National best sellers
Combined e-book and print sales, for the week ending Jan. 23. By The New York Times.
FICTION
1. The Duke and I, by Julia Quinn
2. Before She Disappeared, by Lisa Gardner
3. The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
4. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
5. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, by V.E. Schwab
6. The Push, by Ashley Audrain
7. Neighbors, by Danielle Steel
8. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
9. Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
10. Firefly Lane, by Kristin Hannah
NONFICTION
1. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama
2. Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson
3. Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey
4. Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
5. On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder
6. Becoming, by Michelle Obama
7. The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
8. Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
9. The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris
10. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
ACROSS
1 Short-legged hopper 5 Untidy types
10 25% of doce
14 Period
18 River in Tuscany 19 Tiny island nation
near the equator 20 Slew
21 Mom-and-pop business
22 Fallon predecessor 23 Became aware of,
with “to”
24 Victor’s wife in “Casablanca”
25 Cobbler fruit 26 Summer cottage,
perhaps
29 Emotive speaker 30 Fell in pellets 31 Result
33 Musician’s gift 34 Fitness ratio: Abbr. 36 Lake south of London 37 Have something 40 Oklahoma’s top crop 44 Handle
46 Dairy-based quaff 47 Phobia lead-in 48 Prior conviction, e.g. 52 One of the ones that “say so much,” in an Elton John hit 54 Brewpub choices 55 Pitchers that can’t
throw? 56 Peachy-keen 58 Coronary chambers 59 Name of the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot 60 Programmer’s problem, perhaps 61 Drinking noise 63 Facebook count 64 Iberian landmark that’s an insurance company logo
68 Put back to zero 71 Villainous look
72 Half a game fish 73 Reverence 76 Unfitting
77 Dusk, poetically 78 Not treating nicely 80 Fussbudget
81 Some fort components
84 Personal exam? 87 One way to rest 88 Zugspitze, e.g. 90 With full force 91 Senate staffers 92 Pioneering TV brand 93 One covering the
bases
95 Online notes 96 Symbolic uncle 98 The other way
around
102 Port alternative
106 Bar accessory
108 Commonsense approach to behavior analysis
112 Showed the courage 113 Credit union seizure 114 Carpenter’s machine 115 Concerning
116 “Let Me Ride” Grammy winner
117 Champagne spec
118 One who shows the
way
119 Yemeni city
120 Leave in
121 AOL and Comcast 122 “Beau __”
123 Moms in a glade
DOWN
1 Barber’s powder 2 Lunch box treats
3 Set aside
4 Lorna of Brit Lit 5 Peloponnesian citystate
6 Many a Grisham hero 7 Prayer opening 8 Whip up a cake
9 Bird feeder cake 10 Heist figure
11 Be empathetic 12 NBA’s __ Conference 13 Cruise ship feature 14 Mar. honoree
15 Start celebrating 16 1968 album containing “The Motorcycle Song”
17 At no time, in old
times
21 __ Lee
27 Saw things
28 Bonnie with 10 Grammys
29 Luxury watch 32 Jamaica’s Ocho __ 34 Bud, for one
35 __ wear 38 Immortal army leader
39 Draped garments 40 Sub alternative 41 Image in a religious
painting
42 Foil alternative 43 Pack animal 44 Starting point 45 Colgate rival 47 Moving around 49 1964 Civil Rts. Act
creation
50 “Return of the Jedi”
beings
51 MYOB word
53 __ Lama
57 “The Honeymooners” surname 60 Popular long shot 61 Title for Richard
Starkey
62 Montana motto
metal
64 Email option 65 Professional charges 66 Piazza de Ferrari city 67 God with a hammer 68 Redder, perhaps 69 Computer that was
retired in 1955 70 Topping for chicken
enchiladas
73 Quite dry
74 Half of a dinner pairing
75 Poaching targets 78 Cartoon explosion
sound
79 With no changes 80 Key letter
82 Do a garden chore 83 Czech or Serb 85 Inuit craft 86 Stephen King’s role as the minister in “Pet Sematary,” e.g. 89 Would rather have 94 Support 96 Sweet-smelling
pouch
97 Hold fast 99 Unmoving
100 Give up
101 Places to put coins 102 Enduring legends 103 It ends with the
burial of Hector
104 Last movement of Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata, e.g. 105 Come to terms
106 Santa Anita numbers 107 86-Down, for one
109 Connect, in a way,
with “in”
110 RSVP convenience 111 Strong desires
113 MLB stat