New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ANAGRAMMAR ACROSS
1 Moth attractors 6 Rescue site for a polar bear 10 “Hold it right there!” 14 Word with grand or identity 19 Netflix crime drama set in a small town in Missouri 20 “Hahahahahaha!” 21 Blacken on the barbecue 22 Sun: Prefix 23 Change, as a hotel lock 24 Aura 27 Weasley family owl in the Harry Potter books 28 “You wish” 30 It’s SW of the Pyrenees 31 “Give me an example!” 33 Designates for a specific purpose 35 Big things in D.C. and Hollywood 36 Source of the line “A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou” 37 Real nostalgia trip 40 Mobile 42 Mao-____ (Chinese liquor) 43 L.G.B.T. History Mo. 44 Bite-size chocolate candy 47 Home for doves and pigeons 48 Home for herons and egrets 50 “In case you didn’t hear me … ” 52 Group on the dark side of the Force 54 “Alas!” in Austria 55 Generally speaking 59 Not only that but also 60 Pompous pronoun 62 Vicuña product 63 Eye-catching print pattern 65 Creature slain in the Mines of Moria by Gandalf 66 “A Little Night Music” composer 70 Award for technological development since 1995 71 Shed, as feathers 73 Individually 75 Sometime collaborator with William Shakespeare, per the Oxford University Press 81 Deepest lake in the U.S. after Crater Lake 83 Place where musical talent may be wasted? 84 Assembly 87 Burns, in a way 89 Comics debut of 1963 90 Important topic in golf instruction 91 It’s all downhill from here 92 Easy way that might lead to error 99 Printing measurement 100 Dead letters? 101 “It’s bulls and blood, it’s dust and mud,” per a Garth Brooks hit 102 Enthusiastic enjoyment 103 Miss, say 104 Girl’s name that’s also a state abbreviation 105 Some laughable language mistakes — as found literally (in consecutive letters) in 24-, 37-, 55-, 75- and 92-Across 109 Small, rectangular candy 110 Cocktails with gin, vermouth and Campari 112 Gave the pink slip 113 Organism that grows on another plant non-parasitically 115 Bening with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 116 Statistician Silver 117 Dog to beware of 118 Angioplasty inserts 119 Big 12 college town 120 Bounty hunter shot by Han Solo in “Star Wars: A New Hope”
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1 One-named singer with the 2017 No. 1 album “Melodrama” 2 Longtime Hyundai model 3 God, with “the” 4 First words 5 Business with perpetually high sales? 6 Glassy-eyed look 7 CPR administrator 8 Malek who won a Best Actor Oscar for “Bohemian Rhapsody” 9 Dimwit 10 Easily split rock 11 Which train goes to Harlem, in song 12 Something to dip in the water 13 Wedding agreement 14 Title movie role for Jim Carrey 15 “I found what you’re looking for!” 16 Jane Jetson’s son 17 Shrek’s love 18 “For rent” sign 25 Beehive State bloomer 26 Occasion for a high school after-party 29 “… ____ mouse?” 32 Org. in a 1976 sports merger 34 Be on the court for tipoff, say 36 Précis 38 Bouillabaisse base 39 Myriad 40 Drink stirred with a spoon 41 Kind of alcohol used as biofuel 45 It borders the Suez Canal 46 Premium movie channel 47 Keto diet no-no 48 “The Jungle Book” boy 49 Chopped down 50 Place reached by boat 51 University in downtown Philadelphia 53 ____ Amendment, controversial 1976 Congressional measure 55 Stunned … just stunned 56 Alteration of a video game, in gamer lingo 57 “I like that!” 58 Chesterfield or reefer 61 Sleeve opening 64 What keeps athletic tape from sticking to the skin 66 “Go ____ Watchman” (Harper Lee novel) 67 Target of a spray 68 One of two in “The Grapes of Wrath” 69 Film-rating org. 72 “For shame!” 74 Like the verb “to be”: Abbr. 75 Purchase for a celebration 76 Stable period from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius 77 Man, to Marcus Aurelius 78 Barely scratches (out) 79 Traitors 80 Pulitzer-winning W.W. II journalist 81 Russian rulers of old 82 Discovery of penicillin, e.g. 85 Built up gradually 86 It’s skipped in the Gregorian calendar 88 Some trackand-field training 90 Propping (up) 93 Lead role in “Chicago” 94 Nov. 13, e.g. 95 ____ school 96 Baby shark 97 “Days of Grace” memoirist Arthur 98 Corvette roof options 105 Women’s rights pioneer Lucretia 106 End-of-semester stressor 107 Chapeau site 108 Bicker (with) 111 Kylo of the “Star Wars” films 114 Charlemagne’s domain, for short