THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Solar panel spots, sometimes 6 Coolidge’s vice president 11 Hollywood hrs. 14 Grammar concern 19 “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” composer Morricone 20 Dramatic response to “Who’s there?” 21 Neighboring bunkers? 23 Biting 24 Tammany Hall corruption, e.g.? 26 Patisserie offerings 28 Sunflower State capital 29 Starting stake 30 Bona fide 31 Poetic pause 33 Sign that means “Do not disturb” 34 Try to see what you’re getting for Christmas? 38 Something a model should be in 39 Up, as an anchor 40 Piazza parts? 41 Way to go 42 What much can follow 43 Is in the works 45 Academy for criminals? 51 Journey from the nest to the kitchen, say? 53 “Arrested Development” character Fünke 54 “Harry Potter” librarian Pince 55 Itty-bitty battery 56 Cactus features 58 Had an appetite 60 Take in or take on 64 Hidden drug habit, maybe? 67 Torture 68 Accidentally reveal 70 Psychologist Jean known for his theory of cognitive development 71 Laugh syllable 73 Prefix with -plasm 74 Pitchers to publishers 76 Drink greedily? 81 Playground apparatus of the Apocalypse? 83 Game for players with steady hands 85 ___ deck (part of a cruise ship) 86 Plasma constituents 87 Vibe 88 Cooler, to LL Cool J 89 Comes to 91 Be a lenient judge? 96 Hayride seats 97 Some tennis play 98 All that and ___ of chips 99 Top Qatari 100 Lifeguard’s act 101 It might be right under your nose 105 Maligned merchandise? 109 Cartoon boy with an antenna on his cap 110 Lover of Lancelot 111 Actor Hirsch of “Speed Racer” 112 “Victory is yours” 113 Wolfgang Puck restaurant 114 Part of a reactor 115 One of the Ephrons 116 Like some blood and articles

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1 Librarian’s urging 2 “When I was young …” 3 A lot of binary code 4 Memorable romantic moment 5 Regain clarity, say 6 Got rid of the waist? 7 Relatives of dune buggies, for short 8 Something to connect to a TV 9 U.S. alien’s subj. 10 They’re shaken in kitchens 11 Support 12 Actress Suzanne 13 Hasbro brand 14 Affiliate of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. 15 1989 John Cusack romantic comedy 16 Like some noise music 17 “___ the Dinosaur” (pioneering cartoon short) 18 Gravelly ridge 22 ___ culpa 25 Sub ___ 27 Series 31 Captain’s command 32 Stupefies 33 Ear-related 34 Two threes, for one 35 Site of Cyclops’s smithy 36 “It was,” in Latin 37 O.T. book 38 Pert 41 No. between 0 and 4 43 Support provider 44 Gather 45 Puerto Rican city that shares its name with an explorer 46 “Awake in the Dark” writer 47 Increase 48 Yes ___ 49 You might see one in an eclipse 50 Margaret Thatcher, e.g. 52 “Catch ya later!” 53 Supermodel Cheryl 56 Police setup 57 Exams for would-be Natl. Merit Scholars 59 Family name in the Old West 60 Undercover? 61 Some ’30s design 62 Good name for a car mechanic? 63 Commitment signifier 65 Amenable (to) 66 Tough 69 Reflexes said to be contagious 72 Like 75 They’re not vets yet 76 Bother, with “at” 77 Under the table, maybe 78 Work the land 79 “What’s the big ___?” 80 Land on the Arctic Cir. 82 Dipsos 83 Title fellow in a Beatles song 84 Figure with arrows 87 Supposed 88 “Eww, no!” 89 Was mentioned 90 Lover of Cesario in “Twelfth Night” 91 Set of software components packaged for release, briefly 92 Moved like a caterpillar 93 Possible flu symptom 94 Possible flu symptom 95 “Conan” channel 96 Arctic Circle sights 97 Annual dinner 100 Excite, with “up” 101 Roman 1551 102 Wheat or corn 103 It might fill a kiddie pool 104 Carefully saw? 106 Rex of the jungle 107 Kipling’s “Follow Me ___” 108 It can be refined