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The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Sunday January 21, 2024 is displayed below.
| 1 Begin to flower | BUD |
| 4 In conflict | ATWAR |
| 9 Basketball stats category | ASSISTS |
| 16 Neckwear provided at some restaurants | BIB |
| 19 Pikes Peak people | UTE |
| 20 One-dish meal | CHILI |
| 21 "You're playing with fire!" | WATCHIT |
| 22 Game night cry | UNO |
| 23 "First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never …" | GOTITOFFTHEGROUND |
| 26 Messy room | STY |
| 27 Make the first bet | OPEN |
| 28 Go back over | REREAD |
| 29 Proverbial hard workers | ANTS |
| 30 Bourne's employer in "The Bourne Identity," in brief | CIA |
| 31 Popular indoor tree | FICUS |
| 33 Total revolution? | YEAR |
| 34 Ardennes assent | OUI |
| 35 Singer's asset | RANGE |
| 37 Daughter of Muhammad | FATIMA |
| 39 "When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we …" | DIDNTSCALEWELL |
| 43 Sensitivity | TACT |
| 45 Common resolutions | DIETS |
| 46 Squat, so to speak | SIT |
| 47 Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!) | SIA |
| 48 Go back down | EBB |
| 51 J. M. Barrie, for one | SCOT |
| 53 What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of "Lord of the Flies" | EGO |
| 54 Betrays | FLIPSON |
| 56 "Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors …" | POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES |
| 61 Passages | CORRIDORS |
| 62 Medal-earning mettle | VALOR |
| 63 Purchase printout: Abbr. | RCPT |
| 66 New Year's Day | ONEONE |
| 67 Place of prayer | PEW |
| 69 Sat ___ (GPS system) | NAV |
| 70 Behind | TUSHIE |
| 72 Library section | TEEN |
| 73 Broski | HOMIE |
| 75 There are 768 of these in a gallon | TEASPOONS |
| 77 "When I tried candlemaking, all my workers …" | SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT |
| 81 Section of the nosebleed seats | LASTROW |
| 83 Poetic preposition | ERE |
| 84 Lead-in to zone | EURO |
| 85 Some music collectibles, for short | LPS |
| 86 Whiz | ACE |
| 87 Counterpart of science, they say | ART |
| 88 Freight, e.g. | GOODS |
| 90 Uncles, in Uruguay | TIOS |
| 92 "I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we …" | RANOUTOFRUNWAY |
| 96 Goes first | STARTS |
| 100 Wrote, as a bad check | KITED |
| 101 Moose's mating season | RUT |
| 102 Universal donor's designation, informally | ONEG |
| 104 Betray one's standards | STOOP |
| 105 Bridge component | BID |
| 106 "We'll see" | IMAY |
| 108 Backdrop | LOCALE |
| 110 Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybe | YOLO |
| 111 Creature that swallows its prey whole | BOA |
| 112 "Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had ..." | CORNEREDTHEMARKET |
| 115 "Wise" one | OWL |
| 116 "Enjoyed" some humble pie | ATECROW |
| 117 Bolting Bolt | USAIN |
| 118 Union contract? | IDO |
| 119 Counterpart of "thx" | PLS |
| 120 Corrupting influence | BADSEED |
| 121 Full ___ | MONTY |
| 122 Over time period? | EON |
| 1 "Leave me alone!" | BUGOFF |
| 2 Heaven on earth | UTOPIA |
| 3 Pick up on | DETECT |
| 4 State lines? | ACT |
| 5 Hammer wielder of myth | THOR |
| 6 The missus | WIFEY |
| 7 ___ Butts, inventor of Scrabble | ALFRED |
| 8 CVS competitor | RITEAID |
| 9 Thunderstruck | AWED |
| 10 Slump | SAG |
| 11 Big name in jeans | STRAUSS |
| 12 Quintessential | ICONIC |
| 13 Turn (off) | SHUT |
| 14 Spam holders | TINS |
| 15 Health class subj. | STD |
| 16 Sloan or Wharton | BUSINESSSCHOOL |
| 17 Opposite of relief, in printmaking | INTAGLIO |
| 18 ___ wonder | BOY |
| 24 Traditional makers of anoraks | INUIT |
| 25 Like kale vis-Ã -vis lettuce | HARDIER |
| 30 Call of a raven | CAW |
| 32 Break, as a window | SMASHIN |
| 34 Aid in getting a leg up? | OTTOMAN |
| 35 Knot again! | RETIE |
| 36 Pizazz | ELAN |
| 38 Bow (to) | ACCEDE |
| 40 Desert bordering Sinai | NEGEV |
| 41 Regarding | ASFOR |
| 42 Harry Potter's mother | LILY |
| 44 Hubbub | TODO |
| 48 Disney theme park | EPCOT |
| 49 Yankees manager Aaron | BOONE |
| 50 Absolute minimum required | BAREESSENTIALS |
| 52 Listlessness | TORPOR |
| 55 Soul | PERSON |
| 57 Portmanteau pastry | CRONUT |
| 58 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a command | USEME |
| 59 "Allegory of the cave" philosopher | PLATO |
| 60 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a command | LOVEME |
| 64 Centerfold, say | PINUP |
| 65 Bits of troubleshooting | TESTS |
| 68 Football receiver | WIDEOUT |
| 70 Yiddish word meaning "woe" | TSURIS |
| 71 Eradicates starting from the bottom | UPROOTS |
| 73 Follow closely | HEWTO |
| 74 Zac of "Baywatch" | EFRON |
| 76 Share a side | ABUT |
| 78 Identity theft, for one | FRAUD |
| 79 Snow day project | FORT |
| 80 The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for one | REDWOOD |
| 81 Bit of carefree fun | LARK |
| 82 Trendy treat of Brazilian origin | ACAIBOWL |
| 88 Swiss cheese | GRUYERE |
| 89 Man cave, maybe | SANCTUM |
| 91 Bacchanalian beast | SATYR |
| 93 Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project | OED |
| 94 Swiss "cheese" | FRANCS |
| 95 "Whatcha gonna do about it?" | YEAHSO |
| 97 Cub or colt | ROOKIE |
| 98 "Holy ___!" | TOLEDO |
| 99 Perfect in every way | SPOTON |
| 103 Extract | GLEAN |
| 106 Tiniest bit | IOTA |
| 107 Talking horse of '60s TV | MRED |
| 108 Apt rhyme of "nude" and "crude" | LEWD |
| 109 Send off | EMIT |
| 111 Catchy song, in slang | BOP |
| 112 Thing to catch in a city | CAB |
| 113 Tobiko or masago | ROE |
| 114 ___ second | ANY |