New York Times, Sunday, April 21, 2024
Author:
Michael Schlossberg
Editor:
Joel fa*gliano
They have the Guinness distinction of Longest Running Fan Club for a Group
Michael Schlossberg
| Total | Debut | Latest |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2/3/2020 | 4/21/2024 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrabble | PGram | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1.60 | 1 | 32% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 139, Blocks: 88 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Schlossberg. Sunday freshness: 35%
Notepad: Standing between you and the score of a lifetime are the seven locks of this safe. After completing this puzzle, rotate each dial 90°, 180° or 270° to the only other position that forms four valid crossword answers. The new letters in the 12 o’clock (circled) positions will spell out an appropriate exclamation.
Joel fa*gliano notes:
Michael Schlossberg, of Bend, Ore., is a doctor specializing in internal medicine. This is his 11th crossword for the paper and his fifth Sunday.
Jim Horne notes:
Click anywhere on the grid below to start the animation that cracks the safe.
1 C | 2 C | 3 L | 4 E | 5 F | 6 G | 7 A | 8 S | 9 C | 10 A | 11 N | 12 S | 13 G | 14 S | 15 U | 16 I | 17 T | ||||
18 L | A | I | D | U | 19 P | 20 O | B | L | I | G | E | E | 21 S | P | E | N | C | E | ||
22 A | D | V | E | R | B | 23 T | E | E | N | A | G | E | 24 P | A | I | D | A | D | ||
25 M | I | E | N | S | 26 T | R | E | E | S | A | P | Y | 27 K | E | N | T | ||||
28 B | L | A | S | E | 29 T | A | R | P | 30 S | T | A | B | 31 A | O | R | T | A | |||
32 E | L | M | 33 J | 34 G | A | Y | 35 I | R | S | 36 S | 37 T | E | L | |||||||
38 R | A | M | 39 S | 40 E | 41 C | O | N | 42 O | T | 43 T | O | 44 P | O | L | K | |||||
45 S | C | O | O | 46 P | E | R | 47 T | 48 I | 49 M | 50 O | N | 51 E | L | 52 F | O | W | L | S | ||
53 M | I | R | O | 54 N | A | N | 55 A | D | O | S | ||||||||||
56 C | 57 H | 58 U | M | S | W | 59 P | L | A | T | 60 T | L | 61 M | I | 62 T | 63 Z | 64 I | ||||
65 S | T | R | E | A | K | 66 M | O | I | 67 A | R | K | 68 N | O | T | I | O | N | |||
69 I | T | S | 70 C | 71 P | E | 72 P | P | A | 73 C | 74 L | O | X | ||||||||
75 S | P | A | 76 M | 77 M | 78 E | R | 79 Q | U | E | E | N | 80 P | 81 O | 82 S | 83 S | E | S | S | ||
84 Y | E | S | Y | 85 O | U | A | 86 S | 87 T | R | A | W | S | ||||||||
88 C | 89 C | 90 L | A | M | P | 91 L | I | P | 92 S | I | R | 93 T | A | N | 94 T | 95 R | 96 A | |||
97 O | R | E | E | 98 A | D | Z | 99 L | 100 T | A | 101 B | N | 102 W | I | N | ||||||
103 L | O | A | N | 104 D | A | M | 105 B | A | 106 S | 107 I | O | U | 108 T | O | P | S | ||||
109 B | O | P | 110 O | 111 S | O | 112 L | A | R | P | 113 U | N | K | 114 O | 115 F | E | W | ||||
116 E | N | D | 117 I | V | 118 E | 119 N | U | G | G | E | T | S | 120 U | R | 121 B | A | N | E | ||
122 R | E | A | P | E | R | 123 E | T | I | E | N | N | E | 124 S | A | U | C | E | R | ||
125 T | R | Y | O | N | E | 126 Y | E | T | 127 T | E | T | 128 A | L | T | E | R | S |
© 2024, The New York Times4/21/24 ( No. 27,193 )
Across
1
Staff symbol : CCLEF
6
Items on the backs of some Jeeps : GASCANS
13
Test pilot's attire : GSUIT
18
Bedridden : LAIDUP
20
Creditor, in legalese : OBLIGEE
21
Champion boxer Errol ___ Jr. : SPENCE
22
Once or twice : ADVERB
23
Like Mary Shelley when she wrote "Frankenstein" : TEENAGE
24
Marketing expenditure : PAIDAD
25
Bearing : MIEN
26
Natural source of rubber : TREESAP
27
County that's home to the White Cliffs of Dover : KENT
28
Unimpressed : BLASE
29
Sheet under a tent : TARP
30
Sharp pain : STAB
31
Major vessel : AORTA
32
Chinese ___ (bonsai choice) : ELM
34
Rhyme for "away" in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" : GAY
35
Agent Deirdre Beaubeirdre's org. in"Everything Everywhere All at Once" : IRS
37
No. on a résumé : TEL
38
Ewes' guys : RAMS
40
"Invisible hand" subj. : ECON
42
Quattro e quattro : OTTO
44
