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CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES

- BIRD PLAY By Alex Eaton-Salners / No. 0818

ACROSS

1 Share on social media 5 Blackens 10 Screen org.? 13 William H. Bonney ____ Billy the Kid 16 Mathematic­ian taught by Bernoulli 18 Most populous nation not in the U.N.

19 Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004 22 It’s just part of the act 23 Surname of Princess Leia 24 Midwest college town 25 “Curiouser and curiouser ...” 28 Bother

29 Grand onstage 30 Place to swim or work out, informally 31 Business that has cut prices 32 Entertaini­ng 34 Went over the limit, say

36 Major name in petrol 39 Language from which “jackal” and “jasmine” come 40 “La Traviata” composer

41 Jeer

43 Bit on a book jacket 46 Part of a threein-a-row 47 Greasy in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 49 In-group at school 52 Preach the gospel 55 Rip off 56 Longtime

“All Things Considered” host Robert 57 Screenwrit­er Ephron 58 Anchor, e.g. 59 Chinese liquor made from sorghum 62 “Consequent­ly ...” 63 Verbal alternativ­e to a shoulder tap 65 Beginnings of ideas 66 Internet content typically viewed alone

68 Italian scooter brand

71 What 1-Down has that 1-Across lacks 73 Part of the resistance? 74 Some pickup info on rideshare apps: Abbr. 78 Stir

80 Man’s name that means “my God”

81 What’s depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across

84 ... in 52-Across 87 Rehearse a play from start to finish, in theater lingo 88 Swimmer in a Himeji Castle moat 89 Nursery floor hazard 90 Unfamiliar with 91 Informal “What if ...?” 93 Alter, as a manuscript 95 Bird’s home 96 Bird’s home 97 Places for speakers 98 Common people 102 Close up, say 104 Stylish ballroom dance 105 Investigat­ion 106 ... in 25-Across 112 Brown powder 114 French cake 115 Nashville university, familiarly

116 ... and in 19-Across 117 Go to 118 Princess of Avalor, in children’s TV 119 Machiavell­ian 120 Tape deck button 121 Oboes and saxes, e.g.

122 Aid for a detective

DOWN

1 Real pain 2 Reaction to pain 3 Berth place 4 Bowling 5 Cause of a supermarke­t parking mishap 6 Tripping 7 Expected 8 Serving with carrots and celery, maybe 9 Meander 10 Lighter-air link 11 Virtual people 12 Bitter, e.g. 13 Alternativ­e to Times New Roman 14 Noncapital city whose name means “capital city” 15 City on the Nile 17 As (to)

18 Band with the 1983 No. 1 hit “Africa” 20 Far offshore

21 Kit ____ 26 Dedicator of Iceland’s Imagine Peace Tower 27 Ocelli 31 Challenges for movers 32 Habitually

33 ____ Nurmi, 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed the “Flying Finn” 34 Bud of baseball 35 Veep’s boss 37 Subject of lessons at an island resort 38 Roman sun god 40 Team at an upscale restaurant 42 Brother 43 Cowboy’s home, informally 44 Middle of the month 45 Best Play Tony winner with a geographic­al name 48 Jellied delicacies 50 Cry from Juliet 51 ____ club (annual show presenter) 53 Diaper, in Britspeak 54 Chef Lagasse 60 Crossword constructi­ng, e.g. (no, really!) 61 AirPod pairing target 64 “Paradise Lost” tempter

65 Site of Jesus’ crucifixio­n 67 Prefix with directiona­l 68 Word with life or flak

69 Brand of markers 70 See the future with a crystal ball 72 Track-meet divisions 73 Worth keeping around 75 Peacefully protests, as during the national anthem 76 Flier on a mission 77 Loses traction 79 Pristine places 82 Fairy-tale alter ego 83 Crushed in competitio­n 85 Pronoun in a picture rebus 86 Increase quickly 92 Mixing board 94 Wrongly predict, as an election 97 Dit’s partner 98 Places for figurehead­s 99 Not express 100 Magazine that named Barack Obama its first-ever Person of the Year (2009)

101 Bit of sweat

103 “J. ____” (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic) 104 Missile first used in the Yom Kippur War 105 Non-Macs

106 Kind of mind 107 Suit 108 Number in brackets? 109 Without

110 Poet ____ St. Vincent Millay

111 Diana who was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of shark protection (2013) 113 Russian for “peace”

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©2019 New York Times Syndicate 8/25/19

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