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UNADVERTISED PROMOTIONS
‘Free Shotgun Saturday’Seven guns were stolen last month from the Leesburg,
Va., restaurant The Cajun Experience, which drew na-
tional attention earlier this year for giving gun-toters
10 percent discounts on “Open Carry Wednesdays.” The
crime occurred Saturday, Nov. 23, The Washington Post
reported. The firearms didn’t belong to customers and
were in a locked closet. Five men were later arrested.
CONFUSION
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Was October, Lady A woman made headlines earlier this month when po-
lice said she robbed a Landover, Md., bank wearing all
pink — and not the pastel variety, but full-on magen-
ta, from her head scarf to her coat to, yes, even her
cellphone. Whether her getaway vehicle was a sleigh
pulled by unicorns was not reported.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Teens Knew It Was Bad When Police ‘Liked’ Their StatusesIf you’re looking for a reason to delete your Facebook ac-
count, here’s one: You might get robbed. That’s what
happened to a Linthicum, Md., man who tried to sell his
shoes via Facebook earlier this month, Anne Arundel
Patch reports. Police said two teens who contacted the
man about the shoes attacked him and ran off with the
footwear. Police nabbed them using data from Facebook.
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WILDLIFE
Going, Going, But Not GoneWhen most of us think of
endangered species, we think of
Bao Bao and her giant panda kin.
But a little known — and much
littler — species recently made
news. The endangered Hay’s Spring
amphipod, a colorless, shrimplike
creature, may reside in a Maryland
section of Rock Creek Park where
the planned light-rail Purple Line
is slated to cross, activists say. The
rare amphipods aren’t the sole
endangered species found only
around here. Have you seen ’em?
A group dressed as “Star Wars” Storm Troopers descended
on the Capitol earlier this month to promote a planned
Museum of Science Fiction, which an organizer say will
open next year. At first blush, this seems like a very odd
museum to build in D.C., a decidedly nonfiction kind of town.
But there’s actually good reason for the idea: This city has
been a favorite setting for sci-fi films. Directors have sent
everything from aliens to futuristic crime-fighters to our fair
metropolis. Here are four of our favorites.
MUSEUMS
As Strange as Science Fiction
“Independence Day”: This film, starring
Will Smith and Bill
Pullman, offers the
quintessential scene of
D.C.’s sci-fi destruction
when an ominous UFO
blows up the White
House with a laser.
“The Day the Earth Stood Still”: Forget
about the remake starring
Keanu Reeves, the 1951
original is where it’s at,
when an alien lands in
D.C., not to destroy it,
but to save it. Too bad his
robot didn’t listen …
“Mars Attacks”: Tim
Burton eased our fears
a bit when he released a
comical look at an alien
invasion of the District,
featuring cartoonish
big-headed creatures
with less-than-mass-
destructive weapons.
“Minority Report”: The
year 2054, as depicted
in this Steven Spielberg
film, involves not aliens
but super-human crime-
fighters called “pre-
cogs” in its sci-fi conceit.
Things go awry when one
becomes a suspect.
FORECASTS
“Sorry kids: The folklore ofsleeping with your pajama pants inside out the night before to increase the odds of snow hasn’t been proven scientifi cally.”— Chris Vaccaro, a spokesman for the National Weather Service,
offers some style advice to those wishing for snow this year. While
Vaccaro notes that the Weather Service doesn’t give seasonal
predictions, other entities have attempted to play Nostradamus this
year: AccuWeather and The Washington Post both predict below-
average snow accumulation, while the Farmers’ Almanac predicts
“copious rains and/or snows.” For the kids, we hope the latter is right.
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IN THEATERS
‘American Hustle’FRIDAY | Bradley Cooper, above
left, wears a perm and reunites with
“Silver Linings Playbook” director
David O. Russell and co-star Jennifer
Lawrence for this crime drama about
con men in the ’70s. Christian Bale,
above right, and Amy Adams, who
were in Russell’s “The Fighter,” also
co-star, making the film a lock for
Oscar recognition.
SUNDAY
Andrew Dice ClayThough he’s lost a step or two
since becoming the fi rst comic
to sell out Madison Square Gar-
den two nights in a row, Andrew
Dice Clay will still delight fans
of his brash, in-your-face humor.
Consider, too, that Clay had a bit
of a comeback in 2013. He had
a well-received dramatic role in
Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine”
and launched a weekly podcast,
“Rollin’ With Dice and Wheels.”
