TEXTER’S TRIOS: In other words
Across
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Icy mountains Nine in French class
Variety of pear Any ’50s song
At __ (slanted) Hinted at Office machine giant
Ready to advance, as a soldier (If you ask me …) Wonderstruck Fez feature Made larger Golf target Difficult to climb Stagecoach bandit PC port
Big, big, big Evening, in ads Urban pest Meridians (Ha ha ha) Mississippi River explorer
Take some air Warming cup Coins as currency Fitting Dashboard opening Things in grammar class
Make better
#1 pal Choice of 42 Down First Tuskegee leader (Incidentally …) 71 Paper towel layer 73 Family Guy baby 74 Pub order
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Den furniture Foul mood Lasers play them Taking prescriptions Haunted house offerings More tender Poe poem maiden Former power plant near Harrisburg (Enough already) Silly
X __ “xylophone” Fiesta food Since 1/1 Prepares to ensnare
103 Fairy tales
surname
105 ER masks, e.g. 106 “Let’s try that!” 111 Tour itinerary
header
115 It’s heard in
“private”
117 Broadcaster since
1926 (Maybe later) 120 Be in the cast of 121 Cash paid to
parolees
122 Provide the spread 123 Sandal strap 124 Crafters’
marketplace 125 Hopping mad 126 Dog-like scavenger 75 78 79 81
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Tackle box contents Sicilian mount Outer edges 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Sand product Long ride “Uh-uh” Inventor Whitney Forearm bone Japanese fish delicacy
Road shoulder More uncommon Mad Men office skill Microsoft virtual assistant Rusting Reality TV judge Goodman Window treatment Hawkeye Stater Put forth Slack off, with “it” Queen played by Liz
Writer Wharton Cosmo competitor Luau finger food Reach WWW pages Cleaner near a sink
Chief constituent Sound of scissors Email folder Fireplace flakes Bread aisle display Creme de __ Fruit pulp Soup legumes Freeway no-no Don’t allow Tone down Onion’s cousins Endocrine gland Rock star Turner Is left with
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Latter-day sweetie Spur to do
To a great extent Another time In the know Event with shots and sets Suze of personal finance Secretive alert Inverness inlet
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Domains Changing your mind a lot Fantasia frames Mild oath Where many do their bidding Slight progress Canine-powered conveyance Craftsperson Starter like equi89
PO box, e.g. 91 Targetable
92 Be a pest
96 Intern, for instance 98 Dropped-egg
sound
99 Important period 100 Nearing the hour 101 Trip to the plate 102 Formal accords 104 “Highway”
alternative 107 Waterfowl, for
eagles
108 Hurried escape 109 Fusses
110 Bolivian boy
112 Reusable bag
113 Little warbler 114 Cajun staple
116 Tonic partner 118 Anthem contraction 119 TV science
explainer