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Crossword: Year-Round

Here are the theme-related clues to this week's Sunday New York Times crossword.

ACROSS

22 Possible punishment for steroid use
25 Native tongue of R&B singer Rihanna
27 Wise guy
40 Experts at exports
43 Genre explored by Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith
64 Cry at sea
66 Cancun resident, once
82 Boils down
85 Thrill seeker
101 Nativity figure
103 Samuel L. Jackson's character in "Pulp Fiction"

DOWN
6 Paris was part of it
9 It's darn likely
19 Mustang rivals
30 Biker's add-on
34 Lucratively
50 Pop singer who appeared in the movie "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
54 "Quite possibly"
65 Professionals with many contacts?
77 Like some professors
80 Drinks in frosted glasses
97 Beer serving in a pub

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Comments

1.

Seem to have forgotten 93D, which would be BA(SEP)AY if I'm not mistaken, and 109A, which is FR(AUG)HT, presumably with peril about missing clues (heh, heh)

2.

Aack! Sorry about that. Thanks for pointing it out!




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