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Trenton Charlson, 25, is a full-time crossword constructor in Columbus, Ohio. He loves words with unusual letter combinations, like 63-Across here, which he’s been trying to use in a puzzle for years. He says, “I value the sort of ‘X-factor’ that makes a puzzle feel playfully and distinctly ‘human’?” — the fill included. With advanced crossword software and databases available now even to first-time constructors, it takes special effort, like Trenton’s, to display a personal style. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 Goes wherever

the wind blows?

6 Person who likes all your FB posts, perhaps

9 Key with five

sharps: Abbr.

13 Western film, in

old slang

18 Harriet’s partner

on 1950s-’60s TV

19 China’s Chou

En-____

20 Paul Simon’s

‘‘____ Rock’’

21 Tree that Athena

gifted to Athens

22 Inaptly named bear of a tongue twister

25 Spanish rice

26 Letter-shaped

construction piece 27 Endeavor

28 Winter weather

hazard

31 Little black ____ 32 Art of verse

33 Jurisdiction of a Catholic church official

37 Get closer and

closer

40 Mapmaker’s

subj.

41 Literary traveler to Lilliput and Brobdingnag

42 Transfixed

43 Former telecom giant that merged into Verizon

45 Ostentatious

display

48 Kicked back

49 Singer Lisa

51 Pre-euro

currency

52 National tree of

the U.S.

53 Paradise lost

54 Scatterbrains

56 Grandma, to

Brits

57 Frenzy

59 Rattlesnake’s

warning

60 Ambrose Bierce defined it as ‘‘A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue’’

62 Totally over it all

63 Final creature encountered in ‘‘Dr. Seuss’s ABC’’

68 Far-right state

70 Buckskin, e.g.

71 Something stretched out in a yoga class

74 Has over

75 Go after

78 Like varnished

wood

79 ‘‘Pretty please?’’ 80 Sci-fi travelers

81 Pan-fries

84 Violated a code

of silence

85 Sportscaster Jim with the classic opening ‘‘Hello, friends’’

86 Opportunities to win a vacation on ‘‘Wheel of Fortune’’ 90 Stocking stuffer 91 Actress Ana of

‘‘Love, Victor’’

92 ‘‘Alas .?.?. ’’

93 Bistro sign word 95 Francis’ tenure,

e.g.

96 Lively, on a score 97 Collect little by

little

99 Makes

101 ‘‘Which Disney Princess Are You?’’ and the like

104 Big Ten powerhouse, for short

107 Eye shade

110 Basic skateboard

trick

111 Quick nap .?.?. or a playful description of the 64-Down here 113 Conflagration 114 Diamond who

went platinum

115 Scottish denial 116 Popeye creator

Segar

117 Footnote abbr. 118 Icelandic work that influenced Tolkien

119 Key for getting

out, not in

120 Like May through August, unlike the other months of the year

DOWN

1 What ‘‘piano’’

can mean

2 Côte d’____

3 Nickname for

Isabelle or Isidore

4 Fashion designer

Lange

5 Actress Amanda of 2012’s ‘‘Les Misérables’’

6 What B. B. King

was king of

7 Rattles

8 Opposite of

flatness

9 Members of

bevies and broods 10 Tie the knot

11 Mine: Fr.

12 Many a collaboration between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald

13 ‘‘C’est

magnifique!’’

14 Spanish

composer Isaac

15 ‘‘How to ____ a

____’’

(popular Google

search)

16 One of the Gabor

sisters

17 Radiation unit

23 Member in the genus Troglodytes, so named for its tendency to enter dark crevices

24 ‘‘Jeepers!’’

25 Generational

divide

29 Former queen of

Jordan

30 Nintendo

princess

31 Order of roses

34 Kilt-wearing

Greek infantryman 35 Fixed, as tiling

36 Northern California town once home to the palindromic ____ Bakery

37 Chain that sells

chains

38 ‘‘Jeepers!’’

39 Levels

40 Old fogy

41 Quiet valley 43 Partner of

glamour

44 Comedian

Fields

46 ____ garden

47 When repeated, one of the Gabor sisters 50 Mercedes-____ 54 Stupor

55 Multitude

57 Pac-Man navigates through one

58 Wood-shaping

tool

60 They’re taken

out in alleys

61 Six-Day War

leader Weizman

62 No-nonsense

TV judge

63 Unsightly spot 64 Sleep

indicators

65 Counterfeit

66 Spike the

Beanie Baby, e.g.

67 Having some

pep 68 Alternative to

Advil or Aleve

69 Birthplace of the Franciscan order

71 Kind of ray

72 Bit of

tomfoolery

73 Nervous state 74 Seven: Prefix

75 Football sideline reporter Kolber

76 Brand of

pretzels and chips 77 Electric ____ 79 Kvetches

81 Pointy-eared

dog

82 Big name in car

parts

83 Break away

85 Reason to hang

up

87 Victoria Falls

river

88 Uniform

adornment

89 Center of L.A.,

once 94 Sufficient,

informally

95 Aphids, to

ladybugs

97 Beyond cold

98 Woman’s name meaning ‘‘night’’ in Hebrew and Arabic 99 Pound and

others

100 Worshiper of

the rain god Tlaloc 102 Took off

103 One of the Nereids of Greek myth

104 Eleven, en

français

105 Parts of

snowmobiles

106 Exploits

107 ‘‘The White

Lotus’’ airer

108 View from Lake

Como

109 Country music’s ____ Brown Band

112 In a bad way

Answers will be printed in next week’s crossword puzzle page.