NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
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1 Sound of a dud 5 Personnel overhaul 12 End of the block? 15 Pitcher’s feat, slangily 19 Peace activist Wiesel 20 Rear seating compartment in old automobiles 21 Replaced someone on a base 23 Wagers for a gym exercise? 25 Big name in luxury S.U.V.s 26 Successfully persuades 27 At the most 28 Sub 30 Opposite of stiff 31 Figures on slots 33 Bad thing to see under a truck’s hood? 35 Small breather? 38 Customer-service worker 40 “Man and Superman” playwright 41 Anxious feeling 42 Wastebasket or folder, maybe 43 Avoided trans fats and refined sugars, say 47 Part of NASA: Abbr. 48 Unrecruited athlete’s bottleful? 52 ____ al-Hussein (Jordanian royal) 53 Private eye 55 Word after flight or credit 56 “Zounds!” 57 ____ dish 58 It’s not in the bag 61 Intake in many an eating contest 62 Makes drunk 63 Certain note passer, for short 64 Timely entrance? 69 Kitty 70 “Here’s the thing ...” 72 Lawn coating 73 Grueling workplace, so to speak 75 Man first mentioned in Exodus 2 76 Something removed at a T.S.A. checkpoint 78 Purple smoothie flavorer 80 German “you” 81 Caught in ____ 82 Understudy’s delivery? 85 Nonsense singing 88 Closet rackful 90 Suffer from a lockup 91 Zeros 93 “Fight, fight, fight for Maryland!” singer, familiarly 94 Duke of ____, character in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” 96 Reaches by plane 97 Scam alert? 101 Paragons 103 Hoppy brew 104 Info provider 105 Optimist’s credo 106 What an A.P. class likely isn’t 110 Throws at 112 Fight clubs? 115 Serving to quell violent protests 116 Free, as a seat 117 Web links, briefly 118 Trickle 119 Certain baseball positions: Abbr. 120 Lunchtime errands, e.g. 121 ____ Classic (cable channel)
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1 Juices (up) 2 Something a chimney sweep sweeps 3 Permeate 4 Gossips 5 Pennzoil competitor 6 Low-cost lodging 7 Playwright Chekhov 8 Bags that might have drawstrings 9 Startled squeals 10 Neighbor of Oman, for short 11 Press, as a button 12 Vertical, to a sailor 13 Saying “Eww!,”say 14 Make hard to read 15 Org. that’s nearly one-fourth Canadian 16 Speak before Parliament, e.g. 17 Comaneci of Olympics fame 18 Time in Tokyo when it’s midnight in New York 22 ____ salad 24 App customers 29 10/ 32 Scene 33 Founder of Philadelphia 34 Strong strings 35 Sister 36 Man ____ mission 37 Soundtrack for a brawl? 39 Proceed well enough 42 Story featuring divine intervention 43 ____ premium 44 Compositions often chosen for encores? 45 Seuss title character 46 Sad, in San Juan 49 Department 50 Small dam 51 Smoking or stress 54 Forfeits 57 Hits with snowballs 58 Nonexpert 59 Portrayer of Mr. Chips 60 Ball support 61 Something “shaken” in a trick 62 The Ravens, on scoreboards 65 Take too much of, briefly 66 Call for 67 “To repeat ...” 68 Self-absorbed 71 Hope that one may 74 Doesn’t go on at the right time 76 Exit 77 Gives birth to 78 “Eso Beso” singer 79 Doctor treating patients 82 G.I. reply 83 Any of the Galápagos 84 Singer known for her 85-Across 86 Skill 87 Chinese menu name 89 More likely to escalate 92 Member of a four-time Stanley Cup-winning team in the 1980s 94 Emcee’s item 95 Spring river breakup 96 Certain Summer Olympian 97 Gyro holders 98 Barely ahead, scorewise 99 Interior decorator’s asset 100 Brisk paces 102 Gracias : Spanish :: ____ : German 105 Avid about 107 Some Nikons, for short 108 Go,“Ow,ow,OW!” 109 Professional grp. 111 Apt rhyme of “nip” 113 Card-game cry 114 Some doorways