New York Times, Sunday, April 23, 2023
Author:
Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Instrument anyone can play
Katie Hale
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2/7/2021 | 5/19/2024 | 7 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebus | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.66 | 76 | 46% |
Scott Hogan
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7/10/2022 | 2/25/2024 | 3 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|
| 30 | 53% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Hale. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Hogan. Sunday freshness: 40%
Will Shortz notes:
Katie Hale, originally from Houston, is a freelance crossword editor now living in London with her husband and 6- and 10-year-old kids. Scott Hogan is a patent attorney from Midland, ... read more
Constructor notes:
Jeff Chen notes:
My son is obsessed with "Grizzy and the Lemmings." I don't get it, but he and his classmates have these hilarious conversations about how much they hate that darn grizzly. BEAR'S IN their ... read more
1 O | 2 F | 3 T | 4 S | 5 P | 6 A | 7 T | 8 B | 9 A | 10 R | 11 O | 12 N | 13 H | 14 A | 15 B | 16 L | 17 A | ||||
18 P | L | E | 19 A | 20 R | A | G | U | 21 A | L | O | H | A | 22 A | P | L | U | S | |||
23 A | I | R | G | 24 U | I | T | A | R | 25 P | L | A | Y | S | 26 A | T | R | I | C | K | |
27 H | R | R | E | P | 28 T | I | N | 29 T | 30 O | R | A | 31 R | E | I | N | K | S | |||
32 S | T | A | N | D | 33 S | I | N | T | H | 34 E | W | A | Y | 35 C | O | L | D | |||
36 T | O | O | 37 I | N | S | T | 38 L | E | N | S | C | 39 A | 40 P | |||||||
41 J | 42 E | 43 R | K | S | A | 44 R | 45 O | 46 U | N | D | 47 M | I | D | 48 U | S | E | ||||
49 A | B | U | 50 K | E | R | R | 51 S | 52 C | A | M | 53 A | 54 O | R | T | A | |||||
55 D | O | S | 56 E | 57 D | 58 F | A | L | 59 L | 60 S | O | U | T | O | 61 F | F | A | V | O | R | |
62 E | Y | E | L | E | 63 V | E | L | 64 A | W | A | R | E | 65 L | I | T | E | R | |||
66 A | C | E | R | 67 L | W | O | R | D | 68 L | O | E | B | ||||||||
69 C | 70 S | P | A | N | 71 D | A | F | O | E | 72 G | O | P | L | A | 73 C | 74 E | 75 S | |||
76 B | A | T | S | F | I | 77 V | E | H | U | N | D | 78 R | E | D | 79 D | R | A | W | L | |
80 F | R | E | E | S | 81 E | A | R | L | 82 N | A | E | 83 S | 84 M | A | E | |||||
85 F | O | R | 86 H | E | N | 87 B | 88 E | A | R | S | I | 89 N | 90 M | I | N | D | ||||
91 S | N | I | 92 F | 93 T | E | R | 94 G | 95 L | A | M | 96 R | O | E | |||||||
97 L | O | C | S | 98 P | L | A | N | T | 99 S | 100 E | 101 V | I | D | E | 102 N | 103 C | 104 E | |||
105 S | 106 M | I | Z | E | S | 107 H | O | T | 108 S | O | M | E | 109 U | T | A | H | N | |||
110 P | U | Z | Z | L | E | 111 S | O | V | E | 112 R | 113 D | A | R | 114 K | H | U | M | O | R | |
115 O | N | E | I | L | 116 S | T | E | N | O | 117 A | I | D | A | 118 P | E | S | O | |||
119 T | I | D | E | S | 120 N | O | D | T | O | 121 S | L | I | T | 122 D | E | N |
© 2023, The New York Times4/23/23 ( No. 26,829 )
Across
1
With frequency : OFT
4
Little disagreement : SPAT
8
Rank for Porthos of "The Three Musketeers" : BARON
13
Speak in Spanish : HABLA
18
Court entrance? : PLEA
20
Meaty sauce : RAGU
21
Polynesian love : ALOHA
22
High grade : APLUS
23
Instrument anyone can play : AIRGUITAR
25
"Oh, now I understand the significance of the troupe's performance in 'Hamlet'!" : PLAYSATRICK
27
W-4 collector, for short : HRREP
28
Window treatment : TINT
30
Singer Rita : ORA
31
Touches up, as a tattoo : REINKS
32
"I can't get past this witness box!" : STANDSINTHEWAY
35
Like many burns, paradoxically : COLD
36
Word that can be represented by a number : TOO
37
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
38
Accidental "subject" of certain snapshots : LENSCAP
41
"Watch out for that bully!" : JERKSAROUND
47
Lead-in to air or Atlantic : MID
48
Application : USE
49
"Father of," in Arabic : ABU
50
Deborah of "The Innocents," 1961 : KERR
51
Bamboozle : SCAM
53
