DUPLICITOUSNESS

Intermediate
Puzzle by Mark B. Anderson
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Across

1.How volleyball must be won, see also 76-Across
6.Red cap linked to a 2016 slogan
13.Extend support to
19.Relating to birds
20.Bearing tendrils
21.Monopoly’s luck card
22.Of minor importance
24.* How Steph beat Lebron in 2018's NBA Finals
25.Tissue protrusion
26.Make someone feel small
27.Sew with loose temporary stitches
28.Summer time in the Northeast: Abbr.
29.Chess rook
33.Rock mined for its metal
35.Character in a play
39.Dynamite's explosive compound
41.Syllable in tra-la-la
42.Bond creator Fleming
44.* Long-running CBS sitcom with Charlie Sheen
47.Painful
49.See 112-Down
51.Italian word for the number after two
52.Musician's booking
53.Gooey shapeless mass
54.Clearly evident
56.Becomes solid
58.* BOGO, by another name
60.Combat venue
62.Refuses to
66.Detailed map
68.Improper application
70.Baked desserts with crusts
71.Brief electronic thanks
74.One fact
76.What to do to parts of the answers of the six starred clues, yielding a 112-Down 49-Across, with 1-Across
79.Police officer
80.Flow in small amounts
82.Great mystery
86.Adept
87.Consider without proof
90.Emotionally withdrawn
91.Shock into silence
96.Relax in the sunshine
98.Approximate figure
101.Tiny flying pest
102.Athlete paid to compete
105.Downhill race
106.* Baseball fielding team's goal every half inning
107.Kneads muscularly
108.* Popular East Coast burger chain
110.British metal band _ Leopard
111.Online laugh indicator
112.___ Bones (folk group)
113.Coordinate system line
114.Often follows a QR code?
116.Bouillon brand
118.Placeholder for an unconfirmed event, briefly
121.Small map within map
124.Package of items tied together
129.Government office
132.Dessert topped with ice cream
135.Spain and Portugal
136.Indoors
137.Male escorts
138.Speaks very highly of
139.Toy train brand
140.* Hobbit
141.German Dadaist painter Max

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1.Hairless
2.Shoe brand name
3.Australian slang phrase
4.Cushion made of straw, in old England
5.Form of brief theatrical work
6.1051 to Caesar
7.French river
8.Diving waterbird known for elaborate courtship dances
9.Solo showpiece in an opera
10.Takes all greedily
11.First name of actor Kutcher
12.Rock unsteadily
13.Hurt
14.Lose or discard
15.Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul
16.Small hotel
17.Poli ___ (academic subject)
18.Beverage steeped in hot water
23.Genetic messenger molecule
30.Measure of walking or running cadence
31.Snare
32.Smallville character Lang
34.Equivalent full-time students, for short
36.Text abbreviation for shock
37.Hawaiian garland necklace
38.Britain: Abbr.
39.Short pants?
40.Cornhusker State: Abbr.
42.Indigenous ppl. of the Lesser Antilles
43.Patron saint of young girls, martyred in Rome
45.Made furious
46.Executive rejection power
47.Dating section abbreviation, for some
48.“Smell,” in Latin
49.Anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first Black president
50.Heaven, in Arabic
55.Threaded insert hammered into wood for a secure bolt
57.Fall month: Abbr.
59.Fresno, CA law enforcement
61.Largest continent
63.Set a dog loose on someone
64.Prefix meaning new
65.Small kitchen measure
67.Sandwich-filler fish
69.Prepare to fight or defend
71.Airport security agency, for short
72.Male pronouns
73.Marks indicating incorrect answers
75.Distance unit
77.Possessive form of "someone other than me"
78.Ready to go
81.Drinking establishment
83.French kid, colloquially
84.Recurring artistic theme
85.In _ (experiencing a jam or dilemma)
88.Japanese trout-salmon species
89.Aussie portable cooler
92.Fantasy monster
93.Latin for 'one'
94.Grab
95.Alcohol-withdrawal tremors, briefly
97.Affectionate touch
99.Cast off old plumage
100.NBA All-Star event
102.School organization: Abbr.
103.Latin word for 'king'
104.Horned ogre from Japanese legend
109.The Making of Americans author, familiarly
110.Small sandpiper with a curved bill
112.What a pun relies on, with 49-Across, and a hint to making sense to the six starred answers
115.Book following Hebrews, Portuguese-style
116.Russian vodka whose name means 'of the capital'
117.Baseball stat: Abbr.
119.Told firmly
120.One-on-one contest
122.Full of wisdom
123.African salt coin
125.Close by or at hand
126.Cylindrical container
127.Container covers
128.Bridge player’s seat
129.Money, slangily
130.A campus, casually
131.Record label: Abbr.
133.Put on clothing item
134.Erle Stanley Gardner's initials
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