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  1. 22DrollWRY
  2. 23Rock of AgesROSETTASTONE
  3. 41Boots outEJECTS
  4. 44A Class ActFIELDTRIP
  5. 47A Strange LoopMOBIUSSTRIP
  6. 54Brig pairMASTS
  7. 61BudsPALS
  8. 69RentSPLIT
  9. 70A Chorus LineREFRAIN
  10. 88The ProducersPROLETARIAT
  11. 91Into the WoodsOUTDOORSY
  12. 94IntertwineENLACE
  13. 96In tearsSOBBING
  14. 101___ DameNOTRE
  15. 105DollopGOB
  16. 106Pop groupCOLAS
  17. 111The WizEINSTEIN
  18. 113Mean GirlsAVERAGEJANES
  19. 119Do penanceATONE
  20. 120ApplyUSE

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  1. 3PlusASSET
  2. 12AdvancedLENT
  3. 16Cheep trills?TWITTERS
  4. 30Least haleFEEBLEST
  5. 66HintsTINGES
  6. 70Give a twistROTATE
  7. 80PronePROSTRATE
  8. 110"Gotcha"ISEE

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer — Answer: PLATH
  2. 6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s — Answer: SDCARD
  3. 12. Baths in Bath — Answer: LAVS
  4. 16. Comedian Notaro — Answer: TIG
  5. 19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" — Answer: AISHA
  6. 20. One sporting an article of apparel — Answer: WEARER
  7. 21. Sign in a theater — Answer: EXIT
  8. 22. Droll — Answer: WRY
  9. 23. Rock of Ages — Answer: ROSETTASTONE
  10. 25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying — Answer: NEPOTISM
  11. 27. Prop for a proposal — Answer: KNEE
  12. 28. College credit hours — Answer: UNITS
  13. 29. Far from fore — Answer: AFT
  14. 31. Starting section — Answer: PARTA
  15. 32. Fab Four drummer — Answer: STARR
  16. 34. "I can handle that for you" — Answer: LETME
  17. 36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker — Answer: EATITUP
  18. 38. Subject of some modern maps — Answer: GENOME
  19. 41. Boots out — Answer: EJECTS
  20. 43. Ending with Butler or Bard — Answer: EDU
  21. 44. A Class Act — Answer: FIELDTRIP
  22. 47. A Strange Loop — Answer: MOBIUSSTRIP
  23. 50. Played a part — Answer: ACTED
  24. 51. Baldwin of "30 Rock" — Answer: ALEC. Hint: This actor shares a surname with a famous clan in Hollywood! 🎭
  25. 53. Ran in the rain, perhaps — Answer: BLED
  26. 54. Brig pair — Answer: MASTS
  27. 55. New Mexico skiing locale — Answer: TAOS
  28. 56. Full legislative assembly — Answer: PLENUM
  29. 58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth — Answer: EREBUS
  30. 60. Shapiro of public radio — Answer: ARI
  31. 61. Buds — Answer: PALS
  32. 62. Chips go-with — Answer: SALSA
  33. 64. Straight up — Answer: ERECT
  34. 67. A Little Night Music — Answer: LULLABY
  35. 69. Rent — Answer: SPLIT
  36. 70. A Chorus Line — Answer: REFRAIN
  37. 72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth — Answer: SEALS
  38. 73. Personal histories — Answer: PASTS
  39. 74. Automatons, informally — Answer: BOTS
  40. 75. Cell letters — Answer: RNA
  41. 76. "___ down the hatches!" — Answer: BATTEN
  42. 78. Nursery rhyme couple — Answer: SPRATS
  43. 80. Cribbage markers — Answer: PEGS
  44. 81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig — Answer: COSEC
  45. 84. Bit of power — Answer: WATT
  46. 86. Japanese noodle — Answer: SOBA
  47. 87. Wave to, say — Answer: GREET
  48. 88. The Producers — Answer: PROLETARIAT
  49. 91. Into the Woods — Answer: OUTDOORSY
  50. 93. ___ Lingus — Answer: AER. Hint: Think of the Irish airline whose name belongs before “Lingus.” ✈️
  51. 94. Intertwine — Answer: ENLACE
  52. 95. Halloween haul — Answer: TREATS
  53. 96. In tears — Answer: SOBBING
  54. 99. Eschew the high road, say — Answer: GOLOW
  55. 101. ___ Dame — Answer: NOTRE
  56. 104. Repeatedly hit hard — Answer: POUND
  57. 105. Dollop — Answer: GOB. Hint: A small lump or spoonful of something. 🥄
  58. 106. Pop group — Answer: COLAS
  59. 109. Sitar great Shankar — Answer: RAVI
  60. 111. The Wiz — Answer: EINSTEIN
  61. 113. Mean Girls — Answer: AVERAGEJANES
  62. 116. Chess pieces — Answer: MEN
  63. 117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" — Answer: ERMA
  64. 118. File often installed with computer programs — Answer: README
  65. 119. Do penance — Answer: ATONE. Hint: Make amends for a wrongdoing through repentance. 🙏
  66. 120. Apply — Answer: USE
  67. 121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be — Answer: LSAT
  68. 122. Became aware of — Answer: SENSED
  69. 123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker — Answer: YENTE

