NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: GIVE ME A BREAK!

ACROSS

1Texas terminus of I-35 7Place for a plug 14Sport coached by Ted

Lasso 20Relative of a June bug 21Animal farm facility 22Shining intensely 23Zone out? 25Milton who designed the “I

[heart] NY” logo

26 Off

27A handful 29Channel for watching

N.C.A.A. games 30Aid for a novice guitarist 33Fool, from the Yiddish 34Beginner's edition? 37Home of Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

39German article 40Certain vaccine target 41Big mouths 42Fairy look-alike 44God who lent his name to

a weekday 45Bruce Wayne in the

Batman comics, e.g. 47Seat at the dining table? 50Meds often come in them,

for short 51Identifying statement 54Real name that becomes a fake one by changing its first letter 55Tranquil state of mind 56Character at the center of

“Dunkirk”? 57Without holding back 58Kicked out of school, say 60 Atop 62Beverage that can be served hinata-kan (“sunbathed”) 63Beauty that runs in the

family?

66Family member 71Brazilian currency 72Price of ignorance, so to

speak

78Like much baby food 79U.S. agcy. originally set up

to fund war expenses 80Words of praise 81“Psycho” mother 82Search blindly (for) 83Some significant others, for

short

84Boys' club? 87Shape of a certain bean 89 Expose

90 Bounded 91Result of some bargaining 93Words to a pet at the door 95 Dollop

97Greasy garage job 98Swindle by instant

messaging? 100Reproductive cell 102Something to aim for on a

golf course 103Irish name meaning “lover

of hounds” 104Toronado or Cutlass,

informally 105Pointed at, say 107Tone deafness, medically 109Use a family crypt? 115Like Halley's comet every

75 or so years 116Not tell a soul 117House floor manager? 118 Formal

119 Adventure-seeking

travelers, in old usage 120Polynesian language

DOWN

1Supposed influence on Pink Floyd's “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” 2One in the hand?

3 Knock

4The ____ Tour (2023 Taylor Swift concert series that broke Ticketmaster) 5“Pride and Prejudice”

surname

6 Becomes unduly prominent 7Forty winks

8When said three times,

mantra for some accused 9Completed collection 10Conspicuous kissing, e.g.,

for short

11Like some casts 12Orange and peach, for

example

13Word has it! 14 Droop

15One giving creepy looks 16Yearbook signers 17World's largest inland

body of water 18Thus far, poetically 19You might see them now

and again 24Fortune 500 company whose logo is a blue infinity symbol 28Wisconsin politico Tony 30Cornhole attempts 31Lab vial

32Long, narrow piece of

jewelry

34“If u ask me ...” 35He can be found above

it 36Particularly: Abbr. 38Pester with little bites 43 “Rubbish!” 44Food container 46Jazz great Al 48Third-largest city of

Turkey

49It comes after nine but

not after 10 50Flowing tresses 52Subject of D.C.'s Stone

of Hope memorial 53Word before tooth or

candy 56Chancellor who oversaw

Germany's reunification 57Centers of attention 59Gave a thumbs-up 60 Exploits 61Organizer of a school

field day, for short 62Extra-crisp, informally 64Goofs up

65Sea change? 66Dealership stat 67The “Noster” in “Pater

Noster” 68Rhinoplasty target, maybe 69Some vintage photo tints 70Got started, with “off” 73At some point 74Come to 75Cause to stumble

76It divides and multiplies 77Friend of Buffy on “Buffy

the Vampire Slayer” 79“So to speak” 80Shout heard in the Plaza

México

83____ box (lunch option) 84 Long-handled

hammer 85Affectedly creative 86Pink Floyd's light-refracting prism, for one iconic example

88 Cancel

89 Reinforce 91Predecessor of a USB

drive

92Like a screw after being

turned counterclockwise 94Gilda of the original

“S.N.L.” cast 95Clay figures in Jewish lore 96Like the Toyota logo 99 People of western New

York

101 “Same”

105More than just a sec? 106One-named singer with the 1961 No. 1 hit “Runaround Sue” 108 Word with where and how,

but not usually why 110 Org. established by 111Down

111 Prez who established the

110-Down 112Initial shock? 113Suns setting, for short 114Japanese honorific