NYT Crossword Clues & Answers - Jul 13

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Across

  1. 1Cry from a guard tower
  2. 5Imaginary fiends
  3. 11Assign a number, maybe
  4. 15Takes orders at a restaurant
  5. 20Great Plains tribe
  6. 21"I'll be right with you"
  7. 22Name that becomes a shape if you switch the second and fourth letters
  8. 23They might leave you in stitches, for short
  9. 25Not marbled, say
  10. 26Electronic music genre
  11. 27Pai gow game piece
  12. 28Relieve
  13. 29They have seniority
  14. 31Bit of red in a salad
  15. 32What accepts all cookies?
  16. 33Bottom
  17. 34Under, on a score
  18. 35___ of all
  19. 36They might be padded
  20. 38Gift in the 2000 movie "The Gift"
  21. 39Here, in Paris
  22. 40Alternative fuel source
  23. 42___ Noël
  24. 43Yoga sounds
  25. 44'60s war zone
  26. 45"Wicked" protagonist
  27. 49180
  28. 52Acknowledge silently
  29. 54Leave be
  30. 56Big hunk
  31. 57Many idol worshipers
  32. 59Cartoonist Silverstein
  33. 62Took an hour off mid-day, say
  34. 64Phrase cooed en español
  35. 65Dry, as Spanish wine
  36. 66Monk known as "The Father of English History"
  37. 69Geometric art style, familiarly
  38. 70Going wrong
  39. 72Two-stringed Chinese instrument
  40. 73Gave a hoot
  41. 74Gentleman's disagreement?
  42. 75Website feed inits.
  43. 76Basketball shooter's lament
  44. 78Flattering lines
  45. 79Subj. for John Maynard Keynes
  46. 81Alma mater for John Maynard Keynes
  47. 82Dot in la mer
  48. 83It lets you move north
  49. 85Windy City commuting org.
  50. 88"A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g.
  51. 91Mulligans
  52. 93Big name in streaming
  53. 94Gossip about
  54. 96Champion's memento
  55. 97Hold a grudge against
  56. 98North Carolina university
  57. 99"See if that's OK"
  58. 100Chore-o-graph?
  59. 102Significant start
  60. 103Good person
  61. 104Collectors' org.
  62. 105Traded for cash
  63. 108Letter-shaped opening
  64. 110Postgrad degs.
  65. 1111962 Paul Anka hit with the lyric "Kiss me mucho"
  66. 113Absorb, as a cost
  67. 115"___ bin ein Berliner"
  68. 117Goddess of the rainbow
  69. 119State bird of Minnesota
  70. 120___ degree
  71. 121Give bad marks
  72. 122Reason for a successful steal, maybe
  73. 126Unstable noble gas
  74. 129French composer Erik
  75. 131Eeyore-esque
  76. 133Black dialect, in brief
  77. 134Seemingly forever
  78. 135Roar
  79. 136Soft palate appendages
  80. 137Some M.L.B. highlights
  81. 138Litigious threat
  82. 140Daughter on "Bob's Burgers"
  83. 141Group in charge
  84. 142Puffer or blazer
  85. 143Still looming, say
  86. 144Shape that becomes a name if you switch the second and fourth letters
  87. 145Wet bar?
  88. 146Smooth with a whetstone
  89. 147Like some bobsleighs
  90. 148Hawk

