New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Zip along

7 Example of 22- and of

65-Across 12 Conscience-stricken 19 Opposites of alphas 20 It may be grand 21 “Hah!”

22 7- and 112-Across 24 Flashing lights 25 What scouts gather 26 Intentions

27 Donkey’s call

29 Naval engineer 31 Example of 65-Across

and 39-Down 33 Subsides slowly

37 Org. for ex-G.I.s 40 Diddley and Derek 41 Farewells

in Florence

42 Take temporarily 44 First lady

before Bess 47 116-Across and

96-Down

49 Levin who wrote “A Kiss Before Dying”

50 Silver, for example, in the opening to TV’s “The Lone Ranger”

51 Torah receptacles

52 A professional may need one to practice: Abbr.

53 Work unit

54 Intimates

55 Wash’n ____ (towelette brand) 56 Caribbean land whose capital is St. George’s

59 It’ll knock you out 60 Ricochet

62 Ambition for

an actor

64 In view

65 7- and 31-Across

67 “So long,” for short 69 Part of a machine assembly

71 Like Odin or Thor 72 Titter

73 Some scratchy attire 74 “Sprechen ____

Deutsch?”

75 Lowest points

76 Car for which you “listen to her tachin’ up now, listen to her whine,” in a 1964 hit

78 Land in the Seine

79 “I cannot tell ____” 81 “Nuh-uh!”

82 Film critic Christopher

83 112-Across and

96-Down

86 Dress adornment 87 Lathers (up)

89 Not esos or estos 90 Coiled killer 91 Nikon product,

for short

92 “____ Rebel”

(1962 No. 1 hit) 93 Example of 34-Down

and 108-Across 94 Dimes, essentially 97 Straight

100 “Othello” traitor 101 Milky gems

105 Admit

108 93- and 116-Across 112 Example of 83- and

22-Across

113 “Little Women” author

114 Ruined

115 Dead Sea Scrolls sect 116 Example of 108- and

47-Across

117 “See ya!”

DOWN

1 Desert crossed

by the Silk Road 2 Gulf state

3 Celebration 4 Writer/critic James and

family

5 Animal with luxurious

fur

6 Org. with

a “3-1-1” rule 7 Twenty-one words 8 Give ____ all

9 Damage

10 Blight victim

11 Film again

12 Money in the bank,

e.g.

13 This and that

14 Razor brand 15 Example of 39- and

34-Down

16 Lang. heard

in Haifa

17 Before, to a bard 18 ____ Moines

20 Bugs about the trash 23 Toil

28 Competitor of Petro-Canada

30 Scrub, as a mission 31 Squealer

32 They may be high in a

fallout zone 34 93-Across and

15-Down

35 When repeated, a

Polynesian getaway 36 What trees do

in fierce storms

37 Is on the brink 38 Passed quickly 39 31-Across

and 15-Down

41 Len of stage

and screen

42 They’re often pulled

at night

43 131/2-inch gold-plated

figure

45 Hall of fame

46 A mere stone’s throw

from

47 Upscale London retailer

48 Fatty-acid compound 55 One of a pair of best friends in Greek legend 56 Heights of achievement

57 Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde” 58 Fussed over,

as a grandchild 60 Like some diplomats 61 AOL alternative 63 Skeptical response 65 Dudes

66 Puts forward

68 Holt of NBC News 70 Part in an animated

film

72 “Well, look what

I did!”

75 Lightly bite

76 Word of wonder 77 “Really!”

79 Ear: Prefix

80 Den denizen

84 ____ the Explorer 85 Guide to studying the

night sky

86 What “Mc-” means in

a name

88 Richard Strauss opera 90 Sired, biblically

93 Is disposed

94 Need for a professional designer

95 “Me So ____” (1989

rap chart-topper) 96 Example of 47- and of

83-Across

98 Excited cry in

a casino

99 Highest score

in baccarat

100 Privy to

102 ____ Barksdale, drug dealer on “The Wire”

103 Jay who preceded

Jimmy

104 Big bunch

105 Juice drink

106 Fleur-de-____

107 ____ Palmas, Spain 109 90° bend

110 Obama health law, for

short

111 Old, clumsy ship