Major name in networking gear Crossword Clue

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Major name in networking gear Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
2. important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MAJOR (noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
MAJOR (adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
MAJOR (verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study
NAME (verb)
1. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
2. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
NAME (noun)
1. family based on male descent
2. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

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21. Greeting in Granada

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28. Colonial news source

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37. News agcy. since 1958

38. Neuter, as a stallion

40. Comfort

41. Movie character who chooses the red pill

42. Step 3: Budget conscientiously

48. 'I'm not impressed'

50. Address with a tilde

51. School day divisions

52. Colors

54. Play the siren

57. Sgt. e.g.

58. Experience begun by dropping something

61. Dernier ___ (latest fashion)

64. Lena of "The Reader"

66. H look-alike

68. Really cooking

69. Step 4: Know a few tricks of the trade

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76. Patch place, sometimes

77. Blue

78. Finds inner strength

80. Summer hrs. in Chicago

82. Fashion designer Perry

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86. Dancer Duncan

93. Mao __-tung

94. Step 5: Stay calm under pressure

97. Prop for Wile E. Coyote

99. Brad of “F1”

100. ___ mitzvah (Jewish ceremony for multiple people)

101. Blvd. kin

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108. Highs and lows

111. Saturating

112. Govt.-issued security

114. Short-term worker

115. Calls for

116. Look the part, as in the answers to the “Step” clues, both literally and figuratively

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124. Take ___ for the worse

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128. Detect

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2. Outback creature

3. Lawn item placed by a happy broker

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5. Encroach (on)

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7. Like some sci-fi films

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9. Helvetica’s lack

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11. Rep. from NYC

12. Kind

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14. Doesn’t go bad

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17. "Precisely!"

18. Insists

24. Name on “Kill Bill” posters

25. Twice 44-Down

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31. Drops from the roster

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81. As well

83. Here, in Le Havre

84. Polite address

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88. Barbecue supply

90. Stock panic

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97. Sharp pain

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