New York Times, Sunday, June 9, 2024
Potato battery or model volcano, e.g.
Zachary Schiff
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| 1 | 8 | 64% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Schiff. Sunday freshness: 51%
Joel fa*gliano notes:
Zachary Schiff is a writer living in New York City. This is his first crossword for The Times.The theme was initially planned for a 15x15 weekday puzzle, but it didn't quite pan out — ... read more
Zachary Schiff notes:
After too many rejections to count, I am finally making my NY Times debut (though I have had puzzles published elsewhere). For a couple of years, I had wanted to do a "SILENT __" ... read more
1 B | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 P | 6 S | 7 T | 8 A | 9 L | 10 A | 11 S | 12 B | 13 S | 14 I | 15 D | 16 E | |||||
17 C | R | E | A | 18 M | A | L | E | 19 D | E | K | E | 20 U | P | N | E | X | 21 T | |||
22 C | I | N | N | A | M | O | N | 23 B | R | E | A | D | 24 D | R | E | A | M | O | 25 N | |
26 S | E | E | D | Y | 27 W | O | O | E | D | 28 A | 29 U | D | I | 30 R | A | T | A | |||
31 T | E | A | 32 R | D | R | O | P | S | 33 O | N | M | Y | G | 34 U | I | T | A | R | ||
35 G | 36 R | I | D | 37 O | A | S | 38 H | S | B | C | 39 N | E | E | L | Y | |||||
40 A | B | C | 41 P | L | Y | 42 E | 43 D | 44 Y | S | 45 Y | O | 46 G | I | |||||||
47 P | I | S | 48 T | O | L | 49 S | C | I | E | N | 50 C | E | P | R | O | 51 J | 52 E | 53 C | 54 T | |
55 H | O | O | 56 A | O | R | T | A | S | 57 E | N | A | M | O | R | ||||||
58 S | 59 I | 60 D | E | H | U | 61 S | T | L | E | 62 P | I | 63 T | 64 A | 65 S | C | A | R | E | ||
66 T | W | A | S | 67 T | U | B | 68 R | N | 69 S | 70 K | L | E | E | |||||||
71 O | I | L | U | 72 P | 73 P | Y | 74 R | 75 E | 76 F | 77 R | U | I | T | 78 S | A | L | A | D | ||
79 A | S | A | N | A | 80 S | 81 I | S | 82 R | A | E | L | 83 L | I | L | ||||||
84 T | H | I | S | I | S | 85 J | 86 E | O | P | A | R | D | Y | 87 U | N | S | 88 T | 89 O | 90 P | |
91 G | A | U | L | 92 A | W | E | S | 93 B | C | E | 94 I | N | A | |||||||
95 A | 96 P | 97 B | 98 I | O | 99 S | I | 100 O | N | 101 S | U | I | 102 A | M | E | N | |||||
103 D | A | M | N | W | 104 I | T | H | F | A | 105 I | 106 N | 107 T | P | R | A | 108 I | S | E | ||
109 A | L | I | S | 110 P | O | U | F | 111 N | O | A | I | R | 112 N | I | L | 113 L | 114 A | |||
115 M | I | N | I | 116 V | A | N | 117 S | 118 I | L | E | N | T | A | 119 U | C | T | I | O | N | |
120 N | O | D | I | S | C | 121 E | T | A | L | 122 A | T | T | A | I | N | E | D | |||
123 R | E | E | S | E | 124 T | O | W | S | 125 T | A | Z | 126 S | E | W | S |
© 2024, The New York Times6/9/24 ( No. 27,242 )
Across
1
Sacks : BAGS
5
San Diego winter hrs. : PST
8
Lead-in to bad news : ALAS
12
"Bennie and the Jets," vis-à-vis "Candle in the Wind" : BSIDE
17
Bar order that's dairy-free, despite its name : CREAMALE
19
Hockey fake-out : DEKE
20
On deck : UPNEXT
22
Sweet loaf with a swirl : CINNAMONBREAD
24
"Get real!" : DREAMON
26
Like some dive bars and granola bars : SEEDY
27
Tried to get on one's side : WOOED
28
Q5 maker : AUDI
30
Pro ___ : RATA
31
Triple-platinum song from Taylor Swift's debut album : TEARDROPSONMYGUITAR
35
Electrical network : GRID
37
Western Hemisphere grp. since 1948 : OAS
38
Global bank headquartered in London : HSBC
39
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Cam : NEELY
40
Block letters? : ABC
41
Work diligently at : PLY
42
Ice cream brand with brown-and-white striped lids : EDYS
45
Bear who loves a "pic-a-nic" : YOGI
47
Colt, for one : PISTOL
49
Potato battery or model volcano, e.g. : SCIENCEPROJECT
55
See 23-Down : HOO
56
Lines connected to pumps? : AORTAS
57
Win over : ENAMOR
58
Extra source of income, slangily : SIDEHUSTLE
62
___ chips : PITA
65
Close call : SCARE
66
Christmas poem opener : TWAS
67
Big container : TUB
68
Pros with IVs : RNS
