New York Times, Sunday, November 12, 2023, Puzzle Answers
Right on the Money
New York Times, Sunday, November 12, 2023
Author:
Garrett Chalfin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Features of telephone directories
Across
1
Landscaper’s purchase : SOD
4
Downright : PLUMB
9
[If you’ll allow me to butt in …] : AHEM
13
“Gotcha!” : AHA
16
Anton ___, food critic in “Ratatouille” : EGO
17
Come-on : TEASER
18
___ years (old age) : RIPER
20
Word with purpose or personality : DUAL
21
“___ you ready?” : ARE
22
Enjoyed oneself : HADAGOODTIME
24
Major part of astronomy? : URSA
25
Tous ___ jours (French for “every day”) : LES
26
Something dot something, say : URL
27
Features of telephone directories : AREACODEMAPS
29
Emerged as a victor : WON
31
Grovel : EATDIRT
34
Writer Ayn : RAND
35
Fight (for) : FEND
36
Rest atop : LIEON
37
Euphemistic cry of frustration : DADGUMIT
41
Sweetly, in scores : DOLCE
42
Actress Close : GLENN
43
Japanese buckwheat noodle : SOBA
44
2022 culinary black comedy, with “The” : MENU
45
Peabody-winning journalist Linda : ELLERBEE
47
Prefix with sphere : HELIO
49
It can be a lifesaver, in brief : CPR
50
One might read “Caution: Messy eater!” : BIB
51
Twilled fabric : SERGE
53
Satyrs, say : LEERERS
55
Old nomad of central Asia : HUN
56
Playroom collection : TOYS
58
Where to see heads of gladiators, informally : AMEXCARDS
60
Little fights : SPATS
62
Degrees for most profs : PHDS
64
Poet Ezra : POUND
65
Dark green Indian dish : SAAG
67
“That was hilarious!,” in textspeak : LMFAO
70
Totally committed to : DEADSETON
72
Serves right? : ACES
76
Stuff refineries refine : OIL
77
Classifies : ASSORTS
80
Part of a furniture measurement : DEPTH
82
60 minuti : ORA
83
Senator Klobuchar : AMY
84
Whole shebang : GAMUT
85
Figure of speech in which words are reversed for effect, like “Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you” : CHIASMUS
87
Vassal’s plot : FIEF
89
Miss : LASS
90
Goldman ___ : SACHS
93
Stylish women’s shoes : PUMPS
94
Hasty signature, often : SCRIBBLE
96
Figures in Islamic mythology : GENII
97
Twit, to a Brit : PRAT
98
Not fake : REAL
99
Formulates, as a plan : DEVISES
101
Craving : YEN
102
Movie hero introduced in 1981 : INDIANAJONES
106
Novelist Patchett : ANN
108
Go down slightly : DIP
111
King Tut, during most of his reign : TEEN
112
Titular feature of fiction’s Lisbeth Salander : DRAGONTATTOO
115
#34 : IKE
116
Oomph : ZING
117
___ vincit amor : OMNIA
118
Displayed : ONVIEW
119
Trawler’s need : NET
120
Red army member? : ANT
121
Caught : SEEN
122
Blobby parts of blobfish : NOSES
123
Much of the planet Saturn : GAS
Down
1
Product safety indicator : SEAL
2
Princess Fiona, e.g. : OGRE
3
Treats favorably / Has a very good effect : DOESWELLBY/DOESWONDERS
4
Fall fruit : PEAR
5
It may deliver a punch : LADLE
6
What may come before Today : USA
7
Gig part : MEG
8
Get bigger : BROADEN
9
Jacinda ___, New Zealand prime minister who, at 37, was the world’s youngest female head of government : ARDERN
10
Blindly punch : HITAT
11
Big, big, big : EPIC
12
Like a momentous occasion / Office communiqué : MEMORABLE/MEMORANDUM
13
Someone’s je ne sais quoi : AURA
14
Padlock holder : HASP
15
“Sorry to say …” : ALAS
17
Speaks loudly : THUNDERS
19
Firefighter famous for extinguishing burning wells : REDADAIR
20
Lollipop with a “mystery flavor” : DUMDUM
23
Film company behind “Amadeus” and “Platoon” : ORION
28
The “E” of E.S.L., for short : ENG
30
“Back in the good old days …” : ONCE
32
Claim : ALLEGE
33
50-50, e.g. : TIE
35
First ___ (Shakespeare collection) : FOLIO
37
Movers and shakers : DOERS
38
Robotic anime genre : MECHA
39
Enter : INPUT
40
Switches allegiances, as a spy : TURNS
41
You’re gonna pay for this! : DEBT
42
Targets of some wipes : GERMS
43
Got less hairy : SHEDDED
46
Bracelet bit : BEAD
48
Peak in the “Odyssey” : OSSA
52
Masters / Elaborated : EXPERTS/EXPOUNDED
53
Gives kudos : LAUDS
54
Flying fish-eaters : ERNS
57
Pool locale : SPA
59
Application of polish, e.g. : COAT
61
Grp. that goes on tour : PGA
63
Novelist Tami : HOAG
65
They’re no longer “fresh” : SOPHS
66
Prefix with thesis : ANTI
67
Enjoys doing nothing : LOAFS
68
Taunt, in a way : MIMIC
69
Philadelphia athlete : FLYER
70
Drench : DOUSE
71
Worker at the Genius Bar : TECHIE
73
Large, as a lead : COMMANDING
74
Blow : ERUPT
75
Give lip service? : SASS
78
Captain of M.L.B.’s Swingin’ A’s of the 1970s : SALBANDO
79
What a Tyrannosaurus rex grapples with? : SMALLARMS
81
“Are you satisfied?” / Common fairy tale conclusion : HAPPYNOW/HAPPYENDING
86
“Not a problem” : SURE
88
Part of a potter’s process / Parts of a building’s safety system : FIRING/FIREALARMS
90
Early evening hour : SEVEN
91
Actress Jennifer : ANISTON
92
Lead-in to gender : CIS
95
Arthur of “The Golden Girls” : BEA
96
Christopher Columbus, e.g. : GENOAN
99
Motherless calf : DOGIE
100
“Socrate” composer : SATIE
102
Chichén ___ (ancient Mayan city) : ITZA
103
Hamburg refusal : NEIN
104
Bad impression? : DENT
105
Primatologist Goodall : JANE
107
Refusals : NOES
109
Store whose name is an acronym : IKEA
110
Some motel prohibitions : PETS
113
Year abroad? : ANO
114
They might be wall-mounted : TVS
Answer summary: 14 unique to this puzzle.