New York Times Crossword Puzzle

TOY STORY ACROSS

1 Currency of Thailand 5 Kiss 9 U.S. city just south of Timpanogos Cave National Monument 13 Minus 17 Something to shoot for 19 One who hasn’t turned pro? 20 Strong adhesive 21 Indiana governor Holcomb 22 She debuted on March 9, 1959, in a blackand-white striped swimsuit 24 Virtual pet simulation game that won an Ig Nobel Prize for its Japanese creators 26 [Grrr!] 27 Glenn Miller classic 29 Purchases on 14 de febrero 31 Major talent grp. representing athletes and entertainers 32 Outpourings 36 Overplays, with ‘‘up’’ 39 Toy that was originally called ‘‘L’Écran Magique’’ (‘‘The Magic Screen’’) 44 ‘‘Lost ____ is never found again’’: Benjamin Franklin 45 Natl. Humor Month 46 Mild, light-colored cigar 47 Things found in wandering souls? 48 Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship 49 Photo finishes 51 U.S./U.K. divider: Abbr. 53 Loyally following 55 Flag carrier with an alphabetically ordered name 56 Trim 57 Game that got a big boost when Johnny Carson demonstrated it with Eva Gabor on ‘‘The Tonight Show’’ 59 Showy shrub 61 Schlepped 62 City in north-central Florida 63 Writer Arthur Conan ____ 64 Umpteen 65 Day to play with new toys 69 Food ____ (Thanksgiving feeling) 71 Like subway walls, often 73 Final authority 74 William ____, founder of Investor’s Business Daily 76 ____ area, part of the brain linked to speech production 78 Toy that was derived from a wallpaper cleaner 81 ‘‘I’m here to help’’ 82 Contented sigh 83 Phillies div. 85 ____ treatment 86 Harlem attraction, with ‘‘the’’ 87 Golf great Sam 89 Place for torn-off wrapping paper 91 Combined 93 Most common day to call in sick: Abbr. 94 Right away 95 Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including ‘‘I love you’’ and ‘‘May I have a cookie?’’ 97 Investment firm T. ____ Price 98 A halogen-containing salt 100 ____-Locka, Fla. 101 ‘‘My luck has to change at some point’’ 103 Politician parodied by Dana Carvey on 1990s ‘‘S.N.L.’’ 107 Performed a Latin ballroom dance 111 Puzzle toy solved in a record 3.47 seconds in 2018 114 Toy that astronauts brought to space to secure tools in zero gravity 117 Goes off 118 Grannies 119 Not on solid ground, say 120 Piece in the game go 121 Strong criticism 122 Chichi 123 Spring event 124 Rigging pole

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1 Longest-serving Israeli prime minister, familiarly 2 Driver around Hollywood 3 ‘‘And, touching ____, make blessed my rude hand’’: Romeo 4 Small snare drums 5 Inaccurate information 6 Game with red and yellow cards 7 1904 World’s Fair city: Abbr. 8 Flint is a form of it 9 Moonfish 10 Sacking site in A.D. 410 11 Physical, e.g. 12 ‘‘Holy cow!’’ 13 Appointment that may be hard to change 14 Curve 15 Dr. Fauci’s agcy. 16 Poli ____ 18 Premiere arrival 20 Classic comics teenager with good manners 23 They can elevate art 25 Alley ____ 28 Org. with boosters 30 The beginning, in an idiom 33 By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy 34 ‘‘South Pacific’’ hero 35 2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay 36 Goes after 37 Simian world 38 First toy to be advertised on TV 40 Open hostilities 41 St. Patrick’s home 42 See the sights 43 Feed lines to 46 Its box once read ‘‘A sweet little game for sweet little folks’’ 48 Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford Taurus 50 Promoting peace 52 Actress Taylor of ‘‘Mystic Pizza’’ 54 ‘‘That was Zen, this is ____’’ (philosophy pun) 58 Smart 60 ‘‘The Tempest’’ king 62 Cleanliness fixation, e.g., in brief 63 Brit. military award 66 Little bits 67 Reason for glasses 68 Singer with a self-titled No. 1 album in 2002 70 Be less than ambitious 72 Subj. for some aspiring bilinguals 75 Sierra ____ 76 Operatic villains, often 77 Totaled 78 Legal assistant, briefly 79 Future J.D.’s hurdle 80 Not just available online 84 Biblical ending 86 Soon 88 With some downside 90 Shot from a doc 92 Statement of resistance 95 Big name in small planes 96 Took care of a tabby, say 97 Counters 99 Tik____ (app) 102 Ballpark figures 104 Lasting impression 105 Give up (on) 106 Shopping site with a ‘‘Toys’’ section 108 Straddling 109 Sight from the Sicilian town of Taormina 110 Textile worker 111 One whistling while working in the Garden? 112 Address with dots 113 Swimsuit part 115 Suffix suggested by the wiggling of one’s hand 116 Calf-eteria?