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1 They may be counter productiveView answer 8 Some consolesView answer 14 “And God Created Woman” starView answer 20 GlowingView answer 21 Solar feature visible during a total eclipseView answer 22 Anatomical ringView answer 23 Yarn for knitting bones together?View answer 25 Went back and forth, when happyView answer 26 Rhythmically wash againstView answer 27 Tried to come off as a tough guyView answer 29 Koblenz criesView answer 33 Rapa ___ (Easter Island)View answer 34 How metropolises are populatedView answer 36 Volgograd vetoView answer 39 Group of judges at a beauty pageant on the beach?View answer 42 Half of hex-View answer 43 Up to the taskView answer 44 Descend the cliff, in a wayView answer 45 Floor “Florindo” composer with a punch?View answer 49 Styled afterView answer 50 Quick ballroom danceView answer 52 Startled soundsView answer 53 Peyton Manning’s younger brotherView answer 54 Rock in a band, perhapsView answer 55 Merchandise tracking IDView answer 56 AssailView answer 58 ___ admin (IT overseer)View answer 60 Gains access toView answer 62 Dental directiveView answer 65 Showed abrupt attentionView answer 67 By good fortuneView answer 69 Artist’s rendering of the Indy finish flag?View answer 73 Tree-hugger, informallyView answer 75 BrazennessView answer 76 “Ed Wood” starView answer 79 Day, to DonatelloView answer 80 Vault featureView answer 83 Transvaal settlersView answer 85 Org. that offers defensive driving coursesView answer 87 Paid spotsView answer 88 Pumpkin-picking mo.View answer 90 Not speaking to, maybeView answer 92 Request at a diner boothView answer 95 “Malcolm X” directorView answer 96 Resort building with an alabaster facade?View answer 99 Holed upView answer 100 Timber wolfView answer 102 Timeline stretchView answer 103 Officer in charge of the army’s trucking department?View answer 105 Failure to be nominated, sometimesView answer 106 Voldemort’s portrayerView answer 108 Kilmer of “The Doors”View answer 109 Put togetherView answer 110 Soak in brine, e.g.View answer 112 Still-in-development appsView answer 114 ___ Brothers (bankruptcy victim of 2008)View answer 116 House of ill repute catering to roosters?View answer 123 ThinkView answer 124 Biscayne Bay, e.g.View answer 125 “Boo’d Up” singerView answer 126 Heart throbsView answer 127 Group with a common cultureView answer 128 Colorists’ containersView answer

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1 Fourth-yr. groupView answer 2 Afgh. neighborView answer 3 Rhyming tributeView answer 4 Losing score in many a World Cup matchView answer 5 Highlands nativeView answer 6 Becomes snarledView answer 7 ClogView answer 8 Bank statement no.View answer 9 Craggy hillView answer 10 “___ you kidding?”View answer 11 Mountain ashView answer 12 TransportedView answer 13 NaCl-processing plantView answer 14 Blue, in a wayView answer 15 Sheik, e.g.View answer 16 Capital between Calgary and WinnipegView answer 17 Ring-shaped chew toy?View answer 18 Shout from a soccer spectatorView answer 19 Wee bitView answer 24 Water nymphView answer 28 Fail to pronounceView answer 29 Picked dosView answer 30 Old car startersView answer 31 Beat the drum forView answer 32 Doesn’t guzzle, perhapsView answer 34 War of 1812 naval hero StephenView answer 35 Fraternal order since 1868View answer 37 Queen of mysteriesView answer 38 Microsoft collaboration platformView answer 40 Pay stub lineView answer 41 UndoView answer 46 Some printersView answer 47 Yard sign verbView answer 48 Medically relatedView answer 51 “My Cousin Vinny” starView answer 57 Selfish sortView answer 59 Spartacus, e.g.View answer 61 Mah-jongg pieceView answer 63 Cake artistView answer 64 What relaxed people live inView answer 66 Signing toolView answer 68 Manipulative peopleView answer 70 Cain’s eldest sonView answer 71 Primary season eventsView answer 72 For the nonceView answer 73 Youngest brother in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”View answer 74 Basketful from a flower market?View answer 77 Bronze coatingView answer 78 UpsetView answer 79 RanklesView answer 81 “No, seriously!”View answer 82 Dismissive snortView answer 84 Well-researchedView answer 86 Protractor targetView answer 89 Fast food toy, oftenView answer 91 Rx amountView answer 93 Cruet contentsView answer 94 “Hamilton” Tony winner Leslie ___ Jr.View answer 97 Cloying sentimentalityView answer 98 EnergizeView answer 101 First family from IllinoisView answer 104 Cushy spot for a calicoView answer 106 Ticket prices?View answer 107 Stable soundView answer 111 Stuck in traffic, perhapsView answer 112 ___ Original (rice brand)View answer 113 OnlyView answer 114 Impudent talkView answer 115 Academic address enderView answer 117 SwindleView answer 118 “Rock and Roll, Hoochie ___”View answer 119 Pub fixtureView answer 120 Med. care optionView answer 121 “Dig in!”View answer 122 Grafton’s “___ for Lawless”View answer
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