Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the September 28th LA Times Sunday newspaper crossword puzzle by Merl Reagle.
ACROSS
1 They’re full of beans PODS
5 “I’m afraid to ___” ASK
8 Farrow and Hamm MIAS
12 Aircraft engine RAMJET
18 Ottoman ruler nicknamed “The Lion” ALIPASHA
20 Entry fee? ANTE
21 Birds that grab bats ORIOLES
23 Recycling device in which you insert cans and get back
money REVERSE VENDING MACHINE
26 Incisor neighbors CANINE TEETH
27 Japanese battle cry BANZAI
28 Gomez Addams portrayer ASTIN
31 Red with a goatee LENIN
32 Sundial number III
34 Grier and Shriver PAMS
35 ___ mater (brain covering) DURA
36 Put a ding in, e.g. MAR
37 Cherry part STEM
40 It might have a garaje CASA
42 Red or pink bloom AZALEA
44 Author of “I Ain’t Got Time to Bleed” JESSE VENTURA
48 Word on a door MEN
49 Retro repro machines MIMEOS
52 NFL analyst Collinsworth CRIS
53 French student ELEVE
55 Tonic-water ingredient QUININE
57 Sweet-tempered sort LAMB
58 Steep PRICEY
59 No-goodnik CUR
60 Cuba or Aruba: abbr. ISL
61 Living on river banks RIPARIAN
63 Vague pronoun ONE
64 Royal annoyance PAIN
65 Tonight THIS EVENING
67 Battery symbol PLUS
68 Wall bracket’s shape ELL
69 Fun-in-the-sun spots SEASIDES
70 “___ hear” SOI
71 Falstaff quaff ALE
72 “8 Mile” star EMINEM
74 Gull’s cousin TERN
75 Cockamamie ASININE
77 Director of Brando and Dean KASAN
78 Federico of the Clinton cabinet PENA
79 Ladderlike SCALAR
80 Trib’s home CHI
83 Pays back, in a way GETS EVEN WITH
86 Wobble TEETER
88 Do a driving no-no TEXT
89 Writer McCaffrey ANNE
90 Madonna in “A League of Their Own” MAE92 Salon option PERM
93 Colombian city CALI
96 Omega preceder PSI
98 Occupied TAKEN
100 Libya’s Gulf of ___ SIDRA
101 Disney World county ORANGE
103 What “September” has NINE LETTERS
107 What “September” has SEVEN DIFFERENT LETTERS
112 Iterating words AS I SAID
113 Brouhaha STIR
114 Tablet with yellow paper LEGAL PAD
115 Seed coverings TESTAE
116 Sherlock’s favorite units? OHMS
117 Defib-paddle sites ERS
118 Has hash, e.g. EATS
DOWN
1 Something to shoot for PAR
2 Flamenco shout OLE
3 NL West, e.g. DIV
4 Featured dish SPECIAL
5 Pt. of WNBA ASSN
6 Aussie lassie SHEILA
7 Voice of Marge Simpson, Julie ___ (born on 9/7) KAVNER
8 Little prayers? MANTISES
9 Paragraph starts INDENTS
10 End in ___ A TIE
11 ___ packing SENT
12 Storage acronym ROM
13 The ___ Sea ARABIAN
14 Flaky mineral MICA
15 33-day pope of 1978 JOHN PAUL I
16 Raggedy role for Audrey ELIZA
17 Brunch time TENAM
19 Flaherty’s “Man of ___” ARAN
22 Dos x tres SEIS
24 Bard’s nightfall EEN
25 4 on a cell GHI
28 Levine of “The Voice” ADAM
29 First name in financial advice SUZE
30 Give a shot, perhaps TRANQUILIZE
33 Treats, as swelling ICES
36 Agenda topper MAIN ITEM
38 Getaways ESCAPES
39 Broadway Ethel MERMAN
41 Satellite-radio star STERN
43 British record label EMI
44 Barista’s brew JOE
45 Cat’s whisker VIBRISSA
46 Called to mind RECOLLECTED
47 Massachusetts in D.C., e.g. AVENUE
50 Baryshnikov’s nickname MISHA
51 New face on base ENLISTEE
54 Stare pair EYES
56 Mantel piece URN
57 Brighten (up) LIVEN
58 Add numbers to (a book) PAGINATE
59 Health-food store supplement combo, for short CALMAG
61 Changed, as boundaries REDRAWN
62 One way to be packed IN OIL
64 Quick look PEEK
66 “Burnt” crayon color SIENNA
67 Sauce or sauté need PAN
69 Pick up on SENSE
73 Dapper Dan’s trait NATTINESS
75 Oktoberfest cry ACH
76 Fuming state IRE
78 Sarge’s charges: abbr PVTS
79 Thieves STEALERS
81 Title for Goethe HERR
82 Early Shirley role IRMA
84 Travelocity rival EXPEDIA
85 Temporary INTERIM
87 Hebrews, e.g. EPISTLE
90 Fighting spirit METTLE
91 Moose feature ANTLER
93 ___ Nostra COSA
94 “Give it ___!” A REST
95 “C’est ___” LA VIE
97 Like Beethoven’s Sixth INF
99 “Jeopardy!” whiz with an apt first name KEN
100 Mex. miss SRTA
102 Ear buzzer GNAT
104 “Should that be the case …” IFSO
105 Belg. neighbor NETH
106 Brain scans, briefly EEGS
108 Ox tail? IDE
109 Watcher o’er wetlands EPA
110 Henry, by the end of “Goodfellas” RAT
111 Radical ’60s org SDS
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