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1 Loosefitting garment 8 Things packed for a sleepover, informally 11 Cavs, on a scoreboard 14 Effects seen on FX, perhaps 17 Nation on the Red Sea 18 Helmsman on “Star Trek” 20 High times for the petroleum industry 23 X, but not Y 24 It might help you keep up with old classmates 26 Big-eyed baby 28 Excerpted passage 29 China’s Sun ____sen 30 Carrier of goods by rail 34 Player of 45s 35 Haim of “Licorice Pizza” 37 Iconic role for Carrie Fisher 38Certain porter 40 “Right you are!” 43 Contest 45 Some Kiwis 47 Stop on a publicity tour 50 When repeated, gung-ho 51 Dish often topped with marinara sauce 54 Dorm décor, often 56 Rave 58 Trivial 59 ____ Paz, 1990 Literature Nobelist 60 The “e” of i.e. 61 Chosen name of five popes 63 ____ Equis 65 Prepare (oneself) 66 Fundamentals 69 Alternatives to Pumas 71 Break for a bit 73 Ctrl-Z command 74 Does some fieldwork 76 ____ Rose of Guns N’ Roses 77 Standings column 78 Leb. neighbor 80 French desserts whosename translates as “small ovens” 82 Flair 84 Thor, e.g. 88 Makeup of some sleeves 89 TV chef who wrote “Semi-Homemade Cooking” 92 ____ Sremmurd (hip-hop duo) 93 White Russian ingredient 94 Playwright Eugene 95 Michelangelo masterpiece97 Camelot figure 100 It can be written in scripts known as naskh and ruq’ah 102 Require 103 Tree with “eyes” on its bark 106 They can be tapped out 108 Concern at the end of a space journey 110 X 111 Ambitious sort 114 ____ Cherry, 1989 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist 115 “Take it easy once in a while!” 118 Sonny and Fredo, for two 123 They’re all pulling in the same direction 124 Keep it in mind! 125 Classy 126 Chinese-dish eponym 127 End of days? 128 You might take them out for a quick spin, informally 129 Rages
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1 – 2 ____TV (network for “Impractical Jokers”) 3 Lower, as lights 4 Hwy. 5 Coding headache 6 Naval engagement 7 One taking interest in your education? 8 H.S. exam 9 7/ 10 Heaps at publishing houses 11 Edward Jenner used it when developing the world’s first successful vaccine 12 Sigmatism, by another name 13 The blonde in “Legally Blonde” 14 What might unfold at camp 15 Exclamation on April Fools’ Day 16 Words of clarification 19 “Yeah ... pass” 21 Checks for bugs 22 Mlle., in Madrid 25 – 27 Wrap up by 30 Distress signal 31 Put on the air again 32 – 33 Letter after sigma 34 Borough of New Jersey noted for its indoor shopping malls 36 Landed on a licorice space in Candy Land, say 39 Male swan 41 Put side by side 42 Relative of a gator 44 Their eggs are dark green 46 Camera spec 48 – 49 Brought before ajury 52 This, in Spanish 53 Malibu, e.g. 55 One way to go 57 “This guy? We’re together” 61 – 62 Accounts 64 Greenlights 66 Schedule slot filler: Abbr. 67 Grim 68 Terra ____ 70 One doing the lord’s work? 71 Birch bark and pine cones, e.g. 72 – 75 Missing work? 77 Exchange words? 79 Trickle (through) 81 – 83 Language spoken in Luang Prabang 84 Government bonds? 85 Welcome 86 Consumer 87 Set ... or word said before set 90 Estuary 91 “Three Tall Women” playwright 96 Overnight site 98 Cold feet and cold shoulder, for two 99 Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors 101 Louisiana cooking style 103 “Flick of the Switch” band 104 Curt 105 Aches (for) 107 Classic sodabrand 109 – 112 ____-Ball 113 Education orgs. 114 Hush-hush pacts, in brief 116 – 117 Good name, informally 119 Some smartphones 120 Something bent or lent 121 – 122 Norm: Abbr.