THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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1 Deets, say 5 Like pangolins and armadillos 10 Pacific weather phenomenon 16 000-00-0002, for Mr. Burns on ‘‘The Simpsons’’: Abbr. 19 Apt name for a protester? 20 Shire of ‘‘The Godfather’’ 21 ‘‘What’s the ____?’’ 22 Job-listing letters 23 Play about love and heartbreak in ancient Greece [1605, 431 B.C.] 27 Danger 28 Cater (to) 29 Where people might come to a happy medium? 30 Is worth it 32 ‘‘The Taming of the Shrew’’ sister 36 Wheels 37 Timeless children’s classic about country dwellers’ friendships [1908, 1881] 41 Farm cry 43 Vented appliance 44 Comedy talk show from 2003 to 2022, familiarly 45 Superlative score 48 ‘‘Great Caesar’s ghost!’’ 50 Eat, baby-style 56 Timid 58 It’s symbolized by a crescent moon and star 63 Jewish folklore creature 64 Magnum opus about a young man, family and the concept of free will [1866, 1965] 70 Not according to plan 73 Celebrity chef DiSpirito 74 ‘‘Go ahead, shoot!’’ 75 Major and Commander, to Biden 76 Coming-of-age novel about a teenage boy and his isolation [1951, 1986] 80 Like an old apple 81 Chicken ____ (South Asian dish) 82 Phenomenon also known as data decay 86 Placid 88 Rapper ____ Thee Stallion 93 Drudges 94 Celebratory smoke 99 Veered, as an airplane 101 Just peachy 102 Tale about soldiers and treachery in southern Europe [1940, 1603] 110 Polynesian greeting 111 Kleenex : tissue :: ____ : sticky note 112 Yellow-brown shade 115 Mercury and Mars, for two 117 Grp. promoting world peace 120 College athletics channel 121 ‘‘In a nutshell’’ .?.?. or an alternative title for this puzzle? 126 Wallach of ‘‘Baby Doll’’ 127 Stoat in its white winter coat 128 Lawyer’s favorite dessert? 129 Asteroid discovered in 1898 130 Name that means ‘‘king’’ 131 City that lends its name to a variety of ice cream 132 Warren in the Baseball Hall of Fame 133 Fashion letters

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1 Modern kind of purchase 2 Locale for many Panhellenic Games 3 ‘‘Rapunzel’’ or ‘‘Rumpelstiltskin’’ 4 Kinda getting up there 5 Poker great Ungar 6 Burner on a range? 7 Michigan liberal-arts college 8 Certain collateral 9 Convict, in old slang 10 Persian Gulf territory 11 Gamer’s headache 12 Degree in mathematics? 13 Voice role for Snoop Dogg in 2019’s ‘‘The Addams Family’’ 14 Federal agent who was the inspiration for Dick Tracy 15 Nightmare 16 Addressed 17 Manatee 18 Adspeak claim of convenience 24 Gin add-in 25 German refusal 26 One of Cuba’s Castros 31 Subject line abbreviation 33 Wild group, for short 34 One of many in the ‘‘Disney Morgue’’ 35 Leave gobsmacked 38 Scoreboard letters at MetLife Stadium 39 D.O.J. branch 40 Helpful connections 41 Halloween symbol 42 Busy month for a C.P.A. 46 Turn from an old pallet into a bookcase, for example 47 Title for Charlie Chaplin 49 ‘‘Toy Story’’ toy torturer 51 ‘‘I can’t believe this!’’ 52 Go head to head (with) 53 Paul who painted ‘‘Cat and Bird’’ 54 Advanced 55 Some F.D.N.Y. pros 57 Juicy gossip 59 Time measurement 60 One of a classic septet 61 ‘‘Key of the Nile’’ 62 Act out? 65 Imitation 66 Amazon device 67 Laptop brand 68 It’s just what you’d expect 69 Bosnian’s neighbor 70 After-hours conveniences 71 Cry at an amusement park 72 Parent 77 Philosopher Rand who rejected altruism 78 ‘‘____ What ____’’ (song from ‘‘La Cage Aux Folles’’) 79 Doggy’s sound 83 Carving station option 84 Hawaiian fish also called a wahoo 85 ‘‘Shame!’’ 87 Prefix with hotel 89 Exams that are essentially impossible to study for 90 ____ Gadot of ‘‘Wonder Woman’’ 91 Piercing tool 92 Basis for an annual Forbes list 95 Hobgoblin 96 V8 debut of 1964 97 Music to a masseur’s ears 98 Optimizes, as an engine 100 Play-____ 102 More loaded, as a wallet 103 Stadium chant 104 A.F.L. All-Time Team member with a law degree 105 ‘‘No. Way!’’ 106 Old-timey ‘‘listen’’ 107 Default search engine for Microsoft Edge 108 Some classic jeans 109 Tethered 113 ‘‘____: The Smartest Guys in the Room’’ (2005 documentary) 114 Wackadoo 116 Protein-rich blood components 118 ‘‘Uncle!’’ 119 ‘‘Downton Abbey’’ role 122 Zhuzh (up) 123 Small word for small 124 Hydrogen’s atomic number 125 Itch