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1 Things we complain aboutView answer 7 It’s about 2,000 miles east of LAXView answer 10 Firm figures, for shortView answer 15 EmbargoView answer 18 Cry for helpView answer 19 Third-rateView answer 21 Broadcast in installmentsView answer 23 Canio, in “Pagliacci,” e.g.View answer 25 Camus novelView answer 26 Prize whose first winner was “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in 1987View answer 28 Legend of musicView answer 31 Bring to bearView answer 32 Victorian, e.g.View answer 33 Unguarded on the courtView answer 34 Diva, stereotypicallyView answer 37 Jessica of “Sin City”View answer 40 “Jeopardy!” reunion, to some uninvited, sayView answer 44 Constitution statement granting Congress the power to pass “necessary and proper” billsView answer 48 Romania’s currencyView answer 49 Made arrangements, in a wayView answer 50 Site of many sweatersView answer 56 Medea, to CirceView answer 58 Where the action isView answer 59 “Halt, salt!”View answer 63 Show stopperView answer 67 Grande, familiarlyView answer 68 Tex. neighborView answer 69 “Goldberg Variations” composerView answer 70 Grammy winner for “Tears in Heaven”View answer 74 Düsseldorf denialView answer 75 Comics canineView answer 76 Back muscle, brieflyView answer 77 First name in country musicView answer 78 Natural inclinationsView answer 79 Put down againView answer 82 Heart of ParisView answer 86 Times of London puzzle solvers figure them outView answer 90 FlinchedView answer 95 Simile centerView answer 96 It’s characterized by long, cold wintersView answer 98 Aggressive pitchView answer 103 PigeonholeView answer 104 Like northern ItalyView answer 105 Moisturizer brandView answer 106 Hockey’s TikkanenView answer 108 Torque symbolView answer 111 JFK guessesView answer 112 Benchmark U.S. birthday celebrated in eight of this puzzle’s Across answersView answer 120 ClearView answer 121 Laundry annoyanceView answer 125 Welcoming, as a new yearView answer 126 Dot-___ (web businesses)View answer 127 Romanian composer GeorgeView answer 128 FICA funds itView answer 129 La Sicilia e la SardegnaView answer 130 “Gangnam Style” rapperView answer 131 FrankView answerDown
1 SFO settingView answer 2 Canal siteView answer 3 Green of “Casino Royale”View answer 4 Al Gore and Cory Booker practice itView answer 5 Dubai dignitaryView answer 6 Breakaway groupView answer 7 Perfect markView answer 8 Honest to a faultView answer 9 A standard musical reference point is two octaves above itView answer 10 “___ Is Born”View answer 11 Capital south of the Caspian SeaView answer 12 Long haulView answer 13 “Holy moly!”View answer 14 Hacienda roomView answer 15 GalootView answer 16 Blue shadesView answer 17 Has no requirement toView answer 20 GOP fundraiserView answer 22 Words before averages or the jungleView answer 24 “Wicked” director JonView answer 27 Lab connectionView answer 28 Gladiator makerView answer 29 Lecher’s lookView answer 30 Cold coatingView answer 35 Double duty?View answer 36 South American monkeyView answer 38 Angels, on scoreboardsView answer 39 NonethelessView answer 41 Sign for one born on Cinco de MayoView answer 42 Get under controlView answer 43 Water carrierView answer 45 Bee followerView answer 46 Agcy. monitoring outbreaksView answer 47 Grimm characterView answer 51 Part of Q.E.D.View answer 52 Exact copyView answer 53 CompareView answer 54 DarkView answer 55 Campfire chowView answer 57 Catchall abbr.View answer 59 Multiple choicesView answer 60 Dark Lord of the SithView answer 61 Tough on the stomachView answer 62 Blind followersView answer 64 Old show shifterView answer 65 Bass, e.g.View answer 66 Apply gentlyView answer 70 Kay Thompson characterView answer 71 Mischievous oneView answer 72 Suffix for meteor or magnetView answer 73 Fundraiser for polsView answer 78 SwelterView answer 80 H.S. supportersView answer 81 OMG or LOL, e.g.View answer 83 Hobbit’s foeView answer 84 Common Market inits.View answer 85 The Bruins’ sch.View answer 87 Bruins, to BrutusView answer 88 GreenView answer 89 Cellos and violas, in mus.View answer 91 Drove aheadView answer 92 Café additiveView answer 93 Sicilian erupterView answer 94 Civil rights activist MorrisView answer 97 Tech squadsView answer 98 Bozos, in Canadian slangView answer 99 Lafrenière of the New York RangersView answer 100 Beverly Cleary characterView answer 101 Conking outView answer 102 Protein-rich legumeView answer 107 Public argumentView answer 109 ImpatientView answer 110 School in the U.K.View answer 113 Cruise ship retired and converted into a floating UAE hotelView answer 114 Coffee dispensersView answer 115 “Othello” fellowView answer 116 White House advisory grp.View answer 117 Sporty car roofView answer 118 Cake shop workerView answer 119 Retinoid targetView answer 122 “Kinda”View answer 123 Sgt., e.g.View answer 124 Crunch targetView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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