Across1. Olympics object 7. Should it happen that 13. Gets the cheapest one 19. Sum 20. Cover with 21. Singer in the snow 23. Assateague or Chincoteague* 25. “I should really be going” 26. Secret number, often 27. Crossword-solving tool 28. J. Peterman employee 30. Money before cards 31. Six-year Senate stints 34. Nervous chuckle 36. Human example* 39. Pet Shop Boys hit 42. Hosts 43. “How is such stupidity possible?”* 48. Frau’s fellow 49. “Bravo!” 52. “Fighting” Midwest college team 53. First computer 55. Tranquilized 57. Chess tactic 58. Ken or Ringo 61. Figure (out) 63. “With this ring, ___ wed” 64. Piece of cake 66. Don on the radio 67. Actress Jeanne of Basic Instinct and Waterworld* 70. Some hotels, like DC’s Shoreham 72. Largest union in the US 73. Rental-car company at Dulles 74. Meet up* 78. Koran reader, often 79. Benefit 83. Shares a border with 84. Bear or Berra 85. Of the kidneys 87. Tyler of The Incredible Hulk 88. Chesapeake Bay features 91. Word before code or colony 93. “Isn’t there another option for us?” 95. Rand of objectivism 96. Desperate request 98. Crisco, essentially* 101. Kitchen noisemakers 103. It’s yellow on a pool table 104. Proportional* 109. Big bird 110. Criticizes harshly 114. Gusto 115. Get firmer 117. Threads for bed 119. Outdoors chain with stores in Fairfax and Rockville 120. Nelson who passed away in 2013 123. What this puzzle’s starred entries hide 127. Person who doesn’t want his or her message read 128. “___ With No Name” 129. Counts (on) 130. Taste and touch 131. Former Canadian PM ___ Pearson 132. Bistro |
Down1. Touch lightly, as with a tissue 2. Public persona 3. Achier 4. Mongrel 5. Mono- 6. Part of a ladder 7. Cold quality 8. Rejections 9. John of the Velvet Underground 10. To any degree 11. Parched peninsula 12. Salad green 13. Astronomy, physics, and such 14. Kit ___ 15. Taxing individuals? 16. Wisdom teeth, e.g. 17. Ninth-largest city in Texas 18. ___ music (write a score for) 22. Coral formation 24. Place to dry out 29. Rockville org. 32. Cooper car 33. Surprises 35. Walking-stick carriers 37. Richard of Brooklyn’s Finest 38. Daily travel allowance 40. Striking down 41. Palindromic woman 43. Sounds from little dogs 44. Lena of Casanova 45. Latin for “elbow” 46. Scope alternative 47. Michelle’s predecessor 49. Seventh emperor of ancient Rome 50. Creepy look 51. Paradise 54. Show set in Las Vegas 56. One of the Three Musketeers 59. Female friend, in France 60. Out of practice 62. Ten pins with two shots 65. Annie of Designing Women 68. Scheme 69. Number-one hit from 1987 sung in Spanish 71. Dangerous area at a concert 72. Israeli desert 74. Vasco da ___ 75. Company with a four-color logo 76. Go left or right 77. Use one leg 78. 1950s starlet Dahl 80. High voice 81. Aucklander or Wellingtonian 82. Daredevil Knievel 86. Down times 89. Tickled doll 90. React to a bop on the head, in cartoons 92. In the past 94. Try to make a profit on 97. Gas-station brand 99. Siren 100. Nigeria’s capital 101. Achilles ___ 102. Birkenstock, e.g. 104. Viral phenomenon 105. Jackson and Thicke 106. High-school event 107. Cafe con ___ 108. Money in Munich 111. “The Governator” 112. Taxi feature 113. Spacek of Carrie 116. ___ Plus (shampoo brand) 118. “Whatever you say!” 121. Mag workers 122. Washington and ___ University 124. Winchester-to-Richmond dir. 125. Stephen of The Crying Game 126. Computer key |
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