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- GOING OFF ON A TANGENT By Adam Wagner / Edited by Will Shortz

Adam Wagner of Oakland is a creative lead at the San Franciscob­ased 1-Down. Solve the puzzle to see the name of the company.

ACROSS

1 Gambling spot?

4 Chap

8 Addis ____

13 Pro response

16 Bit of chicanery

17 ____ water (healthful drink) 18 Totally uncool

19 Rock’s Jethro ____

20 “You’re gonna love this, I

promise!’’

22 Urban area typically with the

tallest buildings

24 Rocky road topping?

25 Length for a pregnancy

27 Moneymakin­g venture

28 LeBron James became one in

2018

29 That’s the spirit!

30 Highway network that

famously has sections without a speed limit

32 Service recipient

33 An ocean

34 Device dusted off to watch

old home movies, maybe

35 Flat-topped French hat

36 Ante alternativ­e

37 Musician Brian

38 Public court proceeding

40 Many a bad Yelp review

41 Luxuriate (in)

42 They’re not sciences

43 ____ Cannon, creator of the

“Pitch Perfect’’ film series 44 Fish sticks?

48 Strength of character

50 “Me!’’

52 Compliment to a French chef 54 Crackerjac­k

56 Slack-jawed

59 Automotive successor of the

Bel Air

60 Proudly embody, informally 61 What you’re on when you’re

making progress

64 Product sold on a rack,

informally

65 “Them’s fightin’ words!’’

67 Set one’s sights

68 Welcome-center handouts 70 Free of flaws, as a reputation 72 DiFranco of folk

73 Sewer in American history 74 Hamlet’s cousin

75 Music-genre prefix

76 Ideal engine sound

79 Duel personalit­ies?

81 Like some memes

83 Major concern for a

meteorolog­ist

85 The Bruins, on scoreboard­s 88 Contents of a household box 89 Pasta whose name means

“barley’’ in Italian

90 Startled scream

91 Weight

92 Goes from one thing to

another

94 Purchase option for a

dedicated fan

96 Like dumbbells

97 Like Roma tomatoes

98 Something that may be sold

by the yard

99 The Nature Conservanc­y and World Wildlife Fund, e.g., in brief

100 Hate, hate, hate

101 Certain juicing need

104 Residentia­l constructi­on

project

106 Deep shot, in hoops

107 Weird

108 Brother of Logan Roy on

“Succession’’

109 Has a meal

110 Urban grid: Abbr.

111 Tennis champ ____ Osaka 112 Figs. first issued in 1936

113 Summer on the Riviera

DOWN

1 Subscripti­on platform for

online-content creators

2 “That is my intention’’

3 Where the ilium and ischium

are

4 Inhabitant of Ireland or

Scotland

5 Holiday helper

6 Sign that you can’t go back

now?

7 Philosophi­cal pillar

8 ____ Arbor, Mich.

9 Deep inhalation to get high 10 Ordered delivery, perhaps 11 Hive mind of “Star Trek:

TNG,’’ with “the’’

12 National Dog Show org.

13 ____ someone’s yum (criticized a person’s tastes, slangily)

14 Discovery astronaut Ochoa

15 With it

16 Shake a little

19 Amtrak booking

21 Worker with wax

22 “Oof, what a day!’’

23 Run-D.M.C.’s “You Be ____’’ 26 Longtime co-host of the annual Macy’s Thanksgivi­ng Day Parade

30 Good Texas hold ‘em hand 31 Auto-loan figs.

32 Bit of roofing in Spanishsty­le architectu­re

34 Biden and Harris, notably, in

brief

36 Underwire undergarme­nts 38 Muffin makeup, maybe

39 Over-emoter

41 Trade, informally

43 Star NFL wide-receiver Allen 45 First family from Illinois

46 Exercise in a swimming pool 47 Grabs

48 “____ Life’’ (1981 Rick

James single)

49 Tool for cutting wood along

the grain

51 Scandalize­d

52 Pro who gets many return

customers?

53 Bad makeup artist

54 Spot for a band

55 High ways

56 Early stop at a casino, maybe 57 Univ. senior’s hurdle

58 Funding

62 “____ but a scratch’’: oftquoted Monty Python line

63 Con artist

66 Chattering plastic teeth, for

one

69 Rapper ____ Def

71 Group with lodges

72 Part of E.T.A.: Abbr.

76 100%

77 Allow for more high-density housing and mixed-use developmen­t, in urbanplann­ing lingo

78 Company shake-up, for short 80 Symbol of sturdiness

82 Pallid

83 Problem for a pitcher

84 They have their ups and

downs

85&86 Very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle’s clues?

87 Grand mounts

88 They go around at museums 91 Coffin carrier

92 Drops down?

93 In no way hidden

94 It has only one-sixth of the

mass of Earth’s moon

95 Goobers

96 Pentagon inits.

98 Cousin of turquoise

100 Part of the eye that focuses

light onto the retina

102 Momma’s boy

103 Big name in outdoor gear 105 Jones of CNN

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