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July 12, 2026

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1.Option B precursor5 letters6.Creature in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"4 letters10.Winter resort rentals4 letters14.Supermodel Kate4 letters18.Old Renault5 letters19.Apple tablet4 letters20.Penny4 letters21.Each4 letters22.Not suitable5 letters23.Mandala medium, often4 letters24."__ you asked ... "5 letters25.Count (on)4 letters26.Took unnecessary risks, in a British idiom20 letters30.WNW opposite3 letters31.Love, in Italian5 letters32.Asian language3 letters33.Handel oratorio7 letters37.Former5 letters38.All excited7 letters42.Ginger __3 letters43.Backup for a proofreader, perhaps17 letters46.Lightweight fabric5 letters48.Romance3 letters49."C'est la __!"3 letters50.Trolley car4 letters51.Celebrity couple4 letters52.Pres. on a dime3 letters53.Imrie of "The Thursday Murder Club"5 letters57.Square things5 letters58.Grow increasingly recalcitrant18 letters63.2028 Olympics host: Abbr.3 letters64."The Fresh Prince of __-Air"3 letters65.__ acid5 letters66.Apology starter3 letters67.Male swan3 letters70.Suffer public humiliation18 letters74.2024 Olympics host5 letters77.Newark's county5 letters78.Permit3 letters79.Burden4 letters80.Lasting mark4 letters81.Org. nicknamed "No Such Agency"3 letters83.Owns3 letters84.Nimble5 letters85.2010 animated film featuring Princess Fiona17 letters92.Singer __ King Cole3 letters93.Game for little batters7 letters94.Hazardous gas5 letters95.Goes on and on7 letters97.Finish3 letters98.OB test5 letters99.Reuben sandwich bread3 letters100.Oxymoron, or what can be found five times in this puzzle20 letters109.__ of paradise4 letters110.Flared skirt style5 letters111.Voting group4 letters112.Inbox message5 letters113.Demolish4 letters114.Ice sheet4 letters115.85-Across figure4 letters116.Mother-of-pearl5 letters117.Rude one4 letters118.Throw out4 letters119."Easier __ than done"4 letters120.Woolen cloth5 letters

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1."And also ... "4 letters2.Singer and civil rights activist Horne4 letters3.Palm berry4 letters4.City where pizza was invented6 letters5.__ well8 letters6.Frisbee, e.g.4 letters7.Birthstone between sapphire and topaz4 letters8.Paul who played twins in "There Will Be Blood"4 letters9."Most likely ... "7 letters10.Annabella of "Tulsa King"7 letters11.__ cloth: Ghanaian textile5 letters12.Move slowly4 letters13.Digital protection device?8 letters14.Figure that comes with strings attached10 letters15.Accepting customers4 letters16."Deal!"4 letters17.Intel gatherer3 letters24.Small porch5 letters27.Campus leader4 letters28.Mideast leader4 letters29.Urchin4 letters33.Beach city near Pepperdine6 letters34.Powerful groups6 letters35.__ Falls Convention6 letters36."What a bore"7 letters37.Soup often garnished with bean sprouts3 letters38.Nev. neighbor3 letters39.Wrap with tzatziki4 letters40.Tilt4 letters41."Hanna" star Creed-Miles4 letters44.Having trouble deciding4 letters45.Physiologist Pavlov4 letters47.Given to moping, maybe3 letters52.Sense4 letters53.Unresponsive states5 letters54.Party-planning site5 letters55.Massachusetts home of the Tanglewood Music Festival5 letters56.Wrinkle remover4 letters57.Quaint word of despair4 letters59.Many execs4 letters60.Lasses4 letters61.Pardon7 letters62.Vivid vegetable4 letters67.Pointy tooth6 letters68.Eye-related6 letters69.Attacks from all sides6 letters70.Figure who manipulates flames in a Nickelodeon fantasy series10 letters71.Phobia4 letters72.Villainous Count of kid-lit4 letters73.Confused state3 letters74.Note-passer's utterance4 letters75.Head or heart follower4 letters76.Valuable to collectors4 letters81.Annual Player Selection Meeting, informally8 letters82.Step on the scale?3 letters83.Largest Chinese ethnic group3 letters84.Military encampment unit8 letters86.Philosopher Immanuel4 letters87.Winter stoats7 letters88."Lovecraft Country" actor Courtney B. __5 letters89.Revise4 letters90.Reddish-brown tea7 letters91.Work hard for4 letters96.Grandma, to some6 letters98."Farewell, amigos!"5 letters100."Farewell, amici!"4 letters101.Ricelike pasta4 letters102.French greeting4 letters103.Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature4 letters104.Onigiri wrapper4 letters105.Like cupcakes but not muffins, usually4 letters106.Compete against the clock4 letters107.Slimy mud4 letters108.Toboggan, e.g.4 letters109.Texter's "Just a moment"3 letters

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