"Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!" Crossword Clue

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"Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

PROTECTION (noun)
1. payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
2. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

More NYT Crossword (8/31/2025) Answers

Across

1. Maximum extent, in an idiom

5. "Suitable, I guess"

11. Small storage unit

15. "___ News Central" (daily program)

18. Sea adventure novel by Herman Melville

19. Rump

20. Sounds of amazement

21. Spoils

22. "Don't flick that cigarette over here!"

24. "Incredible! This mosquito net didn't let in even one bug!"

26. Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphorically

27. Non-free-range farm fixture

29. Container weight

30. Pick up at school

31. Actor Pascal

32. Kiss

34. Celestial sphere

35. Went from 0 to 60, say

37. Nipsey Russell's role in 1978's "The Wiz"

40. ___ America (And So Can You!) (Stephen Colbert best seller)

42. Device for cutting bangs?

45. More in need of a sticky roller

47. Zealous

48. Guide for writing a perfect letter

49. Adorn

50. Some skin-care products

52. "Dear Lord! His Majesty's beard is out of control!"

55. Comics cry of dismay

58. ___ code

59. Tiny and scurrying, perhaps

71. Green gemstone

72. Brand of bubbly, informally

73. ___ de vie

74. "Might you give me a bigger boat?"

82. Composure under pressure

85. Firmly planted

86. Sizable wine orders

90. Zest

91. Hero's partner in myth

93. Real ladies' man

94. Bit of work

95. It's always getting into hot water

96. Theatrical constructions

97. Unburden

98. Computer shortcuts

100. Muse of love poetry

103. "You can't win ___"

105. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner

106. "Is that a certainty?"

109. Unruly, as a beard

111. Secret agent first introduced in 1953

113. Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues

115. Langston Hughes Poem

116. Aston Martin, e.g.

117. Charm

118. Member of a watery quintet

119. Adriatique, e.g.

120. School attended by both 111-Across and his creator

121. Debate-ending reply

122. Figs. most people have memorized

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Down

1. Win for an away team

2. "That doesn't bother me anymore"

3. Winsome

4. It's human, in a saying

5. Big events on Wall St.

6. Full of tension

7. Abbr. on a paper tray

8. Whiled away the hours

9. Gave medicine

10. Different

11. Poke ___

12. Start of a pirate chant

13. "There I am in the photo"

14. Winter hours in Conn.

15. Exhibiting some force

16. Part of a personal air filtration system

17. Degree in math?

21. ["Ha ha 2 funny!!!!]

23. Thirst

25. Lots and lots

28. Certain URL ending

31. A pop

33. Favorite drink of 111-Across

35. What wine or citrus adds to a sauce

36. Hairstyle helpers

38. Allergic reaction

39. Company originally named Blue Ribbon Sports

41. E.R. V.I.P.s

43. High school subj

44. Base figure, for short

45. Bank security feature

46. Perfect match

47. It's right on a square

49. Port on the Adriatic

51. Airing

53. Shout of triumph

54. ___-El (Superman's birth name)

55. Relative of an adder

56. "Evita" role for Antonio Banderas

57. ___ royale (cocktail)

60. Indignation

61. New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzles

62. End of an academic address

64. Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur"

65. Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea

66. Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across

67. Stitching on a Cardinal's cap

68. Mid-Atlantic state capital

69. A good one might generate good karma

70. J.F.K. prediction

75. Far from bright

76. University in New Rochelle, N.Y.

77. Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equality

78. Improvise à la Ella Fitzgerald

79. Avocado variety

80. Portfolio holding, for short

81. Give a bad review

82. Imitate

83. Spread throughout

84. Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmets

87. Those who hunt and gather

88. Feature of many a gloating movie villain

89. "Alas, it is true"

92. Grounder to second, often

93. Corp. bigwig

95. ___ leches cake

96. Beau

99. Late jazz singer ___ Laine

101. Sly schemes

102. Paris's Dôme de Paris, e.g.

103. Sea eagle

104. Zebra features that mirror their body stripes

107. "You're ___ something!"

108. Japanese noodle

109. Many a get-rich-quick offer

110. Heart

111. Beam on a bottle

112. Modern pet name

114. Platform for Super Mario Bros., for short

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