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1D
No miniature gulf
ABYSS
2D
Pours poorly
SLOPS
3D
Wore
HAD ON
4D
Color of la Méditerranée
AZUR
5D
Some complications
RED TAPE
6D
Event for select customers
PRESALE
7D
Ocean eyesores
RIGS
8D
Six-pack inits.
PBR
9D
Chandon’s partner
MOET
10D
Common Coke go-with
BACARDI
11D
Affixes, as a patch
IRONS ON
12D
Grasp intuitively
GROK
13D
Sights in New Orleans
DIKES
14D
Prestigious school group
IVIES
15D
Noisy flight crew?
GEESE
17D
George on an annual Forbes list
SOROS
18D
___ Academy (means of online education)
KHAN
19D
Iolani palace locale
OAHU
20D
Statistical tool for comparing means
T-TEST
26D
It may start at 10
BRUNCH
28D
Buckingham Palace guards
YEOMEN
33D
Detoxing hurdle, for short
DTS
34D
Tree hugger?
BOA
35D
You betcha!
YEP!
36D
It may change because of weather, in brief
ETD
38D
Not let bygones be bygones, say
SUE
39D
Golf course obstacles
PONDS
40D
24/7, for instance
RATIO
41D
Friend of Lucy Ricardo
ETHEL MERTZ
42D
Live broadcast feature, oxymoronically
DELAY
43D
Symbols of speed
HARES
45D
Fruit used in wines and syrups
ELDERBERRY
46D
Trig angle symbol
THETA
47D
Trig’s law of ___
SINES
50D
Agitated, with “up”
HET
51D
Beach shade
TAN
54D
Popular reds
MERLOTS
55D
Yellow dog of the funnies
ODIE
57D
Bust ___ (guffaw)
A GUT
58D
Highlands designs
TARTANS
61D
Politician’s asset
TACT
63D
Palindromic nut
KOOK
64D
Literary governess
EYRE
65D
Palindromic blast
TOOT
67D
Biblical kingdom
MOAB
69D
Language with only 14 letters
SAMOAN
71D
Nelson ___, “The Man With the Golden Arm” novelist
ALGREN
73D
You betcha!
NATCH!
75D
Jumper cable connection
ANODE
76D
Dummy
DODO
77D
Language that gave us “punch”
URDU
79D
Sister of Cronus
RHEA
80D
Eastern ecclesiastic
IMAM
82D
Unnamed object
THAT
83D
10th: Abbr.
SOPH
86D
Manage
OPERATE
88D
Sketchy place?
ART ROOM
92D
Parts of sneakers
INSOLES
93D
Spinoff series with two spinoffs of its own
NCIS
94D
Luxury Italian label
VERSACE
97D
Certain Honshu resident
OSAKAN
99D
Umbrella holder, maybe
MAI TAI
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101D
Queen of ___
SHEBA
104D
Sleeping Beauty was under one
CURSE
105D
OB/GYN’s prefix with -gram
SONO
107D
___ Lang Syne
AULD
109D
Advertising buzzword
FREE
111D
Apiece
EACH
112D
It may collect dust
RAG
113D
Fareed Zakaria’s channel
CNN
114D
___-Jo (’80s track star)
FLO
115D
Specialty shoe spec
EEE
117D
Bother
IRK
118D
Digs
PAD
119D
Bother
BUG
120D
Not working anymore: Abbr.
RET
1C
Note in the B major scale
A-SHARP
7C
Platter letters
RPM
10C
Boston megaproject completed in 2007, informally
BIG DIG
16C
Semiformal jacket
BLAZER
17C
Item of winter gear with multiple straps
SKI BOOT
21C
Touch down, say
ARRIVE
22C
Bro’s greeting
YO DUDE!
23C
Sarcastic “Wonderful!”
OH GREAT!
24C
Word after smart or sugar
COOKIE
25C
Some female athletic gear
SPORTS BRAS
27C
Pinstriped team
THE YANKEES
29C
Cybercrime target, for short
SSN
30C
Newsman Brown
AARON
31C
___ manual
USERS
32C
Sacramento-to-San Diego dir.
SSE
33C
Grade to be concerned about
D-PLUS
34C
Pass, of sorts
BYE
37C
Bothers
TO-DOS
39C
Admire oneself a little too much
PREEN
42C
Homer Simpson exclamation
D’OH!
44C
–
MINUS
48C
Healthy yogurt mix-ins
OATS
49C
One not looking for an expensive night on the town
CHEAP DATE
52C
Precollege
ELHI
53C
High degree in math?
NTH
54C
Bris official
MOHEL
56C
Approached aggressively
RAN AT
59C
Scout group
DEN
60C
Expired
DIED
62C
Occupied, as a seat
TAKEN
66C
___ over (dispiriting message)
GAME
68C
Latin for “of the sun”
SOLARIS
70C
They can sleep if you play with them
YO-YOS
71C
Arctic lights
AURORAS
72C
Washington suburb
MCLEAN
74C
Palindromic elemento
ORO
75C
PC task-switching combo
ALT-TAB
76C
Twosome
DUO
78C
Stripe on a zebra, e.g.
MARKING
81C
The pack in a six-pack
ABS
84C
Legendary Bruin
ORR
85C
A kid may exchange it for money
TOOTH
87C
Capone rival
MORAN
89C
P
RHO
90C
Silent Spring subject
DDT
91C
1970s-’80s craze that’s the theme of this puzzle
SPACE INVADERS
95C
Radio format
RAP
96C
Anise-flavored drink
OUZO
98C
Bettering
ENHANCEMENT
99C
Loch Ness monster, e.g.
MYTH
100C
Lat. or Lith., once
SSR
102C
One who’s been tapped on the shoulder?
SIR
103C
Big name in electronics
RCA
106C
Cry from the enlightened
AHA!
108C
Defunct spy org.
OSS
110C
Response on un questionnaire
OUI
112C
Mission requirement
ROCKET FUEL
116C
Place to get drunk before getting high?
AIRPORT BAR
121C
Inspiration for “Lolita”
ANNABEL LEE
122C
Alfredo, for one
CREAM SAUCE
123C
Never ___ Give You Up (1988 1 hit)
GONNA
124C
Sometimes-sung pieces
ODES
125C
Scraped (out)
EKED
126C
Ball to keep an eye on
EIGHT