Crossword Puzzle 25

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Puzzle No. 25

Marcia Brott, edited by John Chaneski

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ACROSS

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Starkers, to a Brit
6
Michelle Robinson, now
11
Underworld boss?
17
Like some toilet paper
22
Elects
26
High on the scale?
27
Mascot at Citi Field
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Go poof
29
Actor Cox of "Robocop"
30
Shortened pants?
31
One on a certain Forbes list*
33
Florescent
34
Medium for a medium*
36
Bad cholesterol
37
Outline in clear detail
38
Gaelic name for Scotland
39
Theater chain that merged with AMC in 2006
41
Poetic tribute
42
Numbers often recorded in a Dr.'s office
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Famous gloomy character
46
Like snake eyes
49
Blown away
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In foxlike fashion
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Slangy veto
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Schmear substrate
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Surrealist who painted "Forest and Dove"
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Veggies in a porridge
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Non-orange orange
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Tidal ___
66
Jacket style worn by Dr. Evil
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Via, old-style
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Buchholz of "The Magnificent Seven"
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Her looks were petrifying
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It can be hairy or Himalayan
77
Network security feature
79
Champing at the bit
81
Photo blowups: Abbr.
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Langston Hughes poem about equality
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Actor Cage, informally
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Showy, to the max*
89
Bros, on board?
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One in charge in the inn*
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Dory's needs
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Italian friend
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Corrupting atmosphere
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The hot corner, in baseball.
99
Fountain featuring Tritons and hippocampi
100
Places for building guns?
101
Four Questions event
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In a perfect world
103
PlayStations, e.g.
104
Fenced in, like the animals in the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

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Peer
2
Stomach
3
Megyn or Minka
4
Class for aliens, briefly
5
Verbum ___ (word of God)
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Potent start?
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Tangled berry bush*
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Serotonin, for one
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La MediterranÈe, e.g.
10
Chowed down
11
Shape of an ox-eye window
12
Saturday for some, Sunday for others
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Wedding day acquisition
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2016 Olympics host
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She trysted with Tristan
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Loser
17
Cat burglar*
18
Needing nitpicking?
19
Common pasta ending
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Eats up
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Two of a kind
22
Scope opener?
23
Less shrimpy shrimp?
24
It's cake in at least nine languages
25
Like unrinsed shampoo
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First name in '60s fashion
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Bland, in slang
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First name in Objectivism
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"Put a tiger in your tank" brand
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___ Wan Kenobi
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Usher's style
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Aquarium bubbler
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Pfizer formulation
50
Name-givers?
52
Event in a Shirley Jackson story
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Made a mark in a box
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Lactase, for one
58
View from Gibraltar
60
Baby sounds?
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Uncontrollably
63
Obfuscate
64
Quell, as concerns
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Toady characteristic
67
From here on in
69
Big Cup maker
71
Play a hand of poker
73
Let off the hook?
74
Epitome of leakiness
75
Eye-stinging
78
Extinct New Zealanders
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Stone, Thompson, or Watson
82
Exam before the bar (abbr.)
84
Vista Cruiser maker
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Lit. submissions
88
FEMA offering
90
Key next to Q
91
Numbers often recorded in a Dr.'s office
92
Gloating cry
93
Lazy lister's abbr.
94
Disco, for one
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Marcia Brott is a clinical researcher by day, crossword constructor by night. She grew up in ERIEPA but now lives in Minneapolis, hanging around a group of brilliant constructors and hoping something rubs off. Her puzzles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and a number of other Google-able places.

 










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