New York Times, Sunday, June 18, 2023
Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
It's said to be taken upon marriage
Joe DiPietro
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 8/26/1995 | 5/9/2024 | 1 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 3 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 1.59 | 1,236 | 72% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 140 for Mr. DiPietro. Sunday freshness: 30%
Will Shortz notes:
Joe DiPietro owns the bar "one-star" in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Its website self-deprecatingly calls it "a dingy hole on a deadish street" (but it gets 4.5 stars on ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I could use some SAGE ADVICE, considering the number of cooking failures I've had over the past three years. My kids have many a SERVING SUGGESTION, including outspoken ones involving a ... read more
1 W | 2 E | 3 P | 4 T | 5 M | 6 R | 7 M | 8 E | 9 T | 10 M | 11 A | 12 N | 13 T | 14 A | 15 I | 16 S | 17 L | 18 E | |||
19 E | G | A | D | 20 C | A | T | C | H | 21 A | V | A | I | L | 22 C | H | A | D | |||
23 D | O | U | B | 24 L | E | T | A | K | E | 25 G | A | M | E | T | 26 H | E | O | R | Y | |
27 B | L | A | I | N | E | 28 O | P | 29 P | O | S | E | 30 S | A | B | R | A | S | |||
31 M | O | A | N | E | R | 32 L | I | O | T | T | 33 A | 34 J | O | T | ||||||
35 B | O | N | K | 36 O | 37 N | 38 A | 39 R | U | N | 40 A | N | 41 D | 42 A | C | 43 T | 44 I | ||||
45 A | S | K | 46 S | E | R | V | I | N | G | 47 S | 48 U | G | G | E | 49 S | T | I | O | N | |
50 S | T | A | 51 S | H | 52 A | G | O | G | 53 A | N | S | E | L | M | 54 R | T | S | |||
55 C | E | 56 O | 57 T | E | 58 S | L | A | 59 L | I | U | 60 C | O | T | |||||||
61 A | 62 F | 63 R | A | I | D | 64 S | 65 O | 66 T | E | R | 67 S | E | 68 A | U | T | O | ||||
69 B | L | A | N | K | E | T | R | 70 E | 71 C | O | M | M | E | N | 72 D | 73 A | T | I | O | N |
74 I | O | N | S | 75 M | E | R | C | I | 76 T | O | E | T | O | T | O | E | ||||
77 T | A | I | 78 A | 79 B | A | 80 W | I | C | 81 C | 82 A | 83 E | E | L | |||||||
84 O | T | T | 85 C | O | R | 86 B | I | N | 87 O | V | 88 U | 89 M | 90 I | L | 91 L | 92 G | 93 O | |||
94 D | I | S | 95 S | E | N | T | I | N | G | 96 O | P | I | N | I | 97 O | N | 98 A | R | P | |
99 D | E | C | O | 100 D | I | K | 101 D | I | D | I | O | N | 102 C | N | E | T | ||||
103 O | W | 104 N | 105 N | E | 106 O | 107 C | O | N | 108 S | 109 P | A | C | E | S | ||||||
110 A | 111 M | U | S | E | 112 D | 113 T | W | A | N | G | 114 S | 115 S | T | O | L | E | N | |||
116 C | O | R | E | B | E | 117 L | I | E | F | 118 S | A | 119 G | E | A | D | V | I | C | 120 E | |
121 I | L | S | A | 122 L | O | R | N | E | 123 A | G | I | N | G | 124 E | T | A | L | |||
125 D | E | E | R | 126 L | O | E | S | S | 127 W | A | S | T | E | 128 D | O | R | K |
© 2023, The New York Times6/18/23 ( No. 26,885 )
Across
1
Lamented, in a way : WEPT
5
Citi Field mascot : MRMET
10
Ray in warm waters : MANTA
15
Scotland's ___ of Arran : ISLE
19
"OMG!," quaintly : EGAD
20
"What's the ___?" : CATCH
21
Be of service to : AVAIL
22
Its capital is Ndjamena : CHAD
23
"It's obvious the actors aren't doing these stunts" : DOUBLETAKE
25
"Hares and rabbits are really the same animal, some say" : GAMETHEORY
27
Rick's last name in "Casablanca" : BLAINE
28
Fight : OPPOSE
30
Natives of the Negev : SABRAS
31
Total kvetch : MOANER
32
Actor Ray : LIOTTA
34
Take (down) : JOT
35
Sound effect when the Stooges whapped each other : BONK
36
Having serial success : ONARUN
40
"Y," as in Yucatán : AND
42
Overture follower : ACTI
45
Bid's counterpart in stock trading : ASK
46
"Waiter, you can hold off bringing the coffee till the end of the meal" : SERVINGSUGGESTION
50
Make difficult to find : STASH
52
Wide-eyed : AGOG
53
11th-century founder of Scholasticism : ANSELM
54
Shares on Twitter, for short : RTS
55
Musk's position at 57-Across, in brief : CEO
57
See 55-Across : TESLA
59
Simu who starred in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" : LIU
60
Barracks bed : COT
61
"Alas, yes" : AFRAIDSO
66
Clipped : TERSE
68
Lead-in to save : AUTO
