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Note: This puzzle is part of Merl’s best-of series. ACROSS 1 Got behind the wheel 6 Andy Capp’s wife 9 Game factoid 13 “If that were only true!” 18 Attired in terry cloth 19 Non-jet, for short 20 Informal no 21 Seal a deal, perhaps 22 Broadway show for donut lovers? 24 Leakey discovery 25 Sub contactor 26 Movie for donut lovers? 29 Abbr. before the old price 30 Mine finds 31 Young cow 35 Where to buy Mexican donuts? 41 A TOW, for one 42 Cole Porter’s “You’re ___” 43 Kwik-E Mart owner on The Simpsons 44 Morrison ... or Gogh 45 Half a dozen 46 Related on the mother’s side 47 “Jelly Donut” Morton, for one? 53 Star of Please Donut the Daisies? 55 Baffles 56 Turandot tune 58 Sothern et al. 60 “A little ___ lot?” 61 Ft. Knox bar 62 One who covers donut news around the world? 69 Self-contained things 70 The United Nations, in Spanish headlines 71 Stitched 72 Churchill Downs event 73 Least leaky 76 “He ___ my soul” (line from the Donut Bible?) 82 Spanish fishermen who love donuts? 85 Condition 86 Reuters alternative 88 Toward the tail 89 Frequently 90 Blimp barn 91 Short version 94 What the frustrated donut chef did? 98 Monastery heads 99 Lunch list 100 Work measurement 101 Next-day headline about the donut chef at 94 Across? 110 Popular “action figure” 113 They’re on the chopping block 114 Gogol’s donut epic? 115 Mr. Universe spectacle 116 Leave the launch pad 117 Through 118 The Exorcist star 119 Potato discards 120 Darjeeling and oolong 121 Part of BMOC 122 Trombone part DOWN 1 “Confound!” 2 Philip or Tim 3 One-consonant instrument 4 Wang of wedding wear 5 Sch.’s mission 6 Collector of magnets? 7 Ranger adjective 8 In the clear 9 Japanese car company 10 Rowboat pins 11 Twain’s Polly et al. 12 Kojak’s first name 13 Copies of the paper 14 What’s-his-name 15 Actor Holm 16 Reggae relative 17 “I Saw ___ Again Last Night” 19 Practiced (one’s trade) 23 Type of metal or paper 27 Donut-lover’s favorite war movie? 28 Charging beast 32 Principle behind the 103 Down bomb 33 Mr. Whitney 34 Mr. Harrison 35 1-800 follower: abbr. 36 Cordelia’s father 37 Aleutian island 38 Akins, Baird, and Caldwell 39 T-shaped Greek letter 40 “The morning ___ her golden gates” (Shak.) 41 Car-floor buys 42 Asian holiday 44 Limo passenger 47 Explosive sound 48 Actress Redgrave 49 Advisor-teacher 50 Bay State school, for short 51 Atlas Shrugged author 52 Impulse 54 Speaker’s stand 57 Try: abbr. 59 Imperturbable 61 Resting places 62 Cat’s pajamas? 63 Go out ___ (take a risk) 64 Anti-crime act that’s not named for a gangster 65 Are, in French 66 Draft status 67 Major copper exporter 68 Is in debt 73 Resist openly 74 QU separators 75 Bean curd 77 Bygone ruler 78 Alarmed reaction 79 Popular pasta sauce 80 ___ the crack of dawn 81 Rev.’s talk 83 Analyze a sentence 84 Some turns: abbr. 86 “Surfin’ ___” 87 Brew milieu 90 What tweeters are for 92 Temptations’ label 93 Site of the first modern Olympic Games 94 Mother from Albania 95 Burdens 96 The Birds star who became an animal activist 97 Pianist Rubinstein 99 Guts 102 Donut’s uptown cousin 103 Building block, of a sort 104 Hot new star? 105 Weakens 106 Big part of a ship shape 107 See 112 Down 108 Abbr. in Bartlett’s 109 Steak preference 110 Pygmalion auth. 111 Bother 112 A game, with 107 Down