New York Times, Sunday, March 31, 2024
Author:
Spencer Leach
Editor:
Joel fa*gliano
Brand whose stock price increased 50% in the first six months of 2020
Spencer Leach
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
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| 4 | 5/13/2023 | 3/31/2024 | 2 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
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| 1.86 | 38 | 78% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {FQ} This is puzzle # 4 for Spencer Leach. Sunday freshness: 18%
Joel fa*gliano notes:
Spencer Leach is a third-year mechanical engineering student at Virginia Tech. Their engineering background influences how they generate themes — for this puzzle, they used a custom bit of ... read more
1 I | 2 S | 3 A | 4 I | 5 D | 6 T | 7 E | 8 M | 9 P | 10 I | 11 H | 12 E | 13 A | 14 R | 15 C | 16 G | 17 I | ||||
18 B | A | L | S | A | 19 C | H | R | I | S | T | 20 I | S | L | E | 21 A | R | M | |||
22 A | L | A | R | M | 23 T | H | E | R | A | Y | S | 24 H | O | T | D | 25 A | T | E | S | |
26 R | E | M | 27 A | R | I | A | S | 28 A | 29 L | A | 30 A | L | B | E | E | |||||
31 S | O | 32 W | S | E | A | R | 33 D | 34 A | Z | E | T | 35 H | 36 E | C | O | U | N | T | ||
37 I | C | K | 38 C | 39 L | O | R | O | X | 40 A | S | T | E | R | S | ||||||
41 M | 42 E | N | U | 43 T | H | A | T | S | O | 44 A | N | T | E | 45 G | P | 46 A | ||||
47 C | I | T | E | S | 48 T | H | E | S | E | E | 49 L | U | G | E | D | 50 L | A | S | ||
51 O | R | A | L | 52 I | N | R | E | 53 Y | A | L | I | E | 54 B | A | C | K | ||||
55 N | O | S | I | 56 R | E | E | 57 S | 58 E | E | S | I | N | 59 S | O | R | E | S | |||
60 S | C | R | E | 61 W | 62 S | T | H | E | T | I | T | 63 A | N | S | ||||||
64 B | 65 E | 66 T | T | A | 67 D | R | I | E | S | T | 68 H | B | O | S | 69 H | 70 O | 71 W | |||
72 R | A | H | S | 73 O | V | E | R | T | 74 K | 75 N | E | E | 76 L | I | M | O | ||||
77 I | T | E | 78 S | P | I | N | E | 79 H | 80 O | N | O | R | T | 81 H | E | D | E | W | ||
82 E | T | D | 83 U | R | L | S | 84 T | O | N | E | M | E | 85 E | V | E | N | ||||
86 H | E | 87 R | B | A | L | 88 D | E | L | U | X | E | 89 O | L | E | ||||||
90 H | E | A | T | T | H | E | 91 B | E | E | T | S | 92 G | 93 O | A | L | L | 94 I | 95 N | ||
96 O | R | D | E | R | 97 J | A | N | 98 P | U | T | T | Y | 99 N | E | 100 S | |||||
101 P | I | S | S | A | 102 R | 103 R | O | 104 P | 105 R | 106 E | S | S | T | H | E | 107 M | E | A | T | |
108 I | C | E | 109 C | H | A | R | 110 O | P | T | S | T | O | 111 A | O | R | T | A | |||
112 S | H | A | 113 T | O | O | K | 114 P | I | E | T | A | 115 H | I | T | O | N |
© 2024, The New York Times3/31/24 ( No. 27,172 )
Across
1
"Let me repeat …" : ISAID
6
Musical speeds : TEMPI
11
When repeated, a cry of approval : HEAR
15
Like many creatures in modern sci-fi movies, for short : CGI
18
Light wood : BALSA
19
Cross figure : CHRIST
20
New Jersey's Sea ___ City : ISLE
21
Spot for a shot : ARM
22
Spook some creatures in an aquarium's touch tank? : ALARMTHERAYS
24
Fiery matches? : HOTDATES
26
Band with the 1994 hit "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" : REM
27
Some vocal solos : ARIAS
28
In the style of : ALA
30
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright Edward : ALBEE
31
Bad material for a silk purse, proverbially : SOWSEAR
33
Deliver a blow to Dracula? : DAZETHECOUNT
37
With "the," a sudden flip from attraction to disgust, in modern parlance : ICK
38
Brand whose stock price increased 50% in the first six months of 2020 : CLOROX
40
Blooms named for their shape : ASTERS
41
Set of selections : MENU
43
"You sure?" : THATSO
44
Before- : ANTE
45
No. calculated from letters : GPA
47
References a Vatican Library source? : CITESTHESEE
49
Went down a slippery slope : LUGED
50
___ Palmas, Canary Islands : LAS
51
Kind of history : ORAL
52
About, on a memo : INRE
53
Certain Ivy Leaguer : YALIE
54
Support : BACK
55
"Forget it!" : NOSIREE
57
Welcomes at the door : SEESIN
