New York Times, Sunday, May 19, 2024
Author:
Christina Iverson and Katie Hale
Editor:
Joel fa*gliano
Treats that Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith picked as runner-up to Doritos for "best snack in America"
Christina Iverson
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 7/30/2019 | 5/19/2024 | 22 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 1.59 | 172 | 48% |
Katie Hale
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2/7/2021 | 5/19/2024 | 7 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebus | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.66 | 76 | 46% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 Missing: {JQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 29 for Ms. Iverson. This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Hale. Sunday freshness: 20%
Joel fa*gliano notes:
Christina Iverson, of Ames, Iowa, is an associate puzzle editor at The New York Times. Katie Hale, of London, England, is an assistant crossword editor for The L.A. Times.This is their ... read more
1 B | 2 A | 3 I | 4 T | 5 D | 6 E | 7 I | 8 A | 9 M | 10 I | 11 S | 12 P | 13 R | 14 I | 15 D | 16 E | |||||
17 U | L | T | R | 18 A | 19 O | P | P | 20 O | N | E | N | T | 21 L | O | S | E | R | |||
22 G | O | S | O | L | 23 O | 24 T | E | A | M | G | A | M | E | 25 U | S | H | E | R | ||
26 S | H | O | U | L | D | 27 T | H | E | D | E | E | D | A | R | 28 I | S | E | |||
29 Y | A | K | 30 O | E | R | 31 S | N | L | 32 T | E | N | 33 O | 34 N | 35 E | 36 S | |||||
37 O | W | L | I | 38 S | 39 H | 40 O | 41 R | E | O | S | 42 I | O | T | A | ||||||
43 W | 44 H | 45 A | T | E | L | S | E | I | 46 S | 47 D | U | E | 48 I | 49 L | L | T | R | Y | ||
50 H | E | R | O | D | 51 G | E | R | I | 52 L | 53 A | 54 P | S | E | 55 P | A | S | ||||
56 A | R | C | H | 57 D | 58 O | A | S | I | S | 59 A | Y | D | O | T | A | 60 S | I | D | O | |
61 P | O | T | 62 A | N | N | 63 S | H | O | O | P | 64 V | I | C | E | S | |||||
65 I | 66 T | S | A | W | 67 R | 68 A | 69 P | 70 I | N | S | O | 71 L | E | N | T | |||||
72 D | 73 I | C | E | S | 74 A | U | D | R | 75 A | 76 F | I | N | 77 U | 78 P | 79 S | |||||
80 I | T | S | A | H | 81 A | R | D | D | O | C | 82 K | 83 L | 84 I | F | E | 85 B | R | U | T | |
86 M | A | E | 87 A | N | D | E | S | 88 R | E | A | M | 89 F | I | E | R | Y | ||||
90 P | L | A | 91 T | T | E | 92 U | 93 S | E | Y | O | U | 94 R | 95 D | O | O | D | L | E | ||
96 L | I | L | A | 97 M | 98 O | 99 R | P | H | 100 S | P | O | O | N | S | ||||||
101 E | A | S | T | 102 I | C | U | 103 E | 104 V | 105 A | 106 B | O | D | 107 A | 108 L | 109 T | |||||
110 T | 111 H | A | T | S | 112 A | D | O | U | 113 G | 114 H | B | R | A | 115 I | D | E | R | |||
116 W | 117 A | 118 Z | O | O | 119 O | H | I | D | U | N | N | O | 120 S | N | O | O | P | Y | ||
121 W | H | O | O | P | 122 P | E | D | E | S | T | A | L | 123 T | U | B | E | S | |||
124 W | H | O | S | E | 125 I | D | E | D | 126 S | T | Y | 127 S | O | R | T |
© 2024, The New York Times5/19/24 ( No. 27,221 )
Across
1
End of the line? : BAIT
5
Agnus ___ (motif in Christian iconography) : DEI
8
French companions : AMIS
12
Hubris : PRIDE
17
Lead-in to marine or marathon : ULTRA
19
The house, to a blackjack player : OPPONENT
21
1993 Beck single : LOSER
22
Break up the band, say : GOSOLO
24
Charades, but not chess : TEAMGAME
25
Certain wedding role : USHER
26
"If that missing house title ever does show up …" : SHOULDTHEDEEDARISE
29
Grunting ox, by another name : YAK
30
Poetic preposition : OER
31
Show with the Church Lady and Target Lady, for short : SNL
32
Bill in a till : TEN
33
Change for a 32-Across, perhaps : ONES
37
Having a studious appearance : OWLISH
40
Treats that Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith picked as runner-up to Doritos for "best snack in America" : OREOS
42
Tiniest amount : IOTA
43
Question from someone with a lot of outstanding debt? : WHATELSEISDUE
48
"No promises ..." : ILLTRY
50
Biblical king of Judea : HEROD
51
Spice Girl Halliwell : GERI
52
Oversight : LAPSE
55
Over which announcements about pep rallies might be heard, for short : PAS
56
One of many in the Colosseum : ARCH
