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1D
Laundry challenge
FILTH
2D
Chateau-dotted valley
LOIRE
3D
Consummate
UTTER
4D
Fictional words written in currants
EAT ME
5D
Spenser’s “The __ Queene”
FAERIE
6D
“Don’t Bring Me Down” gp.
ELO
7D
Branches
LIMBS
8D
Bakery artist
ICER
9D
Apex
ZENITH
10D
Speeding
ROCKETING
11D
Camel debris
ASH
12D
Peripheries
FRINGES
13D
Even smaller
TINIER
14D
Digitizes, in a way
SCANS
15D
Affectionate celebration
LOVEFEST
16D
“Let me in,” facetiously
OPEN SESAME
17D
Restaurateur with an honorary Tony
SARDI
18D
“The Lion King” co-composer John
ELTON
24D
Lounge about
LOLL
29D
Puppeteer Lewis
SHARI
31D
Marquee time
TONITE
33D
Biz bigwig
EXEC
35D
Conclusion beginning
AND SO …
37D
Hero material?
SALAMI
39D
56-Across object
FISH
40D
Frivolous
IDLE
41D
Like a pin?
NEAT
42D
Get some Intel, say
INVEST
44D
Undercover attire?
PAJAMAS
46D
Longtime “SNL” announcer
DON PARDO
47D
Freezer aisle breakfast brand
EGGO
48D
“Jurassic Park” co-star
DERN
50D
Prefix with hertz
TERA-
51D
Blind reverence
IDOLATRY
52D
Relaxed pace
TROT
53D
Mozart’s “__ fan tutte”
COSI
57D
Scare stiff
TERRIFY
61D
Destination for many srs.
SCH
63D
Natty neckwear
ASCOTS
65D
Just about makes, with “out”
EKES
66D
Get better
HEAL
67D
Raptor features
TALONS
68D
NYC line to the Hamptons
LIRR
69D
Record speeds, for short
RPMS
70D
Really bad
EVIL
71D
Picture of a picture
SCREENSHOT
75D
“Movin’ __”: “The Jeffersons” theme
ON UP
76D
Contemporary of Ella
LENA
77D
Mideast seaport
ADEN
79D
“Piece o’ cake!”
NO PROB!
80D
His and hers
THEIR
81D
Calming agents
SEDATIVES
85D
Powerful power sources
REACTORS
87D
Ruhr Valley city
ESSEN
88D
Cause of white knuckles
FEAR
90D
Fixed, as one’s lipstick
BLOTTED
94D
Union union
AFL-CIO
95D
Christopher Paolini fantasy best-seller
ERAGON
97D
They may be recorded separately
VOCALS
98D
Each
A POP
99D
Succumb to gravity
DROOP
100D
Surpass
OUTDO
101D
Board with a room?
MEALS
102D
Reps’ promotions
DEMOS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
103D
“Not another word!”
ZIP IT!
104D
Latish lunch hr.
ONE PM
105D
Like the mythological Aesir-Vanir War
NORSE
106D
HP competitor
EPSON
109D
Hosiery shade
NUDE
113D
Supermarket chain with a red-and-white logo
IGA
115D
Hard thing to get out of
RUT
1A
Where there’s smoke
FLUE
5A
Happy, in Juárez
FELIZ
10A
They go with the flow
RAFTS
15A
Misplace
LOSE
19A
Ninth Greek letter
IOTA
20A
Girl who obeyed 4-Down
ALICE
21A
Courtier in “Hamlet”
OSRIC
22A
Gem for some Libras
OPAL
23A
Black kitten crossing your path?
LITTLE OMEN (“Little Women”)
25A
Wedding registry category
CHINA
26A
Old TV knob
VERT
27A
Aftershock
TREMOR
28A
Exhilarating
BRISK
30A
Princess Peach creator
NINTENDO
32A
Words often etched in stone
HERE LIES
34A
Transgressions timeline?
THE AGES OF SIN (“the wages of sin”)
36A
Villain Luthor
LEX
37A
“Boston Legal” co-star
SHATNER
38A
Name change indicator
NEE
39A
It’s done in Paris
FINI
43A
Superfund agcy.
EPA
45A
Clears
RIDS
46A
Bad-mouthed
DISSED
49A
Matching food containers?
IDENTICAL TINS (“identical twins”)
53A
Summer getaway
COTTAGE
54A
Worked one’s fingers to the bone
SLAVED
55A
One may be jam-packed
JAR
56A
Angler’s shout
GOT ONE!
58A
Dept. head
MGR
59A
Straight
HETERO
60A
Biblical prophet
AMOS
62A
Medium power?
ESP
63A
It feels like forever
AEON
64A
New England proceedings concerning allergic reactions?
SALEM ITCH TRIALS (“Salem witch trials”)
69A
Indication to stop playing
REST
72A
Letters for 94-Across
AKA
73A
Get the message
HEAR
74A
Brand whose ads feature alpenhorns
RICOLA
78A
Pipe plastic
PVC
79A
Arms treaty subjects, briefly
N-TESTS
82A
2001 boxing biopic
ALI
83A
Went on and on
DRONED
84A
Places for reflection
MIRRORS
86A
Cheating millionaire?
HEEL OF FORTUNE (“Wheel of Fortune”)
89A
Doc’s pal
SLEEPY
90A
Kings, e.g.
BEDS
91A
TV’s “Science Guy”
NYE
92A
Go across
SPAN
93A
Canal site
EAR
94A
Crook’s creations
ALIASES
96A
Gardner of old Hollywood
AVA
99A
Tony Soprano’s quilt?
DON COMFORTER (“down comforter”)
102A
Emergency supplies delivery point
DROP ZONE
107A
Area of severe industrial decline
RUST BELT
108A
Brainless
INANE
110A
Like typical laundromats
COIN-OP
111A
First century Roman emperor
OTHO
112A
When “eye of newt” is mentioned in “Macbeth”
ACT IV
114A
Wrigley’s in-house hip-hop group?
GUM RAPPERS (“gum wrappers”)
116A
It could be fishy
ODOR
117A
Feudal lord
LIEGE
118A
Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty
O’DOUL
119A
__ facto
IPSO
120A
Nursery stock
POTS
121A
Fountain fare
SODAS
122A
Tweeting locales
NESTS
123A
IRS agents
T-MEN