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A Tale Of Many Cities by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Exactly
  2. 5. Obama vis-à-vis Columbia
  3. 9. Deg. from Columbia
  4. 12. Much-anticipated nights out
  5. 20. Company with a fleet
  6. 22. Prefix with watt
  7. 23. Window shopper's cry
  8. 24. Like the roots of democracy
  9. 25. Mario's brother, in gaming
  10. 26. Breeding ground
  11. 28. Eventually became
  12. 29. Relative of a kite
  13. 30. Proofer's mark
  14. 32. "O, never say that I was false of heart ...," e.g.
  15. 34. "Not only that ..."
  16. 35. Used a pouffe
  17. 36. Some spicy cuisine
  18. 37. Once, old-style
  19. 38. Competitor of Petro-Canada
  20. 40. Laura who wrote and sang "Wedding Bell Blues"
  21. 44. Join
  22. 46. "That's a ___"
  23. 48. Stuck in a mess?
  24. 50. "Ain't gonna happen"
  25. 52. Heart
  26. 54. Imminent
  27. 56. Local theater, slangily
  28. 58. Ones in an annual hunt
  29. 60. Ulan-___ (capital of a Russian republic)
  30. 61. Vehicle with a folding top
  31. 62. Suffix with stink
  32. 63. Fulda tributary
  33. 64. Jack's partner
  34. 65. Cousins
  35. 66. Goes for the gold?
  36. 67. Not quite right
  37. 69. Alternative to metal
  38. 70. Goddess in "The Tempest"
  39. 71. Win at auction, say
  40. 72. Warrior in the "Discworld" fantasy books
  41. 73. Small force
  42. 74. Form a coalition
  43. 76. Jokesters
  44. 77. Personnel list
  45. 78. ___ chi ch'uan
  46. 79. Travelers at the speed of light
  47. 80. Former Jets coach Ewbank
  48. 81. Tavern menu heading
  49. 82. One with a stiff upper lip?
  50. 83. Speed-skating champion Kramer
  51. 85. Captain's spot
  52. 87. Kind of adapter
  53. 89. Act the rat
  54. 91. It's folded before a meal
  55. 93. Dodge Aries, e.g.
  56. 95. "Walk ___" (1964 hit)
  57. 97. Red Rock dweller
  58. 99. Magazine mogul, familiarly
  59. 102. "Pretty Maids All in ___"
  60. 103. The sun's "10th planet," once
  61. 104. Half of a Senate vote
  62. 105. "This looks bad"
  63. 106. Singer ___ Rose
  64. 107. Barber's supply
  65. 108. Routine response?
  66. 109. Kyrgyz province
  67. 110. Trite
  68. 112. Needle holder
  69. 113. ___ Paradise of "On the Road"
  70. 114. Was bankrupt, say
  71. 115. Blue shade
  72. 117. Stupefy
  73. 118. Like some missed pitches
  74. 119. Stupefy
  75. 120. Baritone in "The Mikado"
  76. 121. Dyspepsia reliever
  77. 122. All at the start?
  78. 123. Home of the Big 12's Cyclones
  79. 124. One who's behind
  80. 126. Solomonic
  81. 128. ___ colada
  82. 130. Plantation machines
  83. 132. Holes in Swiss cheese
  84. 133. Grasps
  85. 135. "The Night Circus" author Morgenstern
  86. 137. Chicago mayor Emanuel
  87. 139. Yamaha Grizzly, e.g., for short
  88. 142. Trunk part
  89. 144. Pond or sand trap
  90. 146. One of the Jackson 5
  91. 147. "___-haw!"
  92. 148. Long-running event?
  93. 152. "Et voilà!"
  94. 154. One following an order
  95. 156. Countermanded
  96. 157. Verdi's "___ tu"
  97. 158. Power play result, often
  98. 159. Pope's vestment
  99. 160. They're blown at some weddings
  100. 161. Yahoo! alternative
  101. 162. Do a body scan?
  102. 163. Meanie

Down

  1. 1. With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme
  2. 2. Shipmate of Spock
  3. 3. Brooklyn Heights school [U.S.; 3,9]
  4. 4. Yank
  5. 5. En route, as a tanker
  6. 6. Relaxing [U.K.; 6]
  7. 7. Host of the first World Cup, 1930: Abbr.
  8. 8. Michael of "Reservoir Dogs"
  9. 9. Spooky sounds
  10. 10. 1988 Bon Jovi hit [India; 6]
  11. 11. Words said with a sigh
  12. 12. Witchy woman
  13. 13. Others, in Oaxaca
  14. 14. 1996 Geena Davis thriller [China; 4,4]
  15. 15. Mountain ___ (soft drinks)
  16. 16. What chemists find attractive?
  17. 17. Cookie holder
  18. 18. "Dig in!"
  19. 19. ___-Cat
  20. 21. Leans
  21. 27. As an example
  22. 31. PBS craft show for 21 seasons [U.S.; 3,4]
  23. 33. Sci-fi narcotic
  24. 39. Military trial for a misdemeanor [India; 8]
  25. 41. "Get it?" [Japan; 8]
  26. 42. Send off
  27. 43. Popular party feature
  28. 45. Often-illegal turns, informally
  29. 47. "Hmm, gotcha"
  30. 49. Wolfe of mystery
  31. 51. Sugar suffixes
  32. 52. Benjamin
  33. 53. Mitchell heroine
  34. 55. Firehouse catching fire, e.g.
  35. 57. "Someone Like You" singer, 2011
  36. 59. Overdo it at dinner
  37. 68. Two-masted craft
  38. 73. Dr. of hip-hop
  39. 75. Ones pressed into service in the kitchen? [Egypt; 4]
  40. 76. Spitball, e.g.
  41. 77. Mens ___ (legal term)
  42. 84. Asseverate
  43. 86. Ambulance destinations, for short
  44. 88. Anatomical sac
  45. 90. Book before Esth.
  46. 91. Event often in a front yard
  47. 92. Passage between buildings
  48. 94. Stream
  49. 96. ___ Tate, onetime English poet laureate
  50. 98. Secretariat's org.
  51. 100. Send off
  52. 101. Pilots
  53. 108. One-liner, e.g.
  54. 109. Stable bagful
  55. 111. Gets broadcast
  56. 112. McGregor of "Big Fish"
  57. 116. Dream
  58. 125. A neighbor
  59. 127. "Kind of" ending
  60. 129. Rainbow color
  61. 131. "Ta-ta"
  62. 134. Lyric poem
  63. 136. Eager, informally
  64. 138. Overflow seating area
  65. 140. "Coffee, ___ Me?"
  66. 141. See 1-Down
  67. 143. Longfellow bell town
  68. 145. "Um, pardon ..."
  69. 148. Rabble
  70. 149. A.I. woman in 2015's "Ex Machina"
  71. 150. Std.
  72. 151. Old game console inits.
  73. 153. Dress (up)
  74. 155. 1990s Indian P.M.

This puzzle was published on Sunday, May 24, 2015 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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