57
Teacher's instruction in a class on pointillism? : DOASISAYDOTASIDO
61
Grass : POT
62
"Bye Bye Birdie" actress ___-Margret : ANN
63
Salt-N-Pepa hit with the refrain "___, ___ ba-doop" : SHOOP
64
Weaknesses : VICES
65
How one might punnily define "Saran" or "sari"? : ITSAWRAP
70
Cheeky : INSOLENT
72
Follows a recipe direction : DICES
74
Actress McDonald : AUDRA
76
Underwater steerer : FIN
77
DHL competitor : UPS
80
Stevedore's complaint? : ITSAHARDDOCKLIFE
85
Champagne specification : BRUT
86
Whitman of TV's "Parenthood" : MAE
87
Chocolate mint brand : ANDES
88
Paper pack : REAM
89
Like a redhead's temperament, it's said : FIERY
90
South ___, river through Denver : PLATTE
92
"No need to find a professional illustrator!" : USEYOURDOODLE
96
Name that means "night" in Arabic and "purple" in German : LILA
97
Change form : MORPH
100
Utensil drawer compartment : SPOONS
101
What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles" : EAST
102
Post-op locale : ICU
103
NASA shorthand for a spacewalk : EVA
106
Gym rat's focus : BOD
107
___-weekly : ALT
110
Tour guide's remark at the challah factory? : THATSADOUGHBRAIDER
116
Out the ___ : WAZOO
119
"Hmm, hard to say …" : OHIDUNNO
120
Fictional dog with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : SNOOPY
121
Cry of delight : WHOOP
122
Supporter of the arts? : PEDESTAL
123
Lazy river conveyances : TUBES
124
Question of ownership : WHOSE
125
Checked the license of, informally : IDED
126
Farm home : STY
127
Spreadsheet button : SORT
Down
1
1991 crime drama starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening : BUGSY
2
Luau greeting : ALOHA
3
"No worries" : ITSOK
4
Pants, informally : TROU
5
Biblical verb : DOTH
6
Olympic event with masks : EPEE
7
Giveaways in some common scams of the 2010s : IPADS
8
"And Still I Rise" writer : ANGELOU
9
Drink for which Pliny the Elder recorded a recipe : MEAD
10
Con : INMATE
11
Coming from both sides : STEREO
12
Sum thing : PLUS
13
Fragrant additive to beauty products : ROSEOIL
14
It's like "-like" : ISH
15
Kaitlin Olson's role on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" : DEE
16
Do wrong : ERR
18
Kosher : ALLOWED
20
Sign : OMEN
23
Wide receiver ___ Beckham Jr. : ODELL
27
Certain arm muscles, in brief : TRIS
28
Not accept a refusal : INSIST
34
Caption for an absent student, say : NOTPICTURED
35
Morgan Stanley subsidiary : ETRADE
36
Official OKs : SAYSOS
37
"Then again ...," in text messages : OTOH
38
Video game company that published Frogger : SEGA
39
Goes in a hurry : HIES
41
Trust in : RELYON
43
Give a sharp hit : WHAP
44
Widely admired person : HERO
45
Prey of polar bears : ARCTICSEALS
46
___ Lanka : SRI
47
"You have a face for radio," for one : DISS
49
Cause to rise : LEAVEN
53
Fusses : ADOS
54
Perform very well, in modern slang : POPOFF
57
Makeup of a tiny twisting ladder : DNA
58
"Keep going!" : ONWARD
59
Tuna type : AHI
60
Do wrong : SIN
62
Nincompoop, more vulgarly : ASSHAT
66
Matcha, e.g. : TEA
67
Like cutting the line : RUDE
68
Makes sense : ADDSUP
69
For : PRO
71
Where a golf ball sits : LIE
72
Golf ball indentation : DIMPLE
73
Home to Firenze : ITALIA
75
About 40% of a hectare : ACRE
78
Knitting stitch : PURL
79
Small, painful bump : STYE
81
Lack of energy : ANEMIA
82
What context is, in a saying : KEY
83
Country that becomes a language if you remove its last letter : LAOS
84
"My turn" : IMUP
85
Info in an "About Us" section : BIOS
89
Frosting alternative : FONDANT
91
They might cover your back : TATTOOS
93
Stored for the night, as a bus : SHEDDED
94
One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones" : ROBB
95
Hatches, e.g. : DOORS
98
Masters of underwater camouflage : OCTOPI
99
Sent express : RUSHED
104
"Parlez-___ français?" : VOUS
105
Some godmothers : AUNTS
107
National dish of the Philippines : ADOBO
108
Member of an isolated colony, once : LEPER
109
Meeting for two : TRYST
111
A "waking dream," per Aristotle : HOPE
112
Senate staffer : AIDE
113
Little annoyance : GNAT
114
Sacred : HOLY
115
Promises to pay : IOUS
116
URL starter : WWW
117
Gratified groan : AHH
118
Metaphor for a house with young children, perhaps : ZOO
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
