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1 British dandy 5 Dennis the Menace types 10 Really grand 14 The “A” in STEAM, for educators 18 Maker of the Aspire laptop 19 Pain-relief brand 20 Recordings for oral historians 22 Bound 23 Slow-driving holiday parade in December? 26 “Huh, didn’t expect to run into you here!” 27 Musical piece like Smetana’s “Vltava” 28 Club collections 29 Movie genre ... or a shout on a movie set 31 Onetime Yves Saint Laurent employer 32 Make 33 Words at a pity party 34 Arrange by category 37 Update Wikipedia after the 2012 election? 41 Yiddish for “pancake” 42 Enthralled 43 Like some landscape photography 44 Assert confidently 45 Banned, in a way 47 Brand of “oldfashioned” root beer 48 Delicate bit of hair 52 Subject of study for an insect psychologist? 55 “Don’t love it, don’t hate it” 56 Against 57 Communication method that may be written with Stokoe notation, in brief 58 Investigative journalist Farrow 59 Heroes that don’t wear capes 61 Trademarked refrigerant 62 Kind of gel 64 Condiment drizzled on a taco 66 Shot followers 68 Drumroll followers 69 Blacken 70 Pale purple 72 Holi powder 73 Some announcements interrupting inflight movies, for short 74 Intelligence grp. featured on “Quantico” 76 Promise from actor Damon’s friends regarding his movie premiere? 79 “To Sontag, to Sondheim, to anything taboo” musical 80 Ceramic stewpot 82 Philosophy influenced by the “I Ching” 83 Eager assistant’s declaration 84 “It is what it is,” e.g. 86 Corn ____ 87 Art-shop purchase 88 Words accompanying an offering to the ruler of the donkeys? 93 Partner worth holding on to 94 Open acknowledgment 95 Uncreatively draws from 96 Busy locale in December 97 Leah who wrote “Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology” 98 Ivan the Great, for one 99 Some holidaytree decorations 103 Home of the poet Forugh Farrokhzad 104 Arrive too late to see a hotel being built? 108 Number of worlds in Norse myth 109 Thought spot 110 Russian pancakes 111 Disney’s Queen of Arendelle 112 Pontiac muscle cars 113 “The Crown ____ Worth Much” (Hanif Abdurraqib collection) 114 One who questions people’s motives 115 Collect from the fields
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1 Arbitrator’s asset 2 Eight, in Spanish 3 Plant with no flowers or seeds 4 Southern dish often made with buttermilk and cornmeal 5 Tuchus 6 Film composer Bernstein 7 Ore locale 8 Electronics-aisle array 9 Jiffy 10 Ancient Italian region 11 Dealt with minor issues? 12 Some businessnews topics, for short 13 What’s still in cartoons? 14 Many 15 Bring back on board 16 Mount Rainier’s ____ Glacier 17 Small piano 21 Done hurriedly and carelessly 24 Skyscraper feature 25 First of all 30 Screenwriter/ actress Michaela 32 Moved cautiously 34 Soft white mineral 35 Snapshot of a gamer’s progress 36 Duo inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 37 Aggravation 38 Grab a midday meal with someone 39 Trolleys 40 Heads or tails 42 Getting rid of 45 Berkshire school since 1440 46 Western settlement area led by Brigham Young 48 Major conflicts 49 Tired expression? 50 When to read aloud to kids 51 Bowling-alley device 53 Swimming/ cycling/running competitions, informally 54 Zero-____ game 60 Grow to a huge size 61 Part of a clock 63 Booby-prize winner’s place 65 Unflinchingly candid 66 Within a point or two, as scores 67 Two-time Olympic gold medalist in soccer 69 Flagella relatives 71 Medium for a birthday message 74 Body part that a dog uses to shake, e.g. 75 77-Down’s color 77 75-Down gemstone 78 “To be continued ... “81 Charlotte Corday, to Jean-Paul Marat 84 Word after better or worse 85 Simple graphics editor, informally 87 Guy 88 Getting along 89 No longer obsessed 90 Italian-style cheese 91 Strong strings 92 Adjust the spacing between, in typography 93 Like a deserved comeuppance 96 Soprano Nixon 98 Director Mingliang 99 Pass the threshold 100 Memphis’s river 101 Pancake served with sambar 102 Onesie closure 105 Plan for the future, in brief? 106 “America’s Got Talent” network 107 Do the Wright thing?