New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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1 Short end of the stick 8 1960s dance 14 French port just up the coast from Boulogne 20 Speedily 21 Key of Grieg’s only piano concerto 22 Belabor, say 23 Leading indicator? 25 Spruce up 26 Sinus specialist, succinctly 27 Zest 28 Bacalao and boquerones 30 Ugly one 31 Misfit 36 “American Pie” songwriter 39 Boosts 40 “___ Grows in Brooklyn” 41 Shakespearean lament 42 Like a pilot that’s working again 45 Locale that made Hillary famous 49 One who’s enthralled, metaphorically 52 French possessive 5 3 Response to a 26-Across, perhaps 54 Botanist Gray 55 Dedicated 56 Quod ___ demonstrandum 58 First steamship with a planned circumnavigation of the globe 59 Something on a hero, maybe 62 Greeted and seated 64 Pitbull or Snoop Dogg 66 Never 69 1998 Winter Olympics host 72 Studio behind “Amadeus” and “Platoon” 73 Winning an Oscar, Emmy and Tony, e.g. 77 Activist Brockovich 78 Hypnotist’s signal 79 One of a dozen popes 80 Suffix with ball 81 Game warden? 82 U.S.N. rank 84 Much ado about nothing 89 “I wouldn’t bet on it!” 92 Top of the Eiffel Tower? 93 Honduras-to-Guatemala dirección 94 Hearing-related 95 Blues rocker Chris 96 Become fixated 97 Deteriorate rapidly 104 Make ___ dash for 105 Went out with 106 Actress Falco 107 Neutrinos, symbolically 110 Broccoli-like vegetable 112 It’s hard to find 117 Directs, as a conversation 118 True 119 Transgression 120 Show disdain for, in a way 121 Dinners at which people read at the table 122 Hide

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1 Sake source 2 Like most graffiti, for short 3 “Come again?” 4 AT&T Stadium team, on scoreboards 5 Corner key 6 Speedily 7 ___ Peace Prize (award discontinued in 1990) 8 Charges 9 Girl’s name that becomes a different girl’s name if you switch the first two letters 10 Goalie Howard of U.S.A.’s 2010 and ’14 World Cup teams 11 QB Johnny 12 Ping maker 13 “To reiterate …” 14 Opposite of waste 15 Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr. 16 Hide stuff 17 ___-Detoo (“Star Wars” droid) 18 World peace, e.g. 19 Atmospheric probe 24 “But wait, there’s more …” 29 Best suited 31 Mailroom stamp 32 Like some chardonnays 33 Relinquish 34 Plotting 35 Thousands, in slang 36 Avian mimic 37 What stripes and polka dots do 38 Luau locale 42 Lakers, to Celtics, e.g. 43 It may be limited or late 44 Subject of some ’ 50s-’ 60s experiments 45 Excellence 46 Tombstone figure 47 Brush material 48 Two-time title role for Chris Hemsworth 50 Artist Frida renowned for her self-portraits 51 Took back, as lost territory 57 24/7 58 Sunday recess? 60 Untouchable, e.g. 61 Viennese one 62 Long- billed wading bird 63 12 months, in Rio 64 Hike 65 Chihuahua cry 67 Preach, e.g. 68 Go off 69 Gun brand not endorsed by the 111-Down 70 Play ___ 71 Photographic memory, e.g. 74 Thicket 75 Sweetie pie 76 Gets in the game 78 Beethoven’s “Hammer-klavier,” e.g. 79 ___ curiam decision 82 When repeated, party cry 83 Weird Al Yankovic, e.g. 85 Third person masculine? 86 Relative of turquoise 87 “___ it!” 88 International cricket match 90 Ones left holding the bag? 91 Gaps are filled with them 95 Fixed, as Easter eggs 96 Michael of “The Great Santini” 97 Like some truths 98 Andrea or Nicolò, in the music world 99 Scruffs 100 Ho preceder 101 Gentle alarms 102 Go on to say 103 Some launch sites 107 Half of Mork’s farewell 108 La Jolla campus, briefly 109 ___-Ball 111 See 69-Down 113 Vane dir. 114 It. is there 115 Army E-7: Abbr. 116 Contact info abbr.