11/6/16
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1D
Harper’s Weekly cartoonist Thomas
NAST
2D
Kind of clef
ALTO
3D
Prettify
DO UP
4D
Blow up
INFLATE
5D
Do more repairs on
REFIX
6D
The Princess Bride theme
TRUE LOVE
7D
Put groceries away
EAT
8D
It blows things up, in brief
NITRO
9D
Some wedding figures
USHERS
10D
Small semicircular grooves on a column
REEDING
11D
Port. is part of it
EUR
12D
Left in a hurry
SPED AWAY
13D
Radioactive form of hydrogen
TRITIUM
14D
Pennsylvania city
YORK
15D
S O S, e.g.
PLEA
16D
Middle-earth inhabitant
ELF
17D
Mystery ingredient in SweeTarts?
SOUR LITTLE SECRET (“it’s our little secret”)
18D
Comes later
ENSUES
19D
Insect that folds its wings
TSETSE
24D
Nearly throws a perfect game against, maybe
ONE-HITS
29D
Uses WhatsApp, say
IMS
33D
Snap
GO MAD
34D
River to the Ligurian Sea
ARNO
35D
Communication devices for commuters, once
CAR PHONES
36D
Best Picture between “Rocky” and “The Deer Hunter”
ANNIE HALL
37D
Always putting up my entry fees?
STAKING ME FOREVER (“it’s taking me forever”)
39D
1960s TV show whose star weighed 650 pounds
GENTLE BEN
41D
With 60-Across, player of Tony Soprano’s son
ROBERT …
42D
Engine sound
PURR
45D
Pressure, so to speak
SCREWS
49D
Fraternity and sorority leaders, usually: Abbr.
SRS
50D
Follow closely
HEED
52D
Rough choice?
EIGHT IRON
54D
Mad About You co-star
HELEN HUNT
55D
Begin to tongue-lash
START IN ON
57D
February 14th figure
EROS
59D
Divorced
APART
61D
London lavs
LOOS
64D
Bit of jewelry
STUD
65D
Opposite of outflux
INFLOW
66D
Ram
BUTT
68D
Hard to pin down
SHIFTY
69D
Giant among Giants
MAYS
74D
Punk rocker Vicious
SID
76D
Gravy thickener
ROUX
77D
They might need guards
SHINS
78D
Drops to the ground?
LITTERS
80D
Herman who wrote “This Is My God”
WOUK
82D
Home of Walmart
ARKANSAS
84D
New employee requirement, maybe
DRUG TEST
87D
Formal wingdings
SOIREES
89D
What an overstuffed suitcase might do
POP OPEN
91D
Unknown quantity
X AMOUNT
92D
Bogeyman
SCARER
93D
Informal words of thanks
I OWE YA
94D
Athlete’s wear, informally
UNI
95D
Soup dumpling
WONTON
100D
John Kennedy ___, author of “A Confederacy of Dunces”
TOOLE
102D
Game with mallets played on a hard-surfaced court
ROQUE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
104D
Criticize, in British slang
SLAG
105D
Vibe
AURA
108D
Maze solution
PATH
109D
Pennsylvania city
ERIE
110D
Walk while dizzy
REEL
112D
War hero
ACE
114D
High dudgeon
IRE
115D
Giant image over Gotham
BAT
1A
Point of greatest despair
NADIR
6A
Terms of service
TENURES
13A
Laid out for printing
TYPESET
20A
Unchallenged
ALONE
21A
Lift
RAISE UP
22A
Sure things
ROLL-ONS
23A
Do your taxidermy on the patio instead!?
STUFF OUT THERE (“it’s tough out there”)
25A
You can’t make me
I REFUSE
26A
Of the highest quality
TOP-LINE
27A
Republican, on an election map
RED
28A
Da Coach
DITKA
30A
Place to get stuck
RUT
31A
Double or “triple” feat
AXEL
32A
Discipline for paper tigers?
ORIGAMI
34A
Newcastle Brown and others
ALES
35A
Thrown
CAST
38A
Harley, in slang
HOG
40A
A foot on the ground in Phoenix?
SNOW SURPRISE (“it’s no surprise”)
43A
It’s just for openers
ANTE
44A
Venus in Fur playwright David
IVES
46A
Today rival, for short
GMA
47A
Get on one’s high horse?
MOUNT
48A
Kind of replication
RNA
49A
Miasma
STENCH
51A
___, captain!
AYE
53A
Some Campbell’s offerings
BROTHS
56A
Skinflints
PIKERS
58A
It makes tracks
TREAD
60A
See 41-Down
… ILER
62A
___ it go
LET
63A
Ones who have it coming to them?
HEIRS
64A
Silence is the ___ that nourishes wisdom: Bacon
SLEEP
65A
Classical pianist Levit
IGOR
66A
Composer Bartók
BELA
67A
Reaction of dismay
OH NO!
68A
Comfort food causing oral discomfort?
STEW DAMN HOT (“it’s too damn hot”)
70A
Selfish sort
USER
71A
Harpies
NAGS
72A
Where many connections are made
HUBS
73A
Huge quantities
RAFTS
74A
Surgical tube
STENT
75A
Common New England street name
ELM
76A
Lyft offering
RIDE
77A
Groove-making needles
STYLI
78A
With 96-Across, bit of Chinese cuisine
LITCHI …
79A
Many, after “a”
SLEW OF
81A
Not interested
NAH
83A
Like some tales or details
SORDID
85A
Broadcast
RUN
86A
Hall-of-Fame quarterback Dan
FOUTS
88A
Trendy jeans feature
RIP
90A
Extract used in brewing
WORT
91A
Foreign: Prefix
XENO-
92A
Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and that’s probably it?
SIOUX YOU KNOW (“it’s who you know”)
96A
See 78-Across
… NUT
97A
Memo abbr.
ATTN
98A
Cab stopper?
CORK
99A
Up against it
IN A SPOT
101A
Genesis of an idea
GERM
103A
Amaze
AWE
104A
Deadly nerve gas
SARIN
106A
Artist who awards a biennial Grant for Peace
ONO
107A
Real sport
TROOPER
111A
Adjust, as a currency
REVALUE
113A
Slogan for wine geeks?
SIP TO BE SQUARE (“it’s hip to be square”)
116A
Field of vision
EYE CARE
117A
Nipple rings
AREOLAS
118A
Set free
UNTIE
119A
Noble thing
RARE GAS
120A
Mack of early slapstick
SENNETT
121A
___ Muggs, girl in “Archie”
ETHEL