THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 F oyer fixture 9 Paratroopers’ gear 15 Building material for an 80-Across (in two different ways?) 20 Unsympathetic response to a complainer 21 Warhol’s “Campbell’s Tomato Juice Box,” e.g. 22 It alian vessel? 23 Conflict at sea 26 A sia’s ____ Sea 27 Geological flat top 28 Staple at a luau 29 O range Pixar character 30 Main character in Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” 32 River ____ (tributary of the Thames) 34 Balls or fire preceder 37 W ay off 40 Decides, in a way 44 Dura ____ (brain membrane) 46 “That’s more than I want to know!” 47 Parenting problem at a zoo 52 Luk e Skywalker’s landspeeder, e.g. 53 Spill one’s secrets 54 “The Governator” 55 Focus of study for Niels Bohr 56 Lead-in to dealer or dialer 59 Winter Palace resident 61 Particulars, in slang 62 Logician’s word 63 Sho w weariness 65 Eight days after the nones 67 Choice word? 69 Cold War synopsis 74 Rime s with rhymes 75 Othello , for one 76 “K ewl!” 77 Cat ch 80 Se e 15-Across 83 It may be recounted 85 Be highly esteemed 87 Not mad 88 R oger Bannister, notably 89 W ord repeated in James Brown’s “It’s a ____ ____ ____World” 91 “Ple ase show some compassion!” 94 Show of respect at the Vatican 99 Wood in Lucius Malfoy’s wand 100 Dear one? 101 Rapt 102 Twosome 104 Incapacitate, in a way 105 “Inside the N.B.A.” airer 106 Yemen, once 111 Subj. for a radio astronomer 113 One in a gray suit, for short 115 Mo st-applied-to sch. in the U.S. 119 Split pair 120 Overthrow of a monarchy 126 Smart ____ 127 Only guest host in the 21 years of Leno’s “The Tonight Show” 128 It requires a balancing act 129 City of Light, informally 130 Gives the old heave-ho 131 Faulty connections?
Down
1 Food ____ (feelings after big meals) 2 John who wrote “Appointment in Samarra” 3 Hussein : Obama :: ____ : Garfield 4 “Thr ough many dangers, ____ and snares I have already come” (“Amazing Grace” lyric) 5 Bur gundy of “Anchorman” 6 “P ardon …” 7 He art 8 Big name in headphones 9 Number cruncher, for short 10 Short shorts 11 Until 12 The Seal of Solomon and others 13 Be fore, poetically 14 Letters on many a racecar 15 Part of a plot 16 ____ queen 17 Pit ched poorly 18 Queen ____ 19 SA T org. 24 R aft material 25 Pentium creator 31 Profess 33 L ong stretch 35 Super continent of 200 million years ago 36 “____ be my pleasure” 38 S cope 39 Climb s 41 W orld of Warcraft beast 42 Waver of a wand 43 Bathr oom tile shade 45 P repped 47 Cowardly Lion harasser 48 Bathr oom bar 49 The Pink Panther, in “The Pink Panther” 50 Takes the place of, in batting 51 Seventh film in the “Rocky” series 52 ____ characters (basic means of writing Chinese) 57 “____ the season …” 58 Leftover 60 Har dly original works 63 Curled one’s lip 64 P olice-blotter letters 66 F air-hiring inits. 68 Org. with the Eddie Eagle safety program 70 T ree with catkins 71 Charms 72 L ong stretch 73 Delicacy usually eaten as an appetizer 78 Mar ching band? 79 Queen ____ (pop music nickname) 80 St oked 81 Deli roll 82 Rubens or Raphael 84 Gets fitted for a suit? 86 D rive-____ 87 P ool site 90 Leave runny on the inside, say 92 C ompete 93 Leftovers 95 O nce-common campus event 96 W elcome to the fold? 97 D ownside 98 Go haywire 103 Clear for takeoff? 107 OutKast chart-topper 108 On the button 109 Southern beauty 110 Low mounts? 112 Take a hit 114 Sein : German :: ____ : French 116 Cotton or country follower 117 Siberian river 118 Dr y 120 Time out? 121 ____ russe 122 A card? 123 Deli offering 124 Alternatives to Macs 125 What a constant hand-washer probably has, for short