SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
BE PATIENT
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1 World capital with the historic Temple of Hercules 6 Responses to an offer, colloquially 11 ____ Dunphy, “Modern Family” matriarch 12 Slow Wi-Fi woe 15 Actor Don of old Hollywood 17 Uninteresting and self-absorbed 18 One-named electronic musician and D.J. with multiple Grammys 20 Paranoid types, slangily 22 Futon alternatives 23 Stand that an artist might take 24 Villainous brother of Prospero in “The Tempest” 25 E-sports enthusiast 26 Melt down, as fat 29 Occasion to sing “Dayenu” 30 Long narrative poem 31 Ice-skating spot 32 Crew 34 Faux pas 35 Picasso’s “____ Demoiselles d’Avignon” 36 Baseball hit just beyond the infield 37 “No kidding!” 39 Malawi-to-Kenya dir. 40 Element used in old television tubes 42 Creator of a philosophical “razor” 46 Best friend of Potter and Weasley 48 Banquet vessels 49 Speechify 50 One frequently saying “Sorry, I missed that” 51 Like classic Disney films 54 Golfer’s vehicle 56 “No fighting!” 60 Geologic period 61 Eye roll accompanier, often 63 Muscle Beach sight 64 Their eggs are incubated by males 66 Eldest of the “little women” in “Little Women” 67 Wettish 69 It’s always something 71 What may follow bigger or better 72 Farrah Fawcett’s signature do 73 Sikorsky of aviation 74 “Message received” 76 Rabid enthusiast 77 Warrior, e.g., in yoga 78 Actress Roberts of “Everybody Loves Raymond” 80 Homeowner’s need 82 Like most standardized tests 83 Tribe famous for weaving and sand painting 85 Crème de la crème 86 Really tickles 88 Russian ruler known as “the Moneybag” 90 It’s in the bag 91 Fruit in an often-parodied William Carlos Williams poem 92 Dark forebodings 96 N.B.A. franchise whose mascot is the fireball Burnie 100 Kind of tuna 101 Troglodyte 105 Base of a column 106 Juul, e.g. 107 It can open a lot of doors for you 110 Historical role for Peter Lorre in “The Story of Mankind” 111 Party that might not start till midnight 112 Classic kids’ game involving removal of body parts ... with a hint to this puzzle’s theme 113 Qatari leader 114 102-Down, affectedly 115 Minuscule, informally 116 “It is the ____, and Juliet is the sun” 117 Actress Cannon
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1 Top celebs 2 Red wine from France 3 Middle-distance runner 4 Nickname for an ESPN baseball commentator 5 Post production locales? 6 Weapons thrown by the Dark Knight 7 Volunteer’s phrase 8 Sights on many music festival grounds 9 Seconded, so to speak 10 Karaoke selection 11 Gift that grows on you? 12 Fabulist 13 Semidomed church area 14 Secluded valley 16 Saint-____, capital of the Loire department 17 With wisdom 18 Wisecracking Marvel superhero 19 Experienced one 21 Worker at a recycling plant 27 British rocker Brian 28 Cry of terror 31 Contact electronically 33 Middle of a diamond 36 Hawks, e.g. 38 They might be hawked 41 Lament 43 Mobile home? 44 Ukulele accessory 45 Not much 47 Writer Anaïs 51 Fixed up 52 Old kingdom of Spain 53 Author Pierce of the fantasy series “The Song of the Lioness” 54 Way down 55 Response to tickling 57 “Hi, honey!” follower 58 Finishes 59 Urged (on) 62 “Now that was funny!” 65 Peace Nobelist who went on to become president 68 Outhouses 70 Well, I’ll be dammed! 71 Drain 72 Treated meanly 75 Inclination 76 Brine-cured cheese 79 Classic Harlem ballroom, with “the” 81 Go (for) 82 Language from which “curry” comes 84 King who lent his name to a Bible 87 Like most oatmeal 89 Plant, as an idea, modern-style 91 Communist sympathizers, pejoratively 92 He was “thumb” critic! 93 Bishop’s deputy 94 “Mercy!” 95 Metric of corporate success 96 Frenzy 97 Other side 98 Features of many malls 99 Part of an acacia tree 102 See 114-Across 103 Subj. of a “Delayed” sign 104 Speck 108 Decorative fish 109 “The Lord of the Rings” tree creature