The New York Times Crossword

Dan Margolis of Westfield, N. J. is a semiretired software applications trainer. In his spare time, he referees high school basketball games and plays keyboard in a “dad-rock band,’’ Landing Party.

ACROSS

1 Advice columnist Savage 4 Out of tune ... or bubbles 8 Saturn or Mercury, once 11 ____ fever

16 Prayer leader 18 Opening opening? 20 Yeats or Keats 21 Pliocene, e.g. 22 Something to build on 23 Ancient Aegean land 24 The fly in fly-fishing, e.g. 25 Turn

26 Indy film? (1981) 30 Render unnecessary 31 Female deer 32 Classic sci-fi anthology whose first story is titled “Robbie’’

35 Sound from a flock 36 Road movie? (1950) 40 Some M.I.T. grads: Abbr. 41 Bizarre

43 React to a stubbed toe, maybe 44 Confident juggler’s props 45 Film director’s cry 46 Blood work locales 49 Sound of relief 52 Cannoli ingredient 56 PG movie? (1992) 63 Anthem opening

64 A little bit of work 66 Brush off

67 Draw out

69 One whose range goes from about F3 to F5, musically 70 Hilarious folks 72 World capital with the Gangnam district 74 Challenge 75 Hummingbird-feeder filler 77 Blatant

79 N.Y. engineering sch. 80 Actress de Matteo of “Sons of Anarchy’’ 81 Family film? (1972) 84 Barely contain anger 86 ____ glance

87 Thor : Thursday :: ____ : Wednesday

89 Suffix with hero 90 Oration station 94 Cleverly self-referential 98 Social stratum 100 Common 99¢ purchase 103 Dock-udrama? (1954) 108 Spendthrift’s opposite 110 ____ Palace, Indian tourist attraction 111 Perfectly timed

112 Pilot, e.g.

114 Short film? (1989) 118 Where Minos ruled

120 Safe, on board 121 Violet variety

122 Wait in neutral

123 Jack rabbits, but not rabbits 124 Saturnus or Mercurius 125 Part of a sewing kit 126 Nair rival, once

127 Not so moving?

128 Nile reptile

129 Its name is derived from the Greek for “I burn’’ 130 OB/GYNS, e.g.

DOWN

1 Wear off? 2 Easygoing 3 Hometowners

4 Toy (with), as an idea 5 Least strict

6 ____ mundi 7 Popular ABC programming block of the ’ 90s 8 “Perhaps’’

9 Fine spray

10 66 and others: Abbr. 11 One of the Borgias 12 Rubber-stamp, say 13 Kids use it for texts 14 “Vous tes ____’’ (French map notation)

15 Grp. with the Vezina Trophy

17 Pastels and charcoal, for two

19 Swear words?

20 More than enough 27 Enjoy some dishes without doing dishes, perhaps 28 Hasten

29 ____ Tuesday (Aimee Mann’s band)

33 Dot follower

34 Some ESPN highlights, for short 37 Something often underlined and blue 38 Half-moon tide

39 ____ the crack of dawn 42 Balderdash 45 Trickster of Shoshone mythology 47 Short-legged hound 48 Fuel additive brand

50 17, for an R-rated movie 51 Director Ashby 52 Dappled horse

53 Key

54 Hidden downside 55 Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward 57 In poor condition, as old machinery

58 Choler

59 ____ about (approximately) 60 Undesirable plane seat 61 Often-animated greeting 62 Yes or no follower

65 Flub

68 Eye drop

71 New Deal program, in brief

73 Co. with brown trucks 76 Palindromic title

78 See 118-Down

82 Lady of Spain 83 Anti-mob law, for short 85 Baby shower gift 88 Photographer Goldin 90 ____ Párignon 91 ____ given Sunday 92 “My package arrived!’’ 93 Alcoholic drink consumed in one gulp

95 French stars 96 Clench

97 Utah national park

99 Bit of ranch dressing? 100 Got around

101 Street vendor

102 Radio buttons

104 First name of a literary “Papa’’ 105 Diminutive

106 Cat’s pajamas? 107 Extends a tour 109 Invite to enter

113 Parts of kingdoms 115 When repeated, a “Seinfeld’’ expression 116 Scruff 117 Masseur’s target 118 With 78-Down, Greek letters that together sound like a world capital 119 Dashed