THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD
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By Brandon Koppy/puzzles edited by Will Shortz
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Across
1 You say it when you “get it”
4 Cell connection inits.
7 Dope
12 Sorta
15 Writing tip
18 Film critic with a cameo in
1978’s “Superman”
20 Safe bets
22 “Levitating” singer, 2020
24 Stuff ed up, in a way
25 Northern New Jersey town
26 Literally, “father of many”
27 2020 No. 1 hit for Cardi B and
Megan Thee Stallion
28 Longtime cooking show
hosted by Alton Brown
30 They may be classifi ed
31 Resident of the second-larg-
est U.S. city
35 Like some bulls
36 Dangerous part of a tour
41 Fan of the album “Aoxo-
moxoa,” say
43 Dress (up)
44 Flings without strings
45 Yogurt-based Indian drink
46 The Blue Marble
49 ‘‘Ditto!’’
50 Part of “fwiw”
51 Sit in stir
53 Good people to ask for
directions
55 Grok
56 Clothing store sign
58 Owed
59 Parts of many skyscrapers
63 Med. care option
64 South ____
65 Wilson of fi lm
67 Loud and clear, as a call to
action
69 First name among billion-
aires
71 Demean
74 Woolly ma’am
76 Chats over Twitter, for short
77 ____ al-Fitr (holiday)
79 Lump sum?
83 Hawaiian home parts
85 Grabbed the reins
88 The barber of Seville
89 Singer Grande, to fans
90 Diverse ecosystem
92 Christine of “The Blacklist”
93 French 101 verb
95 Mustangs’ sch.
96 Back tracks?
98 Made bubbly
100 Not stop talking about
102 Supreme Court appointee
before Thurgood Marshall
104 “Dios ____!”
105 Firm
107 Pin points?
108 Spacecraft’s refl ective
attachment
111 Ominous
112 Flexible spade, say
113 Like werewolves
116 Hairsplitter
120 Late actor Eisenberg
121 In which belts are worn
123 Ideal beta tester
127 Gives a boost, informally
129 Roger ____ , fi rst fi lm
critic to win a Pulitzer for
criticism
131 Boots
132 Algebra I calculation
133 Worries
137 Calendar mo.
138 Captain’s log entry, maybe
142 Quinceañera feature
143 2013 Bong Joon Ho thriller
146 Hear out, say
147 N.Y.C. mayor after de Blasio
148 Alien’s line of communica-
tion?
149 Speedy travel option
150 Precept
151 John, abroad
152 Young ’uns
153 Cares for
Down
1 Pioneer in Dadaism
2 “That’s amusing”
3 Rose of Guns N’ Roses
4 Passport, for one
5 Vegan protein source made
from fermented soybeans
6 Big name in ice cream
7 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit
8 Heart-shaped, as leaves
9 Entree with boiling broth
10 Dash fi gure
11 No. 1 N.B.A. draft pick in
1992
12 Journalist ____ B. Wells
13 Outback, e.g.
14 Stereotypical football coach
15 Org. with grants
16 It’s got hops, for short
17 Superhero comics sound
19 Ties another knot
20 Bay Area airport code
21 Tennis division
23 Victor ____, role in “Casa-
blanca”
28 Professional saver?
29 Fad accessory of the 1980s
31 It comes off the top of one’s
head
32 “Cool beans!”
33 Verbose
34 The eighth of eight
37 Feeling bad, in a way
38 “August: ____ County”
(Tracy Letts play)
39 Site of Hercules’ fi rst labor
40 Ramps up or down?
42 Leave it to beavers
44 ____-Magnon
47 Author Gaiman
48 Plus
52 Pablo Neruda wrote one “to a
large tuna in the market”
54 Has online?
57 Slugger with 609 homers
60 Bit of cosmic justice
61 Unlikely feature for competi-
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tive swimmers
62 Some trattoria off erings
64 All tucked in
66 Eccentric
67 Top dog, for short
68 Wedding-notice word
70 Basket-weaving materials
71 Home of Gulf State Park
72 Behind-the-counter helper
73 Licorice-fl avored quaff
75 “____ With Marc Maron”
(popular podcast)
78 Rage
80 Main connection?
81 Some antique furniture
82 Like 100 vis-à-vis 99, say
84 The Trojan priestess Cassan-
dra, e.g.
86 Two-syllable cheer
87 Contest
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88 Softened expletive on “Bat-
tlestar Galactica”
91 Cutesy ending with most
94 Marijuana compound, for
short
97 Some coding statements
98 United
99 Having less vermouth, say
101 Air or Ear ender, in tech
103 “____ live and breathe!”
106 No longer funny
109 Jay with jokes
110 Does the same as
113 Blood typing, e.g.
114 Runnin’ ____ (N.C.A.A.
basketball team)
115 In and of itself
117 Shining brightly
118 Former Jordanian queen
119 Formal accessory
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122 Text fi le in a software
package
124 Inundate, as with work
125 Runner Bolt
126 Like some parking
128 Attract while exploiting
someone’s weakness
130 Shades
132 Cuts off the fl ow of
133 “P.D.Q.” in the O.R.
134 Way off the mark
135 Flair
136 Imbibe, old-style
138 Scrooge McDuck, for one
139 Last word of the New
Testament
140 “All ____ ... “
141 Chapters in history
144 “Hunh?”
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