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1 Pretend
6 Came down
10 Sweets
13 Playwright Henrik
18 Jetson canine
19 Actor MacFarlane
20 92-Down base
21 Timid
22 Cleaner who doesn't bother with corners?
25 Celeb's entourage
26 Epic journey
27 Long skirt
28 Director DuVernay
30 Ad
31 Signature piece?
32 Encore presentation
33 Nullify
35 Army bigwigs: Abbr.
38 __ Jima
40 Nursery purchase
42 Occasion
44 Terre Haute sch.
45 Soft sounds from the barnyard?
49 Urgent-care pro
51 Cotton thread
53 Rosary unit
54 Sporty Chevy
56 Self-image
57 Some D.C. pros
59 Many a middle schooler
61 Family man
62 Head-scratcher
63 Fencing sword
65 Mortise inserts
67 Expert
68 Gardeners who can tend a plot really, really fast?
72 __ de cologne
74 Deletes
76 Farm tower
77 Accommodate
80 Loving murmur
82 Trio-quartet combos
84 Rainy day gear
87 “Walk me!”
88 More faithful
89 “The Checklist Manifesto” surgeon/author Gawande
90 Besmirch
91 D.C. subway
93 Words on a sale poster?
97 Confidentiality contract: Abbr.
98 “Keep your __ on!”
100 Applaud
101 __ Dhabi
102 Thickener used in molecular gastronomy
103 Prose pieces
106 Cybersales
108 Helena hrs.
110 Tit for tat, say?
112 Furry friend
113 Broadcasts
114 Lactose-free coffee additive
118 Literature Nobelist who served in the Irish Senate
120 Squabble over whose turn it is to get the car fixed?
123 Hard-to-handle plants
124 Goes astray
125 Alaskan seaport
126 Earring in a Vermeer painting
127 Creme-filled cookies
128 Surname separator
129 Short “So long!”
130 Common __
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1 Burkina __: West African country
2 Cornerstone abbr.
3 “It was nothing”
4 Understands
5 __-canceling headphones
6 Like a used firepit
7 Allowed
8 Personal identification?
9 Scuppered
10 With it
11 “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous” novelist Vuong
12 Audacity
13 Troublemaking kid
14 Second shot
15 Interruption during the America's Cup?
16 Petro-Canada rival
17 Russian “no”
20 “The Princess Bride” director
23 Fabled wish-granter
24 Outlying community
29 Info requested by winery websites
32 Canned tomatoes brand
34 Active Naturals skin care brand
35 Writer who created Pooh and Roo
36 Seoul airline
37 Race official?
39 Org. whose 2021 MVP was Jonquel Jones
41 Roof overhang
43 Easily improvised costume
45 Math subj.
46 Shined a light on?
47 “The best is __ come”
48 Dutch painter Jan
50 __ liver oil
52 Hybrid big cat
55 Stretching muscle
58 Lake on the Nile
59 Mani-__: spa treatments
60 Fishing line holder
64 Irksome one
66 Harlem Renaissance novelist Larsen
69 Caffeinate, perhaps
70 Flower that sounds like a furrier
71 River delta area
73 Kenya neighbor
75 Furriers who sound like flowers
78 __ noire
79 Basic Spanish infinitive
80 GoPro product, briefly
81 Mined finds
83 Stonestreet of “Modern Family”
85 Big picture?
86 Spill the beans
89 Plain to see
92 Ristorante dish
94 Spruces up
95 Totally face-plant
96 Poison __
99 Faucet
102 Money paid to get money
104 Oman neighbor
105 Fixed gaze
107 Immature comeback
109 Dance moves
110 Bygone name in toys
111 Wine label number
114 Turow book
115 Setting of the memoir “Reading Lolita in Tehran”
116 Metallica drummer Ulrich
117 “Friday Night Lights” actor Chandler
119 “__-boom-bah!"
121 Anger
122 Minnesota senator Klobuchar