Arranged Marriages

By John Kugelman

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  1. 20Not funnyHUMORLESS
  2. 32InflexibleRIGID
  3. 42Gives lipSASSES
  4. 52CarnageGORE
  5. 53Down EasterMAINER
  6. 60___ bagSWAG
  7. 80LitheSVELTE
  8. 81+/-ORSO
  9. 86HandyUTILE
  10. 99Real chess playa?CHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET
  11. 106"No ___, Bob"SIRREE
  12. 134Art loversESTHETES

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  1. 2RitzyLUXE
  2. 23Cast outBANISH
  3. 37Visionary?OCULAR
  4. 38Lot unitACRE
  5. 49RookiesNEWBS
  6. 68WeightHEFT
  7. 73SplitENDIT
  8. 74Mai ___TAI
  9. 77SlightestLEAST
  10. 85Bone-dryARID
  11. 94In aweAGOG
  12. 97"Bah, humbug!"HARRUMPH
  13. 103[Yuck!]GRIMACE
  14. 109Lose ground?ERODE
  15. 113Qtys.AMTS
  16. 118ReleaseEMIT
  17. 123Army ___BRAT

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Maintains, as a superstition — Answer: CLINGSTO
  2. 9. Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" — Answer: BARNUM
  3. 15. "Same with me" — Answer: ASAMI
  4. 20. Not funny — Answer: HUMORLESS
  5. 22. Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America — Answer: INVISIBLEMAN
  6. 24. Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say? — Answer: EXONERATINGGENERATIONX
  7. 26. Picket line? — Answer: FENCE
  8. 27. Bud in Cooperstown — Answer: SELIG
  9. 28. Dorm room staple food — Answer: RAMEN
  10. 29. Cross-country conveyances — Answer: SKIS
  11. 30. Darth Vader's childhood nickname — Answer: ANI. Hint: A tiny nickname from long before the dark side took over 🌟
  12. 32. Inflexible — Answer: RIGID
  13. 34. Have away with words? — Answer: EDIT
  14. 36. Muppet of Mexican descent — Answer: ROSITA
  15. 39. Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe — Answer: CHEATS
  16. 42. Gives lip — Answer: SASSES
  17. 47. Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito? — Answer: TECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATS
  18. 51. Columbus sch. — Answer: OSU
  19. 52. Carnage — Answer: GORE
  20. 53. Down Easter — Answer: MAINER
  21. 54. One with a set of pipes — Answer: ORGAN
  22. 55. Come out of one's shell — Answer: MOLT
  23. 57. Sherlock's sister on TV — Answer: ENOLA
  24. 60. ___ bag — Answer: SWAG
  25. 62. Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers" — Answer: CATS
  26. 63. One of classical music's Three B's — Answer: BRAHMS
  27. 66. Landscaper's supply — Answer: MULCH
  28. 69. Tundra or taiga — Answer: BIOME
  29. 71. "You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"? — Answer: STREETLEGALLETSGETREAL
  30. 78. Trademarked refrigerant — Answer: FREON
  31. 79. Uncle Sam's land, informally — Answer: USOFA
  32. 80. Lithe — Answer: SVELTE
  33. 81. +/- — Answer: ORSO
  34. 84. Drink mixed in mixed drinks — Answer: SODA
  35. 86. Handy — Answer: UTILE
  36. 89. Avatar of Vishnu — Answer: RAMA
  37. 90. Back in, in a way — Answer: RETRO
  38. 92. Try to hit in laser tag — Answer: FIREAT
  39. 95. Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis — Answer: LEAH
  40. 98. Basic BASIC statements — Answer: IFS
  41. 99. Real chess playa? — Answer: CHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET
  42. 104. Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday — Answer: AMPERE
  43. 105. James who played Scotty on "Star Trek" — Answer: DOOHAN
  44. 106. "No ___, Bob" — Answer: SIRREE
  45. 107. Part of une pièce de théâtre — Answer: ACTE
  46. 110. Plunderers of Rome — Answer: GAULS
  47. 112. Hindu honorific — Answer: SRI
  48. 113. Clock toggle — Answer: AMPM
  49. 117. Hollowed out, as an apple — Answer: CORED
  50. 120. Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince" — Answer: SNAPE
  51. 122. Burnt pigment — Answer: UMBER
  52. 126. Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress? — Answer: MARISATOMEIITSAMEMARIO
  53. 130. DC power player in the late 1800s? — Answer: THOMASEDISON
  54. 131. Good thing to play in a trick-taking game — Answer: TRUMPCARD
  55. 132. Magical symbol — Answer: SIGIL
  56. 133. Dispensing, with "out" — Answer: METING
  57. 134. Art lovers — Answer: ESTHETES

