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The average solution time for this King Features crossword is 62 minutes.

ACROSS

1 Mess up on 6 Dismiss, as an ill

student 14 Pause-causing

marks

20 Skunks’ defenses 21 Quick size-up 22 1998 Masters

winner Mark 23 Giving an officer

a leg up? 25 Defaced 26 Neighbors of

Czechs 27 Composes 28 “Li’l” fellow 29 Previous to 30 Food favored by

logicians? 35 Belgrade

citizens

38 Impish kids 39 Extra NFL

periods

40 Spill a secret 41 Lake fed by the

Huron 42 Port-au-prince’s

place

43 2017-19 labor secretary Alexander

46 Poor grade 47 Monkey setting off big experimental blasts?

50 — ’n’ cheese 51 Airing of ads on

the tube 52 Eyeliner flaw 53 Least plentiful 55 Archaic verb

suffix 56 Warty hopper 59 Son of Cain 62 Busy insects 63 Two things a baby might be wearing in cold weather?

68 — -Cola

71 St. Teresa’s

birthplace 72 Chili bit 73 Neighbor of

Wash.

76 Leaves

weaponless 79 Finger or toe 82 MRI alternative 84 Winnipeg’s

province: Abbr. 85 “I pray our reservation doesn’t get canceled!”? 90 News agcy.

founded in 1958 91 Fastener for

paper sheets 92 Totally fills 93 Fabled snow

humanoid 94 Actress Turner 96 Mined stuff 97 Female hiphopper 98 Self-indulgent

outing 99 Comment upon finally getting a chance to sit down?

103 “The Raven”

writer

104 Typical

105 In perfect

condition 57M 106 Not mixing well

with others

110 Thirty tripled 112 Ruling house enjoying great prosperity?

115 Comparable

with

116 Get robots to do 117 Kate’s mate on

1980s TV

118 Part of BBB

119 Rubs the wrong

way

120 Bed boards

DOWN

1 Janitorial tools 2 Revered sort 3 Unassisted 4 Torque transmitter in a motor

5 “Star Wars” won seven of them

6 Weeps noisily 7 Musician Brian 8 S.sgt. or M.sgt. 9 Tyranny 10 Pay-to-stay

places 11 Sheep-related 12 High-iq club 13 Minuscule bit of

work

14 Jet engine part that includes the igniter 15 Muscat-eer? 16 Most trifling 17 Guys wearing

wedding rings 18 “My lips —

sealed” 19 In a blue state 24 Barely get, with

“out”

28 “Don’t —

surprised!” 30 Londoner, e.g. 31 Author Joyce

Carol — 32 Unskilled PC

gamer, say 33 Marlins’ and

Mets’ div. 34 Decides (to) 35 Pick up on 36 Blow up

37 Big name in

photocopiers 38 Happy hour

locale

42 Great

devastation 43 “— of angels coming after me” (“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” line) 44 Chocolate

substitute 45 Santa —,

California 48 Comics’ Kett 49 Like Mutant

Ninja Turtles 54 Actress Issa 57 Alias letters 58 Actor Patel 60 Corn holder 61 Garden tool 63 Jelly holder 64 Like some

waves

65 Full of energy 66 Tijuana treats 67 Wild about 68 Fluffy clouds 69 Comparable

(with)

70 Team of dogs

on the force 73 Less genial 74 “Inferno” poet 75 Dickinson of

“Rio Bravo” 77 Sporty English

autos 78 Supreme Court’s

Sonia

80 “Let’s move!” 81 Natives of

Bangkok

83 Many a video

chat

86 Hannah of

“Roxanne” 87 Design detail 88 Raison d’—

89 — Paese

(cheese type) 95 Thumbs-up 97 Witticism

98 Part of ASAP

100 Mozart’s “Così

fan —”

101 Love, to Gigi

102 Regional flora

and fauna

103 — -Ops (CIA

tactics)

106 Yemeni city

107 Dot in the sea,

to Juanita

108 Toiling away

109 Strong alkalis 110 Collar

111 Singer Turner 112 Grocery

holder

113 “Illmatic”

rapper

114 ’60s Pontiac 10-31-21