Fillmore, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; Sun., 8 p.m., $29.50-$49.50; 301-960-9999, fi llmoresilverspring.com. (Silver Spring)
‘The Pajama Men: Just the Two of Each of Us’Improv comedy duo The Pajama Men — Mark Chavez, left, and Shenoah Allen, right — return to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre with their latest show, “Just the Two of Each of Us.” We’d tell you what the fast-paced comedy is about, but that would only be confusing. (It involves a “procrastinating King” and a woman who is searching for her missing arm, if that helps.) What you should know is that there will be plenty of jokes, physical comedy, some time warps and several seemingly unrelated characters and story lines that all manage to come together by the show’s end.Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St. NW; through Jan. 5; $20-$77.50; 202-393-3939, woollymammoth.net. (Gallery Place)
WEDNESDAY
MONDAY
Hot 99.5’s Jingle BallWhat happens when you put
Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke,
Austin Mahone, Enrique Iglesias,
Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Jason
Derulo, Fifth Harmony and Flo
Rida in the same room? Hearing
loss from all the screaming, we’d
guess, but also the Jingle Ball,
a celebration of the year in pop
music and the holiday season.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW; Mon., 7 p.m., $50-$250; 202-628-3200, verizoncenter.com. (Gallery Place)
ONGOING
Christmas at Mount VernonGeorge and Martha’s house gets a
little wacky for the holidays. Like,
there’s a camel named Aladdin,
because George once rented one
to amuse guests. Presidentially
pardoned turkey Popcorn is also
on view. More conventional activ-
ities include tours of the rarely
open third fl oor and the sampling
of an 18th-century chocolate
drink. George Washington’s Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memori-al Highway, Mount Vernon, Va.; through Jan. 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $8-$17; 703-780-2000, mountvernon.org.
BeyonceEveryone’s secret role model brings her greatest hits — along with intense dance moves and seven costume changes — to the Verizon Center with the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. Tickets are gone for now, but more may be released. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW; Wed., 8 p.m., sold out; 202-628-3200, verizoncenter.com. (Gallery Place)
ONGOING
STARTS TUESDAY
‘Elf the Musical’“Elf” is to the 21st
century what “A
Christmas Story”
was to the past one
— the only fi lm the
whole family can agree to watch
on Christmas Eve. That wide
appeal applies to the musical
as well, a piece of pleasantly
inoffensive fl uff that folks who
haven’t seen the 2003 fi lm can
enjoy as well. Watch as Buddy, the
human raised as an elf, seeks his
true identity in New York. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; Tue. through Jan. 5, $35-$150; 202-467-4600, kennedy-center.org. (Foggy Bottom)
WEDNESDAY
A John Waters Christmas
Nothing like a
little fi lth for the
holidays. As he
does most years,
Baltimore native
John Waters
drives down 95
for his Christmas celebration,
a one-man show that riffs on
classic holiday TV specials in a
way only the off-color director
can. Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria; Wed., 7:30 p.m., $49.50; 703-549-7500, birchmere.com.
TAKETHE KIDS
STARTS SUNDAY
A Candlelight ChristmasGenerally we don’t like open
fl ames in crowded theaters,
but an exception must be made
for the Washington Chorus’
annual concert, sing-along and
processional, which graces
both the Kennedy Center and
Strathmore. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; Sun., Sat. & Dec. 22; $15-$70; 202-467-4600, kennedy-center.org. (Foggy Bottom) and Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda; Thu. & Dec. 23, $15-$70; 301-581-5100, strathmore.org. (Grosvenor-Strathmore)
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The great rivalries in sports have been forged
through years of intense competition and mutu-
al dislike, the combatants forever bonded in
our minds: Lakers-Celtics, Yankees-Red Sox,
Bears-Packers, Duke-North Carolina.
Locally, fans have witnessed some historic
feuds: Redskins-Cowboys, Nationals-Braves,
Capitals-Penguins and, before conference
realignment ruined it, Georgetown-Syracuse.
But what about the Washington Wizards?
Which NBA squad is their rival?
“Um … I don’t know,” Wizards forward Trev-
or Ariza said. “I couldn’t really tell you. What
do you think?”
Well, because of a combination of irrelevance
(the Wizards haven’t made the playoffs or even
sniffed .500 since 2008), distance (Washing-
ton plays in the far-fl ung Southeast Division,
where Charlotte is the closest team) and turn-
over (fourth-year point guard John Wall is the
Wizards’ longest-tenured player), Washington
is a team without an adversary.
