Crossword by: Merl Reagle
Theme: Animals House
Above is a picture of the completed puzzle for the Sunday December 29th 2013 L.A. Times crossword and here are the clues we were given by Merl:
ACROSS
1 Shopping conveniences
6 Clinton appointee Federico
10 Chest-beater
13 Shakespeare prince
16 Tokyo’s island
17 The fifth element
18 Modern storehouse
21 Bird lover’s favorite Cole Porter song?
23 High-intensity lights
24 First thing zoo employees learn at the reptile house?
26 Word after amount
27 Intro to gram
28 Gangbuster’s first name
29 The Sundance Kid’s girl and others
32 Lash out at
36 iMacs can play them
38 Grab bag
40 Singer about 30 Down
41 Tale of a widow and her disappearing tin cans?
46 Pacifies
49 Gmail alternative
50 Liner site
51 Mil. category
52 Favor doer, often
53 Emmett, to Marty, in “Back to the Future”
54 King who adds other realms to his own, e.g.
57 Beeper calls
59 Color of le ciel
61 Boxing stats
63 Aromatic ointment
64 Shoot the breeze
65 Rarely seen film about scaly anteaters?
71 Viscous stuff
72 Castle defense
73 Ball in a basket
74 Period of duty
76 Whittles (down)
79 “Nay” sayers
81 Danger to divers
83 Gun-owners’ org.
84 Early evictee
85 Clarke of “Frankenstein”
87 Mauna ___
88 Like some cheese
90 Another way of saying “Preyed-on animals of the world, unite”?
95 Factory-inspecting org.
96 Writer Harte
97 Brouhaha
98 Czar or shah
102 Wild guesses
104 Milo of movies
107 Cut with a Toro
109 Life, in Lyon
110 Words on a weasel’s résumé?
116 Drive away
118 Toy for a hunting pet that doesn’t get enough exercise?
119 Teasing talker
120 Covered with creepers
121 “Burnt” color
122 Heckler’s missile
123 U-2 spy incident fig.
124 Mosquito barriers
125 Element info: abbr.
DOWN
1 Leafy houseplant
2 They’re between G’s and B’s
3 “Reply, pls.”
4 “So ___ say”
5 Sch. official
6 Sarcastic Spanish response, “Gracias ___”
7 Amatory archer
8 “Do ___ alarmed”
9 Lensman Adams
10 Barely born
11 Student worker, perhaps
12 Engrave on glass
13 Hobbled
14 Nile viper
15 Guitar great Paul
16 Poet Doolittle
17 Back-to-back Super Bowl winners in the 1990s
19 Natural soother
20 Small chicken
22 “I’ve got it!”
25 Subatomic particle
30 A restaurant lady
31 Palindromic financier
33 Had wings, e.g.
34 “___ no idea!”
35 Country inside South Africa
37 “South Park” kid
39 Access add-on
42 TV spokeslizard
43 Type of poet
44 ___ of faith
45 Flower part
46 “Dragnet” alert, briefly
47 Conceal (a card)
48 Many a prayer
54 Front of 007’s car?
55 Revealing pictures
56 Dame played by a guy
58 Somewhat
60 Impulse
62 Classic tune, “All ___”
64 Flipped out
66 Topper or Kramer
67 Japanese verse
68 Homer’s tongue
69 Forbidden act
70 Channel-___
75 Pack animal?
76 Texas river
77 “Cease!” at sea
78 Molding anew
79 Thawed out
80 Indian prince
82 Mrs. Munster
86 B-52’s home: abbr.
88 Went quickly
89 ID for the IRS
91 Gel cap alternative
92 Store sign, “___ Open”
93 Will-___-wisp
94 Looks lovingly at
99 Skin-care brand
100 Squad-car sounds
101 Electricity whiz
103 Not balmy
105 Spritelike
106 Tylenol rival
108 The 27th U.S. pres.
111 Gridiron unit
112 Judge’s issuance
113 Bones, in anatomy
114 Goofball
115 After that
116 Whig-turned-Republican, familiarly
117 Dillydally
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