New York Times Crossword Puzzle

“NO, DUH!”

ACROSS

1 Fixture on a ski-lodge deck 7 Sound quality 13 West African capital 19 Like counting your chickens before they’ve hatched 20 Going great guns, as business 22 Come to terms with 23 “Good golly!” across the pond 24 Close enough 25 Cloaklike garment 26 Nosh 27 Goes around 29 Hardly a rightminded individual? 31 N.C.A.A. rival of Duke 32 To which one might respond, “Salud!” 33 Superlative suffix 34 Summer setting in Seattle: Abbr. 36 Reason for an R rating? 39 McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi 42 Gobble 44 Quaint photos 45 Cuban or Zuckerberg? 48 Archie’s pal at Riverdale 51 Dry as a bone 52 Largest species of the genus Leopardus 53 Fighting 54 Sprang 57 More ready to go 60 Show stopper? 62 Pure and simple 64 Part of the eye where vision is sharpest 65 Old hand 68 Maker of the MDX luxury S.U.V. 69 Needing certain ink for a color printer? 71 Epitome of laziness 73 Freestyle, e.g. 74 Harbor city of NW France 76 Went to court, say 77 It may be right under your nose, informally 78 Fixture behind the bar 80 IHOP order 82 Billy of infomercial fame 83 Only European capital on both a river and an ocean 86 Kind of vision 88 Fit for the job 90 Impetus behind a paternity test? 93 Not so far 95 “Straight Outta Compton” group 96 “The path to the dark side,” per Yoda 97 On a Paleo diet, say? 102 Slow boat 104 ____ Studies (college major) 106 Big Starbucks orders 107 Year the Office of Homeland Security was created 108 Some paints 111 Rumbles 112 “The world’s greatest …,” e.g. 113 Opposite 115 Capital of Thessaly 117 Washington air hub 119 Post-workout activity 120 Unusually short 121 Start to take off, in a way 122 Shanghai 123 Accents and Sonatas 124 100-meter and 200-meter

DOWN

1 Commotion 2 Connected 3 Reaction to a really bad pun 4 Something you might need to kill 5 Treat like an object 6 Really, really needing some sun? 7 Neighborhood north of the World Trade Center 8 Charges 9 Weasel’s relative 10 Beach tops 11 ____ Tin Tin 12 2003 Economics Nobelist Robert 13 One’s most ardent supporters 14 Finisher of cakes 15 86 16 Buy one circus animal, get one circus animal free? 17 Most newspapers have one 18 Sport-____ 21 Theodor ____ (Dr. Seuss’s real name) 28 Live 30 Stealth bomber, familiarly 32 Partner of snick 33 French Alpine river 35 Root of Polynesia 37 Mesopotamian mother goddess 38 Female in a pen 40 In front of, old-style 41 Cowboys’ home, for short 43 It’s more than a warning: Abbr. 46 Street handout, maybe 47 View from la plage 48 “Aladdin” villain 49 City between Albany and Rochester 50 Stimulate 51 2017 World Series winner, for short 55 Something required 56 Dog or cat transporter 58 Often-smoked cheese 59 First lady 61 Shia of “Transformers” 63 Beginnings of fame and fortune? 65 Some SAT study 66 Kind of alcohol 67 “____ Days” (1990s platinum Bon Jovi album) 69 Anthem contraction 70 On another call 72 Hedy ____, subject of the 2017 documentary “Bombshell” 75 Woman’s name meaning “born again” 77 Installment of a women’s clothing catalog? 78 Common potatochip flavor, in brief 79 Hybrid tourney style 81 Pure 83 Worker at a hosp. 84 Waterloo’s home 85 Something up for grabs on a fishing boat? 87 Director Lee 89 Rules, informally 91 Untagged 92 Quavering sounds 93 Rating somebody? 94 The Supreme Court and the Muses 98 Zoroastrianism’s sacred text 99 Author of “The Joy Luck Club” 100 Collision 101 Barbara and Jenna Bush, to Jeb 103 Famous 105 Exams for future J.D.s 109 Traveling from coast to coast, maybe 110 Car-sticker fig. 111 “Do you ____?” 112 Robust 113 Part of A.M.A. 114 X 116 Medicinal plant 118 Part of S.A.S.E.: Abbr.

No. 1230