N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Patron of the high seas 7 Metric in digital journalism 13 Some marble works 18 Den mother 19 Make less stuffy 20 Opening 21 Reason for an ejection in the M.L.B. 22 Reason for an ejection in the N.B.A. 24 Bank takebacks, for short 25 Snug as a bug in a rug 27 Make mention of 28 N.F.L. star ejected from 102-Across 29 “Right on!” 30 Actress/singer Janelle 31 Rudimentary 32 Treats, as a sprain 33 Reason for an ejection in FIFA 37 The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards 38 Intent 39 Soon 40 Student taking Torts or Property 43 Snowshoe-hare predator 44 Brian with the album “Before and After Science” 45 Shorten 48 N.B.A. star ejected from 105-Across 51 Sound heard in Georgia? 53 Musician’s skill 54 Onetime Sprint competitor 56 Burn a perfume stick in 57 Meursault’s love in Camus’s “The Stranger” 58 Reason for an ejection in the N.F.L. 61 “Love, when we met, ____ like two planets meeting”: Ella Wheeler Wilcox 62 Sepals of a flower 63 Rolls up 64 M.L.B. star ejected from 87-Across 65 Belief in one’s role as a savior 67 Anatomical lashes 68 Drum held between the knees 69 On fire 70 ____ milk 71 English dialect in which “food shopping” is “makin’ groceries” 72 Aries and Taurus 73 Result of a judicial conflict of interest 76 Kabuki sash 77 Bloke 79 Polish up, in a way 80 “Actually, come to think of it ...” 83 Skill 84 Part of a “fence” in the game Red Rover 87 Seeming opposite of “Ignorance is bliss” 92 Pollyannaish 95 Mends, in a way 96 Some flaws in logic 97 Plays charades, say 98 Tweeter’s “Then again ...” 99 Set down 100 Fruity soda brand 101 A Musketeer 102 Entry fee 105 Stew that’s decidedly not very spicy 107 Durkheim who helped found the field of sociology 108 Browned at high heat 109 Hit from behind 110 Array in a cockpit 111 Butterfly-attracting flowers 112 Actress Jean who played Joan of Arc in “Saint Joan”
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1 Well formed 2 “Receiving poorly,” in CB lingo 3 Retreats 4 Grazing land 5 Organization of Afro-American Unity founder 6 1960s group with a fabric-related name, with “the” 7 Joe can provide it 8 Bell-shaped flower 9 Writer/critic ____ Madison III 10 Hebrew “shalom” to Arabic “salaam,” e.g. 11 “Seven Samurai” director 12 Unchanging 13 Pinch 14 Drop from one’s Facebook circle 15 Poker-faced 16 Armistice 17 They may hit the ground running 18 Respectable 21 Genius 23 Head turner? 26 It gained independence from France in 1960 30 Principal 31 Discombobulate 34 King of morning TV 35 Poet who invented the terza rima rhyme scheme 36 Bay of Biscay feeder 41 Easter activity 42 “Move on already!” 43 Rodeo ring? 46 Politico Abzug 47 Members of the flock 48 Of base 8 49 One getting onboarded 50 Made into law 51 Bargain hunter’s delight 52 Margaret Atwood’s “____ and Crake” 55 Standard of living? 57 Country south of Sicily 58 Amazon Prime competitor 59 Ireland, to poets 60 “Rainbow” fish 62 Tax pros, for short 63 They’re located between Samoa and Vanuatu 66 Entrance to a cave 67 Revolutionary group 68 Language family that includes Xhosa and Zulu 71 Monastery garb 74 Metonym for local government 75 They’re only a few stories 77 Noted Belle Epoque locale 78 Psyche’s beloved 81 Suggests 82 Typical summer intern 84 Forming an upward curve 85 Like oral history 86 FIFA star ejected from 65-Across 88 Choice of cheese 89 ____ Stark, Oona Chaplin’s “Game of Thrones” role 90 Russian ethnic group 91 Church title 92 Partitioned, with “off” 93 People of southcentral Mexico 94 Director Coppola 100 Author Jonathan Safran ____ 101 Land parcel 103 ____ Moines 104 Pique 106 Literary fairy queen