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Across 1 ____ aisle, part of a church 5 Prayer books

12 Bit of baloney 15 Rep

19 Two, in Toulouse 20 Neighbor of New York 21 Pesticide ingredient 23 Still a contender 24 Cousins of jaguarundis

25 City in Los Angeles County

26 Leave in the dust 28 European eruption site

29 Search engine failure?

30 Is able to translate what was heard on the wall? 32 Thwart 34 Choler

35 Not stay the course? 36 Gin, lime and soda combo 38 Things that are bought and soled 40 Arizona tribe 43 Scotland’s longest river 45 River through Russia and Kazakhstan 46 Is expecting 48 Oddity

50 More in order 52 Dole (out) 53 Tactic in a war of attrition

54 It goes after go 55 Mattress tester’s compensation? 61 Word after big or oil 62 Suggestion of what to do, slangily 64 Opposite of ennemies 65 Basics of education, briefly

66 Super superstar 68 Supercilious sort … or the title for this puzzle 72 A bushelful 73 Make faces in front of a camera 74 European capital named after a saint 75 “____ your head!” 76 Monster.com posting

77 Dress code requirement for the Puritans? 80 Peak in Suisse 83 City on the

Erie Canal

86 Tops

87 Goads 89 Test-prep aid 90 Dark beer 92 France’s ____ Noël 93 What may follow a school period? 95 Connect, as picture with sound 96 Annual CBS awards broadcast, with “the” 97 Playoff matchup 99 Years ago 101 “Mudbound” director Rees 102 Actress Rowlands 103 Hoped-for conclusion by someone with sore knees? 108 Make a really long-distance call? 113 Rani’s raiment 115 Matador’s foe 116 Infamous Chicago bootlegger 117 Mediterranean resort island 119 “____ go bragh!” 120 Swimmers with flippers 121 Rufous ruminant 122 Census datum 123 Sp. miss 124 Follower of hi or lo 125 Slips into at a store, say 126 Louver

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1 “Hasta la vista” 2 Corral 3 Software package 4 Like high-quality olive oil 5 Nighttime event in the western sky 6 Business magazine 7 Resolve 8 Coarse, as language 9 Elvis ____ Presley 10 Engaged in arson 11 Request for aid 12 Pointless

13 Go over one’s wardrobe? 14 Titanic’s undoing 15 Burn a little 16 Went wild 17 Added numbers 18 Many mowers 22 Number of i’s in “Sicilia”

27 Hula accompaniment, for short

29 With 29-Across, surprise in the mail 31 With 30-Across, is blunt 33 Khayyám and others 36 Left only the exterior of 37 Green of the L.P.G.A. 38 Fills

39 24 heures ago 40 Central command spots, for short 41 Sénat affirmative 42 Polish dumpling 44 Senate affirmative 47 Big brand of grills 49 Gunpowder holder 51 Overdue amount 56 Things that might be grabbed by someone in an argument 57 Authority on diamonds? 58 Uprightness 59 With 55-Across, big sleepover 60 What mos. and mos. add up to 63 French vineyard 66 Devilkin

67 Apt rhyme for “grr” 68 Everybody’s opposite

69 New York Titans and Dallas Texans, in ’60s sports 70 Mine, in Milano 71 Plains tribe 72 Lackadaisical sorts 74 Glaswegians, e.g. 76 Protrude

78 With 77-Across, red, blue and yellow 79 Welcome at the front door 81 “The Oblong Box” writer 82 Witch’s home 84 Against 85 Electrical connection? 88 Like fried food vis-à-vis grilled food, typically 90 Fey’s co-star in “Baby Mama” and “Sisters” 91 Simple variant of baseball

92 Part of Potus: Abbr. 94 Break, as a habit 96 QB’s feat

98 Way out 100Three-dimensional fig.

103 Wear down 104 Buenos ____ 105 End of story? 106 With 103-Across, simple furniture style 107 Schubert’s “Eine Kleine Trauermusik,” e.g. 109 Lion queen in “The Lion King” 110 Prefix with dermis 111 Anchor

112 With 108-Across, not talking loudly on a cell, e.g. 114 “The King ____” 117 “D.C. Cab” co-star 118 Board hiree, for short