NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Entourage, in slang 6 Hide pokers 10 Patriot Caesar Rodney on horseback 14 Person running the show 18 “___ Majesty’s Secret
Service”
19 The Great Lakes 20 Parallel, e.g. 21 “It’s the Hard-Knock Life”
musical 23 Some dabblers 24 Snake predators named for
their calls
27 Scissor-tailed flycatcher with wildflowers 28 D-backs, e.g. 29 P.R. problem 30 Beach lotion abbr. 31 Ones getting away 34 Battery type 37 Zales rival 38 Reduce to a symbol 40 Hosiery shade 41 Irons, in Paris 42 “The Goodbye Kiss” author
Massimo 44 Much-quoted line from
Edgar in “King Lear” 48 Royal title that means
“great house” 49 Common sweetener 50 Go by 53 Lacking rhyme or reason 54 Versatile delivery vehicles 55 Outlets in a chemistry lab 56 Island province of the
Roman Empire 58 Nonauthoritarian 59 Covered wagon next to Chimney Rock 63 Concerning 64 United in purpose 66 Rice stalks, a diamond and a mallard 67 Old comic book cowboy 69 Eager reporter 71 Venture to postulate 72 Nassau residents 74 “Lose Yourself” rapper 79 The Perfesser’s nephew in
the comic strip “Shoe” 80 Party hat? 81 Beauty contest since 1952 82 Civil defense devices 84 Help in a bind 85 Simpson girl 87 Author Jorge 88 Sui ___ 89 With 95-Down, “The Royal Family of Broadway” star, 1930 90 Postcard in a barrel,
perhaps 91 Expose 94 Old French coin 97 Tennis’s Stefan 99 Result of failing banks? 100 Statehouse dome 101 French Baroque artist who painted “The Fortune Teller” 106 “Get Smart” robot 107 Film composer Morricone 108 110-Across set in Egypt 109 Abraham Lincoln 110 See 108-Across 111 Fair sight 112 Racehorse in front of the Federal Hill mansion 113 “A madness most
discreet,” per Romeo 114 Not flabby
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1 “Wanderings: Chaim ___
Story of the Jews” 2 Quarter-mile, for many
tracks 3 Noted exile of 1979 4 Home to the National
Voting Rights Museum 5 Hosp. zones 6 “Thanks ___!” 7 Father of the Blues 8 Outgrowth from the base
of a grass blade 9 Birth control pioneer
Margaret 10 Handlers of brats 11 Stretched out 12 Designer Vera 13 Island protector 14 Islamic analogue of kosher 15 Like many music reissues 16 Military jacket with a furry
hood 17 What a poor listener may
have 22 Athletic awards since 1993 25 Some baseball scores:
Abbr. 26 Salts 31 Inter 32 Neighbor of Poland: Abbr. 33 ET carrier 34 ___ belli (war-provoking
act) 35 Transition point 36 Prefix with center 39 Rocky Mountains 40 Arctic ___ (pole-to-pole
migrator) 41 Part of many a freight train 42 E.M.T. application 43 Bingo alternative? 44 Saint in a Sir Walter Scott
title 45 “___ my garment and my
mantle”: Ezra 9:3
46 “Commonwealth” statue and a keystone 47 Too 49 Do dos, say 51 Goes across 52 “Cómo ___?” 54 Like the scent of many
cleaners 55 Homo, for one 57 Area that’s frequently
swept? 58 “Lorna ___” 59 Uncool types 60 Spring ___ 61 Severely parched 62 Part of Russia next to
Finland 64 Like the eastern part of
Russia 65 Herring varieties 68 Belgian river 69 Old Man of the Mountain rock formation 70 Winter solvent 72 Villain 73 “I ___ bored!” 75 Lewis and Clark and the Gateway Arch 76 Greenhouse workers 77 Sinuous character 78 ___ West 80 Fabulist 81 Word repeated before “tekel” in biblical writing on the wall 83 Billing fig. 84 Race, as an engine 85 Lord or vassal 86 Move toward the middle 88 “Boris ___” 90 Cereal killer? 91 Suffix with form 92 Kind of farming that
doesn’t disturb the soil 93 “Gangsta’s Paradise”
rapper 95 See 89-Across 96 Like zombies 98 Ireland 99 Unreliable 100 “I want my ___!” (old
advertising catchphrase) 102 Benefit 103 Force 104 Cabinet dept. since 1979 105 Go up 106 Scorching