New York Times, Sunday, October 17, 2021
Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Reminiscence about an epic party
Jeff Chen
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 7/5/2010 | 5/29/2024 | 106 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Acr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 1 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 40 | 1.62 | 892 | 56% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 124 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 12%
Notepad: Five additional Diagonal clues, in mixed order:
- Breakfast side dish
- Compassionate
- Nickname for Mars
- Starts drinking
- Truly magnificent
Will Shortz notes:
Jeff Chen is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle. He has written a daily online review of the New York Times puzzle at XWord Info since 2013 — and helped many other ... read more
1 O | 2 M | 3 I | 4 T | 5 S | 6 S | 7 C | 8 H | 9 W | 10 A | 11 B | 12 O | 13 N | 14 S | 15 P | 16 E | 17 C | ||||
18 H | A | D | I | T | 19 T | R | A | I | N | O | 20 R | 21 P | R | E | H | E | A | T | ||
22 S | L | I | D | E | 23 R | O | G | E | T | S | T | 24 H | E | S | A | U | R | U | S | |
25 N | A | D | I | R | 26 O | P | S | 27 N | E | U | R | O | T | I | C | |||||
28 A | L | I | E | N | 29 S | 30 W | 31 W | I | 32 S | U | N | 33 H | 34 E | 35 M | ||||||
36 P | A | T | R | O | N | 37 O | 38 F | 39 T | H | E | A | 40 R | T | S | 41 I | 42 M | A | G | E | |
43 L | L | B | E | A | N | 44 O | L | E | 45 G | O | N | G | S | |||||||
46 S | 47 T | 48 O | 49 I | 50 C | 51 G | I | S | T | 52 B | A | E | 53 D | E | U | C | E | S | |||
54 T | O | C | C | A | 55 T | A | 56 S | A | 57 T | A | N | 58 H | A | T | R | E | D | |||
59 A | T | H | E | N | A | 60 W | I | N | E | S | 61 L | E | N | I | N | |||||
62 G | O | O | 63 T | H | 64 E | R | E | I | N | S | 65 P | I | R | I | T | 66 U | 67 F | 68 O | ||
69 M | O | O | N | Y | 70 G | S | P | O | T | 71 E | N | 72 U | R | E | D | |||||
73 S | 74 T | O | N | E | D | 75 S | H | E | L | L | 76 B | L | O | G | G | E | D | |||
77 E | C | H | O | E | S | 78 N | E | T | 79 A | L | 80 O | E | 81 W | H | E | T | S | |||
82 T | R | E | S | S | 83 A | O | L | 84 H | Y | E | N | A | 85 S | |||||||
86 T | U | T | E | E | 87 C | H | A | 88 R | T | E | R | E | D | P | 89 L | 90 A | 91 N | 92 E | 93 S | |
94 A | B | E | 95 M | R | I | 96 I | S | R | 97 F | O | M | E | N | T | ||||||
98 A | 99 S | 100 S | O | O | N | 101 A | S | 102 S | 103 O | 104 U | 105 W | O | O | D | Y | |||||
106 B | 107 O | A | C | O | N | S | T | R | I | 108 C | 109 T | O | R | S | 110 C | E | C | I | L | |
111 A | R | C | A | D | E | S | 112 I | N | P | E | A | C | E | 113 A | B | O | V | E | ||
114 A | S | T | R | A | Y | 115 G | A | S | P | A | R | 116 L | A | N | E | S |
© 2021, The New York Times10/17/21 ( No. 26,276 )
Across
1
Conveniently forgets to mention, maybe : OMITS
6
Big name in investing : SCHWAB
12
How many writers work : ONSPEC
18
Ran out of patience : HADIT
19
Meghan ___, Grammy's 2015 Best New Artist : TRAINOR
21
Get warmed up : PREHEAT
22
Word with water or Electric : SLIDE
23
Meaningful work? : ROGETSTHESAURUS
25
Rock bottom : NADIR
26
Special ___ : OPS
27
Like TV's Niles Crane and Monica Geller : NEUROTIC
28
Their existence is debatable : ALIENS
30
Conflict in 2017's "Wonder Woman," in brief : WWI
32
Source of Supergirl's powers : SUN
33
Clothing line : HEM
36
Ballet supporter, e.g. : PATRONOFTHEARTS
41
N.A.A.C.P. ___ Awards : IMAGE
43
REI competitor : LLBEAN
44
Shout of support : OLE
45
Gamelan instruments : GONGS
46
Unflappable : STOIC
51
Basic point : GIST
52
Main squeeze, in modern lingo : BAE
53
Texas hold 'em pair nicknamed "ducks" : DEUCES
54
"___ and Fugue in D Minor" (piece used in "Fantasia") : TOCCATA
56
Lucifer : SATAN
58
The "vice of narrow souls," per Balzac : HATRED
59
