The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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1 “We’re doing this!” 6 Rear ends 14 Mensa prereq 20 Lightweight curtain fabric
21 Folded brunch fare 22 Tito who wrote “Oye Como Va” 23 Song performed three times in “The Wiz”
25 Give a kick, say 26 What “American Airlines” means in poker lingo 27 Marty Feldman’s role in “Young Frankenstein” 28 Cioppino ingredient 30 Crumbly coffeehouse confection 31 Container for movie popcorn 32 ____ Nation (annual music festival) 33 One place to find a pair of parrots 35 Backless stool 37 DFW stat 38 Riddle-me-____ 39 Group with the 2009 hit “I Gotta Feeling” 41 Boldness 43 Apple variety whose name sounds like part of a flower 45 Steph Curry and LeBron James, e.g. 49 “Yes, cap’n!” 51 Move quickly (through) 53 Pinnacle 54 Mérida mister 56 Layering garment 59 Number of Gospels in the New Testament 61 Author Koontz 62 Big ____ 63 Fitness enthusiast’s mantra
66 Old Italian currency 67 The one who got away? 69 Japanese vegetable 70 Suffering memory loss 73 Nicholas II was the last one
74 Start of some cautionary advice 79 PreCheck org. 80 POTUS’ military title 81 Bird whose first letter is silent 82 Baby ____ 83 Low-lying wetland 85 Real looker 87 List-ending abbr. 89 Mean
91 Rubs the rite way? 93 Surfboard/kayak hybrid
96 Casey of classic radio
100 Take advantage of an opportunity 102 Where the buck might stop? 104 Alex and ____ (jewelry brand) 105 2022 No. 1 hit for Taylor Swift 108 Snoopy, to Charlie Brown 109 Actress Campbell of the “Scream” films
110 NYC subway inits. 111 Former African country, and its currency 112 Jewish rite for an 8-day-old 114 Weather the storm 115 Sow and hoe for dough, say
116 F-14 fighter jet 118 You love to see it 122 Fashion designer Pucci
123 Broke a national park rule 124 Emoticon’s mouth, for short 125 Apple-processing plant 126 Church parts vulnerable to lightning 127 Hip spot for a drink?
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1 “No food for me, thanks” 2 “Adorbs!” 3 Angle-measuring instrument 4 Ransom Eli ____ (pioneering automaker) 5 Opposite of paleo6 What “the Hill” is a metonym for 7 Recess retort 8 Paint brand 9 Fútbol cheer 10 “Come ____ the Sea” (Thomas Moore poem) 11 Daytona vehicle 12 List-ending abbr. 13 Calm 14 Computer addresses, for short 15 Cheesy appetizer with chips 16 Variety of tiny dog 17 Belgian Surrealist painter James 18 Peach pit 19 Doctrinal belief 24 “The Good ____” (Emmy-winning series)
29 Bread spread 32 “Still awake?” 33 Olympian Raisman 34 Zodiac animal 36 “The View” co-host Joy
39 Emptier 40 Butter cutter 42 Amazon Prime vehicle
44 Early name in digital recording 46 Unlikely donors to the AARP Kinda close 48 47 Largest of New York’s Finger Lakes 50 Pennsylvania city that’s home to Gannon University 52 Luau finger food 54 Word with jam or joint
55 Best animated feature winner of 2021 57 Curved line between musical notes 58 Hot cocktail
60 It owns the trademark for “The Greatest Snow on Earth”
62 “You ____!” 64 Streak on a cheek 65 ____ speak 68 Where to see the midnight sun 71 Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023, e.g. 72 Aaron Judge, e.g., in brief 75 Teeny-tiny 76 When a football may be snapped 77 Walt Whitman, notably
78 Fail miserably 81 Preamble start 84 Nutritional fig. 86 Like love on Valentine’s Day, it’s said
88 Bad spot to leave food unattended 90 Laundry purchase in an orange container 92 Belgrade resident 94 Service center? 95 Tympanostomy performer, for short 97 Iraqi city on the Tigris 98 “Mains” 99 Former TLC reality show set in a Florida tattoo parlor 101 Standards of behavior
103 OTC part
105 Like the emblem on Mexico’s flag 106 Two-time Australian Open winner Osaka 107 Unlikely to make the first move 109 Like some credit cards 113 “Really, though?” 114 PC shortcut key 115 A little horse 117 Nursery item 119 It merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon
120 With it, in old slang 121 Letters on some skin care products