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● Each row and each column must
contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.
● The numbers within the heavily
109 Bit of progress 111 Company with a noted catalog 112 Dull color, in Düsseldorf 113 Word on a towel 114 Shadef
outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.
● Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.
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New York Times Crossword Answer
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83 Starting on 84 Like the sign of the fish
108 Intimate garment, for short
T O O L B A R V A M O O S E S K A B A N D P E R S E R O N E Y T R E T P O I W S P U N K A R S G I V N S D A E E L F I W E N T Y O N S E R I F K S F A E E S C A S N N T A Y L O T E G G F I E N S N E L I E T A K R S T E S A
81 Superman, at other times
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80 Container that may have a sharpener
96 “Lawrence of Arabia” star 99 Maniacs 101 City that’s home to the Firestone Country Club 102 Divider in the Bible? 103 Venetian blind parts 105 Bottom of an LP 106 “Twister” actress Gertz
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79 Word after snake or sound
85 Marijuana, in modern slang 86 “____ cheese!” 87 Composer Max who was called “the father of film music” 88 Young swans 89 Part of a tour 92 Basis of some discrimination
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18 Infers from data 19 Feel bitter about 27 “I think,” in texts 29 Neckline shape 32 Word shortened to its last letter in texts 35 Holiday air 36 Tabloid issue 39 Total 40 Citi rival, informally 42 Neuwirth of “Frasier” 43 Some SAT takers: Abbr. 44 Tease 46 Item by many a reception desk 47 Super Fro-Yo seller DOWN 48 “Hava Nagila” dance 1 Like houseplants 49 Hotel bill add-ons 2 Wiggle room 50 Right on a map 3 Light show 51 From Square 1 4 The “Y” of Y.S.L. 53 Marked by futility 5 Once, at one time 54 Jane Rochester, nee 6 Behind ____ 7 Campaign expense 55 “O.K. by me” 8 Wine-barrel descriptor 56 Blow off steam 9 Linc’s portrayer in 57 Matchmaker of myth 1999’s “The Mod 62 Suffix with acetyl Squad” 63 Printer paper size: 10 One may get smashed Abbr. 11 Chest-thumping 64 BTW 12 “Up” voice actor 68 Famed Broadway 13 Changed, as voting restaurateur districts 70 Ruhr industrial city 14 Artist who said, “I don’t do drugs. I 71 Butcher’s discards 72 How great minds are am drugs” said to think 15 Speed skater Heiden 74 Worried 16 Entr’____ 75 Laser ____ 17 Delivery 77 Maui memento instructions?
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116 Having a lot to lose, maybe 117 “____ Care of Business” (1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit) 118 Eins + zwei 119 Message with a subject line 120 Unlikely partygoer 121 Lieu 122 Bring in 123 1-Across’s cry 124 Tel. no. add-ons 125 With 76-Across, like Arial and Helvetica 126 14-Across’s result
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61 “What ____?” 1 One side of a 69-Across 62 Storied workshop showdown worker 7 Strip of buttons 65 Sand wedge, e.g. 14 Other side of the 66 Sean Lennon’s showdown mother 20 Collective works 67 Thanksgiving dish 21 “Get lost!” 69 Game depicted in the shaded squares 22 Pinball wizard’s hangout 72 Carpenters with small jobs? 23 Mother ____ 24 Entertainment on a 73 Last mustachioed president Jamaican cruise, perhaps 76 See 125-Across 25 Kind of paper or test 77 Easy-breezy tune 26 Lieutenant, 79 Place where taps informally may be heard 28 It’s unreturnable 82 Skype alternative 30 Musicianship 86 Amount of separation, in a party game 31 Green plant? 88 Investment-seminar 33 Path to catchphrase enlightenment 90 Lost big 34 Cannon in movies 36 Developer’s purchase 91 Big retailer in women’s fashion 37 Samoan staple 93 Upscale bag brand 38 Bullets legend Unseld 94 “Damn right!” 40 Top-shelf 95 Indy 500 winner 41 Sushi restaurant A. J. wrap? 97 Silly Putty holder 43 Moxie 98 Standard poodle 45 X-File subject name 47 Fairy-tale family 100 Hound 52 Celebratory request 101 Digital camera 58 “Great!” mode 59 One doesn’t hold 102 Countenances stock for long 104 Confession subjects 60 “My man” 106 “The Call of the Online subscriptions: Wild” author Today’s puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, 110 March Madness stage nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). 115 In the distance ACROSS
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