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October 4, 2026

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1.Beauty entrepreneur Elizabeth5 letters6.Resort near Snowbird4 letters10.28-Across flow4 letters14.Captain with an ivory leg4 letters18.Frisbee maker5 letters19.Like samosas and wontons5 letters20.Vein contents4 letters21.Spanish "nothing"4 letters22.*Motto of a calligraphy enthusiast?16 letters25.Turning point?4 letters26.Mono- kin3 letters27.Brand of kitchen gadgets3 letters28.Sicilian peak4 letters29.Locale for clam diggers8 letters31.Weapon in Clue8 letters34.*Transgressions included in textbooks?12 letters36.Second chance for a student6 letters38.Canonized Mlle.3 letters39.In the style of3 letters40.Like much music of the 1990s4 letters43.Jaguar's roar5 letters45.Inexact no.3 letters47.Birds similar to crows5 letters52.*Devoted followers of painter O'Keeffe?12 letters56.Dessert that may have a lattice crust8 letters58.Alfa __: sports cars6 letters59.Cause of a quick blessing6 letters61.College official6 letters62.Chemical suffix3 letters63.Scratchy sound4 letters66.Most twisted6 letters68.Indoor rowers4 letters69.Part of LGBTQ+3 letters71.*Timepiece worn by a "Star Wars" pilot?9 letters74.Actress Arthur3 letters75.Video file format4 letters77.Country that borders 14 other countries6 letters78.Jekyll's counterpart4 letters80.__-pitch softball3 letters83.Off the mark6 letters85.Sudden bursts6 letters88.46-Down deliverer6 letters90.Trial version of a puzzle app, e.g.8 letters92.*Dropping hints about the release of a director's cut, perhaps?12 letters95.Take the wheel5 letters96.Hill worker?3 letters98.User without an account5 letters99.Small ensemble4 letters100.Assn.3 letters102.Hard water?3 letters105.Backspace over6 letters107.*Blueprints for a new wardrobe?12 letters113.Nonconformist8 letters117.Invisible ink?8 letters118."This instant!"4 letters120.Accessory for a fish tank3 letters121.Versailles monarch3 letters122.Rotary phone part4 letters123.*Like a sawmill without disposal facilities?16 letters127.Walking pace4 letters128.Piece in Azul or mahjong4 letters129.Patronage5 letters130.Spanish boys5 letters131.Concludes4 letters132.Sunrise locale4 letters133."Hey, c'mere!"4 letters134.Like a haunted house5 letters

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1.Just terrible5 letters2.River past Arles5 letters3.Classmate of Beavis5 letters4.AED-trained pro3 letters5.Zero chance6 letters6.__/ace: LGBTQ+ orientation3 letters7.In real time4 letters8.Saw things?5 letters9.Lover of Aphrodite6 letters10.Chop (off)3 letters11.Playground retort5 letters12.Put on a pedestal8 letters13.Criticize harshly6 letters14.Symbols in Egyptian iconography5 letters15.Capital city that's home to Turtle Tower5 letters16.Embellish5 letters17.Naive ones5 letters19.Series of setbacks, in slang7 letters23.Travel permit8 letters24.Like sprinters4 letters30.In short supply6 letters32.Hip-hop pioneer from Compton5 letters33.Those, in Tijuana4 letters35.Support for a driver3 letters37.Little ones4 letters40.Fantasy monster4 letters41.Very bright4 letters42."I need a ride home"9 letters44."I'll be!"3 letters46.Public address6 letters48."I'll be!"5 letters49.Marian Anderson, for one9 letters50."It's Too Late" singer Carole4 letters51.Scenographer's designs4 letters53.Like many horror films4 letters54.Genre for Talking Heads7 letters55.Repeated word in a Doris Day classic4 letters57.Works in a gallery3 letters60.Concealer target3 letters64.Moo __ shrimp3 letters65.Relay6 letters67.Hesitant around strangers3 letters70.Reach consensus5 letters72.Govt. intel org.3 letters73.Bank deposit?4 letters74.North Atlantic hazard4 letters75.GQ and Cosmo4 letters76.Exam for HS jrs.4 letters77.Reuben bread3 letters79."Stop right there"8 letters81."The Real" co-host Love4 letters82.Approximately4 letters84.Deft6 letters86."R u kidding!?"3 letters87.Root veggie4 letters89.Subsequently5 letters91.Flower on Mississippi's state quarter8 letters93.Swarm (with)4 letters94.Christmas and Easter7 letters97."__ we meet again"3 letters101.Take turns6 letters103."Mi __ es su ... "4 letters104.Catch in a snare6 letters106.Wyoming range, or when read as three parts, how the answers to the starred clues were formed?6 letters107.Sundae topping5 letters108.Like swifts, but not Swifties5 letters109.Prim and proper5 letters110.Hits the brakes5 letters111.Matters of opinion?5 letters112.Sushi bar bottles5 letters114.Supermodel Shayk5 letters115."The Weir" playwright McPherson5 letters116.__-face: smooching5 letters119.Social media labels4 letters124.Get in a pool3 letters125.Trivial complaint3 letters126.Shaving brand3 letters

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