69
"Wool will keep you the warmest" : BLANKETRECOMMENDATION
74
They're never free of charge : IONS
75
"___ beaucoup!" : MERCI
76
Like some confrontations : TOETOTOE
77
Red snapper, on a sushi menu : TAI
78
Sports org. in a 1976 merger : ABA
80
Religion with circled pentagrams : WICCA
83
Smoked ___ : EEL
84
Famed Giant slugger : OTT
85
Easton ___, singer with the 2009 #1 country hit "A Little More Country Than That" : CORBIN
87
It has human potential : OVUM
90
"You stay here" : ILLGO
94
"Being contrarian is fun!" : DISSENTINGOPINION
98
Artist who was part of Der Blaue Reiter : ARP
99
Art ___ : DECO
100
"Hi and Lois" creator Browne : DIK
101
Joan who wrote "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" : DIDION
102
Site that reviews tech products : CNET
103
Fess (up) : OWN
105
One moving left to right : NEOCON
108
Lots have lots of them : SPACES
110
Smiling, as members of an audience : AMUSED
113
Banjo sounds : TWANGS
115
Like hot stuff : STOLEN
116
"Whaddya mean it's the pits? It's the best part of an apple!" : COREBELIEF
118
"Use it for Thanksgiving stuffing and saltimbocca" : SAGEADVICE
121
First name in "Casablanca" : ILSA
122
TV producer Michaels : LORNE
123
Senescence : AGING
124
"Too many to list" abbr. : ETAL
125
Does in the forest : DEER
126
Windblown soil : LOESS
127
"What a ___!" : WASTE
128
Square : DORK
Down
1
Joined tightly : WED
2
"I" lift? : EGOBOOST
3
Crooner in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame : PAULANKA
4
Financial institution that lends its name to a Boston arena : TDBANK
5
Court figure with a renowned temper : MCENROE
6
Merit : RATE
7
Big Apple subway inits. : MTA
8
Clothing designer Marc : ECKO
9
It's said to be taken upon marriage : THEPLUNGE
10
Cartoon Mr. who squints : MAGOO
11
"Stop!," nautically : AVAST
12
They hold people's handles : NAMETAGS
13
Draw : TIE
14
Secondary characters, in gamerspeak : ALTS
15
Skimmer over a frozen lake : ICEBOAT
16
Fail electrically : SHORTCIRCUIT
17
Pianist Downes : LARA
18
"Scooping since 1928" sloganeer : EDYS
24
What many people do on their dating profiles : LIE
26
Journey to Mecca : HAJ
29
Internet speed-test signal : PING
31
M.I.T. Sloan degrees : MBAS
33
Resident of Westwood, Brentwood or Hollywood : ANGELENO
37
Controversial org. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021 : NRA
38
Part of G.P.A.: Abbr. : AVG
39
Nonstop jokester : RIOT
41
Place to talk turkey, maybe : DELI
43
Glinda's reassurance to Dorothy on whether her dog can also return to Kansas : TOTOTOO
44
See 67-Down : INSTONE
46
The Iron ___, pro wrestling Hall-of-Famer from Iran : SHEIK
47
Capital on the Willamette River : SALEM
48
Take weapons from : UNARM
49
Sch. in Dallas : SMU
51
Reads, in a way : SCANS
56
Lines of dedication : ODE
58
Impassive : STOIC
61
Somewhat off : ABITODD
62
Kid's buoyancy aid : FLOATIE
63
Developed and finished naturally : RANITSCOURSE
64
One of the Leewards : STMARTIN
65
Resource mined in Minecraft : ORE
67
With 44-Down, not subject to change : SET
68
Ring-shaped reef : ATOLL
70
Physicist Schrödinger : ERWIN
71
Including on an email thread : CCING
72
Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" : DEE
73
Had dinner at home : ATEIN
78
Big diamond? : ACE
79
Strong link : BOND
81
Curve cutter for carpenters : COPINGSAW
82
Passionate : AVID
86
What might get pumped up for a race : BIKETIRE
88
Prefix with cycle : UNI
89
It's mine in Italy : MIO
91
Prominent figure in the O. J. Simpson murder trial : LANCEITO
92
Vehicle with lower emissions : GREENCAR
93
Goes (for) : OPTS
95
What you can't make a silk purse out of, proverbially : SOWSEAR
96
More than binge-watch, maybe : ODON
97
In the limelight, say : ONSTAGE
102
Had a cow : CALVED
104
Corn Belt state: Abbr. : NEB
106
Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics : OWENS
107
Features of some bookstores : CAFES
109
Keeper of the peas? : POD
110
___ rock : ACID
111
Infiltrator : MOLE
112
Small valley : DELL
114
Stretched-out yarn? : SAGA
115
Certain email folder : SENT
117
John for Cleese : LOO
119
PX clientele : GIS
120
Beef alternative in burgers : ELK
Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
