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Across 1 Computer port 4 Nasty Nile reptile 7 Make a move 10 Grafton's "___ for Fugitive" 13 Impact sound 18 Nine-digit ID, down south 21 Mormons, abbr. 24 Final Four grp. 26 Salad veggie 27 Corrida snorter 28 Bullets

30 Having a key, musically 31 Courts

33 Little swab

34 Flip a coin 35 Sonata, e.g. 36 Storage rental 37 ''The Mikado'' wraps 38 In a state of readiness 39 Resounding noise 40 Taj Mahal city 41 Word with facto or jure 42 Billionth: Prefix 43 Civil War side 44 Biblical verb ending 45 Grammy winner Labelle 46 Biol. branch 47 Milk source 48 Viking explorer who established a settlement in the area now called Newfoundland 51 He famously landed at Saint John Harbour in 1604 54 Colony that became Canada 56 Listener 57 "Phooey!"

60 One of two sibling NFL quarterbacks 61 ___ Baba

62 Part of a price 63 Tires need this 64 Chicken

68 Bondi Beach wear 70 Soup crackers

73 The hunted

75 Well deposited 79 Augury

80 High roller 81 Doesn't touch

83 Fit of chills 86 Emirates, for short 87 Starting __

__ the bottom 88 Prayer pronoun 89 Alien flier

92 Gas station abbr. 93 Pop-ups

94 Rebel against Rome 96 Clay block 98 Bulletin board overseers 101 Electronic tax deposit system acronym 104 Bastille equipment 105 Company that bought Time Warner 106 Expressing disapproval

107 "___ life!" 109 Hawaiian hawks 110 George Washington's dream 111 Distillery items 112 One of the Colonial wars fought over New France in the 17th century 118 Newfoundland's ____ Banks 120 Voltaire notoriously called Canada, "A few _____ "125 Harry and William 126 English racing town 127 "___ kleine Nachtmusik"

128 Old way of saying no 129 TV alien from Melmac

130 Sign of trouble 136 Couple

137 Marvel Comics heroes 138 Attacks, in a way 139 Behind every successful career 140 High ground 141 Mandarin orange type 145 Ruined 147 Michael of the "Police Academy" series 150 Brunch order 151 Dogfaces

152 Set beneath 157 Adversary 158 Amplify light 159 Driving force 163 Pulpy residues from grapes 164 Snuggle and kiss 166 They're caught on beaches

167 End of the week day 169 Home to Mount Konahuanui

173 Don Mclean song 175 Culinary herb 177 Dangerously unpredictable sort 181 Chow ___ 182 Immigrant's class, abbr. 183 Rouse

186 ___ Anthony 188 Proclamation

190 Hall of fame? 191 "Tickle me" doll 194 Pause

195 Identical in all directions 197 French for 'king' 198 Canada's status, as established in 1867 as a result of Confederation 202 Canadian PM who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize

204 First name of the founder of the Parti Quebecois 205 The Sponsorship ___ of 2004

210 Wall Street workers 211 Uncommon 212 Rat-pack member 216 "___ Land"

Oscar winner 220 Great Lake

221 "You missed it" 222 Spanish bear 223 "Center" lead-in

225 Be the dad for a new horse

226 Shish ___ 227 Ceremonial procession 229 Dance floor illuminator 233 Not for minors

235 Oil alternative 237 Urban haze

241 Mrs. sheep 242 Aishwarya of Bollywood 243 Deface

244 Hall of Fame outfielder Roush 245 Scandinavian airlines abbr. 246 Scrabble game piece 250 Macho 252 Instrumental compositions 254 Utmost 260 Veterans

261 Ysidro or Antonio 262 Tolkien creature 265 Wide shoe width 266 Surroundings 267 Oxen's harness 268 1979 Field role 269 Entertainer Sonny 270 Some neighbourhoods 275 The Joker, Catwoman, Mister Freeze 279 Canadian rebel Louis 280 Lassitude 282 Absorbed 283 Beauty lovers 285 Mimieux of "The Time Machine" 286 Bawls out 288 Handheld device 290 Cribbage piece 291 Good works ad 292 James Clavell best seller "___-Pan" 293 Paving stone 294 Introduction, in a way 295 Canada's first P.M. 299 Canadian heroine in the War of 1812 304 Canada's ____, attacks by Canadian troops in WW I 311 Soup vegetable 312 University success 313 Test

314 ___ favor (please, in Spanish) 315 Copter forerunner 318 Baseball's Hershiser 319 Fencing equipment 320 Mob-rule 321 Sedgwick in Warhol films 322 Barrel part 323 Admits, with "up" 325 State of mind 326 Baseball swing 327 "I Love Rock 'n Roll" singer Joan 328 Raison d' ___ 329 Lighting conductors 330 Mountaineer's challenge in Switzerland 331 Dates 332 Uninvited picnic guests 333 Empty promises 334 Number for one 335 Freelancer's enc. 336 Consonantal trio 337 Evening gown 338 A whiskey 339 "Forget it!" 340 Masthead listings, for short 341 Former Mach 2 flier Down 1 Only when 2 Sweep 3 Choristers 4 Babysitter 5 Black-and-white beast 6 Mexican moolah 7 Super-duper 8 Cheat sheet, with notes 9 Small fry