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  1. 1. Playground area, often — Answer: PARK
  2. 2. Fearsome felines — Answer: LIONS
  3. 3. Plus — Answer: ASSET. Hint: A valuable advantage that adds to your overall worth. 💎
  4. 4. "One of These Nights" band — Answer: THEEAGLES
  5. 5. Makeshift tip collector — Answer: HAT
  6. 6. Epitome of graceful beauty — Answer: SWAN
  7. 7. Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" — Answer: DESI
  8. 8. Certain stock holder — Answer: CATTLEPEN
  9. 9. Came about — Answer: AROSE
  10. 10. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" — Answer: REN
  11. 11. Gig of a lifetime — Answer: DREAMJOB
  12. 12. Advanced — Answer: LENT
  13. 13. Guitar, slangily — Answer: AXE
  14. 14. Front-of-the-line credential — Answer: VIPPASS
  15. 15. Cousin of a mink — Answer: STOAT
  16. 16. Cheep trills? — Answer: TWITTERS
  17. 17. Dodger's comeuppance — Answer: IRSAUDIT
  18. 18. Indoor recess locale — Answer: GYM
  19. 24. Super-excited, in slang — Answer: TURNT
  20. 26. One "T" of TNT — Answer: TRI
  21. 30. Least hale — Answer: FEEBLEST
  22. 33. Foxx of 1970s TV — Answer: REDD
  23. 35. Judge pro ___ — Answer: TEM
  24. 36. Piano pupil's practice piece — Answer: ETUDE
  25. 37. Short boxers, e.g. — Answer: PUPS
  26. 39. How some medicines are taken — Answer: ORALLY
  27. 40. Apt name for a distance runner? — Answer: MILES
  28. 42. Oldsmobile Cutlass model — Answer: CIERA
  29. 44. Like 45-Down's flaw — Answer: FATAL
  30. 45. Mythical figure undone by hubris — Answer: ICARUS
  31. 46. Prima ballerina — Answer: ETOILE
  32. 48. Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak — Answer: SMURFS
  33. 49. Police weapon — Answer: TASER
  34. 52. Transition points — Answer: CUSPS
  35. 56. Blue Ribbon brand — Answer: PABST
  36. 57. Ice cream parlor offerings — Answer: MALTS
  37. 59. Borscht base — Answer: BEETS. Hint: This ruby-red root vegetable gives classic borscht its earthy color and sweetness 🍲
  38. 61. Classic theater name — Answer: PALACE
  39. 63. Struggles with sibilant sounds — Answer: LISPS
  40. 65. Law, but not order — Answer: CAREER
  41. 66. Hints — Answer: TINGES
  42. 68. Word with record or union — Answer: LABEL
  43. 69. World capital near the Andean foothills — Answer: SANTIAGO
  44. 70. Give a twist — Answer: ROTATE
  45. 71. Downright mean — Answer: NASTY
  46. 73. Bit of wisdom — Answer: PEARL
  47. 74. Founder of the Mughal Empire — Answer: BABUR
  48. 77. String-plucking sound — Answer: TWANG
  49. 79. Sources in etymology — Answer: ROOTWORDS
  50. 80. Prone — Answer: PROSTRATE
  51. 81. Some summers, in brief — Answer: CPAS
  52. 82. Black-and-white desserts — Answer: OREOPIES
  53. 83. Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus — Answer: SORBONNE
  54. 85. Shell filling stations — Answer: TACOBARS
  55. 87. Basic programming command — Answer: GOTO
  56. 89. Chicken pieces — Answer: TENDERS
  57. 90. Part of AT&T;: Abbr. — Answer: TEL
  58. 92. Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne — Answer: DANSE
  59. 97. Do a diner job — Answer: BUS
  60. 98. Gathering of moles — Answer: INTEL
  61. 100. Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" — Answer: OCEAN
  62. 102. Continued interminably — Answer: RANON
  63. 103. Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g. — Answer: EVENT
  64. 105. Buzzing nuisance — Answer: GNAT
  65. 107. Glitzy fabric — Answer: LAME
  66. 108. Like some cheese — Answer: AGED
  67. 110. "Gotcha" — Answer: ISEE. Hint: This brief reply shows that you understand. 👀
  68. 111. Blue-necked bird — Answer: EMU
  69. 112. "___ Believer" — Answer: IMA
  70. 114. Flock formation — Answer: VEE
  71. 115. Blue-winged bird — Answer: JAY

