Edmonton Journal

“ABRACADABR­A!”

- BY KEVIN SALAT

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1 Mosque leader 5 Language from which “cummer bund” is derived 9 Banjo sound 14 Social division 19 Nixed, at NASA 20 Sisters 21 OklahomaA ir Force base 22 Lift up 23 For-display-only Greek deli items? 25 Twenty minutes of juggling and acrobatics? 27 Live 28 Stumble over 30 Capital south of Oklahoma City 31 Like things that go bump in the night 34 Pasture sound 35 Cubs’org. 36 Actor Alda who wrote the best-seller“If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?” 38 Gamewinner 41 Dietary claim 43 Salsa singer Cruz 45 “If u ask me...“ 46 Alien with high heat tolerance? 48 Einstein’s asset? 50 Backup group 51 Starts after a crash 53 Get a feeling 54 Racetrack ratios 55 “Sponge Bob Square Pants” setting 58 Maryland coll. team 59 Season trio: Abbr. 60 Milne hopper 61 Herculean acts 63 It may be matched 64 Hogwarts’ first High Inquisitor __ Umbridge 68 Magic words ... and a hint to four side-byside pairs of puzzle answers 72 Hosp. triage expert 73 Ear piece? 74 Rush’s Neil known for his 360-degree drum set 75 Foxlike 76 Shares an email with 77 It’s fed on streets 79 Driller’s deg. 80 Recover 81 Old calculator­s 84 Tranquiliz­ed 86 New Zealand native 87 Play part for a giant god? 89 Bachelor pad? 93 NBA’s Magic 94 Cats in Cádiz 95 Simon & Garfunkel genre 96 Rent 97 Palindromi­c bread 99 “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” channel 100 Toon collectibl­e 101 Après-ski drink 103 Bills featuring Ben 105 Five o’clock phenomenon? 107 Microwaved 111 Musician evoking compassion? 113 Resist extra calories at Thanksgivi­ng? 116 Poker strategy 117 Ten out of ten 118 Standard Oil brand 119 On the calm side 120 Daily Planet name 121 Pond critters 122 Flabbergas­t 123 Camera component

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1 Facts and figures 2 Lamentatio­n 3 Lo que un desierto no tiene 4 Spunk 5 Aussie college 6 Boring routine 7 MyHeritage service 8 KGB country 9 Expensive Super Bowl purchase 10 “Yippee!” 11 Auth. unknown 12 ATM maker 13 Earn a perfect report card 14 Phi followers 15 Ventricula­r outlet 16 Archimedes, by birth 17 Dangerous waves 18 Sci-fi staples 24 Qualifying match, briefly 26 Ark unit 29 Turkish hospice 32 High-__ monitor 33 Grammar best-seller “Woe __” 35 Crosses paths 37 Zilch 38 “One of Us”singer Joan 39 Like some pet cats 40 Info in this puzzle? 42 Backing 43 Midriff-exposing shirt 44 Ruby Red vodka brand 47 Biological duct 48 Eames’“Law & Order: CI” partner Bobby 49 Fix a lawn 52 Wisest choice 55 Gertrude McFuzz creator 56 Effortless­ness 57 “No thanks, I already __” 59 Keeps from drifting 61 Compelling 62 Formally withdraws 64 Group of two 65 Perfume ingredient 66 Make bigger 67 Job that requires cutting class? 69 Joshua tree genus 70 Minuscule bits 71 Marry 77 Runners occupying bases 78 Like many used cars 80 “You __ to be there” 81 Heaps 82 Like some children of mixed marriages 83 Athens attacker, in Plato 84 Dizzying Playskool toy, at times 85 Word with party or skinny 86 Vietnam’s __ Delta 88 Tied, as skates 90 Rams’football gp. 91 Sticky stuff 92 Partners’abbr. 95 Diver’s quest 98 Racket 100 Copier, maybe 102 Hearing-related 104 Many a gamer 105 Eject 106 Poems of praise 108 Healthy salad green 109 “Why __ bother?” 110 Indigo and henna 111 Backing 112 Suffix with chlor114 Seminoles’sch. 115 “... the dew of __ high eastward hill”: “Hamlet”

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