NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: CROPPED

ACROSS

1 Weary 6 Flaky stuff 10 Deal watcher, informally 14 Like most grapes 19 ____ bear 20 “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself” sloganeer, briefly 21 Finished 22 British politician

Farage 23 Rummage (through) 24 Rummage (through) 25 Southern bread 26 Crept furtively 27 Tree-damaging pest accidentally introduced to the U.S. in 1996 31 Ache 32 One likely to have lots

of perks 33 Neither good nor bad 34 “Casablanca” woman 35 “Olé! Olé! Olé!,” for one 37 Eddie with the No. 1 country hit “Every Which Way but Loose” 40 The “doll” in Ibsen’s

“A Doll’s House” 44 Southwest tourist

destination 48 Having a variegated,

changing pattern 50 Lost 51 Tech company founder

Michael 53 Tie up 54 Matey’s cry 55 Sword go-with 57 Residence of the Japanese imperial family for more than 1,000 years 59 Baseball no-nos 60 Life is a bad one 61 Request 63 Outdoor game for the

very young 67 Yearbook sect. 68 Constitution holder 70 Some notebooks, in

brief 73 Second-largest city in

Vermont 74 Give 75 Give a damn 76 Rehab procedure 80 Singer Rimes 81 High 83 Ham-handed 84 Swiss river to the Rhine 87 Skirt option 89 Hold forth 90 MCAT subject 93 “Seinfeld” character 95 Don 96 Salve 98 Dieter’s salad order

request 99 Church area 101 Pair on a slope 103 Kitty 104 Gatekeeping org.? 107 Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle 112 ____ friends 114 Three-time N.H.L.

All-Star Kovalchuk 115 Rice-based drink 116 Actor Quinn 117 Big name in organized

crime, once 118 Come together 119 “You said it!” 120 Alarm 121 Like those who really

have guts? 122 Latin 101 verb 123 Titian’s “Venus of

Urbino,” e.g. 124 Cheerleaders’ practice

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1 Sunscreen option 2 Good quality in a model 3 Puckish 4 Lion in “The Lion King” 5 Spy’s attire,

stereotypically 6 Like Robinson Crusoe 7 Desktop sight 8 Hard shoes to run in 9 Often-doubled cry at a

play 10 “Sure thing!,” jocularly 11 Shakespeare’s stream 12 Former Haitian

president Préval 13 Loan shark, for one 14 Starts 15 The Wildcats of the

Big East Conference 16 Feverish fit 17 Base ____ 18 Animal on Michigan’s

flag 28 Be apprised (of) 29 Where Sanyo and Panasonic are headquartered 30 Slugs 35 Beat handily 36 Many a character on

“The Big Bang Theory” 38 Science class,

informally 39 Personal commitment? 41 Birthstone after

sapphire 42 Game played on a map 43 Does something 44 Observes Ramadan 45 Else 46 Manual’s audience 47 Cunning sort 49 Lift things? 52 Minnesota’s

state bird 56 Tennis great Tommy 58 Bricklaying or

pipefitting 62 GPS display: Abbr. 63 ____ acid (wine

component) 64 Brenda’s twin on

“Beverly Hills 90210” 65 German digit 66 Video-game count 68 Adjoining 69 Fertile soil 70 ____ Games 71 Island south of the

Cyclades 72 Commemorative meal

with wine 75 Round up 76 Frisbee, e.g. 77 Singer heard in the first “Lord of the Rings” movie 78 Work day by day, say 79 Bush and Gore,

in 2000 80 Do House work 82 Relaxed 84 Formerly 85 Vodka or gin: Abbr. 86 Codswallop 88 Petroleum byproduct used to make synthetic rubber 91 Violet shade 92 Join together 94 Like some points 97 Leaf producer 100 Texas A&M athlete 102 Former SeaWorld

performer 104 ____ wave 105 Traffic headache 106 Dancer de Mille 107 November

imperative 108 They can be brown or

blond 109 Ta-tas 110 Gave one’s blessing to 111 “Well done!” 112 Give it ____ 113 Surround, as fans might

an idol