The New York Times Crossword
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ACROSS
1 Research subject for which
Bohr won a Physics Nobel
5 Grimm account
9 Musical medley
15 Like cranberries
19 Protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad”
20 Big-time
21 Tarot deck grouping
22 Trash day reminder, maybe 23 Side hustle for a hairstylist? 25 Rodent-catching feline
26 Maker of Regenerist
products
27 Oust
28 French auto pioneer Louis 30 Dan Conner and Danny
Tanner, e.g.
32 [Blown kiss]
34 Side hustle for a
veterinarian?
36 Manage OK
39 Dangerous crowd
41 Try to lighten up, perhaps? 42 New York Cosmos star of
the ’70s
43 Metal precioso
44 Polite rejection
46 National gemstone of
Mexico
50 Side hustle for a therapist? 56 “A Confederacy of Dunces”
author
57 Shed, with “off”
58 Many a Sharon Olds poem 59 Leaf-to-branch angles
62 It may be glossed over
63 Turned
65 Its fleece is hypoallergenic 66 Part of a gig
67 Side hustle for an
anesthesiologist?
73 Leon who wrote “Battle
Cry”
74 Avid bird-watcher, say
75 URL divider
76 “Mr. Mayor” airer
77 First stroke of the day
78 Holy ones: Abbr.
81 Spanish city north of León 84 Encrusted
87 Side hustle for a carpenter? 90 Netted
93 Give an address
94 Home in the mud
95 Christmas purchase
96 Like Athena
98 Moving _ _ _ _
100 Record label for Otis
Redding and Big Star
101 Side hustle for a marriage
counselor?
106 Small sweater?
108 Cold-weather jacket
109 Person with lots to show 111 Kind of license 115 Museum that awards the
Turner Prize
116 “Oh yeah? Watch me!”
118 Side hustle for a drill
instructor?
120 Tech tutorials site
121 Sub groups?
122 Set of showbiz awards, in
brief
123 Hightail it
124 Actress and inventor
Lamarr
125 Where the tradition of shaking hands as a greeting originated
126 Clinches, with “up”
127 Show off at the gym
DOWN
1 “Because freedom can’t
protect itself” org.
2 Animated figure
3 Evil creatures in 7-Down
4 Defiant retort
5 Large orchestral gong
6 Mahershala of “Moonlight” 7 Frodo’s film franchise,
familiarly
8 Blues great Waters
9 One with a nesting instinct 10 Inflame
11 Shape
12 Something made in a hurry 13 A in French class
14 One getting down, so to
speak
15 Cheery “Ciao!” 16 Two-time opponent of
Dwight
17 Map lines
18 Guilt-producing meeting,
perhaps
24 Maxim
29 Nobel-winning author
Gordimer
31 Park supervisor?
33 Refine
35 Economic stat.
36 Male swans
37 Like one Freudian fixation 38 Bouncy toys
40 Thrift-store fashion,
informally
45 Blue
46 Order member
47 Hindu, for one
48 Justice beginning in 2006 49 New Testament miracle
recipient
51 “Uh-oh” sounds
52 ____ fresca
53 Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of “borough” in Italian
54 “Mission: Impossible”
theme composer Schifrin 55 Convention center event 60 Some HDTVs
61 1979 Commodores hit with the lyric “Good times never felt so good”
64 Singer Celine
65 One of two in “Hamilton” 66 Aggressively mainstream,
in slang 67 Unit of prevention
68 _ _ _ _ legend
69 Revise, as text
70 Org. with Divisions I-III
71 Suspense novelist Hoag
72 Pandora native in “Avatar” 78 Side of a block
79 Word after high or weak 80 Classic skit comedy show 82 Sole ingredient in some
cookies?
83 Rock with colorful bands 85 Sum total
86 “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
vampire
88 Like a bad outcome for all 89 Great deal
91 Causing quite a stink
92 Opposite of morn
96 Frank
97 “Hold on ...”
99 Hotel room restriction
100 Drive to the station, say 101 Come down with
102 Nonsensical
103 Checked a box, maybe
104 Accent ____
105 Wizards’ wear
107 Giant bird of Arabian myth 110 Blow a fuse
112 Starbucks size
113 Slurpee relative
114 Party mix ingredient
117 Big game show prize
119 Scatter