“There’s not one team that’s our rival,” sec-
ond-year guard Bradley Beal said. “I guess
there’s Philly, Cleveland, Charlotte and New
York’s not that far, but I don’t think we view
anyone that way.”
The last time the Wizards scratched and
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“I think that every team we play is a rival-
ry,” Ariza said. “That’s what it’s supposed to
be about. You’re supposed to go in and get the
best of another team. I think it’s more so for
the fans being involved in the game, but that’s
a good thing. The fans being a part of the game
defi nitely helps the players. It’s like in Portland
— when the fans are into the game there, it’s a
tough place to play.”
Until the Wizards fi nd a way to get back into
the playoffs, they’ll have to settle for merely
playing big games against Miami, the Lakers,
Chicago and New York, games where there’s
an infl ux of fans clearly rooting for the visitors.
“Whenever you play a talented, upscale team,
you get up for it because you know it’s either
going to be a good game or a blowout quick,”
Wall said. “But most of the teams who have a
rivalry have been playing in the playoffs the last
couple of years or they had championship bat-
tles. So, it’s kind of tough to say that we have
one.” ELLIOTT SMITH (FOR EXPRESS)
cover story
clawed their way to relevance, they devel-
oped a heated competition with the Cleve-
land Cavaliers, who sported a rising young
star in a guy you might have heard of:
LeBron James. The teams met in the playoffs for
three straight seasons, from 2005-06 to 2007-
08, with the last showdown earning a special
place in Washington lore.
In 2008, then-Wizards guard DeShawn Ste-
venson called James “overrated,” which led LeB-
ron to say Stevenson’s crack was akin to upstart
rapper Soulja Boy dissing hip-hop mogul Jay
Z. Soulja Boy then sat courtside at Game 3 of
the playoff series, and Jay Z called out Steven-
son in the song “Blow the Whistle.”
In the end, it was a lopsided rivalry at best,
as Washington lost to the Cavs in each playoff
series, signaling the beginning of the end of
a brief window of positive NBA vibes in D.C.
And since six seasons is a long, long time in
NBA years, the landscape has changed greatly.
LeBron took his talents to Miami, the Cav-
aliers fell apart, Gilbert Arenas’ gun fiasco
changed the course of the Wizards’ franchise,
and Washington has been trying to fi nd a new
team to hate ever since.
“I would say maybe the Sixers because we see
them so much,” Wall said. “After the lockout, we
played them like eight times in two months.”
To some extent, rivalries work better at the
college level, where playing for your school’s
bragging rights goes a long way, as opposed
to the NBA, where highly paid professionals
who change teams every few years don’t need
the extra motivation.
“There’s a history behind it in college,” Beal
said of his time at Florida. “Us playing Florida
State or Kentucky or Tennessee, it was one of
those things where you had to beat them. Those
are defi nitely the games that go in the memory
book. You play too many teams in the NBA.”
But what about such classic NBA rivalries as
Lakers-Celtics or such new-school showdowns
as Heat-Pacers or Bulls-Heat? The defi ning ele-
ment seems to be postseason success, of which
the Wizards have had little.
“You can’t say you’re like Lakers-Celtics —
they have history,” Wall said. “We’ve won one
championship here. You look at Miami and the
Pacers. They’ve been to Eastern Conference
fi nals and have played Game 7s.”
Do the Wizards even need a rival? In the-
ory, no, but having an enemy to rally around
would help the staid crowds at Verizon Center
and give fans a focal point.
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Oklahoma City Thunder
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Wizards Fan Poll
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“I think that every team we
play is a rivalry. That’s what it’s supposed to be
about. You’re supposed to go in and get the
best of another team.”
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Rivalry MatchmakerThe Wizards have been seeking a perfect match — the peanut butter to their jelly — for years. To help them in their, um, courtship, we offer this profile:
Name: Washington Wizards
Age: 53 and frisky
Location: D.C. (unwilling to move)
Seeking: Archrival
Within: The continental U.S. (sorry, Toronto )
Relationship status: Wide open for a pass
Have kids: Yes, our starting backcourt is 23
or younger
Last relationship: We had a little something
with the Cavs, but it was so one-sided. And it
just wasn’t the same when LeBron left.
Type you’re looking for in a match: Young
and talented. Not afraid to get involved with
someone we may have a little history with.
Faith: We have a lot before every season, but
by the end of the year we start losing it.
