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ACROSS 1 Compares poorly 6 Unites 12 Scoundrel 15 Terminus of all roads? 19 Slip past 20 Lizard with a dewlap 21 Coleridge wrote one on dejection 22 Scrape, in totspeak 23 Flier with a magical rod? 25 Signal that nails are dry? 27 “We gotta go” 28 Work in a park, perhaps 30 Fight sites 31 Couple in a boat 33 Venice glider 35 Sweet tooth? 41 Nocturnal critter enjoying a meal? 46 Sporty auto roofs 47 Cut with a beam 48 First name in fashion 49 Word accompanying finger- shaking 50 San —: jet set resort 51 Many an earring 53 A grand’s ten 55 “— you serious?” 56 Rejection of a parcel? 61 Slow start? 62 Founder of what is now Lima 64 Drag racing gp. 65 “My bad!” 67 Showed pain 69 “— I done?” 70 Eatery ser ving filled fare 72 First park with a Home Run Apple 75 Potpourri 79 Hockey great 80 Part of the ad that sells the product? 83 67.5 deg. 84 DVD player error message 86 Call before a snap 87 Sharp turns 88 All square 89 — the crack of dawn 91 Time to give up? 93 Hamlet and Victor Borge 94 Ace garage door mechanic? 97 Ralph Lauren’s “Celebrate Radio” clothing l ine? 99 Where Puccini’s “Turandot” premiered 101 Salon, say 102 Patio door 106 In the thick of 109 Game with melding 114 Superhero who doesn’t do well in a crisis? 116 Carrier pigeon’s daily deliver y? 118 Airbrush target 119 Explosive first used as a yellow dye 120 Subside 121 Scottish feudal lord 122 Wicked one’s lack? 123 Garden chopper 124 Controversial blasts 125 Gossip queen DOWN 1 Digital indulgence 2 Came down 3 Ultra Leakguards brand 4 Polish for publication 5 Fourth- year group 6 — water 7 Metaphorical facial embarrassment 8 Coaxes from a lamp, with “out” 9 Canter or trot 10 Really tick off 11 “— say ... “12 Chuckle- inducing 13 Oral health org. 14 Alaska Range highlight 15 Loungewear item 16 Wilson of “Marley & Me” 17 Leon Uris’ “— 18” 18 Elongated fish 24 Desktop since 1998 26 Persian Gulf land 29 Come —: lose one’s composure 32 Vending machine item 34 Tokyo- born artist 35 Spaghetti — 36 Gestation sites 37 Addams family patriarch 38 Mil. address 39 Key, e. g. 40 Stable negative? 42 Econ. measure 43 Anti at the ballpark 44 Full of nervous energ y 45 Deep- six 48 Sonata finale 52 According to 53 Leader who gave up cigar- smoking in 1985 54 Polish relative 56 Checks for errors 57 Mideast language 58 Late- night show since 2010 59 Biomedical research agcy. 60 Insect stage after pupa 63 Theater chain initials 66 Johnny — 68 Pa. airport north of PIT 69 Ring Cycle composer 70 Treasure stash 71 “As You Like It” forest 72 Close 73 Top 10 song 74 — Gay 76 Bingo cousin 77 Word from the Latin for “messenger” 78 Painter’s undercoat 79 Universal donor’s type, briefly 81 Gomer Pyle exclamation 82 Thus 85 Pasta suffix 87 Heat up quickly 89 Hesitant sounds 90 Hot and spicy 92 Alley lurkers 93 It’s good to lose with it 95 Juice: Abbr. 96 Geniality 97 Reached the big time 98 Chicken vindaloo go- with 100 Singer Ronstadt 102 Practice for a bout 103 Bra fabric 104 Holiday lodgings? 105 South Beach, for one 107 —’ Pea 108 General — chicken 110 1975 Wimbledon champ 111 Asian country suffix 112 Lawn party rental 113 Interior designer’s statistic 115 “Is that —?” 117 “Stop filming!”