NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, developing immunotherapies for cancer. Rachel Fabi, of Syracuse, N.Y., is a bioethics professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University. They met via the online crossword community and now hang out on weekly Zoom calls. They both love collaborating. Rebecca says, ‘‘Having a second mind can really elevate an idea.’’ Rachel adds that she enjoys having someone to share puns with. — W. S.

ACROSS

1 It grows on trees

5 Dance form featured in the documentary ‘‘Kumu Hina’’

9 If-then-____

(programming trio) 13 Fruit in the custard

apple family

18 Home to Dublin

and Toledo

19 Ritual whose name translates to ‘‘covenant’’

20 Locale for many cabs 21 Common lab culture 22 Stockpile bread?

24 Research hors

d’oeuvres online? 26 ‘‘Ditto’’

27 Tizzy

29 Rural tower

30 Catchy tune, in slang 31 Fighting sport, for

short

33 Since

35 ‘‘Time to head out!’’ 38 Selects green-bean casserole, candied yams and mashed potatoes?

43 What a ghost might do to you

46 Chortled syllable

47 Loch Ness monster,

apparently

48 Love lines?

50 Eases

51 Blast from the past, so

to speak

53 ‘‘Full House’’ twins

55 Setting in

‘‘Nomadland’’

56 Kilt folds

57 Alex’s partner in the

jewelry industry

58 Features of a vacant

stare

60 Gets caught

61 Sanctify

63 ‘‘Cease!’’ on the seas 64 Part of a rock band? 65 Debate roasting

versus deep-frying? 67 Groove

70 ‘‘There ____ enough

words’’

72 Word with bump or

trap

73 Former Florida flier 75 Breaking up

78 Corn unit

79 Inventor Gray who had a patent war with Alexander Graham Bell

80 Martin of Hollywood 81 City on the Kenai

Peninsula

83 ‘‘Let me join!’’

84 Foolish

86 Unspecific amount in

a recipe

87 Small game, often

88 Some nail-biters, for

short

89 Developing

91 Steers the dessert

cart?

94 Fame

96 Cupid’s counterpart 97 Grabbed a chair

98 Some sex cells

100 Heads of org. charts 102 Part of some pods 104 November

birthstone

108 Make cranberry

sauce from scratch? 112 Reserve the chardonnay for later?

114 On a bias

115 Off-the-wall

116 Actress Jessica

117 Noted Celtic

musician

118 Kind of question

119 Shiny silver sticker? 120 Bid first, say

121 ‘‘____?’’ ‘‘___!’’

DOWN

1 ____ tea

2 Exclamations of

enlightenment

3 Outer layer

4 1988 Beach Boys hit with a geographical title

5 ‘‘The White Lotus’’

network

6 Web addresses

7 Stage name of Montero

Lamar Hill

8 St. Francis of ____

9 Official lang. of Guyana 10 Land through which the Mekong River flows

11 Go bad

12 Quarter backs?

13 Letter before cue

14 Landmark health

legislation, for short 15 Certain recyclable, in

the Midwest

16 Brand aptly found in

‘‘natural pooch food’’ 17 Tendril

23 ‘‘Ba-dum-tss’’ sounds 25 Led Zeppelin’s

‘‘Whole ____ Love’’ 28 Aids in planning

32 Untold millennia

34 G-men

36 Buffalo N.H.L.ers

37 Work on one’s

whisking technique? 38 Slices and dices

39 ‘‘Absolutely not’’

40 ‘‘Goodness!’’

41 Enter a bear market 42 Tournament ranking 44 Clinton and Obama,

astrologically

45 Approx.

49 Chuck Taylor All Star,

e.g.

52 Pro tip about

seasoning stuffing? 53 Length of some fun

runs, informally

54 Backed up

57 Having an even score 59 Macy’s Thanksgiving

____ Parade 61 Hairstyle that the Brits call ‘‘fringe’’

62 Captain Marvel, e.g. 65 Start of some

countdowns

66 Peruse

68 Open, as a drain

69 Home to Faa’a

International Airport

71 German candy with a

caramel center

73 Toddler’s time out?

74 Parsonage

75 Sicilian stratovolcano

76 Things behind the

Times?

77 ‘‘____ the night before

Christmas . . . ’’

79 Pitchers

80 Thur. + 3

82 Arthur of tennis

83 Rage

85 Philanthropist Pratt for whom the Baltimore public library system is named

87 Measurer of acidity

90 Pluck

92 Entrance

93 Put in a hold

95 ‘‘For real,’’ in modern

parlance

98 Go-ahead

99 Metaphor for a

migraine

101 Lucid

103 Inspiration for the

tribute band A*Teens

105 Winter candle scent 106 Actress Taylor-Joy of ‘‘The Queen’s Gambit’’

107 Ardor

109 Ryan Gosling’s role

in ‘‘Barbie’’

110 Common factor

111 It ends when 1/1

begins

113 Boyo