The Crossword The short form


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98 “Not you ___!”


1 Harbor haulers 6 Pulsate


11 Pardner’s mount 15 Leave speechless 19 “Bell, Book and Candle” co-star


20 Dusty Springfield hit, “___ Want to Be With You”


21 When Romeo meets Juliet 22 “___ be young again” 23 Gigolo conductor? 25 Little push to a first-time performer?


27 Kramer, to Jerry 28 No Yankee fan 29 Boathouse gear 31 Marseilles Mrs. 32 NYSE debut, for short 33 Ex-senator Bob of Ne bras ka


36 Game-day treat that never caught on?


39 Divorce? 43 Sugar snaps, e.g. 44 Greek letters 45 Teen affliction 46 Some are inflated 48 Took a curtain call 50 Why students might get rowdier than usual today?


56 Mound stat 59 Take an ax to 60 “Strange Magic” band 61 Burn the surface of 62 Knight sticks 65 Eight years before Shakespeare’s birth


67 Last man on earth? 69 Rub it in 72 “The Apostle” author Sholem


74 Burns and Jennings 75 Buildings with layers? 76 Whistle, rule book, striped shirt, etc.?


79 Greek sandwiches 81 Panini cheese 82 Woman in “The Third Man”


83 Point to pick 84 Computer cooler 87 Ariz. clock setting 88 Tam-o-shanter? 94 Danish toast 96 TomKat’s daughter ___ Cruise


97 One of Marlon’s directors


101 Dodge, for one 104 Feature of Las Vegas’s new mermaid show?


108 “I’m getting off at the next stop,” for example?


111 Skin layer 112 Snockered 113 Be in a different form? 114 Arthurian lady 116 Bran source 117 Emu’s distant cousin 120 One who doesn’t give blood?


123 Sister’s rule about receiving Com mun ion?


127 Home (in on) 128 Methane’s lack 129 Lake Geneva spa 130 Ergo 131 Start of a “twain” quote 132 Valley of vine arts 133 Double-check, as a check


134 Ready for printing DoWn


1 Go bananas 2 Andean stimulant 3 Place for a race 4 Gum ball? 5 “M*A*S*H” loc. 6 Sound quality 7 Continental’s hub, on bag tags


8 IV changers, perhaps 9 Assortment


10 One way to get around D.C.


11 Pain in the neck 12 Mo. of costume sales 13 ___ approval (official OKs)


14 Frat house letter 15 It aims to appease 16 Frugality 17 A Hope-Crosby destination


18 “___ Allowed” (park sign)


24 Terrarium plant 26 Spine-tingling 30 Looping and sampling genre


33 Stay fresh 34 Corp. type 35 Quotable catcher 37 It’s working? 38 Out in a bout 39 SAT section


69 70 71 76 81 87 94 95 98 99 100 108 112 120 127 131


40 Massage target 41 Was sure of 42 Fancy dresser 47 Pageant accessory 49 Tampa’s area, gazetteer-style


51 Sale indicator 52 “___ play these” 53 Exploding stars 54 Vichyssoise veggies 55 Cracker’s box? 56 Bounce off the walls 57 Gather, as grain 58 Once-sacred coilers 63 “Little Women” author 64 Sgts. and such 65 Nursery cry 66 Nazareth natives 67 Higher/kite filler 68 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band 69 Atkins Diet unit 70 Minus 71 “What ___?” (“So?”) 73 President’s mil. title 77 Miss Gulch biter


121 128 132


78 Pool or track units 80 2016 Olympics site 84 White House dog 85 Have ___ (know someone)


86 Mont. neighbor 89 Rancho relative 90 Dead to the world 91 Wacky Willard 92 Trig function 93 Replayed points 94 “Toy Story” brat 95 Deal with dough 98 On fire 99 Old British coin


100 Famed furrier’s family 102 ___ del Fuego 103 Hither’s partner 105 FedEx option 106 “___ after my own heart”


107 Chinese fruit tree 109 Sing like Bing 110 S.F. player 115 Magic-act flutterer


113 122 109 114 123 129 133


117 Ermine cousin 118 Story start 119 ___ to perfection 121 Petal-plucker’s word 122 Caveman Alley


101 102 103 110 115 124 125 130 134


124 Org. in the Plame affair 125 X-ray unit 126 Mother ___


Solution to: Let’s see what this baby can do (Sept. 12)


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