New York Times Crossword

CROPPED ACROSS

1 Weary

6 Flaky stuff 10 Deal watcher, informally 14 Like most grapes

19 ____ bear 20 “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself” sloganeer, briefly 21 Finished 22 British politician Farage 23 Rummage

(through) 24 Rummage (through) 25 Southern bread 26 Crept furtively 27 Tree-damaging pest accidentally introduced to the U.S. in 1996

31 Ache

32 One likely to have lots of perks 33 Neither good nor bad 34 “Casablanca” woman 35 “Olé! Olé! Olé!,” for one 37 Eddie with the No. 1 country hit “Every Which Way but Loose” 40 The “doll” in Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” 44 Southwest tourist destination 48 Having a variegated, changing pattern 50 Lost

51 Tech company founder Michael 53 Tie up 54 Matey’s cry 55 Sword go-with 57 Residence of the Japanese imperial family for more than 1,000 years 59 Baseball no-nos

60 Life is a bad one 61 Request 63 Outdoor game for the very young 67 Yearbook sect. 68 Constitution holder 70 Some notebooks, in brief 73 Second-largest city in Vermont 74 Give

75 Give a damn 76 Rehab procedure 80 Singer Rimes 81 High 83 Ham-handed 84 Swiss river to the Rhine 87 Skirt option 89 Hold forth 90 MCAT subject 93 “Seinfeld” character 95 Don

96 Salve 98 Dieter’s salad order request 99 Church area 101 Pair on a slope 103 Kitty 104 Gatekeeping org.? 107 Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle 112 ____ friends 114 Three-time NHL All-Star Kovalchuk 115 Rice-based drink

116 Actor Quinn 117 Big name in organized crime, once

118 Come together

119 “You said it!” 120 Alarm 121 Like those who really have guts?

122 Latin 101 verb 123 Titian’s “Venus of Urbino,” e.g.

124 Cheerleaders’ practice

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1 Sunscreen option 2 Good quality in a model 3 Puckish 4 Lion in “The Lion King” 5 Spy’s attire, stereotypically 6 Like Robinson Crusoe 7 Desktop sight

8 Hard shoes to run in 9 Often-doubled cry at a play 10 “Sure thing!,” jocularly 11 Shakespeare’s stream 12 Former Haitian president Préval 13 Loan shark, for one 14 Starts

15 The Wildcats of the Big East Conference 16 Feverish fit 17 Base ____ 18 Animal on Michigan’s flag

28 Be apprised (of) 29 Where Sanyo and Panasonic are headquartered 30 Slugs

35 Beat handily 36 Many a character on “The Big Bang Theory” 38 Science class, informally 39 Personal commitment? 41 Birthstone after sapphire 42 Game played on a map 43 Does something 44 Observes Ramadan 45 Else 46 Manual’s audience 47 Cunning sort

49 Lift things? 52 Minnesota’s state bird 56 Tennis great Tommy 58 Bricklaying or pipefitting 62 GPS display: abbr.

63 ____ acid (wine component) 64 Brenda’s twin on “Beverly Hills 90210” 65 German digit 66 Video-game count 68 Adjoining 69 Fertile soil 70 ____ Games 71 Island south of the Cyclades 72 Commemorative meal with wine 75 Round up 76 Frisbee, e.g. 77 Singer heard in the first “Lord of the Rings” movie 78 Work day by day, say 79 Bush and Gore, in 2000 80 Do House work 82 Relaxed 84 Formerly 85 Vodka or gin: abbr. 86 Codswallop 88 Petroleum byproduct used to make synthetic rubber 91 Violet shade 92 Join together 94 Like some points

97 Leaf producer 100 Texas A&M athlete 102 Former SeaWorld performer 104 ____ wave 105 Traffic headache 106 Dancer de Mille 107 November imperative 108 They can be brown or blond 109 Ta-tas 110 Gave one’s blessing to 111 “Well done!” 112 Give it ____ 113 Surround, as fans might an idol