THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD ANIMAL HYBRIDS By Ori Brian/puzzles edited by Will Shortz Answers on Page 19 Across 1 Gaelic garment 7 Creatures described as catarrhine, from the Latin for “downward-nosed” 11 Like Antarctica 15 Spare part? 18 Granada grandpa 19 Cut deeply 20 “Ugh, ____ people!” 21 Go down, in a way 22 Get a party started? (bee, hare, tick) 24 Morning TV host Kotb 25 “Potent Potables for $1,000, ____” (onetime TV request) 26 Crestfallen 27 Actress Seyfried of “The Dropout” 28 Buzzkill (bat, elk, newt) 30 Bias 31 Subjects of some promotions 33 Natural source of glitter 34 A little of a lot? (carp, pig, snake) 38 TV, newspapers, streaming services, etc. 42 How a video game might be played by beginners 43 Ending with orange 44 Best-selling author Hoag 45 Strong connection 46 Pennsylvania school, for short 47 Locale of many vines (cat, elephant, worm) 51 Opposite of une adversaire 52 Fancy fl ower holders 53 Life preserver? 54 Al-____ , family of Syrian leaders 55 Goes wild 57 Glitzy, informally 59 Prankster’s off erings 61 Nonmedical org. that uses X-rays 62 Something you might step on by the shower (cobra, moth, seal) 65 Inits. in biotech 68 Legal-contract phrase 69 “My bad!” 70 Make dry, as salmon 72 Pain-relief pill 75 Placeholder inits. 76 3 ft. x 5 ft., e.g. 77 “So it goes” 78 Long-running soap opera that debuted in 1963 (ant, gorilla, sheep) 83 One might be accessed by a QR code, nowadays 84 Warrant 85 Guard seen around a castle 86 401(k) alternative, in brief 87 Lean toward 89 Certain sports tiebreaker 91 London landmark (beetle, hog, rat) 94 Place 95 ____ song 97 Overnight perch 98 Bridge that’s painted International Orange (dog, eel, gnat) 101 Devilish look? 103 Boardroom V.I.P. 106 Drink with a spoon-straw 107 Floor square 108 Mixes animal species... as eight answers in this puzzle do? 110 Actress Perlman 111 In good condition 112 Wave to one’s math professor? 113 Gets around 114 Part of U.C.L.A. 115 Poetic tributes 116 Fire-tablet competitor 117 One of the Williamses Down 1 Things seen in a window 2 Magic-trick starter 3 Felt bad about 4 Word with garden or party 5 Lime and soda, e.g. 6 A handful 7 Pros with negotiations 8 Was worthwhile, with “off ” 9 Bit of tomfoolery 10 With 47-Down, “That’s all” follower 11 Like a vampire’s face, ste- reotypically 12 Rhizome, to a botanist 13 Site to fl ick through fl icks 14 Request for a hand 15 Fashionable spots 16 “Oh, gotcha” 17 Immediately following 21 ‘N Sync member who later became a gay rights activist 23 Spend time together, in slang 28 “SmackDown” org. 29 Goal 30 Pair in the Winter Olympics 32 Maker of Chromebooks 34 Warhol’s “Marilyn Diptych,” e.g. 35 Antagonism 36 Target of a modern scan 37 Light touches 39 Medical-plan inits. 40 Sapa ____ (ancient emper- or’s title) 41 Common cause of some impulsive behavior, in brief 44 Details to be negotiated 47 See 10-Down 48 Sacred hieroglyph 49 Sirs’ counterparts 50 “Beep!” source 52 Second caliph of Sunni Islam 56 Doubleday who is miscredited with inventing baseball 57 Merchant’s stock 58 Cut (off ) 59 Auctioneer’s aid 60 Name that’s a letter off from 25-Across 63 One might develop con- sciousness in a sci-fi story 64 Nightspot in a Manilow hit, in brief 65 What you can rarely do at a red light 66 Kvetch 67 “Yeah, whatever you say” 68 “Beats me” 71 Tried to fi ght CL C L AT S SOP OP D ISTIBUTIN G C O. C O. 72 A long, long time 73 Genesis matriarch 74 Matriculation group 75 “No! Not true!” 76 Wild guess 79 End up being 80 ____ Malnati’s, Chica- go-style pizza chain 81 Rug thickness 82 Strong hold 87 Gray-brown fl ycatchers 88 Book 90 Summer top 91 Test for future Ph.D.s 92 Wiped out 93 Sippy-cup users 96 Agenda topics 98 Word with power, talk or band 99 Number of planetas en el sistema solar 100 Fasten with a belt 102 Chaplin of “Game of Thrones” 103 Surrender 104 Summit of Mount Pur- gatory, in Dante’s “Divine Comedy” 105 Mount in Greek myth 108 Show with a Miami spinoff 109 Symbol for an audio device 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, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 // 17