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1 Government policy chief 5 Assented

12 Not empirical

19 Not natural-looking 21 Sometimes hard-tofind shirt opening 22 Drunkard 23 Onetime co-host of “The View,” informally 24 Contest once hosted by Bob Barker 25 Makes reference (to) 26 Catastrophic event that can be caused by a gigantic earthquake 28 “Fersher” 29 Folds, as a business 30 Headed for 34 Abbr. on mil. mail 36 French painter of ballerinas 40 Injunction

42 How HerculePoirot likes to address Hastings 43 Money in Malmö 45 Headstone inits. 46 Stag

48 Ones in rocking chairs, stereotypically 50 Smartphone feature 53 Cherry variety 54 Start to many bumper stickers 55 Response to pointing out a resemblance between two people 56 Hollywood labor groups

59 See 71-Down 60 Plant stalk 62 Crank (up) 63 Chipotle choice 65 Nitwit

66 180s

67 2015 hit spinoff of “Despicable Me” 68 How someone in awe might describe himself

70 Pretty cool, in slang 73 One of the Big Four accounting firms 74 Deft touch 75 Place-holder letters 78 Better now 80 Trivia fodder

81 All ____

83 Rough shelter 84 Hannah who coined the phrase “the banality of evil” 86 Largest city in the Baltics 87 Planets like ours, in sci-fi

88 Hue lighter than lime 91 Per ____ (yearly) 92 Vintage-film channel 93 Goody

95 Like St. Augustine, among all U.S. cities 97 College, to a Brit 98 Amérique

101 Immigrants’ class,

for short

102 Only words on the front of the Great Seal of the United States 104 Really fresh

106 Its hub at J.F.K. was designed by Eero Saarinen

108 Hubbub

110 Artistic, chatty sorts,

it’s said

113 Draft

117 Testify

119 “I got the check” 120 Ancient, undeciphered writing system

121 Towel fabric

122 Relatives of asters 123 Tony who won a Tony for “Angels in America”

124 “It’s a deal!”

Down

1 E.M.T.’s training 2 Speed along 3 Print ad come-on 4 Sit on the throne 5 International conglomerate whose name means “three stars” 6 Cable-news host Melber 7 Gchats, e.g. 8 Some A.L. players 9 Response to a surprising claim 10 “That’s something ____!” 11 Voyager 12 Medieval Spanish kingdom

13 Sport last played in the Olympics in 1936

14 Was awesome 15 Occupied 16 Funny 17 Riddle-me-____ 18 Qtrly. check recipient, maybe 20 “Stars above!” 27 “____ soon?” 31 Smear

32 Writing in a window? 33 Paranoid sorts, in slang

35 Pushes back 37 “Mamma Mia!” setting

38 In a light manner 39 Outbreaks 40 Anthropomorphic king of Celesteville 41 “Still ____” (Julianne Moore film) 43 Rios, e.g. 44 Decisive assessment 47 Intl. Rescue Committee, e.g. 49 R.&B. singer with the hits “So Sick” and “Mad” 51 Tempe sch. 52 Things in restaurant windows 57 Sac-fly result 58 Outlay that cannot be recovered 59 Some corsage wearers

61 Grand Lodge group 64 Ready … or red, maybe

65 “Let’s keep this between us” 67 Wasn’t kidding about

68 Stunt at the end of a powerful performance 69 Informal assent 70 Go back on one’s word? 71 With 59-Across, some works of Tennessee Williams 72 Big ____ (the drug industry)

74 Biter 75 Moment of liftoff 76 Dangerous toy 77 “Same here” 79 Legal vowelless Scrabble play 80 Herculean act

82 Bit of art pottery 85 Preface to a heart-to-heart conversation 89 End of a George Washington address?

90 Safer alternative to paintball

91 If you’re lucky 94 Candy brand owned by Hershey 96 Word before and after “no” 99 Salt-N-Pepa and Ben Folds Five 100 Branch of Islam 102 Rakes in

103 Not taken seriously? 105 Tiniest change 107 Popular gaming console that sounds like two pronouns 109 It’s a long story 110 “Keep movin’!” 111 Info for a chauffeur,

perhaps

112 Yahoo alternative 114 “Yuck!”

115 Grp. of connected

computers

116 1/100 of a

43-Across

118 Manhattan part … or a suburb near Manhattan