Mystery writer? Crossword Clue

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(adverb)
1. (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WRITER (noun)
1. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
2. a person who is able to write and has written something
MYSTERY (noun)
1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
2. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

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1. Words ___ Friends

5. Dunderheads

10. Starting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to Florida

14. Reduce to a pulp

18. Actress ___ Grace Moretz

19. "The game's ___": Henry V

21. Soothing succulent

22. HOT woman worth fighting for?

24. Throwing weapon known in Japanese as a shuriken

26. 2010-12's ___ Spring

27. Coronary insert

28. GOT in the ballpark?

29. Gomez of “Only Murders in the Building”

31. Under, poetically

33. Trick

34. Music to a comedian's ears

36. Some 1960s-style protests

39. Contents of a black-and-white pod

43. BOB Dylan album?

47. Impossible to read, perhaps

48. Word before cut or class

49. Fragrant compound

50. "It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.)

52. Butcher's cut

53. Takes a little off

55. Time's 2023 Person of the Year

58. A.I.-powered video hoaxes

60. In ___

61. Portuguese wine

63. Put out again

64. MOB wives?

68. Casino supervisor

71. Surround

72. Poker in the Olympics?

76. How an urgent text may be written

79. Affect emotionally

80. Carne ___

81. Word on either side of -à-

82. Org. founded to fund foreign projects

84. Vapes, familiarly

86. King's title, in brief

87. Turkish summit

89. SOAP film?

93. Alternative to a Les Paul, for short

94. Dad's deflection

95. One of the seven deadly sins

96. Vegetables rarely cut with a knife

98. Switch positions

101. Washington or Berlin

104. KID napper's demand?

109. Loses emotional control, in gamer-speak

111. Socialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"

112. Winning country at the 2022 World Cup

113. THE big game?

115. "You're full of baloney!"

116. "Right on, man"

117. "Baywatch" actress Eleniak

118. Breathers

119. Goals

120. Reference

121. Fall perennial

122. Primatologists' subjects:

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1. One of a reporter's W's

2. Line of latitude

3. Squishy part of a cat's paw, cutesily

4. Brooding sort

5. Nutty

6. Frequently

7. 2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live"

8. Nickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed Jones

9. What a mess!

10. Kid's repeated request

11. Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.

12. Idiot mistakes

13. Pear variety

14. Dazzling displays of skill

15. Utah ski resort

16. Linger in the bath

17. Roll call response

18. Nickname that's an alternative to Chuck

23. Native Oklahomans

25. Bad lighting?

28. Treaty of ___, official close to the War of 1812

30. Some N.S.F.W. texts

32. Madre's hermano

35. Spicy dips

37. Named, informally

38. Madre's baby

40. Manipulates dishonestly

41. Common Wordle starting word (for all those vowels)

42. Feel

43. Crunchy sandwiches, for short

44. ___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personality

45. Fresh cut

46. Prickly patch

47. Fetter

51. Disappearing from the earth

54. Hip-hop artists with unintelligible lyrics

56. Bona ___

57. Council of ___ (Counter-Reformation body)

59. Mild oath

61. Trading card error

62. Bowed, musically

65. Big inits. in 1990s internet

66. Genre for Stevie Ray Vaughan

67. Celebrity chef DiSpirito

68. Gyro wraps

69. Like krypton

70. Turkic language

73. Basic drumming pattern

74. Steinbeck’s “East of ___”

75. Place for Christmas lights

77. Not interested

78. Head toward bankruptcy, say

80. According to

83. Matt of “Oppenheimer”

85. Overly bright and showy

88. Used DoorDash, say

90. ___Mari Method (tidying system)

91. Hams

92. Advance in a video game

94. "That was true for me, too"

97. Storage area

99. Demand from a disgruntled customer

100. Unreliable sort, in slang

102. What a Bohr!

103. Diamonds, but not clubs

104. Dark green

105. "The Office" receptionist

106. Mild oath

107. "Don't worry, boss!"

108. Kind of hike

110. Position removed by the February Revolution

113. Drink "for two" in song

114. Portuguese greeting

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