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1 Soccer great Mia 5 Practical jokers 9 Ankle-related 15 Kindergarten

recitation 19 McFlurry cookie 20 Inside scoop 21 “The Heart of the

Matter” novelist 22 “Sounds like a __!” 23 Hitching post? 26 Pennant __ 27 Vision correction

tools

28 __ Grande

29 Like rainforests 31 Revolutionary

Guevara

32 Social group

33 Fair trade?

38 “Pipe down!” 40 Tiny parasites 42 Erin of “Happy

Days” 43 Wax-wrapped

cheese

44 Try to win over 45 Freud’s “The __

and the Id” 46 Shoulder muscles,

briefly 48 Two-syllable foot 51 Cry to a cap’n 53 Not much at all 57 Snooped (around) 59 Hankook product 60 Cold calling? 64 Some Himalayan

residents

66 Beam

67 Far from port 68 Pigeon coop 69 Inexact fig. 70 Inside job? 75 World Series mo. 77 Genesis locale 78 Hardships

79 Agcy. with a taxing

job

80 Peanut butter Girl

Scout cookies 82 Power station? 88 Notable times 89 Cuban singer Cruz 91 Any second now 92 Exude, as charm 93 Actress Ward 94 __-turvy

96 “60 Minutes”

network

99 Ornate flower pot 100 Lava __

103 Agree to join 105 Casual

conversation 106 Purr former 107 Instrumental role? 111 Maui’s scenic __

Highway

113 WC

114 “Falling Skies”

actor Wyle

115 “Life Is Good”

rapper

116 Poet Gorman who read at President Biden’s inauguration 119 Give off

121 Scoring position? 126 Lhasa __

127 Many a profile

picture

128 Mystery novelist

Paretsky

129 One of the Three

Bears

130 “Those people?” 131 Dangerous African

fly

132 Cash drawer slot 133 “Sounds good to

me!”

Down

1 Laugh really hard 2 Field of expertise 3 Inst. that features

clinical rotations 4 Prototype

5 Hits the jackpot 6 “Life of Pi”

director Lee 7 Fighter pilot’s

sensation

8 “Lost in Translation” director Coppola 9 __ Fridays 10 Continuing

storyline

11 Big name in

outdoor gear 12 Putty, caulk, etc. 13 Invalidate 14 Doesn’t bother 15 Bank loan abbr. 16 Extortionist 17 Secret stash 18 Scornful look 24 “Go, me!” 25 79-Across

document 30 Possessed 34 Agreement from a

silent partner? 35 “Lost in Yonkers”

Tony winner Worth 36 Bravery 37 Yogurt-based

condiment served with hot curry dishes

38 Exchange 39 Hostess creamfilled cake 41 Sweet-talk 47 Spanish title

49 3D diagnostic

tools, briefly 50 Second to none 52 Story

54 Singer featured on

Flo Rida’s “Low” 55 Additionally 56 Action figure? 58 Hold up 61 Evaluated 62 Ophthalmologist,

informally 63 Diameter halves 65 __ dish

68 Pink cocktail,

familiarly 70 “They’re not

saying anything worth listening to” 71 Start anew 72 Majestic trees 73 Geppetto’s goldfish 74 __ buco

75 “To a ... ” poems 76 Apple discard 81 Sci-fi writer Asimov 82 Longstocking of

kid-lit 83 Worshipper of Jah 84 Inseam unit 85 Froot Loops mascot 86 Political

commentator Klein 87 Tenant’s expense 90 Contract ambiguity

that may be exploited

95 Half a cosmic whole 97 Commonwealth

off Florida 98 Notary public’s

device

101 Fellows

102 “Survivor” host Jeff 104 “I Put a Spell on

You” singer Simone 105 Diagnostic tool,

briefly

107 Sole mate?

108 Vim and vigor 109 Shipping weight

deductions

110 Final word

112 Two-time Australian Open winner Osaka 117 __-glace: rich sauce 118 Isles off the Irish

coast

120 Hall of Fame

pitcher Seaver 122 Toward the rudder 123 Prefix with

content and belief 124 Miniature

125 Smelter’s input