Political Insiders
ACROSS
1 Truckers' competition 7 Finish behind 13 Adenauer sobriquet meaning "the old man" Turns inside out 20 Available 21 Dressing choice 22 Kiddie lit hero created 23 by Hans and Margret Rey (#18) Sways on a curve 25 Space cadet? 26 Suspense novelist 27 Tami Fields of comedy 28 '70s-'80s batting 30 instructor Charlie Must 31 It usually begins "How 33 many (whatever) does it take ... " (#36) "Mi casa — casa" 37 Bk. after Proverbs 38 Raise 40 Winnebago 41 descendants Winter wear 42 Dining — 44 "— to eat and run ... "45 Gain a lap 48 Film based on the 51 novel "Shoeless Joe" (#32) — Gimignano: walled 54 Tuscany town "It's — wind ... "57 KOA visitor 59 Menu option 60 Website page 61 Rhythm rattler 62 Longtime 64 rock 'n' roll disc jockey Dan "It's suddenly clear" 67 What's hidden in 69 answers with an apt "#" in their clues 1991 Steve Martin film 72 set in Calif. Front line? 73 Spiced up 74 Big ones are found on 75 Wall Street Altar agreements 76 Austrian expressionist 78 Schiele Former "60 Minutes" 80 debater — Alexander Judge of hoops 81 Arizona tourist 82 attraction (#34) Dorm room, perhaps 86 Cartoon strip 87 Small team 88 Put a stop to 89 Mtge.-offering business 91 Mosque leader 94 Wine characteristic 96 Revelations 97 Athletic retiree? (#37) 101 Mr. Clean competitor 105 "M*A*S*H" extra 107 Knight clubs 108 River to the Rhein 109 "— woods these are I 111 think I know": Frost Letting it all hang out, 112 theatrically Religious high point? 114 (#33) What love and hate 118 share? "It's My Party" singer 119 Gore Shakespearean 120 attendant Hybrid with thorns 121 Overage 122 Main squeeze 123
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1 Fix, as a rattan chair 2 Small eggs 3 Cliff dwellings 4 Ran out, as a supply 5 Preppy jackets 6 The Beavers of the Pac-12 Macy's red star, e.g. 7 Low tie 8 Japanese chess 9 Hammer site 10 "Star Trek" spin-off, 11 briefly One-named folk singer 12 Mirabile —: wonderful 13 to say Amazon business 14 Cheesy "Welsh" dishes 15 Brown — 16 Stay under the radar 17 Yankees' pitcher 18 Masahiro Happens as a result 19 Stunning surprise 24 Conan of "Conan" 29 Garr of "Tootsie" 32 Tennis great Steffi 34 Group in a drive 35 Veep between Dick and 36 Mike Friend of Hobbes 39 Gp. created by a 1955 43 merger Welsh herding dogs 44 Invited to one's place 46 Israeli author who 47 wrote "A Tale of Love and Darkness" Array of chocolates, 48 say Seething 49 Loses interest in 50 X-ray examiner, 52 perhaps Odds and ends 53 Many Beethoven 54 pieces "One sec" 55 Long Island paper 56 Has legs 58 Pulitzer journalist 61 Seymour "Rocky" role 63 '90s Indian prime 65 minister Planetary reflected- 66 light ratio Discharges 68 Singer Gorme 70 Pitcher Jesse with a 71 record 1,252 regular- season appearances Surfing indoors, say 77 Pine forest floor 79 covering Trigger was one 82 Dutch export 83 Oversimplify, with 84 "down" Funny Martha 85 Common 87 attached file Diner come-on 90 Most confident 91 Breakdown of social 92 norms Inventor Tesla 93 Physical strength 95 Prepares (oneself) for 96 impact Fanfare 98 Like supermarkets 99 and stadiums Cold and wet, maybe 100 Goes on a tirade 102 Bobby in a 1971 #1 hit 103 Country rocker Steve 104 Exercise beads? 106 Matthew of "The 110 Americans" Thrice, in Rx's 113 Bad spell 115 2017 Pac-12 116 champs Sharp products 117