THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
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1 No-frills 6 Very cloying things 14 “Li’l Abner” drawer 20 Fast Amtrak choice 21 Industry of a merchant marine 22 Not as fatty 23 1987 Steven Spielberg war film 25 Rubble on “The Flintstones” 26 Hangs on to 27 Start to doze 28 Herb that tastes like anise 29 Pixel, e.g. 30 1930s coalition between Italy and Germany 35 Suffix with Method 38 — Major (Great Bear) 40 Called off the relationship 41 Cacklers with clutches 42 Neophyte, in modern slang 44 — Harbor (Guam port) 46 Longtime name in restaurant guides 47 Mooch 48 Racecar track near a Japanese mountain 51 Has begun, as a TV show 53 Suffix with method 54 Ontario tribe 55 Put on one’s big-boy pants 57 Rock’s Reed 60 — Spumante (Italian wine) 62 “— lizards!” 65 Specialists in stone 67 What you do when you read the first words of 23-, 30-, 48-, 85-, 102- and 114-Across? 72 Like gluttons 73 “That so?” 74 Bruins’ sch. 75 I, to Kant 76 Metric “thousand” 78 Lie dormant 80 Rub clean 84 Venue 85 Festive affair 88 Japanese noodles 91 Half of a 45 94 — avis 95 Whirlpool 96 Had a debt 97 Mosque turret 99 Fire: prefix 101 Drivers’ org. 102 Gratifying wry twist 105 Brand of TVs 107 Pago Pago islander 108 Aussie jumper 109 Things worth saving 113 Dearies 114 Composer of the musical “Rent” 118 “Encore” rapper 119 Invitation for radio call-ins 120 Mafioso Frank 121 Longtime Nissan 122 It helps pay for roads and schools 123 Lie dormant
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1 Boxer Max 2 Vertex 3 30-day mo. 4 24-book epic 5 Actor Len 6 General — chicken 7 Arena arbiter 8 “Jack Sprat could — fat” 9 In the house 10 Legless sideboard 11 — Vegas 12 Univ. URL ender 13 VIP in D.C. 14 Even though 15 “Big Deal” singer Rimes 16 “The A-Team” director Joe 17 Appended 18 Stripping off 19 Nose about 24 Snare 28 Enter like a butterfly 30 Less usual 31 Time to wear a conical party hat, for short 32 Brain wave test: abbr. 33 Nutrition std. 34 Vancouver-toSeattle dir. 35 Facts, briefly 36 Inner self 37 Magic charm 39 Coin money 43 Galoot 45 Long Island university 47 Do some dickering in court 49 Net message board operator 50 Tearful 52 Rash-causing plant 55 Perceive in error aurally 56 Kitchen pest 57 IM chuckle 58 Two halved 59 Navy vessel inits. 61 “Give this a shot” 63 Bristol beer 64 Oyster find 66 Not crowded 67 Hi-tech special FX 68 Tolkien menace 69 “Ho-hum” 70 Yahoo! rival 71 Big public protest 77 Tissue injury 79 Lathered up 81 Verdi’s slave 82 Bar mixer 83 “River” New Age artist 84 Delta deposit 85 Halliwell of pop music 86 Not normal 87 Library stall 88 Reel partner 89 Fantastic 90 Skin colorer 92 Shiba — (spitz breed) 93 “— Boot” 97 Foul vapor 98 Play on a fife 100 Briny bodies 103 More bashful 104 Pitch-perfect? 106 30-day month 109 Construction toy brand 110 Villa d’— 111 Learning by memorizing 112 Short cut 113 “— So Fine” 114 “— Boys” (Louisa May Alcott novel) 115 Decide (to) 116 Tchr.’s union 117 Santa — winds