THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Kind of chip 6 Novelist Tillie who wrote “Tell Me a Riddle” 11 1950s sci-fi terror, with “the” 15 P ro-baller-turned-commentator for N.B.A. on TNT 19 Upper reaches 20 Last method of death in Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” 21 L etter sign-off 22 Modern movement inits. 23 *1978 movie in which Kevin Bacon made his film debut 25 Minic ar, say 27 Makeup for a “Wizard of Oz” character? 28 Cooperate (with) 29 Didn’ t exist 30 Sufficient, in brief 32 *Having it made 35 Deg. in the boardroom 38 Fails to brake in time for, maybe 40 “I see what you did there!” 41 Comments from a crossword kibitzer 43 It’s sold by the yard 44 If all else fails 47 A ctor Morales 48 *P rogress preventer 53 S ome Vegas attractions 55 Prophet whose name means “deliverance” 56 S outhern Italian port 57 L ock combination? 59 Helmet ed deity 60 Cr avings 63 Sing loudly 67 Non-____ (modern food label) 68 *1990s-2000s HBO hit 71 A, in Amiens 72 F eeling 74 “Chilean” fish 75 Typewriter type 76 F amily symbols 79 Mexican sauce 80 “Natural” way to serve a roast 81 “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette,” e.g. 84 *Lao s or Vietnam 88 Start to -matic 89 “Oh jeez, don’t look at me” 90 Sue Grafton’s “____ for Ricochet” 91 Result of overexposure? 94 Where phone nos. might be stored 95 Burst through, as a barrier 100 Prefix meaning 118Across 101 *Sobriquet for ardent Boston fans 105 Tetra- plus two 106 Superficially repair 107 Things always kept on hand? 109 Quick jump in the pool 110 Like some photography 113 *Popular app that can view any of the places named at the ends of the answers to the starred clues 115 Tipp y-top 116 Disturbance 117 Bach composition 118 S ee 100-Across 119 Shock to the system 120 “____-Team” 121 Blackjack option 122 “Duck Dynasty” network
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1 More likely to win a handwriting award 2 When many start the workday 3 Achebe who wrote “Things Fall Apart” 4 D esigner line? 5 Like some medication 6 A vailable 7 S arges’ superiors 8 Mar ch composer 9 Curves seen in sports car ads 10 F ormerly 11 Instrument in a metalworker’s union? 12 Soloist? 13 Lose control at the buffet 14 Appe ar 15 Blind part 16 Ele v. 17 Prez on a penny 18 15 mins. of an N.F.L. game 24 Rich Richie 26 Tolkien creatures 31 Purchase at an optometrist’s 33 Cry of pain 34 “Vamoose!” 35 W ork well together 36 Seasoned pork sausage, informally 37 “No warranty” 39 Third-largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia 42 “____ the Beat” (1982 Go-Go’s hit) 44 Broadly smiling 45 Gang in “Grease” with an automotive name 46 Reggae precursor 48 F etches 49 S ee 112-Down 50 Deliver to, as a pickup line 51 Agile mountain climbers 52 E xplorer’s grp. 53 Guit ar bars 54 One way to sit by 58 Storklike waders 60 Dis suade 61 La saison chaude 62 P.I., in old slang 64 Board displaying the alphabet 65 Like some DVD-exclusive releases 66 Mess with, as hair or siblings 68 What covers parts of 80-Down? 69 Poetic shades 70 L.A. locale 73 Cartoon Great Dane, informally 75 C oup d’état 77 Cable channel whose first initial stands for its founder 78 Drama that can go on for years 80 S ee 68-Down 81 Order in the court 82 Cabinet dept. 83 El ____ 85 The year 2510 86 A verage 87 Thirty, en français 89 Thor ough 92 Riv er past Orsk 93 Me al 95 Mogul 96 Churned 97 St ar of Hitchcock’s “The Birds” 98 Eg ressed 99 Nymph turned into a laurel tree, in Greek myth 102 “Calvin and Hobbes” girl 103 Tennis situation after deuce 104 Border county of New York or Pennsylvania 106 “omg” or “lol,” say 108 Phantasy Star maker 110 Indian mausoleum opening? 111 N. Y.S.E. debut 112 W ith 49-Down, singer with the autobiography “It Wasn’t All Velvet” 113 Guys’ dates, informally 114 ____ Pacis (Roman monument)