The New York Times Crossword

PUNCH LINES BY DANIEL GRINBERG / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Daniel Grinberg of Philadelphia researches user experience for a utility company.

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Pink, purple and blue Pride display, familiarly Hound

Kind of opening Frontwoman for the Pussycats

Nipple rings

Target of an inventory scan

Acting like

Fault line? Qualifier for a date Olaf’s creator in “Frozen“” Nickname that drops “An”

A gig has a thousand of these

Permitted Permitted

Fine line?

Atomic number of neon Preserves things? Shaped like a kiwifruit Processes

____ attachment Anatomical stabilizer The Green Hornet’s assistant

Not down, in a way Fishing line? Mediterranean morsel Get just right Long-running police procedural, for short Catalan artist Joan Thought the world of “To Kill a Mockingbird’’ setting

Match well with

First color-tv manufacturer Subway line?

Tittle

1970s-’80s Supreme Court justice ____ F. Powell Jr. Scams

73 With an eager spirit 76 Landed

77 Flying formations 79 March _ _ _ _ 80 South American grassland

81 Assembly line? 84 Variety

85 Boxing stats 88 Celestial shape 89 British bottoms 90 Ladybugs and fireflies

Some sports-car features Currency replaced by the euro

North American fish with toxic roe 98 101 104

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Power line? Simple card game Groundskeeping equipment

It’s signed after a break Otherworldly creatures, for short

Z, to Zeno

Illegal offering Subject line? Passage of rite?

Two outs left, in baseball Performed really badly Timetable: Abbr. “There’s more to the story, right?’’

“The Shining’’ prop Quakes

DOWN

There’s a hole in one Gloater’s cry One-named indie singer with the 2007 hit “1234’’ Kinks hit that starts, “I met her in a club down in old Soho’’ Neighbor of Ctrl Sense of orientation Peacock parent Exclamation of amazement Alternative to nana Shake slightly Ukraine’s third-mostpopulous city Where a lot of lying happens

Item in a trunk Post-surgery prescription Private line? Motivator “Crikey!’’

Brings in

Moved like a cat burglar Word after dead or data Volunteer’s declaration Soothe Communal housing arrangements

/, in math

Director Lupino Co-founder of the Joining Forces initiative, with Michelle Obama

One role in a classic interrogation trope Zoomed

World Heritage Site in Sicily

Ground grain

Dame Edna, for Barry Humphries “Enough! I get the picture already!’’

Capital of Japan until 1868 Hostile state Volunteer’s declaration 50

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Like many retired professors

Petty arguments

TLC or RUN-D.M.C. Person of interest? HBO comedy about a sports agent Salamander named after an Aztec deity ____ knife

Gives a hand?

Hot spot Genealogist’s chart Kids and nannies Liberated

N.S.A. agents, e.g. Superficial, in a way Rich with metaphor Party line?

What might lead to a bridge

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Janitor’s ringful Spanish “bear’’

Kind of clef Switched

Actress Thompson of “Westworld’’ Canadian Tulip Festival location Light-headed sorts? Selling points School name that sounds like a Canadian territory Hip Hop Awards channel Gestational metric First-stringers Posts in a rage, perhaps Degrees for C.F.O.S Bog plant

New Mexican tribe

_ _ _ _-courtin’

Shot in the arm, slangily Word after stink or pink What’s what in Oaxaca