THE GOLD STANDARD: Explained at 105 Across
Across
1 Chore at hand
5 Washington Journal broadcaster
10 Fish with chips
13 Jaws villain
18 So far
20 Soul singer Baker
21 Shapiro of NPR
22 Land on the Sea of Japan
23 Seize, to Caesar
24 The Hunger Games country
25 Modular sofa
27 “American football’s mostrenowned coach”
29 Tribal pillar
30 PD alert
31 Very dark
32 Family nickname
34 Thin battery
35 Build, as a nest egg
37 Wine barrel wood
38 SFO postings
39 Air rifle pellets
42 Capital of Ghana
44 With reliable regularity
47 Rips off
48 “According to” game rules guy
50 Offend
51 Jacob’s twin
52 John __ Lennon
53 Install, as a walkway
54 Crony
55 Santa’s incoming mail
56 Western-themed festival
59 Director from India
61 See 96 Down
63 Scheherazade composer
69 Pepper partner
70 Hockey ploy
71 Unchanging charge
72 “Let me explain …”
75 Peace, to the Pope
76 Edinburgher, for instance
77 Not just any
78 Golden State, for short
79 Calorie-laden
81 Bern-born
83 Expanse above
85 Pro home at Madison Square Garden
88 Surname from the German for “Bavarian”
89 “Sure thing!”
90 Pop singer Tori
91 Merlot, for example
92 Antique auto starter
94 Didn’t go slow
95 Badge wearer
96 Former Swedish carmaker
97 USSR’s CIA
100 Colorado’s NHL team
105 Descriptor for the fully filled grid
109 Cuddled up
110 Great Plains natives
111 Intro pro
112 Capital of Belarus
113 “Be” with “you”
114 Belief in brief
115 94 Across competitively
116 Gladden greatly
117 They’re permitted
118 Roomy ride
119 Norwegian “Nicholas”
Down
1 Carpet fastener
2 Yoga pose
3 Sundae stuff
4 Didn’t approach
5 Plump chickens
6 Airline lounge fare
7 Small digit
8 Get two fives for __
9 Junior, to Senior
10 Starts to fly-fish
11 Creme-filled cookie
12 Autocrat
13 Wearable wind shield
14 Skirt shape
15 River through Pisa
16 Authentic
17 Kin of collard greens
19 Summer shirt
26 Motive for a 1773 Boston protest
28 Gold record grp.
33 Nickname in ’50s headlines
36 Clue suspect __ Peacock
37 Vermeer medium
38 Hebrew month
39 Big kahuna
40 Troublesome tyke
41 Inventory IDs
42 Informal confirmation request
43 Part of a Dracula costume
44 Caustic cleaner
45 Very cautious
46 German state that a dog is named for
47 Deck officer
48 No more patience
49 All done with
53 Loud ring
54 Toll road
55 Have stamina
57 Tile art
58 Blueprint
59 Ariz. neighbor
60 Invite
61 Choral assignments
62 Part of QED
64 It has a 45-mile border with 92 Down
65 Big sellers of buckets
66 TV journalist Couric
67 “None of the above” category
68 Aviation formation
72 Unpleasant, informally
73 Horse hair
74 Yale students
75 Banned pollutants: Abbr.
76 Knightly title
79 Return to a lower court
80 Lacking
loopholes
81 Doubters
82 Tie the knot
83 Japanese title of
respect
84 Big name in soy sauce
86 Bar entertainment
87 __-Magnon
88 Treat delicately
92 Labour Day celebrator
93 Betrays
95 Relinquishes legally
96 With 61 Across, thread line
98 Italian designer brand
99 Film’s alternative footage
100 Pinnacle
101 It’s northeast of Aspen
102 Tolstoy title character
103 Disoriented
104 Tubular sandwich
106 Sported
107 Iron: Fr.
108 Adidas alternative