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August 9, 2026
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1.Some latte orders6 letters7.Enemy of ancient Athens6 letters13.Alpaca kin5 letters18."Play slowly," in music6 letters19.Peanut butter and jelly7 letters21.Keeps occupied6 letters22.Public square that gets really sticky in the heat?14 letters24.Would rather not6 letters25.Biblical suffix3 letters26.Sp. address3 letters27.Quite the commotion3 letters28.Ski lift4 letters30.Actor Kilmer3 letters31.Chuckle syllable3 letters33.Founded, as a co.4 letters36."Don't play," in music5 letters38.Phi __ Kappa4 letters39.One who can only rasp quietly?18 letters44.Title for Judi Dench4 letters46.Fox or ox6 letters47.__ monster4 letters48.Spot in a store with toys, water bowls, and leashes?11 letters51.Castle-breaching explosive6 letters53.Sandbox visitor3 letters54.Rapper Dr. __3 letters55.Matar paneer vegetables4 letters57.Cause friction5 letters60.Cookie whose website has recipes for cheesecake and empanadas4 letters62.Derby-sporting Addams3 letters64.Ancient hulled wheat5 letters66.Old Jutland resident6 letters67."Fiddlesticks"4 letters68.Warning before a particularly scary monster flick?11 letters71.Lysol target4 letters72.Chemist Mendeleev who created the periodic table6 letters74.Castle trenches5 letters75.Hit the slopes3 letters76.Blackthorn berry4 letters77.Beyoncé's "I Am... __ Fierce"5 letters78.In the mail4 letters79.Blunder3 letters81.Liberty Mutual's bus.3 letters82.Hybrid synth instrument6 letters84.R-rated NASA event?11 letters89.Pedal pushers4 letters90.__ roll6 letters92."What fun!"4 letters93.Oak trees?18 letters99.Golfer McIlroy4 letters100.Broadcast again5 letters101.Hurdle for an aspiring JD4 letters102.Halloween mo.3 letters105.Off-rd. wheels3 letters106."Stranger Things" actor Wolfhard4 letters107.Hoppy fave3 letters110.Wireless std.3 letters112."Midsommar" director Aster3 letters114.Minor flaw6 letters116.Glass ceiling-breaking event?14 letters121.Musical weakness6 letters122.Invertebrate found in every ocean7 letters123.Hackers' shout of success6 letters124.Go out for a while?5 letters125.Beguile6 letters126.Jaunty neckwear6 letters
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1.Broad valley4 letters2."Ethan Frome" novelist Wharton5 letters3.Browser storage5 letters4.In the past3 letters5.Many Christmas trees4 letters6.Fancy affair6 letters7.NNW reversal3 letters8."Play very, very softly," in music3 letters9.Met highlight4 letters10.Assessment4 letters11.Lipton division7 letters12.Curved cutting tool3 letters13."Nothing you say is true!"4 letters14.Tennis do-over3 letters15.Affectionate sign-off6 letters16.Change genetically6 letters17.Like molecules that cannot form permanent bonds6 letters20.Nickname for Louis Armstrong5 letters21."There isn't anything else!?"7 letters23.Lettuce or cabbage4 letters29.Neutral shades6 letters32.Web design code4 letters34.Warty amphibian4 letters35.Paul of "The Batman"4 letters37.Piercing tool3 letters38.Tight squeezes8 letters40.Listen to4 letters41.Fix badly?3 letters42.Texting tech3 letters43.Put a name to5 letters44.Natural history museum display7 letters45."M*A*S*H" star?8 letters48.Not on the same page6 letters49.Savanna antelope5 letters50.Glam gala4 letters51.Trails5 letters52.Intro to many a newsreel8 letters55.Calligraphy tools4 letters56.Some city trains3 letters58.As a departure from the norm7 letters59.Snare6 letters61.Without any planning8 letters63.More family-friendly5 letters64.Walks or runs4 letters65.Where some get tired quickly?3 letters66.Movement while asking "How do I look?"5 letters69.Junior3 letters70.Rubber-stamped4 letters73.Like a daisy5 letters78.Shiny fabric6 letters80.Sultry growl4 letters83.Boston University athlete7 letters84.Trivial objection3 letters85.Product of incomplete combustion3 letters86.Ship stabilizer4 letters87.Noted times4 letters88."Um, think again"4 letters90.Showy carp3 letters91.From Cairo or Cape Town7 letters93.Makes with skill6 letters94.Medium for deep-frying6 letters95.California city near Santa Ana6 letters96.Grams5 letters97.Young hippopotamus4 letters98.Capital west of Montreal6 letters103.Brief appearance5 letters104.Hair texture, e.g.5 letters106.Dust jacket part4 letters108.Ramona, per Beezus4 letters109.Voting against4 letters111.Short-horned bighorns4 letters113.Some Tripadvisor recommendations4 letters115.Buzzer?3 letters117."Told you!"3 letters118.Washington's Sea-__ Airport3 letters119.Minecraft material3 letters120.Battle of Helm's Deep combatant3 letters
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