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by Frank Longo
75 Largest city in Illinois, informally 76 Public tribute 77 __ golf (game consisting of a nine-pub crawl) 78 “Evil Woman” rock gp. 79 Sea, to Gigi 81 “Peg __ Heart” (classic song) 82 Canceled by crossing off 83 Amy who won the 1980 U.S. Women’s Open 84 “Bambi” author Felix 86 “__ where it hurts!” 87 __ acid (soap ingredient) 88 Outdated PC screen type 92 Cloak for Dracula 93 “Wow, awesome!” 95 Hogan who won the U.S. Open in 1948, ’50, ’51 and ’53 96 Naval officer: Abbr. 99 Michelle who won the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open 100 Sick 101 Actor Barrett of “NCIS: Los Angeles” 102 Goads 103 __ bogey (threeover-par score) 104 Homeland of the 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir 105 “For __ a Jolly Good Fellow” 108 Utter defeat of a rival, slangily 111 Compost covering 112 Golfer Frittelli who won the 2019 John Deere Classic 113 Start of many rapper names 118 Not yet finalized, in law 119 In the blink __ eye 120 Labor 123 “Eureka!” 124 Springy dance 125 Hole in __ (8-Across, more formally) 126 Slugger Ripken 127 Belly muscles 128 Hwys. and blvds. 129 Tiny peeve 130 Suffix with serpent 131 __ Lingus
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ACROSS 1 Winner of the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open 8 Thrilling golf feat achieved 45 times in the history of the U.S. Open 11 Stewart who won the U.S. Open in 1991 and ’99 16 Close-lipped 19 Crisp, lustrous fabric 20 Go kaput 21 Lefty who played in left field 22 __ trial basis 23 When the final round of the U.S. Open is played every year 26 G-K linkup 27 Mall lure 28 Baseball great Mel 29 “Peachy-keen!” 31 Wild pig 35 Composition of the U.S. Open trophy 41 Medium of many all-talk stations 45 Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon 46 Spanish for “gold” 47 Govt. agents 48 Bryson who won the 2020 U.S. Open 50 Some McDonnell Douglas jets 53 “Zip-a-Dee-Doo__” 54 Christmas song 55 Golf course that’s the site of the 2021 U.S. Open 60 Mine metals 62 Mambo relative 65 Craving 66 Like 91-Across, nationality-wise 67 Winner of the 2019 U.S. Open 71 Insolently curt 72 Quality of uncooked meat 73 Minor injuries, to toddlers 77 Totally puzzle 80 Locale of Champions Golf Club, where the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open was held 85 First Hebrew letter 86 Ad __ committee 89 Comedy starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr 90 Actress Ward
91 Record holder for the lowest total score (268) in a U.S. Open (2011) 94 Longtime NYC talk station 97 650, in Roman numerals 98 Dines on, biblical-style 99 Mamaroneck golf club that hosted the 2020 U.S. Open 102 Engrave 106 Shar- __ (wrinkly pooch) 107 Spiral shape 109 While traveling 110 Winner of the 2010 U.S. Open
114 Abbr. at the bottom of an envelope 115 Knife of infomercials 116 O’er there 117 “__ pronounce you husband and wife” 121 Hot tub site 122 Locale of 55-Across 132 Obsolete 133 Homeland of the 2012 LPGA Championship winner Shanshan Feng 134 Chatter idly 135 Herring’s kin 136 Teachers’ org.
137 Walter who won the U.S. Open in 1914 and ‘19 138 Ernie who won the U.S. Open in 1994 and ‘97 139 Juli who won the U.S. Women’s Open in 1999 and 2002 DOWN 1 Lawyer: Abbr. 2 __ -di-dah 3 “Ask me __ care!” 4 Product maker: Abbr. 5 Brand of sneakers 6 “__ free country!” 7 Heavy hammer 8 Total up 9 U.S. spy org.
10 Pessimistic pal of Pooh 11 “Doctor Zhivago” producer Carlo 12 Noun-modifying wd. 13 “__ and whose army?” 14 Convent resident 15 1985 Kate Nelligan film 16 Colorado River tribe 17 The “U” of “U.S. Open” 18 Golf tournaments such as the U.S. Open 24 Super __ (’90s video game console) 25 “That’s OK, I guess”
30 Pixie 31 Rebuke to Rover 32 Mark who tied for third in the 1988 U.S. Open 33 George who tied for fifth in the 1971 U.S. Open 34 Cheer shout 36 Steeped drink 37 University URL ending 38 University of __ Dame 39 Golf putting area 40 __ Open in Hawaii (annual PGA Tour event) 42 Quarterback Marino 43 “Personally, I think ...,” to texters
44 Moon of Uranus 49 Manage to avoid 51 Shed tears 52 Small upright piano 55 Beige 56 Colored eye parts 57 Pinch lightly 58 Psychic “gift” 59 Timid 61 Thick and viscous 63 Org. with the New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy 64 Big shindig 68 Message written with a finger on a dusty car 69 Be in debt to 70 Gloomy 71 Moral error 74 “Semper Fi” mil. branch
AD Space 10.7in x 4.75in