THE NEWYORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Course preparer 5 Close shave 11 John Lennon song that ends “I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever” 16 Deck ( out) 19 Tops 20 Like some church matters 21 Monster slain by Hercules 22 Lead- in to meter 23 Chocolat, say? 26 Shorten, with “off” 27 In the limelight 28 HBO competitor 29 Emphatic denial 31 Home to the Minutemen,
informally 33 When repeated, an old New Orleans tune 35 Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage” speech 36 Polyester fabric 39 Macho drag queen? 46 Shield border 47 Make, as a copy of a CD 48 Stop on a line 49 Dockworkers’ org. 50 Like literary classics? 54 Call to the bar? 56 Weirdo 57 Earth goddess 58 Bobby who sang “Take Good Care of My Baby” 60 Hall- of- Fame pitcher Joss 61 Unsurprisingly 63 Skinny? 65 Discreet signal 68 Like a centaur? 70 “Don’t let that youngster get off without paying!”? 75 Rural setting 76 Had way too much of 78 Words from a con man 79 Given a number, maybe 83 Flushed 84 Baseball’s strikeout king 85 Go ( for) 86 Unbiased account? 89 Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps? 92 British isle 93 Allan-___ ( figure in the Robin Hood legend) 95 Omelette ingredient 96 Middling grades 97 Stigmatize a “great” king? 100 Hankering 102 Salon selection 103 Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr. 104 Went off course 106 Part of the inn crowd? 110 Access requirement, maybe 114 Old- fashioned ingredient 118 Big collection agcy. 119 Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel? 122 Apt name for a 1- Across? 123 Unenthusiastic 124 Maximum 125 Bar mixer 126 Rx amt. 127 Wonderland message 128 “Are you kidding me?” 129 Ocho minus cinco
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1 Roman censor 2 Game ender, at times 3 Chemical endings 4 Given prominence 5 “A diamond is forever,” e. g. 6 Saint- GermaindesPrés sights 7 Ohio or Colorado: Abbr. 8 Some tennis winners 9 Head line? 10 Lanchester on the screen 11 Little genius 12 Olive ___ 13 Mid 16th- century year 14 God with a shield 15 Launch party? 16 Was duplicitous 17 Former co- host of “The View” 18 Lose it 24 ___- shanter 25 Of no interest 30 See 32- Down: Abbr. 32 Native of 30Down 34 It’s solid yellow 36 Take a peke? 37 Excitement 38 Debate ender 40 Do more than threaten, say 41 Pilgrim 42 Anesthetized 43 Tore 44 Like some dorms 45 Title town of a Longfellow poem 51 Chihuahua drink 52 Tandoor- baked bread 53 Where heroes are made 55 Elaine of “Seinfeld” 59 Represented 62 Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James 63 Many a Little League coach 64 River to the Rhône 66 When many German steins are lifted 67 They get bigger when you smile 69 Hit the runway 71 Astronomical distance: Abbr. 72 Refrain syllables 73 Easter activity 74 Abhor 77 Actor Alain 80 Barely 81 “I did it!” 82 It’s grounded every Saturday 84 Prepare, as some Mexican- style beans 86 Aesop, notably 87 Places for gates 88 “That makes sense” 90 Saturn S. U. V. 91 Conclusive trial 94 Lose it 98 Holiday quaff 99 Not worth ___ 100 Singer of the 1958 # 1 hit “It’s Only Make Believe” 101 The first “H” in Hanukkah 105 Former TV judge 107 Suffix with cigar 108 Cousin of an ostrich 109 Back- to- sch. time 111 Growl 112 Sitting on one’s hands 113 Simba’s mate 115 ___ effort 116 Tactless 117 Mmes., over the border 120 Actor Alastair 121 Cambodia’s Lon ___