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Across

#ClueAnswer
1Poet with a 1982 posthumous PulitzerPLATH
6S.L.R. insert since the early 2000sSDCARD
12Baths in BathLAVS
16Comedian NotaroTIG
19Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"AISHA
20One sporting an article of apparelWEARER
21Sign in a theaterEXIT
22DrollWRY
23Rock of AgesROSETTASTONE
25How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingNEPOTISM
27Prop for a proposalKNEE
28College credit hoursUNITS
29Far from foreAFT
31Starting sectionPARTA
32Fab Four drummerSTARR
34"I can handle that for you"LETME
36Swallow something hook, line and sinkerEATITUP
38Subject of some modern mapsGENOME
41Boots outEJECTS
43Ending with Butler or BardEDU
44A Class ActFIELDTRIP
47A Strange LoopMOBIUSSTRIP
50Played a partACTED
51Baldwin of "30 Rock"ALEC
53Ran in the rain, perhapsBLED
54Brig pairMASTS
55New Mexico skiing localeTAOS
56Full legislative assemblyPLENUM
58Personification of darkness, in Greek mythEREBUS
60Shapiro of public radioARI
61BudsPALS
62Chips go-withSALSA
64Straight upERECT
67A Little Night MusicLULLABY
69RentSPLIT
70A Chorus LineREFRAIN
72Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit mythSEALS
73Personal historiesPASTS
74Automatons, informallyBOTS
75Cell lettersRNA
76"___ down the hatches!"BATTEN
78Nursery rhyme coupleSPRATS
80Cribbage markersPEGS
81Sine's reciprocal, in trigCOSEC
84Bit of powerWATT
86Japanese noodleSOBA
87Wave to, sayGREET
88The ProducersPROLETARIAT
91Into the WoodsOUTDOORSY
93___ LingusAER
94IntertwineENLACE
95Halloween haulTREATS
96In tearsSOBBING
99Eschew the high road, sayGOLOW
101___ DameNOTRE
104Repeatedly hit hardPOUND
105DollopGOB
106Pop groupCOLAS
109Sitar great ShankarRAVI
111The WizEINSTEIN
113Mean GirlsAVERAGEJANES
116Chess piecesMEN
117Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End"ERMA
118File often installed with computer programsREADME
119Do penanceATONE
120ApplyUSE
121Hurdle for a J.D.-to-beLSAT
122Became aware ofSENSED
123"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmakerYENTE

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1Playground area, oftenPARK
2Fearsome felinesLIONS
3PlusASSET
4"One of These Nights" bandTHEEAGLES
5Makeshift tip collectorHAT
6Epitome of graceful beautySWAN
7Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"DESI
8Certain stock holderCATTLEPEN
9Came aboutAROSE
10Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"REN
11Gig of a lifetimeDREAMJOB
12AdvancedLENT
13Guitar, slangilyAXE
14Front-of-the-line credentialVIPPASS
15Cousin of a minkSTOAT
16Cheep trills?TWITTERS
17Dodger's comeuppanceIRSAUDIT
18Indoor recess localeGYM
24Super-excited, in slangTURNT
26One "T" of TNTTRI
30Least haleFEEBLEST
33Foxx of 1970s TVREDD
35Judge pro ___TEM
36Piano pupil's practice pieceETUDE
37Short boxers, e.g.PUPS
39How some medicines are takenORALLY
40Apt name for a distance runner?MILES
42Oldsmobile Cutlass modelCIERA
44Like 45-Down's flawFATAL
45Mythical figure undone by hubrisICARUS
46Prima ballerinaETOILE
48Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speakSMURFS
49Police weaponTASER
52Transition pointsCUSPS
56Blue Ribbon brandPABST
57Ice cream parlor offeringsMALTS
59Borscht baseBEETS
61Classic theater namePALACE
63Struggles with sibilant soundsLISPS
65Law, but not orderCAREER
66HintsTINGES
68Word with record or unionLABEL
69World capital near the Andean foothillsSANTIAGO
70Give a twistROTATE
71Downright meanNASTY
73Bit of wisdomPEARL
74Founder of the Mughal EmpireBABUR
77String-plucking soundTWANG
79Sources in etymologyROOTWORDS
80PronePROSTRATE
81Some summers, in briefCPAS
82Black-and-white dessertsOREOPIES
83Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campusSORBONNE
85Shell filling stationsTACOBARS
87Basic programming commandGOTO
89Chicken piecesTENDERS
90Part of AT&T;: Abbr.TEL
92Ballet or bourrée, in BourgogneDANSE
97Do a diner jobBUS
98Gathering of molesINTEL
100Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes"OCEAN
102Continued interminablyRANON
103Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g.EVENT
105Buzzing nuisanceGNAT
107Glitzy fabricLAME
108Like some cheeseAGED
110"Gotcha"ISEE
111Blue-necked birdEMU
112"___ Believer"IMA
114Flock formationVEE
115Blue-winged birdJAY

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