GAMES ON REPEAT

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1 Banned water pollutant 4 Format for this puzzle’s title 11 Fixed food portions 18 Real Madrid rahs 20 Type of boot 21 Spousal greeting 22 Precisely so 23 Streak on a solo takeaway game? 25 Bitter conflict 27 “Speaking __ parent . .m .m ” 28 Theological . topic 29 Haka dancer 30 Two decks of cards for bridge? 34 Speck 36 Pick-and-roll league 37 “The World Above” singer 38 Comprehend 39 1986 Art Spiegelman graphic novel 41 Buster of ESPN 43 Reached 44 Tests usually taken lying down 46 Egg holders 47 Actress Deutch of The Politician 48 Initialism that means “Let’s not talk about work” 49 Quotation puzzle’s baton? 54 Pilgrim’s belief 56 Shrubs bearing plums 57 Narrative poetry collection 58 Stand-up comic __ Martin 59 TV producer Chaiken 60 “Move over” 61 Cuban dough 62 Can-do 63 Brilliant stroke while solving logic puzzles? 65 Nonsense in a word game? 67 Env. letters 68 Completely convinced 69 Politico Nikki 70 “__ the breaks” 71 Tip-top 72 It may be rounded up 73 Like a windmill 74 Possession question 75 Acts out police operations? 78 Dark genre 79 Home of the ibex 80 Workers’ rights grp. 81 Judicial seat 82 The Equalizer channel 85 Life line? 87 Accounts receivable stamp 88 Small door user 89 Mawlid religion 91 Starting reporter 92 French-lesson verb 94 Knack for a tile-placing game? 97 Toward the back 99 Morsel in cereal 101 Story __ 102 Peak in Thessaly 103 Python Chapman who’s good with codes? 108 Have on 109 Inferior performer 110 Flashlight power source 111 French town destroyed in 1944 112 Marking on butterfly wing 113 Most to the point 114 Sinema’s title, briefly

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1 Brandenburg’s capital 2 Debate-ending procedure 3 Lowered enclosure at a zoo 4 Polished off 5 Cardinals who represent the pope 6 Tenant 7 __ of Invisibility (Harry Potter artifact) 8 2021 WS winner 9 Finger food? 10 Music festival allotments 11 Jungle charger 12 Melody 13 Crossword type 14 Little bit 15 Low-scoring soccer tie 16 At hand 17 Nation with the oldest capital city in the world 19 Steps over a fence 20 Freelancers work on it 24 Personal goals 26 One with a large DVD collection, perhaps 31 “Yeah, sure thing, pal” 32 Adana inn 33 Truck food 35 “Wow! Just wow!” 40 __ Gerald R. Ford 42 Maggie Haberman’s newspaper, for short 45 Relieved (of) 46 Parlor purchase 47 Flies past 48 Mortise fitting 49 Orally 50 Crawled (with) 51 Pervades 52 “Let’s do lunch sometime!” 53 Navy bases? 54 Like a surefire baseball closer 55 Colorful cuppa 56 Reprimands 59 Dune actor Oscar __ 60 Makes a point? 61 Cries in a thin voice 62 Detest 64 Smoked from a bong, say 65 Blended scotch brand 66 Morality pundit 69 Cornrows, e.g. 72 Sleeveless blouse 73 Legally binding 74 Squid Game prize 76 Chinese calendar animal 77 Designer genes material 78 Peacekeeping grp. 81 Gym equipment 82 Tiny apartments, sarcastically 83 Brew with a red triangle logo 84 Apply heavily 85 Caddyshack star 86 Dictator’s command 87 Still life subject 88 Software thief 90 Cause of some school cancellations 91 Cookie holder 93 Man of many words 95 Vendors’ spots 96 EGOT award 98 Urgent notices: Abbr. 100 Diplomat’s must 104 Wahoo served at a luau 105 Award for Adele: Abbr. 106 Long, thin fish 107 “A harmony parallel with nature,” per Cezanne