N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
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1 Extremely attractive bodies 6 Bird found in this grid’s lower-right corner 13 Building material in Oz 18 Female surfer 19 Words from a Latin lover 20 Byproduct of petroleum refining 22 1996 Olympic tennis gold medalist 23 Suffer remorse 24 U.S.S.R.’s Brezhnev 25 Sharp 26 Side of a diner 28 Background color of a $100 bill 30 It might be stained 31 Hikers’ snacks 34 Facetious unit defined as the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship 36 Young musician? 37 Nail holder 39 Libby’s bagful 40 “That old” stuff
of song 42 Sodium ___ (potato-chip flavoring) 46 World’s first national park 49 Dog’s plaint 50 Leading 52 Whitney who went to Yale, appropriately 54 Quaking ___ 57 Body of water found in this grid’s upper-right corner 58 Lawn tool 60 Performing, say 62 Plagued 63 Vitamin used to fight Alzheimer’s 65 X contributor 66 Puts on eBay, say 68 “What a ___!” 69 “Methinks,” in forums 70 Instruments in the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” and “Within You Without You” 72 Hawaiian verandas 74 Prey for a cheetah 75 & 77When combined into one word, national trivia championship, e.g. 78 Hardware-store or nursery purchase 79 Gels 80 Beverage found in this grid’s lowerleft corner 82 Ending with may 85 Injury found in this grid’s upper-left corner 87 Bereavement 88 Placeholder? 90 Prey of the Morlocks 91 Give the go-ahead 94 Relative of a panpipe 97 Common muffin flavor 101 Jai ___ 102 Impersonal notes . . . or what four groups of this puzzle’s answers do (totaling 11 words) 104 “Mon ___!” 105 Josh 106 ___ 6 107 Fundamental 109 Unit named for a
telephone pioneer 110 Crass 112 Substance in some
signs 116 Inclined (to) 118 Eponymous
Bloomer 119 Tranquil 120 Print up? 121 Owner of Columbia
Pictures 122 Baby bird? 123 Super-rare
occurrence
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1 Helga’s “horrible” husband 2 Butler’s maiden name? 3 Banning from future work 4 Nitrogen symbols 5 Earth-shattering, maybe 6 Quaint way of sending documents 7 Lerner’s partner on Broadway 8 Beehive Stater 9 Long, narrow fish 10 Insult 11 Centuries-old instrument 12 Peak performance? 13 Lily-livered sorts 14 Course: Abbr. 15 “Fingers crossed!” 16 Illusory sight on Mars 17 Robotic dog on “Doctor Who” 18 Bit of power 21 Paradise lost in “Paradise Lost” 27 Rapper ___ Wayne 29 View from
Neuchâtel 32 What you might bow your head to receive 33 Like some wineglasses 34 Have good intentions 35 Sunburn preventer,
maybe 38 Idle 40 “Koala bear,” e.g. 41 Modern purveyor of Scrabble and Monopoly 42 “___ we done here?” 43 Who said, “I can’t prove it, but I can say it” 44 Trial site 45 Pittsburgh-to-Wilkes-Barre dir. 47 Honeymoon attire 48 110, to Bilbo Baggins 49 Sports star with size 18 shoes 50 “Ginger ___” (1952 Newbery winner) 51 Bill 53 “NO!” 55 End of the Bible? 56 Scottish negatives 58 Some ovines 59 Director Guillermo
___ Toro 61 Swindles 64 Like some councils 66 Tabula ___ 67 Ignore 71 Start of a round 73 Rapt 76 Home of India’s
Red Fort 79 Went down a
slippery slope 81 “. . . just kidding!” 82 Web file format, for
short 83 Burn alleviator 84 Be winded 86 Frosty’s pipe 88 Decorative bands 89 Chillax, say 91 Future imago 92 Alternative name for Troy 93 Anne’s home, in literature 95 Court locale 96 Desist 98 Top prize 99 Film archive 100 December
celebrations 102 Incursion 103 Beaver State capital 106 Chief 108 Long ride 111 Day-___ 113 Go (for) 114 Modern beginning? 115 Long, narrow fish 117 Blood-type system