4/17/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

4/17/16

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1D
More likely to win a handwriting award
NEATER

2D
When many start the workday
AT NINE

3D
Achebe who wrote “Things Fall Apart”
CHINUA

4D
Designer line?
HEM

5D
Like some medication
ORAL

6D
Available
ON HAND

7D
Sarges’ superiors
LOOIES

8D
March composer
SOUSA

9D
Curves seen in sports car ads
ESSES

10D
Formerly
NEE

11D
Instrument in a metalworker’s union?
BLOWTORCH

12D
Soloist?
LONER

13D
Lose control at the buffet
OVEREAT

14D
Appear
BE SEEN

15D
Blind part
SLAT

16D
Elev.
HGT

17D
Prez on a penny
ABE

18D
15 mins. of an N.F.L. game
QTR

24D
Rich Richie
LIONEL

26D
Tolkien creatures
ENTS

31D
Purchase at an optometrist’s
FRAMES

33D
Cry of pain
YOWL

34D
Vamoose!
SHOO!

35D
Work well together
MESH

36D
Seasoned pork sausage, informally
BRAT

37D
No warranty
AS IS

39D
Third-largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia
ELBA

42D
___ the Beat (1982 Go-Go’s hit)
WE GOT

44D
Broadly smiling
AGRIN

45D
Gang in “Grease” with an automotive name
T-BIRDS

46D
Reggae precursor
SKA

48D
Fetches
SHAGS

49D
See 112-Down
TORME

50D
Deliver to, as a pickup line
USE ON

51D
Agile mountain climbers
IBEXES

52D
Explorer’s grp.
NASA

53D
Guitar bars
FRETS

54D
One way to sit by
IDLY

58D
Storklike waders
IBISES

60D
Dissuade
DETER

61D
La saison chaude
ETE

62D
P.I., in old slang
SHAMUS

64D
Board displaying the alphabet
OUIJA

65D
Like some DVD-exclusive releases
UNCUT

66D
Mess with, as hair or siblings
TEASE

68D
What covers parts of 80-Down?
SARI

69D
Poetic shades
EBONS

70D
L.A. locale
CALI

73D
Cartoon Great Dane, informally
SCOOB

75D
Coup d’état
PUTSCH

77D
Cable channel whose first initial stands for its founder
TCM

78D
Drama that can go on for years
SOAP OPERA

80D
See 68-Down
ASIA

81D
Order in the court
RISE

82D
Cabinet dept.
EDUC

83D
El ___
NINO

85D
The year 2510
MMDX

86D
Average
MEAN

87D
Thirty, en français
TRENTE

89D
Thorough
IN-DEPTH

92D
River past Orsk
URAL

93D
Meal
REPAST

95D
Mogul
BIG GUN

96D
Churned
ROILED

97D
Star of Hitchcock’s “The Birds”
HEDREN

98D
Egressed
EXITED

99D
Nymph turned into a laurel tree, in Greek myth
DAPHNE

102D
Calvin and Hobbes girl
SUSIE

103D
Tennis situation after deuce
AD OUT

104D
Border county of New York or Pennsylvania
TIOGA

106D
omg or “lol,” say
TEXT

108D
Phantasy Star maker
SEGA

110D
Indian mausoleum opening?
TAJ

111D
N.Y.S.E. debut
IPO

112D
With 49-Down, singer with the autobiography “It Wasn’t All Velvet”
MEL

113D
Guys’ dates, informally
GFS

114D
___ Pacis (Roman monument)
ARA

1C
Kind of chip
NACHO

6C
Novelist Tillie who wrote “Tell Me a Riddle”
OLSEN

11C
1950s sci-fi terror, with “the”
BLOB

15C
Pro baller-turned-commentator for N.B.A. on TNT
SHAQ

19C
Upper reaches
ETHER

20C
Last method of death in Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None”
NOOSE

21C
Letter sign-off
LOVE

22C
Modern movement inits.
LGBT

23C
*1978 movie in which Kevin Bacon made his film debut
ANIMAL HOUSE

25C
Minicar, say
ONE-SEATER

27C
Makeup for a “Wizard of Oz” character?
TIN

28C
Cooperate (with)
LIAISE

29C
Didn’t exist
WEREN’T

30C
Sufficient, in brief
ENUF

32C
*Having it made
ON EASY STREET

35C
Deg. in the boardroom
MBA

38C
Fails to brake in time for, maybe
REAR-ENDS

40C
I see what you did there!
OHO!

41C
Comments from a crossword kibitzer
ANSWERS

43C
It’s sold by the yard
ALE

44C
If all else fails
AT WORST

47C
Actor Morales
ESAI

48C
*Progress preventer
STUMBLING BLOCK

53C
Some Vegas attractions
FIGHTS

55C
Prophet whose name means “deliverance”
HOSEA

56C
Southern Italian port
BARI

57C
Lock combination?
HAIRDO

59C
Helmeted deity
ARES

60C
Cravings
DESIRES

63C
Sing loudly
BELT OUT

67C
Non-___ (modern food label)
GMO

68C
*1990s-2000s HBO hit
SEX AND THE CITY

71C
A, in Amiens
UNE

72C
Feeling
SENSATE

74C
Chilean fish
SEA BASS

75C
Typewriter type
PICA

76C
Family symbols
CRESTS

79C
Mexican sauce
MOLE

80C
Natural way to serve a roast
AU JUS

81C
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, e.g.
RENOIR

84C
*Laos or Vietnam
COMMUNIST STATE

88C
Start to -matic
IDIO-

89C
Oh jeez, don’t look at me
I’M A MESS

90C
Sue Grafton’s “___ for Ricochet”
R IS

91C
Result of overexposure?
SUNBURN

94C
Where phone nos. might be stored
PDA

95C
Burst through, as a barrier
BREACHED

100C
Prefix meaning 118-Across
ECO-

101C
*Sobriquet for ardent Boston fans
RED SOX NATION

105C
Tetra- plus two
HEXA-

106C
Superficially repair
TAPE UP

107C
Things always kept on hand?
DIGITS

109C
Quick jump in the pool
DIP

110C
Like some photography
TIME-LAPSE

113C
*Popular app that can view any of the places named at the ends of the answers to the starred clues
GOOGLE EARTH

115C
Tippy-top
APEX

116C
Disturbance
STIR

117C
Bach composition
FUGUE

118C
See 100-Across
GREEN

119C
Shock to the system
JOLT

120C
___-Team
THE A