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1D
Preceder of snaps
HUTS
2D
Dept. of Labor branch
OSHA
3D
Lose a tan, say
PEEL
4D
Uranium 238 and strontium 90
ISOTOPES
5D
Original “S.N.L.” cast member
RADNER
6D
Rags-to-riches writer
ALGER
7D
January detritus
FIRS
8D
Body image grp.
TSA
9D
Sirens, e.g.
ALERTS
10D
Pinkish orange
CORAL
11D
According to ___ (by the rules)
HOYLE
12D
Subj. for an au pair, maybe
ESL
13D
Product possibly named after a real physician
DR PEPPER
14D
One stop on Chicago’s Blue Line
O’HARE
15D
Greasy spoons
DINERS
16D
Common soccer score
ONE-NIL
17D
1
SOLELY
20D
Caligula, e.g.
TYRANT
24D
Gallbladder neighbor
LIVER
25D
Like dirty water
MURKY
29D
Ruckus
STIR
31D
Enough!, to a Roman
BASTA!
32D
___ park
THEME
33D
___ me!
SPARE
34D
Focus of onomastics
NAMES
35D
Frost-covered biochemical solid?
ICY STEROL (icy stare -al)
36D
See 5-Across
RAPID
40D
Hell of a location?
HADES
41D
Banana Republic competitor
J.CREW
42D
Good listeners
EARS
43D
Big name in Scotch
DEWAR’S
45D
Love Actually, e.g.
ROMCOM
46D
Battle of Hastings participants
SAXONS
48D
Like actor Flynn post-dieting?
THIN ERROL (thin air -al)
49D
A good thing to get out of
RUT
50D
Black ___
OPS
52D
Gung-ho
KEEN
53D
Cutting costs?
KNIVES
54D
Bathroom fixture
BIDET
55D
One of the Jacksons
LA TOYA
58D
Banished
EXILED
61D
I’m still waiting …?
WELL …?
63D
Roused
WOKEN
64D
Gets ready to do a load, say
SORTS
65D
Driving aid
MAP
66D
65-Across producer, maybe
EWE
67D
Plains dwellers
CREE
68D
Arrondissement heads?
TETES
69D
Macduff, for one
THANE
70D
Disseminated
SOWED
73D
Request from
ASK OF
74D
Katherine who co-starred in “27 Dresses”
HEIGL
77D
It stops talking
GAG ORDER
80D
Telemarketer’s action
COLD CALL
82D
Notable whistle blowers
REFS
83D
Green shampoo
PRELL
84D
Sang gracefully
LILTED
85D
___ acid
BORIC
86D
Died down
ABATED
87D
Little fingers or toes
MINIMI
88D
Buzz in space
ALDRIN
90D
Tut-tutters
PRUDES
91D
Attacked, with “out”
LASHED
93D
One-eyed female on “Futurama”
LEELA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
94D
Shake
EVADE
95D
The Cascades, e.g.
RANGE
96D
Monument Valley sighting
BUTTE
99D
Gimme!
MINE!
100D
Common calculus calculation
AREA
101D
Signs (on)
LOGS
102D
Booking time
SLOT
104D
Bunny boss
HEF
105D
Small lump of tobacco
WAD
1C
Southwestern cliff dwellers
HOPI
5C
Means of going down a 36-Down
RAFT
9C
Have a hole in one’s heart
ACHE
13C
Meatheads
DODOS
18C
A Swiss army knife has a lot of them
USES
19C
Cream of the crop
A-LIST
21C
Heads for Britain?
LOOS
22C
Thick-skinned grazer
RHINO
23C
Actress Streep playing a centenarian?
THE OLD GRAY MERYL (“The Old Gray Mare” -al)
26C
News show group
PANEL
27C
Soup accompaniers, often
SALTINES
28C
Like the settings of typical Grant Wood paintings
RURAL
29C
Unruffled
SERENE
30C
___ the top
OVER
31C
Risky business for a compiler of quotations?
BARTLETT PERIL (Bartlett pear -al)
33C
Good shot?
SNIPER
36C
Counterparts of files
RANKS
37C
Smart
HIP
38C
Not obvious to most
SLY
39C
Evident worrywart
PACER
40C
Done quickly
HASTY
41C
Protested from the stands
JEERED
44C
___ Kitchen (frozen food brand)
AMY’S
45C
Not wandering, say
RAPT
46C
Attorney general’s investigation target
SCAM
47C
Like funk, now
RETRO
51C
Low-___
RES
52C
Alaskan beer container?
KODIAK BARREL (Kodiak bear -al)
56C
Beat the tar out of
WHUP
57C
Honorific for a colleague
ESTEEMED
59C
Vetoes
NIXES
60C
Lies ahead
AWAITS
62C
Co. captains?
EXECS
63C
Typographical no-no
WIDOW
64C
SiriusXM star
STERN
65C
Some fine wool
MERINO
67C
Charming group?
COVEN
68C
Some True Value purchases
TOOL SETS
71C
Bad way to go?
AWOL
72C
Promote singer Crow’s music?
MARKET SHERYL (market share -al)
75C
P pronounced like an R
RHO
76C
Pequod’s co-owner
PELEG
78C
Meets with
SEES
79C
James who sang “Good Rockin’ Daddy”
ETTA
80C
Throat part
CRAW
81C
Shade in
DARKEN
83C
Layers
PLIES
85C
Wilderness Road trailblazer
BOONE
86C
Fitness grp.
AMA
89C
Nat ___ (channel)
GEO
90C
Self-righteous types
PRIGS
91C
Hung out
LOLLED
92C
Debt for comedian Will?
BILL OF FERRELL (bill of fare -al)
96C
Poet
BARD
97C
Celsius of the Celsius scale
ANDERS
98C
Safe place
VAULT
99C
Hamilton and “1776”
MUSICALS
103C
Beat
TIRED
104C
I can’t help you, but the Brady Bunch mom will be happy to assist?
HANDLE WITH CAROL (handle with care -al)
106C
___ Durkheim, so-called “father of sociology”
EMILE
107C
Nervous people are on it
EDGE
108C
Who wrote “A great flame follows a little spark”
DANTE
109C
Part of some small buildings
LEGO
110C
Gulf cash
DINAR
111C
Charges
FEES
112C
Monopoly holding
DEED
113C
Like a headlining act, typically
LAST