New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Ecclesiastical leader 6 “Get out!”

10 Blood enemy

14 Aussie critters 18 Diaper option

19 Bridge shape

20 French director Clément

21 Martial art whose name means “sword way”

22 Home for Bilbo Baggins

24 West Wing worker 25 A lot

26 A.L. East team: Abbr. 27 Contemptible sorts 28 The ladies-only Western-themed bar I own?

30 Inspector Clouseau or

Borat?

33 Peevish

34 Most contemptible 35 Blowup: Abbr.

36 See 9-Down

37 Like some quilt blocks 39 Decoration in a deli

case?

45 Tony who managed two World Series championships for the Cardinals 47 Setting for Cardinals

home games, briefly 48 Vivacity

49 Neutral tone 50 Parliamentary proceedings, e.g. 51 Romeo or Juliet 53 ____ booster 55 Drained of color 56 “Indubitably” 57 Product of a stable of

comic-strip artists? 62 Kentucky college 63 Communication system pioneered by Thomas Gallaudet, for short

64 Greek city where Perseus was born 65 Scaled-down woodwind?

70 Ice-cream container 73 Calendar model 74 Suffix with blast75 Eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Anton ____

76 Condo V.I.P.

77 Art Deco artist 78 Belgradian, e.g. 81 Audiophile’s collection 83 Elizabeth with the memoir “Saving Graces”

85 Audibly upset Belgian

francophone? 89 Words after “Sure!” 90 Mournful work 91 MSN alternative 92 Musician in the woodwind

section

94 Runs through 97 Satirical depiction of the story of Noah?

100 Most important

mounted cavalryman? 102 Opposite corner in a

romantic triangle 103 Bush league,

for short?

105 Jean who played Aunt Martha in “Arsenic and Old Lace”

106 Important positions 107 Alphas

109 Son of Gloria on

“Modern Family” 110 Food thickener

111 Big name among radio

shock jocks

112 So-called “Butterfly

Capital of Alabama” 113 Environmental bane 114 Hand (out)

115 Study of the heavens:

Abbr.

116 Attacked

DOWN

1 Drei + fünf

2 Sign of spring

3 1992 Tim Robbins mockumentary

4 Horse picker’s hangout,

for short 5 Melodramatic NBC hit

starting in 2016 6 Indian “masters” 7 Hybrid bakery treats 8 Roman ____

9 With 36-Across, a Dr.

Seuss book

10 Marker maker 11 Time on the throne 12 “____ Club” (No. 1 hit

for 50 Cent) 13 Removes, as a sticker 14 They can provoke

knee-jerk reactions 15 Reaching new heights

in ballet?

16 Ancient theater 17 Little lad

21 Aussie critters 23 Quick series of social-media posts 28 Something seen at Frankenstein’s birthday party? 29 Shopping ____ 31 Empty spaces 32 Rhubarb

with deep roots? 36 Welcoming necklace 37 DVD remote button 38 Go a mile a

minute

40 Woe for some

51-Acrosses

41 Shine

42 Tres + cinco 43 Two-tone treat 44 Georgia senator who helped establish “don’t ask, don’t tell” 46 Correo ____ (words on foreign correspondence) 52 Hairy hunter

of Genesis

54 Big do

55 Elvis ____ Presley 57 Pitch in

58 “The BFG” author 59 Automaker that introduced the Rambler

60 Witch 61 2004 Scarlett Johansson film adapted from “Lady Windermere’s Fan”

62 Apt to go Democratic 65 Spit out

66 Actress Sorvino 67 One opposed

68 Big brass

69 Middling

70 Work out spectacularly

71 Beehive, for one 72 Overcome 76 Authority

78 Villainous visage 79 Vegetarian sandwich

filling

80 Train syst.

82 Quarters : basketball ::

chukkers : ____ 84 Abrupt, disconcerting

reaction 86 After-dinner volunteer’s words

87 Pays de ____

(Nantes’s region) 88 Variety of hold ’em 93 Frances who played

TV’s Aunt Bee 94 Religious leaders 95 ____ President 96 Baldwin offering 97 Central

98 Gets ready to do

push-ups, say

99 Title opera heroine who is a Druidic high priestess

101 Kind of boots

104 ETS offering

107 Going nowhere, metaphorically

108 Women’s

club event