12/18/16
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1D
Harry or Bess in the White House
TRUMAN
2D
What many Oscar speeches do
RUN OVER
3D
Ape
IMITATE
4D
Home star of Cthulhu, in fantasy tales
XOTH
5D
1975 TV debut, briefly
SNL
6D
Like a more-than-full spoonful
HEAPING
7D
Barrels ___
OF FUN
8D
Grim sort?
REAPER
9D
___ Little Tenderness
TRY A
10D
Bus. card abbr.
STE
11D
Boxer’s reward
TITLE
12D
Old German ruler nicknamed “the Short”
OTTO VI
13D
Facefuls in slapstick
PIES
14D
Publish anew
REPRINT
15D
Suffix with schnozz
OLA
16D
Slithy ones
TOVES
17D
The Marx Brothers spent a night at one
OPERA
18D
V-shaped fortification
REDAN
20D
Skin diving locale
REEF
27D
Fix, as a pool cue
RETIP
30D
Carbon compound
ENOL
34D
Something to brush off a jacket
LINT
35D
Ingredient in an old-fashioned
RYE
37D
Exams required for some prep schools
SSATS
41D
Stat!
ASAP!
43D
Part of a plant embryo that develops into a root
RADICLE
45D
Together
AS ONE
46D
Remove a label from
DETAG
47D
One runs through the middle of Kansas City
STATE LINE
49D
Like Norton software
ANTIVIRUS
51D
Raise again, as a flag
REHOIST
52D
Vehicle used for grooming ski trails
SNOWCAT
55D
Small songbird
WREN
57D
Very busy
ORNATE
59D
Florida State athlete, for short
‘NOLE
60D
Walks in rain boots, say
SLOSHES
61D
En ___ (chess maneuver)
PASSANT
62D
Tried
HAD A GO
64D
What’s this?!
OHO!
67D
Feared
DREADED
70D
Blacksmith’s tool
RASP
71D
Nav. Rank
ADM
72D
Ending with syn- or ant-
ONYM
73D
Longest bone in the human body
FEMUR
74D
Thrown with force
FLUNG
80D
Eats (at)
GNAWS
82D
Lewd look
LEER
87D
Month after Av
ELUL
88D
Chemo target
TUMOR
90D
City that, despite its name, is smaller than Little Rock
BOULDER
91D
Sole
LONE
93D
Prattle
YAP
95D
Like hand-me-downs
PREWORN
96D
19,101-foot volcano next to Peru’s second-largest city
EL MISTI
97D
Like Joan of Arc
SAINTED
99D
Gone bad, in Britain
SPOILT
101D
Liliom playwright Ferenc ___
MOLNAR
104D
Bets
WAGERS
105D
Something that stuns
DAZER
106D
Marketplace of old
AGORA
107D
Common strip steak weight: Abbr.
TEN OZ
109D
___ saw a little bird … (Mother Goose rhyme)
ONCE I
111D
___ Rica
COSTA
112D
Plains dwelling: Var.
TIPI
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116D
The year 1601
MDCI
117D
Sherlock Holmes accessory
PIPE
119D
Like dungeons
DANK
121D
Tokyo, once
EDO
123D
___-Tiki
KON
124D
D.C. player
NAT
1A
One of the blanks in the cereal slogan “___ are for ___”
TRIX
5A
Tinker, for one, in olden days
SHORTSTOP
14A
Certain blade
ROTOR
19A
Spread dirt, in a way
RUMOR
21A
Legendary Egyptian queen
NEFERTITI
22A
Run off
ELOPE
23A
Stick together
UNITE
24A
Liberal arts college in the Keystone State
LAFAYETTE
25A
Like many a lot
PAVED
26A
Hood lead-in
MOTHER-
28A
Caterpillar product
PUPA
29A
Dud
LOSER
31A
Historical period
ERA
32A
One of Frank’s wives
AVA
33A
Member of the cat family
FELINE
35A
Father, familiarly
REV
36A
Japanese auto make
NISSAN
38A
Court concern
NET
39A
Big Australian export
TIN
40A
One of five on a starfish
RAY
42A
Set of clubs in a bag
IRONS
44A
These could amount to fortunes
READINGS
48A
Dead follower
SEA
50A
Where to find grooms
ALTARS
53A
Vingt-___ (multiple de trois)
SEPT
54A
This does not fly
TWA
56A
Anagram of the letters O-N-D
NOD
58A
State with part of I-81: Abbr.
TENN
60A
What you might call a dog
SPOT
62A
Instrument for an angel
HARP
63A
Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, e.g.
TRIO
65A
Something you can do with flies
SHOO
66A
First name of an Oscar-nominated actress of 1957
LANA
67A
Time in ads
DATE
68A
Square ___
INCH
69A
Animal in an Aesop fable
OWL
70A
White House sight
ROSE GARDEN
72A
White House sight
OVAL OFFICE
75A
Animal in an Aesop fable
ASS
76A
Square ___
DEAL
77A
Time in ads
NITE
78A
First name of an Oscar-nominated actress of 1957
ELSA
79A
Something you can do with flies
SHAG
81A
Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, e.g.
MAGI
82A
Instrument for an angel
LYRE
83A
What you might call a dog
MUTT
84A
State with part of I-81: Abbr.
PENN
85A
Anagram of the letters O-N-D
DON
86A
This does not fly
EMU
87A
Vingt-___ (multiple de trois)
ET-UN
89A
Where to find grooms
STABLE
92A
Dead follower
EYE
94A
These could amount to fortunes
SPLURGES
98A
Set of clubs in a bag
WOODS
100A
One of five on a starfish
ARM
102A
Big Australian export
RUM
103A
Court concern
LAW
105A
Japanese auto make
DATSUN
108A
Father, familiarly
POP
110A
Member of the cat family
OCELOT
113A
One of Frank’s wives
MIA
114A
Historical period
AGE
115A
Dud
LEMON
117A
Caterpillar product
PLOW
118A
Hood lead-in
RIDING
120A
Like many a lot
ZONED
122A
Liberal arts college in the Keystone State
DICKINSON
125A
Stick together
PASTE
126A
Run off
ERODE
127A
Legendary Egyptian queen
CLEOPATRA
128A
Spread dirt, in a way
INTER
129A
Certain blade
RAZOR
130A
Tinker, for one, in olden days
ITINERANT
131A
One of the blanks in the cereal slogan “___ are for ___”
KIDS