New York Times, Sunday, December 25, 2022
Author:
John Martz
Editor:
Will Shortz
"Little House on the Prairie," e.g.?
John Martz
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This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Martz. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 35%
Will Shortz notes:
John Martz is a cartoonist, illustrator and book designer in Toronto, Ontario, who specializes in picture books and graphic novels for kids.This is his first published crossword. He ... read more
John Martz notes:
Jeff Chen notes:
Plays on "novel" have been done so many times in crosswords — both in titles and grid entries — that I was predisposed to ennui. HOME PAGES referring to "Little House on the Prairie" ... read more
1 B | 2 U | 3 G | 4 S | 5 S | 6 A | 7 T | 8 A | 9 T | 10 U | 11 R | 12 D | 13 U | 14 C | 15 R | 16 A | 17 B | ||||
18 O | T | O | E | 19 S | P | L | A | S | H | 20 G | O | E | S | 21 H | A | L | T | |||
22 N | A | T | E | 23 S | A | L | U | T | E | 24 H | O | M | E | 25 P | A | G | E | S | ||
26 G | H | O | S | 27 T | W | R | I | T | I | N | 28 G | 29 A | R | E | P | A | ||||
30 P | I | A | 31 T | E | L | 32 A | 33 S | 34 S | N | 35 S | E | M | 36 I | 37 S | ||||||
38 P | I | N | K | 39 L | A | D | Y | 40 F | L | U | I | D | 41 V | O | L | U | M | E | ||
42 P | R | E | T | E | E | N | 43 T | R | A | I | N | E | E | S | 44 F | E | N | |||
45 S | E | C | O | N | D | S | 46 T | 47 O | R | Y | 48 T | E | D | X | 49 M | F | A | S | ||
50 A | G | E | 51 O | M | A | 52 P | E | W | 53 P | O | I | S | E | |||||||
54 S | O | S | 55 A | 56 K | 57 E | T | A | N | 58 J | I | 59 O | 60 N | I | O | N | Y | ||||
61 P | 62 R | I | S | O | N | S | E | N | 63 T | 64 E | N | C | E | S | ||||||
65 A | 66 S | S | U | R | E | 67 I | N | P | O | W | E | R | 68 E | 69 T | 70 N | 71 A | ||||
72 C | R | U | E | T | 73 P | 74 A | T | 75 A | D | E | 76 B | O | N | |||||||
77 S | I | B | S | 78 S | 79 T | E | M | 80 A | D | D | R | 81 E | 82 S | 83 S | 84 B | O | O | K | ||
85 P | A | S | 86 L | O | O | T | B | 87 A | G | S | 88 R | I | H | A | N | N | A | |||
89 A | N | I | 90 M | A | L | P | R | I | N | T | 91 B | 92 A | R | C | O | D | E | S | ||
93 N | A | D | A | L | 94 F | A | T | E | 95 A | M | A | 96 R | V | S | ||||||
97 I | T | A | 98 L | O | 99 W | 100 O | 101 R | K | I | N | 102 G | T | I | T | 103 L | 104 E | ||||
105 B | 106 U | Z | Z | W | O | R | 107 D | 108 S | 109 C | I | E | N | T | O | 110 B | E | E | P | ||
111 O | R | E | O | 112 A | T | O | P | 113 H | A | R | O | L | D | 114 E | A | V | E | |||
115 O | L | D | S | 116 N | Y | N | Y | 117 S | A | S | S | Y | 118 S | K | Y | E |
© 2022, The New York Times12/25/22 ( No. 26,710 )
Across
1
Nickname of Looney Tunes animator Ben Hardaway : BUGS
5
Occupied, as a desk : SATAT
10
Language of Lahore : URDU
14
Cantankerous sort : CRAB
18
Siouan people : OTOE
19
1984 comedy in which Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid : SPLASH
20
Takes a turn : GOES
21
"Stop right there!" : HALT
22
Rapper ___ Dogg : NATE
23
Private address? : SALUTE
24
"Little House on the Prairie," e.g.? : HOMEPAGES
26
"The Haunting of Hill House," e.g.? : GHOSTWRITING
29
Grilled cornmeal cake popular in Latin America : AREPA
30
Singer Zadora : PIA
31
No. in an email signature line : TEL
32
The "A" of P.G.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
35
They're in it for the long haul : SEMIS
38
co*cktail made with grenadine : PINKLADY
40
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," e.g.? : FLUIDVOLUME
42
One studying for a bar or bat mitzvah, usually : PRETEEN
43
Onboarding participants : TRAINEES
44
Wetland : FEN
45
"Back to Treasure Island," e.g.? : SECONDSTORY
48
"Ideas worth spreading" offshoot : TEDX
49
Designers' degs. : MFAS
50
Ripen : AGE
51
Grandmother: Ger. : OMA
52
Prayer support? : PEW
53
Ballerina's asset : POISE
54
