NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Watch yourself out

there” 7 Comic Sweeney 12 ____ All-Star Race (annual event since 1985) 18 Getaway for

meditation 19 Rub oil on 21 Fruit dessert 22 Spin-class

activity? 24 City with one of the

SUNY schools 25 That craft 26 TV host Gibbons 27 What Siri runs on 29 SC Johnson product with a lightning bolt in its logo 30 Wireless-data-and-messaging company 32 Number of appearances in a grain holder? 38 ____ Tomé

(African capital) 39 Stuck at a ski lodge,

say 41 Wallops 42 Like long chances 44 River near the start of an alphabetical list 45 Primordial universe

matter 47 What people sing when they don’t know the words 49 Au courant, once 50 Storms that

don’t offend? 53 Actress Christina 55 God, to Hebrews 57 Staple of Hawaiian

cuisine 58 Mammals with

webbed feet 60 Business with

a guest book 62 French 101 verb 63 Appropriate rhyme

for “cache” 65 Robust 66 RC, for one 67 Left college

athletics, maybe 69 Lesley of CBS News 71 Nonsense 73 Second hand: Abbr. 74 Loads 76 2016 Disney hit 78 George who founded Industrial Light & Magic 79 “____-hoo!” 80 Position on

a steamship 82 Schedule inits. 83 Europe’s largest lake 84 Region of

ancient Egypt 86 Makes a quick map of an Egyptian peninsula? 89 Very, in Veracruz 90 Sequel to a sequel to

a sequel to a sequel 92 Action at a bris 93 Popular website that

explains the news 94 Lille women: Abbr. 95 Not debut 97 Mint 99 War su ____ (boneless chicken dish) 100 Opening performers that are all mimes? 104 Orchestra tuner 107 Brand with a

rabbit symbol 108 “____ little

confused” 109 It has a lock,

stock and barrel 111 Take in 113 Citroën

competitor 116 Rod-and-reel event

in old Vietnam? 121 North and

South Korea, e.g. 122 Nurse’s outfit 123 Indian appetizer 124 Prince Edward’s

earldom 125 Belief 126 High as a kite

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1 Big party 2 Photorealist painter

Richard 3 Order to a pool hustler to suck up some broth? 4 “So vast is ____, so narrow human wit”: Alexander Pope 5 Do not 6 Run the show 7 Rapper with the music-streaming service Tidal 8 Take out, as

wine bottles 9 “Haha” 10 Due east on an

old clock dial 11 Common female

middle name 12 Smoking or ____ 13 Black church inits. 14 Spot on a

fern frond 15 TBS late-night show 16 Room with

a slanted roof 17 All systems go 20 Cry to kick off

the weekend 21 “Down goes Frazier!” sportscaster 23 Relating to the

abdominal cavity 28 Surg. locales 31 Nonstandard verb

from Popeye 33 Pastoral poet 34 “____ & Stitch” 35 Common opening

bid in bridge 36 Argument 37 Fruit with greenishyellow rinds 40 TV’s “Tales From

the ____” 42 Suddenly start,

as in fright 43 Strands, as a

base runner 44 German lament 46 Workplaces with

a need for speed 48 Government group on offspring? 50 Felon, to a cop 51 Drink holders 52 Greyhound

stop: Abbr. 54 Plotting (with) 56 Alicia of “Urban

Legend,” 1998 59 Ex-isle of exile 61 Denies 63 Play alone 64 Jerry Lewis,

notably 66 “Oh, fudge” 68 Snare-drum sound 70 Rebel in

“Henry IV, Part 1” 72 Jai ____ 75 Green-lit 77 Green 80 Tornado

warning 81 Raised, as a flag 83 Laissez-faire 85 Pre-practice tests? 87 Lush’s favorite

radio station? 88 Drowse 91 Santa makes millions of them every Christmas 94 French month 96 Ingredient in

an Aunt Agatha 98 Blinking

light 99 Attacks 100 Cast about 101 Chemistry Nobelist

Joliot-Curie 102 Understudy’s

study 103 Ticket 105 Ignorance,

so they say 106 Nerve-racking 110 Think tank,

e.g.: Abbr. 112 “Heavens!” 114 It may be pulled after a wrong turn 115 Old law 117 Do something 118 Heat 119 Heater 120 H.R. offering

for employees