NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION BY JEFF CHEN
Across
1 Way around London,
with "the" 5 E.R. V.I.P.s 8 Haunted
house sound 13 Backflow preventer
in a drain 18 Brief, as a visit 20 Sub 21 Oscar role for
Vivien Leigh 22 Astonishing March Madness success, e.g. 24 He denied Christ
three times 25 Device with a
Retina display 26 The opposition 27 "Madame X" painter
John Singer ____ 29 23-Across, literally? 33 Cozy 35 Actor ____ Buchholz of "The Magnificent Seven" 36 Epitome of simplicity 37 Sour 39 Spicy fare? 41 "Where America's Day Begins" 43 Made an impression? 45 Iron: Fr. 46 Get ready to be dubbed 50 Machine-gun while flying low 52 Stereotypical oil tycoon 54 Remains unused 56 Sweets 58 Take both sides? 60 Word on a jar 61 Muskmelon variety 65 Bombs developed in the 1950s 66 Some airport figures, for short 67 Eminently draft-worthy 68 Pitch 71 Wiped out 72 Middling 73 Plenty sore, with "off" 74 Heat 76 Antiparticle first observed in 1929 78 Noon, in Nantes 79 Disaster film? 82 Singer Simone 83 Doomed 85 N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas 87 Ladies' shoe fastener 91 Staff openings? 92 By way of 94 Wine bar order 96 Elusive 97 ____ Lenoir, inventor of the internalcombustion engine 100 Location of
Waimea Valley 101 What one will
never be, in golf 102 Tended, with "for" 104 Comedian's
stock in trade 106 118-Across, literally? 110 Africa's oldest
republic 112 Result of
some plotting 114 Bingo square 115 Old Russian ruler known as "Moneybag" 116 Detective in a lab 122 Frisbees and such 123 Like spoiled kids 124 Metallic element that's No. 21 on the periodic table 125 Like many
concept cars 126 Gregor ____, protagonist in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" 127 Snack food brand 128 Latin years
Down
1 Sign of nervousness 2 Sea urchin, at a sushi bar 3 Declare verboten 4 Break off a romance 5 Takeaway, of a sort 6 When a baby is expected 7 1904 world's fair city: Abbr. 8 Utilities, insurance, advertising, etc. 9 Loosely woven fabric with a rough texture 10 Try to find oneself? 11 ____ quotes 12 What a designated driver takes 13 Candy that fizzes in the mouth 14 New Hampshire 15 Gives stars to 16 Have no existence 17 Line usually on the left or right side 19 Tonto player of 2013 20 ____ characters (Chinese writing) 23 Murderer of Hamlet 28 Tuna, at a sushi bar 29 Doesn't keep up 30 Go up against 31 Facial feature of the Bond villain Ernst Blofeld 32 Jargon 34 Runs for a long pass, say 38 One component of a data plan 40 What the prefix "tera-" means 42 Contributed to the world 43 56-Down, literally? 44 "Don't you ____!" 47 Line judge? 48 Home to the National Border Patrol Museum 49 Teacher's unit 51 Funny Tina 53 Bubkes 55 60-Down, literally? 57 Stay 59 Setting eschewed by Hawaii: Abbr. 61 Capturer of some embarrassing gaffes 62 "The Iceman Cometh" playwright 63 Hospital sticker 64 Handling well 69 Winner of four 1990s-2000s golf majors 70 1953 Leslie Caron film 75 Other: Abbr. 77 Networking assets 80 "Ta-ta!" 81 Former world capital called "City of Lights" 84 Shift+8 86 "Everybody's a comedian" 88 Certain cheap car, informally 89 Mathematician Turing 90 Apt rhyme for "fire" 93 Asked for a desk, say 95 That the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666, e.g. 98 Uganda's Amin 99 Marsh birds 102 Showing
politesse 103 Lower 105 International package deliverer 107 Desi of Desilu
Productions 108 Show a bias 109 Nintendo game
princess 110 Lens caps? 111 Where fighter jets are found: Abbr. 113 "Gangnam Style" hitmaker 117 ____ pro nobis (pray for us) 118 Sch. in
Fort Collins 119 The dark side 120 Symbol on the flag of Argentina or Uruguay 121 "Eww, stop!"
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