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1 Deets, say
5Like pangolins and
armadillos
10 Pacific weather
phenomenon 16000-00-0002, for Mr. Burns on “The Simpsons”: Abbr.
19Apt name for a protester? 20Shire of “The Godfather” 21“What's the ____?” 22 Job-listing letters 23Play about love and heartbreak in ancient Greece [1605, 431 B.C.] 27 Danger
28 Cater (to) 29Where people might come
to a happy medium? 30Is worth it
32“The Taming of the
Shrew” sister
36 Wheels
37 Timeless children's classic about country dwellers' friendships [1908, 1881] 41 Farm cry
43 Vented appliance 44Comedy talk show from
2003 to 2022, familiarly 45 Superlative score 48“Great Caesar's ghost!” 50Eat, baby-style
56 Timid
58It's symbolized by a
crescent moon and star 63Jewish folklore creature 64Magnum opus about a young man, family and the concept of free will [1866, 1965]
70Not according to plan 73Celebrity chef DiSpirito 74“Go ahead, shoot!” 75Major and Commander, to
Biden
76 Coming-of-age novel about a teenage boy and his isolation [1951, 1986] 80 Like an old apple 81Chicken ____ (South
Asian dish) 82 Phenomenon also known as data decay
86 Placid 88Rapper ____ Thee
Stallion
93 Drudges 94Celebratory smoke 99Veered, as an airplane 101Just peachy 102Tale about soldiers and treachery in southern Europe [1940, 1603] 110 Polynesian greeting 111Kleenex : tissue :: ____ :
sticky note 112Yellow-brown shade 115Mercury and Mars, for two 117Grp. promoting world
peace 120College athletics channel 121“In a nutshell” ... or an alternative title for this puzzle? 126Wallach of “Baby Doll” 127Stoat in its white winter
coat 128Lawyer's favorite dessert? 129Asteroid discovered in
1898
130Name that means “king” 131City that lends its name to
a variety of ice cream 132Warren in the Baseball
Hall of Fame
133 Fashion letters
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1Modern kind of purchase 2Locale for many
Panhellenic Games 3“Rapunzel” or
“Rumpelstiltskin” 4Kinda getting up there 5Poker great Ungar 6Burner on a range? 7Michigan liberal-arts
college
8 Certain collateral 9Convict, in old slang 10Persian Gulf territory 11 Gamer's headache 12Degree in mathematics? 13Voice role for Snoop Dogg in 2019's
“The Addams Family” 14Federal agent who was the inspiration for Dick Tracy
15 Nightmare 16 Addressed
17 Manatee
18 Adspeak claim of
convenience
24Gin add-in
25 German refusal 26One of Cuba's Castros 31Subject line abbreviation 33Wild group, for short 34One of many in the
“Disney Morgue” 35Leave gobsmacked 38Scoreboard letters at
MetLife Stadium 39D.O.J. branch
40 Helpful connections 41 Halloween symbol 42Busy month for a C.P.A. 46Turn from an old pallet into a bookcase, for example
47Title for Charlie
Chaplin
49“Toy Story” toy
torturer
51“I can't believe this!” 52Go head to head (with) 53Paul who painted “Cat
and Bird”
54 Advanced 55Some F.D.N.Y. pros 57 Juicy gossip 59Time measurement 60One of a classic septet 61“Key of the Nile” 62Act out? 65 Imitation 66 Amazon device 67 Laptop brand 68It's just what you'd
expect
69 Bosnian's neighbor 70 After-hours
conveniences
71Cry at an amusement
park
72 Parent
77 Philosopher Rand who
rejected altruism
78 “____ What ____” (song from “La Cage Aux Folles”)
79 Doggy's sound 83Carving station option 84Hawaiian fish also called a
wahoo
85 “Shame!” 87Prefix with hotel 89Exams that are essentially
impossible to study for 90____ Gadot of “Wonder
Woman”
91 Piercing tool 92Basis for an annual
Forbes list
95 Hobgoblin
96V8 debut of 1964 97Music to a masseur's ears 98Optimizes, as an engine 100 Play-____ 102More loaded, as a wallet 103Stadium chant 104A.F.L. All-Time Team member with a law degree
105 “No. Way!” 106Old-timey “listen”
107 Default search engine for
Microsoft Edge 108Some classic jeans 109 Tethered 113“____: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (2005 documentary)
114 Wackadoo 116Protein-rich blood
components
118 “Uncle!” 119“Downton Abbey” role 122Zhuzh (up) 123Small word for small 124Hydrogen's atomic number 125 Itch