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1 It might end

up in a sack 9 E neighbor 15 Nada 20 Robots 21 “Not exactly,

but close ...” 22 Filmmaker Coen 23 Checkout devices 24 Tired tale 26 Seriously annoy 27 Roll out, as a flag 29 Stuff in a muffin,

say? 30 Neighbor of Okla. 31 Exciting, in

modern lingo 32 Rock, maybe 36 Danson’s “Cheers”

role 38 End of some hybrid

dog breed names 39 N.Y.C. dance

company 40 Hounds 42 Tidbits for

aardvarks 43 Bearded beast 44 They go with

potatoes in soup 46 Sting operator 49 Regarding 51 Vitamin stat 52 Hosts, in brief 55 Italian cheese 59 Peel place 61 Out at a library, say 63 “Yeah, why not” 64 Cyrus who sang the 2013 No. 1 hit “Wrecking Ball” 66 Once did 67 States, informally 68 Be prone 69 Radiated 70 Leafy salad

ingredient 72 Didn’t delay 74 Inexperienced 75 Fool 76 Something frequently found in pink lipstick 77 Pupil’s location 78 Stabilizes with

a heavy load 81 Lump in

the throat 82 Geologic

period 83 Get upset

over 84 Lincoln-to-Madison

dir. 85 Sunrise direction,

in Stuttgart 87 River in a

1914 battle 90 Skim 92 Not a science,

but ____ 94 & 95 What often seems to disappear in a dryer 98 N.C. military

installation 102 “____ Trois

Mousquetaires” 103 Big do 104 Appealed to a

higher authority? 107 Religious time

in spring 109 Critical message that’s a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle 110 Circular

components? 111 Cave dweller 113 Caruso and

Pavarotti 114 It makes for

a boring job 115 1973 Beach Boys

song 119 “Three Stooges”

insult 123 Sal of “Rebel

Without a Cause” 124 Course of action 125 Stretched tight 126 Caribbean

game fish 127 Changes back

to 0000 128 Swollen

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1 Ballet step 2 They have lots

for sale 3 Not exactly hit the

ground running 4 PlayStation

company 5 L.B.J. follower 6 Home of the

Burj Khalifa: Abbr. 7 Showed ‘em what

we’ve got 8 “It ____ hit

me yet” 9 State of

abandonment 10 Traffic troubles 11 Where the phrase “To thine own self be true” comes from 12 What shocked

people stand in 13 Raja ____, Indian author of “The Serpent and the Rope” 14 Ernie ____, Pulitzer-winning journalist of W.W. II 15 Keebler cracker

brand 16 Member of TV’s

Addams Family 17 Something scientists make light of? 18 Rear 19 Some cameo

stones 25 Obstacle for a fish 28 Dandies 31 Tour grp. 32 Bro 33 Cab alternative 34 Common Market

org. 35 Starting point

in logic 37 Swimmers’

assignments 41 Slippery vendor 45 The Wildcats of

the N.C.A.A. 47 Jason with the 2008 hit “I’m Yours” 48 Poet Lowell 50 Store window

sign 52 Dress seller 53 Take root 54 Sweet summer

treat 56 1978 Dire Straits

hit 57 The Ram 58 Doesn’t just want 60 Word said

in passing? 62 Headed up 64 “Morning Joe”

airer 65 Rumor starter 71 Timecard abbr. 72 Prized pitcher 73 Please too much 75 “Unto us ____

is given” 79 Like a string bean 80 Blood-typing

letters 86 Word with

bay or family 88 Course registrant 89 Cars that disappeared during the Depression 91 “Don’t know yet,”

on a schedule 92 Prefix with industry 93 Bit of shaming 95 Involuntary

actions 96 Make official 97 House of cards? 99 “Wheel of

Fortune” sextet 100 Eschewed home

cooking 101 Mystery and

romance, for two 105 Download

for a tablet 106 Skilled judoist 108 Draft 112 Nicholas II was

the last one 114 Big name

in laptops 116 The Lion 117 “____,

Imperator!” 118 “-y” pluralizer 120 Irk 121 W.W. II arena:

Abbr. 122 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roush