NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD OH, FOURPEAT'S SAKE BY ALEX BAJCZ / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Alex Bajcz, of Morris Plains, N.J., is an assistant professor of biology and environmental science at Drew University. He studies how and why plants produce fruits — he says he’s one of the few biologists who get to eat his research. The name Bajcz is Hungarian. Since that’s difficult for American tongues, his family pronounces it ‘‘badges.’’ This is Alex’s sixth Times crossword and second Sunday. — W.S. 52 Actor/tv host Joel 95 55 To take this, paradoxically, might signify taking a stand 56 Wedding exchange 57 The D -backs, on

scoreboards 58 Quack doctor’s

offering 59 London neighborhood west of Covent Garden 62 Most expensive

block 64 Kirghizia or

Byelorussia: Abbr. 67 Quick hit 69 Word in the Declaration of Independence but not the Constitution 70 ____ Rachel Wood

of ‘‘Westworld’’ 71 ‘‘Can’t you ____?’’ 72 Post-interruption

question 75 Plant used in

making biofuel 77 ____ Schomburg, Harlem Renaissance figure 78 Haiti’s ____ de la

Tortue 79 Like some coffee

and sprains 82 Heedless 86 ‘‘Fantabulous!’’ 87 First ruler of a

united Hawaii 91 Boot attachment 92 ____ Pre√ 94 Loan option,

briefly

ACROSS

What a deadline

increases

9 Dental brand

14 Neaten (up)

19 Jet routes

20 First name in flying history

‘‘____ the Doughnut,’’ children’s book series

22 Classic saying originated by John Donne

24 Like oxfords, but

not slippers

25 Really put one’s

foot down

26 Shaded

27 ____ O’s ( breakfast

cereal)

28 Love, love, love

29 Population grouping, informally

Aid for making a

tiki-bar cocktail

34 Isn’t attending

solo, say

38 Bouncer’s requests,

for short

39 Beethoven title woman (whose identity is unknown)

40 Supreme Egyptian deity

Standing on the street

44 Carpenter ____

45 Pin number?

48 ‘‘Glad to have you

back, dear!’’ 1 21 31 41

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Like a narrow baseball win

96 Fixture whose name translates to ‘‘small horse’’

99 Result of the ’64 Clay/liston fight Hitting the ground heavily

103 Relatively light

foundry product 108 Wash. neighbor 109 Lavishes affection

(on)

110 Super-quality

111 ‘‘This one’s all mine!’’

Like about 97 percent of U.S. land

Óscar ____, 1987 Peace Nobelist from Costa Rica Potful in some Italian kitchens 121 Given (to)

122 Stock-exchange

worker

123 Makes Don nod? 124 Things that can be

closed with a zip 125 Brains

126 Least spicy 101 113 117 118

DOWN

1 Trashes

2 ____ shield

3 Bombeck who wrote

‘‘At Wit’s End’’

4 Participates in a

mosh pit

5 Los Angeles port

district

6 Sea urchin, at a sushi

bar

7 Took another take

8 Isaac’s firstborn 9 Meditation sounds 10 Click the circular

arrow button, say 11 Aids for sleepyheads 12 Top part of an I.R.S. form

Red morning sky, to sailors

Part of an Italian sub

Some pricey handbags

Things Wyoming and Nevada lack Guy who hosts ‘‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’’

18 Overnighting option 20 It’s been performed more than 1,000 times at the Met 23 Kan. neighbor

30 Title for a lady

32 Be outta sight?

33 Alice in Chains

genre

34 Atlanta hoopster 35 Repeated word in Hozier’s 2014 hit ‘‘Take Me to Church’’

36 Base of an arch

37 Video call

annoyance

42 Falling-out

43 Mammal’s head

and heart?

44 ‘‘Pokémon’’

cartoon genre

46 High-ranking

47 Chutzpah

49 Call to mind

50 Like Parmesan and

pecorino

51 ‘‘You do it ____ will’’ 53 Stick (to)

54 That guy 13 14 15 16 17 60 Cheri of old ‘‘S.N.L.’’ 61 ‘‘With what

frequency?’’

62 ‘‘The Masque of the

Red Death’’ writer 63 Duck

64 Tries for a fly

65 Film character who says ‘‘That’ll do, Donkey. That’ll do’’ 66 Payback

68 Christensen of

‘‘Parenthood’’

69 Grammy winner

Stefani 73 Classic work by Karel

Capek

74 Whitney for whom a Connecticut museum is named 76 Certain security

officer

79 Prez No. 34

80 Quick pick-me-up? 81 Send forth

83 Atmospheric prefix 84 Ostracize

85 Be left undecided

88 Watered-down rum 89 Common lecture

length

90 Giant in fairy tales? 93 Queen Anne’s royal

family

97 ‘‘Let me clarify . . . ’’ 98 Trashes

99 Yellow-brick-road

traveler

100 Folds and stretches 102 Backpacker’s

lodging

103 Make lemonade from lemons, so to speak 104 Peter of

‘‘Casablanca’’

105 ‘‘The Dick Van Dyke

Show’’ co-star

106 Wood stain has a

strong one

107 Tiny ____

112 Hurtful remark

114 Ploy

115 Pocket rockets, in poker

In the event that Symbol on a Junction Ahead sign 120 Future zygotes 116 119