Down

  1. 1With 114-Down, some neighborhood bars ... or what connect eight pairs of answers in this puzzle?
  2. 2Shopped at a farmers' market, say
  3. 3Concern for a web game developer
  4. 4Guiding principle
  5. 5Morse ". . ."
  6. 6Opposite of WSW
  7. 7Play featuring a trio of witches
  8. 8Actor ___ Jackson Jr.
  9. 9State birds of Hawaii
  10. 10Winfield ___, loser to Franklin Pierce for president in 1852
  11. 11Chopper spinner
  12. 12Still in the game
  13. 13Pranksters may have tall ones
  14. 14Tie
  15. 15Fictional land on "Game of Thrones"
  16. 16Got going
  17. 17Wedding exchange
  18. 18See 68-Down
  19. 19Deep split
  20. 24Falls through the cracks, say
  21. 30Strung rungs
  22. 35Likely place for a hot mic
  23. 37Certain religious pacifist
  24. 41Gloss over, linguistically
  25. 46French film director Varda, whom Martin Scorsese once described as "one of the gods of cinema"
  26. 47Italian lawn game
  27. 48Just hate
  28. 49Downright
  29. 50Still-life vessels
  30. 51Quite a while
  31. 53Jacks and jennies
  32. 55The old you?
  33. 58Bygone owner of Capitol Records
  34. 60Tier
  35. 61Like sperm whales, among all animals
  36. 63Slurpable noodle
  37. 66Looked high and low in
  38. 67Polliwog
  39. 68With 18-Down, classic 1967 song by a group whose name is a hint to solving the eight bonus clues (see note)
  40. 71Biotech crop, in brief
  41. 74"Ah, thanks for explaining"
  42. 77As an answer
  43. 80Atlantic food fish
  44. 81Breakfast brand with a Thick & Fluffy variety
  45. 84Fruit-shaped candies
  46. 85Wide rift
  47. 86Puccini opera set in Rome
  48. 87Ancient symbols of life
  49. 88Man's name that sounds like two consonants
  50. 89Some luxury bags
  51. 90"Consequently ..."
  52. 92___ noche (tonight, in Tijuana)
  53. 95One of 12 for Jacob
  54. 97Classic detergent brand
  55. 101Use for sleeping, say
  56. 103Stealthy aquatic hunter
  57. 106Started broadcasting
  58. 107Countrywide
  59. 109"Lip Gloss" rapper, 2007
  60. 112Stop being buds?
  61. 114See 1-Down
  62. 115Hosting site with a gallery of memes
  63. 116Jersey boys?
  64. 118Google action
  65. 123Just not done
  66. 124Birdlike
  67. 125Beau ___
  68. 126Bonnie with 13 Grammys
  69. 127Beaming
  70. 128AC___ (G.M. subsidiary)
  71. 130Some saxes
  72. 132Grab bag
  73. 135"We've all ___ there"
  74. 139Thurman who played the bride in "Kill Bill"

