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1D
Original airer of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
BBC RADIO
2D
Pop competition
COLA WARS
3D
Something smoked by comic Chris?
C ROCK POT (“Crock-Pot”)
4D
Hang on to
SAVE
5D
Org. against doping
IOC
6D
Spindly-limbed
SPIDERY
7D
Shakespeare villain
IAGO
8D
Photo of Canada’s former prime minister Stephen?
S HARPER IMAGE (“Sharper Image”)
9D
Stay ___
PUT
10D
Aardvarks, by another name
ANT BEARS
11D
Enter surreptitiously
CREEP IN
12D
Press lightly, as the brakes
EASE ON
13D
He was buried in 1915 and died in 1926
HARRY HOUDINI
14D
Dressage gait
TROT
15D
Invoice figs.
SSNS
18D
___ lily
SEGO
19D
Fulminating
ON A RANT
21D
Dwarf planet more massive than Pluto
ERIS
22D
Atypical
RARE
23D
Summer hrs. in Phila.
EDT
27D
Literary device used to address plot inconsistencies
RETCON
30D
Nephrologists study them
KIDNEYS
32D
Spies, informally
SPOOKS
35D
M.L.K.’s title: Abbr.
REV
38D
Today personality
AL ROKER
39D
Shark’s home
SAN JOSE
41D
Close by
NEAR TO
43D
Egg producer
HEN
45D
Arctic fliers
AUKS
47D
Blow it
ERR
49D
Like a handyman’s projects, for short
DIY
50D
Anything! Anything at all!
NAME IT!
52D
Shade of pink
SALMON
54D
Sword fight, e.g.
DUEL
56D
Filament sites, in botany
STAMENS
57D
Imprisoned
CAGED UP
58D
Underhanded use of someone else’s domain name
URL HIJACKING
59D
Troubles
WOES
61D
Cherry for talk show host Chelsea?
C HANDLER BING (“Chandler Bing”)
63D
Glimpsed
ESPIED
67D
Forswear
PERJURE
70D
Genius
WHIZ
72D
Arm muscle, informally
TRICEP
73D
___ drop
MIC
74D
Miney follower
MOE
77D
Idomeneo composer
MOZART
79D
All My ___ Live in Texas
EX’S
82D
U.N.C. student
TAR HEEL
83D
Figure at the center of a maze
MINOTAUR
84D
Tahoe, for one
SUV
86D
Entourage of a 1990s white rapper?
V ICE UNIT (“vice unit”)
87D
Musical intermission
ENTR’ACTE
88D
Continuous
SEAMLESS
90D
Flamboyantly successful sort
HOTSHOT
92D
Trampolinist’s wear
LEOTARD
96D
Start to -scope
STETHO-
97D
Cincinnati squad
REDS
98D
Dude, in British lingo
BRUV
101D
Smallish batteries
AAS
102D
Long spear
PIKE
105D
Makes “it”
TAGS
106D
Zone
AREA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
108D
Dark Sky Island singer
ENYA
110D
Drink sometimes served hot
SAKE
113D
Snowden org.
NSA
114D
___, cuatro, seis, ocho …
DOS
1A
Loops in, in a way
BCCS
5A
Goddess with a throne headdress
ISIS
9A
Tempo
PACE
13A
Figs. on drivers’ licenses
HTS
16A
When repeated, a Pacific tourist destination
BORA
17A
Fish whose name is a celebrity’s name minus an R
OPAH
18A
Old bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name
SUN RA
19A
Outrigger projections
OARS
20A
Things smoked by singer Courtney?
C LOVE CIGARETTES (“clove cigarettes”)
23A
Scandalmaker in 2002 news
ENRON
24A
Speed demon
RACER
25A
Headwear the N.B.A. banned in 2005
DO-RAG
26A
Game involving sharp projectiles and alcohol
BEER DARTS
28A
Parrot’s cry
AWK!
29A
1950s prez
IKE
31A
Charlie Hustle is my name / I am banned Hall of Fame, e.g.?
P ROSE POETRY (“prose poetry”)
33A
Fist bump
DAP
34A
Yes, ___!
SIRREE
36A
Put a coat on
PAINT
37A
Eureka! moments
AHAS
40A
Press
IRON
42A
Cloth colorist
DYER
43A
Feature of Africa
HORN
44A
___ oil
CANOLA
46A
Televangelist Joel
OSTEEN
48A
Alternative to “News” and “Maps” in a Google search
VIDEOS
50A
Road restriction
NO U-TURN
51A
Pugnacious Olympian
ARES
53A
Relative of a ferret
MINK
54A
Cold and wet
DANK
55A
F.B.I.’s div.
DOJ
56A
Hoopster Steph not playing at home?
S CURRY AWAY (“scurry away”)
60A
Riffraff
SCUM
62A
Japanese watchmaker
SEIKO
64A
Like Granny Smith apples
TART
65A
Endless chore
SLOG
66A
Dickens’s Uriah
HEEP
68A
Sega Genesis competitor, in brief
SNES
69A
Radiant
AGLOW
71A
Intersect
MEET
73A
The sport of boxing in the 1960s and ’70s, essentially?
M ALI EMPIRE (“Mali Empire”)
75A
Nothing to write home about
MEH
76A
Groups with co-pays, briefly
HMOS
78A
Jockey strap
REIN
80A
Star Trek: T.N.G. role
TROI
81A
Installment
EDITION
83A
Personalized gifts for music lovers
MIX CDS
85A
Valet in P. G. Wodehouse stories
JEEVES
89A
Contemporary hybrid music genre
NU JAZZ
90A
Sots’ sounds
HICS
91A
Nickname for Louise
LULU
93A
Feast
DINE
94A
Sail support
SPAR
95A
In unison
AS ONE
97A
Echo effect
REVERB
99A
El operator in the Windy City, briefly
CTA
100A
Hat for pop singer Corey?
C HART TOPPER (“chart topper”)
103A
Anthem contraction
O’ER
104A
Uhh …
ERM …
105A
Show what you know, say
TAKE A TEST
107A
In all probability
I’D BET
109A
Regular
USUAL
111A
Obstinate one, astrologically
ARIES
112A
Two-time Best Actor winner arriving early?
T HANKS IN ADVANCE (“thanks in advance”)
115A
Four-star rank: Abbr.
GENL
116A
Monopoly purchase
HOUSE
117A
Singer/songwriter Laura
NYRO
118A
Little foxes
KITS
119A
Slump
SAG
120A
___ cosa (something else: Sp.)
OTRA
121A
Wanders (about)
GADS
122A
They begin in juin
ETES