9/25/16
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1D
Ovum
EGG CELL
2D
Walden writer
THOREAU
3D
Wild Thing rapper
TONE LOC
4D
How many college textbooks are bought
USED
5D
Lot of fun, informally
GAS
6D
Saint for whom a Minnesota college is named
OLAF
7D
___ Hari
MATA
8D
Powerless group?
AMISH
9D
It’s worse than you can imagine
DON’T ASK
10D
Org.
ASSN
11D
Party handouts
SWAG BAGS
12D
Wicked
SINFUL
13D
___ Chigurh, villain in “No Country for Old Men”
ANTON
14D
It takes months to complete
YEAR
15D
Cheering done in a plaza?
SQUARE ROOTING (“square root”)
16D
Baked with breadcrumbs and cheese
AU GRATIN
17D
Bringing up the rear
DEAD LAST
19D
Set off, as a security alarm
TRIP
28D
China display
TEASET
30D
Under the wire, so to speak
IN TIME
31D
___ speed
WARP
34D
Cockpit datum: Abbr.
ALT
39D
Merely superficial
SKIN-DEEP
41D
Olympics events rarely shown in prime time
PRELIMS
42D
Carried chairs
SEDANS
44D
Nephew of Cain
ENOS
45D
King who’s a friend of Oprah
GAYLE
47D
First name in fashion
YVES
48D
Word after liquid or fixed
ASSET
49D
Sword fight sound
CLANG
53D
___ of Glamis, title in Shakespeare
THANE
55D
Corp money pros
CFOS
56D
One holding many positions
YOGI
57D
Big fan of the “Lord of the Flies” author?
GOLDING DIGGER (“gold digger”)
59D
Mirror buildup, at times
STEAM
61D
Dangerous backyard projectile
LAWN DART
63D
Pop
BURST
64D
Erroneously hit “reply all” instead of “reply,” say
MISSENT
65D
Late author Wiesel
ELIE
66D
Thatching material
REED
68D
Underpinning
BASIS
69D
Text on an iPad, say
E-BOOK
70D
Collars
RUNS IN
73D
Really feels the heat
BAKES
75D
See 79-Down
AURA
77D
Hoped-for result of swiping right on Tinder
DATE
78D
Hot
EROTIC
79D
75-Down around a saint
NIMBUS
80D
Wardens enforce them
GAME LAWS
81D
Emotionally, if not physically
IN SPIRIT
83D
TV spinoff of 2002
CSI: MIAMI
87D
Narrow arm of the sea
LOCH
89D
Part of the inner ear
COCHLEA
90D
Channel with “Family Feud” reruns
GSN
91D
Sound of a pebble hitting water
KERPLOP!
92D
Galápagos Islands’ country
ECUADOR
93D
Setting for many New Yorker cartoons
THERAPY
95D
They get wetter as they dry
TOWELS
99D
Actor Milo
O’SHEA
101D
Bottom line
YIELD
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
103D
Beer ___
NUTS
106D
DVR choice
TIVO
107D
Refrain syllables
TRAS
108D
Pluto flyby org.
NASA
109D
Enthrall
GRIP
111D
They come straight the horse’s mouth
BITS
115D
Bottom line
NET
1A
Lament after being backstabbed
ET TU?
5A
Crack up
GO MAD
10A
Test one’s metal?
ASSAY
15A
Down
SAD
18A
Classic word game
GHOST
20A
Dollar competitor
ALAMO
21A
Contemptible sort
SWINE
22A
___ linda! (“How pretty!,” in Spanish)
QUE
23A
One who’s dunzo
GONER
24A
Glossy fabric
SATIN
25A
Dancer’s leader
SANTA
26A
The Bulldogs of the S.E.C.
UGA
27A
Line at the side of a photo
CREDIT
29A
Hoopster observing Ramadan?
FASTING FORWARD (“fast forward”)
32A
Electric ___
EEL
33A
Shepherd’s pie bit
PEA
35A
River through Seoul
HAN
36A
Bakery buy
BUN
37A
Nearly dried-up Asian sea
ARAL
38A
Country whose name becomes its language when you drop its last letter
LAOS
40A
Frequent Winter Olympics setting
ALPS
43A
Sign a third base coach, say
STEAL
45A
Van Susteren formerly of Fox News
GRETA
46A
Gangster Luciano performing a risqué prank?
LUCKY STREAKING (“lucky streak”)
49A
Ankle-exposing pants
CAPRIS
50A
___ been thinking …
I’VE
51A
Captains on The Atlantic, briefly?
EDS
52A
By and large
MOSTLY
54A
Neighbor of N.Y.
ONT
55A
Young swan
CYGNET
58A
Colleens
LASSES
60A
Uncommon spelling for a common greeting
HALLO
62A
Whole ___
FOODS
63A
I.Q. test name
BINET
64A
1982 1 hit with the line “Watch out boy she’ll chew you up”
MANEATER
67A
Look lecherously
OGLE
68A
Hobo at the wheel?
BUM STEERING (“bum steer”)
71A
Cunningness
WILE
72A
Many web advertisements
SIDEBARS
74A
Overly indulge in
ABUSE
75A
Movie Hall
ANNIE
76A
Bridge words
I PASS
77A
Evil spirits
DEMONS
79A
Gently jabbed
NUDGED
80A
Enliven, with “up”
GIN
82A
Build-it-yourself auto
KIT CAR
84A
Sugar suffix
OSE
85A
Flatow of NPR’s “Science Friday”
IRA
86A
Drops a line
ANGLES
88A
Where to buy certain Christmas decorations?
STOCKING MARKET (“stock market”)
94A
Early PC platform
MS-DOS
95A
Link with
TIE TO
96A
Accident-investigating agcy.
NTSB
97A
Part of STEM, for short
TECH
98A
Long tale
EPIC
99A
___-pah
OOM
100A
Subzero, maybe
ICY
102A
One whose life is in order?
NUN
104A
Lament
RUE
105A
Mild form of corporal punishment?
LIGHT SWITCHING (“light switch”)
110A
Poor
SUBPAR
112A
Home of the Pampas: Abbr.
ARG
113A
Rumor has it …
I HEAR …
114A
Partner of live
LEARN
116A
Actress Swinton
TILDA
117A
Golfer Michelle
WIE
118A
Scooby-Doo girl
VELMA
119A
Commercial cow
ELSIE
120A
Brownstone feature
STOOP
121A
The Bosporus, e.g.: Abbr.
STR
122A
Haven
OASIS
123A
Change with the times
ADAPT
124A
Moving well
SPRY