N.Y. TIMES Crossword

ACROSS 1 Something put on the spot? 7 Without a mixer 11 Likely feature of a college town 19 One may be removed 20 ___-American 21 Red or white sticker? 22 Homer that leaves people yawning? 24 ‘‘Shucks!’’ or ‘‘Pshaw!’’? 25 Go astray 26 Father-son activity 27 They can be fertilized 29 Pale ___ 30 Majors in acting 31 Domineering 32 Give rise to 34 ‘‘The less you wear, the more you need ___’’ (slogan) 35 ‘‘Pick me, pick me!’’ 38 Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for ‘‘pounded’’ 40 Risky chess move, informally 41 Some briefs 42 Southwest tribe after a fistfight? 45 Pad ___ (noodle dish) 47 Part of E.T.S.: Abbr. 48 Piano sonatas, e.g. 49 ___ generis 51 World of Warcraft creatures 54 Navratilova rival 56 Starts recycling, say 60 First lady from Texas 61 Nav. rank 62 War stat 64 Bleacher feature 65 Where a director directs 67 Backstabbing pal? 70 Soon gonna 73 ‘‘Dedicated to the ___ Love’’ 74 Siouan speaker 75 Filch 78 Around 79 Zion National Park material 82 Coast along, with ‘‘by’’ 84 Reader of the Deseret News 85 Break off 86 They’re above abs 88 ‘‘It Came ___ a Midnight Clear’’ 89 ___ tide 91 Barn dance that’s free to attend? 96 Seeks change? 98 Hematite, e.g. 100 Together 101 Actress Strahovski of 2000s TV 102 What vinegar has a lot of 103 Proctor’s charge 105 Gawks at 107 Computer addresses: Abbr. 108 Believe it! 109 R.S.V.P., e.g.: Abbr. 110 Where the big buoys are? 111 Makeshift wig, maybe 114 Vagrant after getting kicked off a train, say? 117 Stuff your dad finds ridiculous? 120 Gentle treatment, metaphorically 121 Temple University’s team 122 Saharan nomad 123 ‘‘The Shawshank Redemption’’ setting 124 Nursing need 125 Charles Schwab competitor DOWN

1 Feel deep compassion 2 Way out 3 Germany’s ___ Basin 4 Pac-12 team, for short 5 Steve Jobs’s successor at Apple 6 Minuses, basically 7 House speaker after Dennis Hastert 8 I will follow it 9 ‘‘___ we done?’’ 10 Hockey Hall of Fame locale 11 Playbill info 12 World capital once conquered by Augustus 13 Return to one’s seat? 14 Roy Rogers’s real last name 15 Raven’s cry 16 Cause for a quarantine 17 Moon of Neptune 18 Church leaders 21 Sound of a fly swatter 23 ‘‘___ no biggie’’ 28 Cognac bottle letters 31 Lawn game 32 ‘‘Or so’’ 33 Bone to pick 34 Celtic battle, say 35 Like President Taft 36 Bygone 37 Trucks, maybe 39 Sedgwick in Warhol films 43 Warrior or downward dog 44 Rhone tributary 46 Some Christmas decorations 50 Computerdom, informally 52 ’Fore 53 Got the chair? 55 Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME 57 Bear 58 Put-downs 59 Like used cigars, maybe 63 Suffix with social 66 ‘‘Personally, I think ...,’’ in texts 67 Kate Middleton, e.g. 68 Complex thing? 69 Tree whose pods have sweet pulp 70 Lead-in to pressure 71 Was gullible 72 Crush, e.g. 75 Fattened fowl 76 Nickname for Orlando 77 Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for ‘‘quills’’ 80 Auntie ___ (pretzel chain) 81 German auto 83 ‘‘Good job by you!’’ 87 Trendy coffee order 90 Joint business venture? 92 Look 93 Special newsstand offering 94 ‘‘Illmatic’’ rapper 95 Balance 96 Regal and Encore 97 Lively intelligence 99 Take off 104 Ski resort near Santa Fe 106 Beauty 108 ___ of Man 110 Stillwater’s home: Abbr. 111 ___ Liasson, NPR political correspondent 112 & 113 It’s full of opinions 115 Mil. rank 116 Son of, in Hebrew names 118 Get behind 119 It’s hard to shoot