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Across 1 Not piquant 5 Sajak or Benatar 8 Ledger entries, abbr. 12 Letters on a Michelin 15 Amino and nitric 19 Highway sign 22 French street 25 Supply-anddemand subj. 26 Inadvisable action 27 Biblical verb 28 Shacks 30 Take out 31 Just O.K. 32 Ice cream measure 33 Intro to physics? 34 CPR pros 35 Stud player's play 36 ___ facto 37 Like some online videos 38 Plug 39 Diamond stats 40 Unfashionable 41 Altar spot, perhaps 42 Filly's mother 43 Whiny music genre 44 Bother incessantly 45 Radius neighbour 46 Like Cheerios 47 Nova Scotia community that is a National Historic site 51 Island part of Nova Scotia 55 Part of this territory became Nova Scotia 57 Island in Nova Scotia known for shipwrecks 59 Listen up expression 60 Hollow thud 62 Quebecois water 63 Girls grp. 65 Tax agency down south 66 High school exam 67 Stingy person 69 Showy lily 71 Business degree 72 Loomed fabric 76 A long way 77 "Me neither" 78 Formal pronoun in England? 81 French philosopher 83 Troy lady 84 Scale notes 85 J.F.K. follower 88 "___ Ordinary Man" ("My Fair Lady" song) 89 Subject of some engineering 90 Common verb ending 92 Gunks 93 Roman goddess of peace 94 70s weight-loss diet 97 Longest 100 Relative 103 Illegal ticket sale 106 Narrowly avoided collisions 107 Original manufactured item 108 Gator or lemon? 110 " Are you a man ___ mouse?" 111 ''The Xfiles'' sighting 112 Places for plugs 113 Former Fords 114 A Father of Confederation and PEI premier 120 "Anne of Green Gables" writer 125 Author of "Johnny Belinda" set in PEI, Elmer ____ 127 Some spuds 128 Author Sir Walter 129 Russia's grassy plains 130 Injections 132 Grinder 138 "American Gigolo" actor 139 "___ extra cost!" 140 Afternoon service 141 Unified 142 America's largest retailer 143 Inner parts of a shoe 147 Website symbol 150 Committee's presiding officers 154 A ___ manner; foppish 155 "Bleak House" heroine 156 "Vive ___!" 158 Continuity problem 161 Wild times 162 Coffee container 163 Nit-picking person 168 Incarcerated 171 ___-Man (arcade game) 172 Yours, to Shakespeare 174 Companion of taxes 179 Ordered without commitment to buy 180 Sellout 181 Country that ended soon after its wall came down 184 Mozart's "L'___ del Cairo" 185 Religious officials 186 Trite 187 Southeast China peninsula 189 Biting insect 190 They're used to stress 192 Long, skinny freighter 194 _____ high (elated) 195 Sale indicator 198 Double curve 199 Respond to a joke 201 Admiral's org. 202 Chinese restaurant offering 208 Try 210 Golfer, Ernie 211 Indian sauces 216 Near the beginning 217 Joke 218 Changes the alarm 223 Arabian bigwig 227 Teetotaler's amount 228 Insignia 229 Animal shelters 231 Triathlon attire 232 Actress Amy of "Julie & Julia" 233 Like a Ninja Turtle? 235 Ontario city on the shores of Kempenfelt Bay 238 Ontario city on Lake Superior 241 Ontario's "Garden City" 243 Gymnastics great Korbut 247 Couples 248 Hung. neighbour 249 Suffix with duct 250 Stocking part 251 Sounds of hesitation 252 Marriage or baby birth, for example 255 "You'll never ___!" 257 Religious book 260 Individually 267 Trunk item 268 Go (of a car) 269 "The Bridge on the River ___" 271 ___ hurry 272 Count (on) 273 US insurance company for military personnel and their families 274 Clancy missions 275 "2001" computer 276 Sparrow or crossbill 278 Scold 281 Draws off gas 284 Pack (down) 285 Actor Brynner 286 Molluscs' protections 289 Part of some E-mail addresses 290 Nancy Drew sidekick 291 ___ and go! 293 Kind of school 294 Tan enhancer 295 Raiding grp. down south 296 Negative joiner 297 Feign 299 Children's ___, in a restaurant 300 B.C. city on the Columbia River 302 B.C. city in the Selkirk Mountains 306 B.C. city in the Fraser Valley region 310 B.C. city in the Okanagan Valley 315 Machine parts 316 Book after Proverbs: Abbr. 318 Roundish 320 Windsor's prov. 321 Tres y tres 323 Quilting and spelling 324 Small French coin 326 Plenty 327 Nabisco favorite 328 View from the Bay of Naples 329 Word after dog or salad 331 Wasn't hurt 332 Washroom 333 Mayberry man 334 "___ go!" 335 Neighbor of Swed. 336 Had a meal at home 337 Puppy sounds 338 Decorative case 339 Sight from Taormina 340 "A Fine Romance" composer 341 Back, once you go to 342 Listerine rival 343 Not more 344 Like Gen. Colin Powell 345 