1129-20 NY Times Crossword 29 Nov 20, Sunday

Today’s Theme: Six-Pack

Themed answers are each two terms that overlap each other. The SIX overlapping letters are “PACKED” together in each answer, one might say:

  • 23A Very short-lived gemstones? : EPH[EMERAL]DS (EPHEMERA & EMERALDS)
  • 34A TV quiz program about an epic poem? : GIL[GAMESH]OW (GILGAMESH & GAME SHOW)
  • 93A Magnificent plan of action? : FIR[STRATE]GY (FIRST-RATE & STRATEGY)
  • 107A Dance celebrating 2010 legislation? : OBA[MACARE]NA (OBAMACARE & MACARENA)
  • 3D Emergency situation caused by a terrier? : AI[REDALE]RT (AIREDALE & RED ALERT)
  • 11D Salon job named after a comic book hero? : SU[PERMAN]ENT (SUPERMAN & PERMANENT)
  • 63D Pounding on a pie topping? : HAM[MERING]UE (HAMMERING & MERINGUE)
  • 74D Entertainment host Ryan, that smart aleck!? : WI[SEACRE]ST (WISEACRE & SEACREST)

Bill’s time: 19m 47s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

I’m feeling a little under the weather right now. As a result, I am getting to this crossword very late, and I only have time to write up this abbreviated post. I’ll get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Its logo has a blue, red, orange, yellow and green “M” : GMAIL
6 Win every game : SWEEP
11 Blitzed : STINKO
17 Beethoven’s Third : EROICA
18 Snoopy sort? : BEAGLE
19 You can scratch with it : CUE BALL
20 Materials from mollusk shells : NACRES
21 Tried to respond, as a “Jeopardy!” contestant : RANG IN
22 Gave the latest news : UPDATED
23 Very short-lived gemstones? : EPHEMERALDS (EPHEMERA & EMERALDS)
25 Nicolas ___, standout player in soccer’s Premier League : PEPE
27 Drake’s output : RAPS
28 Thinly veiled criticism, in modern slang : SHADE
29 Blow off steam, say : HISS
30 Possible fallout of a controversy, informally : BAD PR
31 RR stop : STA
32 Name shouted in “The Chipmunk Song” : ALVIN
34 TV quiz program about an epic poem? : GILGAMESHOW (GILGAMESH & GAME SHOW)
37 Handed a hand : DEALT IN
40 Bully’s threat : OR ELSE!
42 World view you might open up to? : ATLAS
43 Suffix with towel : -ETTE
44 NoDoz, for one : PEP PILL
46 Help with the dishes : RINSE
48 Fragment : SHARD
50 Look back fondly : REMINISCE
52 Disney-owned cable channel : ESPN
56 Ask to be handed a hand? : ANTE
57 Vereen who won a 1973 Tony for “Pippin” : BEN
58 Prefix akin to mal- : DYS-
59 Haphazardly organized : IN A PILE
61 Having four sharps, musically : IN E
62 ___ Regal, big name in Scotch : CHIVAS
65 “And so on and so forth” : ETC ETC
67 Expected : DUE
68 General Motors division until 2010 : PONTIAC
70 Resident: Suffix : -ITE
72 One-named singer with the 2019 Song of the Year nominee “Hard Place” : HER
73 Some “Babe” characters : EWES
75 Designer Gucci : ALDO
76 Beat box? : METRONOME
79 A brother of 32-Across : SIMON
81 Zing : OOMPH
83 “Concentration” puzzles : REBUSES
86 Reasonable : SANE
87 “The Divine Comedy” poet : DANTE
89 Brand of cologne with a literary name : ARAMIS
91 Jazzed (up) : LIVENED
93 Magnificent plan of action? : FIRSTRATEGY (FIRST-RATE & STRATEGY)
95 Bone in the leg : TIBIA
96 Key to get out : ESC
97 Maya Angelou’s “And Still ___” : I RISE
98 Nev. neighbor : ARIZ
100 Cloth used in theater backdrops : SCRIM
104 ___ Defense (classic chess opening) : SLAV
106 Cozy home : NEST
107 Dance celebrating 2010 legislation? : OBAMACARENA (OBAMACARE & MACARENA)
109 Glad ___ (good news) : TIDINGS
111 Turn up : ARRIVE
113 One of 17 in Monopoly : AVENUE
114 Manages, barely : EKES OUT
115 Bibliophile : READER
116 Tightfisted sorts : MISERS
117 Back up again : RESAVE
118 Hip-hop’s ___, the Creator : TYLER
119 First name in cosmetics : ESTEE

