10/16/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

10/16/16

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1D
Follower of John
ACTS

2D
Rhyme for “door” and “more” in the first verse of “The Raven”
LORE

3D
Gone flat?
LAIN

4D
Giving chicken soup or a foot rub, informally
TLC

5D
Comics exclamation
ACK!

6D
Get in the loop?
LASSO

7D
Money in 74-Down
KRONOR

8D
URL start
HTTP

9D
Reaction to a foot rub
AHH!

10D
Country whose capital is known to natives as Baile Átha Cliath
IRELAND

11D
Related in a different way
RETOLD

12D
Magna ___
CARTA

13D
Got room service, say
ATE IN

14D
Mens ___
REA

15D
Like the coda of “Hey Jude,” seemingly
ENDLESS

16D
Feudal superior
LIEGE

17D
12 9 11 5 20 8 9 19 3 12 21 5
IN CODE

18D
Adept
ADROIT

19D
Gun supporters
MOUNTS

24D
Something not picked up at the beach
FAKE TAN

30D
Make sense
ADD UP

31D
Mr. of “Star Trek”
SULU

32D
Athlete on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century
PELE

33D
Hamstring
BIND

34D
Ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other
CUESTA

35D
Ideologies
ISMS

36D
One starting
SHIER

37D
You might wish upon it
SANTA’S LAP

39D
Chaps
MEN

43D
Hey, whatever pays the bills
IT’S A JOB

45D
Is annoying
GRATES

46D
The “palm” and “olive” of Palmolive
OILS

47D
Orwellian hoi polloi
PROLES

49D
Malicious fictional computer
HAL

50D
Something to shoot off
EMAIL

52D
Kind of challenge
ICE BUCKET

53D
N.Y.CD
orgD

54D
Pose
ASK

58D
Words before a chivalrous act
ALLOW ME

61D
Try to win
SUE FOR

62D
The Price Is Right airer
CBS

63D
Diamond’s Lou
GEHRIG

64D
Orchestra section
REEDS

65D
..D#___ he drove out of sight
ERE

66D
Blouse, e.g.
TOP

70D
1/, 2/, 3/, etc.
MOS

71D
Da ___ G Show
ALI

72D
Retirement community restriction
NO KIDS

73D
Give a heads-up
WARN

74D
Neighbor of Den.
SWE

75D
Equals
PEERS

78D
Was humiliated
ATE CROW

80D
Place to buy handmade goods online
ETSY

82D
Ecological role
NICHE

84D
What Artemis is the goddess of
MOON

85D
___ Taylor (apparel store)
ANN

86D
Pet food brand
ALPO

87D
Nutrition amts.
RDAS

89D
Model for an artist, maybe
DIORAMA

90D
For free
PRO BONO

92D
Bleak assessment of a situation
IT’S BAD

93D
Optimistic
CHEERY

94D
Temperature unit
KELVIN

96D
God Bless America composer
BERLIN

97D
Term of address with a tilde
SENORA

100D
Partner in crime
CLYDE

101D
Turn inside out
EVERT

102D
Goody!
NEATO!

104D
Ornamentation
DECOR

107D
Part of D.A.: Abbr.
ATTY

108D
Swamp
MIRE

109D
Nov honorees
VETS

110D
Covert “Hey!”
PSST!

113D
Torque symbol
TAU

114D
Like “alumna”: Abbr.
FEM

115D
49-Down, with each letter shifted one place later in the alphabet (coincidence?)
IBM

116D
Thrice, in prescriptions
TER

1A
Full of sound and fury
ALL TALK

8A
Shampooing, e.g.
HAIRCARE

16A
Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games”
LIAM

20A
Mine craft?
COAL CAR

21A
Endanger
THREATEN

22A
___-European
INDO

23A
Goodyear’s carefully guarded secrets?
TRICKS OF THE TREAD (“tricks of the trade”)

25A
Neutral tone
ECRU

26A
Title for Palpatine or Amidala in “Star Wars”: Abbr.
SEN

27A
Lose it
SNAP

28A
Novelist Pierre
LOTI

29A
Polynesian inn locale, maybe
LAGOON

31A
Unnerve
SPOOK

33A
Revision that satisfies both author and publisher?
BALANCED EDIT (“balanced diet”)

35A
Offspring
ISSUE

38A
Jog the memory of
REMIND

40A
Amer. Money
USD

41A
U.F.O. pilots
ETS

42A
Would you like me to?
SHALL I?

44A
Be inclined (to)
TEND

45A
Increases
GOES UP

48A
What a pianist uses for triple-time pieces?
MINUET HAND (“minute hand”)

50A
Principia Discordia figure
ERIS

51A
___ donna
PRIMA

55A
Ready
SET

56A
Japanese honorific
SAN

57A
Country with the smallest national capital in the European Union (about 9,000 people)
MALTA

59A
Fall times: Abbr.
OCTS

60A
Scalawag
RASCAL

63A
Result of a Morton’s factory explosion?
GREAT SALT LEAK (“Great Salt Lake”)

67A
Eng. or hist.
SUBJ

68A
Strange and unsettling
EERIE

69A
Stay singer Lisa
LOEB

70A
Skater boys?
MALES ON WHEELS (“meals-on-wheels”)

74A
Absorbs
SOPS UP

76A
Count in Lemony Snicket books
OLAF

77A
Director’s circle?
BOARD

78A
Reaction to a puppy video, say
AWW!

79A
First in command?
CEE

81A
Nurse
SIP ON

83A
___ Kringle
KRIS

84A
Dating site?
MATE MARKET (“meat market”)

88A
Dependent (on)
RIDING

90A
Unleavened cornbread
PONE

91A
Makeup of many a tribal council
ELDERS

92A
Eww!
ICK!

95A
El ___
CID

96A
Ones making lots of bucks?
BRONCS

98A
Sap
PATSY

99A
Privileged time period?
THE CHOSEN EON (“the chosen one”)

103A
Mulligans, e.g.
REDOS

105A
Purveyor
SELLER

106A
Make or break, e.g.
VERB

107A
Nary ___
A ONE

108A
Team V.I.P.
MVP

111A
Flock
BEVY

112A
Color used by teams both San Jose and Jacksonville?
A TEAL OF TWO CITIES (“A Tale of Two Cities”)

117A
Like much of Chile
ARID

118A
Strict disciplinarian
MARTINET

119A
Rehnquist’s successor as chief justice
ROBERTS

120A
Unit of force
DYNE

121A
Self-government
AUTONOMY

122A
Place to rub elbows?
ARMREST