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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday July 18th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday July 18th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Wretched : ABJECT
7 Mount Rainier gateway : TACOMA
13 Hoops statistic : ASSIST
19 Taste : FLAVOR
20 In favor of Mideast unity : PAN-ARAB
21 Arty : CHICHI
22 The drive-through diner scene that was cut became a __ : TAKEOUT OUTTAKE
24 Right after this : HEREON
25 Fall garden? : EDEN
26 Riverbank residue : SILT
27 Parisian season : ETE
28 Vote of support : AYE
29 What Jill has that Jack doesn’t? : DOT
30 Break : REST
31 Stab : TRY
32 1956 title film monster : RODAN
34 Smart : NATTY
36 The girls who spent the night prioritized chat time at the __ : SLEEPOVER OVER SLEEP
41 LP’s 33 1/3 : RPM
44 Browsing annoyances : ADS
45 Wordless agreement : NOD
46 Sugary ending : -OSE
47 Reduce : PARE
48 Long : YEARN
50 Shot __: competitive event : PUT
51 Privileged people : ELITE
53 When the dog got loose, some house plants __ : ENDED UP UPENDED
57 False front : FACADE
63 Get into : DON
64 What a stationary orrery part may represent : SUN
65 Clarifying Latin words : ID EST
67 Grew dimmer : WANED
68 Sweetens, as yams : CANDIES
70 Iraqi currency : DINAR
72 Modified for the better : AMENDED
74 Private : INNER
75 Barely sufficient : SCANT
77 Stroke that makes a rally irrelevant : ACE
78 Surrealist German-French painter : ARP
79 Gazes fixedly : STARES
81 The casual quarterback made an __ : OFFHAND HANDOFF
86 Expand : ADD TO
88 Bossy utterance : MOO
89 African capital on the 30th parallel : CAIRO
90 “It is a __ told by an idiot”: Macbeth : TALE
94 What chatty tongues do? : WAG
95 Poke fun at : KID
96 Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
98 Apply a new hue to : DYE
99 A navel ring is a piercing one may __ : WEAR UNDER UNDERWEAR
105 It has pipes and keys : ORGAN
106 Source of some overhead footage : DRONE
107 Apple operating system : IOS
108 Hadrian’s defense : WALL
112 Follow (along) closely : TAG
113 “It totally happened!” : WAY
115 Memorable first name in soccer : MIA
116 Small racer : KART
117 Sailing : ASEA
118 Indicating stress : ITALIC
120 The fast-learning police cadet had the __ : PAT-DOWN DOWN PAT
123 Most trifling : MEREST
124 Fail to take seriously : SNEER AT
125 Red-skinned root : RADISH
126 Current events? : EDDIES
127 Soaked through : SODDEN
128 Demands and gets : EXACTS

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1 Following : AFTER
2 Business end of an ax : BLADE
3 “North and South” trilogy author John __ : JAKES
4 Track contests : EVENTS
5 Bill’s partner : COO
6 Confided in : TRUSTED
7 Showing strain : TAUT
8 One lining up for food? : ANT
9 Took care of the food : CATERED
10 Strong speaker : ORATOR
11 Be resourceful : MAKE DO
12 Prez on a penny : ABE
13 Feeling it after a workout : ACHY
14 Lusters : SHEENS
15 Honorary title : SIR
16 Picnic pitcherful : ICED TEA
17 NBA’s Steph Curry, frequently : SHOOTER