59
Tender spots : SORES
60
Referees a Tennessee football game poorly? : SCREWSTHETITANS
64
Common pet fish : BETTA
67
Superlative held by the Atacama Desert : DRIEST
68
"Barry" or "Ballers" : HBOSHOW
72
Stadium sounds : RAHS
73
Plain : OVERT
74
Cap's place : KNEE
76
It might be a stretch : LIMO
77
Suffix with Manhattan or meteor : ITE
78
Fortitude : SPINE
79
Write an ode to a caffeinated soda? : HONORTHEDEW
82
Airport abbr. : ETD
83
Addresses online : URLS
84
Sound unit found in many Asian languages : TONEME
85
Nip and tuck, so to speak : EVEN
86
Like some teas : HERBAL
88
Kind of edition with bonus tracks, perhaps : DELUXE
89
Stadium cheer : OLE
90
Start preparing borscht? : HEATTHEBEETS
92
Fully commit : GOALLIN
96
Court cry : ORDER
97
Garnet is its birthstone: Abbr. : JAN
98
Sculpting stuff : PUTTY
99
Super ___ (GameCube predecessor) : NES
101
"Bather in the Woods" painter : PISSARRO
104
Make smash burgers? : PRESSTHEMEAT
108
Pretty cool stuff : ICE
109
Burn a little : CHAR
110
Decides that one will : OPTSTO
111
Major artery : AORTA
112
___ cha beef (Chinese dish) : SHA
113
Jumped over, as a checkers piece : TOOK
114
Michelangelo work whose name translates to "compassion" : PIETA
115
Suddenly think of : HITON
Down
1
Letter-shaped support piece : IBAR
2
Certain corporate department : SALES
3
Mission San Antonio de Valero, more familiarly : ALAMO
4
Neighbor of Leb. : ISR
5
World's oldest capital city, settled in the third millennium B.C. : DAMASCUS
6
Taylor Swift song that begins "Combat, I'm ready for combat" : THEARCHER
7
Makes a gaffe : ERRS
8
"Mamma ___!" : MIA
9
"Gangnam Style" rapper : PSY
10
Comment from someone exiting the mall on Black Friday : ITSAZOO
11
Pedal-operated instrument : HIHAT
12
That, in Toledo : ESO
13
Umbrella term for eboys or goth girls : ALT
14
Struck out : REDACTED
15
Stealthy criminal : CATBURGLAR
16
City feature that's been found to improve mental health : GREENSPACE
17
"None for me, thanks" : IMSET
19
Kind of seeds in a healthful smoothie : CHIA
23
Footslog : TREK
25
Balm ingredient : ALOE
29
___ Luthor, nemesis of Superman : LEX
32
Vintage restaurant items? : WINELISTS
33
Spoil, with "on" : DOTE
34
Git : ARSE
35
"Just a little longer!" : HANGINTHERE
36
Lauder of cosmetics : ESTEE
39
Do some light work on? : LASE
41
Barcelona museum subject : MIRO
42
H's on some college houses : ETAS
43
"The Lorax" setting : THNEEDVILLE
44
Actress Cravalho who voiced Moana : AULII
46
Doesn't just assume : ASKS
47
Swindle : CON
48
Wedding cake layer : TIER
49
Survive : LAST
53
Chuck, slangily : YEET
54
Final phase of a video game, perhaps : BOSSLEVEL
56
Big name in records : RCA
57
[Actually, don't change that] : STET
58
Sounds of doubt : EHS
59
___-Caps (candy) : SNO
61
Birds known for their loud, complex songs : WRENS
62
Royal title : SIRE
63
Assist in a crime : ABET
64
Gooey pairing with fig jam : BRIE
65
Economic justice catchphrase : EATTHERICH
66
Its water is nearly 10 times saltier than ocean water : THEDEADSEA
69
Animal product : HIDE
70
Foreboding sign : OMEN
71
"Impressive!" : WOW
73
Who cries "You get a car, you get a car!" in a viral meme : OPRAH
74
Toy brand for a budding engineer, maybe : KNEX
75
"I don't like that," in Spanish : NOMEGUSTA
78
Take away : SUBTRACT
79
Police captain on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" : HOLT
80
Burden : ONUS
81
Enthusiastic agreement : HELLYEAH
84
Genre for many a boy band : TEENPOP
87
GPS suggestions: Abbr. : RTES
88
Part of the D.O.J. : DEA
89
It's a four-letter word, aptly : OATH
90
Neighbors of the Navajos : HOPIS
91
One-named singer born in Reykjavik : BJORK
93
What Ove's name was changed to for the American film adaptation of "A Man Called Ove" : OTTO
94
Like neon : INERT
95
"Groovy!" : NEATO
98
Sibilant summons : PSST
100
"South Park" boy : STAN
102
Density symbol, in engineering : RHO
103
1990s Indian prime minister : RAO
105
Sch. in N.Y. : RPI
106
Quebec's Festival d'___ : ETE
107
"You're accusing me?!" : MOI
Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