Goddess who sprang from her father's head : ATHENA
60
Bibliophile : books :: oenophile : ___ : WINES
61
"Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" author : LENIN
62
Muck : GOO
63
Present without being present : THEREINSPIRIT
66
Ship for 28-Across : UFO
69
Like a space cadet : MOONY
70
Part of the body named after Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg : GSPOT
71
Accustomed (to) : ENURED
73
On edibles, say : STONED
75
A shore thing : SHELL
76
Posted one's thoughts : BLOGGED
77
Makes a comeback? : ECHOES
78
Souvenir for a Final Four team : NET
79
Ingredient in many balms : ALOE
81
Hones : WHETS
82
Lock : TRESS
83
Company with an iconic yellow Running Man logo : AOL
84
"The Lion King" trio : HYENAS
86
Receiver of private instruction : TUTEE
87
Ritzy transports : CHARTEREDPLANES
94
Japanese prime minister before Suga : ABE
95
Hosp. diagnostic : MRI
96
Where Gal Gadot was born: Abbr. : ISR
97
Instigate : FOMENT
98
Once : ASSOONAS
102
Not worth a ___ : SOU
105
Pal of Buzz Lightyear : WOODY
106
You wouldn't want them to have a crush on you : BOACONSTRICTORS
110
Director DeMille : CECIL
111
Chuck E. Cheeses, in part : ARCADES
112
One way to go : INPEACE
113
Better than : ABOVE
114
Off course : ASTRAY
115
One of the Magi, along with Melchior and Balthazar : GASPAR
116
Designated things for bikes and buses : LANES
Down
1
"Sick burn!" : OHSNAP
2
Peace Nobelist Yousafzai : MALALA
3
Cry of success : IDIDIT
4
More orderly : TIDIER
5
Fuel for a camp stove : STERNO
6
Houston A.L.er : STRO
7
Field's yield : CROP
8
Macbeth trio : HAGS
9
Golfer Michelle : WIE
10
Sight on an M. C. Escher Möbius strip : ANT
11
Balkan region : BOSNIA
12
Director Welles : ORSON
13
Fastidious : NEAT
14
Feng ___ : SHUI
15
As things might happen : PERCHANCE
16
Something bottled in Cannes : EAU
17
Price abbr. : CTS
20
GPS recommendation: Abbr. : RTE
21
Look over : PERUSE
24
Get a move on : HUSTLE
29
Kenan Thompson is its longest-tenured member, for short : SNL
30
Reminiscence about an epic party : WHATANIGHT
31
Ming-Na who starred as Mulan in 1998's "Mulan" : WEN
34
Played a Halloween prank on : EGGED
35
Pickle : MESS
37
Olympic gold-medal gymnast Korbut : OLGA
38
Govt. agency that Jimmy Woo works for on "WandaVision" : FBI
39
Santiago of "Scandal" : TESSIE
40
Horse of a different color : ROAN
41
"Aha!" : IGETITNOW
42
Sit shiva, e.g. : MOURN
46
Male deer : STAG
47
Completely, after "in" : TOTO
48
Diez menos dos : OCHO
49
Most of Greenland : ICE
50
Like dim sum : CANTONESE
52
One hitting the low notes : BASSPLAYER
53
Name that means "God is my judge" : DANIEL
55
Some Chevy S.U.V.s : TAHOES
57
Present, e.g. : TENSE
58
She/___ : HER
60
Droll : WRY
61
Kid ___ : LIT
64
Denouement : END
65
One who asks a lot of questions : POLLER
66
The munchies, e.g. : URGE
67
Step two? : FEET
68
Nine to five, for example : ODDS
69
Animal on Ontario's coat of arms : MOOSE
72
"Not this again!" : UGH
73
Take out of the game : SCRUB
74
Law that led to a 1773 revolt : THETEAACT
75
Actress Ward : SELA
76
Abacus piece : BEAD
77
James who sang "At Last" : ETTA
78
Nary a trace (of) : NOHINT
80
With 83-Down, puzzle solver's starting point : ONE
83
See 80-Down : ACROSS
84
Altitudes: Abbr. : HTS
85
It guards against UVB : SPF
88
Like the sun at dawn : RISING
89
Lite : LOWCAL
90
Little blob : AMOEBA
91
Critic of the Great Society : NEOCON
92
Radicchio relative : ENDIVE
93
Distinctive flairs : STYLES
95
Real, in Rio : MONEY
99
Disney villain voiced by Jeremy Irons : SCAR
100
Bar mixer : SODA
101
The Cardinals, on scoreboards : ARI
102
Series that might feature a long-lost father-uncle : SOAP
103
Only known animal to prey on great white sharks : ORCA
104
Person calling tech support, say : USER
106
Bleat : BAA
107
Some conjunctions : ORS
108
Summer worker, in brief? : CPA
109
French possessive : TES
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
