New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bloblike “Star Wars” character 6 Give over 10 Great shakes?

15 Low rolls

19 Auto feature 20 Julia of

Hollywood 21 Ham-handed 22 Enthralled 23 Office for decoding messages? 26 The average size of its stores is 300,000 square feet 27 Had more than an inkling 28 “Rats!” 29 Bringing to mind 31 “Indubitably!” 32 Anxious condition, briefly 33 What one might sit in at a Cheech & Chong movie? 37 “Puppy Love” singer, 1960 38 Election Day affirmation 39 Oomph 40 Hauled (away) 42 WikiLeaks associates 45 Inspiration 46 Herder’s mantra? 48 Virtual dog or cat, maybe 50 Glaciate 51 Fake news site, with “The” 52 Sign on a jar at a bar 53 Mass. neighbor 54 In a pretentious manner 56 Series opener

58 Fall behind 61 Quality-control problem at Oscar Mayer? 63 Title of a book about Southern Reconstruction? 65 Nav. rank 66 Word before or after nothing 67 Doohickeys 68 Sword handle 69 They may be decorated for the holidays 70 Sauce 71 Nickname for a Miami 12-time NBA All-Star 72 Goddess usually pictured with a helmet 75 Two sights in a yacht’s galley? 79 Prey for a heron or garter snake 80 French pilgrimage site 81 Stranger 82 Off-road transport, informally 83 ____ Johnson, aka The Rock 85 Sound heard by an exam proctor, say 86 Helpful things for killing time nowadays? 91 Fraternity letter 92 Number of French kings named Charles 95 Catch’s partner 96 Prefix with therapy 98 Draw

99 “Sign me up!” 100 Pigeon trainer, at times? 105 Crook, e.g. 106 Book of ____ (ancient Jewish text) 107 “Who ____?” 108 Kind of pad 109 Past partners 110 1988 Olympics site 111 Studied 112 Ancient manuscript

DOWN

1 Of poor quality, in modern slang 2 Set apart 3 College in Lewiston, Me. 4 Steep

5 Big movietheater chain 6 Miniature lobster lookalikes 7 Every

8 They may be put up before a fight 9 President-____ 10 Starts of many emails 11 Burma’s first prime minister 12 Warm welcome at Waikiki 13 Exams for some HS students 14 Singer/ guitarist ____ Ray Vaughan 15 Early wheels 16 Rousing 17 Unsolved crime 18 Theater backdrop 24 Clamor 25 Onetime MGM rival

30 Trite 32 Coming up 34 Canon rival 35 Hardly ____ 36 Fishing vessel

37 In the neighborhood 40 Changing room? 41 Go-betweens 42 Fine-tuning 43 Acrobatic 44 Be overly sweet 45 Hip-hop’s ____ Def 46 Cubbyhole 47 Performing beneath one’s usual level 48 Late times, in ads 49 Bigger than big 52 The Bee Gees, for much of their career 54 Ancient market 55 Ruth’s 2,214 56 Circular things that arrive in square boxes 57 Lumberjacks 58 Narcotic 59 One carrying a torch? 60 Ending with poly62 Valhalla VIP 63 Certain vacuum tube 64 “Actually, come to think of it …” 67 Egg on 69 Hiking group, with “the”? 70

Greek city mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles 71 Backs, anatomically 72 With consequences 73 As much as possible 74 Motor oil brand 75 “The Lord of the Rings” actor Billy 76 Step up or down 77 Relied (on) 78 Theme for an annual city-magazine issue

80 The inside track 83 Narc’s org. 84 Arroyos 87 Spanish kids 88 Cold War flier

89 Glow in the dark?

90 “Say cheese!” 92 Dressed to the nines, with “up” 93 Goddess of peace 94 Canon rival 97 ____ Major 98 Mother of Artemis 101 Farm call 102 Post-O.R. stop

103 Grp. of Senators 104 PC key