NYT Crossword Clues & Answers - Jul 5

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Across

  1. 1Firm up
  2. 8Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea
  3. 13Gamer's pursuit
  4. 19Aid for a violin player
  5. 20Crocs and mocs
  6. 21Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief
  7. 22{Elijah, Ruth, Natalie}
  8. 24"Send a quick reminder"
  9. 25"___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra)
  10. 26Org. for those leaving the workforce
  11. 27Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles
  12. 28{Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg}
  13. 35Colored
  14. 36Org. that accepts returns
  15. 37Grinders
  16. 41{WC, AC, DC}
  17. 49Jewish mysticism, in one spelling
  18. 50Love, in Lima
  19. 51Card game whose name is shouted
  20. 52Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief
  21. 53At any time
  22. 54Small test subjects
  23. 57Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally?
  24. 60"The Second Coming" poet, 1919
  25. 62Ragú competitor
  26. 63The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet
  27. 66{Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde}
  28. 70Some salon tasks
  29. 71"Hammerin' Hank" of baseball
  30. 72Allow someone to pass
  31. 7530-ounce Starbucks size
  32. 78Old Testament patriarch
  33. 80Close by
  34. 81Early email provider
  35. 82Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock
  36. 85Neighbor of an Estonian
  37. 86Evening that a couple spends together, say
  38. 88{Larry, Sue, Emma}
  39. 94Mexican mister
  40. 95Veer, as a ship
  41. 96Org. concerned with plants
  42. 97{Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C}
  43. 107Powerhouse in English football
  44. 110Home to Waikiki Beach
  45. 111California's ___ Linda
  46. 112Rested atop
  47. 113{Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard}
  48. 119Pay no mind to
  49. 120Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the"
  50. 121Thousands of binary digits
  51. 122Was overflowing
  52. 123Van Halen of Van Halen
  53. 124Extended voyage

Down

  1. 1Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging)
  2. 2Shinbone
  3. 3Completely incompetent
  4. 4Time for Sat. prep?
  5. 5Marshland
  6. 6Suffix for superlatives
  7. 7Unspecified member of a series
  8. 8Nile dam
  9. 9Triad, e.g.
  10. 10Assume
  11. 11Lead-in to River or Rover
  12. 12Dummkopf
  13. 13Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game
  14. 14Called for quiet
  15. 15Penny ___ (miser)
  16. 16Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name
  17. 17Fun time
  18. 18"___ bon!"
  19. 19Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials
  20. 23Wisconsin's ___ Claire
  21. 27Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies"
  22. 29Apt name for a conchologist?
  23. 30Ear-related
  24. 31Yank's Civil War foe
  25. 32What has flatter feet?
  26. 33Achieve success, so to speak
  27. 34Chinese instrument with two strings
  28. 38Sound of an approaching subway train
  29. 39Start of a reminiscence
  30. 40Word with confidence or checkout
  31. 41Do some roadwork on
  32. 42Folk religion akin to voodoo
  33. 43Battered by battle
  34. 44Women's areas in old Muslim palaces
  35. 45Last stage of an insect's development
  36. 46"No way, no how!"
  37. 47Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr.
  38. 48Metric unit of weight
  39. 49Map legend
  40. 55Figs. related to car loans
  41. 56Scottish hill
  42. 58Big bunch
  43. 59Eroded
  44. 61Pouty mood
  45. 63Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere
  46. 64"Hey! I know the answer!"
  47. 65Atlantic crosser of 1492
  48. 67Sign outside a broadcast booth
  49. 68Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World"
  50. 69Admit
  51. 73Really weak, as an excuse
  52. 74Beats by ___ (audio brand)
  53. 75They might be up in arms, informally
  54. 76T. ___ Price (investment firm)
  55. 77"I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla)
  56. 78He was né Clay
  57. 79___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant)
  58. 83Tale of rustic life
  59. 84"Vidi," in Caesar's boast
  60. 87Satirist Freberg
  61. 89You won't actually die of it
  62. 90Rocks smelted to make steel
  63. 91Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr.
  64. 92San Francisco's ___ Valley
  65. 93Madrid's land, in the Olympics
  66. 98Like Olympic pools
  67. 99Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs
  68. 100Vietnam's capital
  69. 101Old-fashioned "your"
  70. 102Soldier for Attila
  71. 103Black suit
  72. 104Good pal
  73. 105Out of gas
  74. 106Lip
  75. 107Settled down, in a way
  76. 108All the ___
  77. 109Kind of wave
  78. 113Last name for an unnamed person
  79. 114Curious
  80. 115Ring result, in brief
  81. 116Secreted away
  82. 117Ron who played Tarzan
  83. 118Two in Tijuana

