THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Interjects 5 Pass off 10 Pianist Schumann, early champion of Brahms 15 Certain servers 19 Focused on one’s fellow fraternity members? 21 Egyptian war god 22 Fast break? 23 Workers in booths 24 Dublin dance? 26 Pooh’s baby friend 27 King Abdullah, e. g. 28 Like a desert climate 29 Like circus tumblers 30 What may come with a trophy 32 “Shut up!” 33 Like the Head Start program, for short 34 African flier 36 What Clark Kent needs to become Superman? 41 Response to a gotcha 42 One- named chanteuse 43 Dry 44 Julius Wilbrand invention of 1863, for short 45 Somewhat bashful? 49 Article of papal attire 51 ___ spot 52 Red alert source? 53 Uncommon cry after a lottery drawing 55 Oscar winner who was formerly a regular on TV’s “Laugh- In” 56 Fine- wool sources 59 Firing offense? 61 Polish capital 63 Local afternoon newscast? 67 Sentence ender, maybe 70 Execs 71 Eggs- to- be 75 Subject of a Fox hunt 76 Excel function 77 “I’m f- f- freezing!” 79 ___- Locka, Fla. 80 Show, as cards in gin rummy 83 Business offering the right to buy and sell securities? 88 Carrier to Tokyo 89 End of an era? 91 III 92 Textile patented in 1894 93 How to find what a creep is looking at? 97 Become fond of 98 Ones bowled over? 99 What Microsoft Word’s Track Changes shows 100 Flowering tropical plant 101 Spartacus, at one time 103 Itsy- bitsy 104 Northern passage 106 Chain letters? 109 Says, “I didn’t do it!” before fessing up? 111 Clarifies 113 Fibula : leg :: __ _ : arm 114 Taken 115 Cigarettes or booze? 116 Conclude in court 117 Where Indiana Jones reunites with Marion 118 Overly involved 119 Paul who composed the “Tonight Show” theme

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1 “This guy walks into ___ …” 2 Fictional villain whose given name is Julius 3 “Wrong way” 4 Prefix with masochistic 5 One may be grand 6 Perfectly timed 7 Fingered 8 Golfer ___ Pak 9 Some OT enders 10 Mao adversary 11 Country singer Morgan 12 Blue bloods, informally 13 “A. S. A. P.!” 14 Bit of air pollution 15 Digicam component 16 “Well, fine” 17 Washington attraction 18 English glam- rock band with six # 1 hits 20 Essential, in a way 25 Armored, as a horse 28 Asian capital known as the City of Lakes 31 Astronaut’s woe, perhaps 32 Sleeper and others 33 Father 34 When D. S. T. starts or ends 35 Burn a little 36 Refuse at the polling station 37 Old Hollywood’s ___ Code 38 Leaves in a waiting room? 39 Flaky? 40 British guns 42 Climax of many an action film 46 Hot- pot spot 47 Pieces in the game Othello 48 Certain Endorian 50 Flamboyant 54 Connections 57 Poker resignation 58 Bubkes 59 O’Connor successor 60 Bilge 61 “Butterfly” actress, 1982 62 ___ cit. ( footnote abbr.) 64 Mexican bear 65 Band- Aid competitor 66 Orchestra section 67 Rice ___ 68 Hersey novel locale 69 Major annoyances 72 Singer whose “I Get Ideas” was on the charts for 30 weeks 73 Its icon is Spaceship Earth 74 Decline 76 Pique activity? 77 Quick snack 78 Sound of approval 81 Some oxygen molecules 82 Bowls over 84 High fidelity? 85 Ugly ones 86 Pop’s pop 87 Make 90 “Things aren’t so bad” 94 Occupy 95 Ancient Macedonian capital 96 Stonehenge feature 97 With caution 100 Chewed stimulants 101 Potential libel 102 Scoop ( out) 103 With 105- Down, some amphorae 104 Scoot 105 See 103- Down 107 Head turner 108 Between ports 110 Cod piece 111 West ___ ( upscale furniture store) 112 Actress Gardner