VAMPIRE CHRONICLES
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1 “Oompah” instrument 5 ’84 Olympics no-show 9 Office manager 13 Ran in the laundry 17 Started 18 Expo ’70 site 19 Cream-filled cookie 20 First name in jeans 21 Related on the mother’s side 22 Massachusetts inlet 24 Name on elevators 25 Synthetic 27 McQueen or Martin 28 Bars of the Old West 30 Pyrenees resident 32 Mountain goats’ perches 34 Draw forth 35 Piercing wound 36 Methuselah’s father 38 Concerning the congregation 40 Was in the movies 41 Like some winter roads 43 “2001” characters 45 Heavenly body shape 47 Small stream 49 Musical pitch raisers 51 British title 52 Certain surgery, for short 56 Directly under 58 Flue residue 60 First four-time Cy Young winner 62 “This ___ test” 63 Pouts 66 “Saving Private ___” 68 Easier version, in music 69 Like Tylenol, et al. 70 Part of the Triple Crown 74 Handy talk? (Abbr.) 75 Type of cannon 77 Alien vehicles 78 Absinthe flavor 79 ___ many irons in the fire 80 Like a Brink’s truck 83 “___ for the poor!” 85 Mounting, as a play 87 Potential Mr. Right 88 “Yes” gesture 90 Spaghetti Westerns 93 “___ bien!” 94 Chicken morsel 97 Hawaiian goose 98 “Aw” follower 99 Hydrochloric and boric 102 Three-foot unit 104 Early video-game name 106 Baseball postseason letters 110 Cold, molded dessert 111 Belief in God 113 Spacious and grand, as an estate 115 Called balls and strikes 118 One more time 120 Leather factory 121 Dick and Jane’s pooch 122 Shoelaces do this 125 Cheese chunk 126 “... or ___!” 127 Deli sandwich 128 Cowboys’ exhibition 129 One who treads the boards 130 Changes color, in a way 131 “A Prayer for ___ Meany” 132 One more time 133 Theaters of old
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1 High-rise occupant 2 Land on Lake Victoria 3 Transportation forthe Dynamic Duo 4 Lend ___ (listen) 5 “Anytown, ___” 6 Maple fluids 7 Precinct artists 8 NASCAR driver, e.g. 9 Spanish grocery stores 10 Symbol of sovereignty 11 Large bodies of water 12 ___ bean (leguminous seed) 13 They can be red or white 14 Enlarge, as a garment 15 Show plainly 16 Put down, slangily 17 Church altar platforms 18 Atlantic or Indian 23 Shaped like an egg 26 Squirrel’s nest 29 Kind of jet 31 Biblical sailor 33 Has a taste of, as wine 37 Numbers cruncher 39 Elegantly stylish 42 Scramble on all fours 44 Not a sore loser 46 Big Band or Elizabethan 47 Refurbish 48 Deeply unconscious 49 Sabbath service site 50 Sauces from 12-Down 53 “We’re going to overtime” 54 Cyanide and hemlock 55 “Like a bump ___” 56 Dissection rm., perhaps 57 Foot digit 59 Brit’s “Bye-bye!” 61 Pinkish 64 Flightless Aussie bird 65 Furniture piece 67 One of the Bobbsey twins 71 ___ contendere (court plea) 72 “You may ___ the bride” 73 “To the max” suffix 76 Terse TV takes 81 Chang’s twin 82 Item in a roundup (var.) 84 Audible small appliance 86 Region of Long Island 89 “___ Poets Society” 91 “Lord of the Rings” creature 92 Opposite of sow 95 ___-friendly (easy to set up) 96 Crime against one’s country 98 “Monster” lizard 99 Badly treated 100 Be submissive 101 Establish, as a tax 103 Archaeologist’s workplaces 105 “Midnight Cowboy” character 107 Was dishonest with 108 Ships’ contents 109 More cunning 112 Pelvic bones 114 Sadat of Egypt 116 Cavern comeback 117 Detective Nancy 119 Where a leaf joins a stem 123 Anger 124 Do some tailoring