The new york times

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1 “Let me repeat ... “6 Musical speeds 11 When repeated, a

cry of approval 15 Like many creatures in modern sci-fi movies, for short 18 Light wood 19 Cross figure

20 New Jersey’s Sea

____ City

21 Spot for a shot 22 Spook some creatures in an aquarium’s touch tank? 24 Fiery matches? 26 Band with the 1994 hit “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”

27 Some vocal solos 28 In the style of 30 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright Edward 31 Bad material for a silk purse, proverbially 33 Deliver a blow

to Dracula?

37 With “the,” a sudden flip from attraction to disgust, in modern parlance 38 Brand whose stock price increased 50 percent in the first six months of 2020 40 Blooms named for

their shape

41 Set of selections 43 “You sure?” 44 Before45 No. calculated

from letters 47 References a Vatican Library source?

49 Went down a

slippery slope 50 ____ Palmas,

Canary Islands 51 Kind of history 52 About,

on a memo 53 Certain

Ivy Leaguer 54 Support

55 “Forget it!” 57 Welcomes at

the door

59 Tender spots

Turns Of Phrase | Spencer Leach / Edited By Joel Fagliano 60 Referees a 4 Neighbor of Leb. 59 ____-Caps (candy) Tennessee football 5 World’s oldest 61 Birds known game poorly? capital city, for their loud, 64 Common pet fish settled in the third complex songs 67 Superlative held by millennium B.C. 62 Royal title

the Atacama Desert 6 Taylor Swift song 63 Assist in a crime 68 “Barry” or “Ballers” that begins, 64 Gooey pairing 72 Stadium sounds “Combat, I’m with fig jam

73 Plain ready for combat” 65 Economic-justice 74 Cap’s place 7 Makes a gaffe catchphrase

76 It might be a stretch 8 “Mamma ____!” 66 Its water is nearly 77 Suffix with 9 “Gangnam Style” 10 times saltier Manhattan rapper than ocean water or meteor 10 Comment from 69 Animal

78 Fortitude someone exiting product

79 Write an ode to a the mall on 70 Foreboding

caffeinated soda? Black Friday sign

82 Airport abbr. 11 Pedal-operated 71 “Impressive!” 83 Addresses online instrument 73 Who cries, 84 Sound unit found 12 That, in Toledo “You get a car, in many Asian 13 Umbrella term for you get a car!” languages eboys or goth girls in a viral meme 85 Nip and tuck, 14 Struck out 74 Toy brand for a

so to speak 15 Stealthy budding engineer, 86 Like some teas criminal maybe

88 Kind of edition 16 City feature 75 “I don’t like that,” with bonus that’s been in Spanish tracks, perhaps found to improve 78 Take away 89 Stadium cheer mental health 79 Police captain 90 Start preparing 17 “None for me, on “Brooklyn

borscht? thanks” Nine-Nine”

92 Fully commit 19 Kind of seeds in a 80 Burden

96 Court cry healthful smoothie 81 Enthusiastic 97 Garnet is its 23 Footslog agreement

birthstone: Abbr. 25 Balm ingredient 84 Genre for many 98 Sculpting stuff 29 ____ Luthor, a boy band

99 Super ____ nemesis of 87 GPS suggestions: (GameCube Superman Abbr. predecessor) 32 Vintage restaurant 88 Part of the

101 “Bather in the items? D.O.J.

Woods” painter 33 Spoil, with “on” 89 It’s a four-letter

104 Make smash 34 Git word, aptly

burgers? 35 “Just a little longer!” 90 Neighbors of

108 Pretty cool stuff 36 Lauder of the Navajos

109 Burn a little cosmetics 91 One-named

110 Decides that 39 Do some light singer born

one will work on? in Reykjavik

111 Major artery 41 Barcelona museum 93 What Ove’s name 112 ____ cha beef subject was changed to for

(Chinese dish) 42 H’s on some the American film 113 Jumped over, as college houses adaptation of “A

a checkers piece 43 “The Lorax” setting Man Called Ove” 114 Michelangelo 44 Actress Cravalho 94 Like neon work whose name who voiced Moana 95 “Groovy!” translates to 46 Doesn’t just assume 98 Sibilant “compassion” 47 Swindle summons

115 Suddenly think of 48 Wedding-cake layer 100 “South Park” boy 49 Survive 102 Density symbol, in 53 Chuck, slangily engineering

54 Final phase of 103 1990s Indian prime a video game, minister perhaps 105 Sch. in N.Y.

56 Big name in records 106 Quebec’s 57 [Actually, don’t Festival d’____

change that] 107 “You’re accusing 58 Sounds of doubt me?!”

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support piece 2 Certain corporate

department 3 Mission San Antonio de Valero, more familiarly