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MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT
By Brad Wiegmann/puzzles edited by Will Shortz
Answers on Page 15
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1 Computer fi le, informally
4 Wound up on top?
8 Feels it the next day, say
13 Things served in prison
18 Shout at a Greek wedding
19 Country singer McKenna
20 ‘‘Whoa, settle down’’
21 More than half of humanity
23 ____ state
24 Mom’s comment to her child
during prenatal bonding?
[Frank Sinatra, 1954]
27 Hot state
28 Bishop’s hat
29 They’re used mostly on
corners
30 What Mom is obligated to do
as her due date approaches?
[The Beatles, 1969]
36 ‘‘____ the deal . . . ’’
37 Yes, in Yokohama
38 Bran material
39 Part of a drivetrain
40 The Renaissance, for one
42 Team ____ (late-night
host’s following)
43 Cancer fi ghter, for short
44 Henley Royal ____ (annual
July event)
49 Mom’s reaction to her fi rst
mild contractions? [John
Cougar, 1982]
54 Midwife’s advice to Mom in
the delivery room? [Salt-N-
Pepa, 1987]
55 Cause of wear and tear
56 Wanna-bees, e.g.?
57 ____ of Maine (toothpaste)
61 Sport whose participants call
‘‘Pull!’’
62 Pet sound
63 Tennis star with the highest
career winning percentage
in singles matches (89.97%)
64 Stress test?
65 ‘‘Whoa boy, settle down’’
66 Mom’s remark as contrac-
tions grow stronger? [The
Ramones, 1978]
70 Org. that delivers
73 Unenthusiastic
74 Went sniggling
75 Vaporize, say
78 Empire
80 Roughly
81 Be crazy about
82 Sappho’s ‘‘____ to Aphro-
dite’’
83 Mom’s reaction as delivery
draws closer? [Usher, 2012]
85 Child’s response to Mom’s
actions? [Diana Ross, 1980]
88 Briskly
90 Actress in eight Bond fi lms
92 Like sea horses that give
birth
93 Beast with a humped
shoulder
94 Utah ski resort
95 Cable news anchor Cabrera
98 Prey for a formicivorous
creature
99 Simple life?
103 Nurse’s remark after Mom
delivers the fi rst twin? [Brit-
ney Spears, 1998]
108 Spanish archipelago, with
‘‘the’’
110 Touches
111 Witty saying
112 Doctor’s comment after
Mom delivers the second
twin? [The Who, 1965]
117 Director DuVernay
118 Quiet
119 Settle down, say
120 Pacifi c crop
121 Something you might gloss
over
122 Mother’s Day delivery
123 Apologetic remark during a
breakup
124 Hang it up
125 Consult
Down
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2 Venue for trill seekers?
3 TV reporter’s entourage
4 Like snails’ trails
5 Beginning that leads to a
sum?
6 Singer with the 1968 hit
‘‘Think,’’ familiarly
7 Nibble
8 ‘‘Oh, no!’’
9 X
10 Drink with the fl avors
Poppin’ Lemonade and
Grabbin’ Grape
11 Wyoming’s National ____
Refuge
12 Spill clumsily
13 ‘‘Bye!’’
14 Food-delivery route?
15 Piece of equipment for a
biathlete
16 Oscar ____
17 Bad thing to do in class
22 Figure (out)
25 Aesthete’s interest
26 Complete
31 Hilarious sort
32 U.S. city whose name is
composed of two state
abbreviations
33 Struck out
34 Poorly
35 Toothpaste option
41 Solicit sales (for)
42 Fishing bait
43 Keeps the beat with one’s
foot
45 ‘‘Who ____ you?’’
46 Woman’s name meaning
‘‘goddess’’
47 Relations
48 J.D. holder: Abbr.
50 What a shaken soda bottle
will do when uncapped
51 Capital of Fiji
52 Not dismissive of
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57 Quaint contraction
58 Rule for trick-or-treaters
59 Improvised
60 Wind down?
64 Janet Yellen’s former post,
with ‘‘the’’
66 Site of off shore banks?
67 Life, briefl y
68 Garr of ‘‘Tootsie’’
69 Setting for a scene in the
Sistine Chapel
70 Major part of the night sky?
71 It’s broken off
72 Olympic athlete category
75 Lions and tigers and bears
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76 Raw footage?
77 Davidson of ‘‘S.N.L.’’
79 Stick in the refrigerator?
84 Sun follower?
85 Loving
86 Last name in shoes
87 Exam for some aspiring
C.E.O.s
89 Go down the ____
90 Little bit
91 Ron who played Tarzan
95 Boundaries
96 Part of a Milky Way bar
97 Joint: Prefi x
99 Book that’s the source of the
line ‘‘It is more blessed to
give than to receive’’
100 Host of HBO’s ‘‘Real Time’’
101 Año starter
102 Competes on a British
cooking show
104 ‘‘Same here’’
105 Lead-in to trumpet or drum
106 Legally foreclose
107 Tour de France stage
109 The 13th or 15th
113 Mobster’s undoing
114 Places to take breaks, for
short?
115 Inoculation location
116 Cleaning solution
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