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1 Image on the flag of Oakland, Calif., appropriately 5 Country whose capital is an anagram of its former capital 10 Sends 10 texts in a
row to, say
15 Stage partitions? 19 Achings
20 Basic Mediterranean sauce
21 Eagles’ home 22 Pork cut
23 Stick of butter,
geometrically 26 Sesame Street resident who refers to himself in the third person 27 Attentive
28 Change of scenery,
in real estate lingo 29 Less involved 31 Seminal 1980 hit by
Joy Division
37 Attire for some
queens
39 Subtle flavor, to a
wine taster 40 Accomplishes 41 Barbecue discard 42 White House staffer 43 What a V-sign
might indicate? 44 Try to hit, as a
piñata 47 ____-Locka, Fla. 50 Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming, among others
53 Lap, maybe 56 Visitors from afar,
in brief
57 Hurry, quaintly
58 A matter of course? 59 Works in
a gallery
60 ____ Aviv
61 Hit 1998 Eddie Murphy comedy based on books by Hugh Lofting
65 “An empty set
exists,” e.g.
68 Stole
69 It lacks value 70 Leafy salad
green
In Play | Michael Lieberman, Adam Wagner And Rafael Musa Recommit to one’s 3 Moon of Saturn 59 Rock’s ____ fitness ... or what found to have Fighters
23-Across depicts a potentially 60 Soccer star ____ literally habitable ocean Heath
State south of 4 Component of 61 Enthusiastic Mumbai some hormone affirmative Perception therapy 62 Region
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82 What characters in energetically 65 Quick and nimble musicals often do ... 8 Genetic variant 66 Noble gas used in or what 31-Across 9 Singer Horan of some lasers depicts literally the boy band One 67 “All good” 87 “Discreet Music” Direction 68 B’way purchase
musician Brian 10 Part of a 72 STEM subject that 88 Cars with clutches woodpecker’s diet rhymes with “stem” 90 Photographer 11 / 73 Recover
Goldin 12 Perfume line by pop 74 ____ pig 91 Prosecco cousin star Grande 77 Buy time
92 Big shots they are 13 Beauty pageant 78 Barely sits still?
not since 1952 79 No pro
95 Secular 14 Precursors to finals 80 “Weekend, here I 96 It’s just under a foot 15 Mideast city with come!”
97 Explorer Ericson an eponymous 82 ____ mitzvah 98 Useful people to pepper (Jewish ceremony know ... or what 16 Share a byline, for multiple people) 50-Across depicts maybe 83 Flatten, say literally 17 Part of a stove 84 A pop
104 What an economy 18 [That is so funny!] 85 Having an intact seat is usually short 24 Off-road option, for tamper seal, say on short 86 One might move
105 “Oh, why not?!” 25 Spoil fast in stores
106 Kuwaiti currency 30 ____ Pro (tech 89 Loser to Herbert
109 Beseech product) Hoover in 1928
110 Screen feature 32 Require 93 Parts of some that facilitates 33 “Holy moly!” military uniforms multitasking ... or 34 Button added to 94 ____-Caps (candy) what 61-Across Twitter in 2022 96 Holy place depicts literally 35 Primo 98 Goofs
116 Food that’s 36 Govt. agency rules 99 Aired anew easy to get 37 Title for food writer 100 Uses performanceenhancing hooked on? Mary Berry drugs 117 Group character 38 Hilarious sort 101 Egypt neighbor:
118 Mocking 44 Library section Abbr.
smile 45 Imperfection, 102 Say “..., say,” say 119 The “garden” metaphorically 103 Agcy. that advises in Bosch’s “The 46 Labor against eating raw Garden of Earthly 48 Makes certain cookie dough Delights” knitting stitches 107 ____ man (frequent 120 Old video game 49 Before: Sp. subject in The
console inits. 51 Group of gift-givers Onion)
121 Excel 52 Cuddle amorously, 108 Monopoly payment 122 Swamp plant in a way 111 Home of more than 123 Lamb, for one 54 Magical creature one M.L.B. team associated with 112 Whole lot rainbows 113 Bring into play
55 Tri- one more 114 Cribbage marker
time? 115 Anger
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