LIFE MILESTONES
Meghan Morris is an appellate public defender living in Denver (found in the 110-Across). A mother of twin second graders, she often has this puzzle’s theme on her mind. One recent parenting challenge has been the ‘‘turf war’’ over who gets to do Wordle on her phone. ‘‘I try to take deep breaths and let go of my need to use my regular starting word when I see them typing in something else,’’ she says.
ACROSS
1 Smacks
6 ‘‘Obey your thirst’’
or ‘‘Got milk?’’ 14 Tiki-bar fruit 20 Painter Rousseau 21 Admit guilt,
perhaps
22 Porcelain coating 23 Extra
24 Age 1
26 Tugboat greetings 27 Drive in Beverly
Hills
28 Modern-day alternative to a cash till 29 Memo heading 30 Awful, in slang 33 Quarry
37 Age 5
41 ____ al-Fitr (end of
Ramadan)
42 Actor Paul
43 One of 13 in a standard game of ‘‘Jeopardy!’’ 44 Animal whose name is pronounced with a ‘‘y’’ sound by many Spanish speakers
46 ____ Rabbit 47 Many an airport
shuttle
48 Age 16
51 Rare bill 53 Unvarnished 56 Govt. lawyers 57 Battery options 58 Chris of ‘‘Jurassic
World’’
60 Succulent source
of syrup
62 Subj. of some
training 63 Alternative to the
pill, in brief
66 Age 18
72 Political analyst
Walter
73 ‘‘It’s whatever’’ 74 Award-winning
Janelle
75 Laughing gas or
quicklime 76 ‘‘The Kite Runner’’
protagonist
78 Goal
81 Feature of the
Pizza Hut logo 82 Prefix from the
Latin for ‘‘needle’’ 83 Age 21
87 Built-____ (some
shelving)
89 Dwelling with
a circular frame 90 Vacation isle
in the Ionian Sea 91 Parts of vintage
movie collections 96 ‘‘However ... ,’’ in
texts
97 Hide-out spot 98 Age 65
101 Any of the six in football’s ‘‘New Year’s Six’’
103 Bug
104 Possible threat to
one in debt
105 Director Kazan 106 Pirate’s haul 109 ____ Picchu 110 Age 100
116 Place to store
seasonal décor 117 Give the lay of the
land
118 Warmly
acknowledges 119 ‘‘Good grief!’’ 120 Like black-tie
affairs
121 Broad view
122 Social media
request
DOWN
1 Worrywart’s words 2 Pertaining to the
pursuit of pleasure 3 Country that counts the French president as a co-prince 4 Write-in, often 5 Church recitation, at
times
6 Letters aptly found
in ‘‘Obamacare’’ 7 ____ Pérignon 8 Glittering 9 Singer Jackson who wasn’t a part of the Jackson 5
10 Pundit’s writing 11 Stick
12 Travel lead-in to
‘‘méxico’’
13 ‘‘Hip Hop Is Dead’’
rapper
14 Edible shell 15 Diplomat Kofi 16 Way to bulk up
one’s chest 17 Opposite of un
adversaire
18 Desire
19 Neighbor of Niger:
Abbr.
25 ‘‘Assumption of
the Virgin’’ painter 30 Join a petition 31 Game whose name
must be said to win 32 ‘‘Proud Mary’’
band, for short 33 They follow
quarters
34 Leechlike
35 Name rhymed with ‘‘says’’ in Taylor Swift’s ‘‘Betty’’ 36 Major or May,
politically
38 It may come loose 39 Nice Nikon, for
short
40 Went downhill 45 Janine’s boss on
‘‘Abbott Elementary’’ 48 ‘‘Whip It’’ band 49 Gawk
50 Word with ship or
shorts
51 Decorate, in a way 52 Symbol for a
winding road
53 Way to go
54 ‘‘Good grief!’’ 55 John who explored the Northwest Passage
58 Tour grp. 59 Mouselike
61 Tree along Central
Park’s Literary Walk 62 Head of staff? 64 Close relative of
Hindi
65 Give some
shade?
67 Years of service 68 Something on an ear . . . or, in a different sense, a foot
69 About whom Lennon wrote ‘‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’’ 70 Thai’s neighbor 71 Out of patience 77 Competitors who know their limits?
78 Together 79 Neighbor of
Lebanon: Abbr. 80 Tick off 83 Picnic-invitation
abbr. 84 Thermostat
setting 85 Val Kilmer’s
‘‘Top Gun’’ role 86 Homophone of
‘‘wee’’
87 Wee
88 Casual refusal 91 Flowing movement between yoga poses
92 QVC alternative 93 Channel owned by Paramount, for short
94 Like red-card
recipients 95 Deceptive
argument 97 Delicately pretty 99 Gab
100 French kisser? 102 Secluded valleys 106 School with the mascot Big Al, for short 107 Oscarnominated Lena 108 World capital with the most appearances in the New York Times crossword 109 Non-Egyptian people who used hieroglyphics 110 ‘‘____: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World’’ (1997 nonfiction best seller)
111 Mess up
112 German for
‘‘never’’
113 AOL was an
early one, in brief 114 Doctoral
graduation cap 115 Driver’s target,
in brief