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The Crossword This is my song

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1 Letters on the telly 4 Wound on a bobbin

11 Peace conference result

15 Current choice 19 Boston Garden great 20 Get rid (of) 21 Asian nursemaid 22 Sophisticated Coward 23 The lamp song? (1977) 26 1950s heartthrob 27 TV forensic drama 28 Scottish highlander 29 Ashley and Mary-Kate 31 Spout for stout 32 What Aleve relieves 34 Square dance verb 37 Art supporters 39 Did a bird thing 42 The tack song? (1966) 45 “Blue” affliction, sometimes

46 Neruda specialties 48 “Maybe” 49 Backtalk 50 The politician song? (1963)

53 Storage acronym 55 Carnival-game verb 58 It borders Santa Monica, briefly

59 Semi 62 Rizzo the Muppet, e.g. 63 Trumpet accessory 66 The proud papa song? (1967)

70 Get some air 73 Cinema Robin 74 Pork fat-loving chef 75 The proud papa song, 18 years later? (1959)

80 Longtime Cub Sandberg 81 Small spasm 82 Classical piece 83 “Your Song” lyricist 86 Collar insert 88 Sun. talk 89 The obscure-joke song? (1976)

93 Grammys category 95 ___ win (vie seriously) 98 Unvarnished 99 Upholstery defect

101 The tinted-sunglasses song? (1967)

104 Marine spelunker’s

106 Ravel classic 107 Sexy 109 Futuristic servant 110 The D’backs, on scoreboards

111 Built ___ (solid) 114 Spiced tea 117 Peace, to Putin 118 Puts on 120 The chiropractor song? (1963)

125 Small buzzer 126 Type of sch. 127 Do a formal-attire task 128 Born 129 No sweat 130 Proofreader’s mark 131 Bombing raids 132 Subcmte. member

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1 Kin of “gee whiz” 2 Bane of George H.W. Bush

3 Extinguish, as a cigarette

4 Military proj. known as “Star Wars”

5 Musse ___ (Mickey Mouse, in Swedish)

6 Division of Labor, briefly

7 Chose 8 1980 Gerard Depardieu film

9 Uncommon sense?

10 “___ Bones” 11 Ashen appearances 12 Porthos and Athos, e.g. 13 Bookstore section 14 Surfing site 15 “SNL” alum Gasteyer 16 Modern 17 One of Atlanta’s two counties

18 Gives a hand 24 Cry from one being railroaded

25 Sing for Heidi 30 Current-events comic 32 Retriever’s reply 33 Suffix meaning “mouth”

35 Vexed state 36 Without thinking 38 Business outfit

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40 Haagen-Dazs rival 41 What fathoms measure 43 Come together 44 A long time 47 Store sign 51 Take an oath 52 Least observed 54 The silent type? 56 Vaccine pioneer 57 Fashion sense 59 Ninny 60 Alice’s rabbit’s plaint 61 Court building? 63 Baseball gear 64 Spared, in a way 65 Neighboring states 67 Household humorist’s first name

68 Have a good one? 69 Swiss city, to the Swiss

71 Etats-Unis preceder 72 Prima donna problems 76 Lunchtime, for many

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77 6 a.m., for many 78 Cutting remark 79 Arizona Indians 84 “Light My Fire” word 85 “Rumor has it ...” 87 Skull and Bones school

89 None of the above, in Spain

90 Juice unit? 91 Majestic horses 92 One with an ex 94 Cruise stop 96 “Totally rad” 97 Los Angeles mayor during the 1960s, Sam ___

100 Hamster, e.g. 101 Cigar type 102 Lodged 103 More chancy 105 “Mop” prop 106 Star in old westerns? 108 Hornswoggle

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112 Sparky who pitched 113 Explorer Tasman 115 Opposed to 116 Laura Nyro classic, “And When ___”

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119 Pen full of oink? 121 Garrisons: abbr. 122 Carioca city 123 French possessive 124 Boy toy

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