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By Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen, edited by Jeff Chen

WRONGFUL TERMINATIONS

ACROSS

1 Volleyball touch

5 Illegal start?

12 Far from fine

18 Some abstract visuals

20 Night lights?

21 Some mahjong tiles

22 “It’s so unfair! I lost my job making boomerangs, even after I ___!”

25 One who gets half the credit

26 Opposite of fast

27 Chicago trains

28 G.I. fare

29 “I got fired as a Zamboni driver, even after I ___!”

36 “Jinkies!”

39 Plus

40 Absolutely must 41 Done to ___

42 Turning point?

44 Big name in banking

47 Court org.

48 Part of FTW

49 “I got canned as a taxi driver, even after I ___!” 54 Russian sea

58 Giant who was in “The Princess Bride”

59 “___ minute now”

60 Silvery fish

62 Scratch (out)

63 Ramirez of “Grey’s Anatomy”

65 “PDQ!”

68 Running things

70 “I lost my job roping cattle with the ranch crew, even after I ___!” 75 Polite dismissal

76 Grp. with a phonetic alphabet

77 Single

78 Root word?

79 Cattle breed

81 Network connections

83 Network junctions 86 Mani-___

88 “I got fired from making hedge mazes, even after I ___!”

93 Actress Issa

95 Part of a Waze rte.

96 Jazz singer Laine

97 Rap mogul Knight

98 Wide-eyed with excitement

100 Super 8 and others

103 @@@ 105 Pull

106 “I was terminated at Nissan’s electric car factory, even after I ___!”

111 Dating term?

112 Yalie

113 Underground band

114 Orpheus, notably

118 “I got fired from making keyboards, even after I ___!”

125 River mouth area

126 Country singer McBride

127 “No harm, no foul”

128 Tediously old-fashioned

129Have

130 Klutz’s comment

DOWN

1 Bartlett kin 2 Until 3 Starburst producer

4 Chris who plays Star-Lord

5 “So there!”

6 Blew one’s cover

7 Pay for

8 Chinese dumpling

9 Red state?

10 “Far out, man!”

11 Ballpark fig.

12 Biblical verb

13 Texter’s “Holy smokes!”

14 Core components

15 Bunkmate

16 Tip provider

17 First name in cosmetics

19 Royal headwear

21 Steve Martin’s scheming sergeant in 1996

23 Jim Carrey’s scheming meanie in 2000

24 Miami’s NBA team

30 Emmy-winning Falco

31 Stomach or shoulder

32 Country’s McEntire

33 Coated Dutch cheeses

34 Osaka assent

35 European hot spot

36 Sip from a sippy cup

37 Teammates with pull?

38 What the Beaufort scale measures

43 Layers

45 Tazo offering

46 “Nuh-uh”

48 Jam and juice brand

50 Mother ___

51 “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” speaker

52 “Let’s do this thing!”

53 Mardi Gras follower

55 Reset, in a way

56 Indie band known for its elaborately choreographed videos

57 Gov. position turned down by Daniel Webster, allegedly saying, “I do not propose to be buried until I am really dead and in my coffin” 61 Neo, to Trinity

64 Even the score

66 Actress de Armas

67 Small, to Simone

69 Gives the go-ahead

70 Genre for BTS

71 Palindromic beauty magazine

72 Big name in the freezer aisle

73 Steamroll, in sports

74 Kind of bond

80 Political party list

82 TV show with a “FiveTimers Club”

84 “By that reasoning ... “

85 Throw off balance

87 Go to press?

89 “Your turn to speak”

90 Actress Ward

91 Color worn by the San Jose Sharks

92 Hyatt and Hilton

94 Bumble bio info

98 International Mahjong Day month

99 Capri has a famous blue one

100 State where the fuzz is in plain sight?

101 Poet who wrote “To be loved, be lovable”

102 Honkers

104 “Give my regards!”

106 Catches on a security camera

107 “Sugar”

108 Bert’s 15-Down

109 Gradually removes

110 ___ pie (“walking” chili treat served in a bag)

115 “Should that be true ...”

116 “Quit it!”

117 Chiding sounds

119 OB/GYN offering

120 Noodge

121 Challenging tot

122 Confucian belief

123 Return letters?

124 ___ Vegasz

SPORTS

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