6/5/16
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1D
Woof
ARF
2D
___ your daddy?
WHO’S
3D
River that flows south to north
NILE
4D
Sets free into the world
UNLEASHES
5D
Ta-ta!
TOODLE-OO!
6D
Directional abbr.
SSW
7D
___ Nox (Mozart title meaning “good night”)
BONA
8D
Greek vessel
ARGO
9D
Enthusiastic Spanish assent
SI SI!
10D
Debt docs
IOUS
11D
Scale
CLIMB
12D
Collection
SET
13D
Chin former
JAWBONE
14D
DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love singer, 2010
USHER
15D
Women’s retro accessory
STOLE
16D
Offensive poster
TROLL
17D
Small bite
NIP
18D
Part of the classic Chinese work “Shih Ching”
ODE
19D
Puny
WEE
24D
Was ___ hard on them?
I TOO
30D
___ Lat (traditional Polish song)
STO
32D
Subside
EBB
33D
Opposite of -less
FUL
34D
Paranormal
OCCULT
35D
Fine point
NICETY
36D
Provokes
GOADS
37D
Persian Empire founder
CYRUS
38D
Impends
LOOMS
39D
___-Loompa (Willy Wonka employee)
OOMPA
40D
Fictional braggart
HARE
41D
The “O” of B.O.
ODOR
42D
Setting for a watch?
MOVIE NIGHT
43D
We’ll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart: Hamlet
ERE
48D
Et cetera
AND SO FORTH
49D
Certain racy magazines
MAXIMS
50D
Lift
ELATE
52D
Glad that’s done!
PHEW!
53D
Street fair participant
VENDOR
55D
Aww-inspiring
CUTESY
57D
Empire State sch.
NYU
58D
Org. with an emergency number
AAA
61D
Razz, as a speaker
HECKLE
63D
What the pros say
AYE
65D
Hesitates
BALKS
66D
Default avatar for a new Twitter user
EGG
67D
Reconstruction, for one
ERA
68D
Contraction missing a V
NE’ER
69D
From both sides, in a way
STEREO
70D
Songs of praise
PAEANS
73D
City whose name looks like it could mean “my friend”
MIAMI
74D
Track holder?
ALBUM
75D
A Beethoven piece was für her
ELISE
76D
Win every game
SWEEP
79D
Exhilarated cry
WHEE!
80D
___ cabbage
NAPA
81D
End of discussion
THAT’S THAT
84D
Botanist Gray
ASA
85D
A man can be destroyed but not ___: Hemingway
DEFEATED
87D
Age for a quinceañera
FIFTEEN
88D
..D#___ quit!
OR I
89D
The Silmarillion creature
ORC
90D
Red ___
SOX
94D
Newspaper V.I.P. Baquet
DEAN
96D
Pollute
TAINT
97D
Too big for one’s britches, say?
OBESE
98D
Hotheadedness?
FEVER
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
99D
Disposable board
EMERY
103D
Let go
AXED
104D
Twinkler
STAR
105D
Lead-in to boy
ATTA …
106D
Something to mourn
LOSS
108D
Red giant in Cetus
MIRA
109D
Cozy
SNUG
110D
Rend
RIP
111D
The Name of the Rose novelist
ECO
112D
___ Meninas (Velázquez painting)
LAS
113D
Highest degree
NTH
114D
___-Wan Kenobi
OBI
115D
Family docs
GPS
1C
Shucks!
AW NUTS!
7C
They might be covered on your first day of employment
BASICS
13C
Only a second ago
JUST NOW
20C
Ones with good poker faces?
RHINOS
21C
Charm City ballplayer
ORIOLE
22C
With a leg on either side of
ASTRIDE
23C
Where you can find … jacket or “yourself”?
FOLLOWING SUIT (“suit jacket” & “suit yourself”)
25C
Yay!
WHOOPEE!
26C
Lentil or coconut
SEED
27C
Chinese philosophy
TAOISM
28C
Student’s saver
BELL
29C
Plus
ALSO
31C
… go or “so”?
BEFORE LONG (“go long” & “so long”)
37C
… anybody or “cooking”?
CLOSE TO HOME (“anybody home?” & “home cooking”)
44C
Dog holder
BUN
45C
A.F.L.-___
CIO
46C
Over here!
YOO-HOO!
47C
Aww-inspiring
ADORABLE
49C
Muhammad’s birthplace
MECCA
51C
Lover boy
ROMEO
52C
Like Fermat’s last theorem, eventually
PROVEN
53C
Much appreciated
VALUED
54C
They decide what’s fair
UMPS
55C
Oteri of “S.N.L.”
CHERI
56C
Material in mitochondria
DNA
59C
Acclaims
EXALTS
60C
Issuer of IDs: Abbr.
SSA
61C
Shade
HUE
62C
Its material is not hard
EASY A
64C
___-gritty
NITTY
65C
…got or “tell”?
BETWEEN YOU AND ME (“you got me” & “you tell me”)
69C
Result of hitting the bar?
SPACE
71C
The price we pay for love, per Queen Elizabeth II
GRIEF
72C
Goddess who gained immortality for her lover but forgot to ask for eternal youth (whoops!)
EOS
73C
Flirtatious wife in “Of Mice and Men”
MAE
76C
They stand up in their bed
STALKS
77C
Kind of gift
GAG
78C
Sports team bigwig
OWNER
81C
Cash register
TILL
82C
Like the installments of “A Tale of Two Cities”
WEEKLY
83C
Ver-r-ry funny!
HAR HAR!
85C
Abu ___
DHABI
86C
Obliterate
ERASE
87C
Suspenseful sound
FOOTSTEP
90C
___ Finnigan, friend of Harry Potter
SEAMUS
91C
Contraction missing a V
E’EN
92C
Kind of verb: Abbr.
IRR
93C
… two or “face”?
AHEAD OF TIME (“two-time” & “face time””)
95C
… building or “hours”?
POST OFFICE (“office building” & “office hours”)
100C
Flames that have gone out?
EXES
101C
Assist in crime
ABET
102C
Indian spice mix
MASALA
107C
Things you may dispense with?
ATMS
110C
Take over for
RELIEVE
113C
… that’s or “special”?
NEXT TO NOTHING (“that’s nothing” & “nothing special”)
116C
That much is clear
I CAN SEE
117C
Pays for the meal
TREATS
118C
Stay cheerful despite adversity
BEAR UP
119C
Back entrance
POSTERN