Perfect date night: A nice night out at
Verizon Center with 20,000 of our closest
friends. We’d start off slow, with a little back-
and-forth. Then, things would heat up before
the night ended with a swish.
“We don’t beat anybody regularly
enough to have a rival.”– JONATHAN HOPWOOD, OF ARLINGTON,
A 14-YEAR SEASON-TICKET HOLDER AND BLOGGER
OF “MY SWAG WAS PHENOMENAL”
“You don’t have rivals until you’re good. The Caps have rivals. The
’Skins have rivals.”– RON ZUCKER, OF WASHINGTON, D.C., A PARTIAL
SEASON-TICKET HOLDER
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TamalesTexans and other Southwest-
erners traditionally gobble
tamales on Christmas Eve.
They can order pork, chick-
en or sweet pineapple-raisin
ones by la docena (the dozen)
from Mexican Cowboy Tama-
les, Ofelio Crespo’s Columbia
Heights-based company.
Crespo relies on a secret-rec-
ipe green salsa for his pork
tamales (think jalapenos,
poblanos and garlic), and
he’ll do what he dubs “sacred
tamales” for vegan or glu-
ten- or dairy-free diets. $20 a
dozen, $36 for 24; 202-702-0637,
mexicancowboytamales.com.
Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas AleD.C. is crawling with displaced
Ohioans (blame all their seats
in Congress). This means you
might have to arm-wrestle
another Buckeye for a six-pack of
the spicy, honeyed, very limited-
batch ale, much of which doesn’t
even make it out of the state. “It’s
exciting to see people go that
crazy for it,” says Marissa DiSan-
tis, spokeswoman for the Cleve-
land brewery. $16 a six-pack (pric-
es may vary), Schneider’s of Capitol
Hill (300 Massachusetts Ave. NE;
202-543-9300), Georgetown Wine
& Spirits (2701 P St. NW; 202-338-
5500), some Whole Foods stores.
Christmas CrackersBrits pull the ends of these gift-wrapped paper tubes until they snap open with a popping sound, then
excavate the paper crowns, silly jokes and cheap toys inside. A dinner-table tradition since the 1840s,
crackers appeal because they’re “really kind of an old-fashioned thing,” says Lisa Lasell, owner of U.K.
foodstuff store The British Pantry. “British people love tradition.” $40 for 8 “luxury” crackers, $30 for 12
traditional/kid-friendly, The British Pantry, 41153 John Mosby Highway, Aldie, Va.; 703-327-3215, thebritishpantry.us.
King CakeDepending on whether you’re from Latin America or Louisiana,
you might order a King Cake to mark Epiphany on Jan. 6 or Mardi
Gras, which falls on March 4 in 2014. New Orleans native David
Guas of Bayou Bakery creates his version by meshing recipes
from both regions: “It’s an oval-shaped cake with cinnamon and
creamy fi lling, topped with green, gold and purple frosting rep-
resenting faith, power and justice.” Customarily, a plastic baby is
baked into the confection, giving whoever bites down on it good
luck (or, maybe, a broken tooth). The cakes are available starting
Jan. 6 (order in advance); each includes a baby for revelers to hide
themselves. $40 for 14-inch cake, Bayou Bakery Coffee Bar and Eatery,
1515 N. Courthouse Road, Arlington; 703-243-2410, bayoubakeryva.com.
StollenJa, if you’re German or German-American, your grandmoth-
er probably plied you with this loaf-shaped dried-fruit and sugar
concoction. The stuff’s been produced since as early as the 15th
century. It’s good with coffee, and fries up into a decadent French,
er, German toast for breakfast . And, yes, it tastes better than its
distant U.S. cousin, the fruitcake. $5-$42, German Gourmet, 5838
Columbia Pike, Falls Church; 703-379-8080, germangourmet.com.
You may not know why your family has always eaten a yule log cake on Christmas Eve or Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day. You just feel it wouldn’t be the holidays without certain foods, drinks or novelties. If you’re from out of state — or out of the country — fi nding regional seasonal delicacies can be tricky. Here are some ways to keep your yuletide traditions on your plate or in your cup. GAYLE PUTRICH (FOR EXPRESS)
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outings
The Newseum puts Ron Burgundy where he belongs: in a glass case of exhibition
Exhibits
Walter Cronkite and Edward R.
Murrow better make room atop
the Mount Rushmore of televi-
sion news: America has another
anchorman to celebrate.
