New York Times Crossword
HIT THE DECK
ACROSS
1 One side of a 69-Across showdown 7 Strip of buttons 14 Other side of the showdown 20 Collective works 21 “Get lost!” 22 Pinball wizard’s hangout 23 Mother ____ 24 Entertainment on a Jamaican cruise, perhaps 25 Kind of paper or test 26 Lieutenant, informally 28 It’s unreturnable 30 Musicianship 31 Green plant? 33 Path to enlightenment 34 Cannon in movies 36 Developer’s purchase 37 Samoan staple 38 Bullets legend Unseld 40 Top-shelf 41 Sushi restaurant wrap? 43 Moxie 45 X-File subject 47 Fairy-tale family 52 Celebratory request 58 “Great!” 59 One doesn’t hold stock for long 60 “My man” 61 “What ____?” 62 Storied workshop worker 65 Sand wedge, e.g. 66 Sean Lennon’s mother 67 Thanksgiving dish 69 Game depicted in the shaded squares 72 Carpenters with small jobs? 73 Last mustachioed president 76 See 125-Across 77 Easy-breezy tune 79 Place where taps may be heard 82 Skype alternative 86 Amount of separation, in a party game 88 Investment-seminar catchphrase 90 Lost big 91 Big retailer in women’s fashion 93 Upscale bag brand 94 “Damn right!” 95 Indy 500 winner A. J. 97 Silly Putty holder 98 Standard poodle name 100 Hound 101 Digital camera mode 102 Countenances 104 Confession subjects 106 “The Call of the Wild” author 110 March Madness stage 115 In the distance 116 Having a lot to lose, maybe 117 “____ Care of Business” (1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit) 118 Eins + zwei 119 Message with a subject line 120 Unlikely partygoer 121 Lieu 122 Bring in 123 1-Across’s cry 124 Tel. no. add-ons 125 With 76-Across, like Arial and Helvetica 126 14-Across’s result
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1 Like houseplants 2 Wiggle room 3 Light show 4 The “Y” of Y.S.L. 5 Once, at one time 6 Behind 7 Campaign expense 8 Wine-barrel descriptor 9 Linc’s portrayer in 1999’s “The Mod Squad” 10 One may get smashed 11 Chest-thumping 12 “Up” voice actor 13 Changed, as voting districts 14 Artist who said, “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs” 15 Speed skater Heiden 16 Entr’____ 17 Delivery instructions? 18 Infers from data 19 Feel bitter about 27 “I think,” in texts 29 Neckline shape 32 Word shortened to its last letter in texts 35 Holiday air 36 Tabloid issue 39 Total 40 Citi rival, informally 42 Neuwirth of “Frasier” 43 Some SAT takers: Abbr. 44 Tease 46 Item by many a reception desk 47 Super Fro-Yo seller 48 “Hava Nagila” dance 49 Hotel bill add-ons 50 Right on a map 51 From Square 1 53 Marked by futility 54 Jane Rochester, nee ____ 55 “O.K. by me” 56 Blow off steam 57 Matchmaker of myth 62 Suffix with acetyl 63 Printer paper size: Abbr. 64 BTW 68 Famed Broadway restaurateur 70 Ruhr industrial city 71 Butcher’s discards 72 How great minds are said to think 74 Worried 75 Laser ____ 77 Maui memento 78 “O.K. by me” 79 Word after snake or sound 80 Container that may have a sharpener 81 Superman, at other times 83 Starting on 84 Like the sign of the fish 85 Marijuana, in modern slang 86 “____ cheese!” 87 Composer Max who was called “the father of film music” 88 Young swans 89 Part of a tour 92 Basis of some discrimination 96 “Lawrence of Arabia” star 99 Maniacs 101 City that’s home to the Firestone Country Club 102 Divider in the Bible? 103 Venetian blind parts 105 Bottom of an LP 106 “Twister” actress Gertz 107 Some 108 Intimate garment, for short 109 Bit of progress 111 Company with a noted catalog 112 Dull color, in Düsseldorf 113 Word on a towel 114 Shade