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ACROSS

1 Sadistic feline character in a Scott Adams strip 8 Out 14 Concern for a P.R.

team 20 Trembling 21 Land, as a fish 22 The Red Baron, for

one 23 “The operation was

a success!” e.g.? 25 Unimportantsounding dessert 26 Novelist/poet

Cisneros 27 Posthumous award? 28 Cause of death in many a murder mystery 29 Lampoon 31 Kidney-related 33 Montana, in the

1980s 34 “Let’s get going!” 36 People who start arguments out of nowhere? 40 Metal in

galvanization 41 Comes after 42 Embedded design 43 Stud fees? 45 Lighthearted movie 46 Painter Velázquez 48 Network that once advertised its primetime block as “Must See TV” 51 Bygone car company that bore its founder’s initials 52 City with views of the Mediterranean and Mount Carmel 54 Officers who woke up on the wrong side of the cot? 57 No longer plagued

by 58 The “R” of the Bay

Area’s BART 59 Material for some

suits 60 One who’s

unfaithful? 63 They’re written in

chess notation 64 Loose and flowing,

as a dress 66 Unit of stamps 67 Felt bad 68 What’s the holdup? 69 Soirees where people are dressed in their finest board shorts? 72 “Holy guacamole!” 73 Response to a breach of movietheater etiquette 76 Airport monitor, for

short 77 Supports 78 Island whose name rhymes with 72-Across 79 Chef’s topper 81 ____ kebab 83 Tailors’

measurements 85 Be awesome 86 Got 101 percent on

an exam, say? 91 “Don’t touch that

____!” 92 Really bothered 93 Stuntwoman Kitty known as “the fastest woman in the world” 94 One of a pair on the

table 96 Hotheaded ones? 98 Site of a noted

oracle 101 How a tandem

bicycle is built 104 “Well, all right then” 105 Why someone

might practice deep breathing every five minutes? 107 ____ Mae 108 Multiparagraph blog

comment, maybe 109 Nit pick? 110 Celsius with a namesake temperature scale 111 Knit pick? 112 Intrigued by

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1 Mama ____ 2 Shade similar to

turquoise 3 Makes aware of 4 March Madness

tourney, with “the” 5 Flip inside out 6 Put a bluffer in a

tough spot 7 Give a whirl 8 Son of 62-Down 9 Muppet who sings “I Refuse to Sing Along” 10 Humorist David 11 One-percenters and

the like 12 ____ Creed 13 Demolition material 14 Like some granola

bars 15 Amazon predator 16 Dublin alma mater

of Oscar Wilde 17 “Don’t worry, that only looked painful!” 18 Early accepter of

mobile payments? 19 Haughty looks 24 Doesn’t go straight 28 Requiring a lot of

attention, say 30 Go on a rampage 32 Off the beaten path 34 Industry magnate 35 “Hands off!” 37 Adidas competitor 38 A.O.C., e.g. 39 Grab (onto) 44 Any member of the Twelver branch of Islam 46 Hornswoggled 47 Author Murdoch played onscreen by Kate Winslet and Judi Dench 48 Faux pas 49 Begin to develop 50 Quartet that performed at Woodstock, for short 53 Revenue sources for

podcasts 54 Squirrels away 55 “Good to go!” 56 Stand up at the altar 57 Biodiverse habitat 58 Gets going, so to

speak 60 Abbr. that begins some entry-level job titles 61 Start of a conclusion 62 Goddess who cursed Echo to just repeat the words of others 63 Ingredient that turns a Black Russian into a White Russian 64 Entrance 65 Roman triumvirate? 67 German city where Charlemagne was buried 68 Do a favor for a vacationing friend, maybe 70 Four for a grand

slam, briefly 71 They often end on a

low note 72 Many a Dickensian

child 73 Water heater? 74 Polynesian

performance 75 Last-eaten part of a

loaf, often 78 Women’s History

Month: Abbr. 80 “Supplies are

limited!” 81 Paste used for home

repairs 82 Frequent result of wearing a bike helmet 83 Getting three square meals a day 84 Office worker 86 Appetizer often served with mint chutney 87 Pioneer Day

celebrant 88 Like urban legends,

again and again 89 Figure out 90 Only state capital that shares no letters with the name of its state 95 Animal whose genus name, Phascolarctos, means “pouch bear” 97 What contacts

contact

99 Zest 100 Cache 102 Direction for one who’s been in Benin to go to Togo 103 Popular name for a

black-and-white pet 105 W-2 ID 106 “How ____!”