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1 Paint

5 Lout 8 Follower of sigma 11 TSX launch 14 Snooze

17 Doing battle 22 Transvaal settlers 27 Ship's deck

29 Tech sch. grad 30 Lacking gloss 31 Billiard shooter 32 Where Lux. is 33 Feudal lord or his subject 34 Competitor 35 Heavenly fare 36 Pronoun

37 Choir part

38 Gin inventor Whitney 39 Poetry class reading, perhaps 40 Choreographer Demille

41 Still in the game 42 Fails

44 Hit

45 Initial way to surf? 46 Set (against) 47 Take-home

48 Had a fight

50 Toni Morrison's "___ Baby" 51 Partner

54 Former Queens's ___ Stadium 55 Plain

57 These Canadian hawks dive at 300 kms per hour

62 This the largest creature on earth and calls Canada home 63 Wildcat found in Canada

64 One of the largest land animals in the world, a native of Canada

68 Meet, as expectations 69 Enter

70 Creamy salad 72 Over the counter 73 Kind of salad 74 Finisher

76 Show flexibility 77 ___ the crack of dawn 78 Syringe amts. 81 "Seascape" playwright 83 Footwear 84 Buddy

85 Mesh traps

86 Not

87 'Wha'd'ja say?' 88 Natural hideout 90 Sondheim's Sweeney 91 Type of fishing 92 Australian state, abbr. 94 Reduce, as expenses 95 Early premium credit card, familiarly 96 Understands

99 "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you . . ." 100 All over the place 104 Places in the heart 105 Sarge, e.g. 106 Sound of laughter 107 "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" autobiographer West 108 Downer

112 Putter offer

114 Just so you know 119 Throw out a shell 120 Obi

121 Physicist Ohm 122 Stymie 125 Grown-up

126 Make a connection with 127 No pro 128 Morning chat personality, down south 131 Prefix with byte 132 Skipper's dir.

134 Egg producer 135 "The Tempest" king 137 First name of the actor who plays Ros in "Game of Thrones" 141 Athlete's snack 143 Horse feed

144 Parts of a scale 145 Marathon competitor 146 Canada's largest rodents 149 Snake found in Manitoba, Red-sided _____ 150 This animal, found in Alberta and Sakatchewan, is the fastest land animal in North America 153 This tern summers up north

156 Dining prompter 158 Girl in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers"

159 A ring could hang here .... 160 Expression of surprise and fear 161 Cry of feigned innocence 162 Difficult task 166 Wine age measure 167 Butting animal 169 Citrus preparations 171 Baseball stat 173 Place for a pin 177 1975 ABBA song 178 The king of France 180 Start with while 181 Edible tuber

182 Time of arrival, for short 184 Babysitter's handful 186 Yesteryears 188 Sturdy and robust 190 Nothing

193 Pace counter 196 Inherent

198 Gave power to 199 Like trees on a prairie 202 Anonymous references 204 Watson makers 205 "Born Free" subjects 207 1986 #1 Starship hit 208 Soup holder

209 "___ Jacques" (children's song) 210 French key

211 Cow pats

212 "Take ___!" 213 Enlarge, as a hole 217 Kind of bean

218 Sao ___ 219 Surround 221 Western NBAER 225 Cheers

226 Found on the east coast of Canada, these are the smallest mammals in the Americas, ____ shrew 227 Canada's smallest birds, the Calliope _____ 231 One of Canada's largest birds

236 Like Columbus, much of the time 237 Colorado Indian tribe 238 Desires 239 Brooklyn ___, N.Y. 242 Guess 243 Mapmaker Andrew 244 British sports cars 245 Mended a sock 248 Software offering, abbr. 249 Play a part in 250 Fronted 251 Unmarried Scottish girls 256 Study hard

257 "The Masters" need 258 Counting game 259 Bangkok native 262 Stubborn beast 266 Tropical lizard 267 Trounce

268 Get a hold of 271 "Take your pick" 272 "____ Lang Syne" 273 Explorer of Canada's coast 274 Phileas Fogg's creator 275 Uncanny

276 Hallow ending 277 Chucklehead

281 Dog biter

282 Joined 283 Canadian peninsula 286 Canadian bird that gave its name to a coin 287 British Columbia mountain

291 Jasper National Park mountain 292 Marshier 294 Concert equipment 295 Farthest 296 Southeastern Conference sch. 297 Proof you paid

301 ___ Dee (Carolina river) 302 Hey, mister ___ jay! 303 Trans-canada Hwy. rate 304 Pigments 305 Then 311 Insect-eating lizard 312 Hogwash

314 BBC rival 315 Financial convenience 316 English composer, Thomas 317 Valentine edging 318 Eastern Church images 320 Small finch 321 Spiked

322 "Heir" homophone 323 Immortal Yankee Gehrig 324 Mardi Gras, e.g.: Abbr. 325 Growth theory subj. 326 Poppy or flax 327 Canadian poet Edwin John __ 328 Observers 329 Barrett of Pink Floyd 330 USNA grad. 331 Purpose

