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LOVE AT FIRST SITE BY NEVILLE FOGARTY AND ERIK AGARD Across
1 Arcade hoops game 7 Some TV ads, for short
11 Went through channels? 15 Hitter's hitter 18 "The Simpsons" or "Futurama" 19 Litter's littlest 20 To whom Brabantio says "Thou art a villain" 21 Singular
22 Good name for a deep kissers' dating site? 25 Vittles
26 A shroud of secrecy, idiomatically 27 Endlessly starting over 28 Performances at Paris's Palais Garnier 30 Manning with the second-longest QB starting streak in N.F.L. history 31 Numerical prefix 32 "Ish" 34 Monster slain by Hercules 35 North Carolina university 36 Victor's shout 39 It's all in the head 41 Member of a southern colony 43 Actor whose first and last names look like they rhyme, but don't
47 Slice of a timeline 50 Fruit drink 51 Good name for a dating site full of hot dudes? 54 Obsolescent high school course, informally 56 Number one pal 57 Good name for a dating site of massage therapists?
59 In amazement 61 Emerald or aquamarine 63 Revolting sorts 64 Kitty-cat, e.g. 65 Carbo-loading dish 67 Patty alternative? 70 IV checkers 71 1988 top 10 hit for Tracy Chapman 73 George ____ University 75 Swamps
76 Good name for an extreme sports dating site? 79 Be traitorous to 82 Burger topper 83 Good name for a non-monogamist dating site?
85 Big Apple cultural site, with "the" 88 Alway 89 Southernmost of the Lesser Antilles 91 Napa Valley vintner Robert 93 Grannies 95 Previous name for an athletic conference now with 12 members 98 Comparable (to) 99 Sky-blue 101 Performer in makeup, typically 105 Certain layers 106 ____ Aviv
107 UTEP team
109 First things to go into jammies 112 "Trading Spaces" host Davis
114 Neat as ____
115 Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods? 118 Ad
119 Big loss
120 John of the Velvet Underground
121 Tot's wear
122 Junior
123 Lincoln Logs and such
124 Something taken on a field?
125 Ones passed on a track
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1 [Avoid watching this in front of the boss] 2 Sped (along) 3 Had a table for one 4 Chinese leader
Xi 5 Rainbows, e.g. 6 "That doesn't impress me much" 7 Immediately 8 Natural light beam 9 One of the Brontës 10 Group dance with stomps and claps 11 Instrument plucked with a mezrab 12 Cools one's heels
13 Back in time 14 Like early Elvis recordings 15 Good name for a carpentry dating site? 16 The rite place? 17 Thompson of "Selma" 21 "Toodles!" 23 Noggin 24 Chairman and ____ (common title) 29 Ones to watch 31 Back-ofnewspaper section 33 Poetic tribute 35 Org. with a flower logo 37 "Just ____ suspected" 38 1940s vice president Wallace 40 Enthusiastic 42 Not new 44 Chaperones, usually 45 Lincoln's home: Abbr.
46 "I'll return shortly," in a text 48 Swing time? 49 German interjections 52 "That's mine!"
53 '
55 Dignified lady 56 Model Page known as "The Queen of Pinups" 58 Naval officer: Abbr. 59 Geronimo, for one
60 Good name for a "High Noon"themed dating site? 62 Hit hard
65 ____ Bread (cafe chain) 66 NPR host Shapiro 68 "2 funny!!!" 69 "To Live and Die ____" 71 Visage 72 Player of Robin Hood in 1991 74 Like child's play 75 Nautical title, informally 77 Whole lot 78 Prefix with center 80 Ginormous 81 Lowly workers 84 O.T.C. O.K.'er 85 Command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard 86 Satanic look 87 Cookie holder 90 Movement 92 Statistician's grouping 94 "____ you the clever one!" 96 Gum ingredient 97 Titter 99 Stockpile
100 Nada 102 Certain computer whiz
103 Deep defenses 104 Long span
108 Put in order
110 Camping menace 111 Digitize, in a way 112 ____ colada
113 Real lookers?
116 Down Under hopper 117 Gather around, as an idol Answers below