N.Y. Times Crossword – Sunday, October 1, 2017

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By: Robert Fisher
Theme: Other Ways of Saying Things
Difficulty (0-10):  3
Time: 53:08

ACROSS DOWN
1 Draw in 1 New Testament book
8 Tight garment 2 Pilgrims’ pronoun
14 Come before 3 Radio host John
21 Stingy sorts 4 Life in the big city, to some
22 Blogger’s pick for a pic 5 Bee: Prefix
23 Utility worker 6 Dance with a kick
24 Falling down 7 John Irving protagonist portrayed by Robin Williams
26 Mean 8 Wine holders
27 Very: Ger. 9 Spermatozoa targets
28 Earth goddess 10 Dance party enthusiast
29 G.P.A. killers 11 Wooden
30 “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?” 12 Worries no end
31 Robert of “The Sopranos” 13 Five-point rugby play
32 Speeding ticket 14 Stripes mismatch, traditionally
37 Prep for the runway, maybe 15 Amazon, e.g.
40 Ball ___ 16 Oklahoma City-to-Tulsa dir.
41 Besmirch 17 Develops (from)
42 Emotionally demanding 18 Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands
43 Climbing Mount Everest, e.g. 19 Very last part
45 Be Kind to Editors and Writers Mo. [for real!] 20 Pep
48 Notable features of Stockholm and Amsterdam 25 André ___, 1947 Literature Nobelist
51 It “exists when one goes against one’s conscience,” per Pope Francis 30 Narrow waterway
52 Fire places 33 Part of an accusation in Clue
55 D.C. lobby for seniors 34 Laker named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016
57 Locale for two of the Quad Cities 35 Small anatomical container
58 Egyptian cobra 36 Landing post-E.T.A.
61 Lying 37 12 cc, maybe
66 Heat, as to soften metal 38 Country star Church
67 “u r hilarious!” 39 Alternative to a name: Abbr.
68 How scallops are often prepared 44 Draw, as a scene
69 French horticulturist after whom a variety of fruit is named 46 Ratcheting wheel mechanism
72 Cause of insomnia, maybe 47 Adjust with Photoshop, maybe
74 Design detail 49 Japanese drama
77 Google ___ 50 Knocks over
78 Run too far or lift too much 53 Even
81 Go over in blackjack 54 Trauma reminder
84 In working order 56 School support grps.
87 Layoff 58 Corona, for one
94 Old sitcom character who was 229 years old 59 Repeated cry at a dance class
95 Utah’s ___ Canyon 60 Most profs
96 Get 29-Across 62 Mother-of-pearl
97 Railway offshoot 63 Out in court
98 “So that’s it!” 64 Boost the horsepower of
99 Florae and faunae 65 Dish served with chopsticks in a bowl
101 Down 69 Florida beach city, informally
103 Mariners 70 Like the head of a tennis racket
105 TWA competitor 71 Lowly worker
108 Classic Jag 73 Bit of wind
110 Who “can’t buy you love” in an Elton John hit 75 Those, in Tijuana
113 “There, there” 76 Complaining fish?
114 Tax increase 79 “Hots”
120 Cheers in un estadio 80 “Creme sandwich” introduced over a century ago
121 Canon camera 82 Animal depicted in Edwin Landseer’s “The Monarch of the Glen”
122 Take off quickly 83 Work, work, work
123 “If I ___ penny for every …” 85 Air-conditioner fig.
124 Some W.S.J. topics 86 Entrap
128 Summer Olympics host after Barcelona 88 Army NCO
130 Dead 89 Alien autopsies, crop circles and the like
133 Custom-fits 90 Liquid-___
134 Took off quickly 91 Pet food with a paw print logo
135 Pasta recipe phrase 92 Where to accent “Laotian”
136 Show contempt for 93 Pinstriper
137 At the scene 99 Store blowout
138 “We should avoid doing that” 100 Suffix with brew
102 Underbrush clearer
104 Occasionally
105 W.W. II shipping worries
106 Oman’s leader, e.g.
107 Antarctic penguin
109 Officially prohibit
111 Lamb, e.g.
112 It goes up to about 1700
115 Aquarium fish
116 Swelter
117 Holiday celebrations
118 Holy Roman emperor called “the Great”
119 Country rocker Steve
125 One of the Ivies
126 Not conned by
127 Let stand, editorially
129 Neither’s partner
130 U.N. observer since ’74
131 Day-in-and-day-out pattern
132 D.C. summer setting

 

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