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Across

  1. 1. Grass and such
  2. 7. Lifesavers, e.g.
  3. 11. Turns off
  4. 19. Source of good fortune
  5. 20. Tried to open, as a pet door
  6. 21. Seaman's aid
  7. 22. *Z, for one
  8. 24. Behind
  9. 25. "O grave, where is ___ victory?": I Corinthians
  10. 26. Neither wizards nor witches, in Harry Potter books
  11. 28. Language descended from Old Norse
  12. 29. Tiara accompaniment
  13. 31. Subject of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine
  14. 32. Eagerly unwrap
  15. 34. God whose name sounds like a word meaning "understated"
  16. 36. Take its toll?
  17. 38. *Board
  18. 42. *Alliance member
  19. 46. They may result in title changes, for short
  20. 47. Dips made with olives, capers and anchovies
  21. 48. Fragrant wood
  22. 50. Grain to crush
  23. 51. Background check runner, maybe
  24. 52. Government org. in "Breaking Bad"
  25. 53. "Oh, that's clever!"
  26. 55. Something to be divvied up
  27. 56. Hundred, in Honduras
  28. 59. Stand in the shadows
  29. 60. *Ted talks, say
  30. 68. Reebok rival
  31. 69. Texas city in the movie "Friday Night Lights"
  32. 70. Bonn one
  33. 72. Pro-consumer ideology
  34. 76. In back
  35. 77. Jet fuel, mainly
  36. 82. Stave off
  37. 83. Good friend, informally
  38. 85. Find some advantage
  39. 86. Red giant in the constellation Cetus
  40. 87. *Crossed pair
  41. 89. *Search party
  42. 93. Drainage pit
  43. 94. ___ example
  44. 95. Owl's prey
  45. 97. Browns and Blues
  46. 99. "House Hunters" network
  47. 102. Bromine and fluorine compounds
  48. 105. Kind of band
  49. 107. Move it
  50. 108. Boastful types
  51. 110. *Let's hope
  52. 114. Group with the 1985 #1 hit "Broken Wings"
  53. 115. "___ about right"
  54. 116. Eyelike opening, in architecture
  55. 117. Ones breaking game rules?
  56. 118. Big buildup
  57. 119. "Great" Eurasian region

Down

  1. 1. Almanac fodder
  2. 2. Home of the daily World-Herald
  3. 3. Clicker for Dorothy
  4. 4. Tie word
  5. 5. "Well, fancy that!"
  6. 6. Abbr. that can be written with an ampersand
  7. 7. The casino in "Casino"
  8. 8. Soccer goof
  9. 9. Kite adjunct
  10. 10. Goldbrick
  11. 11. The Pentagon inits.
  12. 12. Crystalline weather phenomenon
  13. 13. "___ of Heaven! too gentle to be human" (line from Shelley's "Epipsychidion")
  14. 14. Unlofty loft
  15. 15. Labor pain
  16. 16. Pirate's mate, in literature and film
  17. 17. Besmirches
  18. 18. German vice admiral killed in W.W. I's Battle of the Falklands
  19. 20. Celtic who was the M.V.P. of the 2008 N.B.A. Finals
  20. 23. Kaiser Permanente offering
  21. 27. Begat
  22. 30. W, for one
  23. 31. March 14, to math lovers
  24. 33. Fibonacci or Galileo
  25. 35. Casino offering, derived from the Latin for "five each"
  26. 37. Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife departments
  27. 39. Jocular disclaimer
  28. 40. Spoonful, say
  29. 41. "Cómo ___ usted?"
  30. 42. Sch. whose mascot is Paydirt Pete
  31. 43. Coastal desert of southern Africa
  32. 44. Fruity drink
  33. 45. Tops in handwriting, say
  34. 49. Small stream
  35. 50. Wheat ___
  36. 52. What sharpshooters take
  37. 54. Prompt
  38. 57. Vow that's mostly vowels
  39. 58. When golden goals happen in the N.H.L.
  40. 61. Arts page contributor
  41. 62. Novelist Vonnegut
  42. 63. Big Four record co. that broke up in 2012
  43. 64. Headlong or headstrong
  44. 65. Striven
  45. 66. What rugged individualists seldom admit to
  46. 67. Light shade
  47. 71. Classic hair removal brand
  48. 72. Reputation
  49. 73. Gung-ho
  50. 74. Skin: Suffix
  51. 75. Numbskull
  52. 78. Posting at JFK or DFW
  53. 79. Eastern royals
  54. 80. Heavy load
  55. 81. Pause word in Psalms
  56. 84. Scam with three cards
  57. 85. Information on a sports ticket
  58. 88. Exceed
  59. 90. Fashionable
  60. 91. Latin carol word
  61. 92. Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter"
  62. 96. Question mark's key-mate
  63. 98. "Charlie's Angels" director, 2000
  64. 100. Keep occupied
  65. 101. One of 1,288 in the book of Numbers
  66. 102. Biodiesel fuel source
  67. 103. Prefix with ecology or chemical
  68. 104. ___ Linda, Calif.
  69. 106. ___-deucy
  70. 109. Some 112-Down retakers: Abbr.
  71. 111. Tan neighbor, on calculators
  72. 112. Exam with a Science Reasoning section
  73. 113. Wish undone

This puzzle was published on Sunday, May 01, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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