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1 What an urgent message may be in 8 Person in handcuffs, for short 12 The Fonz, for one 19 Dish site, maybe 20 Leaf 21 Stuffed, in Mexican cuisine 22 Flip-flop 24 Puts on 25 Times for many Tours tours 26 Holds up 27 Juniors 29 Mentalist Geller 30 ____ Tamid (synagogue lamp) 31 Question asked at the cash register 35 Match 37 Drink with mint or lemon 39 Ed of “Up” 40 See 46-Across 42 Persistent 44 It may require a password 46 With 40-Across, visitor on high-school career day 47 Spot for a shopping list 51 Collect 53 Some email attachments 56 Travis who sang “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” 59 Occasion to learn a secret handshake 63 Opposite of fast 64 Man of morals 66 Blackening 67 Tangle of hair 68 Spot for vaccinations, for short? 69 Chest organs 71 Q neighbors 72 Knock unconscious 74 Q neighbor 75 Apartment-ad abbr. 76 Playful 78 Q preceder, in song 79 Passing note? 80 Fib 83 Romance writers’ awards 84 ____ buco 86 “Amazing Grace” verse ender 87 Bush campaigns? 89 Ho-hum response 91 Pet cause, in brief 94 French city known for its porcelain 98 Laugh uproariously 101 Powerhouse in women’s b-ball 105 “… or I quit!,” e.g. 106 Trophies for Tiger Woods and LeBron James 107 Way to get to know a father in law? 110 Home of the N.C.A.A.’s Cyclones 111 King of Portugal 112 Regarding 113 Actor Bremner of “Black Hawk Down” 114 One side of the Bosporus strait 115 Lead-up to mating 118 Stay cool … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 123 It might land you in a trap 124 Singer with an eponymous 1956 #1 album 125 Persona non grata 126 Melodic passages 127 Fossey who was “in the mist” 128 Ones who say, “We’ll be right back”
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1 What gets As in chemistry? 2 Hardly electronic wizardry 3 One who’s outstanding? 4 Ozone destroyers, for short 5 Phys-ed dept. 6 Carbonated drink 7 Reproduction unit 8 Cause of Romeo’s death 9 “Xanadu” group, for short 10 ____ Tin Tin 11 Group surrounding a star 12 Curling-stone stone 13 Makes the calls 14 Keebler baker 15 Carbonated drink 16 Landlord’s request 17 Something with two sides? 18 More promising 20 Activity-tracking devices 23 Carbonated drink 28 Newswoman Soledad 31 End of geologic time? 32 “The Evil Dead” director 33 “<<” button: Abbr. 34 Wash’n ____ (towelette brand) 35 Flight-board abbr. 36 Oscar-winning Hanks role 38 Beat it 41 What a star may denote 43 Doesn’t accept, say 45 Throat problem 48 Hummus holders 49 Cause of inflation? 50 Lawyer who defended Leopold and Loeb 52 Relating to heraldry 54 Tissue surrounding a muscle 55 What’s at risk 56 Something hard to get off your chest? 57 Places to get clean 58 Climber in a children’s rhyme 60 N.Y.U.’s ____ School of the Arts 61 Senses 62 Terminal info, for short 65 It’s a stitch 70 Striking down 72 Baby whale 73 Arrow on a screen 76 Private transportation? 77 Shepherd’s place 81 Anne Rice antihero 82 “It was you,” à la Verdi 85 Like Cheerios 88 Paintball cry 90 “I wish I ____ [sic] homeward bound”: Paul Simon 92 Signal 93 Horizontal: Abbr. 95 Kimono-clad hostesses 96 Like Monday crosswords 97 English royal family 98 Hats for artistes 99 Early online forum 100 Overturns 102 The first to go on a strike, usually 103 Dummies 104 Duma dissent 108 Took a hit 109 Hoity-toity sort 112 Patron god of ancient Thebes 114 Record label for Cream and Sonny & Cher 116 Federal management org. 117 Tuna type 119 Giant Manning 120 Señora Perón 121 Statehouse resident, informally 122 Archaic verb ending