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SATURDAY CROSSWORD

BELLY OF THE BEAST BY PAUL COULTER, EDITED BY JEFF CHEN

ACROSS

1 Like many notebook bindings

7 Afro-Brazilian dances with syncopated rhythms

13 Like the population of Mongolia compared to China

20 Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull

21 Hanging on every word

22 Sid Caesar’s comedy partner Fabray

23 “Rocky III” hit song

25 Chosen to play, say

26 Potpie ingredients that come from pods

27 Chair-man Charles?

28 Place for rolls and loops

30 Reason for students to cram

31 Double standard?

32 Barely noticeable

34 Put into office

37 Kids’ game in which two players toss an object to keep it away from a third

41 Kate’s TV pal and roommate

45 Tape or sew, say

46 He raised Cain in the Bible

47 Western alliance based in D.C.

48 Like Richard I

52 Pleased as punch

53 National’s opponent?

54 Part of an electrical appliance

55 Elite invitees

56 Feeder filler

57 Dijon darling

58 One-named Nigerian singer of “Smooth Operator”

59 Not to mention

60 “It’s c-c-cold!”

61 Evening event

62 “Zip it!” (*exemplifying 23-Across)

67 Sneaker sort

71 “The Purloined Letter” penner

72 British ref. standard

73 London art gallery

77 Catherine of “Schitt’s Creek”

78 Way up there in winter?

80 “Jurassic Park” dinosaur, e.g.

82 “Three Sisters” sister

83 Broadway opening

84 Voiced

85 “Such a shame, bro” (*exemplifying 37-Across)

87 Corn’s place

88 Bakery buys

89 Spiced brew

90 Elite Navy team

91 Early term for an automobile (*exemplifying 48-Across)

97 Cary of “Twister”

98 Replenish weapons

99 Rap group originally with Dr. Dre

100 Ivy League team

104 pH scale measurement

106 Reddish-yellow

108 Second-in-command

109 Spurred

111 Cuddly toy (and a hint to what’s exemplified in 62-, 85- and 91-Across)

115 All-around decent human being

116 Lusting after

117 Critical moment, in slang

118 Beginnings

119 Actually existing

120 Online cash-back site

DOWN

1 Got some shut-eye

2 Check casher

3 Swedish home furnishing stores

4 It’s for the birds

5 Treasury Dept. bureau

6 Not at all an early bird

7 Look all right

8 Penny, perhaps

9 Some hospital pics

10 Item that some grocery store customers provide for themselves

11 Clumsy person

12 Passage passing Gibraltar

13 Dismissed with derision

14 Balance parts

15 Duck’s icy habitat?

16 Like legends

17 Fumed about

18 Zeta follower

19 Sleep stage (Abbr.) 24 “Shampoo” co-star Goldie

29 Get some air

32 Locate a word search word

33 Not to mention

35 English actress Bloom 36 Singer and actress O’Shea

37 Verbal equivalent to a shrug

38 CPR pros

39 Hurl, in modern slang

40 Like some movie scientists

41 Peak experience in Europe?

42 Country music star McCann

43 Hard on the ears, in a way

44 “Picnic” playwright

49 Enjoy immensely

50 Buckets

51 Funny fellow

52 Pundit in Punjab

53 Yellowfin tuna

56 B.O. letters?

57 Whistle blower?

60 “Later!”

61 “Revolution,” for “Hey Jude”

62 Stole

63 Libra’s stone

64 Scand. land

65 Carrot or potato

66 Olin of “Casanova”

67 Not fancy at all

68 “Wow, awesome!”

69 Vehicle that wets down dusty dirt roads

70 Prefix with “state” or “annual”

73 Heavy reading

74 Diva Gluck

75 Dandruff shampoo brand

76 Canal zones?

78 Dating guide for woodsy types?

79 Sad-eyed hound

80 Burn a bit

81 Home for hibernation

84 Olive in the funny pages

85 Socko sound

86 Treat shabbily

88 Lodges

89 “Travelin’ Band” band, in brief

92 Break away

93 Greets casually

94 “Psst!” follower

95 Blown away

96 Park place?

100 Madonna musical

101 Calculus calculation

102 Caesarean “veni”

103 Tennis champ Monica

105 Venetian VIP

106 Ices

107 Biz budgetary heads

109 Big name in boots

110 Future fish

112 Big load

113 Arapaho’s foe

114 Bean

PURSUITS

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