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1. Political comedian with the 1973 album "Sing a Song of Watergate" : MORTSAHL 9. Breakfast dishware : EGGCUPS 16. Whispered message lead-in : PSST 20. Agreements : TREATIES 21. Major-league manager who won World Series in both leagues : LARUSSA 22. Stat. for 1-Down : ELEV 23. Article written by an early American patriot? : SAMUELADAMSESSAY 25. Line formed at a barbershop? : PART 26. Ticked (off) : TEED 27. Active military conflicts : HOTWARS 28. "No way, no how!" : NEVER 29. Farm worker : ANT 32. Record label for Bill Haley and His Comets : DECCA 34. Enemy in the 1980s arcade game Arabian : ROC 35. Alfred of "The Da Vinci Code" : MOLINA 36. Ditty, e.g. : POEM 38. Japanese drama : NOH 39. Dental problem for a boxing promoter? : DONKINGDECAY 42. When repeated, gleeful student's cry : IKNOW 44. Chinese dynasty of 1,000 years ago : LIAO 46. Obstruct : DAMUP 47. Desire to be more like an actress of Greek descent? : NIAVARDALOSENVY 52. Shrubby expanse : HEATH 56. Godzilla contemporary that was a a giant flying turtle : GAMERA 57. One rewarded for good behavior, perhaps : PAROLEE 58. Like gymnasts' bodies : WIRY 59. Saturate : IMBUE 61. Company that makes Styrofoam : DOW 62. Dance club V.I.P.'s : DJS 65. Silent signal : NOD 66. Adorable child of an edgy filmmaker? : QUENTINTARANTINOCUTIE 73. Link letters : URL 74. "___ to Joy" : ODE 75. Cut (off) : LOP 76. So-called art silk : RAYON 77. Gulf of ___, modern pirates' realm : ADEN 79. Become a sailor : GOTOSEA 82. Hidden : COVERT 86. "D'Artagnan Romances" author : DUMAS 88. Tent used by a Latin musician? : TITOPUENTETEPEE 90. Theme : MOTIF 92. Literary pen name : ELIA 93. Attack tactic : SIEGE 94. Television award given to a Surrealist? : MAXERNSTEMMY 100. Alias indication : AKA 102. List : LEAN 103. Inception : OUTSET 104. "___ note to follow ..." : LAA 105. Asian film genre : ANIME 107. Foxlike : SLY 108. Safari weapon : SPEAR 109. Oyster bed diver : PEARLER 112. R&B singer Hendryx : NONA 114. Noirish : DARK 115. Rodent named for a 20th-century novelist? : KURTVONNEGUTCAVY 120. Name beside a harp on euro coins : EIRE 121. Getting ready for a hand : ANTEING 122. Car air freshener shape : PINETREE 123. Brothers : FRAS 124. Less lenient : STERNER 125. Draws : ATTRACTS		1. Range: Abbr. : MTS 2. 3,600 secondi : ORA 3. "Stand" band : REM 4. Stretched to the limit : TAUT 5. The Black Stallion, e.g. : STEED 6. Actress Quinn : AILEEN 7. Cause of congestion : HEADCOLD 8. Deadhead's supply : LSD 9. Red-haired PBS star : ELMO 10. Intestinal opening? : GASTRO 11. Slowly started pleasing : GREWON 12. John of "High Fidelity" : CUSACK 13. "Back in the ___" : USSR 14. Smokey Bear spots, for short : PSAS 15. Express : SAY 16. Looney Tunes lothario : PEPELEPEW 17. Like much of the Danube's territory : SLAVIC 18. First name at Wimbledon : SERENA 19. Dish setting for watching satellite programs? : TVTRAY 24. Brainstorming cry : AHA 28. "Ob-vi-ous-ly!" : NODUH 29. Copying : APING 30. Mobile phone giant : NOKIA 31. Latish wake-up time : TENAM 33. Animal that leaves when it's cared for? : CHIAPET 35. "Singin' in the Rain" studio : MGM 37. Get closer : MOVEIN 39. Clue game board space : DOOR 40. "If only ___ known ..." : IDVE 41. Parliament vote : NAY 43. Begin liking : WARMTO 45. Like : ALA 48. Overly enthusiastic : RABID 49. Crush, e.g. : SODAPOP 50. Southern Conference school : ELON 51. Salamandridae family member : NEWT 53. "___ Got No" ("Hair" song) : AINT 54. Empath on "Star Trek: T.N.G." : TROI 55. London's ___ Park : HYDE 60. A, in Armentières : UNE 62. Forensic ID : DNA 63. Bloomsday honoree : JOYCE 64. Skedaddles : SCOOTS 66. Campus space : QUAD 67. Asian tongue : URDU 68. Something on a table: Abbr. : ELEM 69. Heaps : ALOT 70. ___-Rooter : ROTO 71. Member of a modern theocracy : IRANIAN 72. Debut : UNVEIL 78. III, IV and V, maybe : NAMESAKES 79. Shower need : GIFT 80. Chop ___ : SUEY 81. Electric ___ : EEL 83. Modern pentathlon equipment : EPEES 84. Imperial : REGAL 85. Wee : TEENY 87. More likely to snap : SORER 88. "America" contraction : TIS 89. Turning the other cheek : TAKINGIT 91. Blast producer : TNT 94. "The Ecstatic" rapper : MOSDEF 95. Household helper : AUPAIR 96. Nissan S.U.V. : XTERRA 97. Someone offering a lift? : ELATER 98. Boxing champ Hagler : MARVIN 99. Court great Karl : MALONE 101. Check line : AMOUNT 105. Prince Valiant's son : ARN 106. Write in : ENTER 109. Kick : PUNT 110. Single-named artist : ERTE 111. Bldg. planner : ENGR 113. ___ Senatus (old Roman records) : ACTA 115. ___ in kangaroo : KAS 116. "Go Green!" newsletter org. : EPA 117. Bow : ARC 118. Nov. parade figure : VET 119. Intercom response : YES