DO-GOODER GOODS Give gifts this year that pay it forward to worthy causes 9
FUZZY LOGIC Wool workout gear wicks sweat, won’t stink and is oh-so-soft 8
GUESS WHO? Malcolm-Jamal Warner takes on a classic role at Arena Stage 4
Persons of Interests A regional personality profile finds we Washingtonians are a curious bunch 7
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Hitting Other Cars Is Only OK When Parallel Parking An inebriated Arlington teen damaged at least six cars last month in what began as an apparent attempt to park in the yard of a garden apartment, ARLnow reported. The 18-year-old drove up an incline twice, each time rolling backward, first into an empty car, then into an occupied car, according to Arlington Patch. When police arrived, the teen tried (and failed) to escape, hitting more cars, including a police cruiser. STING OPERATIONS
Get In, Buy Beer, Get Out A Falls Church woman’s in-home cantina was busted last month, NBC4 reported. Police, ABC agents and the Health Department raided Ruth Zarita’s home, seizing cups, bags, boxes and 62 bottles of Corona. Before the raid, an undercover agent bought two meals and a sixpack of beer. Zarita did not have a license to sell alcohol. NANNY STATE
Berger Cookie Addicts Must Be Protected From Themselves
MARCH OF THE ICE-RINK PENGUINS: Karen O’Donnell was strolling the Georgetown Waterfront after a late lunch last month when she spotted children gliding around on the Washington Harbour ice rink. Then she noticed these penguins, which help kids who are learning to skate keep their balance.
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Baltimore’s beloved Berger cookies could face extinction if the FDA bans transfats, contained in the cakelike, fudge-slathered delicacies, Capital News Service reported. Last month, DeBaufre Bakeries President Charles DeBaufre Jr. said the bakery has tried two versions of the cookie without transfats, and they were “nasty. … It’s an entirely different product.” (EXPRESS)
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THE REGION’S NOBEL MEN
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Masters of the Universe
The Nobel Prize awards ceremony is set to take place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. While no locals will receive a medal this year, the region has been home to many past winners, including several presidents and Cabinet members who’ve scooped up the coveted Nobel Peace Prize. Yet among victors who were born or grew up here, physics reigns. Four of the region’s natives have snared the Nobel Prize in physics for their contributions to shared discoveries or inventions. So, sure, politicians might rule the world, but it’s our physicists who rule the universe.
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(1937-2013)
Year He Won: 1989 What He Won for: “The invention of the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks” Why This Was Awesome: This forms the basis of the cesium atomic clock, which is how the world keeps its time standard. Childhood home: Washington
Year He Won: 1996 What He Won for: “The discovery of superfluidity in helium-3” Why This Was Awesome: It altered understanding of how matter behaves at very low temperatures, which helps scientists theorize how galaxies are formed. Childhood home: Arlington
(1914-2006) Year He Won: 2002 What He Won for: “The detection of cosmic neutrinos” Why This Was Awesome: This proved energy from the sun is produced by fusion, which helps us understand the grander workings of the universe. Childhood home: Washington
(b. 1941) Year He Won: 2004 What He Won for: “The discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction” Why This Was Awesome: This changed the view of quarks — the smallest known particles — and brought science one step closer to finding a “theory of everything.” Childhood home: Arlington Current home: Santa Barbara, Calif.
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THIS SHOULD BE A THING
Joinerd As you’ll read in our cover story on page 7, the Washington area is a haven for people who love joining stuff — book clubs, amateur sports leagues, you name it. Enlisting in a handful of groups to share interests and make friends is cool and all, but being a grown-up version of that kid who got on every page of the yearbook by singing up for all the clubs in school? That’s a joinerd (join + nerd): one who spends his or her free time furiously juggling a schedule overpacked with group activities. Are you one? Quick, join Joinerds Anonymous! Oh, wait …
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MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER
“You have to approach it as a totally original piece. I am not going to imitate Mr. Poitier, even if I could.”
STAR, “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Theo on “The Cosby Show,” was a welcome guest in America’s living rooms between 1984 and 1992. In Arena Stage’s production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” his character is not as warmly met by the Draytons, a white family whose progressive views on race (for the 1960s, anyway) are shaken when their daughter’s fiance turns out to be black. different because you’re using different muscles.
I started doing community theater when I was 9. I always say theater is my favorite platform, but TV is my favorite paycheck.
How so?
Are there differences in how you work onstage as opposed to in front of the camera?
The whole approach to theater is
Your character, or the whole show?
