9/18/16
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1D
Channel that aired “Felicity” and “Smallville”
THE WB
2D
Curve-enhancing undergarment
PUSH-UP BRA
3D
Metallic shades
STEEL GRAYS
4D
Certain Balkanite
CROAT
5D
Not as bright
DENSER
6D
___ fly
SAC
7D
Oomph
PEP
8D
Factory watchdog grp.
OSHA
9D
Search far and wide
SCOUR
10D
Home run territory, in lingo
THE FENCES
11D
Dark time, in poetry
E’EN
12D
Something that gets MADD mad
DWI
13D
Smacks hard
SWATS
14D
That is ..D#not looking good
UH-OH
15D
Numbskull
BOZO
17D
Argument you may start in school
THESIS
18D
Cops, in slang
THE PO-PO
19D
Sage swamp-dweller of film
YODA
25D
The witching hour
XII
27D
Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year
RILEY
29D
Discard
SCRAP
33D
Inflexible
RIGID
34D
Handy take-along
KIT
36D
Play-___
DOH
37D
Modern airport amenity
FREE WI-FI
41D
Soft wool source
MERINO
43D
Sure thing
YEP
45D
Parts of airports and fashion shows
RUNWAYS
46D
Actress Kirsten
DUNST
47D
Display clearly
EVINCE
48D
Goalie’s goal
SAVE
49D
Locale painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
EDEN
51D
Caught on, with “up”
WISED
52D
Junior, often
HEIR
55D
Something starting something?
ESS
57D
Devices preventing off-hour openings of vaults
TIME LOCKS
58D
Image on the Arizona license plate
SAGUARO
61D
Deli supply
SALAMI
63D
Brian of ambient music
ENO
64D
Offerings to hitchhikers
LIFTS
66D
Challenge accepted!
IT’S ON!
67D
Common newspaper feature not seen in The New York Times
COMICS
68D
Chill, with “out”
HANG
69D
E.W. or S.I.
MAG
70D
One of the Trumps
ERIC
71D
I’m ___ Her, 2016 political slogan
WITH
74D
Work of extraterrestrials? – not!
CROP CIRCLE
75D
Pops some pills, say
TAKES DRUGS
77D
No joke!
I MEAN THAT!
79D
Shortcuts into clubs
VIP LINES
80D
Actor Williams of “Happy Days”
ANSON
82D
Put together
WED
85D
Guy into hip-hop
B-BOY
86D
Where the heart is
TORSO
88D
Colorful pond swimmer
KOI
89D
___-pah
OOM
90D
Kerfuffles
TO-DOS
94D
Event for snocrossers
X GAMES
96D
You’re almost there
CLOSE
97D
So funny!
HA-HA!
98D
World News Tonight airer
ABC
99D
Talk show interviewee
GUEST
101D
Aid for one going places?
VISA
102D
On edge
ANTSY
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
103D
Worry
EAT AT
104D
Kerfuffle
FLAP
106D
Olive or avocado
TREE
110D
How precious is that!
AWW!
111D
Actor ___ J. Cobb of “12 Angry Men”
LEE
112D
So last month
OLD
114D
You thinking what I’m thinking?
ESP
1A
Pranks with a roll, briefly
TPS
4A
Casualties of streaming services
CDS
7A
Updated one’s blog
POSTED
13A
Swap (out)
SUB
16A
Navajo hogan, e.g.
HUT
17A
Part of NATO
TREATY
20A
Forgo
ESCHEW
21A
Question an owl?
WHO?
22A
Austin-to-Houston dir.
ESE
23A
Chief
HONCHO
24A
Actor Joaquin’s complete bio?
PHOENIX A-Z (“Phoenix, AZ”)
26A
Start of a legalese paragraph
WHEREAS
28A
Figs. in an author’s acknowledgments section
EDS
30A
___ Wiedersehen!
AUF
31A
Hughes poem that mentions “the darker brother”
I, TOO
32A
Troupe of lesser-known actors?
B-LISTER PACK (“blister pack”)
35A
Reef-dwelling snapper
REDFISH
38A
Unattractive fruit
UGLI
39A
2016 Olympics site
RIO
40A
What swish shots miss
RIM
42A
Word repeated in the postal creed
NOR
43A
W.W. I battle locale
YPRES
44A
Schmaltz in kids’ films?
G-RATED CHEESE (“grated cheese”)
50A
The meaning of life once sold on it for $3.26
EBAY
51A
Throw together
WHIP UP
53A
Certainly not wish to repeat
RUE
54A
Get by
EVADE
56A
I don’t mean to ___ …
PRY
57A
Like bibs and aprons
TIED ON
58A
Sermon topics
SINS
59A
Muhammad had 13
WIVES
60A
Birthplace of multiple saints
ASSISI
62A
Slowly disengages (from)
WEANS
64A
Department store department
LINENS
65A
An airline now serves a Minute Maid beverage?
AMERICAN GOT HI-C (“American Gothic”)
69A
Whined like a baby
MEWLED
72A
End of many a toast
… TO YOU
73A
Touch
AFFECT
76A
Popular sans-serif font
ARIAL
77A
Schools of thought
ISMS
78A
Onward!, in Italy
AVANTI!
81A
Unfiltered
RAW
83A
U.S. detainment site in Cuba, informally
GITMO
84A
Question posed with feigned shock
MOI?!
85A
Ushers in
BRINGS
86A
Joint action
TOKE
87A
Some apartments for scaredy-cats?
CHICKEN CO-OPS (“chicken coops”)
90A
Drank to excess
TOPED
91A
R.V. camper’s org.
KOA
92A
[I’m devastated!]
SOB!
93A
Deli supply
LOX
95A
Marauding group in Tolkien’s “The Two Towers”
ORCS
96A
Game of tag, basically
CHASING
100A
Record half that stirs emotions?
MOVING A-SIDE (“moving aside”)
104A
Exerciser’s target
FLAB
105A
Shame on you!
TUT!
107A
Dark force
YIN
108A
European country slightly larger than Malta
ANDORRA
109A
Sandwich for a dieter?
LO-CAL HERO (“Local Hero”)
113A
Appear that way
SEEM TO
115A
Share
CUT
116A
Volcano output
ASH
117A
Slippery sort
WEASEL
118A
Size up
ASSESS
119A
Letters on some baggage to N.Y.C.
LGA
120A
Word with sweet or sugar
PEA
121A
Made damp
WETTED
122A
Gangnam Style singer
PSY
123A
Winter D.C. hrs.
EST