Crossword Puzzle 28

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Puzzle No.28

by Patrick Merrell, edited by John Chaneski

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ACROSS

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Acapulco abodes
6
Offshore
11
Pliocene primates
17
City park network
22
Inviting initials
26
Worship
27
Becomes gooey
28
Gloomy
29
Part of a W.W. II wolfpack
30
Tropical topical
31
Moment to sit and sip
33
Limited
34
Items filled (in more ways than one) during a 31-Across
36
TNT part
37
One of 300 million discarded annually in the U.S., each weighing at least 20 lbs.
38
Onetime sister publication of Games magazine
39
Conform
41
Throng
42
Unthinking
43
Where ink can be found ... or where a stray might be kept
46
"Here's hoping"
49
Classroom handout
51
Baryshnikov's nickname
53
Palm springs?
55
Likeness
57
Skateboard jump
59
Odd
61
To any degree
63
Stereotypical name for a frau
66
Many Middle Easterners
68
Go around Yonkers Raceway
70
Model in the name of a 1950s TV show
72
Where crosswords traditionally appear ... or proof for a purebred
76
Suffix with form
77
Agcy. whose roots go back to the Civil War
79
Milan's Porta ___
81
Tiny powerhouse
83
Picked style
85
Sheepish cry
86
What 91-Across might do
89
Delights
91
Toy collectors?
95
Theory's origin
96
Harassed
97
Team sporting "SF"
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Mollify
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Tackle box assortment
100
Resolute Oval Office item
101
Miss Quested in "A Passage to India"
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"Just watch me!"
103
Gripes
104
Gateway

DOWN

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3-D stickers?
2
Dress up
3
Gloria on "Modern Family"
4
Pound sound
5
Equal a bet
6
Dextrous prefix
7
Fox or bull follower
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Activity that often involves lying
9
Touchdown prediction, briefly
10
Give a "Jeopardy!" answer
11
Type of radio
12
Solving tip ... or a hunting pooch
13
Bert's pal
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"Me, myself, and I"
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Where there's a will, there's one
16
Reason for some scholarships
17
They haven't been around the block many times
18
Neighbors
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From A ___
20
Type of suit that covers the entire body
21
Normandy battle site
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California, then Missouri, then California, athlete
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Slowwww movers
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Dance style named for a magazine
25
Vexing sorts
32
Sicilian spewer
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Virus that was news in 2014
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"Thimble Theatre" damsel
40
Surrounded by
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Animal brought to Florida by the Spanish in the 1500s
45
Postage-free note
47
Cheap bean variety
48
As well
50
British crossword writers ... or long-haired pooches
52
Compromising cupful, slangily
54
Tour de France obstacle
56
Let one's pants out?
58
Font variation
60
Michael Stipe's band
62
"I'll put ___ on" (host comment)
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Hardly desertlike
64
Dodge
65
Uses a hammock
67
Big backer
69
Like some cereal
71
Animal on Ecuador's flag
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Roger known for his thumbs
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Less common
75
Showing a bit of attitude
78
McEntire of country music
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First third of a Roman phrase
82
___ buco
84
Sky lines in a child's drawing
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Ringo's drummer son
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Operation
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Santa follower
91
Dollop
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Cheer during a pase de pecho
93
CHI opponent in 2016
94
Italy invader in 452
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Patrick Merrell has been creating puzzles for 40 years, including 86 NY Times crosswords (20 Sundays), numerous puzzles for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and World Puzzle Championship, over 1,000 puzzles for People magazine, and countless crosswords for various newspapers and national publications, including Scientific American, Sports Illustrated, and MAD magazine. He's also written, designed and illustrated 85 puzzle books for all ages, preschoolers to retirees. He's married with one daughter, is a road bicycle racer, and an amateur Grover Cleveland aficionado.

 










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