The lion in summer? Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
2. the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUMMER (noun)
1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
SUMMER (verb)
1. spend the summer
LION (noun)
1. large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo

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18. They're paving the way

20. Island with ferries to Ibiza

21. Tangent line?

22. One of the better morning beverages?

24. Zoom background option

25. Hrs. for Augusta in August

26. "___ Q" (1968 hit)

27. Styling substance

28. "C'mon, the car door's open!"

29. Avoid ___ (GPS option)

32. Slice of the economy

35. First non-English-language film to win Best Picture

37. Just one inning left after this?

40. Annual gala locale, with "the"

41. Meat sauce in Italian cooking

42. Go-getter sorts

43. Trifling

45. View from the Quai d'Orsay

47. Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"

51. How a mountain road may rise or fall

54. Threads, e.g.

57. Query of worry

59. Units on a multimeter

60. Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab?

64. Berry plant related to a hawthorn

66. "So here's my question ..."

67. Humorous ending with hater

68. Sephora competitor

70. Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance?

74. Underwater respirator

75. Home on the internet, perhaps

77. Prescriptions, for short

78. Arouses

80. Slimy scheme for profit

83. Listing that might include an explanation of benefits

84. Anchors provide this

85. Casual shoe

89. New Jersey?

91. A.C.C. school

93. "Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."?

99. Czech brew

101. 'Move over!'

102. Michael of R.E.M.

103. The government, at times

104. What Pomeranians do

106. The (middle) sound of "silence"

108. "___ but a scratch!"

109. Creature in Magic: The Gathering

110. Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker?

115. Finish filming

116. ___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol

117. Cherish

118. No side

119. Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger

120. They're usually found to the left of Q's

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1. Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman"

2. British cry of approval

3. Scary snake

4. Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream

5. Obstruction to teamwork, maybe

6. Greek crosses

7. Sudden surge

8. Round Table title

9. "__ cerveza, por favor"

10. Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days"

11. The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally

12. Bit of green legislation

13. Hindi for "reign"

14. Sweethearts

15. One of the best coffee beverages ever?

16. Top execs, collectively

17. Charlotte N.B.A. player

19. Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The"

20. Get together

23. French city from which a soup gets its name

28. Merriment, in one spelling

30. Doesn't own, say

31. Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly

33. No U.S. area code starts with this

34. Nutrition figs.

36. Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul

38. Artfulness

39. Suffix with journal

44. Some natural borders en México

46. Greek goddess of the night

48. Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire

49. Palindromic constellation

50. Noggin

51. Latin for "only"

52. What fugitives are on

53. What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury?

54. Many a Bahraini

55. Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand)

56. Game with an annual World Series since 1970

58. Collapses, with "over"

61. Smartphone clock function

62. A bobcat is one, technically

63. . . .

69. Actress Bancroft

70. Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum

71. Boot out of Australia?

72. Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali"

73. __ change

74. Vodka-and-lime cocktail

76. Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular

79. Ta-tas

81. In the style of

82. School bathroom sign

83. Spin a yarn, perhaps?

86. Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress

87. Puts icing on

88. Methuselah's father

90. Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories

91. Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s?

92. Cialis alternative

94. Long-eared pal of Pooh

95. Country whose name Americans spell with a "z"

96. Stymie

97. Abode that's abuzz

98. "Ah, that's right!"

100. Trickles

105. Vowelless attention-getter

107. Traveling in waves, say

110. Vintage film channel

111. Milestone for a start-up, for short

112. Sister figure

113. Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery)

114. Vowelless rebuke

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