New York Times Crossword
BINARY CODE
ACROSS
1 Savor, as a drink 6 Takes down a peg 12 Je t’aime : French :: ____ : Spanish 17 Sell at a discount, say 19 Female toon with a “dollink” Boris 21 Grackles and grebes 23 PP 25 Attic 26 Horror franchise beginning in 2004 27 Lasting for years and years 28 Dirt-road hazards 30 Melee 31 Street of film fame 32 You might take it out for a drive 33 Court, for short 35 Pile of stones used to mark a trail 36 DD 39 First antibacterial soap brand 40 “Oh, please, that’s enough” 42 Derisive sounds 43 Abbr. in many airport names 44 Jubilant 45 Portrait on Chinese renminbi bills 46 AA 48 Extra bed, maybe 51 Bad thing on a record 53 The Jedi and the Sith, e.g. 54 “Thursday Night Football” airer 55 Alaska tourist attraction 57 Director of 2015’s “Chi-Raq” 58 Capital with the Norsk Folkemuseum 60 Travel info source, for short 61 London cathedral 62 Volunteer’s response 64 WW 68 Historic German admiral Maximilian von ____ 69 Fizzy drink 71 Michael of “Saturday Night Live” 72 Cry to a husky 74 “When I was a ____ …” 75 Riot opportunist 76 Locale for cranberries 77 Very much 79 Uniform 81 See 114-Across 82 OO 85 Hodges who managed the Mets to a World Series title 86 Little Rascals boy 88 Tolkien tree creatures 89 Mars features, mistakenly 92 Befuddling 94 Peeps heard by Bo Peep 95 ZZ 97 When repeated, a Yale fight song 98 Playwright Clifford 100 “How ____!” 101 Modern TV feature, for short 102 Hazy memory 103 Grps. with the motto “Every child. One voice” 104 Conquest of 1953 107 Susan of “The Partridge Family” 108 Silas in “The Da Vinci Code,” notably 110 NN 113 Dances at the Tropicana Club 114 Santa Claus portrayer in 81-Across 115 Greet from behind the wheel 116 Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde” 117 Shot put and long jump 118 “Auld Lang Syne” and others
DOWN
1 Figured (out) 2 Has an inspiration 3 Agricultural figure in “The Canterbury Tales” 4 Alley ____ 5 Pep Boys competitor 6 Whites, informally 7 Strips shortly after getting up in the morning? 8 Rate ____ (be perfect) 9 Spicy fruit beverage often used as a
tequila chaser 10 Cornerstone abbr. 11 Singer Crow 12 Identifies in a Facebook photo 13 A Perón 14 Soaring cost? 15 RR 16 Like macho pushups 18 Explore deeply 20 Calla lily family 22 “Gypsy” composer 24 Techies, stereotypically 29 Gasless car 34 Java order that packs less of a punch 35 What Brits call “red sauce” 37 Major-____ 38 Muse for D.H. Lawrence 39 Some lab samples 41 Assets for food critics 43 Put away 44 Annapolis grad. 46 It comes before one 47 Building beam 49 Susan who wrote “The Orchid Thief” 50 Hit with a stun gun 51 “Chill out, will you” 52 FF 53 Wig out 56 Dorm VIPs 57 Durable stocking fabric 59 Like courtroom witnesses 60 Floor 61 X-rated material 63 D.C. athlete 65 Pest-control brand 66 Sarcastic “Wonderful” 67 Tori of pop/rock 70 Symbol of Middle America 73 Big name in 35-Down 76 Gaudy wrap 77 Industrious workers 78 Some TVs and smartphones 80 The Impaler 83 Fort Knox valuable 84 To some degree 85 Beholds 87 It’s heard at a hearing 89 West Pointer 90 Opposite of an early adopter 91 Morning-run time, maybe 92 Arafat’s successor as Palestinian president 93 Budget alternative 94 Next to 95 Peers in a box 96 Meetings arranged through Ashley Madison 99 Helen Mirren, e.g. 100 Like an alarm clock, night after night 103 It may be struck on a runway 105 ____ diagram 106 ’Vette choice 109 “N.Y. State of Mind” rapper 111 ____ system (luxury car option, briefly) 112 Romance