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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- “NUMBER ONE FAN” By VICTOR BAROCAS /Edited by Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Jennifer Saunders Britcom 6 Supporting structure 11 When tripled, “and so on” 15 Scandinavi­an language 19 PowerPoint unit

20 Greek goddesses of the

seasons

21 K.C. Royal, e.g.

22 Snapchat co-founder Spiegel 23 Neighbor of Montenegro 25 Gaiety

27 Fleeced female

28 Put up

29 Goalkeeper’s success 30 Mournful melody 31 Fleece-seeking vessel 34 Knew unfavorabl­e things about 37 Cabinetmak­er’s cylinder 41 Obama : Bo :: FDR : __ 42 Pre-riot state

43 Put the blame on 45 Bamm-Bamm’s mom 47 Like Chichén Itzá pyramids 48 Harp constellat­ion 49 Brought in

51 “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock gp.

54 Comparison phrase

56 In the “Other” column 60 Knuckler’s lack

63 T or F, maybe 65 Astronomer Hale 66 Japanese comics 67 Solving a problem boldly 73 Favorite’s surprise 74 Learning method 75 Knee-injury initials 76 Uncle __

77 Tony Gwynn, notably 82 Sailor’s saint

84 U.N. worker protection gp. 85 Normand of silents

86 Part of Q.E.D.

88 Port near Sapporo 92 Holy, to Henriette 94 Ill-advised

96 “A Fish Called Wanda” actor 99 Important pipe

101 German state named for a

river, with “the”

102 Complaint about monotony 106 Audible alert

107 Greek marketplac­e

108 Plot measure

109 “Swell!”

112 Caraway-flavored bread 115 Exam for intellectu­al

property lawyers

117 Narcissist­ic trait exhibited perfectly by this puzzle’s eight other longest answers 120 Medical suffix

121 Actress Fanning

122 Eatery freebies

123 Command to attack

124 Japanese PCs

125 Useless, battery-wise 126 Beginning

127 Imitation

DOWN

1 1975 Wimbledon champ 2 Botched

3 “Ask me anything” 4 Carpentry tool

5 Wax maker

6 “__: Ragnarok”: 2017 superhero film 7 Meander

8 Robert of “Vega$” 9 Resident of America’s highest capital

10 Coral __

11 Piano brand

12 Advil alternativ­e 13 Reduction of legal constraint­s, briefly

14 Part of ETA: Abbr. 15 With a touch of sweetness 16 Opposed

17 Tropical fruits

18 What manslaught­er lacks 24 Composer Telemann 26 Words of denial 29 Mo.’s largest airport 32 Did some home maintenanc­e 33 Narrow valleys

35 Pops

36 Surpass

37 Mil. award

38 Plant also called a New Zealand yam

39 Wuyi Mountains tea

40 It breaks in the morning 44 Play about Capote 45 Actress Vaccaro

46 Mind reader? 49 Anaheim baseball cap feature

50 Name dropped by TASS in 2014

51 Paperless periodical 52 Subpar car

53 “Waiting for Lefty” playwright

55 Earth tone

57 Not free-range

58 Fled on foot

59 Item gifted with a fountain pen

60 “Pardon me, Giulia” 61 Post-larval

62 “__ problem”

64 Dance floor flasher 68 “Lord, is __?”: Matthew 69 What optimists don’t give up 70 List-ending abbr. 71 Summer brew

72 Every one of

78 Roast host 79 Needlefish 80 Controllin­g

81 RN workplaces 83 “S.W.A.T.” star Shemar 87 Crunch targets

89 Not for free

90 Toon canine

91 Grand Forks sch.

92 One looking ahead

93 City near Lake Nasser 94 Hamm of soccer 95 Neighbor of Cameroon 96 “Cat’s in the Cradle” singer Harry

97 Papal representa­tive 98 Designed to light a fire? 99 Damaged

100 Iron __

103 Triangular building feature 104 City including the former

site of a Seminole War fort 105 Glowing signs

110 Entr’__

111 Evaluate

113 Flemish river

114 One of 11 for Julia LouisDreyf­us 116 Texas senator Cruz 117 Moody rock genre 118 PreCheck org. 119 Swindle, in slang

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