He’s a man other men aspire to
be. One with many leather-bound
books, a love of scotch and names
for both his biceps. He reads the
news like no one else — and he
looks damn good doing it.
He’s Ron Burgundy, and he
wants you to stay classy, America.
As the next chapter of Burgun-
dy’s adventures opens in theaters
Wednesday, the Newseum is mak-
ing a case for the newsman’s place
within — or at least next to — jour-
nalism history.
“Anchorman: The Exhibit” is a
tribute to the mustached newsman
and the 2004 movie that birthed
him, “Anchorman: The Legend of
Ron Burgundy.”
It’s also a way for the Newseum
to have some fun with the TV news
industry from the era the fi lm so
brilliantly satirized: the 1970s.
“We’ve got plenty of serious sto-
ries we tell, but museums can have
a sense of humor, too,” says Cathy
Trost, the Newseum’s vice pres-
ident of exhibits and programs.
“Laughter is sometimes the best
way to learn.”
For those who haven’t seen
the cult comedy dozens of times,
“Anchorman” follows the triumphs
of San Diego’s all-male Channel 4
news team and award-winning
news desk that visitors can sit at
— it’s all juxtaposed by parallels
from history.
“In any parody there’s some
truth,” Trost says. “And in the
1970s, there really were eyewit-
ness news teams that wore match-
ing polyester blazers and had big
hair. More importantly, the anchor
chair was often for men only and
women did have to fi ght sexism to
get to the top.”
The exhibit arrived a month
before “Anchorman 2: The Legend
Continues” hits theaters, picking up
the Burgundy story in the 1980s as
he helms New York’s fi rst 24-hour
news network. A collection of items
from the sequel will join the exhib-
it this week.
“There’s room for pop culture
in the museum,” Trost says. “The
objects on display in ‘Anchor-
man’ are artifacts of pop cul-
ture, just like Dorothy’s slip-
pers or Archie Bunker’s chair.”
RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)
Match GameThink you know “Anchorman”? Match each item from the Newseum’s exhibit with the relevant quote from the movie. Answers are above Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) at left.A Classy Read
“Written by” Ron
Burgundy, the
book “Let Me
Off at the Top!
My Classy Life &
Other Musings”
reveals the
backstory behind
the Burgundy legend. Did you know,
for example, that Burgundy is from
a small coal-mining town in Iowa or
that he went hunting for jackalopes
with Bobby Kennedy? Now you do.
You’re welcome. R.G.
ANSWERS TO QUIZ: A-5 (STUFFED BAXTER); B-3 (SEX PANTHER COLOGNE, AVAILABLE TO BUY IN THE GIFT SHOP); C-6 (RON’S JAZZ FLUTE); D-2 (RON’S LICENSE PLATE); E-1 (RON’S MUS-TACHE BRUSH); F-4 (RIVAL NEWSMAN FRANK VITCHARD’S TATTERED SUIT)
lead anchor Burgundy (Will Fer-
rell). When a woman, Veronica
Corningstone (Christina Apple-
gate), joins the ranks and earns a
spot next to Burgundy at the news
desk, the men don’t take it well. “It
is anchorman, not anchorlady!”
sportscaster Champ Kind (David
Koechner) shouts. “And that is a
scientifi c fact!”
While the exhibit packs in plen-
ty of “Anchorman” memorabilia —
including costumes worn by Ferrell
and the rest of the cast, iconic props
and a re-creation of the Channel 4
1. “Hey, everyone! Come and see how good I look!”
2. “Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means ‘a whale’s vagina.’ ”
3. “They’ve done studies, you know. 60 percent of the time, it works every time.”
4. “There were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a tri-dent.”
5. “Huh? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole wheel of cheese? How’d you do that? That — actually, I’m not even mad; that’s amazing.”
6. “Jazz flute is for little fairy boys.”
A
From left: “Anchorman” co-stars Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell and Will Ferrell.
‘Anchorman’ of the Hour
Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; through Aug. 31, free with muse-um admission ($13-$22); 888-639-7386, newseum.com. (Archives)
B
C
D
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“In any parody there’s some truth. And in the 1970s … the anchor chair was often for men only.”— CAT H Y T R OS T, THE NEWSEUM’S VICE PRESIDENT OF EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS
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ACROSS1 Like some
evening gowns
7 Stammering
Disney dwarf
10 Analyzes
grammatically
16 90 degrees
from vert.
