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1D
Ready
ON TAP
2D
Doggy
POOCH
3D
Rescue org.
ASPCA
4D
___ Moulins, Québec
LES
5D
Like some support payments
SPOUSAL
6D
Sets
HARDENS
7D
Follow, with “by”
ABIDE
8D
Take advantage of
USE
9D
Accident investigator, for short
NTSB
10D
Court player, in old lingo
CAGER
11D
Still on the loose
AT LARGE
12D
Not keep a secret
LEAK
13D
Special permits
VARIANCES
14D
Fix, as text
EMEND
15D
Singer Morissette
ALANIS
16D
Pizza topping
PINEAPPLE
17D
About which it was asked “Why are you blue?,” in a classic song
BROWN EYES
18D
Spunk
SASSINESS
24D
Quiz show fodder
TRIVIA
30D
One giving a wake-up call?
ROOSTER
31D
Overcast
GRAY
33D
Lots
REAMS
34D
Gilbert of “The Talk”
SARA
39D
Sci-fi or fantasy
GENRE
41D
Snack brand featured on “Mad Men”
UTZ
43D
Blot gently
DAB AT
44D
Actor Bergen of “Jersey Boys”
ERICH
45D
Novelist John Kennedy ___
TOOLE
46D
Grab by the collar, say
ACCOST
47D
Annan of the U.N.
KOFI
48D
Give heed
HEARKEN
53D
Digging
INTO
55D
Satisfactory
UP TO PAR
56D
Friend’s opposite
FOE
58D
Fig. for a librarian
ISBN
60D
Points
DOTS
62D
Prefix with masochistic
SADO-
63D
High degrees
NTHS
64D
Devotee of Dionysus
MAENAD
67D
Pond sight
LILY
69D
2000-15 TV drama
CSI
70D
Oh jeez!
YEESH!
71D
Chilling
ON ICE
72D
Bygone carrier
USAIR
75D
Morlocks’ prey, in sci-fi
ELOI
76D
Historic headline of 1898
J’ACCUSE!
77D
Old Irish character
OGHAM
79D
Up top!
GIMME FIVE!
80D
Anatolia, familiarly
ASIA MINOR
81D
Spot for the booby prize
LAST PLACE
82D
Groom
STABLEBOY
85D
Divulge
LET ON
88D
Start to fail?
EFF
90D
Go ___ great length
ON AT
91D
Grilled sandwich
PANINI
93D
Daughter on the animated “Bob’s Burgers”
TINA
94D
Egg-spensive jeweler?
FABERGE
95D
Saw through
WAS ONTO
96D
___ Unidos
ESTADOS
98D
Temple of Abu Simbel honoree
RAMSES
103D
___-Unis
ETATS
105D
Eye layers
UVEAS
107D
___ Locke, the so-called “Dean of the Harlem Renaissance”
ALAIN
108D
Champing at the bit
EAGER
109D
Native Israeli
SABRA
110D
Below, as a goal
SHY OF
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
112D
Tall and thin
LANK
113D
Warning letters on some graphic videos
NSFW
119D
Part of TNT
TRI-
120D
Pester
NAG
1C
Fall birthstone
OPAL
5C
___ of the Dead (2004 horror movie parody)
SHAUN
10C
Give birth on a farm, in a way
CALVE
15C
Black-and-white alerts, briefly
APBS
19C
Wine bouquet
NOSE
20C
Big brewer
PABST
21C
Starters
A-TEAM
22C
Old Italian bread
LIRA
23C
What’s in your attic? And do penthouses have better resale value? Find out in today’s ___
TOP STORIES
25C
Menacing look
GLARE
26C
Parts of décadas
ANOS
27C
Duke grp.
ACC
28C
Paul of “Ant-Man”
RUDD
29C
Museum officials report a priceless vase has shatteredC#Stay tuned for the ___
BREAKING NEWS
32C
Group attacked by John the Baptist
PHARISEES
35C
Bruin Bobby
ORR
36C
Eighth-century pope with the sixth-longest reign
ADRIAN I
37C
Snapchat co-founder Spiegel
EVAN
38C
Past
AGO
40C
Floor (it)
GUN
42C
White-barked tree
ASPEN
43C
A courtroom artist has been arrested for fraudC#___
DETAILS ARE SKETCHY
49C
Poet laureate Henry James ___
PYE
50C
Coffee’s draw
AROMA
51C
Epic poem section
CANTO
52C
Wye follower
ZEE
53C
Spots in la Seine
ILES
54C
Obits, basically
BIOS
55C
Mixed martial arts org.
UFC
57C
Many a new loan, for short
REFI
59C
Blue state
SADNESS
61C
Often-injured part of the knee, for short
ACL
62C
Fighting a liar, e.g.
SPOONERISM
65C
Blarney
ROT
66C
Schools are cracking down on their most tardy studentsC#We’ll have ___
THE LATEST
68C
Coming up, a pistol dueler tells us his stanceC#Now ___
BACK TO YOU
73C
Ringing words?
I DO
74C
Ones to keep up with
THE JONESES
78C
Tennis doubles?
ENS
79C
Paces at races
GALLOPS
83C
Smelting waste
SLAG
84C
Anaïs of “Henry & June”
NIN
85C
Princess with a twin
LEIA
86C
Well, well, old chap
I SAY
87C
Consumed
ATE
89C
Mexican-born golfer Lorena
OCHOA
91C
Joe of “My Cousin Vinny”
PESCI
92C
Start for deal or lead
MIS-
93C
After the break, people are leaving the city during winter because of crimeC#Plus ___
TRAFFIC AND WEATHER
97C
Mother: Prefix
MATRI-
99C
Curator’s deg.
BFA
100C
Thurman of “Henry & June”
UMA
101C
Come ___ surprise
AS NO
102C
Put on a jury
EMPANEL
104C
Clear the tables
BUS
106C
Savor
TASTINESS
111C
Our camera crew entered a one-hour photo shop at tenC#___
FILM AT ELEVEN
114C
Advance
LOAN
115C
Spa sound
AAH!
116C
Lead-in to much
IN AS …
117C
With ___ bodkin?: Hamlet
A BARE
118C
With more about those defending the accused, our reporter is ___
STANDING BY
121C
Sotto ___ (quietly)
VOCE
122C
Nation near Fiji
TONGA
123C
Corn chip
FRITO
124C
Sleek, informally
AERO
125C
You are, in Spain
ERES
126C
A comedian called Wanda
SYKES
127C
Grape nuts?
WINOS
128C
Tennis’s Steffi
GRAF