The Mercury News

The New York Times Crossword

- / By Hal Moore / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 No-goodnik

4 “So long, dear boy” 8 Soap scent

13 Test for purity 18 Bullet ____ (1950s fashion fad) 19 Hiding, with “up” 20 TD Garden, for one 21 Jordan who directed “Get Out” 22 Overwhelm 24 Result of a photograph­ic memory 26 Neighbor of Hungary 27 Harbinger 29 Whopper inventor

30 Tierra ____ Fuego 31 Minor’s opposite 33 Where the U.S. won its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold 34 Chooses

35 Id restrainer 36 Sangfroid

37 Pair of diamonds? 41 Swear

42 Robin Williams role in a 1991 blockbuste­r 44 Reasons to hold one’s nose

45 Fan sounds 46 Horror assistant 47 Big name in water filters

48 “I wish!”

50 Black brew

53 Item at the end of a wizard’s staff 54 Man just after kneeling? 55 Uncompromi­singly direct

56 Classic Chevy 58 Bunker

63 They involve mixed feelings

... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle

67 2008 campaign slogan

68 Major fashion capital 69 Actress Thompson of “Thor: Ragnarok” 70 ____ league (amateur sports group) 71 Efficiency stat 72 Payment to a building board 75 Dance in 3/4 time 78 Set of values 80 “____ bien”

81 One smoothing the way? 82 Leaves in 83 Option for moving an investment 87 Neighborho­od 88 Parts of many law firm names 91 Camera setting 92 “____ out!” (ump’s cry) 93 Hello or goodbye 94 ____ long way 95 Dukes

96 O’er and o’er 97 Folkie Guthrie 98 Chocolate-chipcookie starters? 100 One of the Corleones in “The Godfather” 102 Symbol of luck 105 Public nudity or foul language 109 Place to chat 110 “Princess ____ Theme” (John Williams compositio­n) 111 Chocolatie­r since 1845 112 Stooge with a bowl cut 113 Checks 114 Certain break point

115 Cries of approval 116 Division in geology

DOWN

1 Small balls 2 Graveside container 3 Attire for the Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld 4 Author Morrison 5 Director of the “M.A.S.H.” finale 6 Simple top 7 Skillful 8 Delayed 9 Weights, informally 10 Court do-over 11 Parallels 12 Islamic state 13 Copycats 14 Short time, for short 15 Manta ray, by another name 16 “The Crucible,” for McCarthyis­m 17 Mustard and saffron

19 One living off the land 23 “Why am I not surprised?” 25 “Darn!”

28 Drive

31 ____ Store 32 Mate for Bambi 33 Supervised 37 Milhouse’s toon friend 38 Dashboard warnings, informally 39 Imaginary 40 Partner of smash 41 “Kung Fu” actor Philip 43 Fruit-juice brand 45 Basically what was said 47 Boxer upset in the biopic “Cinderella Man”

48 Golfer Aoki 49 Nordic native 50 Soothing succulent 51 Explorers and Expedition­s 52 Fair 55 Journalist Nellie 57 The Great ____ (Satan) 58 ____-Soviet 59 Cartoon in which one cow says to another: “Hey, wait a minute! This is grass! We’ve been eating grass!” 60 Climb

61 View from a pew 62 Free TV spot, for short 64 Taiwanese computer giant 65 It might be topped with guacamole 66 Tic ____ (mints) 71 Give (out) 73 Modernists, for short 74 Internet connection inits. 75 Sandal-less, say 76 Score starter 77 Shepherd’s scene 79 Great Plains tribe 81 Bribes

82 Sent up 83 Nutrition fig.

84 “I’ll cover this” 85 Nonsense 86 HS courses for college credit 88 Suffix with large numbers 89 17-year-old Peace Nobelist Yousafzai 90 In too curious a manner 93 Composes 98 Fancy French home 99 Once, once

100 The Bravest in the Big Apple, for short 101 NL Central squad 103 Ingredient in a Bali Hai cocktail 104 Certain tech exec 106 Actress Long 107 Tender sound 108 Currency with denominati­ons of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000

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