New York Times, Sunday, May 26, 2024
Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Joel fa*gliano
Epitomize
John Kugelman
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| 4 | 7/30/2023 | 5/26/2024 |
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| 42 | 64% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Kugelman. Sunday freshness: 65%
Joel fa*gliano notes:
John Kugelman is a software engineer and musician from Gainesville, Va.Despite only starting to make puzzles in 2023, he is The New York Times' most-published Sunday crossword ... read more
1 A | 2 M | 3 B | 4 I | 5 G | 6 O | 7 N | 8 G | 9 D | 10 A | 11 N | 12 G | 13 C | 14 V | 15 S | ||||||
16 C | O | I | N | 17 S | A | W | O | R | 18 D | 19 I | G | O | R | 20 S | L | I | T | |||
21 K | N | O | C | K | O | N | W | O | O | 22 D | 23 S | O | M | E | 24 T | O | R | O | ||
25 N | A | I | L | S | 26 A | R | I | 27 A | L | 28 S | E | 29 N | E | G | A | L | ||||
30 F | I | S | T | 31 K | N | I | T | T | I | 32 N | G | N | E | E | D | L | E | |||
33 C | E | C | E | 34 G | 35 R | A | S | S | 36 R | K | O | 37 S | L | A | V | |||||
38 U | M | A | 39 M | O | O | N | 40 P | I | E | T | 41 I | 42 N | S | 43 N | I | 44 C | ||||
45 B | U | R | 46 N | A | F | T | E | 47 R | 48 R | E | A | D | I | N | G | 49 A | C | D | C | |
50 A | R | M | A | N | I | S | 51 E | A | R | L | 52 S | O | 53 O | T | I | E | R | |||
54 R | A | S | 55 C | P | U | S | 56 F | 57 A | T | 58 L | E | N | O | |||||||
59 A | R | C | H | 60 A | E | O | L | O | 61 G | I | C | A | 62 L | D | I | G | ||||
63 D | I | A | L | 64 D | O | T | 65 N | A | V | E | 66 O | F | T | |||||||
67 P | O | R | T | E | 68 N | D | 69 S | I | R | E | 70 S | C | O | U | 71 R | 72 G | 73 E | |||
74 D | O | P | E | 75 B | L | 76 A | 77 S | T | F | R | O | 78 M | T | H | E | P | A | S | T | |
79 F | R | O | 80 S | C | E | N | E | R | Y | 81 O | A | T | S | 82 D | U | A | ||||
83 B | R | 84 A | H | 85 N | E | O | 86 A | 87 D | O | B | E | 88 W | I | I | S | |||||
89 P | U | T | D | O | 90 W | 91 N | O | N | P | 92 A | P | E | R | 93 F | O | O | T | |||
94 E | S | C | A | P | E | E | 95 I | S | L | A | M | 96 A | 97 W | I | N | G | ||||
98 A | T | O | M | 99 I | V | 100 A | N | 101 F | R | E | 102 N | C | H | R | O | A | 103 S | 104 T | ||
105 R | E | D | S | 106 R | E | N | T | 107 T | A | B | L | E | S | U | G | A | R | |||
108 T | R | E | 109 D | R | N | O | 110 N | A | S | T | 111 T | A | X | I |
© 2024, The New York Times5/26/24 ( No. 27,228 )
Across
1
Prefix with valent : AMBI
5
Sound of rejection on a 1970s variety show : GONG
9
"How disappointing!" : DANG
13
Academic résumés, for short : CVS
16
"Embiggens" the English language : COINSAWORD
19
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
20
Feature of a snake's eye : SLIT
21
*"That rotted old log ain't even fit for termite food!" : KNOCKONWOOD
23
Word on Charlotte's web : SOME
24
Guillermo del ___ : TORO
25
Does perfectly : NAILS
26
Helvetica alternative : ARIAL
28
Country that surrounds Gambia : SENEGAL
30
Something to pump or bump : FIST
31
"Huh, I wasn't aware I was at an ugly sweater party" : KNITTINGNEEDLE
33
Gospel singer Winans : CECE
34
Wimbledon surface : GRASS
36
Studio for Astaire and Rogers : RKO
37
Czech or Pole : SLAV
38
Hindu mother goddess also called Parvati : UMA
39
It's bright when it's full : MOON
40
Disposable baking pans : PIETINS
43
Actor Cage, familiarly : NIC
45
"The only mystery in this novel is why I finished it" : BURNAFTERREADING
49
Band whose guitarist wears a schoolboy outfit : ACDC
50
Certain expensive suits : ARMANIS
51
Rank below marquess : EARL
52
Less clean, as a chimney : SOOTIER
54
Batman adversary ___ al Ghul : RAS
55
"Brains" of tech : CPUS
56
Avocados are rich in it : FAT
58
Mocking Jay : LENO
59
