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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 1 2013

Crossword by: Margaret Hannan and edited by Rich Norris
LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 1 2013

Welcome to the answers to the Sunday September 1 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle! Today we have a bunch of circles on the puzzle grid. If you happen to fill these in correctly you will see that you get 5 words to do with labor or work. We have: effort, job, strain, chore and toil.

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Across Answers

1. Traveling like Columbus ASEA
5. Seniors’ advocacy org. AARP
9. Many a commuter’s home SUBURB
15. Beltmaking tools AWLS
19. Still at the lost and found UNCLAIMED
21. One who overdoes a privilege ABUSER
22. Actress Perlman RHEA
23. Brown outburst GOOD GRIEF
24. Georgia military post FORT BENNING
26. Googling result URL
27. Defense team: Abbr. ATTS
28. “Twilight” heroine BELLA
29. Kook WEIRDO
30. Space capsule transition RE ENTRY
32. It may be a surprise PARTY
33. Hawker’s talk SPIEL
34. __ moment AHA
35. Moral misstep SIN
36. Nobelist Bellow SAUL
37. Airport security requests IDS
40. ’90s three-door SUV MAZDA NAVAJO
45. Bazooka output BUBBLEGUM
47. Inter __ ALIA
48. Toledo title SENOR
49. Action film weapons UZIS
50. Water container? DIKE
51. Good __/bad __: interrogation method COP
52. Thanks/thanks link BUT NO
54. Org. with HQ on Manhattan’s East Side THE UN
56. “Bummer” AW GEE
57. Big name in escapes HOUDINI
59. Lamb cut SHANK
60. Glamorous Gardner AVA
61. High class UPPER CRUST
64. Runoff collector RAIN BARREL
69. Storage media, briefly CDS
70. Civil rights org. NAACP
72. Follow ABIDE BY
73. Groundwork BASIS
76. Game on skates DERBY
77. Windshield sticker DECAL
79. Head of London? LOO
80. “I say!” EGAD
81. Western landscape feature MESA
82. Like some luck TOUGH
84. Zero-spin particle PION
85. Getaway with horses DUDE RANCH
87. Washington Huskies rival OREGON DUCKS
90. Match, as a bet SEE
91. Sony co-founder Morita AKIO
92. Enlistees GIS
93. Oklahoma resource OIL
94. Plant tissue XYLEM
96. Cover used during zapping SARAN
99. “Gerontion” poet TS ELIOT
103. Opens, as a beer UNCAPS
105. Required situation for a two-run homer ONE ON
106. Roll call replies AYES
107. Sgt. or cpl. NCO
108. Frequent button-presser COUCH POTATO
110. Arnold’s catchphrase I’LL BE BACK
112. Verdant LUSH
113. Decks out ADORNS
114. Sneak out STEAL AWAY
115. “I’d hate to break up __” A SET
116. Accommodate, in a way, as a restaurant patron RESEAT
117. “CSI” actress Helgenberger MARG
118. Sticky Note, e.g. MEMO

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Down Answers

1. Soothsayer AUGUR
2. Nocturnal noise SNORE
3. Nice school ECOLE
4. City council rep. ALD
5. Dallas-based budget carrier AIRTRAN
6. Accord AMITY
7. Welsh actor Roger REES
8. Adobe format PDF
9. More conservative, investment-wise SAFER
10. Horseshoe-shaped hardware item U BOLT
11. Thickset BURLY
12. Venus’s org. USTA
13. Gray REB
14. Stout servers BREWPUBS
15. Onetime rival of Jack and Gary ARNIE
16. Pinwheel WHIRLIGIG
17. Advance LEND
18. Palm tree starch SAGO
20. First name in whodunits AGATHA
25. Sam who played Merlin in “Merlin” NEILL
28. It has strings attached BANJO
31. Nothin’ NADA
32. Cliburn’s instrument PIANO
33. Oral polio vaccine developer SABIN
35. Cinematographer Nykvist SVEN
36. Ichiro of baseball SUZUKI
38. British nobleman DUKE
39. Barrie pirate SMEE
40. __ Picchu MACHU
41. Knock for __ A LOOP
42. Mom’s winter morning reminder ZIP UP
43. Up and about ASTIR
44. Surg. specialty ORTH
45. Lake __ Vista BUENA
46. __ Bear, original name of Winnie-the-Pooh EDWARD
52. Bath visitors BIRDS
53. Members of the fam UNCS
55. Source of a Marxian nickname HARP
56. Be helpful to AVAIL
58. Rule DECIDE
59. You might take one before giving up STAB
60. “SOS” singers ABBA
62. World Heritage Site org. UNESCO
63. Immortal actress Bernhardt SARAH
65. Salsa holder NACHO
66. Museum item RELIC
67. Nook download E-BOOK
68. City north of Marseilles LYONS
71. Plasm lead-in CYTO
73. Hospital count BEDS
74. Chills and fever AGUE
75. Lousy example SAD EXCUSE
76. Jean-etic material? DENIM
77. Expected to arrive DUE IN
78. Breakfast staple EGGS
81. Matches the scorecard, so to speak MAKES PAR
83. Bach’s instrument ORGAN
84. Clout PULL
86. Friend of Potsie in “Happy Days” RALPH
88. Steed feeder NOSEBAG
89. Semi filler DIESEL
95. America’s Cup entry YACHT
96. It’s a trap SNARE
97. UnitedHealthcare rival AETNA
98. High bar ROOST
99. First president who wasn’t elected TYLER
100. Amazed IN AWE
101. Eponymous William’s birthplace OCCAM
102. Capital east of Seoul TOKYO
103. Campus south of Sunset Blvd. UCLA
104. We, to Henri NOUS
105. Plains people OTOS
106. Mont. neighbor ALTA
109. Wordsworth work ODE
110. Philosophy ISM
111. Emeril catchword BAM
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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 25 2013

