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ACROSS 1 You may find it on

your hands or side 5 Use a scalpel on 9 ‘‘O.G. Original Gangster’’ rapper 13 One connected with the force? 17 Not as brazen 19 It’s worth $200 in Monopoly 21 Princess of Power from 1980s cartoons 22 Get noticed 24 Wiped 25 DuVernay who directed ‘‘Selma’’ 26 100% 27 Ring call, for short 28 More hot 30 ‘‘Sounds about

right’’ 32 In stitches 34 Knocking 37 Load of money 38 Like some windows 40 Easily defeats, in sports 42 ___ Vogue 44 J.F.K. probers 45 You may put stock

in it 46 Director Coen 47 Enterprise for which a 14-yearold Buffalo Bill worked 51 One of 15 until 1991: Abbr. 52 ‘‘Baywatch’’ stars often jogged in it 54 Brownie unit 55 Japanese ‘‘yes’’ 57 ___ Nova (musical style) 60 Will, given the chance 62 Ninny 63 Dickens heroine 64 Cold-climate cryptid 66 End for an organisati­on’s name 67 Exploit a loophole, say 71 Radio-knob abbr. 72 Switch off 74 Unjammed 75 Cable airer of vintage films 76 Feeling low 78 Word between two last names 79 Trouble 80 Conductor announceme­nts 82 Baloney 83 Newswoman Curry 85 Lean back and enjoy the ride? 88 Jumbo-size 91 ___ fide 92 A Giants giant 93 Pick out 96 Washington landmark that lent its name to a Senate committee 98 Equally 101 Get the show on the road 103 Pursued, as perfection 104 Big bra feature 106 Sticks in a purse? 108 Rotten 110 Little ___ 111 Company also known as לא לע 112 Lifesaver’s inits. 113 Facetious string? 115 Big fall from the sky? 119 Large shrimp 120 Wavering wail 121 Like crayons 122 One of the Ivies, informally 123 Organizati­on with an Exalted Ruler 124 Aid in identifyin­g a bird 125 Insignific­ant DOWN 1 Hero in a John Irving

best seller 2 ‘‘Eureka!’’ 3 Sainthood

prerequisi­te 4 It was a dark period

for Poe 5 Short supply 6 *Like puberty

at age 16 7 Fatal ending? 8 *Biter in Niger 9 Following behind 10 Specialty of Industrial Light & Magic, for short 11 Alphas might clash over them 12 Buff 13 *One making the rounds at a party, perhaps 14 Having an unfavorabl­e outlook 15 Blunder 16 Bit of hope 18 Bad recollecti­on? 20 Tattooed 21 Alternativ­es to cheddars 23 Peanut 29 Topmost part of a face 31 Persevere 33 Drill sgts., e.g. 35 What buckets are made in, for short 36 Ob-___ 39 It may be a high percent for the 1% 41 Football stat 43 Chinese- restaurant assurance 45 Natl. Courtesy Month 48 Disapprovi­ng (of) 49 Swank 50 *First spacecraft to orbit a comet (2014) 51 What always comes in halves? 52 With 59-Down, permanent . . . or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues 53 Cider server 56 Certain operatic voices 58 Energize 59 See 52-Down 60 Symbol of equality,

briefly 61 Ahab’s father 63 Randy types 65 Variety 68 Underwater trap 69 Flat-bottomed boat 70 Hank’s wife on ‘‘Breaking Bad’’ 73 *Car-dealership option 77 Event with a cantina, maybe 80 ___ treatment 81 *Chooses in the end 84 Zombie Strike SlingFire Blaster, for one 86 Linear, informally 87 Amazon activity 88 Hurtful comments? 89 ‘‘Ridiculous!’’ 90 Agent 007, e.g. 91 Really involved 94 Long-reaching weapon of yore 95 More delish 97 Bit of baby talk 98 What a general may lead 99 *Goals for underdogs 100 ‘‘I’m such a ___’’ (klutz’s comment) 102 Givens on ‘‘Wheel of Fortune’’ 105 Weightlift­er’s exercise 107 Went off 109 Yawn-inducing 113 Android runner, often 114 Poet’s ‘‘prior to’’ 116 Arctic flier 117 Olympics host after London 118 Spotlight hog

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