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1 Cranky baby's need 4 "Inspector Gadget" antagonist 10 Eschew 15 Starbuck's order giver 19 Brown ____ 20 Best seller subtitled "The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English" 21 Pomme de ____ (French for "potato") 22 Part (of) 23 Part of U.C.S.F. 24 Cryptid of the 91-Across 27 Cordial relations 29 Gave two big thumbs down 30 Pluck 31 Cryptid of the 115-Across 36 Kids' TV character who speaks in a falsetto 37 Adler in Sherlock Holmes stories 38 Freshly painted 39 Talk like one smitten 41 Singer Del Rey 43 Cabinet selection? 45 When crepuscular animals are active 48 Cryptid of 105-Across 50 Jersey and others 52 Asian territory in Risk 54 Traitor 55 Surgically remove 56 Inventor Otis 58 "Am not!" rejoinder 60 Smallish batteries 61 P 62 With 68- and 74-Across, J. K. Rowling's first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle 65 Indulges in to an unhealthful degree, briefly 67 Dispense 68 See 62-Across 69 Of service 71 "____ bleu!" 74 See 62-Across 80 Northeast state sch. 81 Meas. in a T.S.A. carry-on rule 83 Failed the class 84 Perfumery oil 85 Barbie's strawberry blond sister 87 Kingston bro 88 Stagger 90 Real Madrid vis-àvis F.C. Barcelona 91 Creation after the Indian and Eurasian plates collided 93 Total hunk 95 Tape or patch 96 "Happy Birthday" writer, maybe 97 It's not your fault 98 ____ rap (music subgenre) 101 Word before and after "say" 103 Penne ____ vodka 105 It borders Iceland's eastern coast 111 Event not intended to be repeated 113 Bricklayer's tool 114 Weather-controlling "X-Men" character 115 Gaelic's home 120 One with a backstage pass 121 Fast time

122 Sort with a stiff upper lip

123 Capital of Kazakhstan

124 Squeeze (out) 125 "... ____ they say" 126 Cupboard with open shelves at the top 127 What old army buddies might discuss

128 "Far out!"

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1 Like Bob Dylan's voice 2 "Remember the ____!" 3 Medical discovery of 1928 4 ____ Johnson a.k.a. The Rock 5 Burgle

6 Corp. mogul 7 Hobbles

8 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys album 9 Narrow down

10 In a perfect world 11 African grassland

12 Cent : U.S. :: ____ : Sweden 13 Return letters? 14 Blue Book value decreaser 15 Also 16 Housewives and househusbands 17 Voice-activated device since 2014

18 Nota ____ 25 Mother of the Virgin Mary 26 Be beholden to 28 Like a toprated Michelin restaurant 32 Demise 33 Junior in the Football Hall of Fame

34 Real: Ger. 35 Shad delicacy 40 Gumbo ingredient 42 Playwright Chekhov 43 Feudal domain 44 Actress Fisher 46 Ghost 47 Person who's happy to go bust?

48 ____ Ski Valley 49 Repair, as a metal joint

51 Certain product of pyrolysis 53 Classic Chrysler 54 Highway gunk 57 Silent communication, for short

59 The golden rule, e.g. 60 Italian wine town 63 Carries away 64 Nursery-rhyme seat

66 Harm

70 Motor ____

71 It can come in rolls 72 Like chemotherapy drugs 73 Adaptable sorts 75 Big things for megalomaniacs 76 Telephone buttons that lack letters 77 Acts like a helicopter parent to 78 Panache 79 ____-mannered 82 Enthusiasm 86 Massimo who wrote "The Goodbye Kiss" 87 Adding and subtracting 89 Breather

92 Until now 94 Opus ____ 98 Make wealthy 99 Robert who pioneered in electronic music 100 "And if I don't?" 102 Poughkeepsie campus

104 Rearward 106 Value system

107 From Swansea, say

108 Tickle

109 Eleniak of "Baywatch" 110 Psyched 111 Capital on the same parallel as Seward, Alaska 112 Angle 116 Original Beatle Sutcliffe 117 Having many fans ... or needing a fan? 118 "Fuhgeddaboudit!" 119 Bit of forensic data

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