70
Bauhaus artist Paul : KLEE
71
Prepare to massage, perhaps : OILUP
73
Part of a Viking funeral : PYRE
76
Side dish at a summer cookout : FRUITSALAD
79
Yoga positions : ASANAS
81
___ Gershovitz, birth name of Ira Gershwin : ISRAEL
83
Wee, informally : LIL
84
Classic game show intro : THISISJEOPARDY
87
Remove a plug from : UNSTOP
91
Ancient region once conquered by Julius Caesar : GAUL
92
Gobsmacks : AWES
93
Old dating inits. : BCE
94
Ending with concert : INA
95
Accelerated H.S. science class : APBIO
99
Priory of ___, guardians of a monumental secret in "The Da Vinci Code" : SION
101
Fashion designer Anna : SUI
102
"I feel that!" : AMEN
103
Pay a backhanded compliment, perhaps : DAMNWITHFAINTPRAISE
109
Members of a famous boxing family : ALIS
110
Updo hairstyle : POUF
111
Flat's problem : NOAIR
112
Cookie brand named for its signature ingredient : NILLA
115
Upgrade for a growing family : MINIVAN
117
Popular charity event … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters : SILENTAUCTION
120
Error message on a Blu-Ray player, maybe : NODISC
121
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
122
Got to : ATTAINED
123
Actress Witherspoon : REESE
124
Gives a ride to the body shop : TOWS
125
Looney Tunes devil, for short : TAZ
126
Puts in stitches : SEWS
Down
1
List that only the sender sees : BCCS
2
Soul singer India.___ : ARIE
3
Field with a pool? : GENETICS
4
Like a proper shuffleboard table : SANDED
5
Grier of "Foxy Brown" : PAM
6
Sleepy time at work : SLOWDAY
7
Barbershop fixtures? : TENORS
8
One selling space, informally : ADREP
9
Top city in England, by the sound of it? : LEEDS
10
T'Challa ___ Black Panther : AKA
11
Accords, e.g. : SEDANS
12
Genre for "Turner & Hooch" and "21 Jump Street" : BUDDYCOP
13
Bit of rosemary : SPRIG
14
Chemical suffix : INE
15
Baby doll : DEARIE
16
Former friend : EXMATE
18
Early pyramid builders : MAYA
21
All-encompassing : TOTAL
23
With 55-Across, "Oh, cry me a river!" : BOO
25
Hardly : NARY
29
"Yeah … I'm gonna go now" : UMBYE
32
Introduce : ROLLOUT
33
"Hot damn!" : OHSNAP
34
Couplings : UNIONS
35
Intervening period : GAP
36
One of four for a grand slam : RBI
41
Bear who loves honey : POOH
42
Green sci. : ECOL
43
Dreadful : DIRE
44
"Better ___ …" : YET
46
Test for college srs. : GRE
48
Fitting N.B.A. team to go on a hot streak? : THESUNS
49
Waited : SATBY
50
TV franchise since 2000 : CSI
51
Wild dogs : JACKALS
52
"Gotta catch ___!" (Pokémon phrase) : EMALL
53
Chick of jazz : COREA
54
Trapped up in the branches : TREED
58
Short-tailed weasel : STOAT
59
"That would be nice" : IWISH
60
Start of an Eastern religious title : DALAI
61
"Yo!" : SUP
63
Without a doubt : TRULY
64
"Wheel of Fortune" buy : ANI
69
Caribbean nation whose capital is Castries : STLUCIA
72
Chinese gambling game with dominoes : PAIGOW
74
Carnival city : RIO
75
Neighbor of Francia : ESPANA
76
Cab charge : FARE
77
Cabs, e.g. : REDS
78
Opposite side divided by the hypotenuse : SINE
80
Agcy. for retirees : SSA
82
"Tartare" : RAW
85
Never, ever again : JUSTONCE
86
Yale of Yale University : ELIHU
88
History book graphic : TIMELINE
89
Fee, in dollars, to run the inaugural N.Y.C. marathon in 1970 : ONE
90
Give a bad review : PAN
93
Mozzarella with a creamy core : BURRATA
95
Leading man? : ADAM
96
Whom Biden debated in 2008 : PALIN
97
Bach's "Mass in ___" : BMINOR
98
Like the first post position in horse racing : INSIDE
100
Counterbalance : OFFSET
101
Show utter contempt for : SPITAT
102
Presently : ASITIS
104
"Skip me" : IPASS
105
Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Chris Pratt : INLAW
106
Christmas carols : NOELS
107
Bronzed : TAN
108
Early pyramid builders : INCA
113
MGM co-founder Marcus : LOEW
114
"No ifs, ___ or buts" : ANDS
116
Go toe-to-toe : VIE
118
Judge Lance of the O.J. Simpson trial : ITO
119
Potato chip brand : UTZ
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle.
