New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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1 Government policy chief 5 Assented 12 Not empirical 19 Not natural-looking 21 Sometimes hard-tofind shirt opening 22 Drunkard 23 Onetime co-host of “The View,” informally 24 Contest once hosted by Bob Barker 25 Makes reference (to) 26 Catastrophic event that can be caused by a gigantic earthquake 28 “Fer sher” 29 Folds, as a business 30 Headed for 34 Abbr. on mil. mail 36 French painter of ballerinas 40 Injunction 42 How Hercule Poirot likes to address Hastings 43 Money in Malmö 45 Headstone inits. 46 Stag 48 Ones in rocking chairs, stereotypically 50 Smartphone feature 53 Cherry variety 54 Start to many bumper stickers 55 Response to pointing out a resemblance between two people 56 Hollywood labor groups 59 See 71-Down 60 Plant stalk 62 Crank (up) 63 Chipotle choice 65 Nitwit 66 180s 67 2015 hit spinoff of “Despicable Me” 68 How someone in awe might describe himself 70 Pretty cool, in slang 73 One of the Big Four accounting firms 74 Deft touch 75 Place-holder letters 78 Better now 80 Trivia fodder 81 All ____ 83 Rough shelter 84 Hannah who coined the phrase “the banality of evil” 86 Largest city in the Baltics 87 Planets like ours, in sci-fi 88 Hue lighter than lime 91 Per ____ (yearly) 92 Vintage-film channel 93 Goody 95 Like St. Augustine, among all U.S. cities 97 College, to a Brit 98 Amérique 101 Immigrants’ class, for short 102 Only words on the front of the Great Seal of the United States 10 4Really fresh 106 Its hub at J.F.K. was designed by Eero Saarinen 108 Hubbub 110 Artistic, chatty sorts, it’s said 113 Draft 117 Testify 119 “I got the check” 120 Ancient, undeciphered writing system 121 Towel fabric 122 Relatives of asters 123 Tony who won a Tony for “Angels in America” 124 “It’s a deal!”

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1 E.M.T.’s training 2 Speed along 3 Print ad come-on 4 Sit on the throne 5 International conglomerate whose name means “three stars” 6 Cable-news host Melber 7 Gchats, e.g. 8 Some A.L. players 9 Response to a surprising claim 10 “That’s something ____!” 11 Voyager 12 Medieval Spanish kingdom 13 Sport last played in the Olympics in 1936 14 Was awesome 15 Occupied 16 Funny 17 Riddle-me-____ 18 Qtrly. check recipient, maybe 20 “Stars above!” 27 “____ soon?” 31 Smear 32 Writing in a window? 33 Paranoid sorts, in slang 35 Pushes back 37 “Mamma Mia!” setting 38 In a light manner 39 Outbreaks 40 Anthropomorphic king of Celesteville 41 “Still ____” (Julianne Moore film) 43 Rios, e.g. 44 Decisive assessment 47 Intl. Rescue Committee, e.g. 49 R.&B. singer with the hits “So Sick” and “Mad” 51 Tempe sch. 52 Things in restaurant windows 57 Sac-fly result 58 Outlay that cannot be recovered 59 Some corsage wearers 61 Grand Lodge group 64 Ready … or red, maybe 65 “Let’s keep this between us” 67 Wasn’t kidding about 68 Stunt at the end of a powerful performance 69 Informal assent 70 Go back on one’s word? 71 With 59-Across, some works of Tennessee Williams 72 Big ____ (the drug industry) 74 Biter 75 Moment of liftoff 76 Dangerous toy 77 “Same here” 79 Legal vowelless Scrabble play 80 Herculean act 82 Bit of art pottery 85 Preface to a heart-toheart conversation 89 End of a George Washington address? 90 Safer alternative to paintball 91 If you’re lucky 94 Candy brand owned by Hershey 96 Word before and after “no” 99 Salt-N-Pepa and Ben Folds Five 100 Branch of Islam 102 Rakes in 103 Not taken seriously? 105 Tiniest change 107 Popular gaming console that sounds like two pronouns 109 It’s a long story 110 “Keep movin’!” 111 Info for a chauffeur, perhaps 112 Yahoo alternative 114 “Yuck!” 115 Grp. of connected computers 116 1/100 of a 43-Across 118 Manhattan part … or a suburb near Manhattan