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Second in Command

November 23, 2025

By Trenton Charlson • 134 Clues

Across Clues

1. Departed unceremoniously? → ELOPED

7. Contained → HELD

11. Tries to get a rise out of → BAITS

16. Seeing someone, say → ONADATE

17. "Couldn't agree more!" → AMEN

18. "Couldn't agree more!" → HOWTRUE

20. Certain vacation booking in Madrid? → SPANISHRAMADA

22. Things from a distant land → EXOTICA

23. Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins → GAMGEE

24. Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome → VII

25. Look for → SEEK

26. Play one's part? → ACT

27. Pants, in slang → TROU

28. Billions and billions of boutique items? → OCTILLIONDRESSES

34. One may keep a watch on you → STRAP

36. Honest-to-goodness → REAL

37. Programming pioneer Lovelace → ADA

38. Snooped (around) → NOSED

39. Exceed → GOPAST

41. Put out → MIFF

43. Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease" → DIDI

44. What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires? → ACMETOTHERESCUE

49. Indiana pro athlete → PACER

50. Nest egg inits. → IRA

51. Nashville-to-Asheville dir. → ESE

52. Big name in kitchenware → OXO

53. San Francisco's ___ Valley → NOE

55. Summer hours in L.A. → PDT

56. Tiny stinger → REDANT

58. "Pretty please?" → CANI

60. Bedamn → ACCURSE

63. Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia? → DANCINGWITHTHETSARS

67. Cocktails with curaçao → MAITAIS

68. #1, say → FAVE

69. Like the set of single-digit integers → FINITE

71. Suffix with 75-Down → IZE

73. Meeting of the minds? → ESP

74. Many a Yeshiva student → JEW

75. Kiss ___ → CAM

76. Olive of old cartoons → OYL

77. Little reminders → NOTES

79. Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"? → EGOCENTRICMODEL

85. Many a university benefactor, informally → ALUM

86. Mouth-puckering → SOUR

87. Sport → HAVEON

88. Observes Ramadan, in a way → FASTS

90. Sugar suffix → OSE

91. One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker → SEMI

92. Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains → NEPAL

96. What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping? → LESSEROFTWOVEILS

101. Bananas → LOCO

102. Naked ___ jaybird → ASA

103. Contrarian in a nursery rhyme → MARY

104. Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker → REY

105. Country singer Yearwood → TRISHA

107. Tight fit → SQUEEZE

109. Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!) → UNCLEARPOTION

113. Tight formations → HUDDLES

114. Parking spot? → SEAT

115. Stop, to a sailor → HEAVETO

116. Sargasso Sea quartet → ESSES

117. Corner of a diamond → BASE

118. Buries → INTERS

Down Clues

1. Fill with love → ENAMOR

2. Love ___ → LANGUAGE

3. Canine frenemy of Garfield → ODIE

4. Leisurely evening walk → PASEO

5. Addis Ababa's country: Abbr. → ETH

6. German article → DER

7. Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker → HAMILL

8. It may come with attachments → EMAIL

9. Shepherded → LED

10. Part of what makes you you → DNA

11. Ring master? → BOXER

12. Up, now → AWOKEN

13. Cousin of Gomez Addams → ITT

14. When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared → TRIASSICPERIOD

15. Made it big → SUCCEEDED

16. Dizzying designs → OPART

18. Mind → HEED

19. Grovels → EATSDIRT

20. Police dept. members → SGTS

21. Do the Wright thing? → AVIATE

25. Big fiasco → SNAFU

29. Jalopy → CRATE

30. John in the Radio Hall of Fame → TESH

31. Indignant retort → IAMSO

32. Like many of Horace's works → ODIC

33. Float component → SODA

35. Strengths → POTENCIES

40. Little reminders → POSTITS

42. Metaphorical place of indecision → FENCE

44. Word with gauge or guitar → AIR

45. Standing on the street → CRED

46. It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors → MADAMETUSSAUDS

47. Rice-A-___ → RONI

48. Charge to redeem mutual funds → EXITFEE

49. The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it → PERSIMMON

54. Stare down → OUTFACE

57. Japan's largest carrier → ANA

58. Some sci-fi film effects, in brief → CGI

59. Utterances of disappointment → AWS

60. 4x4, for one → ATV

61. "Evita" narrator → CHE

62. Start of many a Latin American city name → SAN

64. Scruffs → NAPES

65. Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower" → HAWN

66. Reason to see an ophthalmologist → STYE

70. 90° bend → ELL

71. Very fast → INAFLASH

72. Reminiscent of a certain French author's work → ZOLAESQUE

74. Banana Republic competitor → JCREW

75. Like some suits → CIVIL

78. Experts in CPR → EMTS

80. Comically ridiculous → GOOFY

81. Send packing → OUST

82. A dirty look → THEEYE

83. Actor Malek of "The Amateur" → RAMI

84. Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces → ONELITER

89. Mortal mother of Dionysus → SEMELE

91. Lithe → SVELTE

93. Puts forward → POSITS

94. It may elicit a blessing → ACHOO

95. Advance → LOAN

97. Tears down → RAZES

98. Bonanza discoveries → ORES

99. Aquatic apex predators → ORCAS

100. Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly → STPAT

106. Emulate a vagabond → ROVE

108. Newsroom V.I.P.s → EDS

109. Kind of PC port → USB

110. Museum-funding org. → NEA

111. Tuna often served tartare → AHI

112. Stimpy's cartoon pal → REN