New York Times Crossword
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1 Tennis world since 1968 8 St. Louis Arch, e.g. 15 Gasoline may make
it go 20 Impersonated 21 Performing, perhaps 22 Change of locks? 23 “Try not to miss Bangor and Lewiston”? 25 “____ de Lune” 26 Player of TV’s
Det. Tutuola 27 Publication read by
drs. 28 Kind of torch on
“Survivor” 29 Private eye, slangily 30 Where Spartacus was from 32 Rite for a newborn
Jewish boy 34 2:00 in New York visà-vis St. Louis? 36 Chopper topper 38 “____ ’em, boy!” 40 Fifth wheel 41 Part of a full house 43 Haunted house sound 45 Duds 47 Be sociable, say 50 Whistler from two Eastern states? 53 Financial institution whose parent company is Canadian 55 Nametitle in a Salinger 56 Cheers after a go-oo-oal! 57 Quaint descriptor store 59 Just beat 60 Put away 61 ____ equipped 62 “I’m such a klutz!” 64 Sportscaster Al 68 “We shouldn’t sell our Fort Wayne home”? 72 How a B.L.T. might come 73 Rice-A-____ 74 Public image, briefly 75 Farm female 77 Reebok rival 78 Navy commando 80 It means “farmer” in Afrikaans 82 Hydroxyl compound 83 Airbnb offering 86 “Sooner this, Sooner that … can’t you talk about any other subject?”? 89 Imparter of umami taste, in brief 90 Exact look-alike 93 Resort near Snowbird 94 Middle-____ 95 Big 2016 film set in Polynesia 96 Cab alternative 98 Follows 100 Deal another blackjack card to a young Salem woman? 104 Take from the top 106 “Consider it done” 110 Tomorrow 111 Architect Saarinen 113 Some young ’uns 115 Grammy-winning singer of “Shepherd Moons” 116 A-lister 117 Midwest state secedes and will join the United Kingdom? 120 Whale food 121 Place 122 Direct route 123 Overused 124 Directed 125 Having braids
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1 Footnote abbr. 2 Take stock? 3 Fragrant compound 4 Pitted fruit 5 Icelandic letter 6 Powerful engine 7 Cruising 8 Be successful 9 The slightest amount of 10 Oscar-winning foreign film of 2005 set in South Africa 11 Tiny-scissors holder 12 Nutsy 13 Competing with 14 Thirst 15 Firmly in place 16 Have a connection 17 Turbaned teacher 18 Loathing 19 Like some myths 24 “You’ll have to pay for me” 29 Stylish 31 Unit of firewood 33 “Freedom ____ free” 35 Commercial lead-in to Pen 37 Walter ____, Dodgers owner who moved the team from Brooklyn to L.A. 39 Submits, as a phone report 41 Previous incarnations 42 Part of a recovery effort 44 Writer of “The Gnat and the Bull” 46 ____ Conference 47 Added up 48 City just east of LAX 49 Vintage Jaguars 50 Apology start 51 Oktoberfest music 52 First-rate, in British slang 54 Buyer of a dozen roses, maybe 58 Former parent co. of Gramophone and Parlophone records 61 Ideology 63 Again, in Mexico 65 Getting help getting clean 66 Dijon darling 67 Avoid puddles, say 69 Pointer’s pronoun 7071 AncientSister of fortunetellerHelios 72 In the 70s, say 76 Yellowstone grazer 79 Unadon fish 81 Armchair accompanier 82 Things painted in the spring 84 So darn cute 85 Like some fertile soil 87 Status 88 They may block passage 91 Start to form? 92 Single, for one 95 Art ____, longtime Cleveland Browns owner 97 Pressure indicator on a map 99 Iger’s predecessor at Disney 100 Hardly sophisticates 101 Sluggish 102 Actress Shire 103 Quattro + tre 105 Fabulist’s confession 107 Diarist Nin 108 Jeff ____, leader of the Electric Light Orchestra 109 Got on board 112 Licentious sort 114 Word with ceiling or financing 117 C.I.A. forerunner 118 Tour de France time 119 “Who’da thunk it?!”