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Firm up — Answer: STIFFEN
  2. 8. Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea — Answer: ACCRA
  3. 13. Gamer's pursuit — Answer: ESPORT
  4. 19. Aid for a violin player — Answer: CHINREST
  5. 20. Crocs and mocs — Answer: SHOES
  6. 21. Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief — Answer: SAILOR
  7. 22. {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} — Answer: BABEINTHEWOODS
  8. 24. "Send a quick reminder" — Answer: PINGME
  9. 25. "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) — Answer: GRIP
  10. 26. Org. for those leaving the workforce — Answer: AARP
  11. 27. Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles — Answer: ENDCAPS
  12. 28. {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} — Answer: BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH
  13. 35. Colored — Answer: HUED
  14. 36. Org. that accepts returns — Answer: IRS
  15. 37. Grinders — Answer: HEROS
  16. 41. {WC, AC, DC} — Answer: POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE
  17. 49. Jewish mysticism, in one spelling — Answer: KABALA
  18. 50. Love, in Lima — Answer: AMOR
  19. 51. Card game whose name is shouted — Answer: UNO
  20. 52. Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief — Answer: ACL
  21. 53. At any time — Answer: EVER
  22. 54. Small test subjects — Answer: LABRATS
  23. 57. Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? — Answer: NBAREF
  24. 60. "The Second Coming" poet, 1919 — Answer: YEATS
  25. 62. Ragú competitor — Answer: PREGO
  26. 63. The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet — Answer: SONNET
  27. 66. {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} — Answer: HONORAMONGTHIEVES
  28. 70. Some salon tasks — Answer: RINSES
  29. 71. "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball — Answer: AARON
  30. 72. Allow someone to pass — Answer: YIELD
  31. 75. 30-ounce Starbucks size — Answer: TRENTA
  32. 78. Old Testament patriarch — Answer: ABRAHAM
  33. 80. Close by — Answer: NEAR
  34. 81. Early email provider — Answer: AOL
  35. 82. Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock — Answer: III
  36. 85. Neighbor of an Estonian — Answer: LETT
  37. 86. Evening that a couple spends together, say — Answer: USTIME
  38. 88. {Larry, Sue, Emma} — Answer: TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE
  39. 94. Mexican mister — Answer: SENOR
  40. 95. Veer, as a ship — Answer: YAW
  41. 96. Org. concerned with plants — Answer: OSHA
  42. 97. {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} — Answer: ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
  43. 107. Powerhouse in English football — Answer: ARSENAL
  44. 110. Home to Waikiki Beach — Answer: OAHU
  45. 111. California's ___ Linda — Answer: LOMA
  46. 112. Rested atop — Answer: LAIDON
  47. 113. {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} — Answer: DOWNINTHEDUMPS
  48. 119. Pay no mind to — Answer: IGNORE
  49. 120. Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" — Answer: ODEON
  50. 121. Thousands of binary digits — Answer: KILOBITS
  51. 122. Was overflowing — Answer: TEEMED
  52. 123. Van Halen of Van Halen — Answer: EDDIE
  53. 124. Extended voyage — Answer: ODYSSEY

