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1 Twinkler 5 Block from the White House 9 Sunburn salve 13 Others, in Oaxaca 18 Almond __: candy 19 Like jeggings 20 Fist bumps 21 Talked a blue streak? 22 Ill-kept confidence 24 Seasonal drink 26 Tossed a bone to 27 Playground retort 28 Up-to-the-minute 29 “I never __ purple cow ... ”: Burgess 30 New Mexico county bordering El Paso 32 Dance partner 34 Mr. or Mrs. 36 Hard-to-imagine period 37 It’s charged 38 Winds up or winds down 42 *English surgeon Henry 45 Talks like Daffy 47 Mo. town 48 Like a paddling surfer 49 With 113-Across, “Funeral in Berlin” author 50 Waikiki wingding 51 Sounded nostalgic about 55 Tiger, e.g. 56 Churchill, notably 58 Curaçao cocktail 60 American Red Cross founder Barton 62 Prankster’s missile 64 “Popeye” pirate 66 Racing Unsers 68 Zen garden piece 69 Match made in heaven 71 Kept from squeaking 73 Lifesaver, initially 74 Potted dwarf 75 *Noted WWII lifesaver 77 Sticks figure 79 Drive-thru burger chain whose name has two hyphens 81 Make a home 82 Squat 84 Summary 86 It has Air, Mini and Pro versions 88 Part of a circ. 89 Fervently wishes 91 Stooge with a bowl haircut 92 Center of Florida? 94 Govt. guidelines 95 Name on the 1984 album “My Kind of Country” 96 Cologne cooler 97 NYC commuter letters 98 Thunder sound 100 Pains 103 Courier and Roman 105 King with a pipe 108 Very destructive 111 Nursery cry 113 See 49-Across 115 1990 #1 rap hit 117 Specialized slicing tools 119 Chugged, say 120 Links seen at pga.com 121 Doctoral candidate’s hurdles 122 Furry sci-fi creature 123 Huffy states 124 Duma vote 125 Lose intensity 126 Prevent
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1 Letters connected to theater capacity 2 Collectible baseball card brand 3 Boston-to-D.C. rail service 4 Took off 5 *Second-longest reigning British monarch 6 Blue heron kin 7 Peter Benchley thriller 8 Giants great Mel 9 *First of all? 10 Slip 11 Facing 12 Bilingual subj. 13 Award declined by George C. Scott 14 Company with a blue bird logo 15 Used Lyft, say 16 Mining haul 17 Barcelona-born muralist 19 Leaves for a Chinese dinner 23 Line crosser 25 SpaceX CEO Musk 27 Chicago’s __ Center 31 Carlo __: wine brand 33 Money immediately available 35 Book jacket entry 39 Consequence of the telemarketing boom 40 It’s in our genes 41 Disappeared from view 42 Looks really happy 43 Upgrade, as on Yelp 44 Vet student’s workplace 46 Send for 47 Type of massage 48 Student advocacy gp. 50 Folk tales 52 Ownership claim ... and a hint to the relationship of each answer to a starred clue to a word it intersects 53 Earth goddess 54 Subj. with unknowns 57 Approaching the hour 59 Coarsely insulting, as language 61 Vice squad incursions 63 Classic for which Pavarotti won a Grammy 65 Frenzied 67 Did some farm work 70 Legal scholar Guinier 71 Lacking width and depth 72 Worst of the worst 74 Drink, in Dover 76 Hot 78 Foreman stat 80 Have a loan from 82 “Fresh Air” airer 83 Country on St. George’s Channel 85 *Memorable 1968 role for Mia 87 Treat on a stick 90 “Really, Captain Obvious?” 93 *First human woman, in Greek myth 94 Scheduled 96 Perry’s creator 97 CalArts degree 99 Eight, to Mozart 101 Street fare seekers 102 Luxurious fur 104 Bonnie or Clyde 106 Lerner collaborator 107 Company with an ironically crooked logo 108 Shadow targets 109 Beige shade 110 Marsh duck 112 Computer game title island 114 Gloomy fellow 116 Ballerina’s hairdo 117 Tool for Cupid 118 Hawk’s domain