Good ol' boy Crossword Clue

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BOY (noun)
1. a male human offspring
2. a youthful male person
GOOD (noun)
1. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
2. articles of commerce
GOOD (adjective)
1. with or in a close or intimate relationship
2. exerting force or influence
GOOD (adverb)
1. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well’)
2. completely and absolutely (`good’ is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly’)

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Across

1. It protects the heart

8. Egyptian god of the underworld

14. Dr.’s order?

17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives

18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets

21. High marks

22. "That's enough bickering!"

24. Valletta's land

25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"

27. Max's opposite

28. Morpheus, to 25-Across

31. Actor Thomas ___ Church

34. Stares stupidly

35. General who crossed the Rubicon

37. Snubs

39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle

40. TV E.T.

41. Secondary list of options

43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter

45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)

47. Classification that anyone can donate to

48. Got off

49. With warts and all

53. Pesto ingredients

55. Made less angry now

58. Ozone no-no, for short

59. The dash in many an emoticon

60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath

61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel

63. Derived from gold

66. Steals, informally

67. Something a bug produces

68. Certain Army noncom

70. Points to a church?

71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11

73. Brewed beverage

74. Perseveres

76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website

80. "Horsefeathers!"

82. Fiddlesticks!

83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles

85. Make a lot, say?

86. Famed firefighter Red

88. "All right, but that's not my opinion"

90. L.A.P.D. unit?

91. The Lamb

93. Devoted effort to looking attractive

96. Leaning

98. Bandage brand

99. Possessed, biblically

100. Word before winner or after Wonder

101. Brick homes

103. Buffalo’s home: Abbr.

104. 'Sprechen __ Deutsch?'

106. Eponym of element 96

109. They'll get there eventually

113. Like the cultivation of land

115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest

116. Zero

117. Co.'s $$$ head

118. Steal for ransom

119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"

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Down

1. Kelly of morning TV

2. "Come on and let loose for a while!"

3. Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot

4. Wrinkly fruits

5. Parts of many online handles

6. Davis of Thelma & Louise

7. ___ quam videri (North Carolina’s motto)

8. 1940s spy grp.

9. Ready … or a word after ready

10. Chemist's variant

11. Violent seizure, as of property

12. Sign me up!

13. He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne

14. Soothing goo

15. Hawaiian for "long mountain"

16. Intermission follower on Broadway

17. War zone for Rambo, informally

19. Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"

20. Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g.

23. Hosp. areas

26. "I'm flattered!"

30. Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him

32. State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol

33. Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively

35. Kid's summer getaway

36. Kyrgyzstani mountain range

37. Urchins

38. Fans out

39. Where idols go head-to-head?

42. Small part in a gig

44. British isle

46. It's in your jeans

48. Plot divisions

50. Traumatize

51. Assuming that's true …

52. He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew

54. "Not gonna lie ..."

56. First enactors of democracy

57. Fencing contests

60. Chemistry lab dropper

62. Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast

63. 'Chop chop!'

64. Wrinkly fruit

65. GPS lines (Abbr.)

66. Programming language that's also a musical key

69. He sold out his master in exchange for silver

71. Baby in a pouch

72. Pandemonium

75. Title for a guru

76. Survivor's affliction, for short

77. Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring"

78. Big name in makeup

79. Music score squiggle

81. Disagrees (with)

84. Ixnays from Irkutsk

87. Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially

89. Possible scenario, to a coder

91. 2011 Lady Gaga hit

92. Steamy

94. Paired chips with dips?

95. Touch lightly, as a gas pedal

97. Floral victory symbol

98. Lead-in to tech

100. Spawned

102. Camera inits.

103. ___ me tangere (Latin warning)

105. Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"

107. Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall

108. Official lang. of Liberia

110. Acorn, in the future

111. Messenger ___

112. Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr.

114. "Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")

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