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1 Because of 8 “Pet” with green

“fur” 12 Illegal thing

to grab in football 20 Handkerchief, in

British slang 21 Disney+ alternative 22 Turkey

piece? 23 Sign at a chemical plant: “This facility is ____ - ____” (with 114-Across) 25 Lists

of grievances 26 It ends in Nov. 27 “When pigs fly!” 28 Recess retort 30 Moody who wrote “Coming of Age in Mississippi” 31 Question to an English teacher: “Why did Poe write his poem ‘____’?” Answer: “____?” (with 98-Across) 36 Ingredients in mulled

wine 39 “Everything’s

ready on my end” 40 Idiosyncrasy 41 Rodriguez who starred in “Jane the Virgin” 42 Scheming

sergeant of old TV 45 We can tell the boss’s assistant is a ____ because he always ____ (with 87-Across) 50 My weight increases when traveling because ____ during ____ (with 84-Across) 54 Scrabble threepointers 55 Indescribable

religious ideal 56 Status for a library

book 57 Ice pads? 60 Nick’s cousin 61 Dandy, on Downing

Street 62 Advantage 63 List makers 64 Someone who is ____ years old now will be ____ in six years (with 68-Across) 68 See 64-Across 71 Small-truck maker 72 Agrees (with) 74 Way to go 75 To boot 76 Some cymbals 78 Unlikely candidates

for loans 82 What might be broken by doing a flip? 83 Cover some

ground 84 See 50-Across 87 See 45-Across 91 Light

measurement 92 Scores 93 Prefix with

puncture 94 Creator of the

identity ei + 1 = 0 96 “Dallas” family 98 See 31-Across 105 Music played on a

sitar 106 Ollie’s foil, in old

films 107 ____ Marbles (classical Greek sculptures) 108 Opposite of nord 111 Dictatorial

leadership 114 See 23-Across 118 Hit (with) 119 One of Zoe’s best friends on “Sesame Street” 120 Thistlelike plants 121 Some trolleys 122 Words said in

passing 123 “But wait, there’s

more!” e.g.

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1 Like some music

collections 2 Courts 3 “____ it true ...?” 4 The puck stops

here 5 Oddly, it’s not the biggest size at Starbucks 6 Broncobusters,

e.g. 7 Pointed arch 8 Winning quality 9 QB’s cry 10 Suffix with percent 11 Open-book

examinations? 12 Untruth 13 Bit of negativity? 14 Attendee of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway 15 In-flight info, for

short 16 Jackie Robinson, in his only year in the Negro Leagues 17 Dress with a flare 18 City south of

Florence 19 Casey with a

countdown 24 Read Across America

org. 29 “____ So Unusual,” debut album by Cyndi Lauper 31 Opposite of après 32 Collaboratively

written page 33 Popular video-making software 34 Things proposed by the Greek philosopher Democritus 35 Business slumps 36 Sci-fi film f/x 37 Mythomaniac 38 “You can count

____” 42 National park with

Lake Louise 43 Sit out on a frozen

lake, say 44 Old Ford 46 Board hire 47 Troubled 48 One tending to 49Down 49 See 48-Down 51 “Get ____ here!” 52 Home to Paris 53 Breakfast fare from

Kellogg’s 58 Valentine-candy

word 59 Work 60 Absolutely, slangily 62 Best Buy buy 63 Dispatched 64 Kind of acid found in

asparagus 65 Get-go 66 Howard Hughes

property, once 67 Routing word 69 “The Gates of Hell”

sculptor 70 Gambling game 71 “Toodles!” 73 Big Sur home to the human-potential movement 76 Blah 77 Promising words 78 Kapow! 79 Part of an

escalator 80 Hot spot for a pot 81 Reason for a bad air day? 83 Org. with a pet

cause? 85 Product of

coagulation 86 Some toy dolls

of the 1980s 88 Like the Devil 89 Puts in order 90 Arizona county or its

seat 95 Laura of “Love

Actually” 96 Put in a good word? 97 Dressed like for

Halloween 98 Spot to sample

perfume 99 Poker Flat chronicler 100 Lead-in to phobia 101 Key 102 Second takes 103 Major street through

Yale’s campus 104 Anxiety 108 Snick and ____ 109 Sch. with the most N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championships (11) 110 Piece of dorm-room

furniture 112 Elvis’s longtime label 113 Europe’s secondlargest country in area, after Russia: Abbr. 115 Encouraging word 116 Doc bloc 117 Reptile seen in

hieroglyphics