9 August 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 August 2020

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F
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A
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C
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A
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D
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E
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A
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R
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R
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O
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Z
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V
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A
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C
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A
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A
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S
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E
R
O
D
E
D
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S
L
O
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N
E
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I
D
A
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S
L
O
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N
O
O
D
L
E
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M
E
C
H
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N
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I
C
A
L
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S
U
N
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C
A
L
L
I
N
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S
I
C
K
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P
I
C
K
M
E
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A
M
I
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E
R
S
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M
I
T
T
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W
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R
A
T
H
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N
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S
Y
N
C
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L
I
C
E
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B
E
E
R
H
A
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T
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D
E
S
I
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O
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R
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N
O
T
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P
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R
E
L
L
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T
U
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P
A
C
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L
E
O
V
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S
K
I
S
L
O
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P
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E
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S
T
R
U
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T
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S
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E
D
G
E
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A
I
M
S
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A
L
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P
H
A
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R
I
T
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A
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H
O
T
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R
O
D
S
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I
T
S
A
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S
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K
I
M
P
Y
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W
E
A
R
Y
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S
H
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I
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P
S
H
A
P
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E
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A
T
E
I
N
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W
A
R
I
E
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R
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O
D
O
M
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A
N
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A
L
Y
S
E
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I
D
E
A
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O
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T
T
E
R
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C
Y
T
O
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L
I
R
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A
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S
A
N
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C
T
A
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S
T
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O
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R
Y
A
R
C
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I
N
R
I
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G
R
I
L
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L
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M
A
S
S
E
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I
N
K
E
D
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S
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A
L
E
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C
U
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L
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P
R
I
T
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N
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Y
S
E
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T
O
N
E
D
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P
A
L
I
N
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N
C
O
S
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C
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D
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S
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N
W
T
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I
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N
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D
I
R
A
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F
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I
S
H
M
A
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R
K
E
T
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O
H
I
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T
O
W
N
S
Q
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U
A
R
E
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A
R
E
O
L
A
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T
A
C
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O
U
I
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O
U
T
L
A
W
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M
A
I
N
L
Y
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E
T
S
121
R
N
S
122
N
E
A
L
E
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A
E
N
E
A
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Front : FACADE
7
Spanish rice : ARROZ
12
Little sucker? : VAC
15
Smallish batteries : AAS
18
Like a seacoast after a storm, maybe : ERODED
19
Ferris Bueller's girlfriend : SLOANE
20
___ B. Wells, civil rights pioneer : IDA
21
___-mo : SLO
22
S as in soup? : NOODLE
23
Kind of drawing : MECHANICAL
25
Icarus's downfall : SUN
26
