2/19/17
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1D
Hopelessly lost
AT SEA
2D
Tatted covering
DOILY
3D
Eve who played the principal in “Grease” films
ARDEN
4D
Exuberant review term
MUST-SEE
5D
Dadaist Jean
ARP
6D
Paris pronoun
TOI
7D
Show for quick feedback
RUN BY
8D
Val d’__: French ski resort
ISERE
9D
Two before Charlie
ALFA
10D
Sneak a look at
PEEK INTO
11D
Former pen pal?
EX-CON
12D
Exercise done from a supine position
SIT-UP
13D
Unusually strange
BIZARRE
14D
Yet
EVEN SO
15D
Powder source
TALC
16D
Köln closing
ENDE
17D
Defense attorney’s challenge
LIAR
19D
Gumshoe
TEC
21D
“¿Cómo __?”
ESTA
24D
Eponymous physicist
FERMI
28D
Potluck fare
DIPS
31D
What “p” may stand for
PENCE
32D
Completely make over
REVAMP
36D
“TMI!”
EEW!
38D
Hatched backup
PLAN B
39D
Jag
SPREE
40D
Comes together
GELS
41D
Cyan relative
AQUA
42D
Tolled
RUNG
43D
Took in
DIGESTED
44D
“The Kite Runner” boy
AMIR
45D
Unleavened Indian flatbread
ROTI
46D
Hindu mystic
YOGI
47D
Place of control
HELM
48D
Jon Arbuckle’s dog
ODIE
50D
__ City: Baghdad suburb
SADR
54D
Tangy treat
LEMON PIE
57D
Pirate shipmate of Starkey
SMEE
59D
__-Cat
SNO
60D
Sushi offering
TUNA
62D
At that point
THEN
64D
“All My __ Live in Texas”: George Strait hit
EX’S
65D
Support pro
TECH
67D
Blunder
ERR
70D
Waterskiing hurdle
WAKE
71D
Hipbone-related
ILIAC
72D
Closers often open it
NINTH
73D
Post-WWII commerce agreement
GATT
74D
“… __ o’ kindness … “: Burns
A CUP
75D
Only
MERE
76D
Exude
OOZE
77D
Each
A POP
78D
Like some love affairs
TORRID
80D
DEA agent
NARC
81D
Attends
IS AT
82D
Law office abbreviations
ESQS
85D
Supermodel Campbell
NAOMI
89D
Empty storefront sign
FOR LEASE
90D
Secret agent
SPY
94D
“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” singer
PRESLEY
95D
Blue-pencil
EDIT
96D
“Vive __!”
LE ROI
97D
Generic trendsetters
JONESES
99D
“Oh, shucks”
AW, DARN
103D
Super Bowl XXXIV champions
RAMS
104D
Hang
DRAPE
105D
Incandescent bulb gas
ARGON
107D
Young partner
ERNST
108D
“Be __ … ”
A DEAR
109D
Haggard of country
MERLE
110D
Didn’t procrastinate
ACTED
111D
Chorused “Who’s there?” response
IT’S US
112D
1958 winner of nine Oscars
GIGI
113D
Polish-German border river
ODER
114D
Fallon’s predecessor
LENO
115D
Kingpin
CZAR
117D
Bush in Florida
JEB
120D
Curling surface
ICE
121D
Second Amendment org.
NRA
1A
Mouth Healthy org.
ADA
4A
Lineal beginner
MATRI-
9A
Gibbons, e.g.
APES
13A
__ palm
BETEL
18A
Long and drawn-out, say
TORTUROUS
20A
Meredith Grey’s half sister on “Grey’s Anatomy”
LEXIE
22A
14th-century Russian ruler
IVAN I
23A
Some pool English?
SIDESPIN EFFECTS (“Spin” in “side effects”)
25A
“Save Me the Waltz” writer Fitzgerald
ZELDA
26A
Vote in
ELECT
27A
Ballet phenom?
BREAKOUT DANCER (“Out” in “break-dancer”)
29A
“The Fountainhead” author Rand
AYN
30A
More agile
SPRYER
33A
Two by two
IN PAIRS
34A
Shoebox letters
EEE
35A
Chess pieces
MEN
37A
Holds (up)
PROPS
40A
Regular stockings, as opposed to fishnets?
GARDEN-VARIETY HOSE (“Variety” in “garden hose”)
49A
Old DJs’ assortment
LPS
51A
Same, for starters
EQUI-
52A
Military wear, for short
CAMO
53A
Courted
WOOED
54A
Logan of “60 Minutes”
LARA
55A
One in a rib cage
LUNG
56A
Sends out
EMITS
58A
Shone
GLISTENED
61A
“Fuller House” actor
SAGET
63A
8 or 9, e.g.?
PRIME-TIME NUMBER (“Time” in “prime number”)
66A
Word for a lady
SHE
68A
PC file extension
EXE
69A
“Wish Tree” artist
ONO
70A
Snowfall during the Olympics?
WINTER GAMES COAT (“Games” in “winter coat”)
79A
“It’s the Hard-Knock Life” soloist
ANNIE
83A
Vulcans, for one
ALIEN RACE
84A
Biker’s invite
HOP ON
86A
Skip it
PASS
87A
Gentle
KIND
88A
Territories of a sort
TURFS
91A
Writer __ Neale Hurston
ZORA
92A
Samarra’s land
IRAQ
93A
Use (up)
EAT
94A
Doghouses and scratching posts?
PET PEOPLE PROJECTS (“People” in “pet projects”)
98A
White choice, familiarly
CHARD
100A
Deli option
RYE
101A
Texting qualifier
IMO
102A
Nickname in satirical music
WEIRD AL
106A
Transferred to computer memory
READ IN
109A
__ tai
MAI
112A
Goal for a teacher’s pet?
GOLD STAR RECORD (“Star” in “gold record”)
116A
DVD player option
EJECT
118A
Paragon
IDEAL
119A
Subscription deal promos … and a hint to this puzzle’s seven other longest answers
MAGAZINE INSERTS
122A
Punk, e.g.
GENRE
123A
Bologna bride
SPOSA
124A
Cry from Poirot
SACRE BLEU!
125A
Jane Austen specialty
IRONY
126A
Cabinet dept. with an atom on its seal
ENER
127A
Cabinet dept. first led by Hamilton
TREAS
128A
Op-__
EDS
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