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“ANABRANDS” By BRUCE HAIGHT ACROSS

1 Muppet chimp __ Minella 4 “Patience you must have” speaker 8 Text for a promo 14 Unit of weight 19 Biblical priest 20 Steady 21 First name in the 2016 campaign 22 Informed 23 Track circuit 24 Company covering the ninth of Salinger’s “Nine Stories”? 27 Spur on 29 White wine apéritif 30 TRS-80s, e.g. 31 __ of interest 32 Company providing stimulation before a round? 36 Belief system 37 Robot arms don’t have them 38 Camera lens feature 39 Like a D, gradewise 40 Subway posting 43 Madame Bovary 45 Bankrolled 47 Acronymic distress about being excluded from the fun 48 Leery of 49 Opening feature 51 Company for ones who love taking sides? 54 “__ got it!” 55 Fax button 57 Toss in 58 Look down on, figuratively 59 Brain areas 61 Green, in a way 65 Rilke works 66 Company that bugs people? 69 “Real Time” host 72 Canadian site of the 1988 Winter Olympics 73 Tiny and shapeless 77 Timeless, in verse 79 ’ 60s chic 80 __ page 81 Acapulco gold 82 Company that moves a lot of cash? 87 Like some surveys 89 Card sounding like a platter 90 Christmas lot selection 91 “Little House” family name 93 Spent 94 Shirley MacLaine, to Warren Beatty 95 Ump’s cry 96 Big heap 97 Cartoon genre 99 Trace of color 101 Company named for its product container? 105 Old marketplaces 107 United 108 Moll’s limb 109 Grammy winner Gorme 110 Company dealing “frankly” with campaign issues? 115 Even a little 116 Overhead concern? 117 Emotionally out of control 118 Runs on 119 Laugh starter 120 Author Theodor __ Geisel 121 Helpful holdings 122 Nobelist Wiesel 123 Not even

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1 Former MLB exec Bud 2 Dollar rival 3 Beauty product for kissers 4 First female Fed head Janet 5 Eggs in a lab 6 An in-box might be part of one 7 Shenanigan 8 Legal gp. 9 Penn. neighbor 10 Brunch fare 11 In the cooler 12 Moneydispensing needs 13 “Suh-weet!” 14 More than a job 15 Tony, for one 16 Pasted message, stereotypically 17 Oil acronym 18 Many a gamer 25 Three-horse carriage 26 Dislodges 28 Key of Beethoven’s “Eroica” 33 Silky-voiced crooners they are not 34 One of the Weasley twins 35 Dog tag? 36 Italy’s Lake __ 39 Wham! or Roxette 41 Elite crew 42 Blog series 43 Awesome 44 Formally propose 46 Support 47 Film noir hat 48 Serving no purpose 50 “Look Back in Anger” playwright John 52 “Nick of Time” singer 53 Software details 56 “Glee” actress Rivera 60 Get-up-and-go 61 They’re rubbed when mingling 62 Calls for 63 DVD forerunner 64 Piece of cake 67 “Get Shorty” novelist __ Leonard 68 Unequivocal refusal 69 Softens 70 ’ 70s breakout gaming company 71 Toast for Mrs. Robinson 74 Capital south of a panhandle 75 “Dies __” 76 How vichyssoise is usually served 78 Wipes out 80 Stamps of approval 83 Pilfer 84 Whirled weapon 85 First portrayer of Obi-Wan 86 Meditative genre 88 Gin __ 92 Kind of cookie 95 Catches 96 Cold outburst 98 Actually existing 100 Most clubs in a pro’s bag 101 Andean people 102 Scope 103 Like much loose-leaf paper 104 Focused (on) 105 Cookie monster? 106 Look steadily 107 Tools in locks 111 Early TV maker 112 Caught in the rain without an umbrella, say 113 Bouncer’s requests 114 Ballpark fig.