Skip work for health reasons : CALLINSICK
28
Words after "Ooh, ooh!" : PICKME
29
Beau, to Brigitte : AMI
30
Verbal stumbles : ERS
31
Baseball catcher : MITT
32
Ire : WRATH
34
Boy band with two members who previously starred on "The Mickey Mouse Club" : NSYNC
36
Little suckers : LICE
37
Headgear for a tailgater : BEERHAT
39
One of the Arnazes : DESI
40
"... but it's up to you" : ORNOT
43
Famously green shampoo : PRELL
45
Rap's Shakur : TUPAC
47
Pope after Benedict IV : LEOV
48
*Winter vacation destination : SKISLOPE
51
Parades : STRUTS
54
Barely beat : EDGE
55
Goals : AIMS
56
Silverback gorilla, e.g. : ALPHA
58
Moreno with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony : RITA
60
Drag racing vehicles : HOTRODS
62
"___ trap!" : ITSA
63
Meager : SKIMPY
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Tired : WEARY
66
In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters : SHIPSHAPE
70
Dined at home : ATEIN
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More skeptical : WARIER
73
"Hamilton" actor Leslie ___ Jr. : ODOM
74
Break down, to a Brit : ANALYSE
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Theory : IDEA
77
Sea ___ : OTTER
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Prefix with -plasm : CYTO
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Piece paid by Pisans for a piece of pizza, previously : LIRA
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Safe places : SANCTA
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*Multi-episode narrative : STORYARC
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Crucifix inscription : INRI
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Relentlessly question : GRILL
90
En ___ (as a whole) : MASSE
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Having tattoos : INKED
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Event that's a bit off? : SALE
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The butler, stereotypically : CULPRIT
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It gives Ford an "F": Abbr. : NYSE
99
Buff : TONED
100
First Alaskan on a major U.S. party ticket : PALIN
101
E-4, E-5 and E-6, in the U.S. Navy, in brief : NCOS
102
Successors to LPs : CDS
105
Part of Canada above Alta. and Sask. : NWT
106
One of the Gandhis : INDIRA
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Where to get a mullet trimmed : FISHMARKET
112
"___ get it now!" : OHI
113
*Civic center : TOWNSQUARE
115
Colored ring : AREOLA
116
Washington's Sea-___ Airport : TAC
117
Non's opposite : OUI
118
Ban ... or bandit : OUTLAW
119
By and large : MAINLY
120
College entrance exam org. : ETS
121
Hosp. V.I.P.s : RNS
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Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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Son of Aphrodite : AENEAS
Down
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Compete in one leg of a modern pentathlon : FENCE
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Loud, as the surf : AROAR
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Chills : COOLS
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Not incl. : ADDL
5
Set the boundaries of : DELIMIT
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Perfect : EDENIC
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Smart ___ : ALEC
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Painter of the "Four Freedoms" series, 1943 : ROCKWELL
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Sound from a cheering crowd : RAH
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Even : ONAPAR
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Pinnacle : ZENITH
12
___ Chemical Company, onetime maker of VapoRub : VICK
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Writer Serwer of The Atlantic : ADAM
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Event planner's need : CALENDAR
15
Attempts : ASSAYS
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They're listed by degrees : ALUMNI
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___ boom : SONIC
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Struck, old-style : SMIT
24
Bygone Apple messaging app : ICHAT
27
Members of a blended family : STEPKIDS
33
Move, in Realtor jargon : RELO
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*Airport logjam : SECURITYLINE
36
*Rick, Ilsa and Victor had one in "Casablanca" : LOVETRIANGLE
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First lady between Eleanor and Mamie : BESS
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Fanny : TUSH
40
Accented cheer : OLE
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Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, for two : REDHEADS
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Restricted zone : NOGOAREA
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"Ba-dum-tss" : RIMSHOT
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Education support grps. : PTAS
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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
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Sea route, e.g. : PATH
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"Frozen" queen : ELSA
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Endless YouTube viewing, e.g. : TIMESINK
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French island off the coast of Newfoundland : STPIERRE
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Tropical yellow fruits : PAPAYAS
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Writer Rand : AYN
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New York city with a marina : RYE
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Suffix with tour or Tory : ISM
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___-El (Superman's birth name) : KAL
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Conflict during which the Lusitania was sunk: Abbr. : WWI
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Fateful date : IDES
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What's left at sea : PORT
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Dig in : ENTRENCH
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Flat, round bread cooked on a griddle : ROTI
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Noted congresswoman from the Bronx, familiarly : AOC
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After-bath application : TALC
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Anatomical sac : CYST
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Hoped-for response to an SOS : AID
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Lien holder, e.g. : CREDITOR
85
Ahab's father in the Bible : OMRI
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Desert's lack : RAINFALL
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Hogwarts professor who was secretly a werewolf : LUPIN
91
"Awkward Black Girl" creator and star : ISSARAE
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"Who cares?" : SOWHAT
93
Slapstick silliness : ANTICS
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Gary who created "The Far Side" : LARSON
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Award to be hung : PLAQUE
98
Start of a playground joke : YOMAMA
99
U.S. govt. bond : TNOTE
101
Compass letters : NSEW
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Unisex fragrance : CKONE
103
___ Street, Perry Mason's secretary : DELLA
104
Strong ropes used to support masts : STAYS
107
Verb preceder : NOUN
108
Bad things on motorists' records, for short : DWIS
110
"Dies ___" (hymn) : IRAE
111
Curb, with "in" : REIN
114
The Jazz, on scoreboards : UTA