The New York Times Crossword
Joe Dipietro owns a bar in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. He is sometimes confused with the Tonywinning playwright of the same name, but the two men don’t know each other. This Joe writes: ‘‘I love the sweet pain of filling grids.’’
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1 Well, for one 7 Longhair cats 14 For instance 20 Alternative to Martha Stewart Weddings 21 Caribbean island nation 22 Take in 23 ... the guy who vows to take his Stetson to the grave
25 Baby Gap purchase 26 Famous conjoined twin 27 Figures 28 California’s Big ____ 29 TV’S “____ Ruins Everything”
30 Lose control on the road 32 IV checkers 33 ... the fraternity guy who wants to be a cardiologist
39 Levelheaded 40 Kind of furniture 42 Triumphant cry 43 Game lover’s purchase 45 First word of “Jabberwocky” 47 Dated PC hookup
49 J. Carrol ____ (two-time 1940s Oscar nominee) 50 Traffic-stopping grp.? 51 ... the guy who barely shows he’s exasperated 56 ... the guy who always shows up unannounced 58 Hugs, in a letter 59 Home of minor-league baseball’s Aces 60 California’s Santa ____ Mountains 62 Puts on TV 63 Show that NBC 62-Across, for short
64 Heaps
66 They follow springs by about a week
69 Sylvia of jazz 70 ... the gal who delivered the greatest put-down ever
73 Small prevarications 76 Helicopter sounds 77 Permanent spot? 78 UPS unit: Abbr. 81 “Othello” provocateur 82 “Lethal Weapon” force, in brief
84 Prison division 85 “Well, well, well, whaddya know”
86 ... the guy who takes aerial photos for the military 91 ... the gal who loses it when pass plays are called
94 CPR teacher, maybe 95 Temporarily sated, with “over”
97 Critical campaign mo. 98 Source of some pressure 99 Place for trophies 100 Declaration
102 Singer with the 2009 No. 1 hit “TIK TOK”
106 Move a bit 108 ... the gal who spends all day at the hairdresser 111 Rollaway
112 Word with club or cream 113 Aristocratic Italian name of old
114 Cartoonist Keane 115 Dance that might include a chair
117 West Coast summer setting: Abbr.
118 Dag Hammarskjöld’s successor at the U.N. 121 ... the guy who can’t stop bragging about Bragg
125 Bit of trail mix 126 Underlining alternative 127 Creeped out? 128 Almost up 129 Exams given intradermally, for short
130 Actress Taylor of “Bones”
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1 No. 1 nun 2 Prolonged period of excessive imbibing
3 Soft blanket material 4 Ice-cream eponym
5 Part of AARP: Abbr. 6 Note that sounds like an order to get with it? 7 Appalled
8 Big D.C. lobby
9 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel
10 At the perfect time 11 Enthusiastic 12 Commercial suffix with Gator 13 Gained a lap?
14 ____ Paulo
15 Bit of art pottery 16 Staircase sound
17 “Star Trek” catchphrase said by Dr. Mccoy
18 Far Eastern fruits that resemble apples
19 What a prefix or suffix gets added to
24 Sicily’s Mount ____ 31 Honey substitute? 34 Appear in print 35 Mouth, slangily
36 Con ____ (briskly, in music)
37 Talk like a tough, say 38 “Well, howdy” 41 Dieter’s “I”
44 Picks up the bill 46 Unlikely handouts with beers
48 Court V.I.P.
51 Sea plea
52 Period of group activity, slangily
53 Addition to the family 54 Doth depart 55 Diamond brackets? 57 Dissenting vote 61 Swerves back
65 Cry like a baby
67 Large shrimp
68 See 72-Down
69 Parody
71 Pride Parade participants may be in it 72 With 68-Down, summer side dish
73 Shade for a field worker? 74 “Drawin’ a blank here” 75 ____ vivant 78 Gambler’s exclamation 79 Father of Enigma in DC Comics
80 Creamy beverage 81 Tagged, informally 83 Pitcher who famously claimed he was on LSD while throwing a no-hitter (1970)
87 And others, for short 88 Kind of bar
89 Renuzit target
90 It can be old or breaking 92 Sport ____ 93 “Ocean’s Twelve” role 96 ____ Terr., 1861-89 101 Maze explorer
103 Go downhill in a hurry 104 Part of a parka 105 Relaxing 107 High-grade
109 Auto dealer’s offer 110 Auto owner’s proof
113 Tip of Italy?
116 Field
119 Shoot down
120 Wile E. Coyote purchase 121 In good shape 122 Gambling-parlor letters 123 Take steps
124 Sort of person who’s blue: Abbr.