MY TWO CENTS
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1 Lamented, in a way 5 Citi Field mascot 10 Ray in warm waters 15 Scotland’s ____ of Arran 19 “OMG!” quaintly 20 “What’s the ____?” 21 Be of service to 22 Its capital is Ndjamena 23 “It’s obvious the actors aren’t doing these stunts” 25 “Hares and rabbits are really the same animal, some say” 27 Rick’s last name in “Casablanca” 28 Fight 30 Natives of the Negev 31 Total kvetch 32 Actor Ray 34 Take (down) 35 Sound effect when the Stooges whapped each other 36 Having serial success 40 “Y,” as in Yucatán 42 Overture follower 45 Bid’s counterpart in stock trading 46 “Waiter, you can hold off bringing the coffee till the end of the meal” 50 Make difficult to find 52 Wide-eyed 53 11th-century founder of Scholasticism 54 Shares on Twitter, for short 55 Musk’s position at 57-Across, in brief 57 See 55-Across 59 Simu who starred in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” 60 Barracks bed 61 “Alas, yes” 66 Clipped 68 Lead-in to save 69 “Wool will keep you the warmest” 74 They’re never free of charge 75 “____ beaucoup!” 76 Like some confrontations 77 Red snapper, on a sushi menu 78 Sports org. in a 1976 merger 80 Religion with circled pentagrams 83 Smoked ____ 84 Famed Giant slugger 85 Easton ____, singer with the 2009 No. 1 country hit “A Little More Country Than That” 87 It has human potential 90 “You stay here” 94 “Being contrarian is fun!” 98 Artist who was part of Der Blaue Reiter 99 Art ____ 100 “Hi and Lois” creator Browne 101 Joan who wrote “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” 102 Site that reviews tech products 103 Fess (up) 105 One moving left to right 108 Lots have lots of them 110 Smiling, as members of an audience 113 Banjo sounds 115 Like hot stuff 116 “Whaddya mean it’s the pits? It’s the best part of an apple!” 118 “Use it for Thanksgiving stuffing and saltimbocca” 121 First name in “Casablanca” 122 TV producer Michaels 123 Senescence 124 “Too many to list” abbr. 125 Does in the forest 126 Windblown soil 127 “What a ____!” 128 Square
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1 Joined tightly 2 “I” lift? 3 Crooner in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame 4 Financial institution that lends its name to a Boston arena 5 Court figure with a renowned temper 6 Merit 7 Big Apple subway inits. 8 Clothing designer Marc 9 It’s said to be taken upon marriage 10 Cartoon Mr. who squints 11 “Stop!” nautically 12 They hold people’s handles 13 Draw 14 Secondary characters, in gamer-speak 15 Skimmer over a frozen lake 16 Fail electrically 17 Pianist Downes 18 “Scooping since 1928” sloganeer 24 What many people do on their dating profiles 26 Journey to Mecca 29 Internet speed-test signal 31 M.I.T. Sloan degrees 33 Resident of Westwood, Brentwood or Hollywood 37 Controversial org. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021 38 Part of G.P.A.: Abbr. 39 Nonstop jokester 41 Place to talk turkey, maybe 43 Glinda’s reassurance to Dorothy on whether her dog can also return to Kansas 44 See 67-Down 46 The Iron ____, prowrestling Hall of Famer from Iran 47 Capital on the Willamette River 48 Take weapons from 49 Sch. in Dallas 51 Reads, in a way 56 Lines of dedication 58 Impassive 61 Somewhat off 62 Kid’s buoyancy aid 63 Developed and finished naturally 64 One of the Leewards 65 Resource mined in Minecraft 67 With 44-Down, not subject to change 68 Ring-shaped reef 70 Physicist Schrödinger 71 Including on an email thread 72 Dennis’s sister on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 73 Had dinner at home 78 Big diamond? 79 Strong link 81 Curve cutter for carpenters 82 Passionate 86 What might get pumped up for a race 88 Prefix with cycle 89 It’s mine in Italy 91 Prominent figure in the O.J. Simpson murder trial 92 Vehicle with lower emissions 93 Goes (for) 95 What you can’t make a silk purse out of, proverbially 96 More than bingewatch, maybe 97 In the limelight, say 102 Had a cow 104 Corn Belt state: Abbr. 106 Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics 107 Features of some bookstores 109 Keeper of the peas? 110 ____ rock 111 Infiltrator 112 Small valley 114 Stretched-out yarn? 115 Certain email folder 117 John for Cleese 119 PX clientele 120 Beef alternative in burgers