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Abbr. 4 Univ. parts 9 Black- and- white treat 13 Sends an invitation for 19 Cell material 20 Independently 21 Fur fighters? 22 Combs 23 Wooden arts- and- crafts piece 26 Fantasy land 27 “Fingers crossed!” 28 “Sprechen ____ Deutsch?” 29 Great American Ball Park

team 31 Collector’s ____ 32 Quaint social occasion 38 Kind of poem 40 ____ Bo 41 “I almost forgot …” 42 Positive response 43 Work 45 “Hands off!” 46 Pre- euro coin 49 Shoelace alternative 55 Get the message, say 56 With equal frequency 57 Streak 58 Cigar type 60 “Borrowed” 61 Titter 62 Modern “Carpe diem” 63 Locale for phalanges 65 Cry that’s a homophone of

81- Across 66 Tool for reproduction 71 “Heaven and earth in miniature,” per a Chinese proverb 73 Expressions of disgust 75 Sole 76 Marco ____ ( shirt sold on

Rubio’s website) 77 Come to an end 79 Shenanigans 81 Barely make, with “out” 82 Appetizer 84 Section of a foreign travel

guide, maybe 85 Hybrid outdoor game 87 Prepared 88 Fatty cut of fish at a sushi bar 90 Named, informally 91 Where, to Cato 92 Burrowing insect 93 ____ glance 94 Convulsion 99 Reagan, with “the” 105 Prefix with cumulus 106 Identifying lines at the

bottoms of pages 107 Certain hosp. exam 108 Caught sight of 110 Ungraceful 111 Fixture in many a basement 116 Emulated one of Old

MacDonald’s animals 117 One that’s out of one’s head? 118 Response to “Who goes

there?” 119 Poorly 120 Brotherhood and

sisterhood 121 Neophyte, in modern slang 122 Cartridge filler 123 Convened

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1 Self- help guru who wrote “Life

Code” 2 Hoity- toity 3 Jake of CNN 4 Place for a throne 5 World Showcase site 6 Hang ( around) 7 Take unwanted steps? 8 Line at the zoo 9 Elect 10 King, in Portugal 11 Series finale? 12 Image on the Connecticut state quarter 13 Grant portrayer on TV 14 Line of cliffs 15 Land in two pieces? 16 Ingredient that’s been left out? 17 Pertaining to Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, e. g. 18 Spanish she- bear 24 One for two of four 25 Show ( out) 30 “____ a real nowhere man …” 33 Complete reversal 34 Source of the names of two months 35 Trounce 36 “Atlas Shrugged” author Rand 37 Soprano Sumac 39 Think piece? 44 Writer of the line “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December” 46 Leader elected in 1946 47 Prefix with tourism 48 Fossil- fuel residue 49 Still- life object 50 First name in cosmetics 51 Discoverer’s cry 52 Org. of the Argonauts and the

Alouettes 53 Some natural- history-museum displays, for short 54 Tributary of the Rhine 55 Substation? 58 The four seasons and others 59 Brown- and- white treat 61 Start of many a bumper

sticker 64 Backing at a business

meeting? 67 “Four Quartets” poet 68 Two 1980s White House

personages 69 Isao of the P. G. A. 70 Online greetings 72 Toy brand with soft sales? 74 Genealogical grouping,

informally 78 Bit of a joule 80 Average guy 82 French city said to have given

its name to a car 83 Bit of gymwear 84 Start of a

concession 85 Unoccupied 86 Start eating 87 Inner feeling 88 Court technique 89 Bobby in skates 92 “It’s f- f- freezing!” 93 Artful 95 Daddy 96 Crime stories? 97 “Streetcar” call 98 You could have it in any color you wanted, as long as it was black 100 “Two Treatises of

Government” philosopher 101 Smallest slice of a pie chart,

maybe 102 Must have 103 Scapegrace 104 Facetious response to “Describe yourself in three adjectives” 109 Recipe instruction 110 Sticky stuff 112 Line at a wedding 113 Role for Keanu Reeves 114 Chatter 115 Ingredient in a white lady

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