The New York Times Crossword
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1 Round number? 7 Pick a card, any card 11 Hoops 16 Piano keys 18 Quick study 20 Quick studies 22 Line delivered in costume 23 Source of a trendy health juice 24 Alternative to tarot cards 26 Opportunity to hit 27 Hearing aid? 29 Hole-making tools 30 Hill worker 31 Split 32 Small bird with complex songs 33 He was told to “take a sad song and make it better’’ 34 “Smackdown’’ org. 37 Upper limit 38 Olympic figure skater Johnny 39 Make more pleasant 41 First attempt 44 Attire 45 In key 46 “The ____ Locker,’’ 2009 Best Picture winner 47 Declare 48 “Surely you don’t think it could be me?!’’ 49 Bank, at times 51 Hayek of Hollywood 52 Some movie extras 55 Acts like money grows on trees 57 Tool for a difficult crossword, say 58 Added water to, as a sauce 60 Family secret, perhaps 62 In lock step (with) 64 Seasonal song with lyrics in Latin 66 Sacrament of holy matrimony and others 67 Throughway, e.g. 69 Fashion expert Gunn 70 It’s sedimentary, my dear 71 Seemingly forever 72 Filmmaker Gerwig 73 Info on an invitation 75 Command, as influence 76 “Don’t worry about it’’ 78 Brown or blacken 79 Hole in the ground 80 ____ card 81 Shaded 82 Went over the limit, say 83 Where to find the radius 84 ____ Lipa, Grammywinning pop artist 87 “Big Little Lies’’ co-star of Witherspoon and Kidman 88 Barely afloat? 91 Buzz in the morning 93 Place you may go just for kicks? 94 Mail lady on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse’’ 95 Occasion to stay up late 97 Some surfing destinations 99 You are here 100 Pounds 101 He made a pact with the Devil 102 Makes blue, say 103 One of three for “Mississippi’’
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1 Brand of breath spray 2 Arthurian isle 3 Decay, as wood 4 “____ words were never spoken’’ 5 Voice, as grievances 6 Potter of children’s literature 7 Ambitious 8 Proverbial tortoise or hare, e.g. 9 Poses 10 Branch of the U.N. in 2020 news 11 Soda factory worker 12 1989 Tom Hanks black comedy, with “The’’ 13 Math measurement 14 Aspiring D. A.’s exam 15 Tennis do- over 17 Result of eating the poisoned apple in “Snow White’’ 18 Quickly go from success to failure 19 Mudbug, by another name 21 Easy target 22 Many a dare, in hindsight 25 Bring down 28 Part of a high chair 29 Boring things 33 Hera’s Roman counterpart 34 “Don’t you trust me?’’ 35 Heat of the moment? 36 First name in jazz 37 Quagmire 38 Mom jeans have a high one 39 Picturesque time for a walk 40 Goes out on a limb 41 Tapered hairstyle 42 Act of omission ... or of a commission 43 Four for a 4x400, say 44 Pluto, e.g. 45 Pint-size and then some 48 ____ mortal 50 Central 51 Bird-feeder bit 53 They’re on the case, in slang 54 Garrulous 56 Like a pearl- clutcher 59 Discourage 61 Abbr. on a cornerstone 63 What skies do before a storm 65 Worrisome beach sighting 66 Pro ____ 68 Email status 72 Food connoisseur 74 ____ a clue (was lost) 75 Scaredy- cat 77 Frozen dessert 78 Golfer Jordan who won the 2015 U. S. Open 79 Republican politico Reince 82 Hybrid bottoms 83 Spot seller, in brief 84 Keto adherent, e.g. 85 Prepare to deplane 86 Andre who won the 1994 and 1999 U. S. Opens 87 Curses 88 Piece of the pie 89 “That smarts!’’ 90 De- e eluxe 91 ____ breve (cut time) 92 Beach ball? 93 Do a veterinarian’s job on 95 Beach lotion abbr. 96 Rare color? 98 Texter’s “I can’t believe this’’