Crossword by: Gail Grabowski and edited by Rich Norris
LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 25 2013

Welcome to the answers to the Sunday August 25 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle! Today’s theme is ‘the sea’, no…actually it’s ‘CE’. In each themed answer one of the words ends in ‘ce’ and if you took that out of the answer you get a commonly used phrase.

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Across Answers

1. “Nope” NAH
4. Symbol on Vietnam’s flag STAR
8. Assertive comeback AM SO
12. Fixed expense FLAT FEE
19. Denver-to-Chicago dir. ENE
20. Gutter locale EAVE
21. In the neighborhood NEAR
22. Added up TOTALED
23. Light for lovers? ROMANCE CANDLE
26. Reddish-brown horses SORRELS
27. “Close enough” IT’LL DO
28. Agitated IN A STIR
30. Winslet of “Revolutionary Road” KATE
31. They’re often not seen on the beach SHOES
32. Alias user SPY
33. Chef’s creation DISH
35. Grifter’s plan SCAM
38. Philosophical subgroup SECT
39. Coat with a “V” on it? PEACE JACKET
44. Ranch ending ERO
45. Hot Springs National Park locale ARKANSAS
48. Exist ARE
49. Add staff HIRE
50. “OMG, skip the sordid details!” TMI
51. D.C. regulars POLS
52. Icky buildup CRUD
53. It’s good when it’s fair WEATHER
55. 2003 holiday film ELF
58. Op-ed page apology? HUMBLE PIECE
62. Kid stuff? SUEDE
63. MTV’s owner VIACOM
65. Enumerate LIST
66. Pres. after JAG CAA
67. Ltr.-bottom letters ENC
68. Designer Saarinen EERO
69. Docking places SLIPS
71. Dried coconut meat COPRA
73. Kerry’s home EIRE
76. IRA recommender CPA
78. Memorable 1969 bride ONO
79. Bit of deceit WILE
80. Give BESTOW
82. Musical shortcoming NO EAR
84. Flinch at the drop of a hat? WINCE EASILY
87. “__-haw!” YEE
88. 2013, election-wise OFF YEAR
90. Unkind comment BARB
91. Roger of “Cheers” REES
93. Patriotic org. since 1890 DAR
94. Tissue additive ALOE
96. Soprano Marton EVA
97. Private quarters? BARRACKS
101. Earlier AGO
102. Astronaut’s vacation spot? SPACE RESORT
105. Let off VENT
106. Sub TEMP
108. Score notation for two singers A DUE
109. Actor Tommy __ Jones LEE
110. Rush participant MINER
111. Defunct govt. anti-subversive group HUAC
113. Dispute decider ARBITER
117. Tootsy cover BOOTEE
118. Shout during an attempted escape STOP HIM!
121. Cruise destination for impulsive sorts? ISLE OF CAPRICE
123. Percussion set TIMPANI
124. Give out EMIT
125. Couple’s pronoun OURS
126. Protective pad MAT
127. Victimizes PREYS ON
128. GPS suggestions RTES
129. Picture of health? X-RAY
130. Mini-albums, for short EPS

