Aspiring newcomer Crossword Clue

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ASPIRING (adjective)
1. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
NEWCOMER (noun)
1. any new participant in some activity
2. a recent arrival

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1. It might put you in a tight squeeze

9. Carrying capacity

15. Terrier in the 1940s White House

19. Comment after a heated exchange?

20. Qualification in a Google Maps search

21. Astronaut Baker or Ochoa

22. Almond-flavored liqueur

23. Patronize, as a bistro

24. Noggin

25. 85-Across, in France

26. Drill leaders

28. It could be anybody

30. Tequila-and-grapefruit-soda cocktails

35. Prevailed

37. Pampers in Paddington

39. Equitable portion

44. Spicy condiments

47. Ends

49. Gusto

50. Kinks song set in “a club down in old Soho”

51. Account amount

54. Connect with

55. Restless

57. Hopping mad

58. Song section

59. Hive group

61. Lucky strike?

62. Warning signs

64. Mrs. in Managua

65. Big blow

67. Citi Field team, in sports tickers

68. Comedian Bargatze

69. Printer problem

72. Aspirations

73. “Voulez-Vous” group

75. Contrary to good manners

77. Eggs on

79. Effect used to measure the distance to close stars

82. Lightly burn

83. Scholarship benefactors, at times

84. Browser input

85. Shaker fill

86. Spa treatment, for short

87. Aquino’s predecessor

89. They help you choose a new hue

93. Sign, as an agreement

95. Cyclist van der Poel, nicknamed “The Flying Dutchman”

97. Beyond question

100. 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi film

104. Cover names

108. Without an owner

110. Brainless automaton

111. Bit of color

112. Put onto the supermarket checkout counter, maybe

114. ___ Plaza (“Die Hard” setting)

119. Pitch perfect

120. “The Count of Monte ___”

121. Novel

122. Legendary loch

123. Summertime top

124. Crowded housing

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1. In shock

2. Where Hercules slew a lion

3. Even a little

4. Deck item

5. Lunchbox goody

6. Timeout penalty, perhaps

7. Show fondness

8. Singer Tori

9. Northernmost of Greece’s Cyclades archipelago

10. Hold power

11. “Music in the Tuileries” painter

13. Thurman of “Kill Bill”

14. Doesn’t add fuel to, say

15. Admiral’s concern

16. Permit

17. Téa of “Jurassic Park III”

18. Subsume, as land

21. RuPaul has 14 of them

27. Impress immensely

29. Two in a row?

31. “It’s better left unsaid”

32. Oldest independent state in the Arab world

33. Satisfy a nicotine craving, in a way

34. Award for Best Play, e.g.

36. Pressed lightly, as the brakes

38. ID found on a jacket

40. Belonging to neither you nor me, maybe

41. Land on the Irish Sea

42. Hopping mad

43. Foreign: Prefix

44. Persian weapons

45. Pay tribute to

46. Extreme

47. Treats illustrated literally four times in this puzzle

48. Group with play dates?

52. Common sports injury site, for short

53. Turtle with a blue headband

54. Core beliefs

56. “Zounds!”

57. 9-Down, e.g.

58. Nix

60. Travis Scott performances

63. Cat o’ no tail

66. Grass used to make high-quality paper

69. Hill of Hollywood

70. A matter of degrees?

71. Sports competitions

72. More comfy-cozy

74. Lou Gehrig’s disease, for short

76. Hash out

77. One’s path to going overboard?

78. Cost as much as

80. Nonprofit org. that promotes public service announcements

81. CEO’s helper

83. Iowa State setting

87. Vein setting

88. With more things of that sort

90. “Kapow!”

91. Operatic slave

92. Pull apart

94. Out of practice

95. Trusted teacher

96. Drink suffix

98. Speak with swagger

99. Rich dessert

101. Side-impact collision, familiarly

102. Centurion, say

103. Leaning

104. Held back, as a news story

105. Kevin of “A Fish Called Wanda”

106. Communication between pen pals?

107. Hurries

109. Insolent brat

113. Org. opposed to background checks

115. Mustang mom

116. Comparable

117. Hopping mad feeling

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