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Cry from a guard tower — Answer: HALT
  2. 5. Imaginary fiends — Answer: DEMONS
  3. 11. Assign a number, maybe — Answer: RATE
  4. 15. Takes orders at a restaurant — Answer: WAITS
  5. 20. Great Plains tribe — Answer: OTOE
  6. 21. "I'll be right with you" — Answer: INASEC
  7. 22. Name that becomes a shape if you switch the second and fourth letters — Answer: OLAV
  8. 23. They might leave you in stitches, for short — Answer: ERDOCS
  9. 25. Not marbled, say — Answer: LEAN
  10. 26. Electronic music genre — Answer: TECHNO
  11. 27. Pai gow game piece — Answer: TILE
  12. 28. Relieve — Answer: SOOTHE
  13. 29. They have seniority — Answer: ELDERS
  14. 31. Bit of red in a salad — Answer: BEET
  15. 32. What accepts all cookies? — Answer: OVEN
  16. 33. Bottom — Answer: TUSHIE
  17. 34. Under, on a score — Answer: SOTTO
  18. 35. ___ of all — Answer: LEAST
  19. 36. They might be padded — Answer: RESUMES
  20. 38. Gift in the 2000 movie "The Gift" — Answer: ESP
  21. 39. Here, in Paris — Answer: ICI
  22. 40. Alternative fuel source — Answer: PEAT
  23. 42. ___ Noël — Answer: PERE
  24. 43. Yoga sounds — Answer: OMS
  25. 44. '60s war zone — Answer: NAM
  26. 45. "Wicked" protagonist — Answer: ELPHABA
  27. 49. 180 — Answer: UEY
  28. 52. Acknowledge silently — Answer: NODAT
  29. 54. Leave be — Answer: LETLIE
  30. 56. Big hunk — Answer: GOB
  31. 57. Many idol worshipers — Answer: TWEENS
  32. 59. Cartoonist Silverstein — Answer: SHEL
  33. 62. Took an hour off mid-day, say — Answer: HADLUNCH
  34. 64. Phrase cooed en español — Answer: TEAMO
  35. 65. Dry, as Spanish wine — Answer: SECO
  36. 66. Monk known as "The Father of English History" — Answer: STBEDE
  37. 69. Geometric art style, familiarly — Answer: DECO
  38. 70. Going wrong — Answer: ERRING
  39. 72. Two-stringed Chinese instrument — Answer: ERHU
  40. 73. Gave a hoot — Answer: CARED
  41. 74. Gentleman's disagreement? — Answer: NOSIR
  42. 75. Website feed inits. — Answer: RSS
  43. 76. Basketball shooter's lament — Answer: IMISSED
  44. 78. Flattering lines — Answer: ODE
  45. 79. Subj. for John Maynard Keynes — Answer: ECON
  46. 81. Alma mater for John Maynard Keynes — Answer: ETON
  47. 82. Dot in la mer — Answer: ILE
  48. 83. It lets you move north — Answer: UPARROW
  49. 85. Windy City commuting org. — Answer: CTA
  50. 88. "A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g. — Answer: ADAGE
  51. 91. Mulligans — Answer: REDOS
  52. 93. Big name in streaming — Answer: ROKU
  53. 94. Gossip about — Answer: DISHON
  54. 96. Champion's memento — Answer: RING
  55. 97. Hold a grudge against — Answer: RESENT
  56. 98. North Carolina university — Answer: ELON
  57. 99. "See if that's OK" — Answer: GOASK
  58. 100. Chore-o-graph? — Answer: TODOLIST
  59. 102. Significant start — Answer: DENT
  60. 103. Good person — Answer: MENSCH
  61. 104. Collectors' org. — Answer: IRS
  62. 105. Traded for cash — Answer: INPAWN
  63. 108. Letter-shaped opening — Answer: TSLOT
  64. 110. Postgrad degs. — Answer: MAS
  65. 111. 1962 Paul Anka hit with the lyric "Kiss me mucho" — Answer: ESOBESO
  66. 113. Absorb, as a cost — Answer: EAT
  67. 115. "___ bin ein Berliner" — Answer: ICH
  68. 117. Goddess of the rainbow — Answer: IRIS
  69. 119. State bird of Minnesota — Answer: LOON
  70. 120. ___ degree — Answer: NTH
  71. 121. Give bad marks — Answer: MAR
  72. 122. Reason for a successful steal, maybe — Answer: LATETAG
  73. 126. Unstable noble gas — Answer: RADON
  74. 129. French composer Erik — Answer: SATIE
  75. 131. Eeyore-esque — Answer: GLOOMY
  76. 133. Black dialect, in brief — Answer: AAVE
  77. 134. Seemingly forever — Answer: AGES
  78. 135. Roar — Answer: BELLOW
  79. 136. Soft palate appendages — Answer: UVULAE
  80. 137. Some M.L.B. highlights — Answer: RBIS
  81. 138. Litigious threat — Answer: ILLSUE
  82. 140. Daughter on "Bob's Burgers" — Answer: TINA
  83. 141. Group in charge — Answer: REGIME
  84. 142. Puffer or blazer — Answer: COAT
  85. 143. Still looming, say — Answer: TOCOME
  86. 144. Shape that becomes a name if you switch the second and fourth letters — Answer: OVAL
  87. 145. Wet bar? — Answer: SHOAL
  88. 146. Smooth with a whetstone — Answer: HONE
  89. 147. Like some bobsleighs — Answer: TWOMAN
  90. 148. Hawk — Answer: SELL

