Crossword
“DON’T MISS THE FINALE” By DAVID ALFRED BYWATERS
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1 Apes 7 Wise advisers 12 “That’s how it __!” 16 Gown complement 19 Parks with games 20 Plane figure 21 Emotion linked to schadenfreude 22 “’I __ you liked your drink,’ sez Gunga Din” 23 Coiffure created using a mirror? 25 Catholic leader appealing to a younger demographic? 27 Pry 28 Nailed 29 School support gps. 31 ’50s TV innovation 32 Longing 33 Slender bit of stemware 35 Woos 37 Branch of Islam 38 One often seen in a parlor 39 Establish firmly 40 Coll. major 41 Aggressive tie feature? 46 Becoming a full-grown dog? 49 Soft leathers 50 Convert to ready money 52 Pharma offerings 53 Downed 54 Game with plenty of kicks 57 Extremity 58 Window coolers 59 Some pvt. equity ventures 61 Ejection 63 Much party food 66 Topper for a tiny barn? 69 Not Rep. or Dem. 70 Result of a hotel sprinkler malfunction? 72 Termination 73 Two trios 75 Alike, in Arles 76 Tats 77 Letters on a tap 79 Basilica display 82 Challenge to “You’re wrong!” 83 Horse hue 85 “Manic” time in a 1986 hit 87 Duped 89 Abundant greens? 92 Sleazy bar offering? 95 WWII carrier 96 Krishna, for Vishnu 98 Events with vandalism 99 Surprised greeting 101 Small size 102 “Inferno” part 103 Wall et al.: Abbr. 106 Signs 108 Bento box staple 109 Sulk 110 Inborn 112 Sad Rogaine result? 114 Superhero beachwear? 117 Period 118 Part of Xerxes I’s realm, nowadays 119 Where sailors go 120 Called from a sty 121 “L.A. Law” actress 122 Audition cry 123 Reactions to mosquitoes 124 Derisive looks
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1 Sizable 2 Goddess of peace 3 Fruit served in balls 4 Dope 5 Settings for many ghost stories 6 U.S. numberissuing agcy. 7 Ronnie of the Ronettes 8 Actress Anouk 9 Pleased 10 Geological period 11 Squish 12 Elude 13 Convenient, as shopping 14 Night before 15 Coordinate audio and video 16 Asset in a crisis 17 Names (to) 18 House of Lords group 24 Frighten 26 Places to buy stamps: Abbr. 30 Romanticized 18th-century highwayman Dick 34 Dogie catcher 35 Middling grades 36 Frequent auto race sponsor 38 One on foot, in signs 41 One of a Biblical 150 42 Offer more than 43 Tyke 44 Clinches 45 Strongly favoring one side 47 Workout ctrs. 48 Grass used on some golf greens 51 Sheep tender 55 Baskin-Robbins buy 56 Word with stick or ball 58 Army-forming insect 60 Like a monkey 62 OKC-to-Tulsa dir. 63 “Go __ Watchman”: Harper Lee novel 64 Rwanda’s capital 65 Pollen producer 67 Title Brooklyn lawyer in an Alabama courtroom 68 Want as a price 70 Jazz guitarist Montgomery 71 Leave out, in speech 74 Little dogs 77 In a hurry, maybe 78 Appropriate for versification 80 Otherwise 81 18th/19thcentury agricultural innovation 83 Mount with carved heads 84 Coming 86 Ominous 88 Paper cut cries 89 Full-__: purebred 90 Luck, to the Bard 91 More than exhaust 93 Psychological wounds 94 “__ a stinker?”: Bugs Bunny 97 Manhattan Project projects 100 Quaint stopover 102 Heavenly body with a tail 103 Vampire’s undoing 104 Slim candle 105 Flexible Flyers, e.g. 107 PR firm’s forte 109 Leaning Tower site 111 Common adolescent affliction 113 “You __ here” 115 “Golly!” 116 Refusals