New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers
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1 Getting warm, so to
speak
6 It was established by a
1926 royal charter 9 Ulan ____, Mongolia 14 Be against
18 Send, as payment
19 No. 1 of 50,
alphabetically: Abbr. 20 Former basketball star Gilbert ... or the places he played 22 Garb in a duck blind,
informally
23 Way into a garage,
typically
25 California wine region 26 Road-trip guessing
game
27 Freak (out)
28 Tennis star who won at least one Grand Slam title for a record 13 straight years 29 Initialism that can include an ‘‘h’’ for ‘‘humble’’
30 Old-timey ‘‘OMG!’’ 32 GPS guess
33 Variables in πr² and
2πr
34 Nickelodeon
competitor 38 Bagless-vacuum maker 40 Savvy couple?
42 ____ the Kid, nickname for N.H.L. star Crosby
43 Party game similar to
Catch Phrase 44 Grows increasingly
more irksome 47 Starbucks sizes smaller
than grandes
49 Dove bar, e.g.
50 Given as a bequest 52 Suffix with mega- or
multi54 Ones making strong
impressions?
56 ‘‘Je t’____’’ (words
from a beau)
57 Prince Andrew’s
younger daughter 60 On the main 61 Prominent women’s
rights lawyer 63 Member of an Iraqi
minority
65 Obscure knowledge 70 Violent, maybe 71 Certain laundrydetergent capsule 73 Causing constriction of
the pupils
74 Nailed the test
75 007’s alma mater 76 Visual phenomenon created by short flashes of light 78 Linguist Chomsky 80 Dense fog,
metaphorically 82 When repeated, a
Hawaiian fish 83 Major utility pipeline 87 Whimper
88 It has its pros and cons 90 Part of P.R.
91 Far from wild
93 Pesto ingredient
96 For one purpose only 98 Org. that takes many
forms
99 Five-star
100 Quark-antiquark
combo
104 Some entertainers at children’s birthday parties
107 Europe’s longest river 110 Trouble
111 O icon
112 Western Hemisphere
grp.
113 Legendary firefighter
Red
114 Curler’s surface
115 Kind of palm
cultivated for its fruit 117 Prove wrong
119 Awards show that airs
at night, ironically 121 Part of une éclipse 122 Submits an online
return
123 Brown. ender
124 "
125 What’s more, it’s said 126 Down stream?
127 Easy target
128 Buddy of ‘‘The
Beverly Hillbillies’’
DOWN
1 Sang one’s own praises 2 Humor regarding a
serious matter 3 ‘‘w’’-like letters 4 Anthony Hopkins, for
one
5 Wi-Fi alternative 6 Complained about
getting fleeced? 7 Subject of a Sleeves Up
campaign
8 French luxury jeweler 9 ABCs
10 Lead-in to therapy 11 Jazz instrument pitched
in the key of B flat 12 Peace activist Yoko 13 Classic dorm-room
meal
14 Fading process for
jeans
15 Deep-toned cousin of
an English horn 16 One whose calling is
making calls? 17 American Kennel Club
designation
21 Stuffing herb
24 Green on the screen 31 QB’s passing stat: Abbr. 35 Up to
36 Din from a den 37 Keystone ____
39 Put forward
41 TV channel that owns the website The Undefeated
45 Beer in a green bottle 46 Part of a college visit,
typically
47 Prepare to swing, say 48 Unseal furtively, as an
envelope
50 Floral fragrance note 51 Behave theatrically 53 Restored to mint
condition
55 Lesser Antilles native 56 City that’s home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites 58 ‘‘Go ____!’’ (coach’s
encouragement) 59 Computer menu with
Undo and Redo 60 Expand upon
62 Tony winner Menzel 64 Antarctica’s ____ Ice
Shelf
66 Nestlé creamer 67 Bothered persistently 68 Not for mass audiences 69 When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in ‘‘Hamilton’’
72 Took steroids, say 77 Like loud phone conversations in public
79 Designed to deter
stealing
81 T-Bonz dog treat brand 83 Word before bag or bar 84 Musical with the opening number ‘‘Every Story Is a Love Story’’
85 Sallie Mae products 86 Marshmallow-filled
snacks
87 University of Montana
city
89 Hitchhike
92 Shapiro of NPR 94 Emulates the Mongols 95 Old genre for 12-Down 97 Z4 or Q50
99 Judge
101 Pool competitions 102 Immature egg cell 103 Star of the ‘‘Taken’’
trilogy
105 Like snow leopards
and Siberian tigers 106 What tots might go
after?
108 Easy two points
109 ‘‘Scram!’’
115 ____-American
116 Tool for pool
118 Old-timey cry of
disgust
120 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones film series, for short