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The average solution time for this King Features crossword is 68 minutes.
ACROSS
1 Didn’t move any
closer
11 Swedish retail
giant
15 Frets
20 Book you can’t
stop reading 21 Pupil’s book 22 Palmer of golf, to
fans
23 Additional person called on to peruse something 25 Ebbed and
flowed, as water 26 Premaritally
named
27 Rarity in golf 28 Curative stuff 30 Fills with a
crayon, say
35 Feel hopeless
about
38 — Grande
39 Bring to ruin 42 Authorize to 43 Tony winner
Bernadette 44 Longtime “Masterpiece Theatre” host 49 Increases 50 Corporation
combination 51 Malicious
52 Start for historic 53 “I’m outie!” 57 Practice exam,
maybe 59 Legendary title figure of a 1999 horror film 63 Granola bit 65 Invalidate 66 Bards’ Muse 67 Some schoolkids’ judged constructions 75 Startle
76 D.C. VIPS 77 Outback bird 78 Bit of jewelry with a single diamond 83 English class
concern
89 Skirt borders 90 Hagen of the
stage
91 Egg, in Paris 93 “Lawrence of
Arabia” star 94 ’60s
hallucinogen 95 “Main Street”
novelist
98 How silverware is
often sold
102 Hip-hop producer
Gotti
103 String after J
104 O’hare abbr.
105 Times of trouble
with tresses
108 Has a helping of
humble pie
112 Explosion
fragments
113 Qty.
116 Pi-sigma link
117 “I — Say No” (song from “Oklahoma!”)
118 State flower of
Iowa 126 Sporting site
127 — about (circa) 128 Foldaway bed or
table, e.g.
129 — -arms (old
soldier)
130 Gps. such as
Oxfam and CARE 131 Ducted cooling system (and what nine answers in this puzzle have)
DOWN
1 UV ray-blocking
stat
2 Sticky sealant 3 Cake candle
count
4 Like some simple
questions
5 Old anesthetic 6 Swindles 7 Lingerie top 8 Darth Vader, as a
boy
9 “Juno” actor
Michael 10 Mcdonald’s
honcho Ray 11 Suffix with
Gotham 12 Essential
13 Off the hook 14 Really baffled 15 Lampoons 16 Ribbed cloth for
dresses
17 Option for bitter
greens 18 Frankfurter 19 Jewish feasts 24 Nourished 29 Ladle
30 Runner’s pain 31 OPEC vessel 32 Tours’ river 33 Dictator Amin 34 Average
36 Wapiti
37 Witness 40 “Rhyme Pays”
rapper
41 Ark “captain” 45 Mil. bigwig 46 Masters peg 47 Fiery felony
48 A unified goal for
the future 49 Mentalist Geller 52 GI’S chaplain 53 Mag. sales stat 54 “Leave — that” 55 Doesn’t delay 56 “Well now!” 58 Tic-toe link
60 Div. of NYC 61 Cup’s edge 62 Minuscule
64 — cotta
67 Gin flavorer 68 Not flustered 69 Camera part 70 CPR teacher,
maybe
71 Service cost 72 Rainy mo.
73 “U can’t b
serious!” 74 Hearer of court
evidence
75 Fire residue 79 Texas capital 80 “— be a
pleasure” 81 Guitar part 82 Aquatic bird 84 Ocean off Fla.
85 A Stooge
86 It cuts grass 87 Samuel of justice 88 Cut again, as
lumber
92 Star status 94 Pounced on 95 Lady of Sp. 96 Climbing vine 97 — funk (sad) 98 1978-80 FBI
sting
99 African desert
100 Best Actor winner
Brody
101 “Pacific Blue”
actress Moakler 102 Like engines in
neutral
106 Took back, as
one’s title
107 Sticky stuff
109 Hearer of court
evidence
110 Tom Jones’ “—
Lady”
111 Reef material
114 Richie’s mom, to
Fonzie
115 Sticky stuff
119 John, across the
pond
120 OR workers
121 John, across the
pond
122 Sales check:
Abbr.
123 Female cells
124 Six, in Italy
125 Go astray