12/4/16
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1D
Lash
FLOG
2D
Lady’s man
EARL
3D
Country singer Lovett
LYLE
4D
First African-American Disney princess
TIANA
5D
Spike TV’s former name
TNN
6D
___ be my honor
IT’D
7D
Sunbathing locale
POOL AREA
8D
Jewelry chain
ZALES
9D
Borodin’s prince
IGOR
10D
1993 accord grp.
PLO
11D
Surveillance device
CAM
12D
Middle word in a mall map phrase
ARE
13D
Cash in
REDEEM
14D
Quiet down!
SHUSH!
15D
Half a score
TEN
16D
Story ___
ARC
17D
Immunity enhancer
BOOSTER SHOT
18D
French city near the Belgian border
LILLE
19D
Modern greeting
E-CARD
24D
___ noire
BETE
29D
Student taking Contracts, maybe
ONE L
32D
Villagers the Grinch stole from in Dr. Seuss
WHOS
33D
Surround
RING
34D
Hogwarts groundskeeper
HAGRID
35D
Native New Yorkers
ERIES
36D
Eco-friendly building certification, for short
LEED
37D
Runner-up’s amount in an auction
UNDERBID
38D
New York team
NETS
39D
Goya subject
MAJA
40D
Speak for oneself?
BRAG
41D
Some rounds
AMMO
43D
Settled a score old-style
DUELED
46D
Got going
BEGAN
47D
Aslant
ANGLED
49D
Seafood order
SCAMPI
50D
Temper
INURE
51D
Summoned, in a way
PAGED
53D
In bankruptcy
RUINED
57D
Michael ___, Brett Halliday detective
SHAYNE
58D
Things to chew on
CUDS
61D
Aid for a big painting project
SPRAY GUN
62D
Naval conflict
SEA WAR
63D
Put up
ANTE
64D
Straggles
TRAILS
66D
December temp
SANTA
67D
Morris who directed “The Fog of War”
ERROL
68D
Like you wouldn’t believe
AS ALL GET-OUT
69D
Gable part
BUTLER
70D
Singer Marie
TEENA
73D
In line
QUEUED
76D
Buzz, so to speak
PHONE
78D
Pride parade letters
LGBT
79D
Actor Lugosi
BELA
80D
Yemen seaport
ADEN
82D
Laura of “Blue Velvet”
DERN
83D
Hindu honorifics
SRIS
84D
A likely story!
YEAH, I BET!
85D
Tie (up)
LACE
86D
Western tribe
OTOE
88D
1993 accord city
OSLO
93D
Yippee!
HOORAY!
94D
I’m waiting …?
WELL …?
96D
Roger that
GOT IT
97D
Vast
LARGE
98D
Betray
CROSS
99D
The Twilight Zone episodes, e.g.
TALES
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
100D
Poet who wrote “In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost”
DANTE
103D
Capital NW of Jungfrau
BERN
105D
Some info holders
PDAS
106D
___ lily
SEGO
107D
Depiction in Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights”
EDEN
109D
___ se
PER
110D
Tire measure: Abbr.
PSI
112D
Benefit
USE
113D
Unwinding spot
SPA
114D
Word before and after “yes,” in the Army
SIR
115D
Home appliance giant
RCA
116D
Swell
A-OK
1A
Kind of marker
FELT-TIP
8A
Auto-sharing company
ZIPCAR
14A
Solid
STABLE
20A
Attack
LAY INTO
21A
Harshly bright
AGLARE
22A
Earning a Purple Heart, say
HEROIC
23A
___ into a major film star
ORLANDO BLOOMED …
25A
7Up, in old ads, with “the”
UNCOLA
26A
Vale
GLEN
27A
Salacious look
LEER
28A
Sibling of Helios and Selene, in myth
EOS
30A
Something to shoot with, briefly
SLR
31A
Phooey!
AW RATS!
34A
___ for just the right film role
HELEN HUNTED …
39A
Many a suit has one, for short
MBA
42A
New employee
HIRE
43A
You think I won’t!
DARE ME!
44A
Bio word
NEE
45A
Radius, for one
ARM BONE
47A
___ Doggie of old cartoons
AUGIE
48A
Psychedelic experience
LSD TRIP
52A
___ several filmmaking awards
JAMES GARNERED …
54A
Maker of business jets
CESSNA
55A
Spellbound
AGOG
56A
Hybrid citrus fruits
UGLIS
57A
The Lion King villain
SCAR
59A
Stick close to
HUG
60A
Went after
ASSAILED
64A
Something that turns up when you snap your fingers?
THUMB
65A
Pay dirt
ORE
66A
___ a new film adaptation
SEAN PENNED …
69A
___ two film studios against each other
BRAD PITTED …
71A
___ nova (musical style of the late Middle Ages)
ARS
72A
Like businesses on Yelp
RATED
73A
Land near a wharf
QUAYSIDE
74A
Org. with the magazine America’s 1st Freedom
NRA
75A
Spellbound
AWED
76A
Leader who was Time’s 2007 Person of the Year
PUTIN
77A
Italy’s Isola d’___
ELBA
81A
Ha! I was right!
TOLD YA!
83A
___ for meatier film roles
SHELLEY LONGED …
87A
Brisk tempo
ALLEGRO
89A
Cads
ROUES
90A
Like food
EATABLE
91A
Despicable Me supervillain
GRU
92A
Evidence of a brawl
SHINER
94A
Baylor’s home
WACO
95A
Salon offering
TAN
96A
___ the film deal
GLENN CLOSED …
99A
Giggled
TEHEED
101A
Honey ___ Clusters (breakfast cereal)
OAT
102A
Milne character
ROO
103A
Java neighbor
BALI
104A
Church recess
APSE
108A
Too much, in music
TROPPO
111A
___ himself as a big-screen film star
RUSSELL BRANDED …
117A
If you say so
I GUESS
118A
Strive
ASPIRE
119A
Actions of environmental extremists
ECOTAGE
120A
Stacking game
TETRIS
121A
Pines
YEARNS
122A
Confronts
TAKES ON