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Strike One by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Swabby's need
  2. 4. Brainless
  3. 11. Cowboy-to-lady address
  4. 15. Early teachings
  5. 19. Triumphant shout
  6. 20. Sucker?
  7. 21. Capital with more than 300 lakes within its limits
  8. 22. Skirt feature
  9. 23. Symbols of happiness Transmissions with colons, dashes and parentheses?
  10. 25. Bias
  11. 26. Tiny bit
  12. 27. Sedgwick of "The Closer"
  13. 28. Cartoonist Keane
  14. 29. Sun Tzu tome Madame Tussaud's specialty?
  15. 32. Has-___
  16. 34. NC-17 assigner: Abbr.
  17. 36. Paper exchanged for coin
  18. 37. Poetic tribute
  19. 38. "Star Wars" character Where droids go to dry out?
  20. 42. Gibbons and siamangs Mountaintop that's not the very top?
  21. 46. Familiar episodes
  22. 47. The Phantom of the Opera
  23. 49. Wine bottle residue
  24. 50. Composer Bartók
  25. 51. Gelling agents
  26. 52. Antacid ingredient
  27. 54. Are able, archaically
  28. 55. Caribbean exports
  29. 56. Pageant Circumstances that render someone attractive?
  30. 59. Climber's challenge
  31. 60. Wedding gown material
  32. 61. Take a load off
  33. 62. Abductors in a tabloid story
  34. 65. Mohs scale mineral
  35. 67. Hill raiser
  36. 68. Hosp. procedure
  37. 69. Oxford teachers
  38. 71. Bring back on
  39. 73. Four-time pro hoops M.V.P.
  40. 76. Setting for 76-Down
  41. 77. English privy
  42. 78. Pine, e.g. Dinosaur that never goes out of style?
  43. 81. Like un millonario
  44. 82. Black
  45. 85. Like some bunnies and hounds
  46. 86. "Paranormal Activity" creature
  47. 87. Miss, in Meuse: Abbr.
  48. 88. "You're not welcome!"
  49. 90. Jewish homeland
  50. 91. "Vision Quest" co-star Matthew
  51. 92. Studio substitute Squarish bed?
  52. 95. Member of a certain 1990s-2000s rock band Censor unhappy with "Family Guy" and "Glee," maybe?
  53. 97. Mo. for campaign surprises
  54. 98. Give a piece to
  55. 99. [I am SHOCKED!]
  56. 101. "Picnic" playwright
  57. 102. Children's song Ignore the rest of the lunch I brought and just eat the fish?
  58. 106. Like
  59. 107. Warner Bros. cartoon company
  60. 111. Aforementioned
  61. 112. Italy's San ___
  62. 113. After-dinner display One way to see a pie's filling?
  63. 117. Trouble-free place
  64. 118. Compass tracings
  65. 119. Put out
  66. 120. Don Ho played it
  67. 121. Bruce of "Nebraska"
  68. 122. Exam administered qtly.
  69. 123. You'll see a lot of them
  70. 124. Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers

Down

  1. 1. Costume accessory
  2. 2. "I wasn't expecting that!"
  3. 3. Modest poker holding
  4. 4. Suffix with mass or dismiss
  5. 5. Futon alternatives
  6. 6. "It's only a scratch!"
  7. 7. Harlequin ___ (multicolored gem)
  8. 8. Odd mannerism
  9. 9. High dudgeon
  10. 10. Jai alai basket
  11. 11. Particle
  12. 12. Big holding in Risk
  13. 13. Order in the court?
  14. 14. Some Latin inscriptions
  15. 15. Like
  16. 16. Use dynamite on, as a safe
  17. 17. Strongholds
  18. 18. Studies intently
  19. 24. "Love's ___ Lost"
  20. 30. Villain of "2001"
  21. 31. Lord's Prayer starter
  22. 33. Years on end
  23. 34. Dead storage
  24. 35. North or west
  25. 38. Dormant Turkish volcano
  26. 39. Dependable patron
  27. 40. Walk all over
  28. 41. Unpopular 1773 legislation
  29. 43. "Middlemarch" author
  30. 44. With 103-Down, "Hurlyburly" star
  31. 45. Tapered off
  32. 48. Ringed set
  33. 52. Less forgiving
  34. 53. "Hard" or "soft" subj.
  35. 54. 2000 CBS premiere
  36. 56. Loudspeaker sound
  37. 57. Like some roads and roofs
  38. 58. A-listers
  39. 63. Like some poker games
  40. 64. Carnival cooler
  41. 66. Political commentator Liz
  42. 68. Singer/actress Rita
  43. 70. Tulsa resident
  44. 72. Brown greenery?
  45. 73. Dribble
  46. 74. Sales employee
  47. 75. "Aw, come on!"
  48. 76. Sitcom set during the 1860s
  49. 79. Amorphous lump
  50. 80. Babes in the woods
  51. 81. 1988 Schwarzenegger action film
  52. 82. Raised on books?
  53. 83. Sea wall?
  54. 84. Golden ager
  55. 86. Snoop ___
  56. 88. Like some twins
  57. 89. Non-fuel-efficient vehicles
  58. 91. Mosque tower
  59. 93. "Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man" ("Show Boat" song)
  60. 94. Psyche component
  61. 96. Fishmonger's cuts
  62. 100. "Funeral Blues" poet
  63. 103. See 44-Down
  64. 104. Exercise venue, for short
  65. 105. At sea
  66. 106. Barbera d'___ (red wine)
  67. 108. Essence
  68. 109. Cook up
  69. 110. Kept in sight
  70. 114. Ostrich lookalike
  71. 115. Caesar on TV
  72. 116. QB feats

This puzzle was published on Sunday, Jun 08, 2014 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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