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1 Fancy water pitcher 7 Cranks (out) 13 Iranian president
Rouhani 19 National park near
Bar Harbor 20 Shoulder-supported
launcher 22 Go against 23 Put in another light 24 What do you get when you cross 26-Across with a 5-Down? 26 A group of them may be called a memory 28 Bestow 29 Not down so much? 30 Item that can be
blown or thrown 31 Coastalenvironment simulator at an aquarium 34 Onesie protector 36 Some Instagramfeed posts 37 Pool unit 38 Tokyo-to-Iwo Jima
dir. 39 Iraqi currency 41 Symbols of
watchfulness 46 Krispy ____ 49 Musical tone below
A 53 Rock climber’s tool 54 Neighbors of Saudis 56 “Cheese” products? 57 What do you get when you cross 63-Across with a 45-Down? 61 Jungian feminine
side 62 Not natural, say 63 Coop group 64 Dazed and confused 66 Went (against) 68 Caper 69 London theater
district 72 Flatbread often garnished with rosemary 77 Creatures that can have two sets of jaws and teeth 81 Kind of squash 82 What do you get when you cross 77-Across with a 40-Down? 85 Begin dozing 87 Dandelion lookalike 88 Congregate to rest 89 Fill with love 90 ____ Malfoy, Harry
Potter antagonist 91 Logs on to, say 94 Criticizes harshly 96 Tirana’s country:
Abbr. 98 Cabinet inits. since
1980 99 Abe Lincoln’s
youngest son 102 ____ de los
Muertos 103 Napoleonic symbol 106 “If all ____ fails ...
“110 Confess 112 Got to work 114 “____ in the Garden” (Robert Frost poem) 116 What do you get when you cross 114-Across with a 93-Down? 120 ____ 101, world’s tallest building before the Burj Khalifa 121 Sporty Chevy 122 Picked (up) 123 Shaping wood using
a curved blade 124 Get short with 125 Coldly determined 126 Direct
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1 Wasn’t indifferent 2 D.C.-to-Boston
transport 3 Nonvenomous, fastmoving snake 4 Get accustomed (to) 5 School group 6 Erode 7 “CSI” broadcaster 8 Spots on ships for
anchor cables 9 Weapon used by
the Terminator 10 CD-____ 11 Aurelius, for Lucius
Aurelius Commodus 12 Burrowing lizard 13 Spicy appetizer 14 When National Beer Day is celebrated: Abbr. 15 Tater 16 Gandhi of contemporary Indian politics 17 Queried 18 They might take a
few swallows 21 Along with 25 Geographical locale whose name means “waterless place” 27 Back of the neck 32 “For shame!” 33 Make bubbly 35 Rice variety 37 Lex Luthor’s sister 39 Classroom
assignment 40 What’s known for
its poker face? 41 Take in the
newspaper 42 ____ Stix 43 Suffix
with launder 44 Department stores
since 1901 45 Ika, at a sushi bar 47 Ireland, poetically 48 Some lapel
attachments 50 First letter of the
Arabic alphabet 51 Do, ____, fa ... 52 Exam for collegebound H.S. students 55 “Mad Men”
channel 58 Pest-control brand founded by Lee Ratner (!) in the 1950s 59 ____ Island 60 Sega mascot 65 Home to Natural Bridges National Monument 67 1,000% 68 Ghana’s capital 69 Lessen in power 70 Business class, for
short 71 Pop 72 “Never ____!” 73 Prefix with -gon 74 M.R.I. alternative 75 Cactus bump 76 Org. with a
classified budget 78 Many stars have big
ones 79 ____-majesté 80 Concordes et al. 83 Some HDTVs 84 Father of the Amazons, in Greek myth 86 “Sorry,
Charlie” 92 “Moonstruck”
Oscar winner 93 Smallest of the big
cats 95 Home to the Hana
Highway 97 Touchingly? 99 Soothing
powders 100 Flighty? 101 Strongly held
beliefs 103 Weather-forecast
figures 104 Inception 105 Hen 106 “My Fair Lady”
protagonist 107 Fatty acid, e.g. 108 “____ evil” 109 Endorse online 111 Striking sound 113 Big name in
vitamins 115 Lessen
in power 117 Singing syllable 118 16th letter 119 Palindromic
preposition