332 The sun, in Spain 333 Dupe

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1 Monk, title of respect 2 Asia's shrinking ___ Sea 3 Forelimb bone 4 Scrawny

5 Parts of O.H.M.S. 6 Horrified 7 Prudence in avoiding waste 8 Suet of animals 9 Stick on 10 Promised lands 11 Cooling beverage 12 Sign of life 13 Coup d'___ (quick glance) 14 Apprentice 15 Spectators

16 Kind of income 17 "32 Flavors" singer Davis 18 1997 Masters winner 19 Retired

20 Long time

21 Took five 22 Foundation garment 23 Flaxseed, sunflower 24 Nefariousness

25 90s party 26 Bob___

28 Old time Dads 29 Old lab heaters 30 Billiards stroke 43 "___ extra cost!" 49 PC port for a flash drive 52 Phoenix player 53 Nothing's opposite 54 Pig

56 Arcing shots 57 Drescher of "The Nanny" 58 Helper

59 Exam for future J.D.'S 60 Mushrooms for French cooking 61 Canadian capital, abbr. 62 Wild hog 65 Quick cut 66 Poems 67 Hawaiian honker 69 Student score 71 Indicate denial with an arm gesture 73 Karate blow 75 Vitamin bottle info 77 Foolish 78 Mariner's aid 79 Knick knack showcase 80 Fleece 82 "Jurassic Park" girl 83 A Cadillac 84 Satiated

88 Tin vessel

89 Car co. purchased by Chrysler 91 Feat

92 ''... ___ iron

bars a cage'' 93 Unaccompanied 94 Bake sale org. 96 Fathom

97 Arena shout 98 Tavern offering 99 Stag

100 __berry 101 Ceremony master 102 Goal makers 103 Corp. exec. 104 Like some chest pain 106 Foreshadow 107 "Holy ___!" 108 Spirits 109 Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde"

110 Role player

111 Ford muscle car

112 Good works ad

113 Abbr. on a markeddown item

115 Game show announcer Johnny 116 Croaking flier

117 Dutch cheese

118 Papal court

119 Lapel accessory

122 Food catcher 123 Slack-jawed

124 Big name in book publishing 129 Gossip blogger Hilton 130 Clarinetist Shaw 131 Revolved

133 Lucy's friend and landlord 134 #4 of the Boston Bruins 135 Public performers 136 George Sand's "Elle et ___" 138 Value

139 Medical procedure, in brief 140 Female hormone 142 Some toothpastes 146 Aircraft compartment 147 Form of fencing

148 On ___ with (about the same as)

151 Planet path 152 Approving

154 Real estate ad abbr. 155 Whispers sweet nothings 157 Per person

163 What a barman might need 164 Orsk is on it

165 Hot under the collar 168 Yoga class need 170 Impassive

172 Marcos of the Philippines 174 Corn bread

175 German painter, Max 176 Chow line?

179 It would

183 Strollers 185 Pioneering Toyota 187 Sneakiness

189 Literary collection 191 Practice

192 Pluck

193 Well known Argentinian 194 Glimpse

195 Change 197 Cornerstone abbr. 199 Collar inserts 200 Cleanse

201 Oven emanation 203 Copter or port preceder 206 Solitary 209 Notability 214 "My name is ___" 215 Yawl call

216 ISP with a butterfly logo 217 Tax advisor 218 Places

220 They often have staff positions 222 Airline to Amsterdam 223 Greek mathematician 224 Descartes of philosophy 227 Holds close 228 MD for women 229 Spelling movie: Akeelah and the ___

230 Polit. label 231 Accra's land 232 Apply, as massage oil 233 Foe

234 Portray 235 Taken 240 Chinese truth 241 Nine-digit fig. down south 244 ___ culpa 245 Guard 246 Military corps 247 Good name briefly 248 Venus, to Serena 251 Tyler who played Arwen in "The Lord of the Rings" 252 Ripened

253 Tom and Katie's kid 254 Caroled 255 Intoxicant 256 Vertical faced cliff 259 Incredible stories 260 Shaded

261 After the style of 262 1974 title role for Lucille Ball 263 Over in Germany 264 Rioter's take 265 Sicilian volcano 267 Like some golf balls 268 Certain math class 269 Resumed 270 Some Raggedy dolls 273 NYC transport 278 Narrow neck of land 279 Baseball equipment 280 Occur earlier 281 Scale notes 282 Idea 284 "Uh-huh" 285 Irritate 286 Lords' wives 288 Test 289 Portended 290 Plastic surgery targets 291 Whitish

293 Tall grasses 295 Author Sinclair 296 Maj.'s superior 297 File 298 Bavarian river 299 Dear, as a signorina 300 Radiate 303 Curly cabbage 306 Mexican sandwich 307 "___ So Sweet" (gospel song) 308 Turner and others 309 Faucet brand 310 Prefix with morph 313 Sunshine beam 319 Storm heading, abbr.