N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Chest protectors 7 The 2000s, with “the” 14 Camry competitor 20 Fisher of fashion 21 Coming up 22 1943 conference site 23 “Put that Southern state on next month’s agenda”? 25 Like some wedding cakes and stadiums 26 Sulk 27 Pooh’s pal 28 New York : The Big Apple :: ____ : The Big Guava 30 Pain in the neck 31 Go off course 32 What a male baby-sitter may sport? 36 Panama, e.g.: Abbr. 37 Numbskull 38 Minuscule, informally 39 Romantic liaison 42 Shared with, as a story 45 Ending with chick 46 Spoils, in a way 47 Playing a fifth N.F.L. period, say 48 Romanian currency 50 Capital of Yemen 54 Race pace 55 ____ volente (God willing) 56 Like a fired Broadway star? 59 Small handful 62 Comedian Smirnoff 64 Auric Goldfinger, to James Bond 65 Leave thunderstruck 66 Color in “America the Beautiful” 68 Do to do 69 A.A.A. and B.B.B. 71 Jai ____ 72 One in a crowd at a bookstore? 73 Total 74 Billiards feature 75 South American greeting 76 Eskimo-____ languages 77 Winter hrs. in Vail 78 Sweaty, irritable rabbit? 83 Suffix with nod84 Follow 86 Really bother 87 Grp. in the Oscar-winning documentary “Citizenfour” 88 Kunis of “Black Swan” 89 Stuck 92 Bit of bar food 94 Real hoot 96 Commotions 97 Setting for many Stephen King novels 99 “The Persistence of Memory” artist 100 “Pencils down!” 101 What’ll feed everyone at a tailgate party? 104 “What else could it be?!” 107 Road to the Forum, e.g. 108 “Lovergirl” singer ____ Marie 109 Christmas-song contraction 110 Broadway star Rivera 112 Supermodel Bündchen 114 Reformed barbarian? 118 Start of a marital spat? 119 2000s TV hit set in Baltimore 120 Guinness entry 121 Vocal quavers 122 A cross might be given for it 123 Invites across the threshold
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1 Held in reserve 2 Queen topper 3 Jostle 4 Move, informally 5 Is unobliged to 6 Soldier, for one 7 Curtain fabric 8 Ticked off 9 Wear and tear 10 Some sporty cars 11 Popular landscaping plants 12 Compact 13 Dreaded comment on a returned exam 14 Lead-in to boy or girl 15 Island chain? 16 1993 film that garnered Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars 17 Turnaround too tempting to pass up? 18 Wand wielder 19 “What happened next?” 24 Puzzle inventor Rubik 29 Brandy fruit 33 Unpopular baby name 34 Formation fliers 35 Hour in the graveyard shift 37 Target of a 1972 ban 40 It’s inescapable 41 “Shoot!” 42 Nice piece of change 43 Plays without a break 44 “Check out the Argentine soccer star!”? 45 500, e.g. 49 Exercitation 51 Grp. that might have a launch party 52 Where kids get creative in school 53 Diving equipment co-invented by Jacques Cousteau 56 Shout from an arm waver 57 Exodus 58 They may have many chapters 60 Part of the brain that controls involuntary functions 61 Reds, Blues or Browns 63 World Cup chant 67 Start to practice? 70 Schedule position 79 Baltic Sea feeder 80 2005 horror sequel 81 Undercover operation 82 Stuffy-sounding 85 Heavenly 88 Picture of health, in brief? 89 Tense 90 First AfricanAmerican to win a Best Actor Oscar 91 Tivoli’s Villa d’____ 93 Attractions for bees 95 They’re always tired 97 French ice-cream flavorer 98 Lessener 99 Gossip 102 Moor 103 “____ where they ain’t” 104 Natural-historymuseum exhibits, for short 105 Centers of early development 106 Composer who taught Beethoven 108 “Bill & ____ Excellent Adventure” 111 Pawn 113 Short, for short 115 1945 battle site, informally 116 2018 Super Bowl number 117 Internet ____ (what we live in)