NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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1 Pushovers 8 Horn of Africa native 14 Pushed forward, as a crowd 20 Wellesley grads 21 “Same here!’’ 22 Paternally related 23 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film 25 Vintner Paul who would “sell no wine before its time’’ 26 Knot on a tree 27 ____ of the earth 28 Like a chestnut 29 ____ Joaquin, Calif. 30 Fell for an April fool, say 31 Verses with six stanzas 33 Bringer of peace between nations 36 ____ qué (why: Sp.) 37 NPR host Shapiro 38 Worked to the bone 39 State bordering Texas 45 Actress Pflug of “M*A*S*H’’ 46 Dummy 47 Wishing sites 48 Author who inspired the musical“Wicked’’ 50 Chiwere-speaking tribe 54 Bygone office worker 56 65 or so 57 Rose buds? 60 Spruce up 62 Op-Ed columnist Maureen 63 Spanish airline 64 Met, as a legislature 66 Jason Bourne and others 70 Big name in outdoor and fitness gear 71 2014 land-grab 73 Draft picks? 74 Tarzan’s simian sidekick 76 Salad-bar bowlful 79 Kung ____ chicken 80 Constellation next to Scorpius 83 Stephen of “Ben-Hur’’ 84 Alternative-mediamagazine founder 85 Pep 87 Some “Fast and the Furious’’ maneuvers, slangily 88 Opening of a Hawaiian volcano? 91 Some auto auctions’ inventory 94 Unhurriedly 98 One calling the shots, for short? 99 “Well, ____-di-dah!’’ 100 Land in the Caucasus 102 Deli sandwich filler 107 New ____ (official cap maker of Major League Baseball) 108 Wares: Abbr. 109 Wite-Out manufacturer 110 Caps 111 ____ me tangere (warning against meddling) 112 Costner/Russo golf flick 114 Chocolaty Southern dessert 117 Climate-affecting current 118 How some people break out on Broadway 119 Trig calculation 120 Div. for the Mets 121 It may be filled with bullets 122 Catches some Z’s

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1 Fills to capacity 2 How you can’t sing a duet 3 Yellowfin and bluefin 4 Cell that has multiplied? 5 Place to retire 6 Like sushi or ceviche 7 ____ knot, rug feature 8 Some bunk-bed sharers, for short 9 Concubine’s chamber 10 Half-baked 11 Slanting 12 Caterpillar machine 13 It comes with a charge 14 Iraqi city on the Tigris 15 Like one side of Lake Victoria 16 Ones calling the shots, for short? 17 Chatterbox 18 Ballet headliner 19 Slightly depressed 24 Workers on Times tables, briefly? 29 California wine region 32 Bread substitute? 33 Second-largest dwarf planet 34 Cuisine that includes cracklins and boudin 35 Turn a blind eye to 37 One spinning its wheels? 39 Some I.R.A.s 40 All the rage 41 Pinpoint 42 Greek sorceress 43 Nicholas Gage memoir 44 Anakin’s master in “Star Wars’’ 49 Bridge words 51 Amateur botanists’ projects 52 Yellow dog in the funnies 53 Morales of HBO’s “The Brink’’ 55 John in the Songwriters Hall of Fame 57 Writes in C++, say 58 Utensil’s end 59 “A Doll’s House’’ playwright 61 Lawyer’s clever question, say 62 Showtime crime drama, 2006-13 64 One who has crossed the line? 65 Janis’s husband in the funnies 67 Rock, paper or scissors 68 Phishing lures 69 Places for links? 72 Hit AMC series that ended with a Coca-Cola ad 75 Iffy 77 Immediately preceding periods 78 Hokkaido port 79 Magician’s word 81 “La ____’’ (Debussy opus) 82 Dunderhead 85 Intl. group headquartered in Vienna 86 One at the wheel 89 Pellet shooters 90 Got high, in a way 92 Vinland explorer circa A.D. 1000 93 Opponents for Perry Mason, for short 94 Winning blackjack pair 95 Send 96 Romance novelist Banks 97 Going out 101 Dutch town known for tulip tourism 102 Au courant 103 Miners’ entries 104 Ruy ____ (chess opening) 105 Skirt style 106 Nutritionists’ prescriptions 110 Grp. of teed-off women? 113 Snoop group, in brief 114 POW/____ bracelet (popular 1970s wear) 115 Neither red nor blue?: Abbr. 116 Tres menos dos