Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

- GOING OFF SCRIPT By Ross Trudeau/ Edited by Will Shortz

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1 Lecterns 6 Some looping online animations 10 No. 2’s 13 Canine supporters 17 It’s all an act 19 Actor Epps 20 “Abracadabr­a!” 22 “The Lion King” 24 Pool divider, or a further hint to 22-Across 25 Wine often served with dessert 26 College department that might offer paid studies, informally 27 “Who, me?” 28 Majestic 29 Get excited about crosswords, say, with “out” 30 Hockey feint 31 Hallmark.com offerings 34 Bond, for one: Abbr. 35 Fig. on a master’s applicatio­n 37 Geometryte­st directive 38 Maître’s domain 41 Suffix with legal 42 “Jerry Maguire” 45 Box a bit 46 Hunter in the night sky 47 Feature of Chairman Mao’s cap 51 Reaction to a bad joke 52 They’re often crossbred with apricots 53 Smart-alecky 54 American pale ____ 55 Bozo 56 Get up 57 Judge’s seat 58 Neural conductor 59 Carnival, say, or a further hint to 42-Across 61 Musical score marking, or a further hint to 101-Across 63 Full house, for one 64 ____ mater 65 Ideas spreading virally 66 Duel tool 67 Blue Devils’ org. 68 Hephaestus’ forge is said to be under it 69 Uninspired 70 Satiated 71 What I may turn into 73 Coin at an arcade 74 “The Merry Drinker” painter 76 “The Force Awakens” 79 Traffic-monitoring org. 82 Herb pronounced differentl­y in the U.S. and U.K. 84 Appears 85 Item with the words “Member Since” 87 White House extension? 88 George Takei’s role on the U.S.S. Enterprise, in brief 90 Small beam 91 When Macduff slays Macbeth 92 They’re first in the draft 95 “Sure” 96 Brunch offering 98 Where Samson slew the Philistine­s 99 F-150s or Thunderbir­ds, or a further hint to 76-Across 101 “The Dark Knight” 104 Onlooker 105 Ills 106 “Friday I’m in Love” band, 1992 107 Caviars 108 Defib locales 109 “In that case …” 110 Language in which the first four cardinal numbers are ane, twa, three and fower

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1 Sci-fi weapons 2 Symbol of strength 3 Stonehenge priests 4 McKellen who played Gandalf 5 City south of Seminole, Okla. 6 Singer with the 2012 No. 1 hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” 7 Apple desktop 8 New Year’s Eve figure 9 Mrs., abroad 10 Ad ____ tax 11 Daring thing to wear with 12 ____ Gabriel Mountains 13 Big gust 14 Eponymous Israeli gun designer 15 Get by 16 Refine 17 What metathesio­phobia is the fear of 18 Kind of penguin 21 Splat preceder 23 Out of whack 27 Connoisseu­r 30 Capital of Qatar 32 Some salmon 33 Get old 36 $100 bills, in slang 37 Study 39 Turn over 40 Yiddish cries 43 Jose, Bengie and Yadier ____, catcher brothers with five World Series rings among them 44 Redundant-sounding engine parts 45 Like the 1-to-7 balls 48 Prepared for takeoff 49 Stag 50 Actress Russo 51 Like trampoline­s 52 ____ ballerina 53 Got one’s feet wet? 55 Harry’s wizarding foe 56 Never-before-seen 57 Candy-heart message 58 Suisse peaks 59 A fish … or to cook it, in a way 60 Have nutritious foods 61 Pariahs 62 Flinching, typically 65 Play up 68 K-12 69 What “w” is in Welsh, at times 72 Window fixtures, for short 73 Get ready to drive 74 Most cozy 75 “Preach!” 77 Publishers 78 ____ Production­s, company behind TV’s “Dr. Phil” 79 Look onto the street, say 80 First family after the Garfields 81 Counsel 82 Endangered ape 83 Opposed (to) 86 Multicolor­ed 87 Choose 89 Jazz pianist McCoy ____ 90 Artist’s base 93 Coolers in coolers 94 Camera option, for short 97 Loafs around a deli? 100 “____ had it!” 101 The U.S. joined it in 1917: Abbr. 102 Quizzical utterances 103 Fun, for short

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