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1 Spider web, e.g. 5 French nobleman 8 School/parent group for student's welfare 11 Family M.D.'S 14 Care
18 U.S.N. noncom 21 Wool hat
24 Hoop type
25 "Last train" singer, Guthrie 26 Check someone's ID 27 Café au ___ 29 Hawaiian island 30 Comparative intro 31 Tax-free bond, briefly 32 Burns up
33 "You Ain't Woman Enough" singer Loretta
34 At no cost, in Germany 35 Rice-like pasta 36 Happen
37 "___ we forget" 38 Met solo 39 Woodwind instrument 40 Backside, slangily 41 Got there 42 Entertainer, Gypsy Rose 43 Little House author, Wilder 44 House in Mexico 45 Lost fish
46 Its borders are shared by Ontario and Michigan 50 Ontario's premier 53 Ontario peninsula 55 Leader of the reformist Patriote movement 57 Mcgregor who played Obiwan Kenobi 58 Plaintiff 60 Ballad's end?
61 It holds the mayo 63 Bubbly name 65 Dumpster
66 Sharp prongs 68 Future atty.'s exam 70 Children's game 71 Leader of the pack 75 Ariz. neighbor 76 Italian resort
77 Pair with aah 78 ''Evil Woman'' grp. 81 Physics branch 83 Optics device
84 ___ favor
85 Land in l'océan 88 "No ___!" 89 Norway's capital 90 Police announcement 92 Attachment for "rail" or "plane" 93 Author Jorge ___ Borges
94 Stuffed 96 Opposite of liquid 99 Ran through 102 Icelandic singer 104 Teasing 106 Emirates, for short 107 Vegas opener 109 Physics particle 110 Cereal piece
111 Pipe problem
112 Ms. Nicole Smith 113 Name for a massive planned chromite minining project in Ontario
117 Duck found in Canadian waters 122 ____ Road, massive feat of engineering in B.C. in the 19th century 125 Winner's cry 127 Area of fertility in a desert 128 Chalkboard correction 129 Mining excavation 131 Talked tediously 136 Ticklish one
137 Act the blowhard 138 Name holder 139 Wisecrack 140 10,000 sq. metres 141 Own
145 Alter, in a way 148 Separate 151 Mammals with flippers 152 Aishwarya of Bollywood 153 Terra ___ 155 Compass direction 158 Lower in status 159 Vitality
160 Sizzler offering 165 Legendary screen dancer
168 It is better fresh 169 Kingdom
171 Love, Italian-style 176 Russian coin 177 Programming language 178 PC action
181 ''The King and I'' star Brynner 182 Genesis locale 183 Beginning stages 184 There is a knife for it 186 Spoon bender 187 Pushes 189 Extinguishes 191 Winning tic-tac-toe row 192 Experience again 195 Terra firma
196 Enjoy a good meal 198 "Where ___?" 199 Quebec's provincial bird 205 Quebec city 207 Canadian creature, the Arctic ___ 208 Bombardier plane model 213 Raises 214 Middle-eastern kingdom 215 Audition
220 Yeats's land
224 Top of the top 225 Restrain
226 In ___ parts 227 Purplish red 228 Sidekick
229 Writer Hemingway 231 Supreme ruler 234 Bugbear
236 Plane follower 238 Mosque V.I.P. 242 Nucleus locale 243 Low-tech missile 244 "Beverly Hills ___" 245 Joined
246 Polit. label
247 No longer changeable 250 Fetch 252 Tableland 255 Self-love
262 Rip into
263 Court doc
264 Falco of
"The Sopranos" 266 Roman abbreviation 267 Garden tool
268 He wrote "Bus Stop" 269 Benchmark, abbr. 270 British special forces, for short 271 Type of girder 273 Danced in a line 276 Biblically yours 278 Fire starter? 279 Chows down 280 Sounds of doubt 281 Many a John Wayne pic
283 Going to happen 284 Hydrocarbon radical 286 Euro fractions 288 Reverse of WSW 289 Sightsee
290 Brain scan, for short 291 Unit in history class 292 Protein filled veggie 294 First American in space, first name 295 Alberta's official flower 298 Mount ___ University 302 Middle name of the princess who gave her name to Alberta 305 Edmonton's hub of office and financial centres, abbr. 310 Health-giving berry? 311 Purplish
313 Adjust, as laces
315 2nd letter addendum 316 QB Flutie
318 Old Milan money 319 H.S. math subject 321 Düsseldorf denial 322 Ages
323 Bay in Maine 324 Tennis great, Arthur 326 Hendrix song, "Bold as ___" 327 Dance, with fox 328 Bygone despot 329 Cow pats
330 Their slogan was "just do it" 331 Economic bloc headquartered in Indonesia 332 Journey by water 333 Raison d' ___ 334 Domestic fowl 335 ___-Jones ("Chicago" star) 336 King Kong, e.g. 337 Compass point 338 Saxaphonist Getz 339 Pixel density 340 Colouring 341 Follower of add, slip or come
342 Up for resale
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1 "Now hear ___!" 2 Countryfied 3 Amazon's talking assistant 4 ___ de deux
5 Test
6 Forearm bone related 7 Former Portuguese money 8 Memorial Day event 9 Earthquake indicator 10 Au revoir
11 Shine, in product names 12 Charades, e.g. 13 Tailor, at times 14 Gruesome 15 Become burdened with 16 Pacific island 17 Nobel-winning physicist Paul