18 Early photograph : TINTYPE
20 Sea anemone, e.g. : POLYP
23 Gives out : TIRES
28 “__ of robins …”: Kilmer : A NEST
33 Refrains from : AVOIDS
35 The Eiger, for one : ALP
37 Secure, as a job or a role : LAND
38 “Get __”: James Brown biopic : ON UP
39 Choose at the polls : VOTE
40 Shipping hazard : REEF
41 Bread-making grain : RYE
42 Locket, for one : PENDANT
43 Singer/actress known as the “Queen of Pop” : MADONNA
49 Cause to become : RENDER
50 Mae West’s “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted,” e.g. : PUN
51 Icelandic literary work : EDDA
52 Sidelong glance : LEER
54 Consume : USE
55 Kitty : PUSS
56 Beethoven’s __ : NINTH
58 Response to the sublime : AWE
59 Largest English-speaking country : CANADA
60 Google operating system : ANDROID
61 Cook, as much county fair fare : DEEP-FRY
62 Announcer Hall : EDD
66 Gauge on the dash : TACH
68 Opposite of trans : CIS
69 Hot temper : IRE
70 Inane : DAFT
71 Lowdown : INFO
73 “Give __ minute” : ME A
76 Often “old” eccentric : CODGER
77 Big deal : ADO
80 Like fireplace logs : SAWN
82 Within : AMID
83 Plant stem joint : NODE
84 Final Four org. : NCAA
85 Moriarty, to Holmes : FOE
87 __ longlegs : DADDY
90 Cheat on one’s sweet, say : TWO-TIME
91 Freshened up, in a way : AERATED
92 Slowpoke : LAGGARD
93 Often titled stretch : ERA
95 Massaged : KNEADED
96 Excalibur, e.g. : SWORD
97 Put back as it was : RESTORE
100 Not sensible : UNWISE
101 Pecorino __ cheese : ROMANO
102 __ Kingdom : UNITED
103 Laughing : RIANT
104 Its capital is Kigali : RWANDA
109 Gelatin garnish : ASPIC
110 “Not in the __” : LEAST
111 Framework strips : LATHS
114 Book after John : ACTS
116 Nine-time U.S. skating champ Michelle : KWAN
119 Gift with an aloha : LEI
120 Brief afterthoughts : PSS
121 Metal source : ORE
122 Become more intense, as the moon : WAX

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday July 11th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday July 11th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Daffy Duck feature : LISP
5 Throws, as the shot : PUTS
9 Real grind : SLOG
13 Second most populous city in the Dakotas : FARGO
18 Chip in a chip : ANTE
19 Brand with a wasabi-flavored variety in China : OREO
20 Necklace-fastening site : NAPE
21 Most of the Earth’s surface : OCEAN
22 *Extra : READ ALL ABOUT IT
25 Brought up : REARED
27 Paint fight sounds : SPLATS
28 Corned beef concoction : REUBEN
29 Latte maker : BARISTA
30 31-Across prefix : TELE-
31 Cruise stopover : PORT
32 *Bad : LEROY BROWN
34 Since : AS OF
36 Small island : CAY
38 Afore : ERE
39 Make out, in Manchester : SNOG
40 *Liar : … PANTS ON FIRE
45 Attends to : MINDS
47 In an absurd fashion : INANELY
48 Popular roller coaster name : CYCLONE
50 Squatters build them : QUADS
55 Saucy : PERT
56 Big Apple designer initials : DKNY
58 Choice words? : ORS
59 Some campus coaches : TUTORS
60 Messy room metaphor : STY
61 Bakery output : PIES
62 Plot size : ACRE
64 Intellectual : THINKER
65 *Hail : … THE GANG’S ALL HERE
68 Apollo and Artemis : ARCHERS
71 System developed at Bell Labs : UNIX
