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CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Male cats

5 “Unto the Sons” author Gay

11 Perp’s place

15 Overwhelm, as with humor

19 Getting the task done

20 Region next to Catalonia

21 Minnesota exgovernor Carlson

22 Something to belt out

23 “Save As,” “Print” or “Select All”

25 Name as a source

26 Liturgical act

27 “Alas, it wasn’t to be”

28 Africa’s Amin

29 Destitute

30 Sponsorship

31 Small telescope

34 Diner classic

37 Ancient Celtic priest

39 Join together in a labor group

40 Message on a protective book cover

45 Breastbone

49 Holds fast (to)

50 Makes sure the task gets done

54 Kong or Koko

55 6/6/1944

56 Extracts via udders

58 Small gift for shindig guests

61 Purported psychic skill

62 — job on (messed up)

63 They propel paramecia

65 Actress Dunne

66 Spot in a hotel to book a room

70 Happen next

73 South African grassland

74 — -edged pages

75 Positive vote

78 Certain fruit bar

81 Sheriff’s aides

83 U.S. fort holding gold

84 Scarfed down

85 More restless 87 Miserly sort 89 Stationery store

product

92 Ping-pong

94 Sweet snacks on

sticks

98 Cry to an attack dog

99 Source of music to accompany silent films

103 Big name in concert pianos

108 Drizzles or sprinkles

109 Dog botherer

110 Cereal grain

112 Guileless

113 Verdi opera heroine

114 Fish’s respiratory structure

115 Where the starts of eight answers in this puzzle might appear

118 Street — (rep in the city)

119 War god

120 Senator Sanders

121 Low- — diet

122 Model Banks

123 Heredity unit

124 See 95-Down

125 Kett of old comics

DOWN

1 Burial sites

2 Barely ahead

3 Like many toothpastes

4 Attacked like a bee

5 Confucian “way”

6 Upper limb

7 Antifungal brand

8 “Good grief!”

9 Part of SST

10 Put a stop to

11 British actor Derek

12 Melodic passage

13 While being shipped

14 Filmdom’s Spike or Ang

15 Person scattering seeds, say

16 Brother of Nintendo’s Mario

17 Shenanigan

18 “Good grief!”

24 More chilly

29 Play on words

30 Wood-dressing tool

32 Twin of Apollo

33 Diminish

35 Engine oil, for short

36 — -gritty

38 Twilight time

40 Precious green stone

41 Tosses in

42 British fellow

43 Lock unlocker

44 Alters in size, as a photo

46 Church area with pews

47 Resting atop

48 Nothing more than

51 Cut and dried soup veggie

52 “Dynamite” singer Cruz

53 Chimps’ cousins

57 Future pupae

59 Clenched hand

60 Genesis boat

62 Low grades

64 “— be a shame if ...”

66 Really regret

67 Wang of dress design

68 Examine minutely

69 Person voted in to a seat

70 Cheese from Holland

71 Statistics expert Silver

72 Goblet part

75 Auth. unknown

76 Bear or Berra

77 Past partners

79 Seismic occurrence

80 Being harshly criticized

82 Balls

83 “— -Tiki”

86 “— deal!”

88 Actress Leah

90 Quebecois’ national anthem

91 Butter bits

93 Takes heed

95 With 124-Across, dreaded time of the year for many allergy sufferers

96 Last words of a threat

97 Links org.

99 Land parcel

100 Fur-covered

101 Duck variety

102 Charge-free

104 “Twin Peaks” actor Jack

105 Be the champion of

106 Ward off

107 — Buena Island

111 Gillette razor

114 Choke

115 Crunchable muscles

116 — de Janeiro

117 Lion locale

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