NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
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1 Swabby’s need 4 Brainless 11 Cowboy-to-lady address 15 Early teachings 19 Triumphant shout 20 Sucker? 21 Capital with more than 300 lakes within its limits 22 Skirt feature 23 Symbols of happiness Transmissions with colons, dashes and parentheses? 25 Bias 26 Tiny bit 27 Sedgwick of “The Closer” 28 Cartoonist Keane 29 Sun Tzu tome Madame Tussaud’s specialty? 32 Has-___ 34 NC-17 assigner: Abbr. 36 Paper exchanged for coin 37 Poetic tribute 38 “Star Wars” character Where droids go to dry out? 42 Gibbons and siamangs Mountaintop that’s not the very top? 46 Familiar episodes 47 The Phantom of the Opera 49 Wine bottle residue 50 Composer Bartók 51 Gelling agents 52 Antacid ingredient 54 Are able, archaically 55 Caribbean exports 56 Pageant Circumstances that render someone attractive? 59 Climber’s challenge 60 Wedding-gown material 61 Take a load off 62 Abductors in a tabloid story 65 Mohs-scale mineral 67 Hill raiser 68 Hosp. procedure 69 Oxford teachers 71 Bring back on 73 Four-time pro hoops M.V.P. 76 Setting for 76-Down 77 English privy 78 Pine, e.g. Dinosaur that never goes out of style? 81 Like un millonario 82 Black 85 Like some bunnies and hounds 86 “Paranormal Activity” creature 87 Miss, in Meuse: Abbr. 88 “You’re not welcome!” 90 Jewish homeland 91 “Vision Quest” co-star Matthew 92 Studio substitute Squarish bed? 95 Member of a certain 1990s-2000s rock band Censor unhappy with “Family Guy” and “Glee,” maybe? 97 Mo. for campaign surprises 98 Give a piece to 99 [I am SHOCKED!] 101 “Picnic” playwright 102 Children’s song Ignore the rest of the lunch I brought and just eat the fish? 106 Like 107 Warner Bros. cartoon company 111 Aforementioned 112 Italy’s San ___ 113 After-dinner display One way to see a pie’s filling? 117 Trouble-free place 118 Compass tracings 119 Put out 120 Don Ho played it 121 Bruce of “Nebraska” 122 Exam administered qtly. 123 You’ll see a lot of them 124 Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle’s theme answers
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1 Costume accessory 2 “I wasn’t expecting that!” 3 Modest poker holding 4 Suffix with mass or dismiss 5 Futon alternatives 6 “It’s only a scratch!” 7 Harlequin ___ (multicolored gem) 8 Odd mannerism 9 High dudgeon 10 Jai alai basket 11 Particle 12 Big holding in Risk 13 Order in the court? 14 Some Latin inscriptions 15 Like 16 Use dynamite on, as a safe 17 Strongholds 18 Studies intently 24 “Love’s ___ Lost” 30 Villain of “2001” 31 Lord’s Prayer starter 33 Years on end 34 Dead storage 35 North or west 38 Dormant Turkish volcano 39 Dependable patron 40 Walk all over 41 Unpopular 1773 legislation 43 “Middlemarch” author 44 With 103-Down, “Hurlyburly” star 45 Tapered off 48 Ringed set 52 Less forgiving 53 “Hard” or “soft” subj. 54 2000 CBS premiere 56 Loudspeaker sound 57 Like some roads and roofs 58 A-listers 63 Like some poker games 64 Carnival cooler 66 Political commentator Liz 68 Singer/actress Rita 70 Tulsa resident 72 Brown greenery? 73 Dribble 74 Sales employee 75 “Aw, come on!” 76 Sitcom set during the 1860s 79 Amorphous lump 80 Babes in the woods 81 1988 Schwarzenegger action film 82 Raised on books? 83 Sea wall? 84 Golden ager 86 Snoop ___ 88 Like some twins 89 Non-fuel-efficient vehicles 91 Mosque tower 93 “Can’t Help Lovin’ ___ Man” (“Show Boat” song) 94 Psyche component 96 Fishmonger’s cuts 100 “Funeral Blues” poet 103 See 44-Down 104 Exercise venue, for short 105 At sea 106 Barbera d’___ (red wine) 108 Essence 109 Cook up 110 Kept in sight 114 Ostrich lookalike 115 Caesar on TV 116 QB feats