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“A” TRIP AROUND THE WORLD By Randolph Ross / Edited by Will Shortz
82 Sealing wax ingredient 84 Woman in Progressive Insurance commercials 85 “You’re on!” 88 Punjabi princesses 90 Camel group? 92 Like a heckling crowd 93 Sight from Mount Olympus 94 Field fare, for short 95 Three more stops 100 Three more stops 102 River through Wroclaw 103 Wrapped (up) 104 Bubbly choice 105 O-O-O 106 Acid 107 Grammy winner born in Nigeria 108 Extrema, e.g. 109 Takeoff points for many test flights Down 1 Meadow sound 2 Introduction for Romeo? 3 Flit 4 Designer Pucci 5 Ruling against a receiver 6 Eschew one’s food? 7 Cheese choice 8 Braided bread 9 Home wrecker? 10 Gym wear 11 Traces 12 Singles grp.? 13 Love/hate separator, they say 14 Honoree in the arts 15 Some city sounds 16 “Patience ___ virtue” 20 Tab 21 Root in perfumery 23 “But despite it all …” 24 Thief, slangily 25 Highly rated 30 Six make a fl. oz. 31 Classic toothpaste brand 32 Early European visitor of India 33 Satirical Randy Newman song 35 Gain, as consent 38 “Don’t play favorites”
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French ladies One clearing one’s throat? Piece of gold? Name formerly on New York’s MetLife Building 47 Handel bars? 48 The Fonz and Hannah Montana 50 “Ach du ___!” 52 Widens 53 Spoil 54 Campaign coffer fillers 56 Staff 57 Kay Jewelers competitor 58 Stored on board 59 Kind of nut 60 European event of 1948 62 Danny of “Do the Right Thing” 64 Olympian Apolo ___ Ohno 69 Branch of Islam 70 Fedora features 71 Put down 72 Warming periods 73 “I ___ you one” 75 Maze navigator 78 Ruinations 79 Score of zippo 80 What Madonna and Cher are each known by 81 Go-between 83 11-time M.L.B. All-Star Fisk 86 “___ Is Born” 87 Christian in France 88 Done over 89 Twisted and turned 91 Blow up, maybe 93 Like pop-ups 96 Electronics company bought by Sony 97 “Darn!” 98 Hollywood clashers 99 P. G. Wodehouse’s ___ Agatha 100 E-mail inits. 101 Loser to D.D.E.
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Across 1 European spa site 6 Non-fiction 10 Clam (up) 14 French pronoun 17 Historic mission, with “the” 18 Borg rival 19 Words before may and might 21 They’re often seen in banks 22 Four stops on “A” trip around the world 26 Three more stops 27 “___ be an honor” 28 Flashes quickly 29 Soft 31 Three Stooges specialty 34 John who is half of a popular singing duo 35 McIntosh alternatives 36 Bert, to Ernie 37 Lang. from which 8- and 24-Down come 39 Mag mogul with a mansion 40 Moneymaking concern 41 Bikini part 42 Like many an out-of-towner in Times Square 44 Sci-fi drug 46 Window-shopping purchase? 47 Manual contents 49 ___ Observatory 51 It comes and goes 53 Wander 54 Long-running PBS documentary film series 55 Three more stops 61 Three more stops 63 Three more stops 65 “That’s yucky!” 66 Former senator Stevens 67 Speaks, informally 68 11-time N.B.A. All-Star Iverson 69 Bake, as an egg 72 Works on 74 Tostitos bowl? 76 Channel choker 77 Solo in the movies 78 Hacks 79 S.A. tin exporter
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