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21A What a boring meeting never seems to do
55447 - 2 OLE
118A Root word?
54525 - 3 ETS
112D U.F.O. crew
37319 - 4 ISEE
39D Words from someone who's following you
36360 - 5 TIE
1D Makeshift limbo bar at a wedding
34284 - 6 ANY
91D "Whichever"
33249 - 7 TEA
31D Pot leaves?
30374 - 8 EMIT
116A Opposite of absorb
30262 - 9 ALSO
46D On top of that
28245 - 10 EDU
45D Duke's address ender
28194 - 11 EMU
113A Its egg resembles an avocado
27295 - 12 GEL
109D It might make one's hair stand on end
26185 - 13 TIARA
50D Ice on one's head?
24152 - 14 REP
117A Shill for, informally
23192 - 15 ASEA
104D Offshore
22326 - 16 ASIS
120A "No returns"
21183 - 17 SNIT
64D Pouty mood
21159 - 18 SIRI
67D Assistant who handles more than 25 billion requests per month
2177 - 19 RTE
75D GPS suggestion: Abbr.
20285 - 20 TIA
72D Hermana de la madre
20144 - 21 AKA
2D Letters before a 34-Across
19211 - 22 PEN
43D "The tongue of the mind," per Cervantes
19187 - 23 IKEA
18A Wayfair alternative
19130 - 24 RNS
87D Triage pros, in brief
19126 - 25 ABEL
40A Genesis brother
18194 - 26 DESI
37D Member of the South Asian diaspora
18139 - 27 ALES
28D Flight selections, say
17240 - 28 ACID
13D Vinegar, e.g.
17159 - 29 TALC
1A Common ingredient in eye shadow
17145 - 30 LIP
25A Attitude
17136 - 31 TAB
11D Guitar sheet music, for short
16167 - 32 EASEL
45A Presentation prop
16144 - 33 MBA
29D Bush Jr. is the only U.S. president to hold one
16122 - 34 POE
14D Aptly named mascot of the Baltimore Ravens
15154 - 35 ALMA
28A Abstract painter ___ Thomas
15130 - 36 SIC
60D [I know it's wrong]
15116 - 37 DECO
20A Art ___
1597 - 38 ALIAS
34A Second calling?
14115 - 39 SLEW
47D Bunch
14115 - 40 TIME
8D "The longest distance between two places," per "The Glass Menagerie"
1492 - 41 OPINE
55D Offer one's two cents
1395 - 42 PEAT
78D When placed under high pressure and heat, it forms coal
1375 - 43 DISS
84D Trash
1329 - 44 REIN
77D Head turner at a racetrack
12147 - 45 NBC
108D Peacock's parent
1290 - 46 SISI
68A Enthusiastic Spanish assent
1287 - 47 ERMA
88A Humorist Bombeck
11147 - 48 STAG
102A Four- or six-pointer, say
10168 - 49 BAT
15A Animal in the Bacardi logo
10128 - 50 MAI
65A Month between avril and juin
1077 - 51 LISP
24D Speech therapy subject
1068 - 52 LMAO
44D "omg u r 2 funny!"
1023 - 53 MII
111D Early 11th-century year
934 - 54 SAIL
102D Boom attachment
893 - 55 ALB
30D Minister's robe
882 - 56 ETHIC
38D Set of guiding principles
874 - 57 INHD
27A Clear to see, maybe?
827 - 58 MIL
90D "Cool" amt.
777 - 59 BARN
63D One might be raised on a farm
767 - 60 GENIE
81A Your wish is his command
766 - 61 BAND
97D Something a newlywed might wear — or dance to — at a wedding
747 - 62 HYMN
23D Inspiration for many a gospel song
724 - 63 TRIM
103D Custom car consideration
688 - 64 SODOI
82A "Likewise"
639 - 65 EVENSO
96D Nevertheless
638 - 66 STREAK
85A Run out of clothes?
526 - 67 ELA
110D She, in Portuguese
524 - 68 TYPOS
59A Writing wrongs?
