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Film Openings

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1 DSL provider

4 MSNBC rival

7 Living room piece 12 Tennyson poem that begins, “I waited for the train at Coventry”

18 Extreme degree 19 Sushi topping 20 Saudi neighbor 21 Turkey’s highest peak 22 Review of a 2013

Disney musical? 25 Small shooter 27 Green-winged night

flier

28 Sudden air movement

30 Olympic skater Baiul 31 Singer with numerically named albums 32 Vocalist Kitt

35 Job for an actor 37 Hanoi holiday 38 Place for a béret 39 1:58 for the duration of a 2016 Amy Adams sci-fi flick?

41 QB’S stat

42 Inventor Otis 44 Macho guy

45 Reduce bit by bit 47 U.S. Army medal 48 Spoke at length 51 George who was VP for both Jefferson and Madison 53 Three-time Oscarwinning director 54 Stand-in

57 Closes securely 60 How some stock is

sold

63 Leader in a beret 65 Hammock rests 68 Star NFL player 69 Great, in slang 70 Author of a 1990 Swayze/moore fantasy romance?

73 Many ages

74 Prefix with currency

or zoology

76 Tool for a duel 77 Pretentious talk 78 Pretentious

79 Events with tea,

perhaps 81 83 85 88 90 93

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104 105

106 107 108 109

111 113

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120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Word on a dipstick Book IDS

Not easily able Expired

Cassis aperitif Performed with brilliance High-spirited horse Diva Dion

__ mentality Box-office receipts for a 1988 Tom Hanks comedy?

Sugar bowl marchers Professional org. since 1847

Sans accomplice California wine valley Titled rapper Immortal NBA first name

Go yachting

By birth, what Professor Jones wasn’t, surprisingly West African country First draft of a 1995 De Niro/pacino thriller? Bordeaux wine Houston player Host’s invitation Perceive Conger catchers Second-stringers General on a menu Benchmark: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Blew up

2 Pastries from the German for “whirlpool”

3 Like the spelling “kuh-zin” for “cousin,” e.g.

4 Oreo filling 5 Laying-down-the-law

item

6 More orderly 7 Holliday title 8 Texting qualifier 9 Jazz singer Sarah 10 Yearbooks, say 11 Tiny complaints 12 School of whales 13 Brightly plumed

songbird

14 German thanks 15 16

17 23 24 26 29 33 34

36 39

40 43 45 Tennessee state flower

TV commercial for a 1983 Chevy Chase comedy? Finished

“The Diamond Store” Blacken

Not a shiny finish Courtroom event Winter coat Super Bowl highlights?

Old Dodges Group lobbying for lower drug prices HBO competitor Winter coat Series-ending abbr. 46 49 50 52 53 55 56 58 59

60

61 62

64 66 Painting aids

St. Louis landmark Western resort Within reach

Sea in two continents Single

Tavern

Footed vases Ring-around-the-rosy bouquet Beginner’s class material Corrida opponent Pretentious chatter about a 1960 Hitchcock thriller? Debatable ability Orwell’s Napoleon, for one 67 70 71 72 75 78 80 82 84

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91

92 93 Unwanted spot Medal for 30-Across Wonderland drink Canadian tank filler Container weight Chip in chips New World colonizer Exhaust Pittsburgh Pirates nickname Prods Keyboard key __ Domini Subject of some random acts Private info-sharing system Begrudged

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