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1 Cheese companion 4 Brewery fixtures 8 Minute dispute 12 Sandal features 19 "Barefoot Contessa" cook Garten Journalist Larson 20 Pro shop purchase 21 Group bar orders 22 Revenue for a 23 monarchy? Crêpe cousin 26 "My mom is gonna kill 27 me!" San Simeon family 28 Sleep — 30 Running total 31 "The Hurt Locker" 32 backdrop Upscale automaker 33 It might be generic 35 Novelist Waugh 38 Kids nagging parents 39 about lack of air conditioning? Which one 44 Predator and Iconia 45 computers Jack Reacher creator 47 Child Dept. formed under 48 Carter Bread grain 49 Agassi rival 50 Muses' domain 53 Massage offering 55 Important span 57 Bungalow inundated 58 with vacationing relatives? — column: concretefilled 63 steel support Rope in 64 Quite a stretch 66 Freshly stained 67 Dr. Leary's turn-on 68 Sullen 69 Old Venetian coin 70 Capital that's home to 72 the Potala Palace "This is my —" 74 Dodge logo critter 77 Poor, as excuses go 79 Ghee-brushed bread 80 Unwitting victim 81 Puts the worm on 83 Funny BBQ scene that 85 got cut? It's often bookmarked 88 Be there 89 Decorative jug 91 It may be lit during the 92 holidays Withdrawn 94 They may be wireless 95 Ristorante suffix 98 Links army leader 99 Loan letters 100 Unlikely winner of a 101 trite joke contest? Vicksburg soldiers 104 One of Tom Brady's 108 three "JAG" spin-off 110 Has too much 111 Piazza De Ferrari city 112 Humorist Barry 113 Takes care of a toy? 115 "To conclude ... "119 Govt. water-testing 120 sites Group unhappy with 123 election results? SoCal daily 125 Pre-calc course 126 Rich deposit 127 Job ad abbr. 128 Pose a greater 129 climbing challenge "I'll get this one" 130 Chuck 131 Chekov's orig. "Star 132 Trek" rank
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1 NHL Hall of Famer Stan Dog or dogie 2 It may be scented 3 WWII surrender 4 celebration 2016 MLB retiree 5 Virginia senator 6 Kaine Vail toppers 7 Gp. advocating 8 adoption Substandard 9 Charity 10 Line dance step 11 On the job, initially 12 "Rebel Without a 13 Cause" actor The Bee Gees, e.g. 14 New-product div. 15 Preview from St. 16 Peter? Candy invented in 17 Austria Dallas-to-Houston dir. 18 Easy pill to swallow 24 Pianist Peter 25 Confident 29 Less favorable 32 Unpleasant noise 34 DIY mover 36 Sidestepped 37 Flung with force 39 Put on conspicuous 40 display Seedless plants 41 Green of "Robot 42 Chicken" Question doggedly 43 Shoe with lots of holes 46 Tourney ranking 50 River of Pisa 51 "You're a big girl now"? 52 "Who cares?" 54 Roundup catcher 56 Postgame staple 59 Band aide 60 Should have said 61 Area 51 creatures, it's 62 said Doggone mad 65 Battleship letters 71 Hugh of "House" 72 "Just —" 73 Fiend of fantasy 75 Legendary soccer star 76 "Morning Joe" network 78 Ad infinitum 80 Hatcher of "Desperate 82 Housewives" Jazz count 83 Pal of Aramis 84 Relative who shares 86 your birthday, perhaps "Hair" styles 87 Queen's mate 90 Mother canonized by 93 Pope Francis Hammer throw 96 trajectory Impudent sort 97 Pasta water prep 99 instruction Did, but doesn't now 102 Campus recruiting gp. 103 Dining selection 105 Balladeer Michael 106 Give the okay 107 Bush or Clinton, once 109 Rubbernecks, with "at" 112 Seductive sort 114 Struggling to decide 116 Triathlon 117 component "Picnic" playwright 118 Bygone Fords 119 2015 Payne Stewart 120 Award honoree Ernie Touch gently 121 Return ID 122 Great Lakes' — Canals 124