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A Rare Find
ACROSS
1 Not express, in a
way
6 Second person in
the Bible
10 One of the Blues
Brothers
14 “History of the World, ____” (Mel Brooks film that doesn’t actually have a sequel) 15 Grp. with Bills and
Chargers
18 Bridal adornment at
Indian weddings 20 Buckets
21 Goggle
22 Bird that went the way of the dodo (before the dodo) 23 Mr. ____, scheming
socialite in “Emma” 24 See 105-Across 25 Popular action film franchise ... or what trying to find the item in this puzzle can be described as 29 “There’s no use” ... like trying to find the item in this puzzle?
31 “The ____ Holmes Mysteries,” young adult series made into a 2020 film 32 Hosp. procedure 33 Keys
34 Architect
Maya
35 Foreign correspondent, maybe
38 1976 greatest hits album with a palindromic title 41 Site of Hercules’
first labor 45 What’s-____-name 46 Experimental
offshoot of punk 49 Echidna’s prey 50 Service with nearly two billion users
53 ____ reaction 54 Deep cut
55 Liquor store
requests
56 Frees (of)
57 Quiet summons 59 Greases 61 What’s at the center of some court battles?
62 City of Angels 64 Danger for an
exterminator 65 Scratch the surface
of 66 Certain customizable computer game character 67 Kick starter? 70 America of “Ugly Betty” 72 [Batman punches a bad guy] 73 Onetime name for
China 74 They have big
mouths 76 Over 77 More than umbrage 78 Two-wheeled
carriage 79 “Anchorman”
anchorman 80 Simple earrings 81 Duck Hunt console,
for short 82 Walking with flair 84 Odd article of clothing to wear with a tank top 85 Reached 87 Man’s name that anagrams to HYENAS 88 Did a Don Corleone
impression, maybe 92 Consonantless
“yes” 94 Actress Atwell of the “Avengers” movies 96 Product whose
sizes have letters 97 Clickable images 99 “As you can
imagine ... ” 103 Item hidden somewhere in this puzzle (where is it?) 105 With 24-Across, Emmy winner for “Once and Again” 106 Writer Horatio 107 Word before an
explanation 108 Boxer Ali 111 Bookmarked things
112 Vowelless “yes” 113 Personal datum: Abbr. 114 Long-gone 115 Site that competes with Amazon Handmade 116 Affliction also known as a hordeolum 117 Mean
DOWN
1 Collectible records 2 ____ milk
3 Packs tightly
4 Areas in many malls 5 Eldest of the von
Trapp children 6 Mnemosyne’s
daughters
7 Benefits
8 En pointe, in ballet 9 Pizza chain since
1943, familiarly 10 Weapon for
Samson against the Philistines 11 Whatsoever 12 “North” or “South”
land
13 Undoing
15 Faulty
16 Subway fare 17 Impact equally in the opposite direction
19 Actor Elgort of “The
Fault in Our Stars” 26 Taints
27 Sheepish response to “Where did the last cookie go?” 28 How checks are
written
29 Hellion
30 “Boyz N the Hood”
protagonist
36 Run an online scam 37 Feel rotten
39 Bona fide
40 Big brush maker 42 Starting point on a
computer
43 Won over
44 See 50-Down 47 Become rigid and
inflexible
48 Slides
50 With 44-Down, making futile attempts ... and an extra hint to this puzzle’s theme 51 Small black-and
white treat 52 Batman portrayer
on ’60s TV
57 Google Photos
precursor 58 Workers in forges 59 Murder weapon in “The Talented Mr. Ripley”
60 What “/” may mean 63 Key used to get out,
but not in
64 Man’s name that
means “king” 68 Palindromic leaders 69 Doctor’s order 71 They may be fixed 74 Highland beauty 75 The titular bad guy in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” 79 Capital of Saudi
Arabia
80 Singer with the
2016 platinum album “This Is Acting”
82 In good shape 83 “Know what I’m
talkin’ about?” 84 Secret rendezvous 86 Like child’s play 89 Block where Sesame Street can be found? 90 Notable period 91 It’s constantly breaking around the world
93 “The straight path” 95 German steel
city
97 Like neon
98 Bar rooms?
99 It never occurs above the Arctic Circle during the summer solstice
100 One may
be sworn
101 Claw
102 Seat of Florida’s
Marion County
104 Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the ____”
105 Go after
109 Word before ride or
slide
110 Which card to pick from a magician?