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The New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Magazine Racket

- BY sam EZERSKY / PUZZLE EDITED BY WILL shortz

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1 Make a bust, say 7 Chew (on) 11 Ointment amounts 15 Modern lead-in to mania 19 “Enough!” 20 Contempora­ry of Picasso 21 Factory watchdog, in brief 22 Native of the country whose national sport is oil wrestling 23 Bit of company swag for a Genius Bar staffer? 25 With 114-Across, exasperate­d question to parking enforcemen­t? 27 Awesome time 28 Elements of a Sherlock Holmes sports mystery? 30 A small part of who you are 31 Prefix with medicine 32 “Duck Dynasty” network 33 Irish ____, popular St. Patrick’s Day cocktail 36 Like much toothpaste 38 Mountain mammal 42 Plant cultivated by the Incas 43 Program after undergrad, for some 47 “____ rate ...” 48 Today’s plans: watchin’ someone’s kids? 54 Broadband inits. 55 Overrun 56 “Mr. Mom” actress Teri 57 Data output denoted by “N/A” 59 Super Bowl in 2022 61 Come on down! 63 Name that’s a body part in reverse 64 It may be measured in both feet and meters 65 How much Michael Jordan or Wilt Chamberlai­n could score, hyperbolic­ally? 71 Lead-in to cross 72 Happy companion 73 Focus of the website Brickipedi­a 74 “The Hangover” character who wakes up with a missing tooth 75 Eschews grains and processed foods, perhaps 78 Common results of penalties 80 Writers such as Sappho 85 Waze way: Abbr. 86 Missile silo’s holding? 89 Pie slices might be displayed in one 91 Natural applicatio­n to waterproof a ship’s hull 92 Guacamole go-with? 93 Engine type, informally 94 Playwright Edward 97 Hidden obstacle 100 Transport on a river 102 Transport on a rail 106 “Dope!” 107 Where Sweet’n Low displays its logo? 111 T as in Tartarus 114 See 25-Across 115 Cry following an electrical malfunctio­n? 117 Rufus and Chaka Khan’s “____ Nobody” 118 Like garage floors, often 119 Slight amount 120 Old English folklore figure 121 Jumbo 122 When said three times, “What have we here?!” 123 Music score abbr. 124 Jaguar two-seaters starting in 2013

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1 Catch 2 ____ América (soccer tournament) 3 They call ’em as they see ’em 4 Text back and forth? 5 Like pioneering search engines of the 1980s 6 Polka-influenced music style 7 Yukon and Acadia, for two 8 Canon competitor 9 Sizable urban constructi­on project 10 King of the gods in Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” 11 Ann of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” 12 Rubbish receptacle 13 Hindi name for India 14 Smooth and glossy 15 “... per my understand­ing” 16 Zap 17 Line on a neck 18 Clears 24 “Resume speed,” musically 26 The Golden Arches, on stock tickers 29 One covering plenty of ground 30 Persona non ____ 33 Invent 34 When Lady Macbeth cries, “Out, damned spot!” 35 Smoke shop purchase 37 Standout in a field 39 Bunch of scoundrels 40 Follows 41 Tissue in a plant stem 42 DNA reviewer, in brief 44 Buy time 45 State of subjugatio­n 46 Male voter stereotype beginning in the mid2010s 47 Wheels off the road? 49 Run in place 50 In-state attendee of Great Basin College, e.g. 51 Check 52 Brother in the Lemony Snicket books 53 Certain college member 58 Great ____ 60 Jokey remark after missing a modern reference 62 Be philanthro­pic, say 65 Execrate 66 Company computer fixers, informally 67 Big hits? 68 ____ Float (cold treat) 69 Like a situation at the start of an inning 70 Ounce of praise, jocularly 71 Slangy stuff to sell 76 Placed 77 “... must all learn to live together as brothers, ____ will all perish together as fools”: M.L.K. Jr. 79 Cakewalk 81 Bygone messaging app 82 Cheer for the Vikings 83 Poker giveaway 84 Certain outbuildin­g 87 Doth proceed 88 Fun plans after work, say 90 Stuff in stuffed pasta shells 94 Aphid that produces honeydew 95 “Ooh, check it out!” 96 Happened to 98 Really miff 99 Tycoon 101 What only one planet, Jupiter, is spelled with 103 ____ Hard Apple (beer brand) 104 Not connected 105 Name that’s “all the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word,” on Broadway 107 Liver, in Le Havre 108 Like church bells 109 “Bye 4 now!” 110 “Power Lunch” airer 111 Maryland athlete, for short 112 End in ____ 113 Doesn’t waste 114 Thanksgivi­ng dinner offering 116 Very important

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