New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Part of a crossword 5 Child’s play 10 Measure, as a runner 15 Attachment letters 18 No. 2 19 Star of CBS’s “Madam Secretary” 20 Eighth of a cup 21 Munich missus 22 Commercials for a
“Star Trek” movie? 24 Yoga teacher’s
invitation? 26 Head bands? 27 Roster shortener 29 Can’t stand 30 Naval agreement 31 Inclined 33 Flower arrangement 36 Weather forecaster in Phoenix? 40 Auto frame 43 Serpent’s tail? 44 Where Einstein was
born 45 Gorsuch replaced him 47 Prefix with -partite 48 “Louder!” 51 Most in-shape person at a cosmetics company? 54 Strict Sabbath
observer of old 55 Word before green or
after deep blue 57 Narrow passage:
Abbr. 58 ____ friends 59 Worn things 61 Back biter, maybe 64 Standing directly in
front of one another 66 Big game 69 Ridicule shouted out of a moving car? 72 Tear apart 73 Short-lived things 75 1998 Sarah
McLachlan hit 76 Casino draw 78 Progressive
alternative 79 “Eww!” 81 Pan Am rival 83 Gulf War allies 87 Quickly added bit of
punctuation? 91 Space saver in a taxi
or bus 93 Suffix with beat 94 “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper 95 Egyptian ____
(spotted cat breed) 96 Turkish honorific 97 Tries to mediate 100 What allowed one physician to get through flu season? 105 Puts out 107 Articles of faith 108 Two-time U.S. Open champ 109 Unctuous flattery 111 Hangs loose 113 J.Crew competitor 116 Regimen with limited intake of corn? 119 Toddler’s cry upon entering the bathroom? 122 Where I-15 meets I-70 123 Cookin’, after “on” 124 Where “ho” and “hoina” mean “yes” and “no” 125 Tired (out) 126 Spanish chess piece 127 Chrissie in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 128 Backspace over 129 Cross condition
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1 Nasty cut 2 Gifford’s successor on TV 3 Violators of the Second Commandment 4 They can throw you off 5 High points of a European vacation? 6 Condiment for pommes frites 7 ____-turn 8 Cartwright who played one of the von Trapp children in “The Sound of Music” 9 Energetic one 10 Come together 11 First daughter of the 1960s 12 Studio warning 13 A quarter of M 14 Kenan’s former Nickelodeon pal 15 Support for a fringe candidate, maybe 16 Title for Helen Mirren 17 Something “kicked up” 21 Heads for a bar? 23 Remain fresh 25 Mother of Helios 28 Imitative 31 Scopes Trial org. 32 Nitwits 34 Music genre for Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly 35 Elaine ____, cabinet member for both Bush and Trump 36 Shere who wrote “Women and Love” 37 Cross to bear 38 Sister of Erato 39 Things that allow for jumping ahead in line? 41 Like some transfers 42 Burned a bit 46 Game with drawings 49 Slight 50 ____ moment 51 Shire of “Rocky” 52 Kind of chance 53 In the mood 56 Buffet centerpiece? 60 Sinatra, for one 62 Squash 63 Aggravation 65 Just manages 66 Takes the first step 67 Christmas Day exhortation 68 Removed expeditiously 70 1920s anarchist in a prominent trial 71 Big mouth 74 Extinct cousin of the kiwi 77 Go out for a while? 80 Caffeine source 82 Make no bones about 84 Completely convinced about 85 “I hate the Moor” speaker 86 Quick and detached,
musically: Abbr. 88 Special Agent Gibbs’s
beat 89 Call wrongly 90 Bris official 92 Also-____ 98 Swing site 99 Activity in a dohyo 101 Site-seeing? 102 Certain Consumer Reports employee 103 Beatles song, album or movie 104 Pasta picks 106 Discontinued Toyota line 109 Put-down 110 Speck of dust 112 Didn’t give way 113 Yankee Sparky who wrote “The Bronx Zoo” 114 Abruzzi bell town 115 Da’s opposite 117 “Phooey!” 118 Assist with the dishes 120 Spring for a vacation? 121 “No ____!”