11/20/16
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1D
Grabs before someone else does
SNAPS UP
2D
Famous crosser of the 39-Across
MAGELLAN
3D
Like jumpsuits
ONE-PIECE
4D
Ready to be drawn
ON TAP
5D
7-up, e.g.
TIE
6D
Partridge family mother
HEN
7D
Cassock wearer
CLERIC
8D
Was creative
HAD IDEAS
9D
Employed
IN USE
10D
___ truck
TACO
11D
Earthy color
SIENNA
12D
See 43-Across
ATLANTIC
13D
Milk shaker?
CHURN
14D
Letters teachers send to colleges, informally
RECS
15D
Yossarian’s tentmate in “Catch-22”
ORR
16D
Sound from the Road Runner
BEEP BEEP!
17D
W.W. II beachhead
ANZIO
18D
Hoity-___
TOITY
19D
Wins over
SWAYS
27D
Protester’s sign
PLACARD
28D
Hunky
BUILT
31D
Commerce pact mentioned in the 2016 presidential debates
NAFTA
32D
Surveilled
SPIED ON
34D
Catcher near the plate?
BIB
37D
Chivalrous deeds
BEAUX GESTES
38D
C.E.O. and pres.
LDRS
40D
Puts out
ISSUES
42D
Iraq War subj.
WMD
44D
D.C. nine
NATS
45D
See 66-Across
RED SEA
46D
Jill Stein’s group, with “the”
GREENS
47D
Unauthorized withdrawals?
HEISTS
50D
Anarchic action
RIOT
55D
Mantra syllables
OMS
57D
Gives the runaround
EVADES
58D
In one’s dotage
SENILE
59D
Schoolroom with brushes and paint
ART LAB
61D
Olive ___ (Popeye’s gal)
OYL
62D
Famous crosser of the 70-Across
MAO
64D
9mm gun
UZI
65D
Main character on “How I Met Your Mother”
TED
67D
Pertaining to bones
OSTEAL
69D
Goggle at
EYE
71D
Instant: Abbr.
NSEC
72D
Long Island campus
ADELPHI
74D
Pretty please?
CAN I?
76D
Major theme of Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
EMPATHY
80D
Something observed in church
RITE
82D
Something observed in church
PEW
84D
Write again
RE-PEN
86D
Famous crosser of the 115-Across
NAPOLEON
88D
Damsel, to a knight
FAIR LADY
89D
Register, as for a class
ENROL
90D
See 109-Across
DELAWARE
92D
Pepsi Max, e.g.
DIET SODA
93D
Field for Alfred Kinsey
SEXOLOGY
95D
Trinity part
SON
98D
Supports the Red Cross, say
DONATES
101D
Should that happen
IF EVER
103D
Parent’s definitive “End of argument!”
I SAY SO!
105D
Opening
DEBUT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
106D
First Hebrew letter
ALEPH
107D
Wilkes-___, Pa.
BARRE
108D
Like windows
PANED
109D
Used hip boots, say
WADED
110D
One dishing out digs
GIBER
112D
Name
CITE
113D
Whip It band
DEVO
116D
Actress Saldana
ZOE
118D
Certain cat
TOM
119D
Yoko from Tokyo
ONO
1A
Like good whiskey
SMOOTH
7A
Signed notes
CHITS
12A
They might jump through hoops for you
ACROBATS
20A
Civil rights activist ___ Helen Burroughs
NANNIE
21A
Place for a home pool, maybe
LANAI
22A
Comforting words
THERE NOW
23A
What Bart Simpson has been since 1989
AGE TEN
24A
Draw forth
EDUCE
25A
One of the Borgias
LUCREZIA
26A
Rap’s Salt-N-___
PEPA
27A
Bad thing to be behind
PRISON BARS
29A
Shame
PITY
30A
Wham-O toy introduced in 1961
SLIP’N SLIDE
33A
Late actor Bill who played Radio Raheem
NUNN
34A
Some break dancers, informally
B-BOYS
35A
Diminutive suffix
ULE
36A
Quickly
APACE
37A
Entice
BAIT
38A
Bit of fiction
LIE
39A
See 2-Down
PACIFIC
41A
Blow away
AWE
43A
Famous crosser of the 12-Down
LINDBERGH
48A
Brisk rival
NESTEA
49A
It’s easy to park
SMART CAR
51A
Euro pop?
PERE
52A
Baghdad’s ___ City
SADR
53A
Highway infraction, for short
DUI
54A
Zuo Zongtang, a.k.a. General ___
TSO
56A
Vox populi, vox ___
DEI
57A
Biblical figure referred to as a “son of the desert”
ESAU
60A
Blue Moon ___, three-time World Series winner for the 1970s A’s
ODOM
63A
Deletions
X-OUTS
66A
Famous crosser of the 45-Down
MOSES
68A
Ben who played the Wizard in Broadway’s “Wicked”
VEREEN
70A
See 62-Down
YANGTZE
72A
Yes vote
ASSENT
73A
Fidgety
ANTSY
74A
Separated by a hairbreadth
CLOSE
75A
Picked as the one, say
IDED
77A
Fourth-largest news agency in the world
TASS
78A
Rugrats baby
DIL
79A
Internet ___
ERA
81A
Abbr. seen in some dictionary definitions
ESP
83A
Little more than
MERE
85A
Flair
ELAN
87A
Bugged?
INFECTED
91A
Beseeches
PLEADS
94A
Patron saint of soldiers and athletes
SEBASTIAN
96A
Mama baaer
EWE
97A
Put on
APPLIED
99A
The Tell-Tale Heart author
POE
100A
Pale purple shade
IRIS
102A
Like gymnasts
LITHE
104A
Outside: Prefix
EXO-
105A
Spread by light strokes
DAB ON
108A
Teach at a college
PROF
109A
Famous crosser of the 90-Down
WASHINGTON
111A
Airline with famously tight security
EL AL
112A
Summoned from the office, say
CALLED AWAY
114A
Tenerife, por ejemplo
ISLA
115A
See 86-Down
BEREZINA
117A
16565
VE DAY
118A
As well
TO BOOT
120A
Displaced
UPROOTED
121A
Civil rights leader Medgar
EVERS
122A
Fidgety
ON EDGE
123A
Alms recipients
THE NEEDY
124A
Bullpen setting
RODEO
125A
Coral reef predators
MORAYS