The full solution for the NY Times January 21 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by John Westwig and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is Funny Business.
Across Clues
- 1 Begin to flowerBUD
- 4 In conflictATWAR
- 9 Basketball stats categoryASSISTS
- 16 Neckwear provided at some restaurantsBIB
- 19 Pikes Peak peopleUTE
- 20 One-dish mealCHILI
- 21 “You’re playing with fire!”WATCHIT
- 22 Game night cryUNO
- 23 “First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never ?”GOTITOFFTHEGROUND
- 26 Messy roomSTY
- 27 Make the first betOPEN
- 28 Go back overREREAD
- 29 Proverbial hard workersANTS
- 30 Bourne’s employer in “The Bourne Identity,” in briefCIA
- 31 Popular indoor treeFICUS
- 33 Total revolution?YEAR
- 34 Ardennes assentOUI
- 35 Singer’s assetRANGE
- 37 Daughter of MuhammadFATIMA
- 39 “When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we ?”DIDNTSCALEWELL
- 43 SensitivityTACT
- 45 Common resolutionsDIETS
- 46 Squat, so to speakSIT
- 47 Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!)SIA
- 48 Go back downEBB
- 51 J. M. Barrie, for oneSCOT
- 53 What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of “Lord of the Flies”EGO
- 54 BetraysFLIPSON
- 56 “Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors ?”POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES
- 61 PassagesCORRIDORS
- 62 Medal-earning mettleVALOR
- 63 Purchase printout: Abbr.RCPT
- 66 New Year’s DayONEONE
- 67 Place of prayerPEW
- 69 Sat ___ (GPS system)NAV
- 70 BehindTUSHIE
- 72 Library sectionTEEN
- 73 BroskiHOMIE
- 75 There are 768 of these in a gallonTEASPOONS
- 77 “When I tried candlemaking, all my workers ?”SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT
- 81 Section of the nosebleed seatsLASTROW
- 83 Poetic prepositionERE
- 84 Lead-in to zoneEURO
- 85 Some music collectibles, for shortLPS
- 86 WhizACE
- 87 Counterpart of science, they sayART
- 88 Freight, e.g.GOODS
- 90 Uncles, in UruguayTIOS
- 92 “I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we ?”RANOUTOFRUNWAY
- 96 Goes firstSTARTS
- 100 Wrote, as a bad checkKITED
- 101 Moose’s mating seasonRUT
- 102 Universal donor’s designation, informallyONEG
- 104 Betray one’s standardsSTOOP
- 105 Bridge componentBID
- 106 “We’ll see”IMAY
- 108 BackdropLOCALE
- 110 Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybeYOLO
- 111 Creature that swallows its prey wholeBOA
- 112 “Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had …”CORNEREDTHEMARKET
- 115 “Wise” oneOWL
- 116 “Enjoyed” some humble pieATECROW
- 117 Bolting BoltUSAIN
- 118 Union contract?IDO
- 119 Counterpart of “thx”PLS
- 120 Corrupting influenceBADSEED
- 121 Full ___MONTY
- 122 Over time period?EON
Vertical Clues
- 1 “Leave me alone!”BUGOFF
- 2 Heaven on earthUTOPIA
- 3 Pick up onDETECT
- 4 State lines?ACT
- 5 Hammer wielder of mythTHOR
- 6 The missusWIFEY
- 7 ___ Butts, inventor of ScrabbleALFRED
- 8 CVS competitorRITEAID
- 9 ThunderstruckAWED
- 10 SlumpSAG
- 11 Big name in jeansSTRAUSS
- 12 QuintessentialICONIC
- 13 Turn (off)SHUT
- 14 Spam holdersTINS
- 15 Health class subj.STD
- 16 Sloan or WhartonBUSINESSSCHOOL
- 17 Opposite of relief, in printmakingINTAGLIO
- 18 ___ wonderBOY
- 24 Traditional makers of anoraksINUIT
- 25 Like kale vis-à-vis lettuceHARDIER
- 30 Call of a ravenCAW
- 32 Break, as a windowSMASHIN
- 34 Aid in getting a leg up?OTTOMAN
- 35 Knot again!RETIE
- 36 PizazzELAN
- 38 Bow (to)ACCEDE
- 40 Desert bordering SinaiNEGEV
- 41 RegardingASFOR
- 42 Harry Potter’s motherLILY
- 44 HubbubTODO
- 48 Disney theme parkEPCOT
- 49 Yankees manager AaronBOONE
- 50 Absolute minimum requiredBAREESSENTIALS
- 52 ListlessnessTORPOR
- 55 SoulPERSON
- 57 Portmanteau pastryCRONUT
- 58 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a commandUSEME
- 59 “Allegory of the cave” philosopherPLATO
- 60 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a commandLOVEME
- 64 Centerfold, sayPINUP
- 65 Bits of troubleshootingTESTS
- 68 Football receiverWIDEOUT
- 70 Yiddish word meaning “woe”TSURIS
- 71 Eradicates starting from the bottomUPROOTS
- 73 Follow closelyHEWTO
- 74 Zac of “Baywatch”EFRON
- 76 Share a sideABUT
- 78 Identity theft, for oneFRAUD
- 79 Snow day projectFORT
- 80 The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for oneREDWOOD
- 81 Bit of carefree funLARK
- 82 Trendy treat of Brazilian originACAIBOWL
- 88 Swiss cheeseGRUYERE
- 89 Man cave, maybeSANCTUM
- 91 Bacchanalian beastSATYR
- 93 Ref. work that began as a Philological Society projectOED
- 94 Swiss “cheese”FRANCS
- 95 “Whatcha gonna do about it?”YEAHSO
- 97 Cub or coltROOKIE
- 98 “Holy ___!”TOLEDO
- 99 Perfect in every waySPOTON
- 103 ExtractGLEAN
- 106 Tiniest bitIOTA
- 107 Talking horse of ’60s TVMRED
- 108 Apt rhyme of “nude” and “crude”LEWD
- 109 Send offEMIT
- 111 Catchy song, in slangBOP
- 112 Thing to catch in a cityCAB
- 113 Tobiko or masagoROE
- 114 ___ secondANY
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