19 “The Little
Mermaid” villain
20 Cheerleading
sound
21 Wake from
sleep
22 Classification
system for blood
23 They helped
with reception, in
the 1980s
26 South
American cruise
stop
27 Admiration
28 Largest
active volcano
in Europe
29 Intelligence
31 Fleur-de-___
33 “Diff’rent
Strokes” character,
in the 1980s
34 Most of the
world’s people
36 Lovers’
engagement
37 Digging, or word
after “digging”
39 Diagnostic aids
41 Benders
43 They were put
in drives, in the
1980s
47 Sheltered valley
49 Traffic sign
word
52 It stretches
from Maine to
Florida
53 Fend off, as
mosquitoes
55 She starred
with Bea and Betty
56 Egg cell
57 New York’s ___
Island
61 Have a major
reaction?
63 Venomous
snake
66 Nobel Peace
Prize winner Le
___ Tho
68 Barbecue
remnants
69 Update, as a
road atlas
70 Key ___, Fla.
73 Corner
conveniences, in
the 1980s
76 Old West
vehicle
77 Buy-one-get-
one-free item?
78 Cannot
___ hear (is
unconscious)
79 Piggy abode
81 Homer’s nice
neighbor
82 Shakespeare
title character
84 Give the
go-ahead
86 Univ. recruiter
89 “Do no harm” org.
90 Royal fur
92 “Universal
donor” blood type
97 Window ledge
99 Tree-hugger?
100 They got rid of
snow, in the 1980s
102 Like the
designated driver
104 1990s skiing
star Hermann
105 “You ___ Me”
(Sam Cooke tune)
106 Happen
108 In large
amounts
111 Audition tape
115 TiVo users may
skip them
116 Gateway to the
Internet
118 God, in Latin
119 Like some
decals
121 Unhittable
serve
122 Form of
communication, in
the 1980s
128 Letters seen
on some TVs
129 “___ Rouge”
(Kidman movie)
130 Her
counterpart?
131 It suits you
132 Director
Burton
133 Put a value on
134 “Even so …”
135 Searched for
truffles
DOWN1 Hiker’s sock-
clinger
2 Reagan’s was in
the 1980s
3 Workplace
watchdog’s
concern
4 Works on a
soundtrack
5 Privileged group
6 Went out
together
7 ___ personae
(cast)
8 Item fitted into
a thole
9 When repeated,
a ballroom dance
10 LaBelle and
LuPone, e.g.
11 Rock concert
venue
12 Legendary Irish
king
13 Natural heater
14 Those, in
Madrid
15 Appear that way
16 President in
1945
17 Expiration
notices?
18 Something to
come home to
24 Nighttime,
poetically
25 Homes made of
twigs
30 “Fine” or
“liberal” followers
31 “Into each ___
some rain …”
32 “To Live and Die
___” (1985 film)
34 Inquire
35 Part of a
stairway
38 Prefix meaning
“vision”
40 Ballpark figs.
42 Vending
machine inserts
44 Plumbing flow
regulator (abbr.)
45 “I knew ___ say
that!”
46 Block, as a
stream
fun & games
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47 Color of
inexperience?
48 They get framed
a lot
50 Delighted state?
51 Took a quick
look
54 “___ and the
Real Girl” (2007
film)
58 VCR inserts
59 “There was an
old lady who lived in
___ …”
60 McCullough’s
“The ___ Birds”
62 Permit
63 Introductory
Greek letters
64 Deli meat
65 Barbaric shout
67 Cello maestro
Pablo
71 Foam alternative
for shavers
72 Assayers’
samples
74 Some survey
responses
75 Throat disorder
80 Downward dog
discipline
83 Make docile
85 Ripped
87 ___ chi (martial
art form)
88 Middles (abbr.)
91 Tennis great
Bjorn
93 Least cool
94 “My comment
was serious”
95 Work the
bleachers
96 “To the ___ of
the Earth”
98 Brutish sort
100 Ankle bones
101 Go head-to-
head
103 One of the
Trimurti
104 Expresses grief
106 “Perceptual
abstraction”
107 Spherical
bacteria
109 Nonplus
110 Jerry or Jerry
Lee
112 Directional
ending
113 Wisdom tooth,
for example
114 “___ a
customer”
117 Home to
Vientiane
120 Palindromic
male name
123 Some fraternity
letters
124 “… ___ will be
done …”
125 Even, as a score
126 Prior to, in
poems
127 Tom Clancy’s
“___ Storm Rising”
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