Four Little Words
By Merl Reagle
ACROSS
1 Most pallid-looking
8 Part of an African city
13 Uses for support
20 Prepare for action, in military
parlance
21 Rap sheet name
22 French forest region
23 Shell-shocked, in WWII slang
26 It means “within”
27 Colleague of Boris
28 Oft-checked item
29Mimicked
30 Milestone 1950s recording
37 Name meaning “hairy”
38 Get the picture
39 Thief’s take
40 Afterthought No. 2
43 Harlem Globetrotters founder
Saperstein
46Osculate
48 “Nova” subj.
51Run-of-the-mill
53 Has it ___
58 A type of energy
59 Japanese et al.
60 Using needles: prefix
61 Creator of the Ushers
62 Singer played by Jennifer Lopez
63 Express derision
64 Spend with abandon
67Energy
69 Take the bait?
70 Medium ability?
71 A case of the jitters
79 Slangy beliefs
83 Move, as a picture
84 BOLO’s precursor
85 John, in London
86 Spoonful, maybe
88 “If ___ you ...”
89 Transmission type
92 Low-altitude cloud
95 South Vietnam’s first president,
___ Dinh Diem
96 Office asst.
97 Legally hear
98 Compass pt.
99 “For ___ know ...”
101 Harem chamber
104Space
106 Pushin’ one’s hot buttons, maybe
113 Spicy cuisine
116 ___ Alto
117 Big name in ATMs
118 Prefix meaning “Chinese”
119 Perfect party thrower, slangily
126 Fast and bouncy
127 Linguist’s concern
128 Property receiver
129Unsmiling
130 Power source
131 House rodents
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80
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62
77
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101 102 103
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110 111 112
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120 121
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123 124 125
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DOWN
1 TV Ed
2 Pro with a pad
3 “Canter” has one; “center”
doesn’t
4 Call forth
5 Tokyo’s old name
6 Good name for a worrier
7Lean-___
8 Thomas’s first VP and
namesakes
9 Like some bombshells
10Intention
11 Baker’s unit
12 “... who lived in ___”
13 Home stretch, perhaps
14 Before, old-style
15 A U.S. Dept.
16 “Picnic” star
17 Barbershop sound
18 Story starter
19 Must have
24 Winter woe
25 A pop
31 Let enter
32 More than sprinkles
33Unseat
34 New Age pianist John
35 “___ Town”
36 Pore shot?
40 Not as ruddy
41 Upright, for one
42 Discarded metal
40
70
107 108
113 114 115
19
66
76
100
106
18
52
57
69
75
17
36
51
65
68
74
92
50
61
64
73
49
56
60
72
35
39
48
55
67
16
29
34
54
15
28
47
63
14
25
38
59
119
11
22
33
37
71
10
21
23
43
9
43 Musical key: abbr.
44 Diamond theft?
45 Actress McClurg
47 Persian for “king”
49 Oprah’s opening?
50 Adored one
52 Auctioneer’s word
54 Cochlea locale
55 Prefix with “friendly”
56 Drug-resistant bacterium
57 Japanese delicacy
62 Help-wanted sign?
64 Bug someone’s phone, e.g.
65 Bug someone’s phone, e.g.
66 “I knew it!”
67 Illegal bat goo
68 Like Benedict
Cumberbatch: abbr.
71 Come up
72 Witches’ brew beasties
73 Limerick start, often
74 Poet Teasdale
75Blockhead
76 18 Down follower
77 Hollande’s denial
78 Sippy cup users
79 “___ bite!”
80 Vegas fixture
81 Tie up, as a ship
82 Surprisingly limber
86 Designer’s focus
87 “How sweet ___”
90 Car top
91 Vinaigrette addition
93 Eskimo knife
94 Dons quickly
100 Caesar’s boast, Part 2
102“Stay”
103 William Tell, for one
105 “Hey, ___!”
106 Praised, as for valor
107 Troy, to Romans
108Untrue
109 “___ we rolling?”
110 Tuscany town
111 Road atlas detail
112 Attendance count
113 Impact sound
114 Rhode Island’s motto
115 Dog in crime capers
120 Nero was one: abbr.
121 Refreshing place
122 Something to tip
123 Road atlas page
124 Flamenco shout
125 A word to a dog
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