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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- CHOICE WORDS BY ALEX EATONSALNE­RS EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Across

1 Action done while

saying, ‘‘Good dog’’ 4 Mischief-makers

11 It might click for a

writer

14 Fall mo.

17 Kind to Mother

Nature

18 Harris in the Country

Music Hall of Fame 19 Living ____ 20 Member of the superfamil­y Hominoidea 21 Noted Apple release

of 1968, to fans 23 Haphazard

25 Some crumbly blocks 26 Inits. for a theatrical

hit

27 Send away, in a way 29 Accomplish­ed the

task

30 What wiggly lines in comics may represent

32 Cause of boom and

bust?

34 Convene for another

session

36 Up to it

37 What’s frequently

used by poets? 38 ‘‘To quote yours truly

¨¨

41 ____ dish

42 Heath

43 Desperate 45 Traditiona­l British

entree

48 Tries for a role

49 S.F. metro

" §§sŠž ”›Š— Š—Š ¨¨ 51 Derby lengths 53 Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji 56 Give a buzz 61 Inconvenie­nce 64 Execute, as a royal

of old

67 Classic concert

chambers

68 Noted U.S. rock

group? 70 Approximat­ely

73 See captain?

74 Studio fixtures

$# §§t¨’ Œ†’Š ¨¨

77 State of equilibriu­m 80 Code-cracking grp. 81 Match-ending rugby

call

82 Bygone sovereign 85 Dance-a-____

87 Build on

90 Military dismissal 96 ‘‘You game?’’

98 State to be the case 99 ____ Kornfeld, music promoter for Woodstock

100 Daddy-o

102 Great Basin native 103 Stun

104 Heavy weights in

Britain

106 ‘‘Murder, ____

Wrote’’

107 Samuel ____, business partner of Marcus Goldman 109 Gradually wear away 111 Lipton competitor 113 Keypad triplet 115 Critical remark 116 Regardless of the

outcome

118 Hectic trip abroad 121 Card in a royal flush 122 Purposes

123 One runs from Me.

to Fla.

124 Seminoles’ sch.

" §§„”š ‡Š™ˆ† ¨¨

126 Northern ____ (curiously named apple variety) 127 Have 128 Boggy expanse

Down

1 Fare that’s eaten

hands-free

2 Wanted badly

3 Mano a mano 4 Negligent

5 Silicon Valley’s ____

Research Center 6 Candy bit that comes

in a plastic roll 7 ‘‘Battlestar Galactica’’

robots

8 Clerical vestment

9 F, in music

10 Southern region of

Mesopotami­a 11 Fabric options 12 Sense of self

13 Fluent speaker of

Elvish, say 14 Uttered a sound

15 ε

16 Bugs

19 Relative of a bug 22 Churchill ____ Rooms (London tourist attraction)

23 Long ball

24 City with a Little

Havana

28 Nickname for José 31 Farthest down? 33 Anklebone

35 Least messy 39 Sorority member 40 Yang’s counterpar­t 44 ‘‘I Wanna Be Sedated’’

band

46 Horrid

47 Maximum degree 49 The brainy bunch? 52 Profligate sort 54 Measures of electrical

resistance

55 One of the fire signs 57 Alveolar trill, as it’s

commonly known 58 Concept, in Cannes 59 Just in case 60 Glasgow gal 61 Mischief-makers 62 ____ court

63 Stage between larva

and imago 64 Consecrate­s

65 Act investigat­ed by an insurance company

66 ____ ex machina 69 QVC alternativ­e 71 Journalist Fallaci who wrote ‘‘Interview With History’’ 72 Bindis, e.g.

75 Running behind 78 Kinda

79 Berate blistering­ly 81 They can be wrinkled

or thumbed

83 Field that deals with

fields

84 The newest trend, in

slang

86 Inits. at Westminste­r 88 Trigger

89 Head for the hills? 90 Moved aside (for) 91 Cupidity

92 Changes from commercial to residentia­l, perhaps 93 Words to live by 94 Wash out

95 Popular tick repellent 96 Piercing eye hue 97 Trial

101 ____ of Alexandria (wonder of the ancient world) 105 Clinch

108 Puerto Rico clock

setting: Abbr. 110 Ballpark figures, in

brief

~Š’Ž˜Š—Ž”š˜ §§r”™ Ž™ ¨¨ 114 Places hangers hang 117 Guff

119 Distributo­r of CARES

Act funds

120 ____ Moines

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