Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 18th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Agcy. that does searches TSA
4 Curry spice CUMIN
9 Letter-moving gp. USPO
13 Kind of cookie? SMART
18 Song and dance.. RIGAMAROLE
21 Auction cry SOLD!
22 Have second thoughts WAVER
23 Wimpish newspaper writer? EDITORIAL WIENIE
25 Patsy’s “Ab Fab” pal EDINA
26 Divvy up ALLOT
27 Bourbon and others: Abbr. STS
28 Small birds with complex songs WRENS
29 Fit the facts ADD UP
30 Home on the range TEEPEE
32 Mine, in Marseilles A MOI
34 Winter Palace resident TSAR
36 Corleone family member providing free downloads? SONNY AND SHAREWARE
44 Bowlers, e.g. HATS
48 Biol. or chem SCI
49 With 17-Down, warning cry IT’S A …
50 Heather family shrubs ERICAS
51 Blew it ERRED
53 Bermuda Triangle locale: Abbr. ATL
55 Comes down with GETS
58 ”JAG” spin-off NCIS
59 Succeed after leaving the band? REAP WHAT YOU SOLO
64 Katniss’ “Hunger Games” ally PEETA
65 South Carolina river SANTEE
66 Foreword INTRO
67 Closet concern MOTH
69 Muddy home STY
70 Game ragout SALMI
72 Fields who founded Mrs. Fields DEBBI
74 Carpet manufacturers’ contraptions LOOMS
76 It’s generally higher on the hwy MPG
78 Fuzz LINT
80 Bring up RAISE
82 Vehicle with caterpillar treads SNO-CAT
85 Jays and Rays ALERS
87 Gardening during karate training? RAKING IN THE DOJO
90 Jupiter’s wife JUNO
91 Emperor after Claudius NERO
92 ”Your point being … ?” SOO …?
93 Driver’s choice SEDAN
94 Good-for-nothing OTIOSE
96 PGA part: Abbr. ASSN
100 __ de coeur: pained outburst CRI
102 Insignificant MERE
103 Old Aspen music maker? ROCKY MOUNTAIN HI-FI
108 Desolate LORN
109 Hammett hound ASTA
110 Soft sweater ANGORA
115 Ocean ring ATOLL
119 Champagne buckets, e.g. ICERS
121 Medicinal amt TSP
124 ”America’s Funniest Home Videos” host SAGET
125 Craze MANIA
126 ”The comedian just wasn’t funny”? NOT MY CUP OF TE-HEE
129 Long-distance commuter’s community EXURB
130 Actress Gershon GINA
131 Capital on the Danube BRATISLAVA
132 Japanese-American NISEI
133 Painful rebuke SLAP
134 Common thing? SENSE
135 Came upon MET
DOWN
1 Late October option TREAT
2 Move furtively SIDLE
3 Quick AGILE
4 It’s driven CAR
5 ”The Haj” novelist URIS
6 Zoo barrier MOAT
7 ”And how!” I’LL SAY!
8 Just out NEW
9 Log-in requirements USER IDS
10 Loudness unit SONE
11 Statue base PLINTH
12 Black Sea port ODESSA
13 One on the stand SWEARER
14 Highway safety org. since 1980 MADD
15 All fired up AVID
16 Eye care solution brand RENU
17 See 49-Across …TRAP!
19 Crowning ATOP
20 Tiny particles MOTES
24 ”Forget it!” I WON’T!
31 Daybreak goddess EOS
33 Printemps period MAI
35 Chariot-riding god ARES
37 Sweet Sixteen org. NCAA
38 Capone colleague NITTI
39 Starch-producing palm tree SAGO
40 Press release? WINE
41 Online security feature ACCESS CODE
42 ”Something to Talk About” singer RAITT
43 Bacon serving? ESSAY
44 Half a matched set HERS
45 Atlas stat AREA
46 Like some organisms modified in labs TRANSGENIC
47 Anatomical walls SEPTA
52 Fixates (on) DWELLS
54 ”Casino Royale” Bond girl Vesper __ LYND
56 20th-century blight victim ELM
57 Item on a belt TOOL
60 Spherical opening? HEMI-
61 ”SNL” castmate of Ferrell and Gasteyer OTERI
62 Name of eight popes URBAN
63 Pulitzer-winning Ferber novel SO BIG
64 Calls PHONES
68 Baloney, to Brits TOSH
71 As to IN RE
73 Sister of Osiris ISIS
75 Data transmitter MODEM
76 Very important MAJOR
77 Demotion in 2006 news PLUTO
79 Bluejacket TAR
81 Methuselah’s father ENOCH
83 A bit cracked AJAR
84 Color quality TONE
86 Hornswoggle ROOK
88 Zen riddle KOAN
89 Doughnuts, shapewise TORI
91 Captain of the Nautilus NEMO
95 Class guides SYLLABI
97 Astronomer’s aid STAR MAP
98 Pert SASSY
99 It might be picked NIT
101 ”__ tree falls … “ IF A
104 Circular gaskets O-RINGS
105 Straighten out UNCOIL
106 Simple life some strive to get back to NATURE
107 Tech. schools INSTS
111 Highlands native GAEL
112 Early Irish alphabet OGHAM
113 ”Still Me” memoirist REEVE
114 Bothered big-time ATE AT
115 ”Right on!” AMEN!
116 Curbside call TAXI!
117 Responsibility ONUS
118 Old Italian capital LIRE
120 Italian hot spot ETNA
122 Cross SPAN
123 Kitties POTS
127 It has an eye on television CBS
128 ”Shame on thee!” FIE!
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