One of the friends on "Friends" 346 ___ good deed 347 Former Cub slugger Down 1 Kind of pad 2 Freeze over 3 Numbers game 4 Life basic 5 Cheerleader's gear 6 Not sitting well? 7 Put __: sail 8 First person in the Bible 9 Home of Monte Carlo 10 Feature of some sandals 11 Soak in hot water 12 ___ Beta Kappa 13 Ship's merchandise manager 14 Words from a familiar voice at the door 15 Melody 16 Magna ___ 17 R&B singer Hayes 18 River feature 19 Stew 20 A ___ aardvark 21 Sprite, etc. 22 Vulgar 23 Come together 24 Web site featuring crafts 26 Closer in time 29 Mrs. Claus's laundry problem 30 Still 31 Jet 32 Investigator 48 Doing yard work 49 Best-known 50 Org. for Annika Sorenstam 52 Trees 53 Cake with a kick 54 Female monster 56 Singer Celine 58 1999 U.S. Open champ 61 Internet laughter letters 64 Ooh and ___ 67 Apple 68 Rug source 69 Unit of loudness 70 Baby blues 72 Not sis 73 Uses resources 74 Show appreciation 75 _____ Luthor 76 Spread 77 Squat 78 French cathedral 79 Most judicious 80 Tolkien's Treebeard, for one 82 Gob 84 Persian language 85 Worst place in the standings 86 Lost some plasma 87 Actress Alba, to friends 89 Certain clarified butters 91 Subj. with circles and such 94 Scorches 95 Mystery writer John Dickson __ 96 High-speed Internet inits. 98 Like some pizza orders 99 Bird weapon 101 "To your health!" 102 French toast word 104 Some nods 105 It's south of Eur. 106 Put in order 109 Alternate route 114 Supermodel Hadid 115 Paradise 116 Rows 117 Stat start 118 Pres. Davis led it in the US Civil War 119 Good mo. for candy companies 121 Twinings product 122 Location device 123 The U.A.E. belongs to it 124 Bad, with crystal 125 "Really!" 126 Former Iranian ruler 131 Main web page 133 Antiquated 134 Parisian friend 135 Move aimlessly about 136 "But Not for Me" lyricist Gershwin 137 Biblical suffix 142 Remuneration 144 Pigeonhole 145 Cabinet dept. 146 Crushed 148 Profit for short 149 Citrus drink 151 Horrifies 152 Of a Middle Eastern country 153 Conserve resources by reusing them 154 Of the moon 156 Camera brand 157 Singer James 158 Composer Mahler 159 Graphic display 160 Dowel 162 Book after Jonah 163 Watch chain 164 Spanish "a" 165 One form of ID, down south 166 Spring 167 Lake Volta's country 169 Ray in the sea 170 "Agnus __" (mass movement) 173 "Wayne's World 2" actor James 174 Grows light 175 Dwindle 176 Blood type letters 177 Hispanic aunt 178 US presidential inits. 182 Hwy. sign abbr. 183 Degrees 185 Civil rights activist Parks 187 Big name in faucets 188 Elaborately adorned 191 "My gal" of song 193 Yo ho ho and a bottle of ___ 196 Border 197 Law and Order Criminal Intent character 200 Comfortable with 202 "Holy cow!" 203 April sign 204 H___al remedies 205 Pipe fitting 206 Educator Bill 207 ___ of the Unknowns 208 Narcissistic person 209 No longer working: abbr. 212 ___-aging cream 213 Spot 214 Writer Rice 215 Puts in place 219 Skipper's dir. 220 Where Lux. is 221 Knee to the ankle bone 222 Filibuster 224 Ceremonial staffs 225 Introduction, in a way 226 Q followers 229 Witchy woman 230 Firm 231 Weak one 232 Off the mark 233 Get a wife 234 Major or Minor Bear 236 Tylenol alternative 237 Sorry soul 239 Clamour 240 Himalayan mystery 242 Makes sound 243 Very 244 Finland native 245 Transcript nos. 246 Tax mo. 253 Violinist Menuhin 254 And elsewhere 255 Weaponry 256 First U.S. space station 257 Confidant 258 Not very talkative person 259 Naval rank: Abbr. 261 Deity with a bow and arrow 262 Animal enclosures 263 "For shame!" 264 Biblical brother 265 Tiffany product 266 Canine cry 268 Hoop 270 Montgomery of jazz 276 Pitch 277 "If only ___ listened ..." 279 Busy activities 280 Territory 282 "Sesame Street" broadcaster 283 Dickens' character 285 Bakers' stock 286 Musical performance 287 Stay unseen 288 Opener 291 "Memoirs of a ___" 292 Letter abbr. 293 Marquand sleuth 297 On the double 298 Loathsome 299 Italian tourist attraction, in brief 300 Old German coin 301 Hotelier Helmsley 303 L.A.'S region 304 Like some leaves 305 Slangy denials 307 Soul mate 308 Broadcasting 309 Willow 311 Flowed partner 312 "Keen!" 313 Prefix meaning ''bone'' 314 Rouge alternatives, in roulette 315 Iceberg offshoot 317 Marsh critter, abbr. 319 Writer Murdoch 322 Runners 325 School for a future ens. 330 Stratosphere streaker, for short 333 Approves