7/31/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

7/31/16

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1D
What gets As in chemistry?
ARSENIC

2D
Hardly electronic wizardry
LOW-TECH

3D
One who’s outstanding?
LOITERER

4D
Ozone destroyers, for short
CFCS

5D
Phys ed dept.
ATH

6D
Carbonated drink
POP

7D
Reproduction unit
SPORE

8D
Cause of Romeo’s death
POISON

9D
Xanadu group, for short
ELO

10D
___ Tin Tin
RIN

11D
Group surrounding a star
POSSE

12D
Curling stone stone
GRANITE

13D
Makes the calls
REFS

14D
Keebler baker
ELF

15D
Carbonated drink
ALE

16D
Landlord’s request
SECURITY DEPOSIT

17D
Something with two sides?
ENTREE

18D
More promising
ROSIER

20D
Activity-tracking devices
FITBITS

23D
Carbonated drink
SODA

28D
Newswoman Soledad
O’BRIEN

31D
End of geologic time?
CENE

32D
The Evil Dead director
RAIMI

34D
Wash’n ___ (towelette brand)
DRI

35D
Flight board abbr.
ARR

36D
Oscar-winning Hanks role
GUMP

38D
Beat it
TOM-TOM

41D
What a star may denote
CAPITAL

43D
Doesn’t accept, say
CONTESTS

45D
Throat problem
FROG

48D
Hummus holders
PITAS

49D
Cause of inflation?
AIR

50D
Lawyer who defended Leopold and Loeb
DARROW

52D
Relating to heraldry
ARMORIAL

54D
Tissue surrounding a muscle
FASCIA

55D
What’s at risk
STAKES

56D
Something hard to get off your chest?
TATTOO

57D
Places to get clean
REHABS

58D
Climber in a children’s rhyme
ITSY BITSY SPIDER

60D
N.Y.U.’s ___ School of the Arts
TISCH

61D
Senses
INTUITS

62D
Terminal info, for short
ETDS

65D
It’s a stitch
PURL

70D
Striking down
SMITING

72D
Baby whale
CALF

73D
Arrow on a screen
CURSOR

76D
Private transportation?
JEEP

77D
Shepherd’s place
LEA

81D
Anne Rice antihero
LESTAT

82D
It was you, à la Verdi
ERI TU

85D
Like Cheerios
OATY

88D
Paintball cry
I’M HIT!

90D
I wish I ___ [sic] homeward bound: Paul Simon
WAS

92D
Signal
CUE

93D
Horizontal: Abbr.
ACR

95D
Kimono-clad hostesses
GEISHAS

96D
Like Monday crosswords
EASIEST

97D
English royal family
STUARTS

98D
Hats for artistes
BERETS

99D
Early online forum
USENET

100D
Overturns
UPSETS

102D
The first to go on a strike, usually
ONE-PIN

103D
Dummies
NITWITS

104D
Duma dissent
NYET

108D
Took a hit
TOKED

109D
Hoity-toity sort
SNOOT

112D
Patron god of ancient Thebes
AMON

114D
Record label for Cream and Sonny & Cher
ATCO

116D
Federal management org.
GSA

117D
Tuna type
AHI

119D
Giant Manning
ELI

120D
Señora Perón
EVA

121D
Statehouse resident, informally
GUV

122D
Archaic verb ending
ETH

1C
What an urgent message may be in
ALL CAPS

8C
Person in handcuffs, for short
PERP

12C
The Fonz, for one
GREASER

19C
Dish site, maybe
ROOFTOP

20C
Leaf
FOLIO

21C
Stuffed, in Mexican cuisine
RELLENO

22C
Flip-flop
SWITCH POSITIONS

24C
Puts on
AFFECTS

25C
Times for many Tours tours
ETES

26C
Holds up
ROBS

27C
Juniors
SONS

29C
Mentalist Geller
URI

30C
___ Tamid (synagogue lamp)
NER

31C
Question asked at the cash register
CREDIT OR DEBIT?

35C
Match
AGREE

37C
Drink with mint or lemon
ICE TEA

39C
Ed of “Up”
ASNER

40C
See 46-Across
RECRUITER

42C
Persistent
CHRONIC

44C
It may require a password
WI-FI

46C
With 40-Across, visitor on high-school career day
ARMY

47C
Spot for a shopping list
MEMO PAD

51C
Collect
REAP

53C
Some email attachments
PDFS

56C
Travis who sang “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin'”
TRITT

59C
Occasion to learn a secret handshake
INITIATION RITE

63C
Opposite of fast
EAT

64C
Man of morals
AESOP

66C
Blackening
TARRING

67C
Tangle of hair
MAT

68C
Spot for vaccinations, for short?
PSA

69C
Chest organs
THYMUSES

71C
Q neighbors
RST

72C
Knock unconscious
COLD-COCK

74C
Q neighbor
TAB

75C
Apartment ad abbr.
RMS

76C
Playful
JOCULAR

78C
Q preceder, in song
SUSIE

79C
Passing note?
OBIT

80C
Fib
LITTLE WHITE LIE

83C
Romance writers’ awards
RITAS

84C
___ buco
OSSO

86C
Amazing Grace verse ender
… I SEE

87C
Bush campaigns?
SAFARIS

89C
Ho-hum response
YAWN

91C
Pet cause, in brief
SPCA

94C
French city known for its porcelain
LIMOGES

98C
Laugh uproariously
BUST A GUT

101C
Powerhouse in women’s b-ball
UCONN

105C
..C#or I quit!, e.g.
THREAT

106C
Trophies for Tiger Woods and LeBron James
ESPYS

107C
Way to get to know a father in law?
PATERNITY SUIT

110C
Home of the N.C.A.A.’s Cyclones
ISU

111C
King of Portugal
REI

112C
Regarding
AS TO

113C
Actor Bremner of “Black Hawk Down”
EWEN

114C
One side of the Bosporus strait
ASIA

115C
Lead-up to mating
ENDGAME

118C
Stay cool …or a hint to this puzzle’s theme
KEEP IT TOGETHER

123C
It might land you in a trap
TEE SHOT

124C
Singer with an eponymous 1956 1 album
ELVIS

125C
Persona non grata
OUTCAST

126C
Melodic passages
STRAINS

127C
Fossey who was “in the mist”
DIAN

128C
Ones who say “We’ll be right back”
TV HOSTS