NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

SIX-PACK by Eric Berlin / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

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Its logo has a blue, red, orange, yellow and green “M”

6 Win every game

11 Blitzed

17 Beethoven’s Third

18 Snoopy sort?

19 You can scratch with it

Materials from mollusk shells

21 Tried to respond, as a “Jeopardy!” contestant

Gave the latest news Very short-lived gemstones

25 Nicolas ____, standout player in soccer’s Premier League Drake’s output

Thinly veiled criticism, in modern slang

29 Blow off steam, say 30 Possible fallout of a controversy, informally

RR stop

Name shouted in

“The Chipmunk Song” 34 TV quiz program about an epic poem Handed a hand

Bully’s threat

World view you might open up to?

43 Suffix with towel

44 NoDoz, for one

46 Help with the dishes 48 Fragment

50 Look back fondly

52 Disney-owned cable channel

Ask to be handed a hand?

57 Vereen who won a 1973 Tony for “Pippin” Prefix akin to malHaphazardly organized

61 Having four sharps, musically

____ Regal, big name in Scotch

65 “And so on and so forth”

Expected

General Motors division until 2010

70 Resident: Suffix

72 One-named singer with the 2019 Song of the Year nominee “Hard Place”

73 Some “Babe” characters

Designer Gucci

Beat box?

A brother of

32-Across

81 Zing

83 “Concentration” puzzles

Reasonable

“The Divine Comedy” poet

89 Brand of cologne with a literary name

Jazzed (up) Magnificent plan of action

95 Bone in the leg

96 Key to get out

97 Maya Angelou’s “And

Still ”

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56 58 59

62 67 68 75 76 79 86 87 91 93

98 Nev. neighbor

100 Cloth used in theater backdrops

Defense (classic chess opening)

home

Dance celebrating 2010 legislation

____ (good news) Turn up

One of 17 in Monopoly Manages, barely Bibliophile

Tightfisted sorts

Back up again Hip-hop’s ____, the Creator

119 First name in

cosmetics

104____

106Cozy 107

109Glad 111

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118 DOWN 1

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Plot lines?

Coffee variety named for a Mideast city Emergency situation caused by a terrier

4 Pre-snowstorm purchase

Hit with a beam, maybe

6 Makes watertight

7 Mascara

applicators

3

5

8 Dozens of them are sold

Actor Wallach

Friends you may never have met

11 Salon job named after a comic book hero

Danson of “The Good Place”

Building girder

Actress Lyonne Compulsive thieves, informally

16 “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” for one

Hydrocarbon suffixes

The thought is there Serving of tea, to Brits River near Rotterdam Some lawn maintenance tools

30 Who wrote “Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation” Recipient of special treatment, in brief

34 Very cold

35 Klingons, e.g., for

short

9 10

12

13 14 15

17

18 19 24 26

33

36 What Hypnos is the Greek god of

____ Plaines, Ill.

Liquor component Over

Outdoor

Part of a glass ... or glasses

45 Before: Abbr.

47 More dangerous to drive on, in a way Metric prefix

Natural bridge Supporting musician in a jazz band

54 Guest’s guest

55 Family tree word

57 Chin-up target, informally

Leaders of the pack? Bitter brew, for short Pounding on a pie topping

64 Cloud ____

66 Followers of bees

69 SpongeBob SquarePants and others

Opposition Entertainment host Ryan, that smart aleck!

77 To wit

37 38 39 40 41 49 51 53 60 61 63 71 74

78 Belt in judo

80 Mustachioed Springfield resident Baseball’s Mel

One of the Schuyler sisters in “Hamilton” One sharing a bunk bed, briefly

Animosity

Places to play SkeeBall

Turn off and on again, say

With regard to

Get worse through neglect

“Give it ____!”

Need in Boggle Withstand

Dancer with glow sticks, often

Actress

Zellweger accustomed (to)

____ (some securities)

option

Said aloud

Showed up

Cyber Monday mo., usually

112 Daisy Ridley’s “Star

Wars” role

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90

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101

102Get 103Fannie

105Charging 107

108

110 The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs

AMC+

Celebrate the holidays in scary style with this double feature of holiday horrors hosted by the world’s foremost authority on drive-in cinema.

Meet Me in St. Louis

TCM, 3 p.m.

Early-1900s St. Louis and its World’s Fair is the setting for director Vincente Minnelli’s beloved 1944 musical adaptation of Sally Benson’s short stories, starring Judy Garland. The film was nominated for four Oscars, including for “The Trolley Song,” “The Boy Next Door” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

A Charlie Brown Christmas

PBS and PBS Kids, 6:30 p.m.

This Peanuts tradition will be solely available on Apple TV+ this year. Thanks to a deal that can only be termed a Christmas miracle, PBS and PBS Kids will also air the heartwarmer about Chuck and his little tree that could.

The 29th Annual Trumpet Awards

Bounce TV, 7 p.m.

For the 29th year, the Trumpet Awards recognize African Americans who have succeeded against great odds and inspired success in others. Honorees are supermodel Naomi

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9 p.m. (original film)

When a key and a holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate (Taylor Cole) and Kevin (Steve Lund) embark on a Christmas romance adventure.