3/26/17
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1D
Bowls over
WOWS
2D
Word both before and after “to”
ASHES
3D
Retriever’s retrieval, maybe
STICK
4D
Little Rascals’ ring-eyed pooch
PETEY
5D
Big airport inits.
TSA
6D
Hathaway of “The Intern”
ANNE
7D
Point out
NOTE
8D
Cabbage variety
KOHLRABI
9D
Rice-Eccles Stadium player
UTE
10D
Image on the back of a dollar bill
PYRAMID
11D
Lindsay of “Freaky Friday”
LOHAN
12D
Sign of decay
ODOR
13D
Civil rights icon John
LEWIS
14D
Hearty soups
CHOWDERS
15D
Idaho cakes, in diner lingo
HASH BROWNS (RED into GREEN)
16D
Slapstick sidekick of old comedy
OLLIE
17D
Movie review revelations
PLOTS
19D
B-side of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark”
PINK CADILLAC (WHITE into RED)
24D
Toll
PEAL
25D
Shade of gray
STEEL
32D
Gaggle geese :: ___ emus
MOB
34D
Actress Peet
AMANDA
36D
Big name in ice cream
EDYS
38D
Rank between viscount and marquess
EARL
41D
What may be brewing
ALES
42D
Interstate hauler
SEMI
43D
Zen master’s query
KOAN
44D
Conundrum
ENIGMA
46D
Shoulder muscle
DELTOID
47D
Lyre-plucking Muse
ERATO
48D
Howard of Hollywood
RON
49D
Delighting?
OUTAGE
50D
Letter header
DATE
54D
Stammered syllables
UHS
56D
Delta hub, in brief
ATL
58D
European language
ERSE
59D
Costume worn by Michelle Pfeiffer in “Batman Returns”
CATSUIT
62D
Parisian palace
ELYSEE
64D
French for “sword”
EPEE
66D
Easy-to-peel fruit
MANDARIN ORANGE (RED into YELLOW)
67D
Rabbit Is Rich Pulitzer winner
UPDIKE
69D
Hug
CLASP
71D
Org. that usually meets in evenings
PTA
72D
P.D. dispatch
APB
73D
Epstein-___ virus
BARR
74D
Military decorations featuring George Washington’s profile
PURPLE HEARTS (RED into BLUE)
76D
Welcomes
GREETS
78D
Jolly Roger, in “Peter Pan”
BRIG
79D
Indian city whose name is an anagram of some Indian music
AGRA
80D
Bona fide
REAL
83D
___ Bowl
PRO
85D
Matches, at a table
SEES
88D
Hmm ..D#probably not
I DOUBT IT
89D
Burned rubber
SPED
91D
Comic’s asset
RAZOR WIT
94D
South American prairie
LLANO
95D
Harem servants, often
EUNUCHS
96D
One of the geeks on “The Big Bang Theory”
RAJ
101D
Former Big Apple mayor Giuliani
RUDY
102D
Fruit tree
PAPAW
103D
1953 hit film set in Wyoming
SHANE
104D
Animal with striped legs
OKAPI
105D
Difficult conditions for sailing
CALMS
107D
City with a University of Texas campus
TYLER
108D
Revelations choreographer
AILEY
109D
Hit pay dirt
SCORE
112D
The Wealth of Nations subj.
ECON
114D
Its state song is “Yankee Doodle”: Abbr.
CONN
115D
Opera highlight
ARIA
117D
___ milk
EWES
120D
Mauna ___
KEA
121D
Bandleader Eubanks, familiarly
KEV
1A
Martin Van Buren was the first president who wasn’t one
WASP
5A
Get ready for a long drive
TANK UP
11A
I.M. chuckle
LOL
14A
Martial arts move
CHOP
18A
Vitamix competitor
OSTER
20A
Hoity-toity
SNOOTY
21A
Shelley’s “To the Moon,” e.g.
ODE
22A
It’s between the Study and Lounge on a Clue board
HALL
23A
1970s TV cartoon series, with “The”
PINK PANTHER SHOW (RED into WHITE)
26A
World capital whose seal depicts St. Hallvard
OSLO
27A
Pull out
SECEDE
28A
It might give you a shock
EEL
29A
Missile Command maker
ATARI
30A
Scintilla
WHIT
31A
Filmer in a stadium
SKYCAM
33A
Noodle dish
RAMEN
35A
Rushes on banks?
SEDGES
37A
Medicinal plant
ALOE
39A
Possible subject of a French scandal
AMIE
40A
German article
DER
41A
Who ___ you?
ASKED
45A
1973 1 hit for Jim Croce
BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN (GREEN into RED)
51A
Téa of “Madam Secretary”
LEONI
52A
Pull (in)
REIN
53A
Philosopher who wrote “To be sane in a world of madmen is in itself madness”
ROUSSEAU
55A
It may carry a virus
EMAIL
56A
First and last word of the Musketeers’ motto
ALL
57A
Pour, as wine
DECANT
60A
Degree in math?
NTH
61A
Wrestler’s wear
SINGLET
63A
Claw
TEAR AT
65A
Tickles
AMUSES
68A
Target protector, perhaps
MALL COP
70A
Jury-rigged
STOPGAP
72A
Monastery head’s jurisdiction
ABBACY
75A
Feudal lords
LIEGES
77A
Practice mixology
TEND BAR
81A
Chum
PAL
82A
James of NBC’s “The Blacklist”
SPADER
84A
One side in golf’s Ryder Cup
USA
86A
Song of mourning
DIRGE
87A
Big, husky sorts
BRUISERS
90A
Pennsylvania’s “Gem City”
ERIE
92A
Director Kurosawa
AKIRA
93A
Title creature in a 1958 1 Sheb Wooley hit
PURPLE PEOPLE EATER (BLUE into RED)
97A
Buick model
REGAL
98A
Planter’s aid
HOE
99A
Figure skating jump
LUTZ
100A
It’s a wrap
SARI
102A
False start?
PSEUDO
105A
Words of defiance
CAN SO
106A
Control groups
JUNTAS
110A
Captain of the Pequod
AHAB
111A
Actor Reeves
KEANU
113A
Onetime acquisition of G.E.
RCA
116A
Shipping coolant
DRY ICE
118A
Cameo, for one
PART
119A
Dystopian film of 1971
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (RED into YELLOW)
122A
Rihanna album featuring “Work”
ANTI
123A
Juice brand whose middle letter is represented as a heart
POM
124A
Tushy
HEINIE
125A
Biggest employer in Moline, Ill.
DEERE
126A
Bridge position
WEST
127A
Drop-___
INS
128A
GPS, e.g., in military lingo
SAT NAV
129A
Wild Turkey and Jim Beam
RYES
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