72 Get rid of : OUST
73 Banned pesticide : DDT
76 Whizzes : MAVENS
77 Waze option: Abbr. : RTE
78 Ostentation : POMP
79 Toon explorer with a talking purple backpack : DORA
80 Like 20 Questions questions : YES/NO
81 More irritable : FUSSIER
84 Like a probability distribution with two peaks : BIMODAL
86 Say “I do,” maybe : MARRY
88 *Ladybird : FLY AWAY HOME
90 Suit in a Spanish deck of cards : OROS
94 Madre’s sister : TIA
95 Mois après avril : MAI
96 “The Big __ Theory” : BANG
97 *Wait : … DON’T TELL ME
100 Burn slightly : CHAR
102 Air 2 or Pro : IPAD
106 In general : OVERALL
107 They’re sometimes goodies : OLDIES
109 Expert advice : PRO TIP
111 Sympathize : RELATE
112 *Hush : SWEET CHARLOTTE
114 Fed settings : RATES
115 Second half of a children’s game : SEEK
116 Olympian queen : HERA
117 __ mad: to the max : LIKE
118 Practices in a ring : SPARS
119 Language that gave us “plaid” : ERSE
120 Boundary-pushing : EDGY
121 Villain in “The Lion King” : SCAR

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1 “Dancer in the Dark” Palme d’Or winner von Trier : LARS
2 Clumsy : INEPT
3 Hardly new : STALE
4 Item common to bikes and pianos : PEDAL
5 D.C. bigwigs : POLS
6 Address without lat. or long. : URL
7 Detachable strip : TEAR OFF
8 Serious : SOBER
9 Ignore pointedly : SNUB
10 In recent history : LATELY
11 Offer a view : OPINE
12 “__ Out”: 2017 Jordan Peele film : GET
13 Made inroads : FORAYED
14 Biting, as wit : ACERB
15 Shows over : RE-AIRS
16 Actress Greer with the longest-ever Oscar acceptance speech : GARSON
17 Kind of punch : ONE-TWO
23 Order to relax : AT EASE
24 Verbal protest : OUTCRY
26 Freaking : DANG
29 Carried : BORNE
31 Quarter barrels for a beer bash : PONY KEGS
33 Controlling power : REINS
35 Perseveres, with “on” : SOLDIERS
37 Old nuclear agcy. : AEC
40 Dicey spots? : PIPS
41 Working without __ : A NET
42 Not, quaintly : NARY
43 Explosive stuff : TNT
44 Like some roads and receptions : ICY
45 Gourmet mushroom : MOREL
46 Pipsqueak : SQUIRT
49 Seuss character who “speaks for the trees” : LORAX
51 Alternative media namesake : UTNE
52 Perfectly fine : A-OK
53 __ Johnson, Anthony Anderson’s “Black-ish” role : DRE
54 Pre-1991 Georgia, e.g.: Abbr. : SSR
57 DOD intel arm : NSA
59 Dramatic artist : THESPIAN
61 Whiz kid : PHENOM
62 Choreographer de Mille : AGNES
63 TV franchise with a Vegas spin-off : CSI
64 Digital conflict? : THUMB WAR
65 Before … or after : THEN
66 Wacko : NUTSY
67 Head of MI6? : LOO
68 Senator Klobuchar : AMY
69 Issa of “Insecure” : RAE
70 Papers in a job recruiter’s office, briefly : CVS
73 Bird last seen in 1662 : DODO
74 Apothecary’s weight : DRAM
75 Story : TALE
77 Urban opposite : RURAL
78 Nose (into) : PRY
79 “I’m so dense!” : D’OH
81 Purely decorative detail : FRILL
82 “__ body meet … ” : IF A
83 Bring forth : ELICIT
85 The Temptations’ first #1 single : MY GIRL
87 Dieted : ATE LESS
89 Embarrassed : ABASHED
90 Reason for shoe inserts : ODOR
91 Perseverance and Curiosity : ROVERS
92 Track’s 400 meters : ONE LAP
93 Layers : STRATA
