Crossword
ACROSS
1 Followers who may be friendly or hostile 6 Word of Gallic
gratitude 11 Voltaire’s faith 16 Bring up to date 17 “Am I awake?” 19 Game for two or
four 20 Sumo wrestler’s
asset? 22 Car starter 23 Agenda entry 24 Avid 25 Source of
ignition 27 Altered by time 28 Skunk cousin 30 Consequence of
overtweezing? 33 Halloween follower: Abbr. 34 Gutenberg’s movable invention 35 Comic-Con
attendee 36 Met acquisition 39 Revolver,
maybe 41 Rent what you’ve rented 45 Dizzy’s jazz genre 49 Hawaiian tour company specialist? 52 Greeted, with “to” 54 Him, to Henri 55 Cannes concept 56 Locations 58 Common sight on “L.A. Law”? 61 Disproportionate reactions 63 Disgraced 65 Three-syllable limerick foot 66 Like much testimony 68 Restorative 70 Social climber 71 Current site of ancient Carthage 74 Gazed lasciviously 77 Go wild on Twitter 80 Mid-morning coffee, say? 83 Presidents’ Day phenomena 85 Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. 86 Previously 87 Problem for a claustrophobic driver 89 Problem for Roman Britain? 91 Kidney-related 94 Standard of measurement 96 Loyal 97 “__ Blues”: Beatles song with the line “Even hate my rock and roll” 98 Help to
withdraw 100 Confront 102 Natter 104 Said goodbye,
dog-style? 110 Some chalets 114 ET vehicles, in theory 115 Lariat 116 Overhang 118 Main squeeze 119 Hired escort 121 Low-voiced choir member’s goal? 124 Tony winner Tammy 125 Do 126 Niños’ needs? 127 Affirmatives 128 Support framework 129 Base stealer’s asset
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1 Socrates’ pupil 2 Eurasian blackbird 3 Many mariners 4 Word of respect 5 Attempts 6 King novel that shared the first Bram Stoker Award (1987) 7 Covers completely 8 1929 purchaser of Victor 9 Wind instrument? 10 :-( 11 Lair 12 Sword-wielder’s cry 13 Architect Jones 14 Tendon 15 Advanced teaching degrees: Abbr. 16 Dip holder 17 Wrinkly little dog 18 Suffix with kitchen 19 Tiny chuckle 21 Nose bag particle 26 Nixon of “Sex and the City” 29 Encrypt 31 Consort of Hera 32 Texter’s “I will return shortly” 34 What a plighter plights 36 Landed 37 Try again 38 Had a few 40 Medical suffix 42 No-goodniks 43 Make up a story, maybe 44 Eponymous ice cream maker 46 Muffin fruit 47 Hers and mine 48 Surname of father-and-son British prime ministers 50 Geographical symbol of Middle America 51 Cool 53 Hostelries 57 Burn without flames 59 Tilt 60 Iberian wine city 62 Regina’s prov. 64 KC-to-NYC dir. 67 Hoist 69 Outcropping 71 Vanishing ski lift 72 Hankering 73 Bryn Mawr graduates 75 Induce euphoria in 76 Road sign ruminant 78 Pleasant 79 One who doesn’t just think about it 81 French article 82 Pass gone seriously astray: Abbr. 84 Hard-hitting contests 88 __ insurance 90 Cause of tremors, at times 92 Fab equivalent 93 Conducted 95 Insensitive 99 Locks that are picked 101 Chin indentations 103 Blather on 104 Full of glitches, as programs 105 Flaming 106 Hindu mystics 107 Steamed state 108 Kindle reading, e.g. 109 Do a gardening task 110 Growth-oriented field?: Abbr. 111 Civil War general 112 Abated 113 Figure (out) 117 Cease to function 120 “__ Misérables” 122 Big 12 rival of Baylor: Abbr. 123 Bit of inside information