10 ___ Schwarz 11 "You fool!" 12 Cowboy Emmitt 13 Plugs 14 Renaissance woman? 15 Novelist Brookner 16 Saguaro plants 17 Alberta's Premier Ralph 18 Demon barber, Todd 19 World Cup sport 20 Not at all 21 Wearer of three stars, abbr. 22 English physicist 23 Run

25 From 26 Newspaper man, Black

27 Get embarrassed 29 Government safety org. own south 32 Musical syllables 33 Doha native

49 One engaged in, suffix 50 Garden with a snake 51 ''Plaines'' leader 52 Airline to Israel 53 Art of riding horses 55 Meet, as expectations 58 Sports drink suffix, perhaps 59 ____ knot (in maths) 62 16th alphabet letter 64 Hairdresser specialty

65 Bus starter 66 Become tiresome 67 Poker payment 68 Design detail 69 Look-see 71 Besmirch

72 "___ got an idea" 73 Miniature sci-fi vehicles 74 Candy striper's coworkers, abbr. 76 Saint ___, Caribbean nation 77 Poke fun at 78 Replies 80 Accomplice 82 Oversight 83 Pertaining to bees 84 "My ___ Sal" 85 Website symbol 88 Half of six 90 Verne hero 91 Theatrical productions 94 Figure (out) 95 Off-road goer, for short

97 Cry like a baby 98 Partner of Paula and Randy 99 Recently, abbr. 100 ___master, fitness equipment 102 Paycheck deduction, down south 103 Canadian Conservative 104 Burst of laughter 106 Deal with 108 Tennis star Kournikova 112 Barbara's "A Star Is Born" co-star 113 Teensy bit

114 Da's opposite 115 Schools of whales 116 Careless 117 System 119 Alphabetic trio 120 Responders

121 With sorrow

122 Skillet lubricant 123 President with a Nobel Prize 124 Merchandise

131 Chip's partner 132 Words of praise 133 Cambridge univ.

134 NY time 135 Formerly

138 Costa del __ 139 Ideology suffixes

140 End for "Anna" or "Indiana"

142 Bad looking fruit? 143 Var.

144 On the waves

145 Wall Street watchdog, for short

146 People people

148 One ___ million 149 Napoleonic marshal 152 They stand behind catchers 153 Clinch

154 Dr. with Grammys 155 Traveling

156 Cry from Homer Simpson 159 "I think, therefore

__ __" Descartes 160 Madame, for short 161 Canadian province 162 Mantel piece 165 YMCA feature 167 Centers of attention 168 Officer Training group 169 Formula ___ racing 170 Cape ___

171 ___ polloi

172 A, in Acapulco 174 Some Dodges 176 Printemps month

177 Bit of insolence 178 Listeners

179 Gator's cousin

180 India setting

183 Put out 184 Trademarks, abbr.

185 "If you ask me," in texts 187 Equate

188 Coastal flier 189 Fawn's mama

191 Lord of the Rings singer 192 Rolls

193 Cantata

194 "Deck the Halls," for one 196 Kind of party 198 ''Can't Help Lovin' __ Man'' 199 Beatle wife 200 Cultural Revolution leader 201 Unwell 202 Investigator

203 At __: military command 206 He fiddled while Rome burnt 207 Pull 208 Lieutenant 209 Malicious look 213 Government security agency, abbr. down south 214 Boosts 215 Ceasefire 216 Hails 217 Opening run 218 Internet laughter 219 ''Honest'' president 223 Big Apple archbishop

224 TV doc 226 "Trick" joint 227 "The Devil Wears __" (fashion movie) 228 Recess at church 230 Back in fashion 231 Has creditors

232 Of a Middle Eastern country 234 "Can't argue there" 236 Campfire residue 237 Warehouse 238 "The Last Supper" locale 239 Ancient 240 Acquire 247 Biological drive 248 Rock music style 249 Decimal basis 250 Sail holder 251 Gossips at shul 253 France's patron saint 254 Conde ___ 255 Many branched plant 256 Greek sandwich 257 Badger 258 Barely managed, with "out" 259 Sushi fish 261 Back-toschool mo. 263 Max.

264 Goes with a suit 270 Type of jazz composition 271 Corrupts 272 Trying individuals 273 One at the bar 274 Private jet 276 Adam's partner 277 Practices 278 Dying words from Caesar 281 Modernize 282 Most colorful sunset 284 Cookie Monster's original name 286 Refines, as ore 287 Immoral character 289 Belligerence 290 Cloth patterns 294 Papas and Castle 295 Conventions 296 Japanese dog 297 One hundred lacs 298 Lot of love, US spelling 299 Emitted radiation 300 Out of bed 301 Application of language 302 Group of poems 303 Show fear 305 Chivalrous 306 Irish priest 307 "____ Vu," Denzel Washington movie 308 Copyists 309 Abominable snowmen 310 Went after 315 F.B.I. operative 316 One of the Hebrides 317 "Portnoy's Complaint" author 324 Compass point