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84. “NFL Live” carrier 85. “The Little Rascals” assent 86. “Deal ___ Deal” 89. Tra-___ 91. Hr. fractions 93. Vent cover 94. Where Lions meet Bears 98. Daisy Mae’s mate 99. ___ NFL kickoff return to set the record: 103 yds 100. Not “fer” 101. “Como ___ usted?” 103. Line on a check 104. Letter-shaped opening 106. Bullets and such
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67. Colts’ home field: Lucas ___ Stadium 68. Before: prefix 69. “What’s more ...” 70. Football helmets have an ___-hole on each side 72. Airport for Aloha Stadium, former home of the NFL Pro Bowl 73. Sharon of “Cagney & Lacey” 75. Host city of Super Bowl LVII 81. Montreal Canadien, for short 83. Food scrap
107. “Despicable Me” supervillain 110. 1987-94 “Star Trek” series (Abbr.) 111. Parking lot cookouts 114. Quarterback Dawson 116. Hines Ward and Terrell Davis, of University of Georgia 118. Type of IRA 119. On the ball 120. Paid to play 121. Measure of newspaper or magazine space 122. Luxury hotel chain 123. Shutout score
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124. Put in stitches 125. Looks fixedly 126. Advanced bus. degrees 127. “Jack Sprat could ___ fat” DOWN 1. Football field cover 2. Tear into 3. Change with the times, as a football strategy 4. Desertlike 5. New England team 6. Brooklyn or Queens, for example 7. Proclaims 8. Carter of “Gimme a Break!”
9. Scratch from a list 10. Tidal wave 11. Official language of India 12. Malt-___, farina cereal 13. Optimistic, as an outlook 14. Pittsburgh’s ___ Park 15. Paul Anka hit subtitled “That Kiss!” 16. Pittsburgh team 17. Broadcast, as a football game 18. Damage 28. “___ voyage!” 29. Bring together 31. Peppery salad green
53. Cookie container 54. Wash. neighbor 55. “The West Wing” actor 57. Petty of “A League of Their Own” 59. “___-daisy!” 60. Desire 61. Scoring area of the field: ___ zone 62. Pile 64. “I ___ arrow into the air” 65. Unlearned 66. “Buffy the Vampire ___” 71. Sports agent Tellem 74. Football formation where the QB isn’t directly behind the center 76. Lounge around 77. Chapters in history 78. His tomb is in Red Square 79. “Mi casa ___ casa” 80. “___ the Greek” 82. Explosion 86. “Man ___ Mancha” 87. Motel unit 88. “This is a bad time” 90. CTRL-___-DEL 91. Gog and ___ 92. Race for crosscountry sledder 93. Shower after a big win? 95. Cincinnati team 96. Calculates 97. Tennessee’s second-largest city 102. Wee, as a bairn 104. Braxton of TV’s “The Real” 105. Scorch slightly 106. MetLife competitor 107. NFL player from NY 108. Show again 109. Be of ___ (assist) 111. ___ fish sandwich 112. Crypt 113. ___-days (intense practices for football teams) 114. CD predecessors 115. Before, to Byron 117. Blazing
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ACROSS 1. QB-protecting call: in the ___ 6. ___ of California Stadium 10. Native American sports legend Jim 16. ___ Bradford, #1 in the 2010 NFL Draft 19. Big & Rich song: “Save a Horse, ___ Cowboy” 20. No time left on the clock 21. Paul and Carly 22. ___ Maria, coffee liqueur 23. NFL uprights are 18 1/2 feet ____ 24. Chocolatecaramel candy 25. World Heritage Site org. 26. Goof, like 43-Down 27. NFL finale on 58-Across 30. Sweetie 32. Harbor city (Abbr.) 33. Debtors’ letters 34. 9 days: time a ___ would take to cross a football field 35. NFL player, announcer and actor ___ Olsen 38. Bell sound 39. “___ told”: “That’s the rumor” 40. “What’re you gonna do about it?” 41. Ready to play, in a way 44. In-game entertainment 48. Helmet and mouthguard, e.g. 49. Out of harm’s way, as a QB in the pocket 50. Tarbell and Lupino 51. “From all of ___ all of you...” 52. Penn State is Franco Harris’ ___ mater 53. Broncos great Elway 55. “100 Years ... 100 Movies” org. 56. Letter for a disappointing game 58. End of the NFL season 63. Spring in the desert
35. Center Mitch of the Buffalo Bills 36. “___ my wit’s end!” 37. “Finding ___” (2003 Pixar film) 38. Kuwaiti currency 39. Route run at a 45-degree angle 40. Healthful resort 41. How the NFC Divisional 1988 playoff game Eagles and Bears was played 42. Cirque du ___ 43. Gridiron mishap 45. Pale as a ghost 46. Annoy 47. Prepare for publication
AD Space 10.7in x 4.75in