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by Adesina O. Koiki
62. “Au revoir!” relative 63. Guiding principle 64. Central, essential part 67. “Et tu, Brute” language 71. Post office purchases that are “forever” 73. Dean’s “Rebel Without a Cause” co-star 77. Denis ___, former Manchester United fullback with seven Premier League trophies 78. Common breakfast staple 80. Popular men’s haircut 81. Lionel Messi or Johann Cryuff, to many fans 84. Frosty’s is a carrot 85. Body of morals 87. No-frills 90. Tibetan Buddhist monk 92. Tubular ricotta-filled pastry 93. Pasta-cooking specification 94. A code we live by? 95. Oklahoma city west of Tulsa 98. Jailbreaker, like Sylvester Stallone’s character in a 1981 soccer movie 99. Relating to financial matters 100. Discharge from the body 102. Those remaining 103. Buttocks 105. Musical discernment deficiency 106. Accumulates excessively 109. Ed Norton’s workplace on “The Honeymooners” 111. Soccer cleats with swooshes 112. One of eight to be used during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar 114. One-shot winner in tennis 115. “The Americans” star Russell 116. Burned rubber, say 118. Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man is a popular one 122. Extra points usually follow them: Abbr. 124. Emissionsregulating org. 125. ___ Guardiola, current Manchester City manager 126. Letter holder: Abbr.
82. Suffix for auction or mountain 83. She won the 31-Across in leading the United States to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy 86. Action that earned French great Zinedine Zidane a red card during the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final 88. Maintain a lawn ... or a soccer field 89. In a tidy manner 91. Doomed from the start 92. Overturn, as a boat 96. Workplace safety agcy. 97. “So what ___ is new?”
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99. Soccer formation without a recognized center-forward on the field 101. Divided island in the Malay Archipelago 104. Narrow strait of land: Abbr. 107. Neither Dem. nor Rep., most times 108. Animals used in truffle hunting 110. Very defensive system of play named after the Italian word for “door-bolt” 113. Casual footwear? 117. Judge 119. Distinctively blonde feature on Colombian soccer legend Carlos Valderrama
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ACROSS 1. Lane reserved for public transportation 7. Automobile tire pattern 12. Airwaves overseer: Abbr. 15. Network that aired the soccer documentary “A Time for Champions” 18. Punctual 19. Depends, with “on” 21. Formal speech 23. Legend who captained Argentina’s 1986 FIFA World Cupwinning squad 25. Derby de la Côte d’Azur rivalry setting, with “the” 26. ___ Tikkanen, former NHL player who won five Stanley Cups 27. Seized property, briefly 28. ___ the lily (enhance unnecessarily) 30. Messenger, as of bad news 31. Award given to the person voted the best player at the FIFA World Cup 35. Fourth planet from the sun 37. Praiseful poem 38. Hero’s intro? 39. Remains 41. Name given to the first goal scored by 23-Across during a 1986 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal 45. Hinged metal fastening 48. Soccer uniforms 50. Lined up the crosshairs 51. Zero, on the pitch 52. DNA sequence 54. Hungry no more 55. Legendary venue that housed (at least) 173,850 people for the 1950 FIFA World Cup Final in Rio 59. Toughest draw at a soccer tournament 65. The “A” in IPA 66. Bell’s chime 68. Complicated situation 69. ___ fixe 70. Braille symbols 72. Glitzy rock music style 74. Young children 75. “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter” singer Simone 76. Med school student’s study: Abbr. 77. “This pop fly is mine!” 79. Octavia E. Butler’s genre
120. Actress de Armas 121. General notion 123. Modern term for a netminder comfortable with playing the ball with his feet far away from the goal 127. Modified 128. Hotheads lose it often 129. Nonet, alternatively 130. Golf shot position 131. Passports and driver’s licenses, e.g. 132. Harvests from the field 133. Spender’s opposites Down 1. Many a New York City corner store
2. Musical togetherness 3. Ninja’s quality 4. Alopecia concealer 5. “That’s ___” (Dean Martin classic) 6. Middle East country where “mocha” derives its name 7. Home to numerous swallows? 8. Cousin of a cove 9. Conclude 10. Very eager 11. Gay Blue Jeans Day fabric 12. In favor of 13. Baby’s napping place 14. Site for spelunking 15. Empanada relative 16. Disinterested feeling 17. Caught 20. Liverpool FC star Mohamed
22. Tamera’s real-life twin sister on “Sister Sister” 24. Squad car alerts: Abbr. 29. Expression of annoyance 32. Singer Ross who starred in “The Wiz” 33. Michigan or Ontario, for example 34. Spinning a yarn 36. Icy prefix with Cat or Caps 40. “X-Men” heroine who can manipulate weather patterns 42. Respectfully tips one’s hat 43. Gave the green light 44. Gradually appear on the big screen
46. Totally awesome, informally 47. Map out in advance 49. George ___, Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist 52. Racehorse gait 53. Continental soccer tourney last won by Italy, informally, with “the” 55. Word before Vice President, starting in 2021 56. Without a plus-one 57. Label once more 58. Ruth who portrayed Mildred Loving in “Loving” 60. Inconsistent 61. Davis of “Do the Right Thing”
AD Space 10.7in x 4.75in