THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
edited by will shortz: no 0821
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1 “It’s a pity other cars aren’t built this way” cars 6 Fis cher, to Spassky, e.g. 11 “Stop!” at a port 16 Ring around a classical column 18 V erdi aria 19 Spots for auto logos 21 Rap’s ____ Boys 22 Flat -bottomed boat 23 Passionate kiss 24 Bus y time for malls: Abbr. 25 Nas car unit 27 R ow maker 29 Life force in Chinese philosophy 30 High-po wered guns 32 Home to more than half the world’s active geysers 37 Enigmatic one in “The Hobbit” 38 Dunham of “Girls” 39 Organized hikes 40 Follower of Joel 41 Appr over of new meds 43 Snack brand whose name hints at its flavor 44 Zik a monitoring org. 46 Alternative regimen to an 84-Down, informally 49 Surr ender 51 Whack s 54 ♥ U, e.g. 58 Highly rated bond 59 Highly rated Bond? 61 Telenovela, e.g. 63 Fu ry 64 Result of many years of study, for short 65 Halle y of Halley’s Comet 67 Like Serbs, but not Hungarians 68 What might replace you? 69 Subject of many Ansel Adams photos 71 Mort gage, often 73 “The Simpsons” character in a green jacket 74 Disney dwarf 75 Kind of treatment 77 Cousin of goth 78 Bethe sda-based research agcy. 80 F ederal agency established on Aug. 25, 1916 85 Like some oaths 86 R egion of ancient Greece 87 Insult, say 89 Election night graphic, for short 90 Annual N.Y.C. fund-raising event 92 O prah’s BFF 93 “Keep fighting the good fight!” 96 Lik e Sherpas 99 V ery, very 102 Subatomic particle named for the weak force 104 “Mind … blown!” 108 House majority leader before DeLay 110 Good fact-checking types 115 “Three Coins in the Fountain” fountain 116 Light and breezy entertainment, informally 119 Dazzled 120 Portions 121 Concerted efforts 122 Break up with someone 123 Untethered 124 Nina Totenberg’s milieu 125 Milk dispensers?
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1 Ble ssed thing? 2 Painkiller containing caffeine 3 Neighbor of Ger. 4 Luncheonette order, for short 5 Six, in Italy 6 Dazzling 7 Anno y 8 The Henry who founded the House of Tudor 9 R aiders’ org. 10 Erupter at 32-Across 11 R adio host Shapiro 12 Kind of pass 13 Nothing but 14 Henry W. ____, Union major general during the Civil War 15 Dis co relative 16 “S o You Think You Can Dance” judge 17 W ire message 19 Harris’ s role in “The Right Stuff” 20 Jumps higher than, in sports slang 26 Gran Paradiso, e.g. 28 It’s as good as XXX 31 P artner of sound 32 W ord of support 33 Dog created by Jim Davis 34 A ctor Wheaton 35 F rance’s so-called “Capital of the Ruins” 36 E xit key 37 Sprint 42 Parts of a Jerusalem skyline 45 Harry’s Hogwarts enemy 46 D rivel 47 “Man, that feels good!” 48 Indoor plants popular in waiting rooms 49 Like the name Nguyen in Vietnam 50 Beetho ven’s “Sinfonia ____” 52 P urchase at an optometrist’s 53 “Help!” 55 Feature of the Six Million Dollar Man 56 Samovar, e.g. 57 “Capeesh?” 60 Had too much of, briefly 62 Term of address for a noble 66 Tyrant 67 Islamic law 70 Defeat in a Nathan’s Famous contest 72 Cr acker shape 73 W in by ____ 76 Feeling of hunger 79 Mends 81 Not quite right 82 PolitiFact finding 83 A ctor Penn 84 Regimen adopted by Bill Clinton in 2010 85 Clancy’s Red October, e.g. 88 Born 90 St ore head: Abbr. 91 Ma yo container? 94 E gg: Prefix 95 “It’s the ____” (“I’ve changed”) 97 Annual athletic honors 98 F or whom the Edgar awards are named 100 Wall St. “500” 101 Drive-thru decision 102 Bob alternative … or partner 103 At this point 104 Webmaster’s medium 105 Cookie with a Thins variety 106 Oscar winner for “Dallas Buyers Club” 107 Part of Y.S.L. 109 Thom ____ shoes 111 V irgin Mary’s mother 112 Zippo 113 Ninny 114 Goes down 117 T avern attachment 118 A.M.A. members