517 - 69 ZAP
12A Sci-fi comics sound
482 - 70 ZED
106A O.E.D. ender
468 - 71 LEDA
61A Spartan queen of myth
467 - 72 YENTA
80A Gossip spreader
465 - 73 LILT
114A Cheerful tune
459 - 74 OWS
66A Cries of pain
451 - 75 ANKH
79D So-called "key of life"
450 - 76 NOSIR
56D Polite denial
449 - 77 FALSE
98A F on a final
448 - 78 TYSON
54D Big name in chicken
443 - 79 ERITREA
88D Its capital is Asmara
439 - 80 TDPASS
17D QB's feat
49 - 81 TAE
86D ___ kwon do
3115 - 82 IRES
101A Infuriates
383 - 83 SYD
85D Qantas hub, on luggage tags
378 - 84 FLO
107D Rapper ___ Rida
374 - 85 AXL
33D Rose of Guns N' Roses
338 - 86 ERODES
99A Slowly wanes, as support
337 - 87 OBS
62A Delivery room figures, for short
335 - 88 EGGED
73D Urged (on)
333 - 89 ADDUP
49D Make sense
331 - 90 DRUM
36D Generate, with "up"
330 - 91 DENTE
20D Italian for "tooth"
329 - 92 DRAIN
52D Emotionally tax
328 - 93 SUSIE
42A "Calvin and Hobbes" girl
326 - 94 KRAFT
94D Robert who owns the New England Patriots
321 - 95 ANTOINE
71A Pioneering chemist Lavoisier
318 - 96 TRYONE
70D "Here, have a sample"
37 - 97 MADAMA
29A Title in a Puccini title
36 - 98 YOGI
95D Toon first seen on "The Huckleberry Hound Show"
254 - 99 SHUN
7D Turn one's back on
252 - 100 SPAREME
82D "Please — I've heard that excuse before"
227 - 101 TEHRAN
5D World capital at the foot of the Elburz Mountains
226 - 102 MLS
57D Org. that Lionel Messi joined in 2023
224 - 103 DAMON
51D Lindelof who co-created "Lost" and "The Leftovers"
221 - 104 TALENTS
103A Display at a school show
216 - 105 TOASTY
31A Like a room with a lit fireplace, often
214 - 106 KEEPS
48D Serious thing to play for
213 - 107 CAROUSE
58A Party
29 - 108 EDM
9D The N.H.L.'s Oilers, on scoreboards
26 - 109 CATTAIL
4D Marsh plant whose flower resembles a corn dog
25 - 110 BELLINI
15D Popular brunch cocktail
23 - 111 AMULET
34D Charm
141 - 112 ANIMATE
16D Bring to life
130 - 113 IRONIC
74A Like some hipster T-shirts
127 - 114 INB
10D Bach's "Mass ___ Minor"
126 - 115 SPURT
69A Gush
124 - 116 DOING
53D Completing
123 - 117 KETTLE
93D Water heater
118 - 118 RETAIL
41A Go (for)
113 - 119 STYRENE
26A Chemical compound in plastics and rubber
111 - 120 PLUSH
43A Opulent
110 - 121 PFIZER
92D Big name in vaccines
18 - 122 RANSOMS
89D Rates of return?
18 - 123 OXI
32D Lead-in to Clean
17 - 124 ZEPHYR
12D Gentle breeze
17 - 125 BELIEFS
115A "Core" things
16 - 126 MEDINA
57A City that's home to the Green Dome
16 - 127 ACUE
6D Take ___ from
15 - 128 ECHIDNA
19A Egg-laying mammal
15 - 129 LETSDIE
3D Abandons, as an argument
15 - 130 LYFT
105D App with "Rides" and "Bikes" tabs
15 - 131 CLAMATO
119A Ingredient in a Bloody Caesar cocktail
13 - 132 OILEDUP
83D Ready for a massage, perhaps
13 - 133 TASTEIT
5A Anticipate a near success, so to speak
13 - 134 VAINLY
100A To no avail
12 - 135 11
- 136 11
- 137 FATFINGERSYNDROME debut
107A Excuse for texting errors, jocularly … or a hint to this puzzle's theme
11 - 138 11
- 139 11
- 140 11