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ACROSS 1 Have 4 New Deal org. 7 Motley 13 “Dukes” 18 V.I.P. list 20 Lamborghini rival 21 Arctic people 22 Result of a French powdered drink shortage? 24 1959 Ritchie Valens hit, with “La” 25 Hook’s right hand 26 Hägar the Horrible’s hound 27 Short rows 29 Nincompoop 30 Secures at sea 32 Fig. checked during re-tire-ment? 33 Legends in the automotive world 35 List of things said by Siri? 38 1920s-’30s Yankees nickname 41 Deceive 42 Sights at charging stations 44 Thingamajig 45 Softhead 48 What an infielder might field a ball on 50 “Reckon so” 52 “Savvy?” 54 ____ Conference Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). 55 59 Washington, Was beaten by D.C.? 60 Neighbors of Egyptians 61 Attribute in a way to, 62 Three-foot 1980s sitcom character 65 Grammy winner ____ Elliott 66 Cobbler, at times 68 Cowboy Rogers 69 Giant 71 Not just focused 75 Butting heads 76 Struggling sci-fi writer’s plea for recognition? 1 78 Blade runner? 2 81 Hip-hop’s Shakur 3 82 Attend without a date 4 83 Country that Menorca 5 is part of 6 85 If you have it, 7 you might know 8 what this answer is 9 without reading the clue 86 Middle of a simile 88 Quenched 92 “Give me ____” 93 Some 1960s radicals 96 Treat that gives a glowing complexion? 98 Chap 100 Work as a branch manager? 102 Flag 103 Scott of “Happy Days” 104 Nasser’s successor as Egypt’s leader 107 108 “What’s Film Doc?” Kenton director antagonist Opera, ____ C. 111 113 Canon Weeklong Irish vacation? competitor 116 117 118 Like Chose Gross some to take turns part 119 120 What ____ performance if, informally 121 Book Abbr. before Esther: 122 Neuron’s ends? DOWN “Wise” sorts “Pow!” Result of a haymaker, maybe 1/20 of a ton: Abbr. Pure Couple Torn Dadaist Jean Wimbledon surface 10 Archaeological treasure trove 11 “Nessun dorma,” for one 12 Drift 13 Statement made while crossing the fingers, maybe 14 Like the three men of the “Rub-a-dub-dub” nursery rhyme 15 One having trouble with basic arithmetic? 16 Neighbor of the talus 17 19 20 Much Good Some sports hunting of Guinness recap a skill Book 23 Lamp records surprise? polisher’s 28 31 Batch “Quién of ____?” Brownies? 32 34 Harass Photog’s incessantly bagful? 35 Feature cream of Devonshire 36 Article in Der Spiegel 37 “March comes in like ____ …” 39 Cottonmouth’s warning 40 Targets in “Men in Black,” informally 43 Stars 46 Childish retort 47 Indiana’s state flower 49 Puts forth 51 Historic Mesopotamian city 53 Wand material in the Harry Potter books 56 Thick and green 57 Merchandise: Abbr. 58 Artificial silks 59 Grow feathers 61 Like the French sky 62 Colorful quartz 63 ____ position 64 Some loose dancing? 65 Godfather after being double-crossed? 67 70 Kyrgyz Panhandle state: Abbr. city 72 Action in FanDuel and DraftKings 73 Close tightly 74 “King Lear” role 76 “The Last Days of Pompeii” heroine 77 ____ bin Laden 78 Legitimate practices business 79 Last Stuart queen 80 Kind of alphabet 82 Moo goo ____ pan 84 “Sh,” “th” or “ou” 87 1974 C.I.A. spoof 89 Big name in test prep 90 Opposite side 91 Makes a meal of 94 Apple app for viewing reading material 95 Polish, e.g. 97 Green 98 Heeds 99 Eagerly accept 101 County in New Mexico or Colorado 105 Court legend Arthur 106 Eldest member of an organization 107 Falco of “The Sopranos” 109 The Eagles’ “____ Eyes” 110 Forever and ever 112 December 31: Abbr. 114 D.C.-based media giant 115 1st, 2nd, 3rd … ____
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