New York Times Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS 1 Neighbor of Sudan 5 Queen in the “Star Wars” movies 12 Basics 16 Things that people like to have ripped? 19 First sentence of a news story 20 Party animal 21 Comedian who was a regular on “The Steve Allen Show” 23 Sources of lean meat 24 Comparatively strong, like some French wine? 26 Grime 28 “Yo!” 29 Went by 30 Fearful 32 1998 De Niro thriller 34 Highway noise barriers 38 One who’s in it but doesn’t win it 40 Egyptian leader obsessed with his appearance? 43 Certain Lincoln Center soprano? 45 It may pop on a plane 46 Dietary std. 47 China’s Chiang ____-shek 48 Yes or no follower 49 Light on one’s feet 51 Submissive 52 Fleet 56 “Totally awesome!” 57 Bit of food … or feud? 58 Part of a house 59 Peach ____ 61 ____-frutti 62 Buttonhole, e.g. 63 Shooting craps while waiting for one’s train? 67 Actress Hatcher 68 All skin and bones 69 “I had a dream, which was not all a dream” poet 70 George Eliot’s “____ Marner” 71 Finely decorated 72 Antagonist 74 Much of Mongolia 78 Automaker sold by G.M. in 2017 79 Territory 80 White undercoat 82 Broadbrim, e.g. 83 Inits. for getting around the Loop 84 Protagonist in David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest” 85 Comment from a cook who cools the cheese sauce before serving? 89 Woodwind that’s O.K. to play? 93 Something that’s free of charge 94 Weapon seen on the Kenyan flag 95 Big stinks 96 Done, slangily 97 Units for binge watchers 100 Actor Patel of “Lion” 101 “Don’t ____ me” 104 Cupid’s catchphrase? 110 Part 111 Attention hog’s cry 112 Vigilant 113 “The Dukes of Hazzard” spinoff 114 Intimidate 115 One of eight in “The 12 Days of Christmas” 116 Egg-shaped Hasbro toys introduced in 1971 117 Certain soft drinks, informally DOWN 1 Score marking 2 Powerful engine, for short 3 Nighttime Cartoon Network programming block 4 Wipe off the map 5 Start of MGM’s motto 6 Quaint “I believe” 7 Like Wrigley Field’s walls 8 Brave 9 Landon who lost in a landslide 10 Pastoral locale 11 Big name in 1980s-’90s TV talk 12 State capital that’s the setting of “Ironweed” 13 Betty ____ 14 Mean, lowdown sorts 15 Court conference 16 CNN commentator Navarro 17 The Cougars of the West Coast Conf. 18 Determination in a prenatal exam 22 Holiday meal 25 Came down 27 Long lunch? 31 It’s to be expected 32 Leveled 33 Eleven: Fr. 35 Cheesy dish 36 Seminal symbol of mass production 37 Lose 38 Paul who sang “Lonely Boy” 39 King who said, “Nothing will come of nothing” 40 Woman’s name that means “truth” 41 Disloyalty 42 Loft filler 44 Director of 1991’s “Mississippi Masala” 49 Genesis brother 50 Early Beatle 51 Sam who ran the bar on “Cheers” 53 Unconcerned with right and wrong 54 Parts of supermarkets 55 & 57 Very nearly 58 Topic at the Kinsey Institute 60 32-ounce purchase at 7-Eleven 61 Mining supply 63 Free 64 Chasm 65 It decreases a QB’s rating: Abbr. 66 Busy hosp. areas 67 Best of the best 70 Knee-highs, e.g. 72 Doesn’t know for a fact, say 73 ____ buco 75 Secreted signal 76 El ____ 77 Cricket rival of Harrow 79 Material once set afire and put in a catapult 80 Grasp, informally 81 Human, typically, diet-wise 84 Announcement upon a grand arrival 85 Entertainment with camels, maybe 86 It sank after W.W. II 87 Go cold turkey 88 Said 90 Goaltender Dominik in the Hockey Hall of Fame 91 Wrinkle-free, say 92 Lincoln’s place 96 Wild 98 Old-movie dog 99 ____ Valley 100 Give a beating 102 Go forcefully (through) 103 1979 Roman Polanski film 104 Inc. relative 105 Win on “Hollywood Squares” 106 “I shall return,” e.g. 107 Des-Moines-to-Dubuque dir. 108 Add years 109 Sentence fragments: Abbr.