Down

  1. 1. With 114-Down, some neighborhood bars ... or what connect eight pairs of answers in this puzzle? — Answer: HOLESIN
  2. 2. Shopped at a farmers' market, say — Answer: ATELOCAL
  3. 3. Concern for a web game developer — Answer: LOADTIME
  4. 4. Guiding principle — Answer: TENET
  5. 5. Morse ". . ." — Answer: DITS
  6. 6. Opposite of WSW — Answer: ENE
  7. 7. Play featuring a trio of witches — Answer: MACBETH
  8. 8. Actor ___ Jackson Jr. — Answer: OSHEA
  9. 9. State birds of Hawaii — Answer: NENES
  10. 10. Winfield ___, loser to Franklin Pierce for president in 1852 — Answer: SCOTT
  11. 11. Chopper spinner — Answer: ROTOR
  12. 12. Still in the game — Answer: ALIVE
  13. 13. Pranksters may have tall ones — Answer: TALES
  14. 14. Tie — Answer: EVENUP
  15. 15. Fictional land on "Game of Thrones" — Answer: WESTEROS
  16. 16. Got going — Answer: AROUSED
  17. 17. Wedding exchange — Answer: IDOS
  18. 18. See 68-Down — Answer: TOTHEOTHERSIDE
  19. 19. Deep split — Answer: SCHISM
  20. 24. Falls through the cracks, say — Answer: SEEPS
  21. 30. Strung rungs — Answer: ROPELADDER
  22. 35. Likely place for a hot mic — Answer: LAPEL
  23. 37. Certain religious pacifist — Answer: MENNONITE
  24. 41. Gloss over, linguistically — Answer: ELIDE
  25. 46. French film director Varda, whom Martin Scorsese once described as "one of the gods of cinema" — Answer: AGNES
  26. 47. Italian lawn game — Answer: BOCCI
  27. 48. Just hate — Answer: ABHOR
  28. 49. Downright — Answer: UTTER
  29. 50. Still-life vessels — Answer: EWERS
  30. 51. Quite a while — Answer: YEARS
  31. 53. Jacks and jennies — Answer: ASSES
  32. 55. The old you? — Answer: THEE
  33. 58. Bygone owner of Capitol Records — Answer: EMI
  34. 60. Tier — Answer: ECHELON
  35. 61. Like sperm whales, among all animals — Answer: LOUDEST
  36. 63. Slurpable noodle — Answer: UDON
  37. 66. Looked high and low in — Answer: SCOURED
  38. 67. Polliwog — Answer: TADPOLE
  39. 68. With 18-Down, classic 1967 song by a group whose name is a hint to solving the eight bonus clues (see note) — Answer: BREAKONTHROUGH
  40. 71. Biotech crop, in brief — Answer: GMO
  41. 74. "Ah, thanks for explaining" — Answer: NOWIGETIT
  42. 77. As an answer — Answer: INRESPONSE
  43. 80. Atlantic food fish — Answer: COD
  44. 81. Breakfast brand with a Thick & Fluffy variety — Answer: EGGO
  45. 84. Fruit-shaped candies — Answer: RUNTS
  46. 85. Wide rift — Answer: CHASM
  47. 86. Puccini opera set in Rome — Answer: TOSCA
  48. 87. Ancient symbols of life — Answer: ANKHS
  49. 88. Man's name that sounds like two consonants — Answer: ARTIE
  50. 89. Some luxury bags — Answer: DIORS
  51. 90. "Consequently ..." — Answer: ANDSO
  52. 92. ___ noche (tonight, in Tijuana) — Answer: ESTA
  53. 95. One of 12 for Jacob — Answer: SON
  54. 97. Classic detergent brand — Answer: RINSO
  55. 101. Use for sleeping, say — Answer: LIEON
  56. 103. Stealthy aquatic hunter — Answer: MORAYEEL
  57. 106. Started broadcasting — Answer: WENTLIVE
  58. 107. Countrywide — Answer: NATIONAL
  59. 109. "Lip Gloss" rapper, 2007 — Answer: LILMAMA
  60. 112. Stop being buds? — Answer: BLOSSOM
  61. 114. See 1-Down — Answer: THEWALL
  62. 115. Hosting site with a gallery of memes — Answer: IMGUR
  63. 116. Jersey boys? — Answer: CALVES
  64. 118. Google action — Answer: SEARCH
  65. 123. Just not done — Answer: TABOO
  66. 124. Birdlike — Answer: AVIAN
  67. 125. Beau ___ — Answer: GESTE
  68. 126. Bonnie with 13 Grammys — Answer: RAITT
  69. 127. Beaming — Answer: AGLOW
  70. 128. AC___ (G.M. subsidiary) — Answer: DELCO
  71. 130. Some saxes — Answer: ALTOS
  72. 132. Grab bag — Answer: OLIO
  73. 135. "We've all ___ there" — Answer: BEEN
  74. 139. Thurman who played the bride in "Kill Bill" — Answer: UMA

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