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1. Strikes
5. Cloth connection
9. Fuss
12. Get better than an F
16. Preparation for reconstruction
20. Region
21. Circle of light
22. Possesses
23. Cuba or Puerto Rico, to a native
24. Test
25. Swiss city
26. Steel component
27. Computer key
28. Smallest unit of 26-Across
29. Actress Hayworth
30. The do-able part of the proverb
35. Attempt
36. Poem
37. Aviator Amelia
38. Assert
41. Spoiled child
44. Seek office
46. Bread riser
50. \fIBad, Bad, _____ Brown\fP
51. To ____ their own
52. Kind of burn residue
57. Golf benchmark
58. Right away
59. Head covering
60. FBI announcement
62. One in a quartet
63. Existed
64. Cut grass
65. Boisterous recess activity
67. Engine or cat sound
68. Opponent of the Allies
69. Puzzle theme
70. Crescent-shaped
71. Tortilla doughs
73. Bushes
76. Invisible emanation
77. Namesakes of the Cuthbert's
      adopted daughter
78. Time period
81. Vote the incumbent out of office
87. Egg layer
88. \fIF\[:u]r _____\fP
89. Leave out
90. Big name in geometry 
91. Modify to make it work
92. Roadblock
93. _____ Claus
95. Really really good
98. Atop
100. Arrogant position
102. Steer off course
105. American actor Alan
106. Spirit
107. One-shot winner
108. Do it, or ____!
109. The ____ apparent
110. Hatchet
111. Golden age
113. Refuse to sign into law
114. Squiggle
115. Congested location, sometimes
118. Calif. winter zone
120. Norse god 
121. Colorado ski destination
122. Stamps
127. Favorite of puzzle theme
129. Computer key
130. Something that requires re-evaluating
       one's response
140. American bobsledder Jones
141. Blemish
142. Fore's opposite
143. Type of 24-Across, sometimes
144. Lasso
145. See 130-Down
146. Puzzle theme's father
147. Golfer's prop
148. Large city in 3-Down
149. Ominous March date
150. ____-do-well
151. Did far better than 12-Across 
152. Eternally, to a poet
153. Force a bird into the water
154. Penny
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DOWN

1. Very young child
2. Cookie
3. South American country
4. Approve
5. Having a sheen
6. Minor nobleman
7. Balm
8. \fI____ Lisa\fP
9. Coming up shortly
10. One on the team of 93-Across
11. Drugstore chain
12. Alton, Illinois mural bird
13. Fall flower
14. Laziness
15. American _____
16. Give extra margin for error
17. Lit sign over a door
18. Check____
19. Actor Sharif
31. Military branch
32. Does, to Shakespeare
33. Nevada city
34. Distorted
38. ____ chowder
39. Former \fITonight Show\fP host
40. Desired position for one's ducks?
41. Chicago football team
42. Underpaid employee's aspiration
43. Size of 41-Down's field
45. Over there
47. Top
48. Hindu wrap
49. \fI____ bien\fP
53. Water faucet
54. Former students
55. One component of 144-Across
56. Rational thinking
59. Loud response to a joke
60. Passageway
61. Electronics brand
63. Existed
65. Did not share
66. Advantage
69. Dear
72. Wise
73. Elem. ___
74. Cuban leader Guevara
75. Past tense of 44-Across
76. Exist
77. Quant.
78. Electric fish
79. Algerian music style 
80. Intel competitor
82. 1970's nonconformist
83. Surgery to create an opening
84. Likeness
85. In close proximity
86. ___ Victor Company
91. Conjunction
92. 1786 Massachusetts rebellion
93. Conductor Sir Georg
94. Intentional fire
95. Woe is me!
96. Cab
97. The Garden of ____
99. Egotist's mental condition (abbr.)
101. Pay attention to
102. Injured dog sound
103. Assistant
104. Small bird
109. Notable
112. Mimiced
113. Suffrage
114. Powder for 1-Down
116. Noisy protest
117. Call for help
119. Kind of candy
123. Shakespearian exclamation
124. Theme
125. Prior to
126. Enclosed by a fence
128. Opposite of 125-Down
129. Attorney __ ___
130. With 145-Across, MASH actor
131. Golfer's target
132. Ye ____
133. I can't believe _ ___ the whole thing!
134. Actor's part
135. Feminine name
136. Appellation
137. The mother ____
138. Shop sign
139. Take a break
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