95 Free-for-alls : MELEES
98 Where a tot might come from? : TATER
99 Grass accessory : MOWER
101 Anne of “Psycho” (1998) : HECHE
103 Aquatic arenas : POOLS
104 Bertha was locked in one in “Jane Eyre” : ATTIC
105 Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX winning coach : DITKA
108 Denzel’s role in “The Little Things” (2021) : DEKE
109 Beseech : PRAY
110 __ pressure : PEER
112 Dir. the Kings travel to play the Lakers : SSE
113 Tango’s co-birthplace: Abbr. : ARG

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday July 4th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday July 4th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Seuss critter in socks : FOX
4 Singer with a Best Actress Oscar : CHER
8 Best-of-seven MLB semifinal : ALCS
12 Put one over on : DUPED
17 Cupid counterpart : EROS
19 Olympics event since 1964 : LUGE
20 Poi source : TARO
21 Aquafina alternative : DASANI
22 *Editorial comment : TEXT SUGGESTION
25 Builds : ERECTS
26 Rainforest rodent : AGOUTI
27 Channel with a gate : SLUICE
28 Onboard assent : AYE
29 Family tree fill : KIN
30 Last word in a popular drinking game : PONG
32 Completely wraps : ENCASES
34 “Well done!” : NICE
35 *Solid piece of security hardware : STRONG LOCK
39 *Part of a school kid’s allowance : LUNCH MONEY
42 London driver’s unit : LITRE
43 She’s no pro : ANTI
44 Making a case for : STATING
45 Woman on the Sistine Chapel ceiling : EVE
46 Snowballs in a fight, e.g. : AMMO
48 ’60s protest gp. : SDS
51 Dashboard nos. : RPMS
52 AL West team, in crawl lines : LAA
55 Doctor’s order : DOSAGE
57 Belgian lager, familiarly : STELLA
59 Bethlehem university : LEHIGH
61 Jet Ski rival : SEA-DOO
64 Kaley who played Penny on “The Big Bang Theory” : CUOCO
66 One with dreads : RASTA
67 Church branch : SECT
70 *Online dating coup : TINDER MATCH
73 Govt. accident investigator : NTSB
74 Shrinking retailer : KMART
76 All together : AS ONE
77 Mississippi River explorer : DE SOTO
79 “That was a brutal workout!” : I’M SORE
81 Solution measures : TITERS
83 Paper-saving party announcements : E-VITES
87 “I guess not” : NAH
88 Space race initials : USSR
90 Pocatello-to-Provo dir. : SSE
91 One in a bust : NARC
93 Raisman with three Olympic gold medals : ALY
94 Advice from a loser? : DIET TIP
97 Local bond, briefly : MUNI
99 “__ Burr, Sir”: song in “Hamilton” : AARON
101 *Tough talk tension easer : ICEBREAKER
104 *Offenbach output : OPERA MUSIC
106 Slack-jawed look : GAPE
107 They might be holy : TERRORS
109 Removed : SHED
110 Family card game : UNO
111 URL addresses : IPS
113 Subject of a 2021 packet shortage : CATSUP
115 It’s been shortening for over a century : CRISCO
119 “Broken Arrow” co-star : ANSARA
121 *Fast talk from the on-deck circle : BATTER’S CHATTER
123 Marcus partner : NEIMAN
124 It’s not butter : OLEO
125 Vannelli of pop : GINO
126 NE syst. with 64 campuses : SUNY
127 Bond’s car starter? : ASTON
128 Night sch. awards : GEDS
129 Exxon, formerly : ESSO
130 Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues : BOX

