NY Times Puzzle No. 1102
ACROSS
1 Jack, but not Jill
5 What a freezer can do, paradoxically
9 Pet safety org.
13 Non-Muppet owner of
Hooper’s Store on “Sesame Street”
14 Common default
font
16 “Do you mind?!”
17 “Beg your
pardo_”
19 Like some wolves
20 ___ Inu
(Japanese dog)
21 Smear
22 Features of many “On my way” texts
23 Not digital
26 “Cool beans!”
28 Badly
dilapida_ed
32 “Red” explorer 35 Measurement that can be short or long
36 Ancient
marketplace
37 Citrine, for one
38 _ _cretary
41 Former Russian
orbiter
42 Fruit eaten on the Jewish New Year
44 ___ system (GPS)
45 Not up
46 Pe_ _ _phone
50 Two early Icelandic literary works
51 Like a certain
Dodger
54 Punch
ingredient?
56 “As I see it,” to a
texter
58 Really bother
60 Grp. that launched 41-Across 61 Championship
_ _ _t
64 Quarter follower
65 Elitist sort
66 Baseball’s Marsh
or Bohm
67 Creep through
cracks
68 Cozy places
69 Gathering,
casually
DOWN
1 Some recyclables
2 ___ shirt (colorful
attire)
3 Rushed through
the door
4 Valuable resource for the Human Genome Project
5 Steamed bun in
Chinese cuisine
6 Something underlined in many bibliographies
7 Total hoot
8 Japanese
Olympics city
9 Bargain indicator
10 Ruin a picture of, in a way
John of wrestling fame
Hawkeye State college town U-shaped instruments
El ___ Alto, California redwood that’s more than 1,000 years old Palindromic man’s name
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25 Classic Pontiacs
27 Literary character who cries “Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me”
29 Standing upright
30 Creamy cheese
31 Place for a swing
set
32 Pulitzer-winning
author Jennifer
33 Seized car, for
short
34 “Let’s see what
you’ve got”
38 More than a want
39 Actress Pinkett
Smith
40 Word after blow
or bowl
43 Psychedelic
journey
45 To the extent that
47 Investment goals
48 Member of a 1970s singing family 49 Resign, with
“down”
52 Functional
53 Kicks back
54 To-do
55 “That clears it
up”
57 Thin woodwind
59 Meta field
62 Many lifetimes
63 Low-ranking
U.S.M.C. officers