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  1. 1. One always cooking up new ideas? — Answer: CHEF
  2. 2. Ritzy — Answer: LUXE
  3. 3. "That's my cue" — Answer: IMON
  4. 4. ___ compensation (stock options, for instance) — Answer: NONCASH
  5. 5. Revegetation, e.g. — Answer: GREENING
  6. 6. Canon option, in brief — Answer: SLR
  7. 7. They may be Thai or chai — Answer: TEAS
  8. 8. Cuisinart competitor — Answer: OSTER
  9. 9. Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name — Answer: BIGGIESMALLS
  10. 10. Director Lee — Answer: ANG. Hint: This filmmaker directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 🎬
  11. 11. Traveler in no need of hotels, for short — Answer: RVER
  12. 12. Columbian caravel — Answer: NINA
  13. 13. "I'm your guy" — Answer: USEME
  14. 14. Bogged down — Answer: MIRED
  15. 15. ___-right (political category) — Answer: ALT
  16. 16. Twice tres — Answer: SEIS
  17. 17. Out of control — Answer: AMOK. Hint: A chaotic rampage can be described this way. 😵
  18. 18. Nail salon request, familiarly — Answer: MANI
  19. 19. 1980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups — Answer: INXS
  20. 21. Quartz compound — Answer: SILICA
  21. 23. Cast out — Answer: BANISH
  22. 25. When doubled, "Sleep well" — Answer: NIGHT
  23. 31. Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America" — Answer: ITOO
  24. 33. Word with mine or dump — Answer: DATA
  25. 35. ___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name) — Answer: TACO
  26. 36. Vacation package offerer, perhaps — Answer: RESORT
  27. 37. Visionary? — Answer: OCULAR
  28. 38. Lot unit — Answer: ACRE
  29. 40. Prefix with angular — Answer: TRI
  30. 41. D.C. 100: Abbr. — Answer: SENS
  31. 43. Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia" — Answer: SORCERER
  32. 44. Whale of a tale — Answer: SAGA
  33. 45. Géorgie, par exemple — Answer: ETAT
  34. 46. Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief — Answer: SSNS
  35. 47. The pyramids, essentially — Answer: TOMBS
  36. 48. Stimpy's TV pal — Answer: REN
  37. 49. Rookies — Answer: NEWBS
  38. 50. Bond's man? — Answer: CRAIG
  39. 56. Skill taught to Luke Skywalker — Answer: THEFORCE
  40. 58. Texter's gasp — Answer: OMG
  41. 59. Feast with kalua pig — Answer: LUAU
  42. 61. Skedaddles — Answer: GOES
  43. 64. ___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps) — Answer: MER
  44. 65. Fr. holy women — Answer: STES
  45. 67. Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo — Answer: CLOUTCHASING
  46. 68. Weight — Answer: HEFT. Hint: Think about how heavy something feels when you pick it up! ⚖️
  47. 70. Channel that popularized video jockeys — Answer: MTV
  48. 72. Shower scrubber — Answer: LOOFA
  49. 73. Split — Answer: ENDIT
  50. 74. Mai ___ — Answer: TAI. Hint: This fruity cocktail is a tropical favorite often associated with Hawaiian vibes! 🍹
  51. 75. TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer — Answer: ELAINE
  52. 76. Money for your money — Answer: ATMFEE
  53. 77. Slightest — Answer: LEAST
  54. 81. Black-and-white hunter — Answer: ORCA
  55. 82. Longtime NPR host Diane — Answer: REHM
  56. 83. Part of a flight — Answer: STEP
  57. 85. Bone-dry — Answer: ARID
  58. 87. Business entity inits. — Answer: LLC
  59. 88. Shrill cries — Answer: EEKS
  60. 91. Slimy veggie — Answer: OKRA
  61. 93. Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation — Answer: ENO
  62. 94. In awe — Answer: AGOG
  63. 96. Chums, in Chamonix — Answer: AMIS
  64. 97. "Bah, humbug!" — Answer: HARRUMPH
  65. 100. Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians — Answer: MECCAS
  66. 101. Stomping ground — Answer: HAUNT
  67. 102. Bringing up the rear — Answer: INLAST
  68. 103. [Yuck!] — Answer: GRIMACE
  69. 108. Sacred object — Answer: TOTEM
  70. 109. Lose ground? — Answer: ERODE
  71. 111. Slash on a scoresheet — Answer: SPARE
  72. 113. Qtys. — Answer: AMTS
  73. 114. When repeated, a tropical fish — Answer: MAHI
  74. 115. ___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly) — Answer: PROG
  75. 116. Apt name for a narcissist? — Answer: MIMI
  76. 118. Release — Answer: EMIT
  77. 119. He loved Lucy — Answer: DESI
  78. 121. Nesting pair in the Outback — Answer: EMUS
  79. 123. Army ___ — Answer: BRAT
  80. 124. The Emerald Isle — Answer: EIRE
  81. 125. Photosensitive cells — Answer: RODS
  82. 127. Seasoning for una margarita — Answer: SAL
  83. 128. Bit of plasma — Answer: ION
  84. 129. One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short — Answer: EMT

