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1 Half of a 1960s folk-rock group 6 Action 12 Car thief’s tool 19 Govt.-backed investment 20 Another name for the cornflower 22 Vacuum tube with five active components 23 What the church’s music director wanted to do? 25 Stick in a church 26 Difficult problem 27 “I’m With ____” (2016 campaign slogan) 28 Broadband overseer, for short 30 Up 31 Nasty words 32 Truism about unwanted sound? 35 Dull 39 Indian term of address 40 Call ____ early night 41 Sch. on the Mississippi River 44 Robustness 45 Pounds 47 Chatter 50 Greatly dismay one of the Beatles? 55 Picture cards 56 Carousel figure 57 Staple in Creole cooking 58 West Indies city that’s home to Lynden Pindling International Airport 61 Classic Halloween costume 62 Affirmed under oath 63 Literary character whose house is uprooted by a tornado 64 Shade similar to claret 65 Times when your archenemy shows up? 68 Decorative throw 71 Quaint giggle 72 In a daze 76 Native of Hrvatska, e.g. 77 One of the Ramones 78 Dipped in egg and bread crumbs, then fried 79 Consider 80 Unimpressive brain size 81 What the antigovernment activist does? 83 Acct. holdings 84 Setting of a 1903 Victor Herbert operetta 87 Spanish letter with a tilde 88 Little kid 89 ____ doble (dance) 91 What’s not a good fit? 92 Halloween haul 96 “Aye” or “Oui”? 100 Anne of fashion 103 Pertaining to the lowest possible level 104 Rep.’s opponent 105 One of the N.H.L.’s original six teams: Abbr. 107 Scholarly 109 Facing a judge 111 Geronimo, when his beard was just coming in? 114 Former Indianapolis arena 115 Didn’t go out 116 America’s foe in an 1898 war 117 Noted satellite of 1962 118 Some green sauces 119 Very small

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1 Some book-fair organizers, for short 2 “The Good Doctor” airer 3 Arouse 4 Class Notes subjects 5 Get into with little effort 6 One who asks “Got your ears on?” 7 Rio hello 8 Significantly 9 Take from the top? 10 Nut seen on the back of a dime 11 ____ chi ch’uan (martial art) 12 Liven (up) 13 Billionaire Blavatnik 14 Recites, as a spell 15 Sight from Catania, in brief 16 Frontman whom People magazine once named “sexiest rock star” 17 “Methinks … ” 18 Matches 21 Co. that might hire influencers 24 Radiation units 29 TV show with the theme song “Won’t Get Fooled Again” 33 Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye 34 Suffers (from) 36 1887 Chekhov play 37 Spots at the card table 38 “____ bit confused” 41 Director von Trier 42 Gush 43 Hairstyle that calls for a lot of spray 45 Do some prescheduling 46 Ending with “umich.” 48 Black birds 49 Actor Noah of “ER” 51 Prophet believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs 52 Eye luridly 53 Foreign language seen on U.S. money 54 In mint condition 56 Avatar 59 Park place? 60 Extremely dry 61 Symbols of change, in math 63 Protected on a boat 64 Bathroom sealant 66 Ravaged, as mosquitoes might 67 Spoke aloud 68 Rock band whose lead guitarist notably dresses in a schoolboy uniform 69 Actor Armisen 70 Flies into a violent rage 73 Sci-fi bounty hunter Boba ____ 74 Golfer Aoki 75 Reach out with one’s hands? 77 Susan of “L.A. Law” 78 Abolitionist Horace 80 Spot for cannonballs 82 Part of a Victorian social schedule 84 Who wrote, “This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper” 85 Enticing smells 86 In mint condition 90 Some honors 92 Polishing aids 93 Flatpack retailer 94 Go by 95 Mexican wrap 96 Cancel early 97 Former secretary of state Cyrus 98 Psychotherapist Alfred 99 Diminish 101 Like Machu Picchu 102 Some fruit-flavored sodas 106 ____-free 107 Caustic cleaners 108 Not allow 110 Residency org. 112 Trivial content 113 Benefits plan, maybes