NY Times Crossword 9 Dec 18, Sunday

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Across

Number Clues Answers
1 Cranky baby’s need NAP
4 “Inspector Gadget” antagonist DR CLAW
10 Eschew AVOID
15 Starbuck’s order giver AHAB
19 Brown ___ ALE
20 Best seller subtitled “The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English” WOE IS I
21 Pomme de ___ (French for “potato”) TERRE
22 Part (of) SOME
23 Part of U.C.S.F. SAN
24 Cryptid of the 91-Across ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
27 Cordial relations AMITY
29 Gave two big thumbs down PANNED
30 Pluck TWEEZE
31 Cryptid of the 115-Across LOCH NESS MONSTER
36 Kids’ TV character who speaks in a falsetto ELMO
37 Adler in Sherlock Holmes stories IRENE
38 Freshly painted WET
39 Talk like one smitten COO
41 Singer Del Rey LANA
43 Cabinet selection? FILE
45 When crepuscular animals are active DAWN
48 Cryptid of 105-Across THE KRAKEN
50 Jersey and others ISLES
52 Asian territory in Risk URAL
54 Traitor RAT
55 Surgically remove RESECT
56 Inventor Otis ELISHA
58 “Am not!” rejoinder ARE TOO!
60 Smallish batteries AAS
61 P RHO
62 With 68- and 74-Across, J. K. Rowling’s first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle FANTASTIC BEASTS
65 Indulges in to an unhealthy degree, briefly ODS ON
67 Dispense ALLOT
68 See 62-Across … AND …
69 Of service UTILE
71 “___ bleu!” SACRE
74 See 62-Across … WHERE TO FIND THEM
80 Northeast state sch. UNH
81 Meas. in a T.S.A. carry-on rule OZS
83 Failed the class GOT AN F
84 Perfumery oil NEROLI
85 Barbie’s strawberry blond sister STACIE
87 Kingston bro MON
88 Stagger REEL
90 Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona RIVAL
91 Creation after the Indian and Eurasian plates collided HIMALAYAS
93 Total hunk STUD
95 Tape or patch MEND
96 “Happy Birthday” writer, maybe ICER
97 It’s not your fault LET
98 ___ rap (music subgenre) EMO
101 Word before and after “say” NEVER
103 Penne ___ vodka ALLA
105 It borders Iceland’s eastern coast THE NORWEGIAN SEA
111 Event not intended to be repeated ONE-OFF
113 Bricklayer’s tool TROWEL
114 Weather-controlling “X-Men” character STORM
115 Gaelic’s home SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
120 One with a backstage pass VIP
121 Fast time LENT
122 Sort with a stiff upper lip STOIC
123 Capital of Kazakhstan ASTANA
124 Squeeze (out) EKE
125 “… ___ they say” OR SO
126 Cupboard with open shelves at the top HUTCH
127 What old army buddies might discuss THE WAR
128 “Far out!” RAD!

Down

Number Clues Answers
1 Like Bob Dylan’s voice NASAL
2 “Remember the ___!” ALAMO
3 Medical discovery of 1928 PENICILLIN
4 ___ Johnson a.k.a. The Rock DWAYNE
5 Burgle ROB
6 Corp. mogul CEO
7 Hobbles LIMPS
8 2007 #1 Alicia Keys album AS I AM
9 Narrow down WINNOW
10 In a perfect world AT BEST
11 African grassland VELDT
12 Cent U.S. :: ___ : Sweden : ORE
13 Return letters? IRS
14 Blue Book value decreaser DENT
15 Also AS WELL AS
16 Housewives and househusbands HOMEMAKERS
17 Voice-activated device since 2014 AMAZON ECHO
18 Nota ___ BENE
25 Mother of the Virgin Mary ANNE
26 Be beholden to OWE
28 Like a top-rated Michelin restaurant THREE-STAR
32 Demise END
33 Junior in the Football Hall of Fame SEAU
34 Real: Ger. ECHT
35 Shad delicacy ROE
40 Gumbo ingredient OKRA
42 Playwright Chekhov ANTON
43 Feudal domain FIEF
44 Actress Fisher ISLA
46 Ghost WRAITH
47 Person who’s happy to go bust? NARC
48 ___ Ski Valley TAOS
49 Repair, as a metal joint RESOLDER
51 Certain product of pyrolysis SHALE OIL
53 Classic Chrysler LEBARON
54 Highway gunk ROAD TAR
57 Silent communication, for short ASL
59 The golden rule, e.g. TENET
60 Italian wine town ASTI
63 Carries away TOWS
64 Nursery rhyme seat TUFFET
66 Harm DETRIMENT
70 Motor ___ INN
71 It can come in rolls SUSHI
72 Like chemotherapy drugs ANTI-CANCER
73 Adaptable sorts CHAMELEONS
75 Big things for megalomaniacs EGOS
76 Telephone buttons that lack letters ONES
77 Acts like a helicopter parent to HOVERS OVER
78 Panache ELAN
79 ___-mannered MILD
82 Enthusiasm ZEAL
86 Massimo who wrote “The Goodbye Kiss” CARLOTTO
87 Adding and subtracting MATH
89 Breather LUNG
92 Until now YET
94 Opus ___ DEI
98 Make wealthy ENRICH
99 Robert who pioneered in electronic music MOOG
100 “And if I don’t?” OR WHAT?
102 Poughkeepsie campus VASSAR
104 Rearward AFT
106 Value system ETHIC
107 From Swansea, say WELSH
108 Tickle ELATE
109 Eleniak of “Baywatch” ERIKA
110 Psyched AMPED
111 Capital on the same parallel as Seward, Alaska OSLO
112 Angle FISH
116 Original Beatle Sutcliffe STU
117 Having many fans … or needing a fan? HOT
118 “Fuhgeddaboudit!” NAW!
119 Bit of forensic data DNA