18 Less expensive 19 VW model
20 Beer, e.g.
21 Deep dish
22 Soul
23 Cat-like sound
25 Top dogs
26 Ozone depleter, abbr. 28 ____ the line 29 Internet laughter symbol 30 Tot's need, briefly 31 1960s-70s detective show set in L.A. 47 "Star Wars" teacher 48 Mrs. sheep 49 Government security agency, abbr.- down south 51 Comprehends 52 Accomplishment 54 CPR pros 56 European peninsula 59 People who gave their name to a US state 61 'Twilight' werewolf 62 Temperature controls, briefly 64 Original manufacturer's equipment, abbr. 66 Novice
67 Billy, of Rock and Roll 68 Title "girl" in a Kinks hit
69 Flu season protection 71 Bowling target
72 Jet
73 Actor Estrada
74 It's, old way 75 Street in New York's Chinatown 76 Music collectibles 77 Bone: Prefix
79 Girls of Ireland 80 ___ out
82 The fox in Disney's "The Fox and the Hound" 84 Second of two sections 85 ''Get ___ writing!'' 86 Former capital of Nicaragua 87 Aerospace educator, Devore 89 __ orange: inedible fruit
91 Shower alternative 93 Spot
94 No-no's opposite? 95 Lead-in for "loss" or "glance" 97 Desert feature 98 Actress Donovan of "Clueless" 100 Responded sheepishly
101 Pack animal
103 ___ de vivre 104 Milkshake
105 Fish magnet 108 Properly
113 Tach readings 114 NYSE banner events 115 Watch chain 116 At considerable distance
118 Hang back 119 Superlative add on 120 Campus locale 121 Exhorted 122 Rattlesnake, at times 123 Welcoming 124 Black-andwhite predator 125 Casual reply 126 International lab. org. 129 Prepare to fight 130 Male sheep 132 Giant slugger Mel 133 Freelancer's enc. 134 Before, of yore 135 Moines in Iowa 140 Soccer star Mia 142 Raised
143 Mont. neighbour 144 Pose
146 J.F.K. posting 147 Macho 149 Discontinued 150 Tributes
151 Pop music's
___ Vanilli 153 Minor performance 154 Tex. neighbor 155 Aboriginal 156 Actress Long 157 Sea eagle
159 Safe place
160 Bout stopper, for short
161 Half of a sweet treat 162 "Black" CIA doings 163 Called previously 164 Glorify
166 City on the Po 167 E-mail address ending 170 Looks at
171 Golfer Palmer, informally 172 Kid's cry
173 Left over 174 "Another rainy day" singer from the UK 175 Sci-fi figures
179 7, on a phone
180 In times past 182 Strives
184 Spreads 185 ''Seinfeld'' character 188 Keanu Reeves role 190 PC rival
193 Flight data, briefly 194 Really bother 197 Lumberjack
199 Bench player
200 "This American Life" network 201 Tolkien dwarf 202 Exchanged vows 203 Prestigious university 204 Provo neighbour
205 "Get outta here!" 206 Cheer
209 Rajah's wife 210 NATO member: Abbr. 211 German spa
212 Match part 216 Japanese capital 217 Lennon's Yoko 218 Mohawk River city 219 Gypsy's deck
221 Turn red or yellow, for example
222 Billy Joel's "___ to Extremes"
223 " ___ any drop to drink" 226 Pioneering 1982 sci-fi film
227 Lohan film "___ Girls" 228 Guarantee 229 "Sesame Street" resident 230 X-ray units
232 Some spreads
233 Posh British school 234 "So ___" 235 One-on-one sport 237 Watch noises 238 Followers 239 Rendezvous
240 Just slightly 241 Former space shuttle stop 243 Top-notch 248 Between-meal nibbler 249 Springs 250 Braveheart hillside 251 Physicist Ohm 252 Golden animal for the Chinese 253 Quality of being able to manage and get things done 254 N.F.L. passing stat. 256 Military group 257 Commuter line 258 Burnt or raw 259 ___ the finish 260 Some N.C.O.'S 261 Spanish for month 263 First name in horror 265 CSI evidence 271 Note
272 Winter exclamation 273 Just-ok grade 274 Mark's successor 275 "Agreed!"
277 Yes! 280 Novelist's need 281 Cornpone 282 Beach bird 285 Capt.'s superior 286 Football shoes 287 Sensitivity 288 Seinfeld friend 289 Woes 292 Haughty
293 Body of work 294 Protective garments 295 "A fish called ___" movie 296 Freeze over 297 Commences 299 Killer whales 300 Brewer's ___
301 On the ocean 302 Calculating types 303 Mideast political dynasty name 304 Hung around 306 E'en if 307 Traffic stopper 308 Flower holders 309 Thrill 312 Compass point 314 Many, many years 317 "Holy moly!" 320 Alum
325 The Giants' Manning 328 Lao-___