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ACROSS

1 Chimp relatives 7 Free spot, for short 10 Mouth pieces 14 Pac-12 team 18 Asian plumlike fruit 19 Rihanna’s 2016 ____

World Tour 21 Puma alternative 22 QB Tony 23 Reversals of reversals

in sentences? 25 Ribald 26 Making the honor roll,

e.g. 27 Org. involved in an

annual open house 28 Directional suffix 29 Shell containers 31 Railroad name starting

in 1832 32 Golf ball’s path 33 Result of waves hitting

rocks 35 “Don’t worry about me!” 37 With 73-Across, a symbol of Massachusetts 38 Laundry unit 40 Small egg 41 Donates shelter to

some beavers? 44 Bedding in a horse’s

stall 46 Name that’s Hebrew for

“my God” 47 Relative of “POW!” 48 Crop-damaging rodent 49 “Don’t give up!” 51 New pony 53 One following the

dotted lines? 57 Soup, black bread and,

for the wealthy, meat? 62 Neutrogena dandruff

shampoo 66 John or James 67 “What nerve!” 68 ____ Raton, Fla. 69 Gear for a hike 70 Part of E = mc2 73 See 37-Across 74 Not quite leaders of the

pack 75 Social Security fig. 76 Based on theoretical

deduction 78 Like concrete that’s

shaped in advance 80 Road-sign silhouette 81 Kings and queens bringing their steeds to a halt? 84 Nelson who wrote “The Man With the Golden Arm” 86 James who wrote “A

Death in the Family” 87 Freddy once hailed as

“the next Pelé” 88 Husband to Emilia in

“Othello” 90 Golfer Ernie 92 Tiny bit 94 Popeye creator

E. C. ____ 98 “Excuse me, but my partner’s and my kids go first!” 102 “____, Escher, Bach”

(Pulitzer-winning book) 104 Tackle-box item 105 When repeated, “All

right, that’s enough!” 106 Up (for), paradoxically 107 Better than normal 110 Gchat notes, e.g. 111 Medical professional on

TV 113 Part of a classic diner

sign 115 “Listen up, Luis!” 116 WSJ competitor 117 Fantasy game role 118 Icelandic saga 119 Feast consisting entirely

of Hawaiian foodstuffs? 122 Flight destination? 123 “Enough!” 124 Word with pink or cow 125 Illinois college town 126 James of R&B 127 Ring ____ 128 Sot’s woe

DOWN

1 Cronies 2 Plant disease whose two words differ by only one letter 3 Amphibious auto 4 Essence of an idea 5 Powerful winds 6 Lead-in to phonic 7 Greek god depicted on the cover of “The Wind in the Willows” 8 Onetime rap moniker 9 Clothe 10 Tomb raider ____ Croft 11 “The Terrible” czar 12 When repeated, plea to

a stage magician 13 Powers to decide 14 Goad 15 “Ugh, that hits close to

home!” 16 “Shoot over your

response” 17 Very serious 20 Part of las Filipinas 24 Scoundrel 30 Popular rapper with a

feline-sounding name 34 Bacteria-battling drug 36 Intoxicating Polynesian

drink 39 Cloud’s purpose 42 Hurt 43 No. 1 Presley hit 45 Court orders 47 “Ugh!” 50 Big fashion inits. 52 Follows, as advice 54 One might represent a

representative 55 Sleazeball 56 ____ culpa 57 Frothing at the mouth 58 Lyric poem 59 Who has ever won a debate over the internet? 60 Start of the Marines’

motto 61 Honoring grandly 63 Did so-so at school 64 Digital currency 65 Hangs in there 71 Singer India.____ 72 One of 56 in 1776 74 Some Mardi Gras wear 76 S. Amer. land 77 Inlets 79 Genetic material 82 “Oh, boohoo!” 83 Gettysburg general 85 Head of an estate 88 “Hmm ... it’s escaping

me” 89 “If all else fails ...” 91 Exam for future attys. 93 Warehouse 95 Native of Conakry 96 Little raider 97 Athlete’s time

off 98 Single shot awarded for being fouled while scoring, in basketball lingo 99 Straight 100 Had because of 101 Start of a Spanish

count 102 Clear one’s head? 103 Confines due

to injury 108 Qualifying words 109 Facsimile, for short 112 It follows epsilon 114 Fuzzes 120 Photo ____ 121 Stat for Lou Gehrig or

Manny Ramirez