N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Lament after being back-stabbed 5 Crack up 10 Test one’s metal? 15 Down 18 Classic word game 20 Dollar competitor 21 Contemptible sort 22 “____ linda!” (“How pretty!” in Spanish) 23 One who’s dunzo 24 Glossy fabric 25 Dancer’s leader 26 The Bulldogs of the S.E.C. 27 Line at the side of a photo 29 Hoopster observing Ramadan? 32 Electric ____ 33 Shepherd’s pie bit 35 River through Seoul 36 Bakery buy 37 Nearly dried-up Asian sea 38 Country whose name becomes its language when you drop its last letter 40 Frequent Winter Olympics setting 43 Sign from a third-base coach, say 45 Van Susteren formerly of Fox News 46 Gangster Luciano performing a risqué prank? 49 Ankle-exposing pants 50 “____ been thinking …” 51 Captains on The Atlantic, briefly? 52 By and large 54 Neighbor of N.Y. 55 Young swan 58 Colleens 60 Uncommon spelling for a common greeting 62 Whole ____ 63 I.Q. test name 64 1982 No. 1 hit with the line “Watch out boy, she’ll chew you up” 67 Look lecherously 68 Hobo at the wheel? 71 Cunningness 72 Many web advertisements 74 Overly indulge in 75 Movie Hall 76 Bridge words 77 Evil spirits 79 Gently jabbed 80 Enliven, with “up” 82 Build-it-yourself auto 84 Sugar suffix 85 Flatow of NPR’s “Science Friday” 86 Drops a line 88 Where to buy certain Christmas decorations? 94 Early PC platform 95 Link with 96 Accident-investigating agcy. 97 Part of STEM, for short 98 Long tale 99 ____-pah 100 Subzero, maybe 102 One whose life is in order? 104 Lament 105 Mild form of corporal punishment? 110 Poor 112 Home of the Pampas: Abbr. 113 “Rumor has it …” 114 Partner of live 116 Actress Swinton 117 Golfer Michelle 118 “Scooby-Doo” girl 119 Commercial cow 120 Brownstone feature 121 The Bosporus, e.g.: Abbr. 122 Haven 123 Change with the times 124 Moving well
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1 Ovum 2 “Walden” writer 3 “Wild Thing” rapper 4 How many college textbooks are bought 5 Lot of fun, informally 6 Saint for whom a Minnesota college is named 7 ____ Hari 8 Powerless group? 9 “It’s worse than you can imagine” 10 Org. 11 Party handouts 12 Wicked 13 ____ Chigurh, villain in “No Country for Old Men” 14 It takes months to complete 15 Cheering done in a plaza? 16 Baked with breadcrumbs and cheese 17 Bringing up the rear 19 Set off, as a security alarm 28 China display 30 Under the wire, so to speak 31 ____ speed 34 Cockpit datum: Abbr. 39 Merely superficial 41 Olympics events rarely shown in prime time 42 Carried chairs 44 Nephew of Cain 45 King who’s a friend of Oprah 47 First name in fashion 48 Word after liquid or fixed 49 Sword-fight sound 53 ____ of Glamis, title in Shakespeare 55 Corp. money pros 56 One holding many positions 57 Big fan of the “Lord of the Flies” author? 59 Mirror buildup, at times 61 Dangerous backyard projectile Pop 6463 Erroneously hit “reply all” instead of “reply,” say Late author Wiesel 66 65 Thatching material Underpinning 6869 Text on an iPad, say 70 Collars 73 Really feels the heat 75 See 79-Down 77 Hoped-for result of swiping right on Tinder 78 Hot 79 75-Down around a saint 80 Wardens enforce them 81 Emotionally, if not physically 83 TV spinoff of 2002 87 Narrow arm of the sea 89 Part of the inner ear 90 Channel with “Family Feud” reruns 91 Sound of a pebble hitting water 92 Galápagos Islands’ country 93 Setting for many New Yorker cartoons 95 They get wetter as they dry 99 Actor Milo 101 Bottom line 103 Beer ____ 106 DVR choice 107 Refrain syllables 108 Pluto flyby org. 109 Enthrall 111 They come straight from the horse’s mouth 115 Bottom line