With my character there’s a very definite emotional through line you did not see in the movie. There’s a lot they had to play for comedy. TONY POWELL
You’re most famous for your work on television. What’s the attraction of live theater?
little further emotionally.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner plays Dr. John Prentice in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
Everything you do has to carry throughout the theater. When you get to television, and this is something I had to learn, you’ve got cameras to capture everything. In the first season of “Cosby,” the note I kept getting was “Jamal, you don’t have to talk so loud.”
This show is based on the 1967 movie, in which Sidney Poitier played your role. Does that affect how you approach the script at all?
You have to approach it as a totally original piece. I am not going to imitate Mr. Poitier, even if I could.
We also have an opportunity here: Because of the time period in which the movie was shot and the racial climate at the time, they had to be pretty safe with the subject matter. Whereas in 2013, we’re in a different racial climate, so we can go a
So the play isn’t a comedy?
The humor and wit are still in the play. People familiar with the movie are going to be pleasantly surprised at the seriousness with which we take the subject matter. KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (E XPRESS)
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It’s hard to find a nonholiday-themed feelgood story of love and acceptance at Christmastime. “Make a New Friend” fits the bill, with favorite characters from “Sesame Street” welcoming Chamki, Grover’s friend from India, into their clique with singing, dancing, sharing and all that good stuff. Patriot Center, 4500
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Rick Springfield The Australian ’80s pop-rock icon comes to town for three nights of intimate performances. Billed as “Rick Springfield: Stripped Down,” each show will feature the performer singing solo and telling stories, so if you’ve ever wanted to know more about “Jessie’s Girl,” this your big opportunity. Rams
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‘Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid’
Since 2004, the Washington Ballet’s version of this old standard has had an American twist. The Nutcracker Prince takes the shape of George Washington, and Clara’s dream world is a magical forest alongside the Potomac. Woodland creatures, a high-leaping frontiersman and Anacostia Indians replace other classic characters. Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW; through Dec. 29, $30-$90; 202783-4000, warner theatredc.com. (Metro Center)
Like a typical recent college grad, Jessica Alexander was bored with her job in the corporate world. She remedied that situation by heading to Rwanda to help in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. At Sixth and I, she’ll discuss her new memoir and the real world of aid work: the frustrations, the parties, the romances, the moral dilemmas and, of course, the victories. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW; Mon., 7 p.m., $8 or $16 with book; 202-408-3100, sixthandi.org. (Gallery Place)
Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis; Tue., 8 p.m., $125; Wed., 8 p.m., sold out; 410-268-4545, ramsheadonstage.com. Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria; Thu., 7:30 p.m., sold out; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com.
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Nearly every year around Hanukkah, Matisyahu, right, embarks on his Festival of Light tour — a celebration of the holiday and the Jewish reggae singer’s music. This year, the now-beardless Matisyahu is also hawking an iPad app, “Matisyahu’s ‘Happy Hanukkah’ Jam-Along,” in which kids can play along with his song “Happy Hanukkah” using a digital keyboard and “strum pad.” 9:30 Club, 815 V
Steve Winwood A key member of ’60s rock bands The Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith (with Eric Clapton!) and Traffic, Steve Winwood began a solo career in the late ’70s, eventually finding pop success with the bright and uplifting “Higher Love.” Expect Winwood to touch on all of his bands (including the Traffic classic “Dear Mr. Fantasy”) at this solo gig. Fillmore, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; Thu., 8 p.m., $55; 301-960-9999, fillmore silverspring.com. (Silver Spring)
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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Peter Jackson’s epic, three-movie retelling of a short-ish book continues! How will he fill the second installment? By adding a non-Tolkien character, Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly), so there’s a woman in the cast; having Benedict Cumberbatch (the voice of Smaug, he of desolation) talk a lot; and milking the giant spider scenes for loads of screentime.
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cover story The Colonials perform a Flashband show last month at Gypsy Sally’s in D.C. while others wait for their turn to perform.
