NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: ADVICE TO WRITERS
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1 Drawing tool 8 One not acting alone 14 Literally, “great O” 19 Ackbar’s rank, in “Star
Wars” films 20 Relating to an eye layer 22 What fan fiction is not 23 Writing tip No. 1 25 Accessory 26 Plant anew 27 Lo ____ 29 So 30 Contractor’s guidelines 33 Writing tip No. 2 38 Yearn for 39 Unlike the wind 40 Lead-in to guess or
game 41 Got up there 42 Balneotherapy site 45 Bi- and bi-? 48 Train part 49 Writing tip No. 3 54 Relating to a major
vessel 55 Hexagonal state 56 Invalidate 59 Restaurant chain with a
flag in its logo 62 Band aids 65 Make suitable for
indoors, as a plant 67 Home of Ithaca, Athens
and Olympia 68 Writing tip No. 4 74 They go from town to
town: Abbr. 75 That, in Tijuana 76 Ed.’s request 77 Cell parts 78 “Uh-huh” 80 German auto co. 82 Flew off the handle 85 Writing tip No. 5 93 Bill Clinton or Barack
Obama 94 ____ group (structure
found in proteins) 95 Old English letter 96 Shoot the breeze 97 Turn on 101 4,840 square yards 103 Cylinder-shaped pasta 104 Writing tip No. 6 109 Regarding 110 Large Hadron Collider
org. 111 Hoity-toity sort 112 Became adept in 114 1983 Michael Keaton
title role 116 Writing tip No. 7 123 Operative 124 Less watertight 125 Energetic pooch 126 Graph parts 127 Knights’ needs 128 Primes
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1 Give the ax 2 Poem of homage 3 2005, to Cato 4 Ring bearers, maybe 5 Bring in 6 Droops 7 It “knits up the ravell’d sleave of care,” per Macbeth 8 Doctrines 9 Atop, poetically 10 RR stop 11 Up to 12 Jungian inner self 13 Knocked to the ground 14 Andean tuber 15 Like the movies “Brian’s Song” and “Sharknado” 16 Circumvention 17 It uses the PageRank algorithm 18 Irritates 21 Classic camera brand 24 Prefix with liberal 28 Vice President John
____ Garner 30 Digitize, in a way 31 Bounce along, in a way 32 Anticipatory days 34 Gala 35 Where to find some
very wet sponges 36 Gives in confidence 37 Gosling of “La La Land” 42 Tried 43 Favorite 44 Santa ____, Calif. 46 Templeton from “Charlotte’s Web,” e.g. 47 Visibly awed 50 “Me, neither,” formally 51 Refuse to talk, with
“up” 52 Conductance
quantities 53 Like a good proof 57 “Makes sense” 58 ____ Day (June event,
informally) 59 Not needing a cane,
say 60 Commanded 61 Syria’s Bashar al-____ 63 Person of note? 64 Fee-free spot,
briefly 66 Unruly hair,
metaphorically 69 Jacob’s twin 70 Composer of many
patriotic tunes 71 Conveyor part 72 Course part 73 Something tacky to
hang on the wall? 79 Stroke of luck? 81 Bill Clinton or Barack
Obama, informally 83 It’s mined, all mined! 84 Stayed on the shelf 86 Homework lover,
maybe 87 Military stints 88 Like some
audiobooks 89 Romance writer
Roberts 90 “Yikes!” 91 When repeated, an old sitcom catchphrase 92 Leave in 97 Character that goes
“waka, waka, waka ...” 98 Exceed 99 Wriggled 100 Punitive 102 Goes in 103 Gently towel 105 Peace signs 106 W.W. II danger 107 Cape ____ 108 Early days 113 Patella site 115 Much of W. Virginia 117 Mike’s confectionery
partner 118 Dungeons & Dragons
piece 119 Like William Carlos
Williams’s wheelbarrow 120 Actress Peeples 121 Ron of the Dodgers 122 ’17 and ’18