Crossword
“I HAD A BAD DAY” By MARYELLEN UTHLAUT
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1 Swahili boss 6 Canasta combination 10 Cockatoo feature 15 Boring tools 19 Many a surfer 20 Others, in Latin 21 Vigor 22 Acquire, as an advantage 23 My crayon __ 25 Pay television 26 Designated space 27 Four-wheeler, briefly 28 My ruler __ 31 Step on it when you need to step on it 33 Carnival city 34 Applies henna to, say 35 Mink cousin 38 Sack lead-in 41 Mount north of Redding, California 46 Golf course rental 49 Blunted sword 51 Text sent with x’s and o’s 54 Cultural character 55 Felt remorse for 56 My needle __ 59 Quacked company name 61 Computer instructions 62 Courtyard 63 Dramatic offering 64 Mediterranean capital 66 Tats 68 One of this puzzle’s 144 70 My belt __ 79 Ground cover 80 “Yess!” 81 Empower 82 What may come to mind 86 Native New Zealander 89 Fix, as a toy 92 Sleep disorder 93 My cake __ 97 Shut (up) 98 South Pacific island group 99 Parasite 100 Benefit 101 Cookie with a Red Velvet variety 102 Attacks 104 Climb, in a way 106 Direct attention 108 Soften 111 As we speak 113 Beefy soup ingredient 117 My knife __ 125 Genetic material 126 “Need anything __?” 127 Fluffy-eared marsupial 128 And my champagne __ 130 Crosswordsolving Simpson 131 Celtic language 132 Trac II cousin 133 Walt Whitman volunteered as one during the Civil War 134 Title for fictional detective Peter Wimsey 135 Parachute fabric 136 Help grow up 137 Printer cartridge contents
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1 Lacking talent for 2 Deserving of 3 “All Day Strong” brand 4 Not seen before 5 Longtime PLO chairman 6 Mauritania neighbor 7 Airline to Israel 8 Hard-hit batted ball 9 Small antelope with an echoic name 10 First name in design 11 Wander aimlessly 12 Reporter at the front 13 Spread outward 14 Academic research papers 15 Jellylike alga extract 16 Goods suffix 17 Stead 18 Start of a football play 24 Poured juices over 29 Bar mixer 30 Director in the theater? 32 Approached nightfall 36 “Iliad,” for one 37 Second chance 39 Leaning to one side 40 Reebok rival 42 Resting upon 43 Jewish assembly site 44 Roman garment 45 Grayish 46 19th-century diarist Henry __ Robinson 47 Pot-__: “on the fire” French stew 48 Thing of the past 50 Lead to 52 Twining plant 53 Functional 57 Look after 58 Legislative body 60 Snake worshippers, e.g. 65 Spanish 51-Across 67 Tab, say 69 European erupter 71 Slow way of speaking 72 Barely ahead 73 Reckless 74 Personality categories 75 Bond that promotes easy communication 76 Baseball’s Doubleday 77 __ Woods, original voice of Disney’s Cinderella 78 “Groovy!” 82 In that case 83 Basketball Hall of Fame coach Smith 84 Stately trees 85 Cream additive 87 Small deer 88 Move bit by bit 90 “When it’s __”: answer to a classic riddle 91 Symbol of bondage 94 So last year 95 “To __ own self be true”: “Hamlet” 96 Soil 103 Finally registered 105 A stone’s throw 107 Degree 109 Apartment building unit 110 Web message 112 Harmless, as a lie 114 Add splendor to 115 Occupied 116 “See ya” 117 Honeycomb compartment 118 Miscellany 119 Cold War initials 120 Play the first card 121 Besides that 122 Madeline of “Blazing Saddles” 123 Poet Pound 124 Old Russian autocrat 129 Sonny and Cher, for one