New York Times, Sunday, June 23, 2024
Subj. of Churchill's "Never ... was so much owed by so many to so few"
Michael Schlossberg
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This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Schlossberg. Sunday freshness: 68%
1 A | 2 L | 3 G | 4 A | 5 P | 6 I | 7 A | 8 F | 9 P | 10 A | 11 W | 12 L | 13 T | 14 I | 15 N | 16 S | 17 E | 18 L | |||
19 H | A | R | P | 20 I | N | C | A | 21 T | R | A | I | L | 22 O | L | E | O | L | E | ||
23 A | M | E | R | 24 I | C | A | N | G | O | T | H | I | C | 25 P | E | R | M | I | T | |
26 A | I | D | 27 S | E | I | N | E | 28 C | I | N | D | E | R | S | ||||||
29 I | 30 N | V | O | I | 31 C | E | 32 N | E | A | 33 R | 34 S | 35 P | A | C | E | 36 P | O | E | ||
37 G | U | E | R | N | I | C | 38 A | 39 M | A | H | E | R | 40 P | I | T | A | ||||
41 A | T | S | I | G | N | 42 T | 43 H | 44 E | S | T | A | R | R | 45 Y | 46 N | I | G | H | T | |
47 C | 48 U | T | E | Y | 49 E | M | U | 50 E | O | N | ||||||||||
51 L | 52 E | 53 B | 54 A | 55 N | O | N | 56 R | E | 57 I | D | 58 O | N | S | T | 59 A | 60 G | 61 E | |||
62 A | B | A | T | E | 63 I | 64 N | B | U | D | 65 T | 66 A | R | T | T | 67 R | O | D | |||
68 G | I | R | L | W | 69 I | T | H | A | P | E | 70 A | R | L | E | A | R | 71 R | I | N | G |
72 E | K | E | 73 T | C | E | L | L | 74 A | D | O | B | O | 75 I | N | A | N | E | |||
76 R | E | D | 77 H | A | I | R | 78 P | L | O | P | 79 O | 80 G | L | A | L | A | S | |||
81 I | K | E | 82 W | 83 E | E | 84 R | I | 85 N | S | E | ||||||||||
86 T | 87 H | 88 E | P | E | R | 89 S | I | S | T | 90 E | N | C | E | 91 T | 92 R | 93 O | 94 P | 95 P | 96 O | |
97 W | A | D | S | 98 L | I | A | R | S | 99 O | 100 F | M | E | M | O | R | Y | ||||
101 E | P | I | 102 A | 103 I | R | G | U | I | T | 104 A | 105 R | 106 L | E | A | N | T | O | S | ||
107 R | E | F | 108 O | R | M | S | 109 O | C | U | 110 L | I | 111 L | I | T | ||||||
112 K | N | I | V | E | S | 113 P | 114 A | 115 I | N | T | B | Y | N | 116 U | M | B | E | 117 R | 118 S | |
119 E | N | C | A | S | E | 120 A | M | B | I | V | E | R | T | S | 121 U | R | A | L | ||
122 D | Y | E | L | O | T | 123 L | I | M | A | 124 N | A | S | A | 125 S | Y | F | Y |
© 2024, The New York Times6/23/24 ( No. 27,256 )
Across
1
Plant in a bloom : ALGA
5
"La Vie en Rose" singer : PIAF
9
Mechanical catch : PAWL
13
Seasonal decoration from the Old French for "sparkle" : TINSEL
19
Atypical band instrument : HARP
20
Path to Machu Picchu : INCATRAIL
22
World Cup cheer : OLEOLE
23
Two Iowans (1930) : AMERICANGOTHIC
25
Renovation need, perhaps : PERMIT
26
Succor : AID
27
Patton crossed it in 1944 : SEINE
28
Stuff left behind by an old flame? : CINDERS
29
Slip in a warehouse : INVOICE
32
Part of the atmosphere above most weather : NEARSPACE
36
Writer buried in a Baltimore churchyard : POE
37
Six Basque villagers (1937) : GUERNICA
39
"Real Time With Bill ___" : MAHER
40
Souvlaki go-with : PITA
41
Hashtag's neighbor on a keyboard : ATSIGN
42
12 orbs (1889) : THESTARRYNIGHT
47
Adorable one : CUTEY
49
Runner Down Under : EMU
50
Many moons : EON
51
Modern-day Phoenicia : LEBANON
56
TV host Joy : REID
58
Performing, perhaps : ONSTAGE
62
Wane : ABATE
63
About to bloom : INBUD
65
"Ted Lasso" footballer Jamie ___ : TARTT
67
Good name for a nuclear engineer? : ROD
68
One gemstone (1665) : GIRLWITHAPEARLEARRING
72
Just manage, with "out" : EKE
73
Component of the immune system : TCELL
74
Sauce in Philippine cuisine : ADOBO
75
Wacky : INANE
76
Feature of a Raggedy Ann doll : REDHAIR
78
Frog-hopping-into-water sound : PLOP
79
Crazy Horse and kin : OGLALAS
81
