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ACROSS

1 It slows a descent 8 Salon treatment 14 Come as you ___ 15 Same old, same old

17 Singer Stevie 19 Keep an eye on 21 All stressed out 22 Subject of a will 23 Despises

25 Not on the rocks 27 Go one better 28 Point a finger at 31 Hound sound 33 Longtime soap:

As ___ World Turns

35 Hospital condition 38 Hens do this

39 Audio sensor

40 Top of the pot

41 Think it’s really groovy

42 Roy Orbison classic: “___ the Lonely” 44 Contributes

45 Jungle swingers 47 Mirrored ball spot 49 Posed for an artist 50 Potatoes’ partner 51 Baker’s powder 53 Almost round

57 Put on TV

59 Noon break

61 Cheese nibblers 62 Pottery mud 65 Distinctive scent 67 “You’re it!” game 69 Geologic division 70 Piece of pork

71 Roller coaster compartment

72 Took out a loan

74 Tool for a woodsman 75 Middle East native 77 Lancelot’s protection

78 The symbol of Aries 80 Deities

82 Takes a stroll

86 Lifted up

89 Stops sleeping 92 Must Love Dogs actress Diane 93 In poor health 94 Rib eye or porterhouse

95 Just out

96 Big crowds

97 Ways of thinking

DOWN

1 Trail through the woods

2 Particular region 3 Tenant’s expense

4 Gilligan lived in one

5 Put into service

6 Mountain passage

7 Move gingerly

9 Shock’s partner 10 Expensive

11 Excited about

12 Got used to, in a way 13 Permit

16 Actress Remini

18 Alludes to

20 Financial responsibility 24 Dove for home

26 Turnpike fee

29 Corrosive chemical 30 Hocus-pocus

32 Methods

34 Used to own

35 Chowder ingredient 36 Ready for harvest 37 Original thought

42 Happen

43 When shadows are short 44 Lepton’s locale

46 Hang around

48 Star Wars hero Han

52 Thespian

54 Opinion

55 Piece of property

56 Heavy metal

58 Jungle sound

60 Injure

62 Recliners

63 Careless, negligent

64 West Side Story song

66 Pull behind

68 Sprout up

71 Llama cousins

72 Wicker carrier

73 Like some history

76 Hair adornments

79 Makes inquiries

81 Facts and figures

83 Terra firma

84 Joint with a cap

85 Uses a Singer

87 Goal, desire

88 Salon solution

90 Take a meal

91 Hit the slopes