Length-ening
New York Times, Sunday, November 6, 2022
Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Why the party’s about to get less hip?
Across
1
Opportunities for singles : ATBATS
7
Marbled savory snack from China : TEAEGG
13
A boatload : LOTS
17
“Keep Ya Head Up” rapper, informally : PAC
20
Home of the W.N.B.A.’s Wings : DALLAS
21
Talk and talk and talk and talk : YAMMER
22
On the deep : ASEA
23
Poorly : ILL
24
Why the party’s about to get less hip? : SQUAREENROUTE
26
Maker of the Switch console : NINTENDO
28
Cremation receptacles : URNS
29
Service that’s not good? : LET
30
“The ___ Company” (Frans Hals portrait) : MEAGRE
32
Pie crust ingredient : LARD
33
Army award attribute : HEROISM
35
Realtor’s exclamation about a primary bathroom? : HOWENSUITEITIS
39
Actress Moriarty of “The Boys” : ERIN
40
“My package arrived!” : ITCAME
42
Landing info, in brief : ETAS
43
Sorrowful sound : MOAN
44
“Not gonna ___ …” : LIE
45
Other: Sp. : OTRO
46
Structure on the continental shelf : OILRIG
48
Take (down) : JOT
49
How Shamu acknowledged the crowd’s appreciation? : MARINEENCORE
52
Go from 60 to 0, say : RESET
54
Grp. regulating global commerce : WTO
57
Got by just fine : MADEDO
58
Some N.F.L. linemen, in brief : DTS
60
Where someone might fiddle with your dance moves? : HOEDOWN
62
Flat-topped military hat : KEPI
64
Ocean State sch. : URI
66
Takes the stage : GOESON
69
Man’s name that spells a fruit backward : EMIL
70
“Prepare for a sword fight, McKellen, Fleming and all other namesakes out there!”? : ENGARDEIANSOFTHEGALAXY
75
Uncurbed enthusiasm : ZEAL
76
Injury from a fistfight : FATLIP
77
Byproduct of burning tobacco : TAR
78
Bread maker? : MINT
79
Casino do-overs : REDEALS
81
Like many lifeguards : TAN
83
Crews : POSSES
86
Neurodegenerative disease, for short : ALS
87
1990s fitness fad : TAEBO
90
Dish cooked to smooth things over after a fight? : MAKEUPENTREE
95
Cable channel with the comedy/drama “Sistas” : BET
96
TV that’s trash, e.g. : EWASTE
98
Pops : DADS
99
High point of a trip to Europe? : ALP
100
The old you? : THOU
102
It’s full of hot air : KILN
103
One small bite : ATASTE
105
Word with bus or whistle : STOP
106
What students in a karate class are often doing? : CHOPPINGENBLOC
109
Spiny sea creatures : URCHINS
111
Flatbread made with atta : ROTI
112
Charge for a tutor : MENTEE
113
Business card abbr. : TEL
115
Hang ominously : LOOM
116
Place for a lamp : ENDTABLE
118
Challenge for a court jester? : THEROYALENNUI
123
“That’s ___” (“You may proceed”) : AGO
124
___ film : CULT
125
North African stew, or the dish it’s cooked in : TAGINE
126
Intimidating in a cool way : BADASS
127
Flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
128
Counterpart of -ful : LESS
129
Wears down : ERODES
130
Contents of a corn maze : STALKS
Down
1
Freeware annoyances : ADS
2
Where you might order nopales or esquites : TAQUERIA
3
Less clear, as a memory : BLURRIER
4
Support group with a hyphen in its name : ALANON
5
Ankle bones : TARSI
6
About five o’clock, compass-wise : SSE
7
Daly of “Cagney & Lacey” : TYNE
8
Singer/actress Kitt : EARTHA
9
“Yo te ___” : AMO
10
The Tasmanian one has been extinct since the 19th century : EMU
11
“Capisce?” : GETME
12
Like wind power vis-à-vis natural gas : GREENER
13
Something a parent might tell you to watch : LANGUAGE
14
God who was said to be in love with his sister while still in the womb(!) : OSIRIS
15
Core position : TENET
16
Took a load off : SAT
17
Thing to bash at a bash : PINATA
18
Buzz about space? : ALDRIN
19
Thickheads : CLODS
25
State symbol of Massachusetts : ELMTREE
27
“Middlemarch” novelist, 1871 : ELIOT
31
Showing signs of life : ASTIR
33
Commanding position : HELM
34
Located, to a builder : SITED
36
Herman Melville’s second novel : OMOO
37
“That’s odd” : WEIRD
38
Act unprofessionally? : EMOTE
41
Channel : CONDUIT
45
How you might walk after getting great news : ONAIR
47
“Hey, I had it first!” : LETGO
48
Comedian/actor Ken of “The Hangover” films : JEONG
50
Skewer : IMPALE
51
Pinkish-red shade : CORAL
53
It moves one step at a time : SHOE
54
“Ain’t I a ___?” (Sojourner Truth speech) : WOMAN
55
Between, poetically : TWIXT
56
Lead-in to a sale price : ONLY
59
Lacking emotional toughness : SOFT
61
Remove from Zillow, say : DELIST
62
Show submission, in a way : KNEEL
63
“Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!” : EGADS
65
Still competing : INIT
67
Tour de France stage : ETAPE
68
Envelops : SHROUDS
70
Pound who wrote “In a Station of the Metro” : EZRA
71
C sharp equivalent : DFLAT
72
Slowly move (in) : EASE
73
Sends unwanted texts to, maybe : SPAMS
74
Utterances of agreement : AMENS
80
Totally loved : ATEUP
82
Present at birth : NATAL
84
What’s so flippin’ easy to cook with? : SPATULA
85
Dinner at which “Dayenu” is sung : SEDER
88
Fried pastries popular in New Orleans : BEIGNETS
89
Baby that rarely sleeps at night : OWLET
91
Kind of high-fat, low-carb diet : KETO
92
Unlike π : RATIONAL
93
Business magnate who is a Stanford University dropout : ELONMUSK
94
Actor Omar : EPPS
95
Electronic toy with a blue “pull” handle : BOPIT
97
“On Juneteenth” author ___ Gordon-Reed : ANNETTE
100
Some beachwear : THONGS
101
Show-off : HOTDOG
102
Mournful peals : KNELLS
104
Play opener : ACTONE
105
Rhimes with an eponymous production company : SHONDA
106
Pummel : CREAM
107
Infuse (with) : IMBUE
108
Joy of TV : BEHAR
110
Sole connector? : CLEAT
114
Potato peeler targets : EYES
117
Patella neighbor, in brief : ACL
119
One may get in the way of a collaboration : EGO
120
Purge (of) : RID
121
Abbr. in a birth announcement : LBS
122
Site used by NASA, in brief : ISS
Answer summary: 11 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