Down

1 Plot lines? : GRAPH
2 Coffee variety named for a Mideast city : MOCHA
3 Emergency situation caused by a terrier? : AIREDALERT (AIREDALE & RED ALERT)
4 Pre-snowstorm purchase : ICE MELT
5 Hit with a beam, maybe : LASE
6 Makes watertight : SEALS
7 Mascara applicators : WANDS
8 Dozens of them are sold : EGGS
9 Actor Wallach : ELI
10 Friends you may never have met : PEN PALS
11 Salon job named after a comic book hero? : SUPERMANENT (SUPERMAN & PERMANENT)
12 Danson of “The Good Place” : TED
13 Building girder : I-BAR
14 Actress Lyonne : NATASHA
15 Compulsive thieves, informally : KLEPTOS
16 “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” for one : OLD SAW
17 Hydrocarbon suffixes : -ENES
18 The thought is there : BRAIN
19 Serving of tea, to Brits : CUPPA
24 River near Rotterdam : RHINE
26 Some lawn maintenance tools : EDGERS
30 Who wrote “Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation” : BILL NYE
33 Recipient of special treatment, in brief : VIP
34 Very cold : GELID
35 Klingons, e.g., for short : ETS
36 What Hypnos is the Greek god of : SLEEP
37 ___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
38 Liquor component : ETHANOL
39 Over : AT AN END
40 Outdoor : OPEN-AIR
41 Part of a glass … or glasses : RIM
45 Before: Abbr. : PREV
47 More dangerous to drive on, in a way : ICIER
49 Metric prefix : DECI-
51 Natural bridge : ISTHMUS
53 Supporting musician in a jazz band : SIDEMAN
54 Guest’s guest : PLUS ONE
55 Family tree word : NEE
57 Chin-up target, informally : BICEP
60 Leaders of the pack? : ACES
61 Bitter brew, for short : IPA
63 Pounding on a pie topping? : HAMMERINGUE (HAMMERING & MERINGUE)
64 Cloud ___ : STORAGE
66 Followers of bees : CEES
69 SpongeBob SquarePants and others : TOONS
71 Opposition : ENEMY
74 Entertainment host Ryan, that smart aleck!? : WISEACREST (WISEACRE & SEACREST)
77 To wit : THAT IS
78 Belt in judo : OBI
80 Mustachioed Springfield resident : NED
82 Baseball’s Mel : OTT
84 One of the Schuyler sisters in “Hamilton” : ELIZA
85 One sharing a bunk bed, briefly : SIB
87 Animosity : DISLIKE
88 Places to play Skee-Ball : ARCADES
90 Turn off and on again, say : RESTART
92 With regard to : VIS-A-VIS
93 Get worse through neglect : FESTER
94 “Give it ___!” : A REST
95 Need in Boggle : TIMER
98 Withstand : ABIDE
99 Dancer with glowsticks, often : RAVER
101 Actress Zellweger : RENEE
102 Get accustomed (to) : INURE
103 Fannie ___ (some securities) : MAES
105 Charging option : VISA
107 Said aloud : ORAL
108 Showed up : CAME
110 Cyber Monday mo., usually : NOV
112 Daisy Ridley’s “Star Wars” role : REY

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