88. Prof. Flesch’s dept.
89. Falsehood
93. Ten years
94. Hosp. areas
95. Sphere
96. ____’acte
97. Blowfish girl Rachel
99. Scottish lake
100. Spot
101. Beatified ‘Mother’
102. Tee follower
103. Commercials
104. Senior Blowfish editor
105. “You lookin’ ____?”
109. Skirt’s edge
110. Flowering
111. Like many Eastern Europeans
112. Luke Skywalker portrayer Mark
114. Aid in crime
115. Territory
116. Not hers
117. Brass component, plural
118. Vow
120. Pious Flanders
121. French vineyard
122. Einstein’s birthplace
123. One of Columbus’ ships
128. Ancient astronomer
129. 951, to Caesar
131. Slim swimmers
132. Future atty.’s exam
134. Baby’s bed
135. Can metal
137. Hits on the head
138. In addition to
139. Supermodel Banks
140. “Mr. Blue Sky” band, and others
141. Grating noise
144. Weird
146. ____ tai
150. Threatening ending
151. Fido’s fixer
152. Where to find an exotic animal, locally
153. Seed covering
154. Grandpa’s yo-yo, maybe
155. Against
160. Column style
161. Bay
163. Single breath mint
164. Declare
165. Comic Chapelle
167. Thpeech impediment
169. Change course
171. Aware of
172. Tiger’s tour, and others
174. “Just so you know”, in a chatroom
175. Psychic Geller
176. Buddhist discipline
177. 4, on a phone
178. In demand
179. Summer drink
180. ____-la-la
181. Former acorn
182. Secretive org.
159. Head Norse god
162. Egyptian viper
163. Police trainee
166. Afflict
168. License issuer
170. In a dominant position
173. Assessment, abbr.
174. Woody’s space ranger buddy reports to the Pentagon?
183. Guns, as in engine
184. Palm smartphone
185. “Go away!”
186. Sopranos actress Falco
187. Lipinski and Reid
188. Oak or maple
189. Drunkard
190. Sympathy
191. Four-sided fig.
192. Japanese port city
Down
1. Like Leroy Brown
2. Him, fr.
3. ‘Deis major helper
4. “Lovely” meter maid
5. Young men
6. Representation
7. Carried
8. BEMCo’s backup
9. UV and manta
10. “Do you want me to?”
11. Chum
12. Everything
13. Night light
14. Tennis pro Andre
15. Triumphed
16. Lennon’s widow
17. Hawaiin handout
18. Having a low pH
19. Musical conclusion
20. Media format
21. Effortlessness
28. They don’t lie
29. Barbossa or Sparrow
30. Angry mood
35. Nev. neighbor
36. ____-Day vitamins
37. ‘Mac guy’ Justin
38. Hamlet, for one
40. Breathe heavily
42. Home of the Bruins
43. Prosecute
45. Dos’ preceder
46. It must go on, with ‘the’
48. Hose woes
49. Former Governor Romney
51. Middle Eastern yogurt (anagram of THAN)
52. Part of 79-Down
53. Trig ratio
54. Dynamic
55. Tour leaders
56. Furry aquatic mammals
58. Ingratiating flattery
59. Helps out
64. Parched, arid
65. Et ____ (and so on)
67. Raison d’____
68. 1963 Paul Newman title role
70. Language suffix
71. Landers or Coulter
74. Patty Hearst’s kidnappers, for short
75. Latin Jazz musician Tito
77. Televise
78. Trudge
79. Cold War enemy, abbr.
82. Lily Muenster actress De Carlo, and others
83. Chamber
84. TV Actress Dietrich
86. Yard sale disclaimer
87. Cheery melody
Across
1. Promotional synopsis
6. Girder type
10. Resorts
14. Missing pvt.’s status
18. Looney Tunes corporation
22. Sound
23. NY’s Met competitor
24. Stop
25. 14-Across, presumably
26. Famous NYC nightclub, featuring Lola
27. Clint Eastwood feels lucky in Vietnam?
31. Caesar’s day to beware
32. Petula Clark’s “____ of the Times”
33. Salt, to Cervantes
34. World’s biggest country, for short
35. Idiom
36. Aged
39. Sneak a peek
41. In addition to
44. NCAA’s Seminoles
46. ____ Lanka
47. Venus de Milo feature
50. Gregory Peck goes to a Bears game?
57. Boredom, lethargy
58. Yemen’s capital
60. Lion of the Zodiac
61. Winning Tic-Tac-Toe board
62. Slice into
63. Neo’s nemesis studies at Cornell?
66. Automobile, for short
69. “Don’t ____” (no worries)
72. Lieu
73. U-turn from SSW
74. Ab exercise
76. Sarcastic
77. Kwik-E-Mart keeper
80. Monopoly quartet, abbr.
81. Brad Pitt fights in the Mile-High City?
85. Ingrid Bergman hunts witches in Massachusetts?
88. Raise up
90. Classified ad initials for fair-hirer
91. Superman’s symbol
92. Lindsay Bluth Fünke portrayer, with ‘de’
93. Taxi Driver star
95. Words before “toes” or “best behavior”
98. Kubrick’s sadistic officer wages war in the Philippines?
106. Uncomplaining sufferers
107. As required, after ‘if’
108. Canines
110. Fire remnant
113. 136-Across’ Illinois equivalent
114. Sticks (to)
117. Antonio Banderas whips the Pope?
119. Vivien Leigh feasts in the Spud State
123. Big Fat Greek actress Vardalos
124. Michael Stipe’s band
125. Less convincing
126. Periodic Table constituents, abbr.
127. Army NCO, maybe
130. Pentium producer
133. Fallopian tube
136. NYC subway operator
137. Caped Crusader vacations in British football hub?
142. Olive, canola, or baby
143. Mexican river
145. “I think”, online
147. Earthenware pots
148. Clapton hit
149. Super badass competes in 500-mile race?
155. Houston baseball squad
156. Confederate soldier
157. Order to terminate CPR
158. Manhattan, for one
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