President during the Mexican-American War : POLK
45
Ice cream shop employee, e.g. : SCOOPER
47
Shakespearean misanthrope : TIMON
51
Small Southwestern birds of prey : ELFOWLS
53
"The Harlequin's Carnival" painter : MIRO
54
Nickname for a British relative : NAN
55
Brouhahas : ADOS
56
Buds : CHUMS
59
Ben who starred in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen" : PLATT
61
Role for Michelle Williams in "The Fabelmans" : MITZI
65
Wordle player's pride : STREAK
66
"Who, me?" : MOI
67
Partner ship? : ARK
68
Belief : NOTION
69
"___ magic!" : ITS
71
Title pig of kids' TV : PEPPA
74
Schmear topper : LOX
75
Annoying bot : SPAMMER
79
They have the Guinness distinction of Longest Running Fan Club for a Group : QUEEN
80
Work like the devil? : POSSESS
84
"Who, me?" response : YESYOU
86
Pixy Stix containers : STRAWS
88
Carpentry vise : CCLAMP
91
___ service : LIP
92
Percival of legend, for one : SIR
93
Mystical Buddhist text : TANTRA
97
Minecraft material : ORE
98
Cooper's tool : ADZ
100
Folder flap : TAB
102
End of a sports movie, often : WIN
103
Advance : LOAN
104
Block (up) : DAM
105
Some four-year degs. : BAS
107
Letters that sound out a sentence : IOU
108
First-rate : TOPS
109
Playful hit : BOP
111
Speculative fiction subgenre that envisions a sustainable energy future : SOLARPUNK
115
Limited number : FEW
116
Bitter-tasting salad ingredient : ENDIVE
119
Fun facts : NUGGETS
120
Sophisticated : URBANE
122
Farm machine : REAPER
123
French form of "Stephen" : ETIENNE
124
Area 51 sighting : SAUCER
125
"C'mon, you'll love it!" : TRYONE
126
"And ___ ..." : YET
127
Celebration in late January or early February : TET
128
Tweaks : ALTERS
Down
1
Ascends with one's hands and feet : CLAMBERS
2
Escalade, e.g. : CADILLAC
3
Blanks' opposite : LIVEAMMO
4
Shangri-las : EDENS
5
Hair of the dog : FUR
6
"See ya later" : GOTTAGO
7
Not normal : ABERRANT
8
Like beach towns in the winter : SLEEPY
9
Cannes subject : CINE
10
Tennis great known as "The Punisher" : AGASSI
11
Former name of the electron : NEGATRON
12
Ignore, as a shortcoming : SEEPAST
13
Application fig. : GPA
14
Casio rival : SEIKO
15
Shore hazard : UNDERTOW
16
"That much is obvious" : ICANTELL
17
Speeches with an 18-minute limit : TEDTALKS
19
Channel with on-air fund-raising : PBS
21
Mole, e.g. : SPY
33
Taunt : JEER
36
Shout at an auction : SOLD
39
1916 battle site, with "the" : SOMME
41
Boast : CROW
43
Blue-green : TEAL
44
Hypothesize : POSIT
46
City on the Arno : PISA
48
Taking the place (of) : INLIEU
49
"Here's looking at you, kid"? : MAA
50
Like old audiobooks : ONTAPE
52
Why some app users check their notifications constantly, for short : FOMO
56
Several CBS dramas : CSIS
57
Link letters : HTTP
58
___ Major : URSA
59
Classroom surprise : POPQUIZ
60
Passage of a planet across a star, e.g. : TRANSIT
62
Noted export of Portugal : TILE
63
Common field trip destinations : ZOOS
64
"Need You Tonight" band, 1987 : INXS
70
Blubber : CRY
72
Stew tidbit : PEA
73
E.M.T.'s technique : CPR
76
One-named singer on 1998's "Ghetto Supastar" : MYA
77
Distracted Boyfriend, e.g. : MEME
78
One of Eleven's powers on "Stranger Things" : ESP
81
___ milk : OAT
82
Gift on the seventh day of Christmas : SWAN
83
Mr. Burns supposedly received the second one ever on "The Simpsons": Abbr. : SSN
85
What Tom and Daisy embody in "The Great Gatsby" : OLDMONEY
87
Gift for an aspiring conductor : TRAINSET
88
Last name in late-night : COLBERT
89
Ol' Blue Eyes, e.g. : CROONER
90
Quadrennial occurrence : LEAPDAY
94
District attorney-turned-Batman foe : TWOFACE
95
Ethylene gas, to tomatoes : RIPENER
96
Key components : ANSWERS
98
Some batteries : AAS
99
Ginormous : LARGE
101
___ choy : BOK
105
Throw in the towel : BAGIT
106
Didn't save : SPENT
110
Appliance that may self-clean : OVEN
112
Renaissance instrument : LUTE
113
___ Reader : UTNE
114
Kind of tradition : ORAL
117
N.Y.S.E. debut : IPO
118
Afore : ERE
120
Letters on the Saturn V rocket : USA
121
Protester's word : BUT
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
