New York Times - Sep 2 2018 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answers

New York Times - Sep 2 2018 Sunday

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1. Group of trees : STAND 6. Potential queens : PAWNS 11. Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase : BED 14. Harmless weapons maker : NERF 18. Strong suit? : ARMOR 19. "Continue" : UHHUH 20. "Foucault's Pendulum" author, 1988 : ECO 21. Like the Gregorian calendar : SOLAR 22. Showdown in Greek mythology : SUESEHTMINOTAUR 25. A couple of times : TWICE 26. Word of confirmation on a messaging app : SENT 27. Couple : ITEM 28. Showdown in classic video games : OIRAMBOWSER 30. Quickened paces : TROTS 32. Wasn't struck down : STOOD 33. Realm : SPHERE 34. Tours can be seen on it : LOIRE 35. Triumph : WIN 37. Not in any way : NOWISE 39. Showdown in American history : NOTLIMAHBURR 43. Hot ___ : ROD 44. One of four in a grand slam : RBI 47. Univs., e.g. : SCHS 48. Bent over backward, in a way : LIMBOED 50. Bit of P.R. : RELEASE 53. Like baseball's Durham Bulls : AAA 54. Speaker of Welsh or Breton : CELT 56. Actor Elba : IDRIS 58. One of the o's in "o/o" : OWNER 59. Rank above maj. : LTCOL 61. Showdown in cinema : EKULDARTHVADER 65. Mork's planet : ORK 66. Brightly colored blazer : SUN 67. Obie-winning playwright Will : ENO 68. "What is it?" : YES 69. Showdown in the funnies : YPOONSREDBARON 74. Not use cursive : PRINT 77. University in Des Moines : DRAKE 78. Greenish-brown hue : HAZEL 79. Neighbor of China : LAOS 81. What's used to row, row, row your boat : OAR 83. Leave fulfilled : SATIATE 85. Less than perfect : UNIDEAL 88. Geometric prefix : OCTA 89. Italian "il" or French "le" : THE 90. Prattle : YAK 92. Showdown in the Bible : DIVADGOLIATH 95. Protein shell of a virus : CAPSID 98. Like sauvignon blanc : DRY 99. Traditional Christmas decoration : HOLLY 100. Jump to conclusions : ASSUME 103. Some petting zoo animals : LAMBS 106. Word with wonder or world : SMALL 107. Showdown in comic books : NAMTABJOKER 109. Lead-in to boy or girl : ATTA 111. Simple plant : ALGA 114. Ostentation : GLITZ 115. Showdown in literature : ETOXIUQWINDMILL 118. Businesswoman Lauder : ESTEE 119. Apt name for a Braille instructor : DOT 120. TD Garden athlete : BRUIN 121. Knock over : UPSET 122. Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR 123. ___ bit : INA 124. Overjoy : ELATE 125. Bone: Prefix : OSTEO		1. What "Talk to the hand!" is an example of : SASS 2. Unswerving : TRUE 3. "I couldn't agree more!" : AMENTOTHAT 4. They're found under a bridge : NOSTRILS 5. Beats by ___ (headphones brand) : DRE 6. Short strokes : PUTTS 7. "Alas!" : AHME 8. Sudden impulse : WHIM 9. Sister : NUN 10. "Try me" : SHOOT 11. Be relevant to : BEARON 12. Country named for its latitude : ECUADOR 13. College student's assignment : DORM 14. Words after an interruption : NOWWHEREWASI 15. Stefanik who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress : ELISE 16. Fast one : RACER 17. "___ Jacques" : FRERE 21. Conductors' announcements : STOPS 23. "___ where it hurts!" : HITEM 24. Uncle, in Argentina : TIO 29. Under half of 45? : BSIDE 31. Brother of Dori and Nori in "The Hobbit" : ORI 32. Surprising lack of Oscar recognition : SNUB 34. Suitable for a dieter, informally : LOCAL 35. Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic : WHITESEA 36. Watson's company : IBM 38. Defeat : WORST 39. Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade, Md. : NSA 40. Word before right or rise : ALL 41. Move turbulently : ROIL 42. Increasingly ripe, say : REDDER 45. Wedding need ... or booking : BAND 46. Stereotypical therapist's response : ISEE 49. Pipe cleaner : DRANO 51. Enthusiasts : LOVERS 52. Go wrong : ERR 54. Part of the eye : CORNEA 55. Wapitis : ELKS 57. British Bulldog : Churchill :: ___ : Thatcher : IRONLADY 60. Undistinguished, as many a subdivision house : COOKIECUTTER 62. Rapidly spreading vine : KUDZU 63. Get straight : UNBEND 64. Prefix with allergenic : HYPO 69. Football units: Abbr. : YDS 70. Idiot, in Britspeak : PRAT 71. Vow : OATH 72. Relatives of emus : RHEAS 73. Et ___ : ALII 75. Numbers to avoid : NOCALLLIST 76. Ragged : TATTY 80. North African land: Abbr. : ALG 82. Cry of school spirit : RAH 84. Laid-back : TYPEB 86. Data storage items on the decline : DVDS 87. Organ in the leg of a katydid, bizarrely : EAR 88. Frontier lights : OILLAMPS 91. Unit of explosive power : KILOTON 93. "That sounds awful" : OHMAN 94. Mauna ___ : LOA 96. Wow : AMAZE 97. Territory name until 1889 : DAKOTA 100. Brat's opposite : ANGEL 101. Popular dip : SALSA 102. Skilled laborer : SMITH 104. Tex-___ : MEX 105. Bit of corruption : BRIBE 106. Author of the "Fear Street" series for young readers : STINE 108. Some saber wielders : JEDI 109. Bluish-green : AQUA 110. Ninny : TWIT 112. TV show set in William McKinley High School : GLEE 113. Prefix with stratus : ALTO 116. It's used to cite a site : URL 117. Bonnie and Clyde, e.g. : DUO