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Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, is a professional crossword constructor and writer of trivia questions. He’s a regular contributor to National Academic Quiz Tournaments, which supplies questions for quiz-bowl tournaments at the middle-school, high-schoo
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1 Stuffs with bacon, say 6 Convention handouts 10 Second of the 10 biblical plagues 15 Mission-driven org. 19 Underway 20 Congress person 21 Ancient neighbor of Lydia 22 Intl. group founded in 1960 with five members 23 “We can’t hear you in the back, Johannes!”? 26 Winter leaf covering 27 “Oops, my bad!” 28 Fixtures at most airport lounges nowadays 29 Boston ____ (Sam Adams offering) 30 Place to fill up in Canada 31 Not just -er 32 Canal trouble 35 Triage sites, briefly 36 Brown in a Food Network kitchen 37 Not leave alone 38 Put on a production of a classic Sondheim musical? 41 Subjects of “birds and bees” talks 44 Knowledgeable about 45 Pirate’s chant 46 Scottish cap 47 What composers do when they add the finishing touches? 50 Lets out 52 Put away, as a sword 53 “What’s the ____?” 54 Place to park at the bar 55 Police, informally 56 Comedian Andre with a self-named Adult Swim show 59 Russian assembly 61 Super-duper 65 Western Hemisphere grp. 66 What workers at the sticker factory do? 70 ____ Royal Highness 71 Words before “Remember” and “Forget” in song titles 73 Shooter of arrows 74 Code part 75 Brown in the kitchen 76 Scarfs (down) 79 Do some pogoing 81 French France 83 Jackson nicknamed the “Queen of Gospel” 86 Shorten words like “forecastle” and “boatswain”? 89 Equal 90 Stretching muscle 92 Certain yearling 93 What a private detective might photograph 94 Ignore what you have in reserve while taking inventory? 97 Morn’s counterpart 98 Assignment that might have a page limit 99 #MeToo ____ 100 Underground places with bats 102 Anti-bullying spot, for short 105 Toiling away 106 Computing pioneer Lovelace 107 Side dish with kalua pig 108 Betrays a sibling, say 110 Statistician’s worry 111 Encouragement at an N.B.A. mixer? 115 Irish novelist O’Brien 116 Pull 117 Lake near London 118 Country ruled only by kings named Tupou since 1845 119 Obstacle to overcome 120 Loses sleep (over) 121 Hinge (on) 122 Made a choice
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1 Mental slip-up 2 Hairstyles for Pam Grier and Angela Davis 3 Take a break from flying, say 4 Martial-arts center 5 Audiophile’s purchase 6 Nymph pursuer 7 Drag wear 8 Soccer phenom Freddy 9 Be nominated 10 Some scuba gear 11 Overcharge ridiculously 12 In the world 13 Samoa salesperson 14 Worth heeding 15 Utterly useless 16 Nonbeliever, now 17 Not always available 18 NASCAR and FIFA, e.g. 24 Ibex’s perch 25 Brinks 33 Google Play buys 34 Big snapper, informally 35 Book of Mormon book 36 Ready for romance 37 Trim, in a way 39 Spectacle 40 “I totally forgot!” 41 End result 42 Take up again, as a case 43 Like foods said to be good for hangovers and bad for skin complexion 44 In ____ (not yet delivered) 48 Singer who was in 2018’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” 49 Has as a mount 51 Right-angled joint 54 “Quién ____?” (Spanish “Who knows?”) 57 Fateful day in 44 B.C. 58 No purebred 60 Cosmo, e.g. 62 What’s the big idea? 63 Dimensions 64 Something you don’t want to be under 66 Noodle, for example 67 Colleague 68 Put on the books 69 Giving up time 72 Carrier until 2001 75 Rudder’s place 77 Place 78 Dispersed, as a search party 80 Retro Chrysler 82 Corroborates 83 Did some gambling 84 Former Haitian leader JeanBertrand 85 Defenders in the Battle of Trenton 86 ____ Nostra 87 Film director Nicolas 88 Tangent introducer 91 Funny 95 Watched a kitty 96 Target of an air freshener 97 Series finale abbr. 101 Baseball’s Chase 102 Confederate in an audience 103 Ridged fabric 104 Syrian strongman 106 Doesn’t just sit 107 Writers might click them 109 Sporty roof feature 112 Solemn statement 113 Poetic “before” 114 Feel bad