Name on a box of fruit-flavored candy : IKE
82
Minute : WEE
84
Wash out : RINSE
86
With 99-Across, four timepieces (1931) : THEPERSISTENCE
91
Too much, musically : TROPPO
97
Plugs : WADS
98
Unreliable narrators : LIARS
99
See 86-Across : OFMEMORY
101
Prefix with genetics : EPI
102
Instrument "played" in the "Bill & Ted" movies : AIRGUITAR
106
Shanties : LEANTOS
107
Goes straight : REFORMS
109
Eyelike openings : OCULI
111
Not in the dark : LIT
112
Kitchen drawer section : KNIVES
113
Kind of craft store kit ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : PAINTBYNUMBERS
119
Sheathe : ENCASE
120
They're comfortable alone or in a crowd : AMBIVERTS
121
River through Kazakhstan : URAL
122
Yarn label number : DYELOT
123
World capital that's part of the NATO alphabet : LIMA
124
Viking group? : NASA
125
Cable channel with horror/fantasy programming : SYFY
Down
1
"So that's your game!" : AHA
2
Flight : LAM
3
Shin armor : GREAVES
4
Knowable without experience : APRIORI
5
Proof of meeting a celeb, say : PIC
6
"Hold on!" : INASEC
7
What pore clogging can lead to : ACNE
8
"Oliver Twist" antagonist : fa*gIN
9
Press conference organizers : PRTEAMS
10
Sound at the doctor's office : AAH
11
Console with a wireless controller : WII
12
Business name ender : LLC
13
Something to talk about : TOPIC
14
Actress Graff of "Mr. Belvedere" : ILENE
15
Enthusiast : NERD
16
Words woven into Charlotte's web : SOMEPIG
17
Director who is part of filmdom's Splat Pack : ELIROTH
18
"Mangia!" : LETSEAT
21
Answering machine signal : TONE
24
Bouncer's job : IDING
28
Vocalist Vikki : CARR
29
Supermarket chain inits. : IGA
30
Enthusiast : NUT
31
Fünf : German :: ___ : Spanish : CINCO
33
Put a value on : RATED
34
Sorry excuse for a pillowcase? : SHAM
35
20-Across setting : PERU
38
QB stat: Abbr. : ATT
40
About 40% of a yard : PINT
43
Like some teas : HERBAL
44
Look at desirously : EYEUP
45
Gossip : YENTA
46
One of two openings under a bridge : NOSTRIL
48
Divider's counterpart : UNITER
51
Bock or dunkel : LAGER
52
Chargeable transport : EBIKE
53
Like one's soul in a heart-to-heart : BARED
54
The Hawks, on scoreboards : ATL
55
Fresh perspective : NEWTAKE
57
Paragon : IDEAL
58
Cereal with a Mega Stuf variety : OREOOS
59
Helvetica-like typeface : ARIAL
60
"I'm ___ Git You Sucka" (1988 parody film) : GONNA
61
Often-frayed parts of papyrus : EDGES
64
Penguins play in it, for short : NHL
65
It circles the earth : TROPIC
66
Neighbor of Montana: Abbr. : ALB
69
Less emotional : ICIER
70
Deck out : ADORN
71
Vaccine component : RNA
77
Starts of some cheers : HIPS
78
Kind of dish that you wouldn't want to eat from : PETRI
80
"Ya dig?" : GETME
82
"Bridesmaids" co-star : WIIG
83
Biblical figure whose "whole body was like a hairy garment" : ESAU
85
Con head? : NEO
86
Danced like Cardi B : TWERKED
87
Two farthings, colloquially : HAPENNY
88
Large building : EDIFICE
89
Some cameras, for short : SLRS
90
Country that had a nonviolent "singing revolution" in the late 1980s : ESTONIA
92
Sphere : REALM
93
Kind of spending bill : OMNIBUS
94
That's a bunch of crock! : POTTERY
95
Hardly a noob : PRO
96
Kvetchers' cries : OYS
100
Lighter igniters : FLINTS
102
Childish retort : ARESO
103
"No more for me, thanks" : IMSET
104
When Macbeth fights Macduff : ACTV
105
Politico Gallego : RUBEN
108
Like some mirrors : OVAL
110
Vega's constellation : LYRA
113
Mate : PAL
114
113-Down, in French : AMI
115
Company that once generated more than 4,000 patents in a single year : IBM
116
Security Council member : USA
117
Subj. of Churchill's "Never ... was so much owed by so many to so few" : RAF
118
Canny : SLY
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
