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NETWORKING: With intersecti­ng explanatio­ns

- BY S.N. | EDITED BY STANLEY NEWMAN (stanxwords.com)

Across

1 Belittle 6 Keyboardin­g

mistake

10 Pear variety 14 NCAA women’s

hoops powerhouse 19 Seuss

environmen­talist 20 Boxcar rider 21 Dublin’s land 22 Salk’s conquest 23 Artist’s implement 25 Red semiprecio­us

stones

27 Not as humid 28 Lower joint 30 Carry

31 HS gym course 34 Lowers oneself 35 Lake, in Le Mans 36 Sautéing acronym 37 Bad-weather

adjective 39 Glowingly

beautiful

43 Lipton competitor 45 __ culpa

46 Cherry seed 47 Sketch something 48 Sofa section 49 Eroded

52 Sir __ McKellen 53 Brief quarrel 54 Bright Crayola

color 56 Overplayed a role 59 “Help needed”

signal

60 Network “across”

33 Down

61 ATM inputs 64 Web programmin­g

language 65 Network “across”

40 Down 67 School near

Windsor Castle 68 What real estate is

worth

71 Real estate

measure 74 Leisurely run 76 Princess’ voice in

Shrek

77 Court VIPs

78 Fiery heaps 79 “What __, a mind

reader?” 81 Footwear preserver 84 Toward the rising

sun

86 LuPone or LaBelle 88 Had been

89 Makes lovable 92 Coat of a cat

93 Poet Khayyám 94 Gibson or Brooks 95 Saucepan topper 96 Holder for hot

sauce

98 Grilled sandwiches 100 Atlanta suburb 104 Spanish compass

point

105 Poker prize

106 Least experience­d 107 Statistics specialist 109 Emerson’s author

friend

112 Pass into law

113 French wine valley 114 Wild duck

116 Hem and haw 121 Barbecue residue 122 Sore feeling

123 NASA spacewalks 124 Type of tooth 125 Speak out against 126 As compared to 127 Pond film

128 Astound

Down

1 Yodeler’s perch 2 Sort of snake

3 NL West team 4 Little League locale 5 Crowd scene actor 6 Remove grain from

husks

7 Part of FYI 8 Network “across”

23 Across

9 Show awe

10 Tennis great Boris 11 By mouth 12 Horses’ fathers 13 Network “across”

25 Across 14 Electronic transfer 15 Agree exactly 16 Norwegian kingly

name

17 High Court count 18 Meddlesome 24 What some port

authoritie­s are 26 Showy display 29 Maiden name

preceder 31 Atonement 32 Highest peak

33 At home anywhere 34 Had no doubt about 38 Thurman of

filmdom

39 Citrus cover 40 Pretentiou­sly

creative

41 Alliance acronym 42 Couples

44 Be entitled to 46 Jambalaya cousin 50 Author Buchanan 51 Game with five

dice

52 “Grr!”

53 Intel gatherer

55 “Billionth” prefix 57 Network “across”

68 Across 58 Deploy

62 Trying time 63 Satirical sketches 66 Novelist Kellerman 68 Verbal shrug

69 Mr. Potato Head

part

70 Egg-grading agcy. 72 Tough manager’s

only interest

73 Springstee­n’s __

Band

75 Frat letter 78 Mexican money 79 Each, informally 80 One of the Three

Bears

82 Hasn’t paid 83 Military volunteers 85 13th-century

pope

87 Stumble on

90 Food plan

91 Summer hours in St. Pete

94 Some baseball

gloves

97 Cellphone industry 99 Document certifier 100 La __ (region of

Spain)

101 Get up

102 Camcorder button 103 Religion of China 106 Attain

108 Sweet smell

109 Completed with

ease

110 Flimsy, as excuses 111 Network “across”

114 Across

113 Hawaiian banquet 115 Cave dweller 117 Network “across”

116 Across

118 Menu phrase 119 Bugs Bunny’s

whirling foe 120 Before, in odes

 ?? Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2024 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved. ?? 2/25
Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.” © 2024 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved. 2/25

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