PURPLE PROSE: In various shades
Across
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Caterpillar, for one Object of worship Colony dwellers Four-team rounds “The bombs bursting __” PBS science series Honolulu’s locale Coax a smile from Herbal oil source Country residence Iron-fisted ruler Within arm’s length
29 Common Main
Street merchant 30 Top dog, for short 32 __ de toilette
33 Seeing red
35 Filled with freight 37 UFO pilots 38 Tell-__ (some bios) 40 Very hot, so to
speak
43 Social skills 45 Flower-focused
spring celebration 49 Path between
floors
50 Nielsen or Caron 51 Red Cross
headquarters 52 T-shirt application 55 Tasks for tugs 57 Center for 97
Across
60 Premiere
performance 61 Pulls even with 64 Mideast airline 67 Leading the pack 68 Isle near
Venezuela 69 Gerundial ending 70 Suspect in Clue
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Moral lapse Myopic toon Face-to-face tests Noticed Backyard structure Enter with a keyboard
80 Sit for a shoot 81 Notice 83 Upper-bod muscle 84 Peace Nobelist nun 89 T-shirt application 93 Confound 97 Bubbly beverage 99 Noisy nappers 101 Don’t leave the
house
102 Prefix meaning
“outer”
103 Stick with a kick 104 Actor Zac
106 Poetic monogram 107 Jack Ryan
employer
110 Term of
endearment
111 Best for harvesting 113 Bear with too-hot
porridge
115 Serenaded
117 Outlines of eggs 118 Shy one
123 Section of a song 124 What orzo
resembles
125 Pennsylvania port 126 Walk away
127 Pursuer of Bugs 128 Pert talk
129 Day breaks
130 City north of Bonn 73 74 76 77 78 79
Down
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False account Andy’s inanimate sister 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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60 61 2 Down and Andy Loathsome Come to mind Not farmed out Oaf Caesar’s eggs Washroom, in brief First-rate Tennis star Rafael Aries alias
Big __, CA African grassland Kuwaiti monarch Plant in the monkey/weasel song
Chain of keys Roebuck partner Cruise amenity Salad green Flexed Referee’s ruling Writer Wiesel Bit of dust Closely related Court VIPs Deices, as a driveway NYC’s NBA arena Apachean language Pillow filler AFL merger partner
Less numerous Rock concert lighting Blake of ragtime Oboist’s accessory Sort of sailboat Carton sealer Doesn’t work at all
Stream stopper Shy
Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.”
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Devoid of import Italian deli sandwich
Hair that Beyoncé has had Barest minimums Braying beast Poker prize Takes a nap Detach, as a medal Play better than Vermont ski center www.redcross.__ 85
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Porch furniture material Noteworthy times Scottish terrier Arabian Nights prename Name of two czars Mindful of Very vivid, as crayons Stage actor’s aide Didn’t hang around
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Botch something Where pet gerbils live
99 Be a whiner 100 Oscar actress
Loren
103 Valuable stash 105 Some undercover
agents
108 Paper that might
say COD
109 Light on one’s
feet 112 114 115 116 118
119 5/23
“Anything __?” Bake sale offerings Quick cut Low water testers HS yearbook section Range of knowledge
120 S&L offering 121 Paradise Lost
woman
122 Where to see
Hamilton