THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Hairstyle that usually involves clips or pins 8 Confidentially 15 N.J. Army base 20 ‘‘Beautiful!’’ 21 Points in the right

direction 22 ‘‘Let’s stop

fighting, O.K.?’’ 23 ‘‘Those wreaths all look the same to me!’’? 25 Something hard to

drink? 26 Law-school class 27 Start of a

conclusion 28 Satisfies 30 Sales force,

informally 31 Summers on the

Seine 32 Convention

closing? 33 ___ black 34 Cutlass model of

the 1980s-’90s 36 Senile sort 39 Start of an oral listing of African nations, perhaps? 42 Texas home of the

Bears 44 One small sip 46 Store 47 Asked to come

back, in a way 49 ‘‘Over There’’

subj. 50 VCR button 51 D halved 52 Alternative to

JFK 53 Showing less

cleavage? 58 ‘‘Watch it!’’ 59 Many a critic’s

preference 61 Superbright 62 Mrs., abroad 64 Himalayan myth 65 Remote button 67 ‘‘ Lemme ___!’’ 69 March org.? 73 Rally killers in

baseball: Abbr. 76 ‘‘Warm’’ 78 ‘‘There was the

time …’’ 81 Middle of

summer? 84 Cheap roadside

assistance? 87 ‘‘I don’t need to hear that,’’ informally 88 Skip town 89 Big ___ 90 Stick in a rack 91 Mistakes 93 Setting for most

of ‘‘Moby-Dick’’ 95 Kind of TV 98 Liqueur flavorers 99 Knockoff dress labeled ‘‘Armani,’’ say? 101 Rob 103 Popular Hispanic

newspaper name 104 Rider’s handful 105 Son of, in foreign

names 106 Have legs 109 E.R. ‘‘A.S.A.P.’’ 110 Devote 112 Longtime Yankee

nickname 113 Less loopy 114 Ban competition 116 Caution to an

orphan girl not to leave her wildebeest behind? 119 Reeves of ‘‘John

Wick’’ 120 Enter stealthily 121 ‘‘With Reagan’’

memoirist 122 Ready followers? 123 One in a tight

spot? 124 Did some edgy

writing?

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1 Get together 2 Embroidery loop 3 Group of actors who all have stage fright? 4 Emulated Diana Ross (1970) and Justin Timberlake (2002) 5 How long it takes mountains to form 6 Roxy Music co

founder 7 Attentive dog

owner 8 French sister 9 They may be

bookmarked 10 ‘‘The Family Circus’’ cartoonist Keane 11 Castigate 12 Away, in a way 13 Republican politico

Michael 14 ‘‘___ happens ... ’’ 15 National Do Not Call Registry overseer, for short 16 Ancient galley 17 Western vacation

spot 18 Winter carnival

attraction 19 Gen ___ 24 Silents star Bara 29 They put points

on the board 33 Help to secure a

loan, maybe 35 ‘‘Them’s fightin’

words!’’ 37 Former A.L. manager who was an N.L. M.V.P. 38 Geometric figures 39 Have a big

mouth? 40 Attire 41 In a bad way 42 Secure, as a

sailor’s rope 43 She’s asked ‘‘When will those clouds all disappear?’’ in a 1973 #1 hit 45 Where many people may follow you 48 Per ___ 54 Popular après-ski

place 55 Spot in the

afternoon? 56 Product that’s hard to keep in stock 57 Janvier, across the

Pyrenees 60 Cap 63 Supply with

weaponry 66 Put away 68 Subway Series

team 70 Lovely but stupid

person? 71 U.S. city whose name becomes another city’s name if you change both its vowels to A’s 72 Kiss drummer

Peter 74 Reach the Mediterranean, say? 75 Pig sounds 77 Fix, as some lawn

chairs 79 Canine cousin 80 ‘‘Dallas’’ family

name 81 Race in classic

science fiction 82 ‘‘Whirlybird’’

source 83 Suspect duplicity 85 Caspian Sea

feeder 86 Trojan horse, e.g. 92 Like the

Parthenon 94 Fitting one inside

the other 95 Appointment

book 96 Did a 1930s dance 97 Big brother 100 Luxor Temple

deity 102 Natural 105 Ryan of old TV 107 Intuit 108 Straight, now 109 Fifth Avenue

retailer 111 Campaign grps. 112 Backwoods

con? 113 Heavyweight

bouts? 115 Indigo Girls, e.g. 117 Commercial

lead-in to Pen 118 Lead-in to meter