The New York Times Crossword
GIMME A SECOND! By Michael Schlossberg / Edited by Will Shortz
Michael Schlossberg is an internist in Bend, Ore. He got the idea for this puzzle after seeing 68-Across as a title at his local bookstore.
ACROSS
1 “Old man’’
5 “Yikes!’’
9 Childproof-bottle contents,
for short
13 Purchase at a cannabis
dispensary
19 “Sounds ‘bout right to me’’ 21 False ____
22 Fine parchment
23 It might be pressed before
work
24 It might be pressed before
work
26 Post concerned with
etiquette
27 “Capeesh?’’
28 Up-and-down, as a
relationship
29 Internet harvesting tool
34 “On Photography’’ author
Susan
36 1918-2004 Fenway Park
phenomenon, familiarly
38 Nothing-doing?
42 They’re home to spinners 46 They’re home to spinners 50 Luxury fashion label
51 1990s workout fad
52 “The Racer’s Edge’’
sloganeer
53 Says, informally
54 Bay Area gallery, for short 59 Late winter/early spring,
weatherwise
63 “____ and the Night
Visitors’’ (opera)
65 Fragrant bloomers
67 Animal that becomes a
plant if spelled backward 68 Bandleader’s urging … or an alternative title for this puzzle
74 New ____
75 Guides
76 Athleisure portmanteau
78 Certain beach top
83 Snooty
85 Many a Yemeni
86 Piece de resistance?
87 Tourney round
89 Some goofs
91 One sailing through long
passages
95 One sailing through long
passages
99 Ready and waiting
100 Gadgets for truckers
102 Porterhouse alternatives 106 Inspiration for many a
lottery pick
111 Shame, e.g.
114 The yoke’s on them
116 Chuck ____, TV director/ producer who’s known as the King of Sitcoms
117 Target of many a viral
marketing campaign
119 Target of many a viral
marketing campaign
123 Lead role in 1978’s “La Cage
aux Folles’’
124 Kind of terrier
125 Exclamation after a rescue 126 Warm coat 127 Dash
128 Measurable impact, so to
speak
129 Bad news for an investor
DOWN
1 Spoke (up)
2 Petrichor, n.: The pleasant
____ of rainfall on dry soil 3 Bird also known as a
lapwing
4 150-mile-per-hour train
5 Dawn figure, in myth
6 Bovid named for the sound
it makes
7 “____ was saying …”
8 Part of an ellipsis
9 Skinflints
10 Novelist Ferber
11 Subject of a subway
announcement
12 Remedy for a blink-andyou-missed-it moment
13 First lady?
14 Start of a classic request
for advice
15 Bad reasoning
16 Rap’s _ _ _ _ Chyna
17 Hang in the shadows
18 TV award
20 Actress Ritter of “Jessica
Jones’’
25 Serene, informally
27 For the lady
30 Country singer Stapleton 31 Remote-button abbr. 32 Hotshot
33 Place for a porter
35 Clip-on, for one
37 Superfund grp.
39 Bit of slander
40 Titan who gave birth on
Delos
41 Disney subsidiary
42 Story that isn’t a quick read 43 BOGO, e.g.
44 Words after a verbal gaffe 45 Accessory for a ride-share
vehicle
47 ____ cycle
48 “Aladdin’’ sidekick
49 Amazing woman, slangily 51 “Agricola’’ author
55 Petal pusher?
56 Peace, in Russian
57 Stadium cheer
58 Big mouths
60 “Told you so!’’
61 Ursine : bears ::
anguilliform : ____
62 Dakota tribe
64 Staying power
66 Part of a process
69 “I’ve seen better’’
70 Cool, back in the day
71 “Good’’ day: Abbr.
72 Santa-tracking org.
73 Really annoy, with “on’’
77 Lift type
78 Just … all right
79 Info in a party invitation
80 Apple variety 81 Stephen of “Michael
Collins’’
82 “Eww! Enough!’’
84 Bittern, e.g.
88 Bimonthly business
magazine
90 Election-night news
92 Plant that may be mistaken
for a dandelion
93 Landlocked province
94 Grp. once led by Arafat
95 Kind of lily
96 Hoover, for one, in brief
97 “No idea,’’ in a text
98 Like Ikea furniture
assembly, for short
101 Sports jacket
103 “As if!’’
104 Live and breathe
105 Feed
107 Storybook ending?
108 “Nice job!’’
109 People of western New York 110 Sunders
111 Tourist mecca in southern
Asia
112 “Never ____ Kissed’’ (1999
Drew Barrymore film)
113 Part of A.D.
115 Singer with the album
“Watermark’’
118 Hunky-dory
119 Email-chain abbr.
120 Min Jin ____, author of the
2017 best seller “Pachinko’’ 121 You can dispense with this 122 Complete collection