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The Sounds of Music

New York Times, Sunday, April 28, 2024

Author:
Mike Ellison
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
124-Across : Female fox
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Mike Ellison

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 69 Missing: {JQ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ellison. Sunday freshness: 70%
Joel Fagliano notes:
Mike Ellison, of Henderson, Nevada, works in business analytics. Prior to that, he majored in music education and served as a band director, hence the theme you see here. This puzzle ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The gray solfège notes descend through an octave from DO down to DO. Eight Across answers end with a note, also descending, so tuxed becomes tuxeDO, etc.

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© 2024, The New York Times4/28/24 ( No. 27,200 )
Across
1
Cartoondom's "Princess of Power" : SHERA
6
Flat formation : MESA
10
Jockish sort : BRO
13
Short request at a salon? : BOBCUT
19
What a conductor might wear to a concert : TUXEDO
20
Ice cream parlor request : ONESCOOP
22
Gazing angrily : AGLARE
23
Split : INTWO
24
One of a trio of famous tenors : PAVAROTTI
25
"Breaking Bad" and "The Wire," for example : DRAMAS
26
Comparative that's an inadvisable starting choice in Wordle : RARER
27
Tableau : SCENE
28
Rodgers and Hammerstein's only musical written for TV : CINDERELLA
30
Zenith's opposite : NADIR
32
Talk smack about : TRASH
34
Mangy mutt : CUR
35
Disney voice role for Idina Menzel : ELSA
36
Some kicks : NIKES
38
Exec in tech : CIO
40
Pollen carrier : BEE
42
Like many roofs : SHINGLED
46
What Beethoven's next symphony would have been : TENTH
48
Some : ABITOF
53
Needle holder : CONIFER
54
Reference online : LINKTO
55
Percussive shaker : MARACA
56
___ Colonies, communal society that went on to form an appliance company : AMANA
57
1988 #1 country hit for Randy Travis : ITOLDYOUSO
60
Bumpkin : YOKEL
61
Locale for one leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport : LEMANS
63
Grammy-winning Beyoncé hit of 2009 : HALO
64
Staccato marking : DOT
66
___ Smith, drummer for Alice Cooper : NEAL
67
With 76-Across, genre for Fall Out Boy : EMO
68
Classical singers? : SIRENS
70
Slopes attire resembling overalls : SKIBIB
73
New wave's Adam ___ : ANT
74
First word when thanking Mr. Roboto : DOMO
76
See 67-Across : POP
77
Lennon who co-wrote the Oscar-winning short "War Is Over!" : SEAN
78
Admits : COPSTO
80
Settings for timers : OVENS
82
Rapper who shares part of his name with the world's tallest building : WIZKHALIFA
86
Golf gimme : TAPIN
87
Robert Matthew Van ___, real name of rap's Vanilla Ice : WINKLE
89
Sweetened cornmeal in Mexican cuisine : PINOLE
90
Mounted on : ASTRIDE
92
Amount after deductions : NETPAY
93
Expels : SPEWS
94
Hats worn by Napoleon : BICORNES
95
Steely Dan hit that charted for 19 straight weeks : PEG
97
Brief instant : SEC
98
Kind of billiards with no pockets : CAROM
99
Musical's beginning : ACTI
103
Buster : BUB
105
Like bossa nova or salsa : LATIN
107
Question asked in a "Les Misérables" song : WHOAMI
111
Classic tune inspiring a joke about eels : THATSAMORE
114
"Toodles" : SEEYA
116
Marsalis family patriarch : ELLIS
118
Mark who played Luke Skywalker : HAMILL
119
Doctor's note, perhaps : REFERRAL
121
"Easy on Me" singer : ADELE
122
Narrow soccer victory : ONENIL
123
Musical slide : GLISSANDO
124
Female fox : VIXEN
125
Guitar cords? : STRAPS
126
Ages upon ages : EON
127
ExxonMobil brand, abroad : ESSO
128
Necessity for beer or bread : YEAST
Down
1
Rouse : STIR
2
Chinese province known for its spicy cuisine : HUNAN
3
What guacamole often costs : EXTRA
4
Get hitched again : REWED
5
Groupies, e.g. : ADORINGFANS
6
Beatles hairdos : MOPS
7
Written in code? : ENACTED
8
Cuts off : SEVERS
9
Flexible position : ASANA
10
"That's such a bummer!" : BOO
11
Campus mil. program : ROTC
12
___ chiasm, section at the lower front part of the brain : OPTIC
13
Disorienting thing to wake up from : BADDREAM
14
Fabled monster : OGRE
15
Trumpet : BLARE
16
Bumpy ride? : CAMEL
17
Eurasian mountain range : URALS
18
Pioneer in electricity : TESLA
21
Gradually increase in volume : CRESCENDO
29
Small lump : NUB
31
Irritate : RILE
33
Suspicious, informally : HINKY
37
Actress Russell of "The Americans" : KERI
39
Quattro x due : OTTO
41
Marketplace originally called AuctionWeb : EBAY
42
Cut back … or an alternative title for this puzzle? : SCALEDOWN
43
Bit of living room footage : HOMEMOVIE
44
"I'll be with you shortly" : INAMOMENT
45
Singing Simone : NINA
46
Cash coffers : TILLS
47
Whose performances were as astonishing as all get-out? : HOUDINI
49
Hotel room freebie : IRON
50
Go driving : TAKEASPIN
51
Destroyer of a castle, perhaps : OCEANTIDE
52
Autumn colors … or an alternative title for this puzzle? : FALLTONES
54
Term in both finance and linguistics : LOAN
58
Gladys Knight's backup group : THEPIPS
59
Weep : SOB
62
Scotch sampling : SIP
65
Twirling one's hair, e.g. : TIC
69
Part of a Battleship guess : ROW
70
Some special ops personnel : SEALS
71
Vegetable with a "dinosaur" variety : KALE
72
Like musical mixes that overly emphasize bass notes : BOTTOMHEAVY
75
Doing mess hall duties, for short : ONKP
77
Featured performances : SHOWCASES
79
One of a trio of famous Catherines : PARR
81
Hit (with), as a fine : SLAP
83
Closes, as a suitcase : ZIPS
84
Prepare to pop the question : KNEEL
85
Science exhibition : FAIR
88
Audience, to an advertiser : EYEBALLS
91
Barge type : SCOW
94
Trees that can grow multiple acres wide : BANYANS
96
Grocery checkout staple : GUM
98
Some Olds of old : CIERAS
99
Eldest of the Three Musketeers : ATHOS
100
Gregorian song : CHANT
101
More subdued : TAMER
102
1986 autobiography of the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" : ITINA
104
Comic pianist known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark" : BORGE
106
To the point : TERSE
108
Throwback hit : OLDIE
109
Speaker's voice? : ALEXA
110
Jazz trumpeter Davis : MILES
112
Goof : SLIP
113
Corporate move, for short : RELO
115
Footwear retailer founded in Montreal : ALDO
117
Email folder : SENT
120
"The end" : FIN

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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