New York Times Crossword

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49 ‘‘Agreed’’ 106 Kenan’s partner on 11 Photo-sharing app,

53 Philosopher who an old sitcom familiarly

tutored Nero 107 The ‘‘L’’ of B.L.M. 14th-century king of Message made with 108 ‘‘Geaux Tigers!’’ sch. Aragon cutout letters, 110 Love of money, per Written using an stereotypically I Timothy 6:10 outline

57 Chowder ingredient 113 Brand of nail polish Witch

60 Game in which each 114 Appeasing Basketball star player starts with a

117 School closing? nicknamed ‘‘ The score of 501 Answer’’

118 One of the former

61 West Bank grp.

Big Three Kind of test with

62 Social-media avatar, information unproven accuracy

for short services, along with 17 Largest city of Nigeria 65 Thing given as a CompuServe and 19 Word ladder, Part 1

concession Prodigy 21 Big milestone for a

66 Castle defense Words from a start-up

67 Nobel winner present giver 27 Slangy ‘‘I messed up’’

Morrison 121 Sweetheart, in Rome 29 Word ladder, Part 2

68 One who has a lot to 123 ‘‘ That one’s mine!’’ 31

Old food-label std. offer? 128 Word often confused

32 Where an auto racer Yellow variety of with ‘‘least’’

retires? quartz 129 Frenzied

Enjoyed home

73 Norse troublemaker 130 Sweet Mexican

cooking, say

76 Spotted dessert

‘‘I Love It’’ duo ____ 77 Fenway team, 131 Backsides, to Brits Pop familiarly 132 Certain sneak

37 Letter-shaped beam ‘‘However hard I try 133 Caesar’s accusation

39 When repeated, king

. . . ’’

134 Like a fox of Siam’s refrain in Child-care expert ‘‘ The King and I’’ LeShan

40 Result of peace talks

82 Parts of ziggurats

42 Some smartphones

85 Twin of Jacob in the

Bible 44 Oppressive ruler

86 Lifetime-achievement 45 Lacking + or –,

ceremonies, e.g. electrically

91 Bequeaths ‘‘____ and Janis’’

(comic)

93 Difference between dark and light, in 50 Whirlybirds a way 51 Óscar’s ‘‘other’’

95 Bacterium in some 52 Gas that’s lighter

raw meat than air

96 Center of a cobbler 54 Nile danger

99 Clorox cleanser 56 Fire in ‘‘Jane Eyre,’’

101 Leaves alone e.g.

102 Uses a modern 58 Like most lions

engine 59 Mrs., abroad

1

ACROSS

Something blurred to avoid trademark infringement

‘‘Well, that’s

ridiculous!’’

9 One method of coffee

making

Fully intends to Reason for people to

hide

20 Bit of ancient text

21 Home of Roma

22 Expert on nutrition

23 Bantering remark

24 Feature of Captain

Ahab

Many M.I.T. grads:

Abbr.

End of many a name

on the periodic table Doctor’s hand

covering

30 Tokyo, before it was

Tokyo

31 Not wanted

34 Pop star Grande, to

fans

French movie

theaters

37 ‘‘Ki-i-i-i-nda’’

38 ‘‘You’re on!’’

41 Black-market, say

43 Occasion for male bonding, in modern lingo

46 Pressing need when

on the go?

Part of a media-sales

team, informally

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1

DOWN

Counterculture drug,

for short

2 Geneva accord?

3 Newbie

4 Chose

5 Bit of butter

6 Govt. org. with the motto ‘‘Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity’’

7 Dramatic touches

8 Comedian Judy

9 Nickname for basketball star Julius Erving Is sorry about

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47 63 Word ladder, Part 3

64 Subsided

66 and , say

69 Where to find some

cliffhangers?

70 Unpopular legislation

of 1773

N.F.L. referee, at the

start of overtime ____ Valley (San

Francisco area) Gem that’s also a

name

New Zealander

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Start of some Quebec

place names: Abbr. French filmmaker

Jacques

80 Celebrity chef Eddie

83 Way to go

84 Hot-cocoa brand

87 Sublease

88 ‘‘Be sharp!’’

89 Frequent tabloid

cover subject

90 Spot for a houseplant

92 Letters on a

Cardinal’s cap

79 94 Greenpeace or the

W.W.F., for short

97 Word ladder, Part 4

98 Optimistic assertion

100 ‘‘____ Beso,’’ Paul

Anka hit

103 Prospector’s find

104 Start streaming, e.g.

105 Internet meme with grammatically incorrect captions

107 Shower scrubber

109 Eel, on a sushi menu

111 Word ladder, Part 5 112 Prospectors’ finds

115 Mel of baseball

116 Understand, informally

Clarifying word on a school-reunion name tag

Tinder bio info Amazon worker

‘‘Kill Bill’’ co-star Lucy

Jazz composer Beiderbecke

Like a fox

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