New York Times, Sunday, February 3, 2019 Puzzle Solution

Across
1. Patron of the high seas : STELMO
7. Metric in digital journalism : CLICKS
13. Some marble works : BUSTS
18. Den mother : SHEBEAR
19. Make less stuffy : AIROUT
20. Opening : INTRO
21. Reason for an ejection in the M.L.B. : BEANBALL
22. Reason for an ejection in the N.B.A. : FLAGRANTFOUL
24. Bank takebacks, for short : REPOS
25. Snug as a bug in a rug : COMFY
27. Make mention of : NOTE
28. N.F.L. star ejected from 102-Across : RICE
29. "Right on!" : AMEN
30. Actress/singer Janelle : MONAE
31. Rudimentary : BASIC
32. Treats, as a sprain : ICES
33. Reason for an ejection in FIFA : ILLEGALSLIDETACKLE
37. The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards : NYY
38. Intent : AIM
39. Soon : INAFEW
40. Student taking Torts or Property : ONEL
43. Snowshoe hare predator : LYNX
44. Brian with the album "Before and After Science" : ENO
45. Shorten : ABRIDGE
48. N.B.A. star ejected from 105-Across : ONEAL
51. Sound heard in Georgia? : SOFTG
53. Musician's skill : EAR
54. Onetime Sprint competitor : GTE
56. Burn a perfume stick in : CENSE
57. Meursault's love in Camus's "The Stranger" : MARIE
58. Reason for an ejection in the N.F.L. : HELMETHIT
61. "Love, when we met, ___ like two planets meeting": Ella Wheeler Wilcox : TWAS
62. Sepals of a flower : CALYX
63. Rolls up : FURLS
64. M.L.B. star ejected from 87-Across : RUTH
65. Belief in one's role as a savior : MESSIAHCOMPLEX
67. Anatomical lashes : CILIA
68. Drum held between the knees : BONGO
69. On fire : LIT
70. ___ milk : OAT
71. English dialect in which "food shopping" is "makin' groceries" : CAJUN
72. Aries and Taurus : AUTOS
73. Result of a judicial conflict of interest : RECUSAL
76. Kabuki sash : OBI
77. Bloke : GENT
79. Polish up, in a way : EDIT
80. "Actually, come to think of it ..." : OHWAIT
83. Skill : ART
84. Part of a "fence" in the game Red Rover : ARM
87. Seeming opposite of "Ignorance is bliss" : THETRUTHWILLSETYOUFREE
92. Pollyannaish : ROSY
95. Mends, in a way : DARNS
96. Some flaws in logic : LEAPS
97. Plays charades, say : ACTS
98. Tweeter's "Then again ..." : OTOH
99. Set down : ALIT
100. Fruity soda brand : FANTA
101. A Musketeer : ATHOS
102. Entry fee : PRICEOFADMISSION
105. Stew that's decidedly not very spicy : ONEALARMCHILI
107. Durkheim who helped found the field of sociology : EMILE
108. Browned at high heat : SEARED
109. Hit from behind : REAREND
110. Array in a cockpit : DIALS
111. Butterfly-attracting flowers : ASTERS
112. Actress Jean who played Joan of Arc in "Saint Joan" : SEBERG
Down
1. Well-formed : SHAPELY
2. "Receiving poorly," in CB lingo : TENONE
3. Retreats : EBBS
4. Grazing land : LEA
5. Organization of Afro-American Unity founder : MALCOLMX
6. 1960s group with a fabric-related name, with "the" : ORLONS
7. Joe can provide it : CAFFEINEFIX
8. Bell-shaped flower : LILY
9. Writer/critic ___ Madison III : IRA
10. Hebrew "shalom" to Arabic "salaam," e.g. : COGNATE
11. "Seven Samurai" director : KUROSAWA
12. Unchanging : STATIC
13. Pinch : BIT
14. Drop from one's Facebook circle : UNFRIEND
15. Poker-faced : STOIC
16. Armistice : TRUCE
17. They may hit the ground running : SOLES
18. Respectable : SEEMLY
21. Genius : BRAIN
23. Head turner? : NECK
26. It gained independence from France in 1960 : MALI
30. Principal : MAIN
31. Discombobulate : BEFOG
34. King of morning TV : GAYLE
35. Poet who invented the terza rima rhyme scheme : DANTE
36. Bay of Biscay feeder : LOIRE
41. Easter activity : EGGHUNT
42. "Move on already!" : LETITGO
43. Rodeo ring? : LASSO
46. Politico Abzug : BELLA
47. Members of the flock : RAMS
48. Of base 8 : OCTAL
49. One getting onboarded : NEWHIRE
50. Made into law : ENACTED
51. Bargain hunter's delight : SALE
52. Margaret Atwood's "___ and Crake" : ORYX
55. Standard of living? : ETHOS
57. Country south of Sicily : MALTA
58. Amazon Prime competitor : HULU
59. Ireland, to poets : ERIN
60. "Rainbow" fish : TROUT
62. Tax pros, for short : CPAS
63. They're located between Samoa and Vanuatu : FIJIISLANDS
66. Entrance to a cave : MOUTH
67. Revolutionary group : CABAL
68. Language family that includes Xhosa and Zulu : BANTU
71. Monastery garb : COWLS
74. Metonym for local government : CITYHALL
75. They're only a few stories : LOWRISES
77. Noted Belle Epoque locale : GAYPAREE
78. Psyche's beloved : EROS
81. Suggests : HINTSAT
82. Typical summer intern : TEEN
84. Forming an upward curve : ARCHING
85. Like oral history : RETOLD
86. FIFA star ejected from 65-Across : MESSI
88. Choice of cheese : EDAM
89. ___ Stark, Oona Chaplin's "Game of Thrones" role : TALISA
90. Russian ethnic group : TATARS
91. Church title : FATHER
92. Partitioned, with "off" : ROPED
93. People of south-central Mexico : OTOMI
94. Director Coppola : SOFIA
100. Author Jonathan Safran ___ : FOER
101. Land parcel : ACRE
103. ___ Moines : DES
104. Pique : IRE
106. Literary fairy queen : MAB

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