MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. He dedicates this puzzle to his mother, “a voracious reader, talented knitter, mahjong maven and all-around supermom.” He says he’s never personally seen any of the m
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Computer file, informally
Wound up on top?
Feels it the next day, say
Things served in prison
Shout at a Greek wedding
Country singer McKenna
“Whoa, settle down”
More than half of humanity
____ state
Mom’s comment to her child during prenatal bonding? [Frank Sinatra, 1954] Hot state Bishop’s hat They’re used mostly on corners
What Mom is obligated to do as her due date approaches? [The Beatles, 1969]
“____ the deal ... ”
Yes, in Yokohama
Bran material Part of a drivetrain
The Renaissance, for one
Team ____ (late-night host’s following)
Cancer fighter, for short
Henley Royal ____ (annual July event)
Mom’s reaction to her first mild contractions? [John Cougar, 1982]
Midwife’s advice to Mom in the delivery room? [Salt-N-Pepa, 1987]
Cause of wear and tear
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Wanna-bees, e.g.?
____ of Maine (toothpaste) Sport whose participants call “Pull!”
Pet sound
Tennis star with the highest career winning percentage in singles matches (89.97%)
Stress test? “Whoa boy, settle down” Mom’s remark as contractions grow stronger? [The Ramones, 1978]
Org. that delivers Unenthusiastic Went sniggling Vaporize, say Empire
Roughly
Be crazy about Sappho’s “____ to Aphrodite” Mom’s reaction as delivery draws closer? [Usher, 2012]
Child’s response to Mom’s actions? [Diana Ross, 1980] Briskly
Actress in eight Bond films
Like sea horses that give birth Beast with a humped shoulder
Utah ski resort Cable news anchor Cabrera Prey for a formicivorous creature
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103 Nurse’s remark after Mom delivers the first twin? [Britney Spears, 1998] 108 Spanish archipelago, with “the”
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DuVernay
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119 Settle down, say 120 Pacific crop
121 Something you
might gloss over 122 Mother’s Day
delivery
123 Apologetic remark during a breakup
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Kind of column Venue for trill seekers? TV reporter’s entourage
Like snails’ trails Beginning that leads to a sum? Singer with the 1968 hit “Think,” familiarly
Nibble
“Oh, no!”
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Drink with the flavors Poppin’ Lemonade and Grabbin’ Grape Wyoming’s National ____ Refuge
Spill clumsily “Bye!” Food-delivery route?
Piece of equipment for a biathlete
Oscar ____
Bad thing to do in class
Figure (out) Aesthete’s interest Complete Hilarious sort U.S. city whose name is composed of two state abbreviations Struck out Poorly
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Toothpaste option
Solicit sales (for) Fishing bait Keeps the beat with one’s foot “Who ____ you?” Woman’s name meaning “goddess” Relations
J.D. holder: Abbr. What a shaken soda bottle will do when uncapped
Capital of Fiji
Not dismissive of Earn
Quaint contraction
Rule for trick-ortreaters Improvised
Wind down? Janet Yellen’s former post, with “the”
Site of offshore banks?
Life, briefly
Garr of “Tootsie” Setting for a scene in the Sistine Chapel Major part of the night sky?
It’s broken off Olympic athlete category
Lions and tigers and bears
Raw footage? Davidson of “S.N.L.”
Stick in the refrigerator?
Sun follower? Loving
Last name in shoes
Exam for some aspiring C.E.O.s Go down the
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Little bit
Ron who played Tarzan Boundaries
Part of a Milky Way bar
Joint: Prefix
Book that’s the source of the
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line “It is more blessed to give than to receive” 100 Host of HBO’s
“Real Time”
101 Año starter
102 Competes on a British cooking show
104 “Same here”
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trumpet or drum 106 Legally foreclose 107 Tour de France
stage
109 The 13th or
15th
113 Mobster’s
undoing
114 Places to take breaks, for short?
115 Inoculation
location
116 Cleaning
solution