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ACROSS
1 After the fact, as a
justification 8 Co-star of “The
Golden Girls” 17 Knock over, so to
speak
20 Quaker fare
21 Go poof
22 Drop the ball 23 ILLUS__RA__ORS 25 What a third wheel
might see, in brief 26 Setting for most of
“Life of Pi”
27 Tests the weight of 28 One of the Greats? 30 Oscars of the
sporting world 33 Good sign for an angel
34 Intl. org. headquartered in Geneva
37 Some bad
sentences 39 ACC__L__RATOR 44 Grapple, in dialect 47 Exercise too much,
say
48 A as in Arles 49 LUXUR__
__ACHT
54 “____ Agnus Dei”
(Mass phrase) 55 Peak in Turkey mentioned in both the
“Iliad” and the “Aeneid” 56 Runner Sebastian who once held the world record for the mile
57 What you might get
from a trailer 59 Sport played at British boarding schools
60 Post production? 64 ____ mater, membrane surrounding the brain
65 Popular 90-min.
show 66 ENDANGER__EN__ 70 Man’s name that coincidentally is Latin for “honey” 73 Word with small or
fish 74 Weak 75 What may result in
a handshake
76 Help to one’s
destination
82 The Blue Jays, on
scoreboards 83 Comeback to a authority challenge of 84 Bitter
85 CONFIG__ __ATION 90 Actor Somerhalder
91 Most in the style of comedian Steven Wright OF 92 93 Unfocused POI__T
__IEW 100 Go all out
101 French fashion inits. 102 “Kinda sorta”
103 Pan-cook, in a way 107 Supermodel
Bündchen 109 Pepé ____ (cartoon 111 112 113 skunk) Drop Admit __OTIC__ off (to) 120 121 Hit Have the guests weed?
over
122 Guest, e.g. 123 Place full
of guests
124 Start of a seasonal
request
125 Some kitchen utensils DOWN 1 Entourage
2 Hall’s partner in
pop
3 Part of a thong 4 “OK, you can stop the story right there” 5 Old-fashioned
“cool”
6 One might speak
under it
7 Co-star of Kline in
“A Fish Called Wanda” 8 9 Start compilation heading Times of for a some 10 vigils Letters on many towers 11 Busy mo. for C.P.A.s 12 Go bad 13 Three-sport event, for short 14 A chest often has a large one 15 States 16 Recharge 17 Photocopy, e.g. 18 It’s the law! 19 Item said to have been burned in protest, once 24 Musical prefix with beat 29 Memphis-toNashville dir. 31 Emphatic assent 32 Lively dance genre 34 Hone 35 Contract details 36 Beehive State city 38 40 41 Aerodynamic Bishop’s Antagonist jurisdiction 42 Hotel-room staples 43 Top-notch 44 Booties 45 Playwright Chekhov 46 Garbage 50 Drink similar to a slushie 51 About of on Waialeale rain Kauai’s 460 per inches Mt. year,
52 HBO Julia Louis-Dreyfus satire starring
53 ____ bar
54 Org. that takes the
lead on lead? 58 Baby fox
60 How a flirt may act 61 Football stat: Abbr. 62 NaOH
63 Radio broadcaster:
Abbr. 66 Legislation that was part of F.D.R.’s New
Deal
67 Ethnic group of Rwanda and Burundi 69 68 Coin Two, with for four 12 stars 70 “Zoom-Zoom” sloganeer 71 Hollywood composer Bernstein with 14 Oscar nominations 72 Guarded 73 75 feat) Like parking ____ pets Slam meters and (tennis 76 Julius name Caesar’s first 77 Words hopelessness of 78 a Mature way naturally, in 79 ____ Writers’ Workshop 80 Electronic Hasbro toy 81 One side of the coin 83 Arias, typically 86 Scottish folk dance 87 Alternative explanation for a lucky guess, in brief 88 Ear: Prefix 89 Letters on some badges 94 “Stillmatic” rapper 95 Seen 96 Kind of skate 97 Brown shade 98 Kids’ observation game 99 Hit musical with an “Emerald City Sequence” 104 Yoke 105 106 HP Narrowly product beats (out) 108 Singer James 109 Drink for un bébé 110 A full moon will do this 112 Life force, in China 114 ____ Majesty 115 Hosp. areas 116 The Jazz, on scoreboards 117 Brown shade 118 Things for happy campers? 119 Picky person’s pick?