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Welcome to Joinertown Got energy, lots of interests and a yen to try new things? You live in the right place
Perhaps you’ve taken that viral Time quiz that tells you what state best matches your personality. Or maybe you’ve read about the study it’s based on — a paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that shows that people with particular traits cluster geographically. The West Coast attracts relaxed, creative types. Midwesterners are friendly and conventional. Northeasterners are neurotic and uninhibited. While the D.C. area may appear to be part of the cloud of urban density that runs from here to Boston, personality-wise it’s an outlier. “D.C. is probably more similar to places like Boulder and San Francisco than Boston or New York,” says psychologist Peter Rentfrow, one of the study’s lead authors. Our northern neighbors are anxious; we’re mellow. They are iconoclasts; we work well in
groups. And while they score fairly high on “openness to experience,” we are off the charts — No. 1 in the country for interests such as traveling, taking classes and trying new foods. We are just the people you’d expect to flock to professional networking groups, community theaters and kickball clubs. In a nutshell, we are a city of well-rounded joiners. Or, as D.C. resident Neal Humphrey, 28, puts it, “People here are interested in lots of types of things, as opposed to the health person who just wants to know about health or the musician who just wants to know about music.” Humphrey is an excellent example of the D.C. personality type. He’s an energy-efficiency consultant who scaled back his hours to launch a musician matchmaking
business called Flashband. (More on that later.) Three violins, a guitar and a banjo hang on the walls of Humphrey’s Dupont Circle apartment. He competes in bike races on weekends and recently finished building a kayak by hand. Well-roundedness isn’t limited to the region’s young and unencumbered. Take Andrea Greenleaf, 39, who lives in Silver Spring with her husband and three kids. A few months ago, she portrayed a woman with an incurable disease at the Silver Spring Stage. Her husband is starring in the theater’s next show. They both work full time. The joy of making art with other interesting folks makes their hectic schedules worth it. “The community theater world here in D.C. is a bunch of really creative, passionate, fun people,” she says.
1. Fredericksburg Foxhound Fanciers 2. D.C. Spice and Herb Lovers 3. Patuxent Lapidary Guild 4. D.C. Area Drone Users 5. Kiteboarders Who Brunch 6. The D.C. Area Shyness and Social Anxiety Meetup 7. Northern Virginia Collie Club 8. Capital Area Pipe Smokers 9. Silver Spring Social Media Abstainers 10. Takoma Park Intergenerational Strategy Games Club 11. D.C. Gamelan Orchestra 12. The MarylandVirginia Matchbook Club 13. Washington Sängerbund (German singing society) 14. D.C. Dragon-Boat Carvers ANSWERS LEGIT: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13; FAKE: 1, 5, 9, 14
KATE WARREN (FOR EXPRESS)
In this city of joiners, there’s a group for nearly every interest, hobby or affiliation. Can you guess which of the following are real and which ones we made up?
The Silver Spring Stage is just one of the area’s roughly 34 community theaters that are members of the American Association of Community Theatre. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, consider that the Boston area has just seven. There is a downside to the joiner personality profile. Conscientiousness and emotional stability may lead to rather mainstream art, Rentfrow says. Perhaps that’s why our high-strung, unconventional neighbors in New York and Philadelphia tend to be more cutting-edge. So D.C. may not spawn the next Woody Allen, but we could easily be the hometown of the next Jeff Bezos, says psychologist Martin Obschonka, who published a paper on the entrepreneurial personality type in July’s issue of Personality Processes and Individual Differences. “The constellation of personality factors we find in Washington, D.C., is associated with high rates of entrepreneurialism,” he says. That’s good news for Humphrey, who is working on his own start-up — one that taps into the joiner-ism D.C. so excels in. His Flashband concept is simple: Invite musicians to a big jam session and ask them to form temporary bands. Give them a month to practice and then regroup for a big concert. “My goal is to help musicians find the best possible combination of people they can play with,” he says. “I think we can get better bands and better music out of that.” Humphrey hasn’t quite figured out how to make money with Flashband, but one thing is clear: As long as people like him keep our region busy with all kinds of gettogethers, you won’t have to move to California or Colorado to fit in. Unless, that is, you want nice weat her, too. S A D I E D I N G F E L D E R (E XPRESS)
“People here are interested in lots … of things, as opposed to the health person who just wants to know about health or the musician who just wants to know about music.” — NE A L HUMPHRE Y, FLASHBAND FOUNDER
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In Sheep’s Clothing Fitness Puma and alligator logos have show n up on spor tswear for decades. But workout clothing might warrant a new animal mascot: the super-furry, curvy-horned merino sheep. That’s because its soft, durable wool is now starring in zip-ups, running tights and sports bras. Even Nike is getting sheepish: The brand just introduced DriFit Wool, a polyester-wool blend that’s in T-shirts, training pants and hoodies. “It’s a fiber that works well for the animals, which survive in cold and hot conditions. Wool has got such good thermal regulation,” says Lisa Ferreira, global merchandising director at Icebreaker, a merino active clothing company based in New Zealand that’s determined to make wool the natural choice for exercisers around the globe. Icebreaker’s first D.C.-area store opened last week, and the rustic-cool Bethesda digs (4 8 2 1 B e t h e s d a Av e .; 3 01913-0379, us.icebreaker.com) — with wide-plank wood floors and photo murals of New Zealand’s mountains — won’t let anyone forget the company’s mission. By the register, a flat-screen TV displays footage of runners intercut with video of sheep, with all of the subjects backdropped by peaks straight out of “Lord of the Rings.” And in the back sits the “touch lab,” a rack of please-paw samples of base layers and shirts that prove the stuff really doesn’t itch. “G enera l consu mers st i l l think wool is for rough sweaters
that Grandma knit you,” says Steve Metca lf, senior globa l communications manager for SmartWool, which also makes merino sportswear. (It’s sold through smartwool.com and several retailers, including Nordstrom and REI.) “But now it’s much softer and more pliable.” That’s because the wool generally used for workout clothes comes from sheep that live in higher-altitude conditions in New Zealand, Australia and Uruguay, which
“General consumers still think wool is for rough sweaters that Grandma knit you.”