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1 Greek salad topper : FETA
2 Wash. neighbor : OREG
3 Love letters? : XOXO
4 Crossword constructor’s job : CLUING
5 Group __ : HUG
6 They’re beaten in kitchens : EGGS
7 Put back in a seat : REELECT
8 Overhead storage : ATTIC
9 Secular : LAICAL
10 King known for his wealth : CROESUS
11 John David, to Denzel : SON
12 Double-dog action? : DARE
13 Take advantage of : USE
14 *Traveler’s aid : PACKING LIST
15 Lure : ENTICE
16 Man with a World : DISNEY
18 Fog : STUPOR
21 “L.A. Law” actress : DEY
23 Flintstones time : STONE AGE
24 Orange soda brand : SUNKIST
28 Songwriters’ org. : ASCAP
31 Glitzy genre : GLAM
33 Break in the theater : ENTR’ACTE
34 Nice turndown : NON
35 Winter transport : SLED
36 Pioneering DVR : TIVO
37 Rd. map lines : RTES
38 Plastic __ Band : ONO
40 Webmaster’s code : HTML
41 Unlikely GoFundMe donor : MISER
47 Deli array : MEAT
49 Orders : DECREES
50 Run-down area : SLUM
53 Movie industry reps: Abbr. : AGTS
54 Queequeg’s captain : AHAB
56 Intro to physics? : ASTRO-
57 “Likewise” : SO DO I
58 Laundry units : LOADS
60 Capital NE of Vientiane : HANOI
62 Part of una semana : DIA
63 Picketing : ON STRIKE
65 Mil. training site : OCS
67 Tattoo canvas : SKIN
68 Watson who played Hermione : EMMA
69 *Bank transaction : CASH DEPOSIT
71 Rhinitis docs : ENTS
72 Weed killer : HOER
75 More faithful : TRUER
78 Studio picture taker : TV CAMERA
80 Uruguay’s Punta del __ : ESTE
82 Guilty feeling : REMORSE
84 Works on a route : TARS
85 Wells race of the future : ELOI
86 Match in a studio : SYNC
89 Scoreboard figs. : STATS
91 SSW’s opposite : NNE
92 Snobbish attitude : AIRS
95 “When Will __ Loved?”: 1975 hit : I BE
96 Sheet material : PERCALE
98 Sudden spike : UPSURGE
100 Reviews of books : AUDITS
101 Dora the Explorer’s Isa, e.g. : IGUANA
102 French film festival site : CANNES
103 Not for kids, filmwise : R-RATED
105 Cold sound : AHCHOO!
108 Four Holy Roman emperors : OTTOS
111 Caspian Sea land : IRAN
112 Not a good review : PAN
114 Trident-shaped frat letters : PSIS
116 Concert memento : STUB
117 Prefix with -zoic : CENO-
118 Serengeti antelope : ORYX
120 Word in a Latin love poem : AMO
121 Cranberry source : BOG
122 Brain and spinal cord, initially : CNS

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday June 27th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday June 27th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Where many a promise is made : ALTAR
6 Slugger’s stats : RBIS
10 Lectric Shave competitor : AFTA
14 CNN alternative : MSNBC
19 With 38-Across, Beethoven oeuvre with 35 works : PIANO
20 Apiece : EACH
21 Seal site : BERG
22 Pong creator : ATARI
23 IGTV company, briefly : INSTA
24 On the safer side : ALEE
25 Hebrides hill : BRAE
26 Assigned a grade : RATED
27 … Rudolph was __ : SEEING RED
29 … Elsie was __ : HAVING A COW
31 MLB blasts : HRS
32 Fat substitute : OLESTRA
34 Type of type that shows stress : ITALIC
35 Gave a thumbs-up : OKED
36 Hung over? : EAVED
38 See 19-Across : SONATAS
42 … Humpty Dumpty was __ : DRIVEN UP A WALL
46 “Storm” seabird : PETREL
47 Went by train : RODE
48 “Fresh Air” airer : NPR
49 “His Dark Materials” protagonist : LYRA
52 “__ welcome” : YOU’RE
53 Marx Brothers film setting : OPERA
55 Beatles nonsense syllables : OB-LA-
59 Gp. using caps and crowns : ADA
61 Touch of frost : NIP
62 Bayou music style : ZYDECO
64 … Herbie the “Love Bug” was __ : BLOWING A GASKET
69 Mano a mano : AT IT
71 “Words have consequences,” e.g. : ADAGE
72 Singer Anthony : MARC
73 … Santa Claus was __ : HITTING THE ROOF
78 Hardest to find : RAREST
82 Jimmy Eat World genre : EMO
83 Korean car company : KIA
84 Movie physician with a two-letter name : DR NO
85 Playground problem : BULLY
86 Lou Grant portrayer : ASNER
89 Oil filter brand : FRAM
92 Walgreens rival : CVS
95 It has an apt number of letters in its name : FOUR