Passage straight from the heart : AORTA
55
Gave medicine : DOSED
58
"Everyone dislikes autumn now!" : FALLSOUTOFFAVOR
62
Where artwork is often hung : EYELEVEL
64
Self-___ : AWARE
65
20,000 drops, pharmaceutically : LITER
66
Big name in laptops : ACER
67
Euphemistic term for love : LWORD
68
Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay (I Missed You)" : LOEB
69
Where to see party people out on the floor? : CSPAN
71
Actor Willem : DAFOE
72
Really succeed : GOPLACES
76
"Dracula has lived half a millennium!" : BATSFIVEHUNDRED
79
Talk like Foghorn Leghorn : DRAWL
80
Lets out : FREES
81
Name that becomes an adjective when "-y" is added : EARL
82
Scottish refusals : NAES
84
Actress Whitman of "Parenthood" : MAE
85
Word that can be represented by a number : FOR
86
Industrious animal in a classic fable : HEN
87
"I'm thinking of a grizzly!" : BEARSINMIND
91
Brandy container : SNIFTER
94
Queen's onetime rock style : GLAM
96
Fish of the future : ROE
97
Twisted do : LOCS
98
"Careful, the shrub may have fingerprints on it!" : PLANTSEVIDENCE
105
Portmanteau expressions popularized by Tyra Banks : SMIZES
107
Trendy : HOT
108
Not just a couple : SOME
109
Many a Mormon : UTAHN
110
"I finished this crossword!" : PUZZLESOVER
113
Staple of Coen brothers films : DARKHUMOR
115
Buck who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 : ONEIL
116
Closed captioner's machine : STENO
117
101-Down opera : AIDA
118
Currency of the Philippines : PESO
119
Diurnal phenomena : TIDES
120
Acknowledge wordlessly : NODTO
121
Shape of a fox's pupil : SLIT
122
Haven : DEN
Down
1
Brightly colored food fish : OPAHS
2
Make goo-goo eyes : FLIRT
3
Earth : TERRA
4
Title of respect : SRI
5
R&B's LaBelle : PATTI
6
Over : AGAIN
7
Amped (up), slangily : TURNT
8
Korean word for cooked rice : BAP
9
Permits : ALLOWS
10
Find hilarious : ROARAT
11
"Well, that's awesome!" : OHYAY
12
"Stillmatic" rapper : NAS
13
Talk smack about : HATEON
14
Taxing times? : APRILS
15
Something you shouldn't pass on : BLINDCURVE
16
"Diligence is the mother of good ___": Benjamin Franklin : LUCK
17
Consults : ASKS
19
"Men in Black" role : AGENTK
24
Braided buns, e.g. : UPDOS
26
Rainbow-esque : ARCED
29
Water down, say : THIN
33
Water down, say : SOAK
34
Purpose : END
38
It might be a stretch : LIMO
39
Family name synonymous with wealth in early America : ASTOR
40
Oviform : egg :: pyriform : ___ : PEAR
41
Relative of lime and mint : JADE
42
TikTok persona typified by floppy hair and grunge clothing : EBOY
43
Stratagem : RUSE
44
Cite, with "to" : REFER
45
___-B : ORAL
46
Certain link : URL
47
Chum : MATE
51
Went way, way up : SOARED
52
Lemon ___ : CURD
53
Away from home : AFIELD
54
Hiker's snack, perhaps : OATBAR
56
March on, so to speak : ELAPSE
57
Gentle roasts : DECAFS
59
By the book : LAWFUL
60
Require smelling salts, say : SWOON
61
Dud : FLOP
63
Start of a boast by Julius Caesar : VENI
67
Bert of Cowardly Lion fame : LAHR
68
Rock veins : LODES
69
Leslie of "Gigi" and "Lili" : CARON
70
Disinfected : STERILIZED
71
School honcho : DEAN
72
Boots, tent, mosquito spray, etc. : GEAR
73
Spaghetti-strapped top, informally : CAMI
74
Actor McGregor : EWAN
75
Toy that may have a rope : SLED
76
They might have matching half-heart necklaces, in brief : BFFS
77
Swerve : VEER
78
Vaccine molecule : RNA
83
One who's always on the phone? : SIRI
86
"Steppenwolf" author : HESSE
87
Something that might be put on plastic bags : BAN
88
Many front-line workers, in brief : EMTS
89
"Thanks, Captain Obvious" : NODUH
90
Come together : MEETUP
92
Muppet bear : FOZZIE
93
Immune system components : TCELLS
94
Ready to play catch, say : GLOVED
95
Unexpressed : LATENT
98
Passport requirement : PHOTO
99
Pops : SODAS
100
Where @ is at? : EMAIL
101
Composer Giuseppe : VERDI
102
Picked : NAMED
103
Picked : CHOSE
104
Subject of a 2001 bankruptcy : ENRON
105
Give as a handicap, as points : SPOT
106
Local bond, informally : MUNI
111
Tax ID : SSN
112
Pooh's rhyming friend : ROO
114
Krazy ___ of cartoons : KAT
Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
