N.Y. Times Crossword – Sunday, September 3, 2017

By: Andrew Zhou
Theme: Animals
Difficulty (0-10):  5
Time: 50:20

ACROSS DOWN
1 Mayhem 1 Start to call
9 Bowfishing need 2 U.N. workers’ grp.
1 Happy event after a split? 3 Handle in the entertainment industry
19 Really happening 4 Solar system model
21 “Don Juan” girl 5 Home testing kit target
22 Prince of ___ 6 Early seventh-century year
23 *Law enforcer with the Coast Guard 7 Very long spans
25 “___ we lucky?” 8 In a mischievous manner
26 Nat ___ Wild (cable channel) 9 Actress Woodard
27 More decisive 10 Big seller of outdoor gear
28 Place for stars 11 Ocasek of the Cars
30 Buffet heater 12 Call with a charge?
33 *It passes on some bits of information 13 Geniality
37 What the last letter of 107-Down stands for 14 Crystal jewelry company with a swan in its logo
38 Very puzzled 15 Some patterned floors
40 Record collection? 16 Fox Islands dweller
41 Constellation next to Corona Australis 17 ___ Elise Goldsberry, 37-Across winner for “Hamilton”
42 ___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal 18 Poly- follower
43 ___ Jorge (part of the Azores) 20 TV producer Michaels
44 Little sucker? 24 Cheese often served with olives
48 *Philosopher who wrote “Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made” 29 Hebrew name meaning 62-Down
53 “Works for me” 30 Unadventurous
54 Company known for combining expertise? 31 Crooner with the autobiography “It Wasn’t All Velvet”
55 Presidents Taft, Ford, Clinton and both Bushes 32 U.S.S. Missouri’s resting site
59 Remain 34 Person who’s dreaded?
60 What the Tower of London was for over 850 years 35 Publisher of the magazine America’s 1st Freedom, for short
63 Adhere (to) 36 Prefix with system
64 Utter, as a sound 39 ___ Bo (workout system)
65 One put in bed? 42 Golf’s Slammin’ Sammy
66 *Celebrities working for the U.N., perhaps 45 It helps keep things straight
71 Disposition 46 First sign of spring
72 International fusion restaurant chain 47 Wacky tobacky, in part
73 Hall-of-Fame Bruin 49 Lingo
74 Tater 50 One-third of a B-52 cocktail
75 Common Korean surname 51 “___ iacta est” (“The die is cast”)
76 Low-quality bank offerings whose acronym suggests stealthiness 52 First phase
79 A little teary 53 Draft status?
83 Peevish 56 Mastered, British-style
85 *Certain photo poster 57 Conversation fillers
88 Island nation that was once part of the Spanish East Indies 58 “___ me?”
89 TV’s NBA on ___ 61 Take responsibility for something
91 Tribe that gave its name to a state 62 Safari sighting
92 Grp. of people puttering around? 65 Site of biblical destruction
93 Tow truck 66 Davis of “Thelma & Louise”
96 You might pass one in a race 67 Heat center of old?
98 Onetime Yankee nickname 68 War on Poverty prez
99 *Business bigwigs 69 Things displayed by mannequins
10 Seep through 70 “The Lady of the Camellias” author, 1848
10 Like a bogey 71 Dot on a screen
106 Tie up quickly? 76 One suffering from numbness, maybe
108 Cleveland athlete, familiarly 77 Unit of petrol
109 Educator Montessori 78 Browning vessels
110 Sex appeal … or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues 80 Do make-up work?
117 Main force 81 Plants with bell-shaped blooms
118 Bring to a full amount 82 Pokémon card transaction
119 Bratty 84 Penn State symbol
120 Big instrument in electronic music, informally 86 Old Pontiac
121 Pillow covers 87 Western city bisected by I-80
122 Washington newsmaker of 1980 89 B’way buy
90 Eleanor Roosevelt ___ Roosevelt
94 Soviet ___
95 Diamond figures
96 Ten or twenty
97 Little bits
98 Big bang creator
99 Rooster displays
100 Gynecologist’s concern
101 Many a late-night cable show
102 Bounds
104 Word with crime or bar
107 Acronym for an acting/singing awards sweep
111 Plays performed in shozoku robes
112 Hoppy quaff, briefly
113 Closemouthed
114 Utmost
115 One in 100: Abbr.
116 O.R. figures

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