WEEKEND CROSSWORD
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1 Followers of Genghis Khan 8 More ill-tempered 16 Big deli cut 20 Level of authority 21 Called again 22 Like many hoops stars 23 Stadium levels reinforced with metal strips? 25 Falco of the screen 26 “I’m thinking ...” 27 “— and the Real Girl” (2007 film) 28 George Eliot’s “— Marner” 29 NEA part 30 BBQ meat bit 32 Dutch South African who’s testifying? 36 Org. on a toothpaste tube 38 Dot-com’s address 40 Ranchers’ ropes 41 Almost a plaintiff? 47 Salon colorer 48 Low-quality 51 Love affairs 52 “No noise!” 53 Sooner than 55 Cut-rate, in adspeak 57 Out of neutral 58 Pupils with artificially curled hair? 62 Fleur-de- — 63— nitrite (vasodilator) 65 Longoria of TV 66 Examine critically 67 Fencing blades 69 Fruity drink 70 Mixed dogs 71 Continually doing well 74 Boxer Laila 75 Poet Ogden 76 Stars’ place 79 Small expert tennis server sent from heaven? 82 “Pest” in Beverly Cleary books 85 Like the soil around a big tree 86 Boater’s tool 87 Kiss go-with 88 Slate wiper 89 Naval off. 90 Drop anchor 93 Statement when lots of people have gathered somewhere? 96 Petty despot 98 Public radio’s Glass 99 SSNs, say 100 Like supplies for farriers that are sent by boat? 104 Filming area 106 “Us” rivals 110 Book before Nahum 111 Sailor’s mop 113 Like many monks, by vow 116 Toiling hard 117 Having reached a lower limit set by boxer Max? 121 Henchman in “Peter Pan” 122 And 123 Fettuccine — 124 That lady’s 125 Bald 126 Curly-haired dogs
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1 Electric car company 2 One-— (short play) 3 Scarlett’s Butler 4 Overflows 5 German for “everyone” 6 Steals from 7 Curl the lip toward 8 Old PC screen type 9 Spool of film 10 Designed to be appended 11 Drag racer’s fuel 12 Old German ruler 13— de la Cité 14 Always, in poems 15 Aves. 16 Ale mugs 17 Soup spoon 18 Phony name 19 Sanctify 24 Oahu wreath 28 Eyeballed 31 Wheat unit 33 Cabs it, e.g. 34 Direction 35 Ending for Seattle 36 Ambience 37 British statesman Benjamin 39 German coal region 41 Brad, for one 42 Ritzy hotel chain 43 Clothes, informally 44 “— Sera, Sera” 45 Annual awards for athletes 46 “Superman” star Christopher 48 Skeletal 49 1998 bug-themed film 50 Two pills, say 54 Vitamin std. 56 Toon units 59 News outlets 60 Pericles’ T’s 61 Take out of the eye of a needle 64 Liquefy 67 Start for “while” 68 Person of encyclopedic learning 69 Open-eyed 70 “The Simpsons” wife 71 Grimm nasty 72 12:00 p.m. 73 Fusses 74 Styled after 75 Of synapses and the like 76 Just all right 77 Recognized 78 Lawn site 80 Yeshiva topic 81 She sang “Believe” 83 Missile paths 84 Deface 91 Great Plains tribe 92 Surgery ctrs. 94 Having the right job credentials 95 Directory for a web page 96 Outpourings 97 More ritzy 100 Break to bits 101 Request in blackjack 102 More aloof 103 Tom of “The Seven Year Itch” 105 Bar code scanner, for short 106 Popular ’50s Ford 107 Veronica of “Hill Street Blues” 108 Chopin piece 109 Short notes 112 Sheep calls 114 “— & Stitch” (Disney film) 115 News, briefly 117 Spa reaction 118 Gp. flagging bags 119 Prefix with light 120 Snaky shape