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1 Oldest Simpson kid 5 Casino convenience 8 Model plane wood 13 Motor City pro
19 State with an astronaut on its quarter 20 Aunt, in Acapulco 21 Lures
22 “Knock, knock!” 23 Tactful one 25 *Accidentally scorch the appetizers?
27 Basket maker, e.g. 29 Gibbs of
“The Jeffersons” 30 Stomped (on)
31 *“You can’t wrestle a chimney sweep and come out clean,” e.g.?
36 D.C. VIPs
37 Typeface word 38 Displace
39 3D ring shape 41 Amarillo-to-Austin dir. 43 Very small
44 *Mission of the Blue Origin rockets carrying William Shatner and Michael Strahan? 51 Unknown degree 52 Burn soother
54 “Only Time” artist 55 Fervency
56 *Finish a crossword with a spelling error? 61 “The Hangover” role for Ed Helms
63 “Eureka!” elicitor 64 Golden Fleece seeker 65 Colleague 66 Drawbacks
67 Unlikely to be discussed
69 Classic Ford, familiarly 71 Takes turns?
73 Credit
74 Airbnb alternative 77 Twice-monthly shoreline occurrence 80 Minnesota representative Ilhan 81 Aquaman’s domain 82 *Say no to a date? 86 Arctic seal refuges 88 __’acte
90 Lamb mamas 91 Package opening? 92 *Run-ins with soft cheese?
97 Watery defense 98 “Srsly!?”
99 Corp. hierarchy modification
100 Like 102 Fitbit unit
106 Darlin’
108 *Exhale in a game of hide-and-seek?
111 Posh
112 Not just once
114 Pan-fries
115 *Florists who specialize in purple bouquets?
119 Took control of, as a competition
123 Olympic projectile 124 Sarnia’s lake
125 Simu of “Barbie” 126 Hostile
127 Tangible thing 128 Sewing kit item 129 Mo. before May 130 With this puzzle’s circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue
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1 Figure, casually
2 Pacific tuna
3 Paper problem
4 “War and Peace” novelist
5 Tops
6 Pageant crown
7 Chum on a boat?
8 Telly channel
9 Apt rhyme for spa 10 Youngest Hemsworth brother
11 Gets ready for a ride 12 Space City pro 13 Cubism pioneer 14 Texter’s qualifier 15 Closes
16 Earth, in some sci-fi 17 Director Welles
18 Cries out for
24 Calle __: street in Miami’s Little Havana 26 “You’re in good hands” sloganeer
28 EGOT winner Moreno 31 Taking to court 32 Decide one will 33 Gardening brand 34 Neither companion 35 Ph.D. seeker’s test 40 Cheaper, perhaps 42 Hockey great Tikkanen 44 West End district 45 Many a YA hero 46 Where Ferrari is RACE 47 Like business vis-ˆ-vis coach
48 Extra option 49 “True Grit” filmmakers 50 Historical chapters 52 Prefix with futurism 53 Newsom and Hochul, once: Abbr.
57 Jeweler to the Romanovs
58 Spanish cat
59 Spice mixture 60 Turner memoir 62 Bearlike 65 Smartphone precursors, for short 67 Proctor’s tool 68 Nintendo rival
70 Hi-__ audio
72 Many e-forms
73 __ salad
75 Come back to the table
76 Judge’s seat
78 Fishing spot
79 Helps to water-ski 82 Leith of “The Great British Baking Show” 83 Barely leading 84 Seeing red
85 “Grand” peak 87 Airport near San Jose, Calif.
89 Did exceedingly well 93 23-Across’s base 94 Many stats
95 TNT start
96 Many pieces by 57-Down
97 Skip an epic party, say 100 Filmmaker with a distinctive style
101 Was sure
102 Playground feature 103 Italy’s first capital 104 Be
105 Joe of “Bupkis” 107 Jacuzzis, e.g.
109 “Se __ espa–ol” 110 Spring bloom
113 Fictional sleuth Wolfe 116 Modest digs
117 Down Under hopper 118 NBC skit show, for short
120 Tour gp. 121 Large deer
122 Bill for education?
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