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By Matthew Stock/puzzles edited by Will Shortz
Answers on Page 15
Across
1 A is one
8 Ozone-harming compounds,
for short
12 Actor Guy
18 ‘‘How awesome!’’
19 Play with, as a cat might a
toy mouse
20 Naysayers
21 Five guys?
23 It might have desks and
drawers
24 Shade of purple
25 Those: Sp.
26 Green giant?
28 Ambulance driver, for short
30 Finished fi rst
32 ‘‘____-ching!’’
33 Just
34 Like basalt and obsidian
37 Something sent on a
Listserv
40 Police broadcast, for short
41 ‘‘Special Agent ____’’
(animated Disney show
about a bear)
42 Main character in Larry Mc-
Murtry’s ‘‘Lonesome Dove’’
43 Apt name for a Christmas
caroler?
44 ____ Clarendon, fi rst
openly transgender
W.N.B.A. player
48 Jolly rancher?
51 Hole
52 Diagnosis characterized by
repetitive behavior, in brief
53 Focus of a marathon run-
ner’s training
54 Grand opening?
55 Sides (with)
58 ____ school
59 Dessert with some assem-
bly required
61 Grammy recipient Lisa
63 What pro bono lawyers
waive
4 Ones working block by
block?
5 Hoodwink
6 Drift apart
7 Certain Ivy Leaguers
8 Pac-12 school, informally
9 Qualifi cation shorthand
10 ‘‘Ple-e-e-ease?’’
11 Help when writing a letter
12 Its national drink is the
pisco sour
13 State of disorder
14 Some vacation rentals
15 Lube up again
16 Old pal
17 Actress ____ Creed-
Miles
19 South American capital
20 Figures
22 Statements of will?
27 ‘‘The power of global
trade’’ sloganeer
29 ____ Millions
31 Into crystals and auras,
say
34 Its calendar began in A.D.
622
35 Infl ated feeling of infal-
libility
36 Letters on a stamp
38 ____ B or ____ C of the
Spice Girls
39 Actor Alan of ‘‘Crimes and
Misdemeanors’’
40 Binghamton Rumble Ponies
or Birmingham Barons
41 ‘‘My b!’’
43 Sign
44 Feudal lord
45 Plots of western fi lms?
46 Brain-freeze cause, maybe
47 Does a summer job?
49 Warrant
50 Magic can be seen here
51 Relating to land, old-style
56 They can help you see or
taste
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57 Like the odds of fi nding a
needle in a haystack
60 Airline based near Tel Aviv
62 Deserving of a timeout, say
64 Big spread
66 ‘‘No need to elaborate’’
67 Like the Hmong language
68 ____ Ng, author of ‘‘Little
Fires Everywhere’’
69 12/24, e.g.
70 ____ Perlman, role for
Timothée Chalamet in ‘‘Call
Me by Your Name’’
73 Means of divination
74 ‘‘What ____?’’
77 Indicate availability, in a
way
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65 General mills?
69 The British 20-pence and
50-pence coins, geomet-
rically
71 Member of a South Asian
diaspora
72 Photo fi nish
75 Every last drop
76 Bank, often
78 Exams off ered four times a
year, for short
81 Grown-up pup
82 ‘‘I promise I won’t laugh,’’
often
83 Certain guiding principle
84 Texas instruments?
87 Meadow grass with brush-
like spikes
90 Fermented Baltic drink
91 ‘‘Ugh, gross’’
92 Stag’s date?
93 Doc treating sinus infec-
tions
94 X, in linear functions
95 Dolphins’ div.
97 Like many a company
softball game
99 ‘‘That stinks!’’
100 Subject devoting extra
time to idioms
102 ____ milk
103 Band aid?
107 Truce
109 Litter-box emanation
113 Effl ux
114 Old Navy?
117 Like many a grillmaster
118 Supermodel Kate
119 Headache helper
120 Took a little look
121 (Hey, over here!)
122 Rough patch
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2 Texter’s ‘‘Hilarious!’’
3 Soy something
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79 ‘‘Weekend, here I come!’’
80 Side dish at a barbecue
85 Upsilon preceder
86 Producer of the world’s
most widely read consumer
catalog
88 Genre for One Direction
89 ‘‘.?.?. fi nished!’’
90 Ties
94 Android alternative
95 Exclamation after a sigh
96 Teeny-tiny
97 Sporty wheels
98 Eccentric
99 Explorer Richard who made
the fi rst fl ight over the
South Pole
101 Attempt to control the
narrative, in a way
103 Lava, e.g.
104 Took to court
105 Omar of ‘‘Love & Basket-
ball’’
106 Rolls around while exer-
cising?
108 Quick talk
110 What nyctophobia is the
fear of
111 Slobbery cartoon char-
acter
112 ‘‘____ over’’ (words after
letting off steam)
115 Often-contracted word
116 Tech school in Troy, N.Y.
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