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WEEKEND CROSSWORD

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“THE IRREVERENT GRAMMARIAN” BY JEFFREY WECHSLER

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Repetitive geometric patterns Collinswor­th with many Sports Emmys Showed openly Ricky Martin’s birthplace

Use a hammock Other side Confident opinion piece? Approach evening Eligibilit­y factors Most in need of water Where Brazil took Olympic soccer gold Concert finale? Pitcher’s problem Ammonia and water? Get more precipitou­s Regret

Track event

Draw back Aveeno competitor Mark of shame

Hot tub feature Overlap in a photo lab? Writer Deighton Remark that hurts Track winnings Ambulance gp. Org. with no “L” in its name, ironically Brings down Disney film starring Auli’i Cravalho

Cell pic

Author Dinesen Adam? E-commerce icon Officially rebukes Pride group Focus of much TV drama Saint-Tropez summer Title like Bugs Bunny’s

Harbour sights Macbeth and Macduff Handheld amp? Truce that’s barely holding? Olympic contact sport Ad rep’s links Adjust for pitch Souse’s woe Single section Single

White Castle offerings Consecutiv­e jail terms?

101 “I can’t eat all this!” 105 British verb suffix 106 Always, poetically 107 Biblical voyage terminus

109 Bierce’s definition of it starts, “A temporary insanity curable by marriage” 110 112

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32 Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis Buddhist spiritual text Will sections covering family members? 117 Spud

118 Sturdy trees

119 Not giving up

120 Iditarod array

121 Scheme

122 Bar for adults and

children

Felipe’s fire

Point (to) Comes up

Many an Amazon dely. Nome : yours :: Nice : à __

Collages and such Wasn’t true

Not often seen Autumn adjective Page one, generally Part of 77-Down: Abbr. Chest protector Not on deck Carrier with HQ in Tokyo

No longer playing Corrected

Zhou or Qin

Palm gadgets, briefly Neighbour of Taurus Pro __

Mr. Right, presumably Much of Micronesia’s makeup

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Strong desire Sign that may make you nervous Joe-__ weed: herbal remedy Building Supposedly medicinal herb that sounds relevant to chiropract­ors Restricted road part Like some elegant gowns “Whether __ nobler ...”:

“__ been there” Adds muscle mass, with “up” Honor roll stats Family member

subj. Slaughter of old baseball Confined, in a way Badger

Bears witness (to) Personal bearing Hosp. areas Common ID

“Hit the road!” Sugar in much corn syrup

Celt’s land Actress Salazar of

movies Venerable letters in global news 74 77

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94 95 Glass-aloft salutation Smallest Canadian prov.

Place to stay Belief

Con __: tempo marking Many a freshman Sporty VW Designer Gernreich Gavel wielders Extraordin­ary Unlikely banquet setting

Wrong

Legal tender substitute

Target of suburban cleanups Respectful gesture

SOLUTION

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