96 Barely made a sound : PEEPED
98 … Puff the Magic Dragon was __ : BREATHING FIRE
103 Clothes lines : STRIPES
105 __ Moore: canned stew brand : DINTY
106 Lambs’ cries : BAAS
107 Offerer of free drinks and chips : CASINO
109 Put in danger : IMPERIL
111 No. cruncher : CPA
114 … Bugs Bunny was __ : HOPPING MAD
117 … Mr. Bubble was __ : IN A LATHER
119 Quiet lake transport : CANOE
120 Highlands native : GAEL
121 Emoji, for one : ICON
122 Birthplace of rapper Wyclef Jean : HAITI
123 Modify : ALTER
124 Strauss’ “__ Alpensinfonie” : EINE
125 Mineral removed from some baby powder : TALC
126 Kate’s TV mate : ALLIE
127 Economic upsurges : BOOMS
128 Supreme leader? : ROSS
129 Big name in skin care : OLAY
130 Upper body muscles, for short : DELTS

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1 Mighty silly : APISH
2 Frozen rope, in baseball : LINER
3 Zaps : TASES
4 Fighting : ANTI
5 Virginia’s so-called “Lost Colony” : ROANOKE
6 Rose on hind legs : REARED UP
7 Hayfield sights : BALES
8 Summer cooler : ICED TEA
9 Sow or doe : SHE
10 Group honored at a Stockholm exhibit : ABBA
11 With great enthusiasm : FERVIDLY
12 Feature : TRAIT
13 Gemini rockets : AGENAS
14 Blues singer played by Viola Davis : MA RAINEY
15 How dotted notes should be played : STACCATO
16 Brussels-based gp. : NATO
17 Cold one : BREW
18 El __ : CID
28 Close in theaters : GLENN
29 “__ Nagila”: Israeli folk song : HAVA
30 Unappetizing stuff : GLOP
33 Cold and damp : RAW
35 Shovel it in : OVEREAT
37 Addition, maybe : ELL
39 Animal part that trumpets : TRUNK
40 Nest on a crest : AERIE
41 Got some shut-eye : SLEPT
42 TV physician with a two-letter name : DR OZ
43 Viscous : ROPY
44 Fingered : IDED
45 “No __!” : PROB
50 Shoe polish applicator : RAG
51 Garden guy : ADAM
54 Part of a musical : ACT I
56 Boring : BLAH
57 Word with stone or star : LODE-
58 Crown or plaque : AWARD
60 Bacteriologist’s material : AGAR
63 Trough call? : OINK
65 Hunchback of fiction : IGOR
66 Bright sign : NEON
67 Graceful equine : ARAB
68 Places to pick up puppies? : SCRUFFS
70 End-of-week cry : TGIF
73 Quite a lot : HEAPS
74 “No more for me, thanks” : I’M SET
75 Printer supply : TONER
76 Pine __: dugout supply : TAR
77 Avenue __, Paris’ widest street : FOCH
79 “The Time Machine” people : ELOI
80 Musical score mark : SLUR
81 Item in a Brit’s boot : TYRE
87 “Divine Comedy,” e.g. : EPIC POEM
88 Changes the wall covering : REPAPERS
90 Spare tires in trunks? : ABDOMENS
91 Hosp. procedure : MRI
93 Joie de vivre : VIBRANCY
94 Creeping creature : SNAIL
97 First name in ’50s TV comedy : DESI
99 Geraint’s wife : ENID
100 Bank convenience : ATM
101 Not surprising : TYPICAL
102 Holy Grail seeker : GALAHAD
104 One putting words to music : SINGER
108 Marsh of detective fiction : NGAIO
110 First name in B-29 history : ENOLA
111 Jack Frost’s advice to his angry clients? : CHILL
112 Little, in Lille : PETIT
113 Sign of the Ram : ARIES
114 Heavenly ring : HALO
115 Aware of : ONTO
116 Stout and porter : ALES
118 Account : TALE
119 City transport : CAB
121 “Who am __ judge?” : I TO

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday June 20th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday June 20th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Market division : AISLE
6 Subterfuge on ice : DEKE
10 High-quality : TOP-END
16 Makes the rounds for rounds : BARHOPS
18 Thick noodle : UDON
19 “No Reservations” host Anthony : BOURDAIN
21 One of four women with an EGOT : WHOOPI AUBERG
23 Early rotary-winged aircraft : AUTOGIRO
24 “Winning __ everything” : ISN’T
25 Butt heads : TUSSLE
26 “Elizabeth I” Emmy winner : JEREMY FES
27 “… going, going, __!” : GONE
28 Speedy shark : MAKO
30 Give in to gravity : SAG
31 Joint winner of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award : DIEGO MARNA
36 Magic’s org. : NBA
38 Martini partner : ROSSI
