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ACROSS 1 Not more than 7 Mayo to mayo, e.g. 10 “__ Blue”: George
Strait hit 13 One of the Three
Bears 17 Pacify 18 No 20 Quieted 22 Cheap laugh? 24 It can knock you out 25 Commentator
Coulter 26 “Evita” role 27 Casino attraction 28 Rescue squad initials 29 Ripken of baseball 30 U.S. territory divided in 1889 32 Create belt hardware in record time? 37 Caspian feeder 39 Letters under TUV, on many phones 40 About 30% of Africa 41 “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer O’connor 43 Gad about 46 Hiker’s power lunch? 50 Sweet-and-sour pita sandwich with a crunch? 53 Earth, to Mahler 54 Japanese veggie 55 Iceland-to-ireland dir. 56 Vegas-based TV drama 57 Fusses 59 Ocean diver 61 Old cash register key 64 Bakery artists 67 Big 12 Conference city 68 Pet’s protective-yet-amusing neckwear? 73 Ran away 74 Norwegian king who
died in 1000 75 Los __ 76 Untrustworthy sort 79 Beau and Jeff, to
Lloyd 81 “Pshaw!” 82 Have dinner 85 DC Comics collectible: Abbr. 86 Actress Hatcher 89 Old-fashioned restraint with a builtin boom box? 93 Protein shake spoonful 96 Future D.A.’S exam 97 Bless with oil 98 Sounds heard from
herds 99 Sports doc’s pix 101 College application
nos. 102 Plumber’s inquiry about a drippy faucet? 108 Botanist Gray 109 Startled cries 110 Common Mkt. 111 Battleship color 112 Yellow wheels 114 Knock 117 Morning rounds? 119 Like an off-key
football lineman? 123 Latin carol starter 124 Least arduous 125 Manhattan-to-far
Rockaway service 126 Sources of red
berries 127 Soul, to Sartre 128 Galoot 129 Paine and others,
religiously DOWN 1 Whodunit pooch 2 Hamlet’s kin 3 Van Morrison album or song 4 Handicapper’s hangout, for short 5 Oyster shell 6 PC doctor 7 Not the shortest line
between two points 8 O.T. book 9 Handy 10 Demand from 11 Glucose-creating enzyme 12 Suffix with infant 13 1051, on a monument 14 Old-style term of regret 15 Mercury, for one 16 High-heeled Astaire 19 Team with 17 official Final Four appearances 20 Guy in front of an
orchestra 21 High rises 23 Dole running mate 28 Old knockout agent 31 Supermodel Wek 33 Dynamic leader? 34 Big cheese linked
with Big Macs? 35 Not certifiable? 36 Low island 37 Mail letters 38 Social reformer Jacob 39 Potemkin mutiny city 42 Wrap initialism 44 Rap sheet initials 45 Healing 47 Myanmar, formerly 48 “Doe, __, a female ...” 49 Rogers and Lichtenstein 51 Cliburn’s instrument 52 Every other second? 58 Actress Ward 60 Chums
C433956 61 Composer Rorem et al. 62 “Bad” cholesterol, briefly 63 JFK postings 65 Faith syst. 66 Picket line crossers 68 Blood partner 69 It may involve a flat fee 70 “The Lodger” actor
Novello 71 Sioux enemies 72 “Mean Girls” actress 73 IMHO cousin 77 Teen comic originally focused on social graces 78 Some fine print 80 ’60s campus gp. 82 Duds for the
downwardly mobile? 83 Forearm bone 84 Vet’s charges 87 Medieval violin-like instrument 88 Jordan neighbor 90 “__ Said”: Neil Diamond hit 91 Other, in Oaxaca 92 Sprockets 94 “Modern Family” airer 95 “Of Human Bondage” author 100 Machu Picchu
architect 102 Longtime morning
show 103 __ Island 104 “So what else __?” 105 Delete 106 Indian wedding
dress, perhaps 107 Like go-getters 108 Ease 113 Barely 115 Came down to earth 116 Cross creations 118 __ Constitution 119 Crossing site 120 Egyptian viper 121 Fr. holy woman 122 Dernier __