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It's Better This Way by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. So over
  2. 7. Touching words?
  3. 14. Gently floats
  4. 19. "Seinfeld" cohort
  5. 20. 1965 R&B #1 song with the repeated lyric "Can't you see that I'm lonely?"
  6. 22. "Too rich for me"
  7. 23. *He bested Leonidas at Thermopylae
  8. 25. Nick of "Lorenzo's Oil"
  9. 26. Medicinal qty.
  10. 27. Dashed ID
  11. 28. Monitor setting, for short
  12. 29. Balloon
  13. 31. *Off-roader, often
  14. 35. What an iPod plays in
  15. 36. Stuff in sacks
  16. 39. Flying fisher
  17. 40. Roughhousing
  18. 41. Jokester
  19. 44. Glassfuls in restaurantes
  20. 45. Country buggy
  21. 47. Places for studs
  22. 48. Air
  23. 49. *Annual draw for snocross fans
  24. 52. Union leader?
  25. 53. Close up
  26. 54. Like Advil or Aleve: Abbr.
  27. 55. "That may be true, but ..."
  28. 57. It's low for gas guzzlers: Abbr.
  29. 60. Home to King Harald V
  30. 62. "___ good cheer!"
  31. 64. Doesn't bring up
  32. 65. *Iconic feature of comedy
  33. 69. Line at the Louvre
  34. 70. Bomb shelter?
  35. 71. Sub side, maybe
  36. 72. D.D.E. challenger
  37. 73. "Revenge R Us" author
  38. 75. Suffix with peace
  39. 76. Bent beam
  40. 78. Biting remark?
  41. 79. *Founder of Marvel's School for Gifted Youngsters
  42. 87. Of two minds
  43. 88. TALK LIKE THIS!
  44. 89. Teen headache
  45. 90. Got back to, in a way
  46. 91. Prefix with cycle
  47. 92. Give one's O.K.
  48. 93. Google datum
  49. 94. Robed performer
  50. 95. "Nothing seems to go my way"
  51. 97. *Frequent problem faced by algebra students
  52. 100. Pump up
  53. 102. Chichi getaway
  54. 103. A street drug, briefly
  55. 104. Rural call
  56. 107. Stoop
  57. 108. *Horror flick starring Humphrey Bogart as a mad scientist, with "The"
  58. 114. Something LOL-worthy
  59. 115. Water, wryly
  60. 116. Canadian coin named for a bird
  61. 117. "The ___ Project" (Fox comedy)
  62. 118. In hot water?
  63. 119. Thrive

Down

  1. 1. Something dirty kept in a cell?
  2. 2. ___ de la Société
  3. 3. Complain, complain, complain
  4. 4. "Kid-tested" breakfast cereal
  5. 5. 50/50
  6. 6. "Admit it!"
  7. 7. J.Lo's birthplace
  8. 8. Shot caller
  9. 9. Danger for Indiana Jones
  10. 10. Spring river breakup
  11. 11. Siren, say
  12. 12. Not so great
  13. 13. Member of the music industry's former Big Four
  14. 14. Part of a Napa Valley tour
  15. 15. Whack-___
  16. 16. With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues
  17. 17. What one might go for a spin in?
  18. 18. Any "cha" in the cha-cha-cha
  19. 21. How lines of latitude run
  20. 24. Mount Zion's land: Abbr.
  21. 30. Couples
  22. 31. Scratch, say
  23. 32. Rest stop
  24. 33. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind," per H. P. Lovecraft
  25. 34. Cousin of a gazelle
  26. 35. Drink with two lizards in its logo
  27. 36. Club
  28. 37. "Bleah!"
  29. 38. Have second thoughts about
  30. 40. "Clueless" and "Bridget Jones's Diary"
  31. 42. Sponsorships
  32. 43. Serengeti prey
  33. 45. Put away for safekeeping
  34. 46. Hugs and kisses, at times
  35. 47. Paint variety
  36. 48. Type-A friend from "Friends"
  37. 50. One turning to the right
  38. 51. Lose everything
  39. 52. Certain bean
  40. 56. Hair-razing stuff?
  41. 57. Loud beast heard in theaters
  42. 58. See 16-Down
  43. 59. Bamboozled
  44. 61. Like gathering storm clouds
  45. 63. No-holds-barred
  46. 66. ___ and Thummim (sacred Judaic objects)
  47. 67. "Need ___?" (query to hitchhikers)
  48. 68. Baron's blade
  49. 73. They're 18 to 21
  50. 74. Things for here and now
  51. 77. More pink, perhaps
  52. 80. It can be prickly
  53. 81. Jib, e.g.
  54. 82. John Candy's old comedy program
  55. 83. Motor with some muscle
  56. 84. You might get stuck with them
  57. 85. Book after Galatians: Abbr.
  58. 86. Nutritional info
  59. 88. Photogs' choices
  60. 92. It may help catch a fugitive
  61. 93. Like Brando's Don Corleone
  62. 94. Disappear, as a trail
  63. 96. "Good heavens!"
  64. 97. Eject, as froth
  65. 98. Retired govt. agent
  66. 99. Co. making arrangements
  67. 100. Dutch wheels
  68. 101. Member of the old Chero-Cola product line
  69. 102. "Chop-chop!"
  70. 104. Radius, e.g.
  71. 105. Seed casing
  72. 106. Jump on ice
  73. 109. Jet crew, briefly
  74. 110. Quick time-out
  75. 111. Scream at a ring
  76. 112. Bit of love talk
  77. 113. Drag

This puzzle was published on Sunday, Mar 16, 2014 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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