Slugger Sammy : SOSA
56
Justice ___ Brown Jackson : KETANJI
59
Like a bialy : ONIONY
61
"Crime and Punishment," e.g.? : PRISONSENTENCES
65
Make certain : ASSURE
67
Running the show, so to speak : INPOWER
68
Site of Vulcan's forge : ETNA
72
Vinaigrette vessel : CRUET
73
Bit of butter : PAT
75
Suffix with block or stock : ADE
76
___ vivant : BON
77
Some family members, informally : SIBS
78
Apple feature not found on the Apple logo : STEM
80
"If Beale Street Could Talk," e.g.? : ADDRESSBOOK
85
Some speaker systems, in brief : PAS
86
They often have large dollar signs on them, in cartoons : LOOTBAGS
88
Stage name (and middle name) of Robyn Fenty : RIHANNA
89
"Fantastic Mr. Fox," e.g.? : ANIMALPRINT
91
They run parallel in a grocery store : BARCODES
93
14-time winner of the French Open : NADAL
94
Fortune : FATE
95
Reddit Q&A : AMA
96
Some campers, in brief : RVS
97
Author Calvino : ITALO
99
"The Help," e.g.? : WORKINGTITLE
105
"The Secret Life of Bees," e.g.? : BUZZWORDS
109
One hundred, in Honduras : CIENTO
110
Sound from R2-D2 : BEEP
111
Ice cream flavor with a crunch : OREO
112
Straddling : ATOP
113
Purple-crayon-carrying boy of children's literature : HAROLD
114
Spot for a trough : EAVE
115
Autodom's 88 or Toronado, once : OLDS
116
Letters before the ZIP code 10001 : NYNY
117
Fresh : SASSY
118
Terrier type : SKYE
Down
1
Hit it! : BONG
2
Sundance Film Festival locale : UTAH
3
Break down : GOTOPIECES
4
Uses X-ray vision on : SEESINTO
5
One side in the Battle of Thermopylae : SPARTANS
6
On the same team : ALLIED
7
How guitars are strung : TAUTLY
8
Sparkling wine region : ASTI
9
Ergo : THEN
10
"Nasty!" : UGH
11
Hundred Acre Wood resident who sometimes falls into mouse holes while practicing jumping : ROO
12
Issued an edict, say : DEMANDED
13
App developer's target : USER
14
Place of worship : CHAPEL
15
Cat breed with a shabby-sounding name : RAGAMUFFIN
16
Fermented brew : ALE
17
Seoul singers : BTS
19
Indy-to-Memphis dir. : SSW
25
Toluca lucre : PESOS
27
Reserved, as seats : TAKEN
28
Big affair : GALA
33
One might have three parts, with or without its last letter : SUITE
34
Strength : SINEW
36
"Whatevs" : IMEASY
37
Pick up : SENSE
38
Spaghetti sauce brand : PREGO
39
Chaired : LED
40
Word with small or deep : FRY
41
Perturb : VEX
42
Some spots for vaccines, in brief : PSAS
43
Buses and trains : TRANSIT
46
Film role played by a terrier named Terry : TOTO
47
Saudi Arabia neighbor : OMAN
49
Animal whose name comes from the Narragansett word for "twig-eater" : MOOSE
52
Parts of A.T.M.s : PINPADS
53
___ chart : PIE
55
Some recesses : APSES
56
Wine co*cktail : KIR
57
Legal suffix : ESE
58
Actress Aniston, familiarly : JEN
59
I, to Claudius : ONE
60
Prominent manufacturer of A.T.M.s : NCR
62
Daily grind : RUT
63
Mary ___, first lady's maiden name : TODD
64
Large jug : EWER
65
Grande who has broken 27 (and counting) Guinness world records for musical accomplishments : ARIANA
66
Partly covered, in a way : SUBSIDIZED
69
Cut with a letter opener? : TBONESTEAK
70
High times? : NOONS
71
"My Way" lyricist Paul : ANKA
72
Debate airer : CSPAN
73
The Rose City, so nicknamed for its pink sandstone : PETRA
74
Bounds : AMBIT
78
Sun, in Santiago : SOL
79
Hit list : TOPFORTY
80
I.R.S. employee: Abbr. : AGT
81
Without direction : ERRANTLY
82
[I know it's wrong] : SIC
83
Snippy : SHORT
84
The creeps : BADVIBES
86
1980s-'90s legal drama : LALAW
87
All over again : ANEW
90
Passover servings : MATZOS
91
___ dozen : BAKERS
92
Some acids, informally : AMINOS
98
Student ___ : LOAN
100
Phil ___, Joan Baez contemporary : OCHS
101
Antipiracy org. : RIAA
102
Role for George Burns, Morgan Freeman and Whoopi Goldberg : GOD
103
Tax amount : LEVY
104
Pointer for an Olympian? : EPEE
105
Scare word : BOO
106
Safari or Chrome address, in brief : URL
107
Slip into : DON
108
Catch sight of : SPY
Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle.
