5/8/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

5/8/16

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1D
One of the Obamas
SASHA

2D
Battling it out
AT WAR

3D
Somatotropin, e.g.
GROWTH HORMONE

4D
Samuel Beckett’s homeland
EIRE

5D
Desert feline
SAND CAT

6D
Very powerful
HIGH-OCTANE

7D
Gillette product
ATRA

8D
1960s secretary of state
DEAN RUSK

9D
Real estate and the like
ASSETS

10D
Hot time
JULY

11D
Running rampant
ARIOT

12D
Come back
RECUR

13D
Bait holders
FISHHOOKS

14D
the start
ANEW

15D
Tatamis, e.g.
STRAW MATS

16D
Milkman made famous by Zero Mostel
TEVYE

18D
Burger topper
BACON

21D
Pause
REST

25D
Dwarf planet more massive than Pluto
ERIS

28D
Long-jawed fishes
GARS

31D
Rushed
HIED

36D
See 56-Across
MAINE

37D
Chaplin of “Game of Thrones”
OONA

38D
Dallas family
EWINGS

40D
Sugar coating?
ICING

41D
Longtime “60 Minutes” reporter
KROFT

42D
High retreat
AERIE

45D
See 112-Across
O’DAY

46D
How excellent students graduate
WITH HONORS

48D
Be prone
LIE

49D
Mac key
ESC

52D
Home on the range
RANCH HOUSE

53D
Venetian dignitaries of old
DOGES

54D
Proscribed
TABOO

57D
Some of this, some of that
OLIO

59D
Like clogs, say
SOLED

62D
Prelude
INTRO

63D
Poet Mark Van ___
DOREN

64D
In a masterly manner
ABLY

67D
Taking a dig at?
MINING

69D
Passover, e.g.
JEWISH HOLIDAY

70D
Garment cut
A-LINE

71D
Leaves alone, in a way
STETS

72D
Trump International, e.g.
HOTEL

73D
Magician’s skill
WILE

74D
Go male to female or vice versa
TRANSITION

75D
Cooperative leaders?
BOARD

76D
In a blue state
SAD

77D
Tokyo wrap
OBI

78D
Beyond comprehension
SENSELESS

80D
Setting for “The Music Man”
IOWA

84D
Second and third versions
REDRAFTS

85D
Marvel Comics hero
THOR

88D
Causes of congestion
RUSH HOURS

90D
Ticked
SORE

92D
David Mamet play
OLEANNA

94D
Some vintage autos
REOS

96D
Second-largest moon of Uranus
OBERON

97D
Designer of Spain’s Guggenheim Museum
GEHRY

98D
Tallinn native
ESTH

99D
Google rival
YAHOO

101D
Following
AFTER

102D
Fifth-century pontiff
ST LEO

106D
The tiniest bit
AT ALL

107D
Model wood
BALSA

109D
Baseball executive Epstein
THEO

110D
Olympian deity
HERA

111D
Tag in some dictionary definitions
RARE

113D
Dundee disavowals
NAES

1C
Wise ones
SAGES

6C
Suffered from
HAD

9C
Opened a bit
AJAR

13C
Presto
FAST

17C
Central courts
ATRIA

18C
Dentist’s request
BITE

19C
O.K., I’m game
SURE

20C
Lock opener?
INTER-

22C
Like some statements
SWORN

23C
City in “Slumdog Millionaire”
AGRA

24C
Tricky start to a tennis rally
SLICE SERVE

26C
Spoke hesitatingly
HAWED

27C
Advice to captains plagued by pirates?
CHANGE YOUR WATERWAYS (“change your ways”)

29C
Slyness
ART

30C
When repeated, toy on a track
CHOO

32C
Double-crosser
RAT

33C
The Dixie Chicks, e.g.
TRIO

34C
Sweaty
WET

35C
Direction taken by a large pipe?
WATER MAIN COURSE (“main course”)

39C
Give the once-over
SKIM

41C
Class taken for kicks?
KARATE

43C
Propose tentatively, with “out”
TOSS

44C
Impress, and then some
WOW

47C
Musical ___
SCALE

50C
Segment of the 47-Across
RE, MI

51C
Bibbled
DRANK

53C
Ta-da!
DID IT!

55C
How many a medical problem ends?
ITIS

56C
With 36-Down, New England college town
ORONO

58C
Santa ___, Calif.
ANA

59C
Beethoven’s “Kreutzer,” for one
SONATA

60C
Fraction of time: Abbr.
NSEC

61C
Very small distinction
FINE LINE

63C
Container to keep a canine cool?
DOGGY WATER BAG (“doggy bag”)

65C
Timeout sign
TEE

66C
Magazine with an annual “500” list
INC

67C
C.I.A. concern
MOLES

68C
Noggin
NOB

69C
Part of Pres. Monroe’s signature
JAS

72C
Telegrams sent by those in trouble?
HOT WATER WIRES (“hot-wires”)

74C
Handyman’s accessory
TOOL BELT

76C
Mediocre
SO-SO

79C
Out of business
RUINED

80C
Nonstandard: Abbr.
IRR

81C
That smarts!
YOWIE!

82C
Help badly?
ABET

83C
Country music’s K. T. ___
OSLIN

84C
Pay “tribute” to, as a comedian
ROAST

86C
You ___ Seen Nothing Yet (1974 1 hit)
AIN’T

87C
1982 coming-of-age movie
DINER

89C
Dark time for poets
E’EN

90C
Clinched, with “up”
SEWN

91C
Things held, in a saying
HORSES

93C
Musical curve
SLUR

95C
Conservative’s opinion of the Republican presidential candidates?
GOOD AS GOLDWATER (“good as gold”)

98C
Give the once-over
EYE

100C
Expanses of H2O
SEAS

103C
I need a sweater in here!
BRR!

104C
French suffix that’s an anagram of 4-Down
IERE

105C
Chocolate ___
LAB

108C
Oceans?
SALT WATER OF THE EARTH (“salt of the earth”)

112C
With 45-Down, jazz singer who worked with Woody Herman
ANITA

114C
1961 movie featuring Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats
THE HUSTLER

115C
Within bounds
FAIR

116C
Djokovic rival
NADAL

117C
Canadian rowdy
HOSER

118C
One of the Saarinens
EERO

119C
___ weight
TROY

120C
Actress Patricia and others
NEALS