fail” 93 Newfoundland, e.g.: Abbr. 94 Serpentine swimmer 95 Root-beer brand 96 Veterans 100 Range within which you can answer the question “Can you hear me now?” 104 Six-time winner of the N.H.L.’s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan 108 “24” and “Suits” actress, born in Halifax 111 Princess who says “Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruff y-looking nerf herder!” 112 Dish served on a skewer 113 Congresswoman Omar 114 Actress Lena 115 Suppliers of the milk for Roquefort cheese 116 Singer Mary J. ____ 117 Moves quickly and lightly 118 Not only that STIB UT IN G STI BUT D I STIBUT C O. 15 7 74 Federal regulatory org. 77 Rose or lilac 78 “Where ____ go wrong?” 79 Novelist Gaiman 80 Pound sound 83 Thrown together 85 They might help with chang- ing your locks 87 One with a phony person- ality? 90 Snake oil, purportedly 92 Passes 95 Central route thru town 96 Leers at 97 Frederick who composed “Camelot” 98 Helps a dishwasher, say 99 One source of oil 100 Cheer 101 Shout, informally 102 ____ Wars, confl icts of 1839-42 and 1856-60 103 It may be perfect or simple, but not both 105 Big elevator maker 106 $15/hour, e.g. 107 What most spiders have eight of 108 Hitchhiker’s need 109 International fashion magazine 110 Climb, as a rope WE DISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTE MANY MANY PACIFIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST NORTHWEST BREWS: BREWS: WE LOCALLY OWNED - LARRY PERKINS, RON & KIM WILLIAMS 1375 SE 12th Place, Warrenton, OR 97146 503-861-4275 Astoria Brewing Company Astoria Oregon THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 // 13