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1D
Applies gingerly
DABS
2D
Outfit
EQUIP
3D
World Heritage Site in the Andes
CUZCO
4D
Oft-married Taylor
LIZ
5D
Keg contents
ALE
6D
Archer’s battle weapon
WAR BOW
7D
Forever
AGES
8D
Like lumberjack jackets
PLAID
9D
O.K.
NOT SO BAD
10D
Time for last-minute planning
EVE
11D
Oxygen-dependent bacterium
AEROBE
12D
Card table cloth
BAIZE
13D
Not fully independent
AIDED
14D
Piece corps, briefly?
NRA
15D
Almost dislocate
SPRAIN
16D
Violation of Yom Kippur?
FAST BREAK
17D
Batting .200, maybe
IN A SLUMP
18D
Queen ___ (pop music nickname)
BEY
22D
Don’t bother
LET BE
24D
Give a tongue-lashing
BAWL OUT
29D
Veteran
OLD PRO
32D
A question of time
WHEN?
33D
Is unacceptable
WON’T DO
35D
Virtual address
URL
36D
Père d’un prince
ROI
37D
1961 space chimp
ENOS
39D
Improvise, in a way
SCAT
42D
Isolated
APART
43D
Echolocator
SONAR
44D
Softly
PIANO
46D
Three Billy Goats Gruff villain
TROLL
48D
Smash up
TOTAL
49D
You win!
UNCLE!
52D
Stabilizer of a ship’s compass
GIMBAL
53D
Use your head!
THINK!
54D
CD-___
ROM
55D
Ground beef contaminant
E COLI
58D
Mobile home resident?
SNAIL
59D
Rio Grande city
LAREDO
61D
Downton Abbey daughter
SYBIL
63D
Jeez!
OH MAN!
67D
Flummox
ADDLE
68D
De jure
LEGAL
69D
Showroom models
DEMOS
71D
Residents of 3-Down
INCAS
72D
Trackpad alternative
MOUSE
73D
Lean on
PRESS
75D
Astral lion
LEO
78D
Achieve success
MAKE IT
79D
Rug dealer’s special?
FREE THROW
80D
Prepares for a Mr. Universe competition, say
OILS UP
82D
___ the day! (cry repeated in Shakespeare)
ALAS
83D
Settled the score
GOT EVEN
85D
Ghostly sound
MOAN
86D
Apportion
ALLOCATE
88D
Say “When I met the Dalai Lama last year,” say
NAME-DROP
89D
Qué ___?
PASA
91D
Sugar
HON
92D
Goth-looking, in a way
WAN
95D
It’s hard to get across
CHASM
96D
Morsel
TIDBIT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
98D
1994 bomb based on an “S.N.L.” character
IT’S PAT
100D
Something to boost
MORALE
102D
Bridge whiz
GOREN
103D
Domineering
BOSSY
104D
Actress Thompson of “Creed”
TESSA
106D
River along Avignon
RHONE
107D
Wanna play?
YOU IN?
111D
Anti bodies?
FOES
113D
Petitioned
PLED
114D
Whacked
MAD
115D
Kind of dye
AZO
117D
The Depression, for one
ERA
118D
Smoked deli purchase
LOX
119D
Popinjay
FOP
1C
Make less dangerous, in a way
DECLAW
7C
Sleep lab study
APNEA
12C
Some school edicts
BANS
16C
Small invention
FIB
19C
Eagle constellation
AQUILA
20C
Signature Michael Jackson wear
GLOVE
21C
Runway model?
AIRPLANE
23C
Fly swatter?
BUZZER BEATER
25C
It seems to me …
I DARE SAY …
26C
Attack order
SIC!
27C
Rationale
BASIS
28C
Trickle
OOZE
30C
The Good Wife figures: Abbr.
ATTS
31C
Confer
POWWOW
34C
Drool from both sides of the mouth?
DOUBLE DRIBBLE
38C
Screams bloody murder
HOWLS
40C
Brought up
BRED
41C
Narrow lead in baseball
ONE RUN
42C
Quaker of note?
ASPEN
45C
In base 8
OCTAL
47C
Sound near a spittoon
PTUI!
50C
Brooding music genre
EMO
51C
Tip of an épée?
POINT GUARD
53C
Sci-fi film with a 2010 sequel
TRON
54C
Brings in
REAPS
56C
Palindromic girl
ANA
57C
”
DITTO
58C
Busted timer?
SHOT CLOCK
60C
Illicit sum
RANSOM
62C
Anderson of “WKRP”
LONI
64C
Historic siege site
ALAMO
65C
Legendary siege site
TROY
66C
Desi Arnaz?
BALL HANDLER
70C
Unsteady gait
LIMP
74C
Cutting edge
BLADE
76C
Karaoke bar sight
MIKE
77C
Key of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4
E MINOR
79C
Winning an Oscar for “Norma Rae”?
FIELD GOAL
81C
One of the Gabor sisters
MAGDA
84C
Prompt
CUE
85C
Actress Thomas
MARLO
87C
Reclined
LAIN
88C
Acrophobe’s term for a route through the mountains?
NO-LOOK PASS
90C
Encouraging word
OLE!
91C
Fire place?
HELL
92C
Attended
WAS AT
93C
Soothes
EASES
94C
One of the Furies
ALECTO
97C
Asian territory in Risk
SIAM
99C
Round after the quarters
SEMIS
101C
Lament from an unlucky shrimper?
NOTHING BUT NET
105C
Devotee
VOTARY
108C
Fallout from the 2000 election?
CHAD
109C
My bad!
OOPS!
110C
Put off
DEFER
112C
Short flight
HOP
114C
Nougaty treats
MARS BARS
116C
Writing “30 and single” when it’s really “50 and married,” e.g.?
PERSONAL FOUL
120C
Reduces to smithereens
ATOMIZES
121C
Cropped up
AROSE
122C
Canadian smacker
LOONIE
123C
Morning condensate
DEW
124C
Chichi
TONY