ACROSS

1 Jets or Sharks, for example 5 Swarm 9 Not shallow 13 Window frame 17 Computer operator 18 Creole vegetable 19 Fairy tale villain

20 Balm ingredient 21 Doll’ s cry 22“ Peachy-—” 23 Orchestra leader 25 Freeloads 27 Bothers 29 Culinary cover-ups 30 Newsman Rather 31 One-spots 32“ If all— fails …” 33 Reads quickly 36 Central point 37 Afternoons, for short 38 Potluck choice 42 Hummus holder 43 Swerve 44— Baba 45 Formal requirement 46 Carpentry tool 47 Electric fish 48 Heir’ s concern 51 Actress Lamarr 52 Without noise 55 Cracker Jack bonus 56 Photo holders

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Work it out!

58 Promising words 59 Run off to the chapel 61 Away’ s partner 62 Links 65 Feel ill 66 Taking a nosedive 71—-bodied 72 More sinister 75— Deco 76 Born, in bios 77 Card game 78 Barley brew 79 Billing abbr. 81 Ponzi scheme, e. g.

82 And others, for short

84 Like a wallflower 85 Shipshape 86 Alternative to heels

87 Chooses, with“ for”

89 Beach shades 90 By means of 91“ Step on it!” 94— and turf 95 Testimony giver 99 Spiritual 101 Mountaintop

103 Charlie, for one

104 Black-andwhite cookie 105 Choose 106 I— Lucy 107 Oscarwinning role for Julia Roberts

108 Wedding dress 109 The“ E” of B. P. O. E. 110 Bank claim 111 Spoil, with“ on”

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1 Teeth holders 2“ By yesterday!” 3 Captain of literature 4 Mom’ s mom 5 Arcade coin 6 Manages, with

“ out” 7 Before, in verse 8 Beauty salon service 9 Loading areas 10 Prima donnas’ problems

11 Directional ending 12 Parts of a bike 13 Revered 14 Choir member 15 Sometime today, say 16 Half a matched set 24 Downs’ opposite 26 Exxon product 28 Tyrannosaurus 31“— we having fun yet?” 32 Give off, as light 33 Restful resorts 34 Fuzzy fruit

35“— do you good” 36 Kind of phone 37 Got in the game 39 Any thing 40 Fries, maybe 41 Calls for attention 43 Rejected 44 Above 47 Finishes 49 Lifted, so to speak 50 You may get an A for it

51 Stringed instrument 53 Dublin’ s home 54 Once every

12 months 57 Deep in thought 60 Take a shine to 62 Hamster’ s home 63 Final notice 64 Arm bone 67 R-rated, maybe 68 Ancient Andean 69“ Cool!” 70 Emeralds 73 Contented sighs 74 Drops from above 80 D. J.’ s stack 81 Biased 83 Skin soother 84 Pool ball type 85 Driveway surface 86 Hale 88 Game piece 89 Walrus features 90 Female fox 91 Jumper 92 Sleek, for short 93 Killed, as a dragon 94 Use a straw 95“— Only Just

Begun” 96 International money 97 Agitated state 98 Mentally sound 100 Black gold 102 Hawaiian dish

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