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1D
___ Pets (1980s fad)
CHIA
2D
Just hold on
HANG TIGHT
3D
2009 Grammy nominee with the lyric “But this ain’t SeaWorld, this is real as it gets”
I’M ON A BOAT
4D
Singer Carly ___ Jepsen
RAE
5D
Nabokov heroine
ADA
6D
Heart: Lat.
COR
7D
Moments from now
IN A FEW
8D
More grounded
SANER
9D
June and July
MIDYEAR
10D
Feminist issue in the workplace
WAGE GAP
11D
Israeli leaders?
ALEPHS
12D
Helped the cause, say
DONATED
13D
Foe of Saruman, in Tolkien
ENT
14D
Hearty entree
STEAK
15D
Director Michael
CIMINO
16D
Company that passed Walmart in 2015 as the world’s largest retailer by market value
AMAZON
17D
Extends, in a way
RENEWS
19D
Disinvites, e.g.
SNUBS
22D
Mr. Noodle’s friend on “Sesame Street”
ELMO
24D
Tricky curve
ESS
31D
Kapow!
WHAM!
32D
2003 1 hit for OutKast
HEY YA!
33D
Parts of Polynésie
ILES
34D
Rig, e.g.
TRUCK
35D
General of the Resistance in “The Force Awakens”
LEIA
36D
Doctrines
CREEDS
40D
Awesome
FEARED
41D
Unlikely to be talked out of
BENT ON
42D
Sight seers
EYES
44D
Makes dim, as the 42-Down
BLEARS
45D
Fifth-century pope who was the first to be called “the Great”
SAINT LEO
47D
One waiting in “Waiting for Godot”
VLADIMIR
48D
Sweaters, e.g.
KNITS
50D
Layer of the 42-Down
UVEA
51D
Slip (through)
SEEP
52D
Slips up
ERRS
55D
Duke Ellington’s “All ___ Soon”
TOO
56D
Sacha Baron Cohen persona
ALI G
58D
Aphorisms
SAWS
60D
El ___ Real
CAMINO
61D
Symbols on old manuscripts
OBELI
63D
Not for prudes
RACY
64D
Energy field, of sorts
AURA
65D
Tennyson work
IDYL
67D
Jabber
YAK
69D
Post-menorah-lighting treats
LATKES
72D
Branded
SEARED
74D
Impeccably
TO A T
76D
Rumor has it …
I HEARD …
78D
Oscar ___, star of “Inside Llewyn Davis”
ISAAC
80D
Facilities often referred to by their first letter
YMCAS
82D
2010’s “California Gurls” or 1996’s “Macarena”
SUMMER HIT
83D
Goal of having no unread emails
INBOX ZERO
84D
Lake Oahe locale: Abbr.
SDAK
86D
Actress Blanchett
CATE
87D
___ Viv, caretaker of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
AUNT
89D
Enter angrily
STORM IN
90D
Glades
CLEARINGS
93D
From memory
BY ROTE
94D
Former “CBS Evening News” anchor
COURIC
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
95D
Outback maker
SUBARU
97D
Loom
IMPEND
98D
Scram!
BEAT IT!
99D
Looks out for?
ABETS
101D
Dialogue
LINES
102D
Calc figures
LOGS
103D
And I ___ …
QUOTE
104D
Accustomed
USUAL
105D
Were ___ hazard a guess …
I TO
110D
Lover of Aphrodite
ARES
112D
Farm female
EWE
114D
Brace
TWO
115D
Laugh half
HAR
116D
Lux composer
ENO
1C
___-Town (sobriquet in many a Kanye West song)
CHI
4C
To Kill a Mockingbird theme
RACISM
10C
Get heavily (into)
WADE
14C
Distinctive Harry Potter feature
SCAR
18C
Overactors
HAMS
20C
Hebrew for “my Lord”
ADONAI
21C
Period for reflection and recharging
ALONE TIME
23C
With 113-Across, heard but disregarded … or a hint to interpreting the Across answers with circled letters
IN ONE EAR AND …
25C
Gallant type
GENTLEMAN
26C
___ Dei (prayer)
AGNUS
27C
Baldwin’s “30 Rock” co-star
FEY
28C
Clean air org.
EPA
29C
Mayan food staple
MAIZE
30C
Browser navigation aids
TABS
31C
Common query from one about to leave the house
WHERE ARE MY KEYS
35C
The left, informally
LIBS
36C
Meditate (on)
CHEW
37C
Modern surgical aid
LASER
38C
Come-___
ONS
39C
___-surfing
EGO
40C
Show wear
FRAY
41C
Arcade game sound
BEEP
43C
Nicknames
DUBS
46C
Indignant reply when someone withholds information
I HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW
49C
Contract part
CLAUSE
53C
P.M. after and before Churchill
ATTLEE
54C
Carson who won the 2001 T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
ANNE
55C
Come on ..C#be daring
TAKE A RISK
57C
Increases, with “to”
ADDS
59C
No worries
IT’S COOL
62C
Look from Scrooge
SNEER
63C
Sally
RAID
66C
Tell
SAY TO
68C
Bubbling
ABOIL
70C
24-note tune
TAPS
71C
Quattros and TTs
AUDIS
73C
I had nothing to do with it
WASN’T ME
75C
Olympic sprinting champion Devers
GAIL
77C
Oh, boo-hoo!
CRY ME A RIVER!
79C
Overly ingratiating
OILY
81C
Senior project
THESIS
85C
Some Ivy Leaguers
YALIES
86C
Would you consider this suggestion?
CAN I MAKE A REQUEST?
88C
Nutritional figs.
RDAS
90C
Roman statesman known as “the Censor”
CATO
91C
Given the signal
CUED
92C
Label for a suit?
MBA
93C
Some Johnny Hart panels
BCS
96C
Not true?
ATILT
98C
Outlaws
BANS
99C
Out of control
AMOK
100C
Comment to the not-yet-convinced
YOU’LL COME AROUND
105C
Mountain goat
IBEX
106C
Politico with the autobiography “An American Son”
RUBIO
107C
The Engineers of the N.C.A.A.
RPI
108C
Disneyland’s Main Street, ___
USA
109C
___ rima (meter of Dante’s “Divine Comedy”)
TERZA
111C
Former name for Syracuse athletes
ORANGEMEN
113C
See 23-Across
… OUT THE OTHER
117C
Rustic backyard plaything
TIRE SWING
118C
Subject of 1972 negotiations with China
TAIWAN
119C
Part of a bloodline
SIRE
120C
Coins with fleurs-de-lis
ECUS
121C
Remnants
ENDS