The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 MIT Sloan grad, often 4 Raven’s cry 7 Steal, slangily 11 Bridge work? 18 Office restoration 21 “Didn’t expect to see you here!” 22 Generally 23 Interns at a cemetery? 25 Start of a class field trip, maybe 26 Had a bead on 27 New Left org. 28 Features of Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park 30 Instants 31 Endorse

32 ____ Court (London district) 34 Series ender in London

35 Start over in cards 37 Lead-in to much 38 Take to social media following a good round of golf? 41 Work at, as a trade 42 Chickadee, e.g. 44 Brown ermine 45 Ready-to-____ 46 Crown 47 Have-not 49 Emmy-winning show of 1976 and 2017, in brief 50 One sending flowers, say

52 One holding flowers

53 Brain readings, for short 55 Sounded sheepish? 58 Speed demon 61 Pacts between packs?

65 Rage

66 Does penance 68 Corp. manager 69 “More than I wanted to hear!” 70 “Not nice!” 72 Original Beatle Sutcliffe

73 Ones sharing quarters at the most macho fraternity? 77 Aviary parts 78 Places to cool one’s jets? 80 Adventurer in Grouchland

81 Big tablet 83 Nozzles into blast furnaces

85 One of 17 on a Monopoly board: abbr.

87 Policy at a wedding’s open bar, maybe 90 Switch on the radio 92 Nabokov novel 93 Excel

95 It led to a 1773 protest 97 Amazon peril

98 Stylish underwear? 101 Mess maker

102 Ill feeling

104 It doesn’t mean

“lots of love”

105 Euphoric

106 Smears, as a

reputation

107 Svelte

108 Excite

110 Camping-gear retailer

111 See 48-Down 112 Homie 114 Things swapped at a convention of supermarket owners?

118 “Just about done” 119 Citrus hybrid

120 Starter supply for making bourbon 121 “Slow down, tiger!” 122 Fifth-most abundant element in the universe

123 Court org.

124 Director Ang

DOWN

1 It decreases with acceleration, for short

2 Get closer to, as the heart of the matter 3 It’s played on the road

4 Rep

5 A myrmeke of Greek myth is a giant one

6 City near where Chopin was born 7 Actor Hamm of “Mad Men” 8 *cough*

9 Bit from Sunshine Biscuits

10 Yap

11 Catches

12 Big Ten powerhouse, for short 13 Mouths off to 14 Slipped up 15 Social gatherings where fruit drinks are served? 16 Bluejacket 17 Samantha of 96-Down 19 Drawn 20 California ball club

24 Some bars in the Caribbean 29 Over-and-above 31 “Park it!” 32 Diminutive suffixes 33 Paleolith

35 Fixes, as a bath area 36 Caustic soda 39 Haymaker? 40 Some feet 43 Presumptive assertion 46 Something a shooter shoots 48 With 111-Across, cinnamon candy 50 “Same here” 51 Speak to, with “with” 54 “Hurry up!” 56 QED part 57 Places to hibernate 58 Unconsidered 59 Kofi Annan’s middle name 60 Take attendance in a magical forest? 62 Routine problem, for short 63 Horns in on? 64 Something kept close to the chest 67 Watches via Netflix, say 71 Modern-day circus 74 Onetime govt.prescribed nutritional figure

75 Home of Berkshire Hathaway 76 Sloth, for one 79 Extra product 82 Another name for hopscotch 84 Country rocker Steve 86 Complete 88 Spacious and splendid 89 “The Departed” director 90 Court org. 91 Where the Missouri River begins 93 Be extravagant 94 Ones holding down things? 96 Station for 17-Down

98 Call for

99 Cork popper 100 Early record

label

103 Like much

mouthwash 108 Not just think 109 ____ grounds 111 Part of un día 112 Bully in “Calvin and Hobbes” 113 Long ____ 115 The Bengals, on scoreboards 116 Place to soak 117 “That’s all ____ wrote”