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Corrected clues for crossword puzzle for Oct. 15 issue

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PITIFUL PANTRY PROBLEM

ACROSS

1 Spot's threat

4 Bacteria-growing gel

8 Crevices

13 Having the most wisdom

19 Glasgow refusal

20 "Space Ghost" cartoonist Alex

21 Actress Kemper of "The Office"

22 Swollen and distended

23 Central North Carolina city

25 747, say

26 Often-used expressions

27 Start of a riddle

30 "Three Times --" (1978 hit song)

31 Hay unit

32 Be in great anguish

36 Trainee, e.g.

37 Riddle, part 2

42 Diplomat's skill

44 Former NBAer Ming

45 Gets wrinkles out of

46 See 71-Down

49 1930s-'40s prez

50 Church vestibule

53 Classical intro?

54 Riddle, part 3

59 It may take the cake

61 "-- Sexy" (1992 #1 hit song) 62 Clapton of rock 63 Bernstein's "Candide," for one

67 Early Oscar winner Jannings

68 Riddle, part 4

72 Fought (for)

73 Look for a therapist, say

75 Poi base

76 River mouth deposit

77 Go via boat

78 Riddle, part 5

82 "-- culpa!"

85 How a winding path proceeds

87 Part of RBI or ERA

88 Dir. from Ariz. to Ky.

89 Dazzling success

91 Despot Amin

92 Gives a hand

96 End of the riddle

100 "Woe is me!"

104 "The Mummers' Dance" singer McKennitt

105 No longer relevant

106 Classic arcade name

107 Riddle's answer

113 All-terrain military vehicle

116 Clipped, as a sheep

117 Many a magic trick

118 Give support

119 Sizable

120 Sulky state

121 Malt product

122 Some online greetings

123 Possessed

124 GI's "lullaby"

125 Longest river of Scotland

DOWN 1 Chew on persistently

2 In an overly hasty way

3 Hold a new trial for

4 Up a tree

5 Silly mistake

6 Razor option

7 Certain parallelogram

8 Drive back

9 "Maybe"

10 Shortcoming

11 Ex-Yankee Martinez

12 Appear

13 Miserly

14 Sound engineer's console

15 Smiling one

16 Swelled head

17 Resident of a gaming "City"

18 NFL scores

24 "It's the -- an era"

28 Rowboat pair

29 Satisfied sigh

33 Victor's gloat

34 "Titanic" actor Billy

35 Petro-Canada rival

37 Time -- half 3

8 Square type

39 Meg of "I.Q."

40 Three feet

41 "Poppycock!"

43 "Should that be true ..."

46 Brown, Penn and Harvard

47 "The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan 48 Shaw of swing

50 "Valiant attempt!"

51 Aspiration

52 Just-prior periods

55 Egg middles

56 Work fill-in

57 Goya's gold

58 Cedar cousin

60 "Fat chance!"

63 -- about (close to)

64 Mark in "pinata"

65 "Grand" Rockies peak

66 Wise saying

68 Herr's "no"

69 Pot for arroz con pollo

70 "Poppycock!"

71 With 46-Across, brand of frozen fries

74 Is in first place

76 "-- be shy"

78 Bona -- (real)

79 Lena of "Havana"

80 Grand -- (auto race)

81 Drive out

82 Whine like a baby

83 Yodeling comeback

84 Banned orchard spray

86 Currency of Laos

90 Dined at someone else's place

92 Embellished

93 Haughty sort

94 Band's lineup of gig songs

95 Fills up

97 "Gas Food Lodging" director Allison

98 Tennis player Shriver

99 Appear

101 Lasso

102 Colorful ring of anatomy

103 Writer Sheldon

106 Lies against

108 Port of Norway

109 Turn to liquid

110 Trumpet, e.g.

111 Forearm part

112 Radar image

113 Color tone

114 Scanned market ID

115 Deg. for many an exec


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