"My dog could translate an ancient Mesopotamian tablet faster than you" : ARCHAEOLOGICALDIG
63
Part of a thermostat : DIAL
64
The i's have it : DOT
65
Church area : NAVE
66
Hardly ne'er : OFT
67
Herald : PORTEND
69
Beget : SIRE
70
Cause of misery : SCOURGE
74
Skinny, so to speak : DOPE
75
"Thou art a villainous knave" : BLASTFROMTHEPAST
79
Back the other way : FRO
80
Background in the theater : SCENERY
81
Feedbag contents : OATS
82
Pop's ___ Lipa : DUA
83
Dude, in lingo : BRAH
85
Prefix in some modern art movements : NEO
86
Photoshop company : ADOBE
88
Switch predecessors : WIIS
89
"Dear John, I'm writing you this letter to tell you — it's not me. It's 100% you" : PUTDOWNONPAPER
93
Nonmetric unit … or a metric unit : FOOT
94
Someone who hopes to stay out of the spotlight? : ESCAPEE
95
Five Pillars religion : ISLAM
96
Astounding : AWING
98
It comes from the Greek for "indivisible" : ATOM
99
Any of six Russian monarchs : IVAN
101
"Tu as le Q.I. d'une huître" ("You have the I.Q. of an oyster") : FRENCHROAST
105
Some wines : REDS
106
Musical that reimagines "La Bohème" in Manhattan : RENT
107
Sucrose, by another name : TABLESUGAR
108
Numero di colori in Neapolitan ice cream : TRE
109
Bond villain with an island lair : DRNO
110
Condé ___ : NAST
111
Get off to a flying start? : TAXI
Down
1
"Oops!" : ACK
2
Unpopular day to get married: Abbr. : MON
3
High-tech prosthetic : BIONICARM
4
To be safe : INCASE
5
British lockup : GAOL
6
Doesn't dispute, as a criticism : OWNS
7
"Stat!" : NOW
8
Reacts to a pun, perhaps : GROANS
9
Gave a thumbs-down : DISLIKED
10
In the past : AGO
11
Claim on a ramen packet : NOMSG
12
Lead-in to horn or Hornet : GREEN
13
Charlie Chaplin started his career with this not-at-all-silent form of entertainment : CLOGDANCING
14
TikToker's hope : VIRALVIDEO
15
Mistook? : STOLE
17
Bit of improv : SKIT
18
2007 Literature Nobelist Lessing : DORIS
20
Famed Damascus product : STEEL
22
Morse code click : DIT
27
Counterpart of ventricular : ATRIAL
29
One of the Untouchables : NESS
30
Leg bone : FEMUR
31
"Citizen ___" : KANE
32
"Count me out!" : NOTI
33
Island country sometimes called "El Cocodrilo" for its shape : CUBA
34
Card game cry : GOFISH
35
Breaks down : ROTS
39
Fetter : MANACLE
40
Epitomize : PERSONIFY
41
The 'gram : INSTA
42
Oxfam or Doctors Without Borders, in brief : NGO
44
"Born on the Bayou" band, in brief : CCR
46
Give voice to? : NARRATE
47
Move, as a houseplant : REPOT
48
Brother of Fidel : RAUL
49
Totally bought an idea : ATEITUP
53
There's bad blood between them : OLDFOES
55
Corp. bigwig : CEO
56
Police, slangily : FIVEO
57
Point of no return? : ACE
59
JFK, for one : AIRPORTCODE
60
Discombobulate : ADDLE
61
Teri of "Young Frankenstein" : GARR
62
Olympic swimmer Ryan : LOCHTE
63
Deal that brings in a big crowd : DOORBUSTER
67
Common file type : PDF
68
Its iconic chimes were trademarked in 1950 : NBC
69
Razor sharpeners : STROPS
70
Random guess : STAB
71
Queen song from which a pop icon took her name : RADIOGAGA
72
Astronaut's blackout preventer : GSUIT
73
GPS guesses : ETAS
76
Part of A.D. : ANNO
77
Investigated : SEENINTO
78
Terrain in "Wuthering Heights" : MOOR
80
Class where students learn about squares and planes : SHOP
84
Author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" : ADAMS
86
"Things Fall ___" (Chinua Achebe novel) : APART
87
Abase : DEMEAN
88
Prevailed : WONOUT
89
Drummer Neil of Rush : PEART
90
Like the three sisters of "Macbeth" : WEIRD
91
"In your dreams!" : NEVER
92
Sitcom extraterrestrial : ALF
93
Some Christmas trees : FIRS
96
Common sports injury sites, for short : ACLS
97
Stimulate : WHET
100
New England's Cape ___ : ANN
102
Court grp. : NBA
103
Bluesy instrument, for short : SAX
104
Prefix with valent : TRI
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
