New York Times Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS
1 “Cease!” on the seas 6 “What nonsense!” 9 Walk on the edge? 13 Luminary
17 Clubs with strobes 19 Hieroglyphic bird 21 ____ O’s (chocolaty
cereal brand)
22 Asian territory in the
game Risk
23 Roll out
24 Sailing vessels that Cap’n Crunch might commandeer? 27 Cuzco builders 29 Tetris piece
30 Testing times 31 Heavily armored vessels getting married? 35 Smelter input 36 Whiskey distiller’s
supply
37 “The plot thickens!” 38 Candy in collectible
containers
39 Mideast monarchy 43 Numbers on righthand pages
45 Resells ruthlessly 47 Speaker on a car’s
dash
48 Polished
49 Fruit mentioned in the
“Odyssey”
51 Equal
52 Actor Stephen
53 Split, e.g.
54 Kids’ game in which small vessels attack each other?
59 Rio maker
60 Flood survivor
61 ____ Gold, chief of staff on “The Good Wife”
62 Often-quoted chairman
63 A large amount 66 Fishing vessel that can pull only half a net behind it?
70 Bruce of “The Hateful
Eight”
71 Messenger ____ 72 Rare craps roll 73 Incapacitate, in a way 74 Growth ring? 76 Recreational vessel that’s never left the harbor?
84 1997 action film set on
a plane
85 X amount
86 Isaac Newton, e.g. 87 Brings up
89 Bad at one’s job
90 P, to Pythagoras 91 Revolver, in Roaring
Twenties slang
94 Use scissors on 95 Governess at Thornfield 96 Berkeley institution,
briefly
97 In place of
98 It brings people together
99 No. of interest to
some recruiters 100 Luxury vessel with a pair of decks, both of which need swabbing?
106 Malodorous mammal 109 A&M athlete
110 Matisse who painted
“La Danse”
111 Cargo vessel full
of iPads?
114 Mown strips
117 “Game of Thrones,”
e.g.
118 Blackens
119 Staple of Shinto rituals
120 Second story?
121 Rub out
122 Not needing a cane,
maybe
123 Deadhead’s hits? 124 Foolish
DOWN
1 Kick in
2 Struggle
3 Ambitiously sought 4 Noninvasive medical
procedures 5 Flashlight : U.S. :: ____
: U.K. 6 Consequential
7 Addis ____
8 Lookout point
9 “You Send Me” singer,
1957 10 Coffee holder
11 Works on as a cobbler
might
12 Libertarian pundit
Neal
13 Head honcho
14 It may end on a high
note
15 D.C.’s National ____ 16 Chicago-based fraternal order 18 Mezzanine access 20 They hang around the
rain forest
25 Return from a trip to
the Alps?
26 Pharma watchdog 28 Surveillance aid 31 Coat in a cote
32 Fire
33 Longtime retailer hurt
by Amazon 34 Coverage provider? 40 Femme’s title 41 Choice for an online
gamer
42 Star of “Kinsey,” 2004 44 Is downright terrible 46 Actress Téa
47 Beauty
48 Under goer? 50 Biathletes do it 52 Uncreative creation 53 Forming spiral patterns
55 Holy Week follower 56 ____ State (Alabama’s
nickname)
57 Measure of purity 58 Cheer with an accent 63 “____: A Love Story”
(1998 George Burns
book)
64 Like soubise sauce 65 Coat of arms element 67 Flock female
68 Vogue or Elle 69 Ehrich ____ a.k.a.
Houdini
70 Chops up
75 Elephant ____ (pastry)
77 It may help remove a
curse
78 Hold an assembly 79 Revival movement
prefix
80 Not mainstream 81 Bellyacher
82 Quits, informally 83 Nonsensical talk 88 Prep for a match 90 Dilapidated dwelling 91 Manhandles, with “up” 92 Like the Gemini
flights
93 Way out
96 Wares at fairs 97 “Around the World in
80 Days” protagonist 101 Nonpermanent sculpture medium
102 Flower with rays 103 Vichyssoise vegetables
104 Single
105 Dialect of Arabic 106 Entry ticket
107 Iridescent stone 108 Women’s Open org. 112 Go astray
113 Roulette bet
115 Cool, in the ’40s
116 Roguish