42 Foot rest? : INSOLE
43 Games go-with : FUN
44 “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” dramatist : EUGENE EILL
47 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, e.g. : OCTAD
48 Sweet __ : TEA
49 Christmas opener? : MERRY
50 Court exchange : RALLY
51 Author Silverstein : SHEL
52 Nothing in Naples : NIENTE
54 “The Waltons” actor : GEER
56 “Frozen” reindeer : SVEN
57 Screen star, say : ICON
59 Horse trailer? : CART
61 Red-wrapped cheese : EDAM
63 PC panic button : ESC
64 __ Creed : NICENE
67 Countermand : RESCIND
69 Scarcity : DEARTH
71 Tokyo, before the Meiji Restoration : EDO
72 N. Macedonia is its newest member : NATO
74 Capital of Latvia : EURO
75 Threadbare : WORN
76 Mo. once seventh : SEPT
78 Immortal Babe : RUTH
80 Stitched again : RESEWN
82 Whaler of fiction : AHAB
86 Spanish bar food : TAPAS
88 Kind of trap : BOOBY
90 “That’s enough!” : TMI
91 Mild cigar : CLARO
92 Grammy winner for comedy and banjo playing : STEVE MARSN
94 Is for you? : ARE
95 Islands west of Lisbon : AZORES
96 “Buss It” rapper Banks : ERICA
97 One-named singer who directed “Music” (2021) : SIA
98 Emmy-winning comedian/actress : SARAH AGMAN
100 Airport calc. : ETD
102 In the __ of time : NICK
104 “The Kite Runner” protagonist : AMIR
105 Rami Malek’s Best Actor role : FREDDIE HG
110 Softly illuminated : LOW-LIT
112 Obstacle : SNAG
116 Conspicuousness : SALIENCE
117 First living magician with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : DAVID CUFIELD
119 Against the flow : UPSTREAM
120 Galena and others : ORES
121 Easy way to win : IN A ROMP
122 Mortarboard dangler : TASSEL
123 Field protector : TARP
124 Church cries : AMENS

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1 Fireworks reactions : AAHS
2 Fe : IRON
3 It may be a long one : SHOT
4 Prune : LOP
5 Ideal : EPITOME
6 Adds dialogue to : DUBS
7 Super Bowl LIII MVP Julian : EDELMAN
8 Divided land since 1945 : KOREA
9 Official language of Belize: Abbr. : ENG
10 Outings with buses : TOURS
11 Make more than : OUTEARN
12 Teen in a tux, often : PROM-GOER
13 Unconventional, maybe : EDGY
14 Ingenue : NAIF
15 Like some straits : DIRE
16 D.C. area airport : BWI
17 Sweat spot : SAUNA
19 Main squeeze, in slang : BAE
20 House IDs : NOS
22 Highway toll, e.g. : USER FEE
26 South African metropolis, colloquially : JOBURG
27 Au : GOLD
29 Dad-to-tot talk support : KNEE
31 God of Guatemala : DIOS
32 Small amount to give : INCH
33 One of four direcciones : ESTE
34 Net defender : GOALIE
35 Subtlety : NUANCE
37 Shook, in a way : AGREED
39 Lunar plains : SEAS
40 Ag : SILVER
41 Least well : ILLEST
45 Inspected : EYED
46 “The Elephant Man” (1980) director : LYNCH
48 Sn : TIN
49 Hg : MERCURY
52 Lack of musicality : NO EAR
53 Zap : TASE
55 Rn : RADON
58 First TV channel with 24-hr. news coverage : CNN
60 Swing seat, maybe : TIRE
62 La Méditerranée, e.g. : MER
64 Stick-y spots? : NESTS
65 Think : IDEATE
66 Cu : COPPER
67 Whirlybird raisers : ROTORS
68 Cosa __ : NOSTRA
70 Like old timers? : ANALOG
73 Bass in a band : TUBA
75 “In Flanders Fields” setting, succinctly : WWI
77 Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-__ : TAVI
79 Scam : HOSING
81 Shade of green : EMERALD
83 Hippocratic oath prohibition : HARM
84 Field or its measure : AREA
85 One on a fo’c’sle, perhaps : BO’S’N
87 Union breakers : SECEDERS
89 __ B’rith : B’NAI
91 Kingpin : CZAR
93 Afternoon feature : MATINEE
94 Invite for dinner, say : ASK OVER
95 Yellowfin : AHI TUNA
99 Firenze friends : AMICI
101 Window sticker : DECAL
103 Santa __, Calif. : CLARA
105 Seminoles’ sch. : FSU
106 Spellbound : RAPT
107 “Lohengrin” heroine : ELSA
108 Morse sounds that can spell “hies” : DITS
109 Fashion line? : HEM
111 Swirl of smoke : WISP
112 Royal address : SIRE
113 Ne : NEON
114 Contents of a monk’s bowl : ALMS
115 Econ. indicator : GDP
117 Point : DOT
118 Blood, slangily : FAM