NYT ACROSS CLUES
- 1 Begin to flowerBUD
- 4 In conflictATWAR
- 9 Basketball stats categoryASSISTS
- 16 Neckwear provided at some restaurantsBIB
- 19 Pikes Peak peopleUTE
- 20 One-dish mealCHILI
- 21 “You’re playing with fire!”WATCHIT
- 22 Game night cryUNO
- 23 “First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never ?”GOTITOFFTHEGROUND
- 26 Messy roomSTY
- 27 Make the first betOPEN
- 28 Go back overREREAD
- 29 Proverbial hard workersANTS
- 30 Bourne’s employer in “The Bourne Identity,” in briefCIA
- 31 Popular indoor treeFICUS
- 33 Total revolution?YEAR
- 34 Ardennes assentOUI
- 35 Singer’s assetRANGE
- 37 Daughter of MuhammadFATIMA
- 39 “When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we ?”DIDNTSCALEWELL
- 43 SensitivityTACT
- 45 Common resolutionsDIETS
- 46 Squat, so to speakSIT
- 47 Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!)SIA
- 48 Go back downEBB
- 51 J. M. Barrie, for oneSCOT
- 53 What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of “Lord of the Flies”EGO
- 54 BetraysFLIPSON
- 56 “Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors ?”POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES
- 61 PassagesCORRIDORS
- 62 Medal-earning mettleVALOR
- 63 Purchase printout: Abbr.RCPT
- 66 New Year’s DayONEONE
- 67 Place of prayerPEW
- 69 Sat ___ (GPS system)NAV
- 70 BehindTUSHIE
- 72 Library sectionTEEN
- 73 BroskiHOMIE
- 75 There are 768 of these in a gallonTEASPOONS
- 77 “When I tried candlemaking, all my workers ?”SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT
- 81 Section of the nosebleed seatsLASTROW
- 83 Poetic prepositionERE
- 84 Lead-in to zoneEURO
- 85 Some music collectibles, for shortLPS
- 86 WhizACE
- 87 Counterpart of science, they sayART
- 88 Freight, e.g.GOODS
- 90 Uncles, in UruguayTIOS
- 92 “I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we ?”RANOUTOFRUNWAY
- 96 Goes firstSTARTS
- 100 Wrote, as a bad checkKITED
- 101 Moose’s mating seasonRUT
- 102 Universal donor’s designation, informallyONEG
- 104 Betray one’s standardsSTOOP
- 105 Bridge componentBID
- 106 “We’ll see”IMAY
- 108 BackdropLOCALE
- 110 Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybeYOLO
- 111 Creature that swallows its prey wholeBOA
- 112 “Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had …”CORNEREDTHEMARKET
- 115 “Wise” oneOWL
- 116 “Enjoyed” some humble pieATECROW
- 117 Bolting BoltUSAIN
- 118 Union contract?IDO
- 119 Counterpart of “thx”PLS
- 120 Corrupting influenceBADSEED
- 121 Full ___MONTY
- 122 Over time period?EON
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
- 1 “Leave me alone!”BUGOFF
- 2 Heaven on earthUTOPIA
- 3 Pick up onDETECT
- 4 State lines?ACT
- 5 Hammer wielder of mythTHOR
- 6 The missusWIFEY
- 7 ___ Butts, inventor of ScrabbleALFRED
- 8 CVS competitorRITEAID
- 9 ThunderstruckAWED
- 10 SlumpSAG
- 11 Big name in jeansSTRAUSS
- 12 QuintessentialICONIC
- 13 Turn (off)SHUT
- 14 Spam holdersTINS
- 15 Health class subj.STD
- 16 Sloan or WhartonBUSINESSSCHOOL
- 17 Opposite of relief, in printmakingINTAGLIO
- 18 ___ wonderBOY
- 24 Traditional makers of anoraksINUIT
- 25 Like kale vis-à-vis lettuceHARDIER
- 30 Call of a ravenCAW
- 32 Break, as a windowSMASHIN
- 34 Aid in getting a leg up?OTTOMAN
- 35 Knot again!RETIE
- 36 PizazzELAN
- 38 Bow (to)ACCEDE
- 40 Desert bordering SinaiNEGEV
- 41 RegardingASFOR
- 42 Harry Potter’s motherLILY
- 44 HubbubTODO
- 48 Disney theme parkEPCOT
- 49 Yankees manager AaronBOONE
- 50 Absolute minimum requiredBAREESSENTIALS
- 52 ListlessnessTORPOR
- 55 SoulPERSON
- 57 Portmanteau pastryCRONUT
- 58 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a commandUSEME
- 59 “Allegory of the cave” philosopherPLATO
- 60 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a commandLOVEME
- 64 Centerfold, sayPINUP
- 65 Bits of troubleshootingTESTS
- 68 Football receiverWIDEOUT
- 70 Yiddish word meaning “woe”TSURIS
- 71 Eradicates starting from the bottomUPROOTS
- 73 Follow closelyHEWTO
- 74 Zac of “Baywatch”EFRON
- 76 Share a sideABUT
- 78 Identity theft, for oneFRAUD
- 79 Snow day projectFORT
- 80 The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for oneREDWOOD
- 81 Bit of carefree funLARK
- 82 Trendy treat of Brazilian originACAIBOWL
- 88 Swiss cheeseGRUYERE
- 89 Man cave, maybeSANCTUM
- 91 Bacchanalian beastSATYR
- 93 Ref. work that began as a Philological Society projectOED
- 94 Swiss “cheese”FRANCS
- 95 “Whatcha gonna do about it?”YEAHSO
- 97 Cub or coltROOKIE
- 98 “Holy ___!”TOLEDO
- 99 Perfect in every waySPOTON
- 103 ExtractGLEAN
- 106 Tiniest bitIOTA
- 107 Talking horse of ’60s TVMRED
- 108 Apt rhyme of “nude” and “crude”LEWD
- 109 Send offEMIT
- 111 Catchy song, in slangBOP
- 112 Thing to catch in a cityCAB
- 113 Tobiko or masagoROE
- 114 ___ secondANY
