THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

LITERALLY SPEAKING ,0802, BY MATT GINSBERG

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1 Move, as a pl ant 6 Tiny bi t 11 Brit . pounds 14 Morales of “NYPD Blue” 18 Part of the Kingdom of t he Netherlands 19 Grammy- nominated song by Alanis Morissette 20 Result of a successful audition 22 Yam, e. g. 23 Found on t hi s page 24 “Sure, that’s fine” 25 Instant 27 Li ke a parental lecture 28 Yell ow ____ 29 Will iam who invented the steam shovel 30 “Fift y Shades of Grey” woman 31 Boat i n “Jaws” 33 Sunni or Shia 35 Part of a dealership 37 In bits 42 Means of achieving things 44 Li ke many patches 45 Nebraska county or who once lived there 46 Kind of pie 48 Dealer in futures? 49 Exact 51 Fill ____ ( be of use) 52 Green topper 54 Lose that loving fe el i ng 56 Sylvia of j azz 57 “You nailed i t! ” 60 Puffed ____ 61 Sneaky 62 Diner offeri ng 66 However, bri ef l y 69 Fal se god 70 Not believable 71 One standing on deck 72 Art t ype 78 “Ben- Hur” studio of 1 925 and 1 959 79 Be observant of Lent, say 80 Battery ends 81 Concert pi eces 83 ## # 86 Attention- grabbing 87 Try to grab 89 Pinkish bloom 90 Li ke 0’ s and 1 ’ si n bi nary numbers 93 Tent al ternative 94 Home paper 95 Learn ( of ) 96 Go ( for) 97 Part of a Latin 101 conjugation 100 Beverage t hat may be served au l ai t 103 Fissure 105 Cardsharp’s deception 108 When one might get a peptalk 110 “Red” Holy Roman emperor 1 1 1 Farm stores 1 1 2 Whole 1 13 “Taken” star 1 14 Art 1 1 5 When H- Hour happens 1 16 Quash 1 17 Screen Bean 1 1 8 California’s ____ Museum

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1 ____ Rizzo of film 2 Blow 3 “No. 1 ” person 4 Acts of deference 5 Agreeably bi t i ng 6 Tom’s partner 7 Corn- syrup brand 8 Repetitive, as in criticism 9 Lush locales? 10 Roman scourge 1 1 ____- f ree 1 2 Assumes 13 Reproving l ooks 14 Go out 1 5 “____ you!” 16 Zenith 17 Company with a l ot of manual work? 1 9 Something to pay t hrough? 21 Successor to Holder as attorney general 26 Capital on t he Will amette River 27 Workshop power tool 32 Foe i n “Rocky” 34 Mili t ary st rength 36 Said “mea culpa,” say 38 Inner tubes,

topologically 39 Italian girl’s name ending 40 Word with fire or trap 41 Email fol der 42 Collect 43 Old records 44 Charge 47 Repeated film role for

Skippy 49 Excessively theatrical 50 Some congratulations 53 Nickname 55 They’re hard to see

t hrough 57 Hustles 58 Shield border, i n heraldry 59 Figure often dressed in green 62 “Soldier of Love” si nger, 2009 63 Boston’s Li berty Tree, for one 64 Adorn, in old literature 65 Stone i n Hollywood 66 Smallish London lodgings 67 “Big” star 68 Big, bi g, bi g 69 Hooked up with 71 Rub some st i cks together, as at camp 72 Country once known as French Sudan 73 Aware of 74 Delete 75 Curfew for a vampire 76 “Maybe …” 77 I nspiration for Isaac Newton 79 Tom Wolfe’s “____ i n Full ” 82 Tend to 84 Intercedes 85 Shrubby wasteland 87 Supporting pl ayers 88 They vary with circulation 91 Right- hand page 92 I nformal approval 93 Bottle in a beach bag 98 High 99 Apt to snap 100 Landing sound 101 Crew member 102 I sl e of exi l e 104 Repulse, with “off ” 106 Medium 107 “Semper paratus” grp. 109 Li nger in t he hot sun 1 10 Lennon’s l ove

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