THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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1 Syllables when you forget the words 4 The universe has an estimated 1,082 of them 9 ‘‘A mouse!’’ 12 Beyoncé chart-topper ‘‘Single ____ (Put a Ring on It)’’ 18 Simile center 19 ____ Lawrence College 20 Magazine cofounded in 1945 by Hélène Gordon Lazareff 22 Similar-sounding phrase, such as ‘‘I scream’’ for ‘‘ice cream’’ 23 Field of Dreams 26 Guys and Dolls 27 Lucrative and undemanding 28 Ingredient in a Mcdonald’s Mcflurry 29 Seasonal winds 31 Fictional brand of rocket-powered roller skates 32 ‘‘Cross my heart!’’ 35 Fam girl 36 Sounds of doubt 38 Star Trek 40 Woodworker’s tool 42 Some tourist spots in San Francisco 43 Tax pro, for short 45 Ancient work that describes the sacred tree Yggdrasil 46 Trendy home gym purchase 50 Top Gun 55 Baseball family name much seen in crosswords 56 Jerkface 59 Tightly affixed 60 Parrot’s sound 61 Insurance department 63 ‘‘____ for me, thanks’’ 64 Big no-nos 66 Letters From Iwo Jima 67 The Imitation Game 69 The Fifth Element 73 Perfectly comfortable 75 1930s migrant to California 76 Spirits 77 Sesh on Reddit 80 Speed reader? 81 Gave, as gossip 83 Trimmed parts of green beans 84 A Man for All Seasons 87 Matricidal figure of Greek myth 89 Golden-rule word 90 Spanish ‘‘Listen!’’ 91 Dostoyevsky’s Prince Myshkin, so the book title declares 93 Cause for switching positions 97 Scent of a Woman 104 ‘‘____ you decent?’’ 105 ____ Toy Barn (‘‘Toy Story 2’’ locale) 106 Small things that you pluck 107 Breakout band for Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, familiarly 108 Overlie 111 Mad magazine cartoonist Drucker 112 Get the juices flowing? 113 Wayne’s World 114 Space Jam 118 Gene variant 119 Denominator in the velocity formula 120 Beam for train tracks 121 Fragrant ring 122 Candy with the slogan ‘‘Not sorry’’ 123 Skosh 124 Main artery 125 Panic button, of a sort

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1 Pet that should come with a lint roller? 2 Given that 3 Exasperated parent’s retort 4 Flue-like 5 Confucian philosophy 6 Singer Rita 7 ‘‘Floating terror’’ of the sea 8 Many social media users 9 Donkey with a pinned-on tail 10 Two in a million? 11 ‘‘The Kiss’’ painter 12 Successfully uses a password 13 Melodious 14 Place to develop one’s chops 15 Innate 16 Part of a makeup test? 17 Texting tech, briefly 21 ‘‘____ es!’’ (‘‘That’s right!’’: Sp.) 24 ‘‘Clueless’’ protagonist 25 Accept eagerly, with ‘‘at’’ 30 Org. with an annual Codebreaker Challenge 32 Double-crossed and half-baked 33 Embarrassing public episode 34 Restless desire 37 Luxurious 39 Product for one who wonders, ‘‘Am I expecting?’’ 40 Increased into something much more valuable 41 Spy novelist Deighton 44 Weave off the shoulder? 46 Get ready for vacation 47 Civil rights activist Baker 48 It may be forgiven 49 Mystic’s board 50 4x World Series winner Martinez 51 [more info below] 52 Ice cream containers 53 ____ compensation (subject of modern debate) 54 Spanish marinade 57 Drawer of shorts, e.g. 58 Cutthroat mentality 62 Cardinal’s hat, in Britain 65 Tender areas 67 Pop in the fridge 68 Hershey’s chocolate-and-toffee bar 70 Diatribe 71 Quaint sign word 72 Noun-making suffix 74 Fumble for words 76 Dodos 77 City that replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital 78 Cameo 79 Predatory insect living in woodpiles 82 French fabric 85 Caramel or hot fudge, basically 86 Euphemistic exclamation 88 Ike’s domain in W.W.II 91 Reason the physicist stayed in bed? 92 ‘‘The Shape of Water’’ director 94 Natasha ____, Boris’s partner against Rocky and Bullwinkle 95 Some water-park rides 96 Olympics symbol for Madrid’s country 98 Sang along when you forgot the words 99 Ingredient in heal- ing gel 100 Latte art medium 101 Arch support 102 Bill killers 103 Utopian 106 Like a birthday cake, pre-party 109 ‘‘____ All That’’ (1999 film) 110 Frequently, quaintly 112 Lugosi of horror films 113 Fish with an elongated jaw 115 Singer Sumac 116 Describe in a negative way 117 Toke