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.S 13
.vs +4
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1. Cuts grass
5. Young boy
8. Unit for sugar in tea
12. Grp. 
17. Send out 
18. Exist
19. Exam type 
20. Knife feature 
21. Country road 
22. Aye 
23. Pro ____ 
24. Denomination 
25. Archaeologist's tool wiper?
28. Less than a crowd 
30. Admissions test for advanced deg.
31. Fancy coffee
32. Work hard for 
34. Hungarian composer Bart\['o]k
37. Native American tribe 
40. Balkan country
44. Washington DC river 
47. Watering can appendage? 
49. ____ out (i.e., fail; var.) 
50. Old TV band 
52. Sea eagle
53. Continental money
54. Farmer's profit? 
57. Conscious 
61. Before Oct 
62. Highly populated country 
63. Of the nose 
64. Aah's partner 
67. Remove paint or clothing 
68. Inebriated basketball move? 
73. Customer 
75. Snow or water 
77. MDs
78. Douay Bible prophet spelling
79. Sacred relics location luster?
84. Death investigation 
86. Baby frog 
87. Church part 
89. Previously 
90. Long-shot US Open winner Raducanu
91. Avoid capture
94. Deed 
97. Suffix denoting "one who does"
98. Elf malice? 
104. Tooth cover 
106. Oak or walnut, for example
108. It's shaped like Wyo. 
109. Dry 
110. Kayak 
111. Sly look
112. Explosive 
113. Tiny opening 
114. Something sold at a strand stand?
115. Beige
116. Red or Black, for example 
117. Auth. unk. 
.SK
    DOWN

1. Become liquid 
2. Actor Sharif
3. Heavy drinker 
4. Fret 
5. Eric Clapton song 
6. To entrust
7. Early 1500's Spanish explorer
8. Handed-down stories
9. Europe/Asia mountain range
10. Welcome or Yoga 
11. Flat area 
12. Soaks up
13. Wily 
14. Made music, vocally 
15. Smell 
16. Give to another 
26. Ancient civilization from
    modern-day area of Iran 
27. Dampens
29. ____ Disney 
33. Neck area
34. Ill-bred person 
35. Sicily volcano
36. Marvel Universe TV series character 
38. Move a 69-down, poetically
39. Shopping or appointment 
41. Common sense  
42. Legally 
43. On the summit 
44. Box (abbr.)
45. Anything 
46. Place to sit 
48. Upward's partner 
51. Complete 
55. British royalty-free record label 
56. Mouth wiper 
58. Buddhist demigod 
59. Silk Road province 
60. Lodge member 
64. Depose 
65. Safety org.
66. Bovine group 
69. Hinged barrier
70. Letter delivery org.
71. Bird's home 
72. Lock opener 
74. Ready to eat 
76. I'll be there __ _ minute
80. Election hopeful 
81. Certain tall woody plants 
82. Washington city 
83. For all time 
85. Golfer's items 
88. Kicks out a renter 
92. Do penance 
93. Infamous COVID variant
94. Part of CPA 
95. Crop of a bird 
96. One-time Chicago Bulls player Kuko\o'c\[ah]'
98. Prophet 
99. South American country 
100. Daddy 
101. Steel component
102. Novice 
103. Bibical garden
105. Was victorious 
107. Word before room or center 
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	Creek literature?
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