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Runners model Icebreaker’s Sonic Long Sleeve Half Zip ($110) for men and the Dart Long Sleeve Half Zip ($140) for women.
— STEVE METCALF OF SMARTWOOL, A MERINO ATHLETICWEAR COMPANY
translates into “fibers that are longer, thinner and finer,” says Icebreaker’s Ferreira. “That means garments aren’t as scratchy as things woven from conventional wool.” Plus, wool blends well — with Spandex in a pair of bike shorts or polyester in a sports bra — helping it both stretch and feel softer. Then there are all of the properties that made wool so popular before the advent of synthetic technical fabr ics. Wool breat hes a nd
SmartWool’s PhD Seamless Racerback Bra ($60) and PhD Run Graduated Compression Ultra Light ($38) prove wool can help your workout.
What Is Merino? Merino sheep look like a fuzzier version of bighorn sheep. The best merinos for workout wool production live at high altitudes in New Zealand. The fleece, which protects them in extreme heat and cold, produces a wicking, odorrepelling knit that’s warm in winter and cool in summer. Oh, and, relative to its overall size, the merino ram has the largest testicles of any farm animal, Icebreaker claims, though it’s unclear if this affects fabric quality. J.B.
wicks, so it can keep you warm on an early-morning run and cool during a sweaty indoor cycling class. It also doesn’t get stinky (a fact that may surprise anyone who’s ever visited a barnyard or a petting zoo). “Wool keeps moisture off your skin, which makes it naturally odorresistant,” says Keith Anderson, head of marketing for Ibex (shop .ibex.com), a Vermont-based sportswear company that specializes in wool cycling attire (sold online and at BicycleSpace on Seventh Street NW in D.C.). “You can wear it to the gym three or four days in a row without laundering it.” (And, yes, you can launder the stuff.) Such natural goodness comes at a steeper price than most synthetic workout wear. (Wool hoodies tend to run about $150; similar f leece numbers usually cost less than half that.) But such companies as Icebreaker are betting that the fibers’ fuzzy logic will attract herds of customers. JENNIFER BARGER (E XPRESS)
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Shopping for everyone on your “nice” list can try even the jolliest of elves. (What did we do before gift receipts?) But as the following products prove, gift-giving can still be a warm and fuzzy experience. Here are some presents that’ll both make recipients smile and help out those in need. Other do-gooder news: Most of these gifts come from Washington-area organizations. HOLLEY SIMMONS (E XPRESS)
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coffee contains notes of fruit and chocolate ($14.25, counterculturecoffee.com). For every pound sold, the company donates $1 toward establishing organic farming practices in Burundi, a small java-producing country in eastern Africa. The beans come in a ready-to-give box that doubles as a bank. You’re encouraged to fill it up with change and continue to pay it forward.
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one, give-one clothing company that donates new apparel and coldweather accessories to those in need with each purchase you make (twiceaswarm.com). Made-in-theUSA styles include practical knit striped beanies (above, $24) and clever heather gray T-shirts that swap polar bears for the stars on the D.C. flag (top, $24). Brian Lieberman launched the company from a pingpong table in his parents’ Rockville basement in 2011. Since then, Twice as Warm has supplied more than a thousand articles of clothing to local homeless shelters.
Ease Trouble Through Stubble AFTER THE loss of his close friend in combat, U.S. Marine Corps veteran Nicholas Karnaze wanted to assist vets with warrelated strife. Earlier this year, the D.C. resident launched Stubble & ‘Stache, a face moisturizer/beard conditioner ($34, stubbleandstache.com). Fifteen percent of proceeds go to charities that support wounded servicemen and servicewomen.
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can boost your mood. Equally as grin-inducing? The fact that a share of Divine Chocolate’s profits go to the fair-trade co-op in Ghana where the cocoa is grown (divinechocolate.com). Holiday flavors from the company — which is headquartered in Southeast D.C. — include milk chocolate bars with bits of spiced cookies ($4) and dark chocolate ginger thins (above, $8.50).
