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Instrument for Louis Armstrong | CORNET |
1D
Weapon usually fired between a 45° and 90° angle
MORTAR
2D
Ducked
AVOIDED
3D
Go wherever
MEANDER
4D
With 41-Down, first tennis player to win two Olympic singles gold medals
ANDY …
5D
Potent sushi bar cocktail
SAKE BOMB
6D
Dependent on chance
ALEATORY
7D
Against the jet stream
WEST
8D
French region around Strasbourg
ALSACE
9D
Tray of brownies, e.g.
BATCH
10D
Philosopher who said “The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”
BURKE
11D
Christian school in Okla.
ORU
12D
Skin art, informally
TAT
13D
Character resembling a hat
CARET
14D
Drawer, say
ARTIST
15D
Flower named for a Swedish botanist
DAHLIA
16D
All done up, as hair
STYLED
18D
Den mother
VIXEN
20D
Like original Buddy Holly and the Crickets recordings
MONO
22D
Turned
BAD
24D
Detergent brand with a fabric in its name
WOOLITE
26D
Gets back on base
TAGS UP
31D
And that’s it!
TADA!
33D
Abbr. on a pay stub
FICA
35D
God: It.
DIO
36D
Thoughtful
PENSIVE
39D
So-ugly-it’s-cute pooch
PUG
41D
See 4-Down
MURRAY
42D
One-named singer once married to Xavier Cugat
CHARO
43D
Letter feature
SERIF
45D
Take back, in a way
REPO
46D
CD or DVD follower
ROM
47D
___ is life
SUCH
48D
We’re on!
IT’S A GO!
49D
Muslim official
SHERIF
50D
I, personally
MYSELF
51D
E-business
DOTCOM
52D
By voice
ORALLY
53D
One side in a pool game
SOLIDS
58D
Subject of a tinfoil hat theory
UFO
59D
Peak physical condition
TOP FORM
60D
Veer
SWERVE
62D
Put up stakes
BET
65D
Stop seeing each other
END IT
66D
Box on a mall map
STORE
67D
Former tribe in western New York
ERIE
69D
Singer Simone
NINA
72D
@@@
ATS
76D
Less stormy
GENTLER
78D
Sea creatures with remarkably high I.Q.s
OCTOPI
80D
Turn-___ (thrills)
ONS
81D
Congo red and gentian violet
DYES
83D
San ___, Argentina
LUIS
84D
Volt/ampere
OHM
85D
High-waisted, shamelessly unfashionable garment
MOM JEANS
86D
Chief concern
PRIORITY
90D
Way overcooked
CHARRED
91D
4:00 p.m., maybe
TEATIME
92D
Made a declaration
SAID SO
93D
Set adrift
UNMOOR
94D
V.I.P.
BIGWIG
96D
Instrument for Louis Armstrong
CORNET
97D
Doctors’ orders
TESTS
99D
National Aviation Hall of Fame city
DAYTON
101D
Macho
MANLY
102D
NASA’s ___ Research Center
AMES
103D
Comedy
HUMOR
104D
Crown insets
OPALS
106D
Letters on some lotion
SPF
110D
It’s a deal
SWAP
111D
Unbeatable
A-ONE
113D
Net letters
WWW
114D
Well, look at that!
OHO!
1A
Word before “Ooh, didn’t mean to make you cry” in Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”
MAMA
5A
Maxim
SAW
8A
Brother with a cross
ABBOT
13A
Unfaithful sorts
CADS
17A
Roasting place
OVEN
18A
Land between hills, poetically
VALE
19A
___ Palmer (“Twin Peaks” victim)
LAURA
20A
Jacobin revolutionary who was stabbed in a bathtub
MARAT
21A
They’re pumped to compete in a race
ROAD BIKES
23A
Fashionable enough for a runway model?
STRUT WORTHY (“trustworthy”)
25A
Assault involving a hatchet?
TINY AXE ATTACK (“anxiety attack”)
27A
Broadway’s Eugene ___ Theater
O’NEILL
28A
Throw in
ADD
29A
___ relief
DEBT
30A
Post-run feeling
ACHE
31A
1982 Dustin Hoffman film
TOOTSIE
32A
Place for a sponge
REEF
34A
Annoying sort
NOODGE
36A
Bro
PAL
37A
Little bit
TAD
38A
Coffee brewing style
DRIP
40A
Some scans, for short
MRIS
41A
Lifesaving team
MEDICS
44A
Stop insisting Ra doesn’t exist!?
CURB YOUR SUN ATHEISM (“curb your enthusiasm”)
51A
Pill bottle info
DOSAGE
54A
Really comes down
POURS
55A
A bit crude
EARTHY
56A
Andean gold
ORO
57A
Places
PUTS
61A
Fast-food sandwich not available in Muslim countries
MCRIB
63A
Goes up
RISES
64A
Stories bankruptcy court?
TALES OF OWE (“tales of woe”)
68A
Be too broke to take the bus?
HAVE NO FARE (“have no fear”)
70A
Country singer Black
CLINT
71A
Grammy category
OPERA
73A
Beast in rare “sightings”
YETI
74A
Poet/musician ___ Scott-Heron
GIL
75A
One who can’t learn new tricks, they say
OLD DOG
77A
___-Lay
FRITO
79A
Doze
NOD OFF
82A
The king really wants to be around people right now?
MY SIRE LOVES COMPANY (“misery loves company”)
87A
Professor’s goal, one day
TENURE
88A
Marvel role for Chris Hemsworth
THOR
89A
Yazidis, e.g.
SECT
92A
Go in (for)
SUB
95A
Actor Curry
TIM
96A
Go all in
COMMIT
98A
What many 100-Across do in the spring
SHED
100A
See 98-Across
ANIMALS
103A
Certain earring
HOOP
105A
Trader ___
JOE’S
107A
Baseball league for the Salt Lake Bees
AAA
108A
Yeah, let’s do it!
I’M GAME!
109A
Celebration after a coup?
UPRISERS’ PARTY (“surprise party”)
112A
Negative Nancy?
DOWNER WOMAN (“Wonder Woman”)
115A
Words before a punch line
WAIT FOR IT …
116A
Muddies
SOILS
117A
2% alternative
WHOLE
118A
Moving line on a tree trunk
ANTS
119A
Orange-and-white Pixar title character
NEMO
120A
Wild revelry
ORGY
121A
So, so awful, with “the”
WORST
122A
Rapper with the most-viewed YouTube video of all time
PSY
123A
P.M. after Churchill
EDEN
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