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SUNDAY CROSSWORD

SPY STUFF: Various tools of the trade

by Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1 Author Angelou 5 Squirrel away 10 Auditioner's audio sample 14 __ off (deflect) 18 Prayer's end 19 A la __ menu 20 Burnett of CNN 21 Impish elf 22 Location-detection device 24 Mare's son 25 Make joyful 26 Big ball of fire 27 Most favored group 28 Surveillance image blocker 30 Sticky stationery 32 Vague feeling 33 Antiquated 34 Reason for overtime 35 Most favored group 37 Dracula's downtime 39 Figures for bettors 43 Picture taker in disguise 49 Start of a challenge 50 Recorded in concert 51 Defeated at chess 52 Web-crawling software 53 Autumnal chill 54 Citrus hybrid 55 Due credit, informally 57 Aggressive bet 59 Gives up amateur status 62 Tortellini topper 63 Fender flaws 64 Device to listen through partitions 68 Orchard output 70 Dwindle, with “out” 71 Open, as a seat belt 75 Disney fawn 76 Military denial 77 Simpsons kid 79 Suffix for project 80 __ INSIDE (store window sign) 81 Pub seating 83 Photos, for short 84 River boat 86 Easy-to-hide conversation saver 91 Frozen queen 92 Monopoly foursome: Abbr. 93 Old West search party 94 Crude dwelling 95 Cpl. or sgt. 97 Square yardage 98 Set of ankle bones 101 Listening-device finder 106 Figure skating teams 108 Accomplished 110 Coral formation 111 Western necktie 112 Phone message interceptor 114 Poet Stephen Vincent __ 115 Unruly tyke 116 British singer 117 Brick for girls and boys 118 Acted like 119 Talk from a 115 Across 120 Done in mosaic 121 Study (for)

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1 Newsstand display 2 Intensify, so to speak 3 Two-choice question 4 Barbecue intruder 5 More lizardlike 6 Not explicitly stated 7 Vessels of refuge 8 Editor's “don't change” 9 That aircraft carrier 10 Loudness measure 11 Weather away 12 Marathon marker number 13 Wise about 14 The movie industry 15 Checkup 16 Evening, in brief 17 Forest grazer 21 Loud ringing 23 Emu or ostrich, to zoologists 28 Résumé, for short 29 Finnegans Wake author 31 Blend in a bowl 32 Very bad 35 Very bad 36 Strauss of pants 37 Window decor 38 Qtys. 40 Account subtraction 41 Smeltery refuse 42 Fill to excess 43 Dynasty known for vases 44 Prefix meaning “personal” 45 Back of a neck 46 Star in Perseus 47 Exxon competitor 48 Newspapers' salespeople 54 Browser bookmarks 55 __ Noster (Lord's Prayer) 56 German region 58 Work without __ (act rashly) 60 Ear-cleaning implement 61 Pastor's domain 62 Org. seeking alien life 63 “__ even think about it” 65 Accessories for tea sets 66 Charging station user 67 Place a hex on 68 Dev of Slumdog Millionaire 69 Small-screen statuettes 72 Citrus skin 73 Natural soother 74 Gaze (at) 75 Cook, as a casserole 76 Crime-fiction genre 77 Nonfiction genre 78 97 Across measure 82 Divination deck 83 It's southwest of Bologna 84 Pathway 85 Cultural pursuits 87 Looked at internally, as eggs 88 Displaces from a place 89 Industrious one 90 Blackened on a grill 96 Boston hoopster 97 Mythical muscleman 98 Marquee name 99 Source of milk 100 Drawn-out battle 101 Ali __ 102 Sch. near the Rio Grande 103 Left town 104 Flows away 105 Downton Abbey countess 106 Mani-__ 107 Rink leap 109 Globule 112 Pec pic 113 Chalet setting

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