The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: NON-STARTERS (0503)
ACROSS
1 Schnozzolas 6 More reserved 11 Mali, mostly 17 Variety of
primrose 18 New York Giants founder who’s in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 20 Jacks or better, say, in poker 22 Philadelphia’s ____ Ross Bridge 23 Arctic hideaway? 25 Take for a ride 26 Higgledy-piggledy 27 Nonviolent
protests 28 Mother of Hermes 29 Strikes 32 R&B’s Peniston 33 Restrained 34 Neck-stretching
yoga position? 37 Haymakers? 38 Constellation
next to Scorpius 39 Hound 40 Many a
candidate, briefly 41 Hersey novel
setting 43 Took over 45 Big win for a prominent TV financial adviser? 51 Where Bill and Hillary Clinton met, briefly 52 ____ Domenici, longtime New Mexico senator 54 Benefit off-setter 55 Old carrier name 56 ____ score (newborn health measure) 58 Original Beatles bassist Sutcliffe 59 Padre’s hermano 61 Something a GPS
recalculates: Abbr. 62 Monk’s hood 65 Like makers of one-way street signs? 69 High point 70 Exclamation accented on the second syllable 71 Entry-level position, for short? 72 High-level,
as a farm team 73 Bit of folk wisdom 75 Parts of a
kingdom 77 Thai money 79 Certain bond, for short 81 Hardly Mr. Right 85 Environmentalists’ concern in northern France? 88 Classic joke target 89 Either half of a diphthong 90 1970s sitcom
production co. 91 Eminem producer,
informally 92 Dead end? 93 Descendant
of a son of Noah 96 Igloo, e.g.? 101 Milton who led Uganda to independence 102 “The race ____!” 103 Melees 104 State that borders three Can. provinces 105 Locale of a 1984
industrial disaster 107 Shuffle, e.g. 108 Lend, slangily 111 One sending money from France or Germany? 114 Bayer brand 115 Winter vehicle 116 Sneak previews 117 Roman harvest
goddess 118 Completely strip 119 Starting words of some 120-Across 120 See 119-Across
DOWN
1 Some haircuts 2 C.O.O., e.g. 3 Communion spot 4 Fate 5 Sleeper, maybe 6 Takes part in a
joint session? 7 Kaiser, e.g., for short 8 Jabbers 9 Beethoven’s Third 10 Whitewater
enthusiast 11 Herr’s heirs? 12 Humans’ cousins 13 Brooder 14 Irregular 15 Adjust at
Moody’s, say 16 Not so conventional 18 Petruchio’s task vis-à-vis Katharina 19 ____ sense 21 Herring relatives 24 Mini mints 26 Take ____ off 30 Beautified 31 Sandpiper’s
domain 33 Whom the witches deem “lesser than Macbeth, and greater” 34 “Hold on there, cowboy!” 35 Domain 36 American ____ 37 Shut out 42 Epitome of
attention to detail 44 Passion 46 Opening on
Broadway 47 One might appear next to an article 48 Tombstone figure 49 Something in a
bookmarks tab 50 Image in the “Jurassic Park” logo, familiarly 52 “The Prodigal Son,” for one 53 Screw up 57 Feature of the
Nixon tapes 58 Wee, in Dundee 60 First lady McKinley 62 Guitar accessory 63 “What a surprise
to run into you!” 64 Means 66 Island that may have an apostrophe in its name 67 Light amount? 68 Martial-arts level 69 Plane-related 71 “Breakfast at
Tiffany’s” novelist 74 Heads of staff? 76 Archetypal
postwar suburb 78 ____ Janney, four-time “West Wing” Emmy winner 79 Theme 80 Coming from out of nowhere, as an insult 82 Nourishment for
a plant embryo 83 Hessian river 84 Hide-and-seek
no-no 86 Be behind 87 Angel’s opposite 88 Overarching 91 Looks inside
a house 93 Subjects of
some loans 94 Teem 95 “The Prince and the Showgirl” co-star, 1957 97 Admits 98 Canine protector 99 Bit of monkey
business 100 John who founded Methodism 102 “____ to break
the news …” 105 Little nail 106 Chinese dynasty of a thousand years ago 109 ____-ready 110 Hardy heroine 112 The Horned Frogs
of the Big 12 Conf. 113 Original Dungeons & Dragons game co. 114 Berlin cry