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New Year’s Re-solutions
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1 Just dreadful 8 __ School, American art movement of Robert Henri 14 ### 20 Tank top opening 21 Super-spy Jason 22 Behold 23 What a heavy drinker might not be able to do the next morning? 25 __ l’oeil (illusion) 26 Put seeds in the ground 27 Took a chair 28 Meyers of late-night 30 Detritus 31 Eucalyptus muncher 33 Diagnosis for some vets 35 Venomous snake 37 Warn like a snake 40 Coffee maker insert 42 First major Civil War battle 45 Kimono closer 46 Darning? 49 Sense of self 50 “This wasn’t news to us” 52 Particle comprising one up and two down quarks 53 San Diego’s area, casually 55 Work __ 56 Much __ About Nothing 57 “Shucks!” 60 Formal “Wasn’t me” 61 Close at hand 63 Move, as wings 66 Went over 68 Gift-getter’s “You shouldn’t have”? 71 Steinbeck novella 73 Powerful engine 74 __ Cloud (outer solar system region) 75 Old music player 76 María, to Jesús 78 Limit 80 “The game of unspeakable fun” 84 The Old Maid playwright Zoe 86 About to deliver 89 Canny 90 Kylo __ 91 Bring out the dessert wine? 95 “What’s more . . . ” 96 Building and grounds 98 See 97-Down 99 Former senator Feingold 100 Isn’t straight up 101 Missing from one’s post 103 Part of TNT 105 Massachusetts governor-elect Healey 107 Comedian Garr 109 Droop 110 On the ocean 114 Softball game division 116 Words like “You can’t fire me! I quit!”? 120 Underhanded 121 Cause of fatigue for some 122 “You can’t make me attend!” 123 Explorer Abel 124 Intense 125 Reaches, in a board game
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1 Over-50 advocacy grp. 2 Singer Jacques 3 Place where “it’s fun to stay” 4 Mishits, in golf or tennis 5 Very, in music 6 More than most 7 Accidentally divulge 8 Be a bad helper? 9 Plea for help 10 “That’s odd” 11 Put out 12 Put in a chip 13 Source of tweets? 14 __ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 15 “Absolutely not” 16 Portuguese archipelago 17 Secret way of showing contrition? 18 Dad 19 Sega Genesis rival, for short 24 Secretary of the Interior Deb 29 Initialism for ductwork 32 Several 33 Modern-day home of the Moche and Chimú civilizations 34 Jogging pace 36 Pen filler 37 Poet Julia Ward __ 38 “Seems likely” 39 Person named Kaur or Singh, often 41 Close with a knot 42 Ending with fish or rumor 43 Small type 44 Favor, informally 46 Step-by-step instructions 47 Shake 48 Boar’s mate 51 European bowling game 54 Terrible Yelp rating 56 Now, in Nicaragua 58 One retired from the force 59 Foxtrot preceder 62 Insta, with “the” 64 Apollo 13 commander Jim 65 To the stern 67 “Santa Baby” singer Kitt 68 Do some editing as a songwriter? 69 Records of the distant past? 70 Get into a cab? 71 Choreographer Twyla (anagram of “Part H”) 72 Person enjoying Acadia, say 77 Modern vaccine basis 79 North London soccer team 81 Boyfriend 82 Has 83 Casino posting 85 Sinhalese homeland 87 Paintballs, e.g. 88 Canaanite deity 89 Bedspring supporter 92 Winter hrs. in Boston 93 Sleeveless jacket 94 First Lady Adams 97 With 98-Across, singer nicknamed “Mama Africa” 99 Spheroidal 101 “__ you sweet!” 102 Having learned a lesson 104 Give a hard time, slangily 105 Thin fog 106 Actress __ May Wong, the first Asian American depicted on US currency 108 Taylor Swift’s upcoming __ Tour 109 Catch 111 College Board exams 112 Frozen breakfast brand 113 __ Flux (Charlize Theron film) 115 Doc offering IUDs 117 “If u ask me . . . ” 118 Card game cry 119 Straight Outta Compton group