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Foreign favorites

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1 Parachute 5 Grating noises 10 Millionaire start 15 India weight 19 Location20 Put far away 21 From Taiwan, say 22 Author Leon 23 Canine from Cardigan 25 Edam, e.g. 27 New South Wales cap. 28 Inner Hebrides isle 29 Military chaplain 31 Verdi opera 32 Regarding 33 Spread out awkwardly 34 Plait maker 35 Hankered after 38 Popular shirts 39 Refreshing 40 Leather flasks 41 Campbell’s soup 44 Aliens 47 RR stops 48 Bangkok native 49 Sturdy trees 50 Alphabet series 51 Sea bird 52 Dijon departure 56 Wood: comb. form 57 Most like April 59 Tidal bore 60 Cereal grass 61 Screenwriter Levien of “State Fair” 62 Unit of capacitance 63 Post position, perhaps 64 Neutral vowels 66 Savage 67 Forcible restraints 70 Of sound 71 Like Uncle Sam 73 Lamar, Mo. favorite son 74 “It’s ___!”: bargain 75 Role for Liz 76 Roosted 77 Shindig 78 Alphabetical run 79 Taper for Titus 83 Martinique’s spewer 84 Mystiques 85 French possessive 86 German port 87 Alberta city 90 Barrio buddy 91 Lamentation 92 Pied-___ 93 In existence 94 Appraise 95 Certain little piggy 98 X for Zorba 100 Dublin dithers 103 Ireland 104 Funny lady Fields 105 Nary a soul 106 Standstill 107 Points of time 108 Roebuck’s partner 109 Methods: abbr. 110 “Or ___!”

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1 Benchley bestseller 2 Chemistry Nobelist, 1934 3 Blend 4 Pops 5 Tape, e.g. 6 One one’s own 7 Rail in the marsh 8 Glutton 9 Brief passage 10 Rapid departure 11 Shylock’s trade 12 Calorie counter’s choice 13 Part of XXX 14 Falls heir to 15 Rutabaga cousin 16 Mountain nymph 17 Vine of the rain forest 18 Up and about 24 Jazz pianist “Fatha” 26 Rubbish 30 Writer Waugh 32 Natives: suffix 33 Self-controlled 34 Penniless 35 Also-ran 36 Conservative beginning 37 Madrid madman 39 Hunger for 41 “___ Good Skate, Charlie Brown” 42 Shoptalk 43 Surf or snow follower 44 Hampshire hardwood 45 Pitch 46 Point of land 48 Three spotted playing cards 50 Distance units 52 Ultimate 53 “I ___ Rhapsody” 54 Former CA pro 55 Alike in Aix 56 Sheets and such 58 Never! 60 Fr. revolutionary martyr 62 Lawbreaker, bigtime 63 Desi’s daughter 64 Headliner 65 Corn units 66 Canine’s bane 67 Pickling herb 68 A Lauder 69 Dutch artist Jan 71 Revlon rival 72 Ham’s receiver 75 Makes amends 77 Sense 79 “Something of Value” author 80 Lady’s wearables 81 Evil Idi 82 Heads 83 Snoops 84 Sides with 86 Gets wet in a tub 87 Pent up 88 Airy entries 89 Wary 90 Norse gods 91 Common contraction 93 Spanish wine container 94 Grande, et al. 95 Dabbling duck 96 Late-nighters 97 Italian noble family 99 Lobster coral 101 A Rogers 102 Common article