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1 Crunch beneficiaries 4 Agnus __ 7 Rustic dwelling 13 Using a passport, say 19 Newman song that mentions Santa Ana winds 21 Decisive point 22 Persuasive sort 23 Polite but unyielding statement? 25 Stimulate 26 Petroleum source 27 Legendary rock guitarist 28 2018 Pyeongchang org. 30 Author Ferber 31 Bolt of lightning? 33 Caulking crew? 37 Building where things are taken back? 42 Within reach 43 How some dares are made 44 Major arteries 46 Impressive groupings 49 Seed cover 50 Flier’s choice 52 Sign on an available boutique? 55 Braun competitor 57 Director DuVernay 59 Comply 60 Joint for jumping 61 __-Cat 62 “Yikes!” 64 Empathetic comment 66 More than wondered 67 Serf surrounded by whales? 71 Leaves painfully 75 Wonder’s “My Cherie __” 76 __ game 77 Chemicals giant 80 Colorful fish 81 Levee 83 Org. that often strikes 85 Holiday candle holder 87 Fort Bragg lodger? 90 Crèche figure 92 Swelter 93 Bit of information 94 Avis rival 96 Former Disney CEO 98 One of a cube’s 12 99 Director Oliver to the rescue? 101 Never-used part of the house? 106 It’s stunning 107 Denny’s competitor 108 “__ who?” 109 Bowls over 111 Capital of France 115 Recovered from a knockout 118 Godzilla and friends solemnly recite? 122 Did away with 123 Taft-Hartley Act subject 124 Prurient material 125 Dinged 126 One who’s really hot 127 Inexperienced 128 Iditarod segment
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1 Zeroes in 2 Uninspired 3 Common mixer 4 Land adjoining a manor house 5 Wearer of a “Y” sweatshirt 6 Like most sonnets 7 “High Voltage” band 8 Criticism 9 Canyon part 10 Doc bloc 11 Wrestle suffix 12 Laud 13 Untouched serve 14 A penalty may be served in one 15 Triple Crown venues 16 Rust, for example 17 Insurance giant 18 Fantasy 20 Highly prized 24 Defender of Troy 29 Cocktail hour nibble 32 Embassy employee 33 Arrange dinnerware on 34 Time spans 35 Brazen 36 Fictional Civil War novel setting 37 Colorful horses 38 Ill-fated Houston company 39 Capital on the Nile 40 Mardi Gras acronym 41 Two-time British Open champ 45 Fleeced 47 Civil War soldier 48 Dagger of yore 51 New Rochelle campus 53 Caribbean sorcery 54 Fictional newsman Baxter 56 Cuts short 58 Cause trouble 63 Japanese seaport 65 Shot that misses everything 66 Gulf between Yemen and Somalia 68 Tweak, perhaps 69 Apple or pear 70 Dishes from a “station” 71 Assignment 72 Tech debut of 2010 73 Operate using a beam 74 Shakespeare play featuring Ariel 77 Clog clearer 78 Like some buckets 79 “__ Everybody Knows Your Name”: “Cheers” theme song 81 Stoop 82 Bays, e.g. 84 Compulsively neat, say 86 Hamper 88 Cry with a flourish 89 Neighbor of Ghana 91 Kitchen gadget 95 Fast flight 97 Understanding words 100 Egypt’s second president 101 Cut into cubes 102 Chicago hub 103 Type of numeral 104 Victim of Romulus 105 Atmospheric layer 109 5 for B or 6 for C 110 Jerry in the NBA logo 112 Complain 113 Previously 114 Unaccompanied 116 Kickoff aid 117 Abnormal 119 Squelch 120 Sponge (up) 121 Novelist Levin