NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Joe DiPietro, of Brooklyn, owns a bar called ‘‘one star’’ in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. He has been contributing puzzles to The Times since 1995. He is sometimes confused with the Tony-winning playwright of the same name, but the two men don’t know each other. This Joe writes: ‘‘I love the sweet pain of filling grids.’’ He sometimes spends weeks working and reworking them — and the resulting quality shows. — W.S.
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1 Well, for one 7 Longhair cats 14 For instance 20 Alternative to Martha Stewart Weddings 21 Caribbean island nation 22 Take in 23 … the guy who vows to take his Stetson to the grave 25 Baby Gap purchase 26 Famous conjoined twin 27 Figures 28 California’s Big ____ 29 TV’s “____ Ruins Everything” 30 Lose control on the road 32 IV checkers 33 … the fraternity guy who wants to be a cardiologist 39 Levelheaded 40 Kind of furniture 42 Triumphant cry 43 Game lover’s purchase 45 First word of “Jabberwocky” 47 Dated PC hookup 49 J. Carrol ____ (twotime 1940s Oscar nominee) 50 Traffic-stopping grp.? 51 56 … … barely exasperated the the guy guy shows who who he’s 58 59 Hugs, Home always unannounced in of shows a minor-league letter up 60 California’s baseball’s ____ Mountains Aces Santa 62 63 Puts Show on that TV NBC 64 Heaps 62-Across, for short 66 They by about follow a week springs 69 Sylvia of jazz 70 … the gal who delivered the greatest put-down ever 73 Small prevarications 76 Helicopter sounds 77 Permanent spot? 78 UPS unit: Abbr. 81 “Othello” provocateur 82 “Lethal Weapon” force, in brief 84 Prison division 85 “Well, well, well, whaddya know” 86 … the guy who takes aerial photos for the military 91 … the gal who loses it when pass plays are called 94 CPR teacher, maybe 95 Temporarily sated, with “over” 97 Critical campaign mo. 98 Source of some pressure 99 Place for trophies 100 Declaration 102 Singer with the 2009 No. 1 hit “TiK ToK” 106 Move a bit 108 … the gal who spends all day at the hairdresser 111 Rollaway 112 Word with club or cream 113 Aristocratic Italian name of old 114 Cartoonist Keane 115 Dance that might include a chair 117 West Coast summer setting: Abbr. 118 Dag Hammarskjöld’s successor at the U.N. 121 … the guy who can’t stop bragging about Bragg 125 Bit of trail mix 126 Underlining alternative 127 Creeped out? 128 Almost up 129 Exams given intradermally, for short 130 Actress Taylor of “Bones”
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1 No. 1 nun 2 Prolonged period of excessive imbibing 3 Soft blanket material 4 Ice-cream eponym 5 Part of AARP: Abbr. 6 Note that sounds like an order to get with it? 7 Appalled 8 Big D.C. lobby 9 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel 10 At the perfect time 11 Enthusiastic 12 Commercial suffix with Gator 13 Gained a lap? 14 ____ Paulo 15 Bit of art pottery 16 Staircase sound 17 “Star Trek” catchphrase said by Dr. McCoy 18 Far Eastern fruits that resemble apples 19 What a prefix or suffix gets added to 24 Sicily’s Mount ____ 31 Honey substitute? 34 Appear in print 35 Mouth, slangily 36 Con ____ (briskly, in music) 37 Talk like a tough, say 38 “Well, howdy” 41 Dieter’s “I” 44 Picks up the bill 46 Unlikely handouts with beers 48 Court V.I.P. 51 Sea plea 52 Period of group activity, slangily 53 Addition to the family 54 Doth depart 55 Diamond brackets? 57 Dissenting vote 61 Swerves back 65 Cry like a baby 67 Large shrimp 68 See 72-Down 69 Parody 71 Pride Parade participants may be in it 72 With 68-Down, summer side dish 73 Shade for a field worker? 74 “Drawin’ a blank here” 75 ____ vivant 78 Gambler’s exclamation 79 Father of Enigma in DC Comics 80 Creamy beverage 81 Tagged, informally 83 Pitcher who famously claimed he was on LSD while throwing a no-hitter (1970) 87 And others, for short 88 Kind of bar 89 Renuzit target 90 It can be old or breaking 92 Sport ____ 93 “Ocean’s Twelve” role 96 ____ Terr., 1861-89 101 Maze explorer 103 Go downhill in a hurry 104 Part of a parka 105 Relaxing 107 High-grade 109 110 Auto Auto owner’s dealer’s proof offer 113 Tip of Italy? 116 Field 119 Shoot down 120 Wile E. Coyote purchase 121 In good shape 122 Gambling-parlor letters 123 Take steps 124 Sort of person who’s blue: Abbr.