Lens, a Helping Hand WAVEBORN IS A LOCAL COMPANY WITH VISION. Founded in D.C. in 2011 by Mike Malloy, the company donates a pair of prescription glasses to someone in need for every pair of sunglasses sold (waveborn.com). Styles include the retro Bayside ($180), the sporty wraparound Zuma ($180) and the Cali-cool Pacific (at left, $240). All frames are made in Milan from cellulose propionate, and lenses are made from polycarbonate. Translation? They’re luxurious, lightweight and scratch-resistant.
disabilities, self-expression can be a challenge. That’s why Art Enables (art-enables.org) provides a creative space where developmentally challenged people can communicate through art. The paintings and sketches made there are available for sale at the Art Enables gallery and studio (2204 Rhode Island Ave. NE; 202-5549455), and 60 percent of the profits go directly back to the artist. Expect such cheery portraits as Jermaine Williams’ “Davis Williams” (above, $180) and Jackie Coleman’s “Lady in a Mask” (below, $165). You can commission a piece, too, and a majority of the art comes framed.
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MEASURE UP 37 “Mighty Aphrodite” star Sorvino 39 Casual Friday castoff 40 Adjust to the correct pitch 42 Dance maneuver 45 Not tall at all 49 Anise liqueur brand 53 Rajah’s mate 54 Overpowering terror 55 Draw forth, as something latent 57 Extremely dry, as land 58 Roman statesman who opposed Caesar 60 Basic unit for the elements 62 Tall tales 64 Hole in one 65 Some refuse receptacles
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67 Chicken-king connector 68 Guiding night light 70 Get “altared” 71 Shake that seals a deal 75 Sighs of relief 76 Like the son in a Biblical parable 79 Fix, as an election 80 Assaults from above 84 Always, to a poet 85 “___ your disposal” 87 Fairy tale baddie 89 Arrange 90 Wheelchair access 92 Hums like an engine 94 Atlas and others 96 “Les Miserables” award
97 ___-down (topsy-turvy) 99 Revolutionary War figure 101 Bit, chewed and swallowed 102 Empty calorie provider 104 Sunbather’s desire 105 On the ocean 107 All-knowing one 110 Environmental group member 114 Hardly a torrent 119 State of warm, snug comfort 121 Serious offender 123 Dean 124 Primitive timepiece 126 Kind of timing 129 Word with “number one” 130 In ___ of (replacing) 131 A Muse 132 “Beetle Bailey” pooch 133 War god of myth 134 Lingerie item 135 Most mentally sound 136 In short order
DOWN 1 Odom of the NBA 2 Make one’s views known 3 Coveted quality 4 Southwest sights 5 Mata Hari, for one 6 It may be split for soup
7 Help for the hapless 8 Pickpocket, e.g. 9 More robust 10 Academic retirees 11 Pope piece 12 Brought down to earth? 13 Rocket booster’s push 14 “Three Stooges” assault 15 Print ___ (sequencing programs) 16 Comes down in buckets 17 Musical with a little redhead 18 Family car, perhaps 24 Fedora feature 26 Word with “tag” or “booth” 29 Take by force 32 Japanese name of Japan 33 Met highlight 35 In the poorhouse 38 Tutor in “The King and I” 41 Tip over 42 Place for roasting 43 Small, hairless caterpillars 44 ___ together (assembled) 46 Tennessee footballer 47 Chide, as children 48 Some exhaust systems 50 Oil made from cattle
51 SeaWorld behemoth 52 Whitetail or roebuck 53 “His Master’s Voice” co. 56 Farmer’s concerns 59 Diameter fractions 61 PC shortcut 63 Company that once offered mailorder catalogs 66 Name of 51-Down
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69 Volcanic Cascades peak 72 Chili hotness unit? 73 Easy to lift 74 Match up 76 South American nation 77 Gather, as grain 78 Looked at with open mouth 81 “Full House” surname 82 Coastal-flying eagle
83 Pig’s sloppy home 86 Overused, as a saying 88 Jane Austen novel 91 Ants 93 Devour, slangily (with “down”) 95 It may be due 98 Cost of ___ business 100 Civil disturbances 103 Set upon
106 West Wing underling 107 Neutral vowel sound indicator 108 One a’courting 109 Color of a clear sky 111 Japanese immigrant 112 Kind of wave 113 “The Man Without a Country” character 115 Islands near Sumatra
116 Japan’s former capital 117 Slow, musically 118 ___ a positive note 120 90-degree pipe joints 122 Longest river in the world 125 Have a light repast 127 “Whether ___ nobler …” 128 Had a seat
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