NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Note in the B-major scale 7 Platter letters 10 Boston megaproject completed in 2007, informally 16 Semiformal jacket 17 Item of winter gear with multiple straps 21 Touch down, say 22 Bro’s greeting 23 Sarcastic “Wonderful!” 24 Word after smart or sugar 25 Some female
athletic gear 27 Pinstriped team 29 Cybercrime target, for short 30 Newsman Brown 31 ____ manual 32 Sacramento-toSan Diego dir. 33 Grade to be concerned about 34 Pass, of sorts 37 Bothers 39 Admire oneself a little too much 42 Homer Simpson exclamation 44 – 48 Healthy yogurt mix-ins 49 One not looking for an expensive night on the town 52 Precollege 53 High degree in math? 54 Bris official 56 Approached aggressively 59 Scout group 60 Expired 62 Occupied, as a seat 66 “____ over” (dispiriting message) 68 Latin for “of the sun” 70 They can sleep if you play with them 71 Arctic lights 72 Washington suburb 74 Palindromic elemento 75 PC task-switching combo 76 Twosome 78 Stripe on a zebra, e.g. 81 The pack in a six-pack 84 Legendary Bruin 85 A kid may exchange it for money 87 Capone rival 89 P 90 “Silent Spring” subject 91 1970s-’80s craze that’s the theme of this puzzle 95 Radio format 96 Anise-flavored drink 98 Bettering 99 Loch Ness monster,
e.g. 100 Lat. or Lith., once 102 One who’s been tapped on the shoulder? 103 Big name in
electronics 106 Cry from the
enlightened 108 Defunct spy org. 110 Response on un questionnaire 112 Mission requirement 116 Place to get drunk before getting high? 121 Inspiration for “Lolita” 122 Alfredo, for one 123 “Never ____ Give You Up” (1988 No. 1 hit) 124 Sometimes-sung
pieces 125 Scraped (out) 126 Ball to keep an eye
on
Down
1 No miniature gulf 2 Pours poorly 3 Wore 4 Color of la Méditerranée 5 Some complications 6 Event for select customers 7 Ocean eyesores 8 Six-pack inits. 9 Chandon’s partner 10 Common Coke go-with 11 Affixes, as a patch 12 Grasp intuitively 13 Sights in New Orleans 14 Prestigious school group 15 Noisy flight crew? 17 George on an annual Forbes list 18 ____ Academy (means of online education) 19 Iolani palace locale 20 Statistical tool for comparing means 26 It may start at 10 28 Buckingham Palace guards 33 Detoxing hurdle, for short 34 Tree hugger? 35 “You betcha!” 36 It may change because of weather, in brief 38 Not let bygones be bygones, say 39 Golf-course obstacles 40 24/7, for instance 41 Friend of Lucy Ricardo 42 Live-broadcast feature, oxymoronically 43 Symbols of speed 45 Fruit used in wines and syrups 46 Trig angle symbol 47 Trig’s law of ____ 50 Agitated, with “up” 51 Beach shade 54 Popular reds 55 Yellow dog of the funnies 57 Bust ____ (guffaw) 58 Highlands designs 61 Politician’s asset 63 Palindromic nut 64 Literary governess 65 Palindromic blast 67 Biblical kingdom 69 Language with only 14 letters 71 Nelson ____,“The Man With the Golden Arm” novelist 73 “You betcha!” 75 Jumper cable connection 76 Dummy 77 Language that gave us “punch” 79 Sister of Cronus 80 Eastern ecclesiastic 82 Unnamed object 83 10th: Abbr. 86 Manage 88 Sketchy place? 92 Parts of sneakers 93 Spinoff series with two spinoffs of its
own 94 Luxury Italian label 97 Certain Honshu
resident 99 Umbrella holder,
maybe 101 Queen of ____ 104 Sleeping Beauty
was under one 105 OB/GYN’s prefix
with -gram 107 “____ Lang Syne” 109 Advertising
buzzword 111 Apiece 112 It may collect dust 113 Fareed Zakaria’s channel 114 ____-Jo (’80s track star) 115 Specialty-shoe spec 117 Bother 118 Digs 119 Bother 120 Not working anymore: Abbr.
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