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Across

#ClueAnswer
1Maintains, as a superstitionCLINGSTO
9Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"BARNUM
15"Same with me"ASAMI
20Not funnyHUMORLESS
22Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist AmericaINVISIBLEMAN
24Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say?EXONERATINGGENERATIONX
26Picket line?FENCE
27Bud in CooperstownSELIG
28Dorm room staple foodRAMEN
29Cross-country conveyancesSKIS
30Darth Vader's childhood nicknameANI
32InflexibleRIGID
34Have away with words?EDIT
36Muppet of Mexican descentROSITA
39Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybeCHEATS
42Gives lipSASSES
47Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito?TECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATS
51Columbus sch.OSU
52CarnageGORE
53Down EasterMAINER
54One with a set of pipesORGAN
55Come out of one's shellMOLT
57Sherlock's sister on TVENOLA
60___ bagSWAG
62Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers"CATS
63One of classical music's Three B'sBRAHMS
66Landscaper's supplyMULCH
69Tundra or taigaBIOME
71"You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"?STREETLEGALLETSGETREAL
78Trademarked refrigerantFREON
79Uncle Sam's land, informallyUSOFA
80LitheSVELTE
81+/-ORSO
84Drink mixed in mixed drinksSODA
86HandyUTILE
89Avatar of VishnuRAMA
90Back in, in a wayRETRO
92Try to hit in laser tagFIREAT
95Older sister of Rachel, in GenesisLEAH
98Basic BASIC statementsIFS
99Real chess playa?CHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET
104Contemporary of Gauss and FaradayAMPERE
105James who played Scotty on "Star Trek"DOOHAN
106"No ___, Bob"SIRREE
107Part of une pièce de théâtreACTE
110Plunderers of RomeGAULS
112Hindu honorificSRI
113Clock toggleAMPM
117Hollowed out, as an appleCORED
120Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince"SNAPE
122Burnt pigmentUMBER
126Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress?MARISATOMEIITSAMEMARIO
130DC power player in the late 1800s?THOMASEDISON
131Good thing to play in a trick-taking gameTRUMPCARD
132Magical symbolSIGIL
133Dispensing, with "out"METING
134Art loversESTHETES

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#ClueAnswer
1One always cooking up new ideas?CHEF
2RitzyLUXE
3"That's my cue"IMON
4___ compensation (stock options, for instance)NONCASH
5Revegetation, e.g.GREENING
6Canon option, in briefSLR
7They may be Thai or chaiTEAS
8Cuisinart competitorOSTER
9Noted rapper with an oxymoronic nameBIGGIESMALLS
10Director LeeANG
11Traveler in no need of hotels, for shortRVER
12Columbian caravelNINA
13"I'm your guy"USEME
14Bogged downMIRED
15___-right (political category)ALT
16Twice tresSEIS
17Out of controlAMOK
18Nail salon request, familiarlyMANI
191980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groupsINXS
21Quartz compoundSILICA
23Cast outBANISH
25When doubled, "Sleep well"NIGHT
31Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America"ITOO
33Word with mine or dumpDATA
35___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name)TACO
36Vacation package offerer, perhapsRESORT
37Visionary?OCULAR
38Lot unitACRE
40Prefix with angularTRI
41D.C. 100: Abbr.SENS
43Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia"SORCERER
44Whale of a taleSAGA
45Géorgie, par exempleETAT
46Identity thief's acquisitions, in briefSSNS
47The pyramids, essentiallyTOMBS
48Stimpy's TV palREN
49RookiesNEWBS
50Bond's man?CRAIG
56Skill taught to Luke SkywalkerTHEFORCE
58Texter's gaspOMG
59Feast with kalua pigLUAU
61SkedaddlesGOES
64___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps)MER
65Fr. holy womenSTES
67Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingoCLOUTCHASING
68WeightHEFT
70Channel that popularized video jockeysMTV
72Shower scrubberLOOFA
73SplitENDIT
74Mai ___TAI
75TV friend of Jerry, George and KramerELAINE
76Money for your moneyATMFEE
77SlightestLEAST
81Black-and-white hunterORCA
82Longtime NPR host DianeREHM
83Part of a flightSTEP
85Bone-dryARID
87Business entity inits.LLC
88Shrill criesEEKS
91Slimy veggieOKRA
93Brian who co-founded the Long Now FoundationENO
94In aweAGOG
96Chums, in ChamonixAMIS
97"Bah, humbug!"HARRUMPH
100Nashville and New Orleans, for musiciansMECCAS
101Stomping groundHAUNT
102Bringing up the rearINLAST
103[Yuck!]GRIMACE
108Sacred objectTOTEM
109Lose ground?ERODE
111Slash on a scoresheetSPARE
113Qtys.AMTS
114When repeated, a tropical fishMAHI
115___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly)PROG
116Apt name for a narcissist?MIMI
118ReleaseEMIT
119He loved LucyDESI
121Nesting pair in the OutbackEMUS
123Army ___BRAT
124The Emerald IsleEIRE
125Photosensitive cellsRODS
127Seasoning for una margaritaSAL
128Bit of plasmaION
129One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for shortEMT

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