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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) BY RANDOLPH ROSS / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ Randolph Ross, of New York City, is a retired high school principal and math teacher. He is one of the longest-running active crossword contributors to The Times, having had well over 100 puzzles published during the past 30 years. He writes: “Staying in my apartment so much these days has increased my crossword solving and constructing. I feel fortunate I have an avocation that keeps my brain engaged.’’ — W.S. 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 eiπ + 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 49-Down 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