The New York Times Crossword

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1 Aid for a small business 10 Dev of “Slumdog Millionaire’’

15 Part of a prairie skyline 19 Strict commitment 20 Sidestep

21 “Way ahead of you’’ 22 Compliment to a runway model?

24 Low card in Texas hold’em 25 Some donations 26 Stable supply 27 Starting piece on a1 or h8, say

28 ____ Slam (tennis feat) 30 Drain

31 Easily offended by foul language?

34 Kind of high ground 37 Trial

38 Breaks down 39 Spanish “sun’’

40 Axel ____, protagonist of “Beverly Hills Cop’’

41 X

42 Japanese roadster since 1989

44 Residence that might be named for a donor 45 Question to a tantrum thrower?

49 Costly cuts

51 First two words of “Green Eggs and Ham’’

52 ____ fixe

53 Malbec and syrah, e.g. 54 Role model 55 Wet-nap, for one 57 Friend with a rhyming description

59 Sighting aptly found in “Are you for real?’’ 61 “Anything you’d like to ____?’’

63 Relics proving how Noah steered his boat? 68 Something to do for recovery?

69 Pacific island ring

70 Neil with the hit “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do’’ 71 Carries out

73 Actor Elwes of “The Princess Bride’’

75 Trade blows

77 Mild

79 Driver’s org., no matter how you slice it?

80 Relent

83 Prepared for a field trip? 86 Interjections akin to “Yeah, su-u-ure!’’

87 Bygone forensic spinoff 89 Android alternative 90 Quits at the last minute 91 Org. that awards the Safer Choice label

92 World capital established in 1535

93 Jackanapes

94 Rap producers’ favorite vegetables? 95 Masters of slapstick?

100 Retinal receptor

101 Drink after drink?

102 “To live without ____ is to cease to live’’: Dostoyevsky 103 Sign of summer

104 Stow cargo

108 Get into gear

109 Title for an oral surgeon’s handbook?

113 Certain sexual preferences 114 Italian automotive hub 115 Subject of many an offseason rumor

116 “Young Frankenstein’’ character played by Teri Garr

117 Tee type

118 4th order?

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1 ____ Rudolph, portrayer of Kamala Harris on “S.N.L.’’ 2 Role model

3 Amigo

4 Rules’ partner, for short 5 El Dorado treasure

6 Like apple seeds, if eaten in huge quantities

7 Fresh from a keg

8 Sore

9 Org. that sponsored the design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10 MXN, on a currency chart 11 Adele and Cher, e.g. 12 ____ and Caicos

13 Part of a dean’s address 14 “I’d rather pass’’ 15 Shooting sport

16 All together now 17 Farm-to-table consumer 18 Word that sounds like its first letter

21 Elba who played Macavity in 2019’s “Cats’’

23 One end of the Politifact meter

29 Willing subject

30 “Don’t be rude ... greet our guests!’’

31 Loonie or toonie

32 Some are named for kings and queens

33 Stately street liners 34 Coat from a goat

35 High point of Greek civilization? 36 Emeritus: Abbr.

37 “It’s me ... duh!’’

40 “Just sayin’,’’ in shorthand 41 Needless to say 42 Mississippi ____ pie 43 Released 44 Thingamabob

46 Brink

47 World No. 1 tennis player between Navratilova and Seles

48 Lived in a blue state? 50 One might be hard to sit for 54 Pipes at some bars 56 Brings out

58 Downfall in many an Agatha Christie novel 60 Buzzed hairstyle

62 Stops harping on something 64 Like a sparsely attended party

65 See 66-Down

66 With 65-Down, “Ditto’’ 67 Pelvic exercises

72 Give attitude 74 Instruction for a course? 76 Earnings

78 Drew back

80 “Sorry to intrude ...’’ 81 Certain monkey ... or monk 82 “Jackpot!’’

83 One needing new, unburned pants?

84 De-lights?

85 Oil-rich state, for short 88 Appliance with apps 92 Yearns (for) 93 Fashionable pair 94 Cover for “little piggies’’ 96 “Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk’’ is the last short story he wrote

97 “Take that!’’

98 Kind of chemical bond in salts

99 Vivacious quality

100 What a meta clue might do to itself

103 Chicago mayor Lightfoot 104 Brick made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

105 New ____

106 Showy basket 107 Lifesavers, for short 108 Piece of equipment for gold medalist Lindsey Vonn 110 Marauder of old 111 Lifelong bud, slangily 112 Partner of hem