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ACROSS 61 Perhaps 116 School where 37 Temporarily
1 Tobacco plug 62 Doc. to ensure some of replace
5 Manipulate secrecy “Shakespeare in 39 Most likely to
10 Graduates 63 A pupil may Love” was filmed win at Trivia of Quantico, grow in it 117 Annual Memorial Night, maybe informally 64 United group, Day race, 41 Long-billed
14 Taller roommate e.g. informally wader
of 15-Down 65 Holy water? 118 Red Sox’ div. 42 Parent company 18 Showgirl in 70 Excites 119 Bit of sports of Facebook the 1978 hit 72 “Salus populi equipment 43 Game starter “Copacabana” suprema lex that may be 44 Home for
19 Boomer’s kid, ____” (motto of electrified Holmes
maybe Missouri) 120 Casino tool 48 One who sees
20 Declare 73 Charade 121 Philippine money what you’re
21 Snack item with 74 One of 17 122 Fleas and flies saying? approximately 53 in Monopoly: 123 What’s left on a 49 Berliner’s “old” calories Abbr. map? 50 Sight on winter 22 Positive thinker’s 77 One with roads
motto? pressing work 52 Sign of overuse 25 Textbook section 78 Feed the guests, 53 “All ____!”
26 FireWire maybe 54 Prefix that’s
alternative 79 Dish that’s mega mega?
27 Letter between cooked 58 Not merely November and underground annoyed
Papa in the 80 Feb. 14 59 Split
NATO alphabet 81 673 parts of the 60 BuzzFeed staple 28 It might be set at Louvre Pyramid 64 Wide ties
sea 82 “Old man” 66 Netflix series set 29 When a primetime 83 Answer to “What at Green Gables drama is Roquefort or 67 Manipulates might air Brie?” 68 Place to go on a 31 Reason-based 86 Offed ship
belief in God 87 Go the wrong 69 Them’s the
33 Repeated sound way breaks! that’s hard to get 88 Green-lit 70 List in “The rid of 90 Like drunken Idiot’s Guide
34 Means of speech to ... “becoming a 91 Announcement 71 Neighbor of god? on National Siberia, in Risk 36 “Call the Coming Out Day 75 Common still-life Midwife” 93 Inappropriate prop network 95 Early bird? 76 Looked at
38 Had something 96 Spilled milk? 78 Architectural
nice 100 Front of a semi columns in the 40 Nonsense 102 Ubiquitous form of sculpted 41 Place in danger advertiser with female figures
45 Ernst and Young, an acronymic 80 Threshold
e.g.: Abbr. name 82 Gunslinger’s
46 Peroxide ____ 106 Seeing as command
47 It’s an affront 107 Weight of 84 Schools
51 Where Rapunzel an empty 85 Held tight let down her container 87 A narcissist may hair? 108 What’s clothed go on one
53 Quarrel in summer and 88 Shockingly
54 It matures naked in winter, bizarre
quickly, in brief per an old riddle 89 What the
55 Angled to get 110 China’s largest quadriceps
attention: Abbr. ethnic group muscle connects 56 Suffix with 111 What to
serpent or opal BankAmericard 92 N.Y.C.
57 Offed became in 1976 commuting
60 Reach quickly, 112 The queen with inits.
as a conclusion her pets? 94 Bugs
DOWN
1 Obscure
2 Windsor, e.g.
3 A criminal’s may
be unbelievable
4 “Time ____ ... “
5 Big name in jelly 6 Like mosaic tiles 7 Lose
possession?
8 One of the books of the Torah: Abbr.
9 Where Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” was first performed
10 Prima ____
11 Word that becomes more dramatic when you add an “R” in front
12 Caribbean land,
at the Olympics 13 Administer an
oath to
14 Echoes
15 Shorter roommate of 14-Across
16 Control,
metaphorically 17 Completely, in
slang
19 Pedal on the
right
23 Man of La
Mancha
24 Late-night trips
to the fridge, e.g. 30 Shirt or blouse
32 Bit of magic
35 Projecting
front
No. 0227
96 Where bile is
produced
97 Loos who wrote “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” 98 Casual response
to an apology
99 Panasonic
subsidiary
101 Orchestra
section
103 “If my luck holds
out ... “
104 Pens
105 Beginning
109 Rhinitis treater, in
brief
113 Phoenix-toAlbuquerque dir. 114 Bottle labeled “XXX” in the comics
115 “Do the ____” (soft drink slogan)
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