New York Times Crossword Puzzle
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1 Mess-hall patrons, in brief
4 Theater backdrop
9 Stressful work?
13 Disorganized stack
17 Home-screen array
19 Port container
20 Clean hands, so to speak
22 Spill (over)
23 Strict sales limit, informally
24 Slow-cooked entrees
25 Boos-y drink?
27 Olympic gymnast Raisman
29 Charge (with)
30 Involves
31 Some kennel personnel
34 Only U.S. coin that does not explicitly indicate how many cents it’s worth
35 Eschewed pork and shellfish, say
37 Arena seating sections
38 Perfume ingredient
39 Civil wrong
40 Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N.
42 Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in ‘‘foreign satellite interception’’
43 Really hurt
44 Orders more of than necessary
48 Oktoberfest purchase
49 ‘‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’’ airer
52 ‘‘Gross!’’
53 Excessively
54 Checkout unit
56 Eyeballs, e.g.
60 ‘‘Naw, no way!’’
62 Hindu wedding adornment that’s said to get darker the more the newlyweds love each other
64 Lifesaving mission, for short
66 Its panhandle abuts British Columbia
67 Prudent
69 Texas A&M athlete
70 One fast-tracked in an interview pool
72 Like Loki
73 Absolutely devour
74 Fitting a little tight
75 Home to the Great Ziggurat of Ur
77 Common jeans feature
78 ‘‘Whoop-de-____’’
79 Subject of 1960s-’70s addiction research
80 Purges
82 Things that perceptive people
might pick up
86 Picture taker?
88 Sound in ‘‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’’
89 Windy part of a kite?
90 The ‘‘A’’ of the ACT UP organization
94 Thunderous sounds
95 Piece of info
97 Body of water adjoining Korea Bay
100 ____-de-camp
101 Proceeds
103 Putting together
104 Hardly worth mentioning
106 ID whose first five digits are sometimes ignored
107 Keister
108 Flight segment
111 Demographic group
113 Tiny member of a swarm
114 Big Ten school that plays home football games at Beaver Stadium
115 Much like
116 What hits the ground running?
117 Seat in the London Stock Exchange?
118 At the earliest chance
119 They get high by the beach
120 Airport screening inits.
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1 Winter house-warming option
2 ‘‘That’s my goal’’
3 Powerlifter’s helper
4 Marine predator often seen near shorelines
5 First Nations people
6 Best Melodic ____ Performance (Grammy category)
7 ‘‘My concern is . . . ’’
8 Variety used to make Bordeaux wine
9 Dot on a die
10 Musical artist Yoko
11 Joins those on the stage
12 Counterparts of eves
13 With 61-Down, like some gossip ... as represented phonetically by each set of shaded squares?
14 Like a bathroom directly connected to a bedroom
15 Feigns indignation
16 Bug
18 Address
19 Barbecue-grill fill
21 Camp bed
26 Summer Olympics host between London and Tokyo
28 Comics sound when something is snatched
31 Clenched, as teeth
32 Recordholder for most games played in the FIFA World Cup (26)
33 Modern ____
36 Trains above street level
38 Delivery that can’t be returned
41 ‘‘Well, don’t wait out here!’’
43 Goals
45 Sun shield
46 ____-conscious
47 Variety commonly found in jellies and pies
48 Wax figures?
49 Golf-tournament division
50 President who campaigned on the slogan ‘‘Our best days still lie ahead’’
51 Real pickle
55 So . . . or a word following ‘‘so’’
57 Fit for a king
58 Sees red
59 Word before dating or skating
61 See 13-Down
62 Dance at a luau
63 More open to the elements
65 Lake-house rental
67 Unnerves
68 Sea hawks
71 Lyft request
73 Lithium-____ battery
76 ‘‘Don’t ____ me . . . ’’
78 1994 single by Hole whose cover art depicts a miniature wedding dress and veil
81 Real-time PC exchanges
83 Man, woman and child, e.g.
84 Little lifter
85 Snore loudly
86 One dropping amorous hints
87 Trigonometry units
88 B-baller in Big D
91 ‘‘Am I mistaken?’’
92 Turndowns
93 Hot herbal brew
94 Place to pamper pets that purr
95 Some rivers have them
96 Variety that shares its name with a Mideast capital
98 Game with big prizes
99 ‘‘I’m not working right now,’’ in email shorthand
101 Believer in Jah
102 Mushroom added to ramen
105 Org. with the phone number 1-800-TAX-FORM
107 Cornmeal cake
109 Info you might send someone when you’re running late
110 Liven (up)
112 Stashed away