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The New York Times Crossword

- MAGAZINE RACKET By Sam Ezersky / Edited by Will Shortz

Sam Ezersky, 26, is the digital puzzles editor of The New York Times. He also edits the daily Spelling Bee.

ACROSS

1 Make a bust, say

7 Chew (on)

11 Ointment amounts

15 Modern lead-in to mania 19 “Enough!’’

20 Contempora­ry of Picasso 21 Factory watchdog, in brief 22 Native of the country whose national sport is oil wrestling

23 Bit of company swag for a

Genius Bar staffer?

25 With 114-Across, exasperate­d question to parking enforcemen­t?

27 Awesome time

28 Elements of a Sherlock

Holmes sports mystery? 30 A small part of who you are 31 Prefix with medicine

32 “Duck Dynasty’’ network 33 Irish ____, popular St.

Patrick’s Day cocktail

36 Like much toothpaste

38 Mountain mammal

42 Plant cultivated by the

Incas

43 Program after undergrad,

for some

47 “____ rate ... ”

48 Today’s plans: watchin’

someone’s kids?

54 Broadband inits.

55 Overrun

56 “Mr. Mom’’ actress Teri

57 Data output denoted by

“N/A’’

59 Super Bowl in 2022

61 Come on down!

63 Name that’s a body part in

reverse

64 It may be measured in both

feet and meters

65 How much Michael Jordan or Wilt Chamberlai­n could score, hyperbolic­ally?

71 Lead-in to cross

72 Happy companion

73 Focus of the website

Brickipedi­a

74 “The Hangover’’ character who wakes up with a missing tooth

75 Eschews grains and

processed foods, perhaps 78 Common results of

penalties

80 Writers such as Sappho

85 Waze way: Abbr.

86 Missile silo’s holding?

89 Pie slices might be

displayed in one

91 Natural applicatio­n to

waterproof a ship’s hull

92 Guacamole go-with?

93 Engine type, informally

94 Playwright Edward

97 Hidden obstacle

100 Transport on a river

102 Transport on a rail

106 “Dope!’’

107 Where Sweet’N Low

displays its logo?

111 T as in Tartarus

114 See 25-Across 115 Cry following an electrical

malfunctio­n?

117 Rufus and Chaka Khan’s

“____ Nobody’’

118 Like garage floors, often 119 Slight amount

120 Old English folklore figure 121 Jumbo

122 When said three times,

“What have we here?!’’

123 Music score abbr.

124 Jaguar two-seaters starting

in 2013

DOWN

1 Catch

2 ____ América (soccer

tournament)

3 They call ’em as they see

’em

4 Text back and forth?

5 Like pioneering search

engines of the 1980s

6 Polka-influenced music

style

7 Yukon and Acadia, for two

8 Canon competitor

9 Sizable urban constructi­on

project

10 King of the gods in Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen’’

11 Ann of Hulu’s “The

Handmaid’s Tale’’

12 Rubbish receptacle

13 Hindi name for India

14 Smooth and glossy

15 “... per my understand­ing’’ 16 Zap

17 Line on a neck

18 Clears 24 “Resume speed,’’ musically 26 The Golden Arches, on

stock tickers

29 One covering plenty of

ground

30 Persona non ____

33 Invent

34 When Lady Macbeth cries,

“Out, damned spot!’’

35 Smoke shop purchase

37 Standout in a field

39 Bunch of scoundrels

40 Follows

41 Tissue in a plant stem

42 DNA reviewer, in brief

44 Buy time

45 State of subjugatio­n

46 Male voter stereotype

beginning in the mid-2010s 47 Wheels off the road?

49 Run in place

50 In-state attendee of Great

Basin College, e.g.

51 Check

52 Brother in the Lemony

Snicket books

53 Certain college member

58 Great ____

60 Jokey remark after missing

a modern reference

62 Be philanthro­pic, say

65 Execrate

66 Company computer fixers,

informally

67 Big hits?

68 ____ Float (cold treat)

69 Like a situation at the start

of an inning

70 Ounce of praise, jocularly

71 Slangy stuff to sell

76 Placed

77 “... must all learn to live together as brothers, ____ will all perish together as fools’’: M.L.K. Jr.

79 Cakewalk

81 Bygone messaging app

82 Cheer for the Vikings

83 Poker giveaway

84 Certain outbuildin­g

87 Doth proceed

88 Fun plans after work, say 90 Stuff in stuffed pasta shells 94 Aphid that produces

honeydew

95 “Ooh, check it out!’’

96 Happened to

98 Really miff

99 Tycoon

101 What only one planet,

Jupiter, is spelled with

103 ____ Hard Apple (beer

brand)

104 Not connected

105 Name that’s “all the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word,’’ on Broadway

107 Liver, in Le Havre

108 Like church bells

109 “Bye 4 now!’’

110 “Power Lunch’’ airer

111 Maryland athlete, for short 112 End in ____

113 Doesn’t waste

114 Thanksgivi­ng dinner

offering

116 Very important

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