Down

  1. 1. Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) — Answer: SHARE
  2. 2. Shinbone — Answer: TIBIA
  3. 3. Completely incompetent — Answer: INEPT
  4. 4. Time for Sat. prep? — Answer: FRI
  5. 5. Marshland — Answer: FEN
  6. 6. Suffix for superlatives — Answer: EST
  7. 7. Unspecified member of a series — Answer: NTH
  8. 8. Nile dam — Answer: ASWAN
  9. 9. Triad, e.g. — Answer: CHORD
  10. 10. Assume — Answer: COOPT
  11. 11. Lead-in to River or Rover — Answer: RED
  12. 12. Dummkopf — Answer: ASS
  13. 13. Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game — Answer: ESPNU
  14. 14. Called for quiet — Answer: SAIDSHH
  15. 15. Penny ___ (miser) — Answer: PINCHER
  16. 16. Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name — Answer: OLGA
  17. 17. Fun time — Answer: ROMP
  18. 18. "___ bon!" — Answer: TRES
  19. 19. Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials — Answer: CBGB
  20. 23. Wisconsin's ___ Claire — Answer: EAU
  21. 27. Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" — Answer: EBSEN
  22. 29. Apt name for a conchologist? — Answer: SHEL
  23. 30. Ear-related — Answer: AURAL
  24. 31. Yank's Civil War foe — Answer: REB
  25. 32. What has flatter feet? — Answer: ODE
  26. 33. Achieve success, so to speak — Answer: HIT
  27. 34. Chinese instrument with two strings — Answer: ERHU
  28. 38. Sound of an approaching subway train — Answer: ROAR
  29. 39. Start of a reminiscence — Answer: ONCE
  30. 40. Word with confidence or checkout — Answer: SELF
  31. 41. Do some roadwork on — Answer: PAVE
  32. 42. Folk religion akin to voodoo — Answer: OBEAH
  33. 43. Battered by battle — Answer: WARTORN
  34. 44. Women's areas in old Muslim palaces — Answer: HAREMS
  35. 45. Last stage of an insect's development — Answer: IMAGO
  36. 46. "No way, no how!" — Answer: NOTONABET
  37. 47. Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. — Answer: DRS
  38. 48. Metric unit of weight — Answer: TONNE
  39. 49. Map legend — Answer: KEY
  40. 55. Figs. related to car loans — Answer: APRS
  41. 56. Scottish hill — Answer: BRAE
  42. 58. Big bunch — Answer: BEVY
  43. 59. Eroded — Answer: ATEINTO
  44. 61. Pouty mood — Answer: SNIT
  45. 63. Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere — Answer: STRATO
  46. 64. "Hey! I know the answer!" — Answer: OHOH
  47. 65. Atlantic crosser of 1492 — Answer: NINA
  48. 67. Sign outside a broadcast booth — Answer: ONAIR
  49. 68. Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" — Answer: GARTH
  50. 69. Admit — Answer: SEEIN
  51. 73. Really weak, as an excuse — Answer: LAME
  52. 74. Beats by ___ (audio brand) — Answer: DRE
  53. 75. They might be up in arms, informally — Answer: TATS
  54. 76. T. ___ Price (investment firm) — Answer: ROWE
  55. 77. "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) — Answer: ELON
  56. 78. He was né Clay — Answer: ALI
  57. 79. ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) — Answer: MUSHU
  58. 83. Tale of rustic life — Answer: IDYLL
  59. 84. "Vidi," in Caesar's boast — Answer: ISAW
  60. 87. Satirist Freberg — Answer: STAN
  61. 89. You won't actually die of it — Answer: BOREDOM
  62. 90. Rocks smelted to make steel — Answer: IRONORE
  63. 91. Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. — Answer: WWI
  64. 92. San Francisco's ___ Valley — Answer: NOE
  65. 93. Madrid's land, in the Olympics — Answer: ESP
  66. 98. Like Olympic pools — Answer: LANED
  67. 99. Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs — Answer: TOWED
  68. 100. Vietnam's capital — Answer: HANOI
  69. 101. Old-fashioned "your" — Answer: THINE
  70. 102. Soldier for Attila — Answer: HUN
  71. 103. Black suit — Answer: CLUBS
  72. 104. Good pal — Answer: HOMIE
  73. 105. Out of gas — Answer: EMPTY
  74. 106. Lip — Answer: SASS
  75. 107. Settled down, in a way — Answer: ALIT
  76. 108. All the ___ — Answer: RAGE
  77. 109. Kind of wave — Answer: SINE
  78. 113. Last name for an unnamed person — Answer: DOE
  79. 114. Curious — Answer: ODD
  80. 115. Ring result, in brief — Answer: TKO
  81. 116. Secreted away — Answer: HID
  82. 117. Ron who played Tarzan — Answer: ELY
  83. 118. Two in Tijuana — Answer: DOS

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