The Commercial Appeal

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The average solution time for this King Features crossword is 64 minutes.

ACROSS

1 Singer Reddy 6 “Preach it!” 10 Italian Riviera city 15 At the home of, French-style 19 Muscat citizen 20 Display model 21 In the midst of 22 Plastic brick brand 23 Certain bolt 24 Spanish for “bears” 25 Ravi Shankar played it 26 As a result 27 2008 Lucasfilm sci-fi flick [TV personalit­y] 31 — Mae (government lender) 32 Mai — 33 Part of ENT 34 Hiker’s carryingba­g 37 College academics overseer [actor] 44 Very busy 45 Screw up 47 Blvds., e.g. 48 Legal deg. 49 Funeral pile 50 Tangent, e.g. 52 Actor Omar of “House” 54 Singer Cole or Abdul 56 Actress Long 57 Ranch food provider [animator] 60 Teen girl, in old lingo [golfer] 62 Flavorful 63 Sch. in Manhattan 64 Harsh 65 Magic spell 69 Creditor’s time of forgivenes­s [singer] 74 Bacon sizzle sound 75 Cost — and a leg 77 Part of ETA 78 “— bleu!” (French “Egad!”) 80 “Monterey” food [singer] 84 Male gobblers [singer] 89 Western Amerind 90 Jumped 91 Illegalize­s 92 “I want that now!” 93 Leaf veins 95 Pro 96 Animator’s sheet 97 Tolkien fiend 100 They may bedevil dogs 101 Lace a party drink [bandleader] 105 Fourth-place finisher, say 107 Envoy’s bldg. 108 Oval portion 109 Very dense element 111 What you do when you solve this puzzle? 119 Tiny fly 120 Tiger sounds 121 Went by bike, e.g. 122 Unmoving 123 Part of ENT 124 Binge 125 At the drop of — 126 Strange 127 Lyft competitor 128 Baby’s bear 129 Downsides 130 Tire pattern

DOWN

1 — d’oeuvres 2 Send off 3 Volcano stuff 4 Full of pep 5 Dummy 6 Ornament hanger, e.g. 7 Barcelona soccer great Lionel 8 Overplayed the part 9 Have a snack 10 Fuel holders 11 Estevez of film 12 “Just say — drugs” 13 — even keel 14 In a pleasant way 15 Get resolved 16 Mr., in Munich 17 Custard components 18 Noted Bronx attraction 28 Stud money 29 States, to Macron 30 Female WWII enlistee 34 Playwright Connelly 35 Bryce Canyon locale 36 In — (as found) 38 X Games airer 39 “Spare tire” fat 40 Screw up 41 Forest cats 42 Ones making an effort 43 Aches (for) 46 Aqua — (highly corrosive liquid) 51 Approves of 53 Show that you can download 54 Gives out in abundance, as flattery 55 Stubborn equine 58 Witty sort 59 Car financing abbr. 60 “So long!” 61 NBA nail-biters, in brief 63 It aired “Car Talk” 65 College focuses 66 How police may get info 67 Actor Derek 68 Mork’s planet 70 Lead-in to “now” 71 “You are not!” reply 72 Lead-in to Nov. 73 Joanne of “My Pal Gus” 76 Roman 1,150 79 Work unit 81 Sudden temperatur­e increase 82 Apiece 83 Fencing sword 84 After-bath applicatio­n 85 .6214 mile 86 Kuwaiti chief 87 Community rec center 88 Not veiled 91 Piano seat 94 Pesky insect, informally 96 Bow of respect 98 Some aircraft engines 99 Ad award 102 Realm: Abbr. 103 In groups of two 104 Santa’s laugh 106 Sight at dusk 110 Roomy car 111 Radio dial 112 Relieve 113 Vatican head 114 Fend (off) 115 — II (Gillette brand) 116 Colt’s father 117 Director Kazan 118 Arctic vehicle 119 African antelope

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