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Down Answers

1. Steamer sunk by a U-boat in 1941 NERISSA
2. One way alternative? ANOTHER
3. Socrates’ undoing HEMLOCK
4. Ships SENDS
5. Folded food TACO
6. Greeting for Gaius AVE
7. Food Network offerings RECIPES
8. Kournikova of tennis ANNA
9. Doc’s orders MEDS
10. Curing substance SALT
11. Potato giant ORE-IDA
12. NBA stats FTS
13. Words of impatience LOOK HERE
14. Gillette product ATRA
15. Bakery buys TARTS
16. Wipe out municipal coffers with a scam? FLEECE THE CITY
17. Wriggly swimmer EEL
18. Text tweakers, for short EDS
24. Handle in a pub ALE TAP
25. “The Cherry Orchard” daughter ANYA
29. Loaded RICH
32. Jerk SPASM
34. Goggles and boots, say SKI WEAR
36. Dangerous partner? ARMED
37. Ripply fabric MOIRE
40. Soft touch CARESS
41. Blow one’s top ERUPT
42. Sci-fi warriors JEDI
43. Needle TEASE
46. NYC neighborhood above Houston Street NOHO
47. Depressed areas SLUMS
52. Tie already tied CLIP ON
54. Airs TUNES
55. Night for celebration EVE
56. Links concern LIE
57. Satiric video of a backyard gathering? FARCE FROM HOME
59. Pancakes served with sour cream BLINI
60. Environmentalist’s test site ECO-LAB
61. Jutting lands CAPES
64. Patient’s obligation COPAY
70. Underhanded course of action LOW ROAD
71. ’80s-’90s Olds models CIERAS
72. More adept ABLER
74. Shad output ROE
75. Meadow matriarch EWE
77. Bailiwicks AREAS
79. Make, as a basket WEAVE
81. Once-over giver EYER
82. Signal silently NOD AT
83. No longer a minor OF AGE
85. Radio-active type? CBER
86. Enraged IRATE
89. “Stand Up Guys” co-star AL PACINO
92. Messiah SAVIOR
95. Andean country: Abbr. ECUA
97. “Song of the South” villain BR’ER FOX
98. Franc fraction CENTIME
99. Football pad beneficiary KNEE CAP
100. “__ of Philadelphia”: Oscar-winning Springsteen song STREETS
103. More chilling EERIER
104. Cooking spread OLEO
107. Lightweight boxer? PUPPY
110. Peter Rabbit sibling MOPSY
112. Elated exclamations AHAS
114. Realty ad abbr. BSMT
115. He beat Arthur in the 1972 US Open ILIE
116. Vietnamese holidays TETS
117. “Cleopatra” star, 1917 BARA
118. Lucas Oil competitor STP
119. French shooting match TIR
120. Part of an hr. MIN
122. Contemptible sort CUR
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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 18 2013

Crossword by: Amy Johnson and edited by Rich Norris
LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 18 2013

Welcome to the answers to the Sunday August 18 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle! Today’s theme is ‘Extra! Extra! with each of the second words in the themed answers being a commonly used as a part of a newspaper name.

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Across Answers

1. Gelatin garnish ASPIC
6. Engaged in battle AT WAR
11. 99 on tags, often: Abbr. CTS
14. __ and Buster Bunny: “Tiny Toons” stars BABS
18. Disco era star Summer DONNA
19. Buzzed DRONED
21. Scoot HIE
22. Zeno’s town ELEA
23. Newspaper for visionaries? DREAM JOURNAL
25. Said over ITERATED
27. Golfer Watson BUBBA
28. Newspaper for convicts? CRIMINAL RECORD
30. Shirt part ARM
31. __ candy EYE
32. Gp. with a Creative Cities Network project UNESCO
33. Attribute ASCRIBE
37. What some lie in WAIT
39. Open, as a vitamin bottle UNCAP
43. Classic roadster REO
44. Newspaper for settlers? COLONIAL TIMES
50. Harem chamber ODA
51. Jack-in-the-pulpit family ARUM
53. 1982 Grammy winner for Record of the Year ROSANNA
54. “Cool!” AWESOME
56. Kindle IGNITE
58. 911 respondent EMT
59. In again RETRO
62. Barely manages, with “out” EKES
63. Chose not to pursue, as an issue LET DIE
64. Morning deity EOS
66. Oil filter accumulation GUNK
67. Golfer’s back NINE
68. Dietary no. RDA
69. Newspaper for skiers? SNOW GLOBE
72. “The Bells” poet POE
73. Country poem IDYL
75. Ready for business OPEN
76. Tyke TOT
77. Twisted WARPED
80. Jazzman Allison MOSE
81. Order to a boxer SIC EM
83. Old PC monitor CRT
85. Pied-__: temporary home A TERRE
86. Eccentric NUTCASE
88. Museum offering EXHIBIT
91. Blacken SEAR
92. Baja bear OSA
93. Newspaper for hams? RADIO DISPATCH
97. Complex bus. office STE
98. Not inclined to go on TERSE
100. 1990s game console release, initially SNES
101. “No sweat” THAT’S OK
103. Heckle HOOT AT
106. “Have You Seen __”: 1971 hit HER
109. Old cosmonauts’ destination MIR
110. Newspaper for demons? DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
115. Greet the day ARISE
118. Tiramisu flavoring, perhaps AMARETTO
119. Newspaper for wedding planners? HITCHING POST
122. Scrabble piece TILE
123. Canal site EAR
124. Dieter’s statistic INCHES
125. Extract with a solvent ELUTE
126. Belligerent Olympian ARES
127. Cape Town’s country: Abbr. RSA
128. Ring leader? CHAMP
129. Painter Neiman LEROY

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Down Answers

1. Put in ADD
2. Ending for ab or ad SORB
3. Tire, in Toulouse PNEU
4. Where many jokes are set IN A BAR
5. Fabric used in lace CAMBRIC
6. “Without further __ …” ADO
7. Start of a postwar period TRUCE
8. Fret WORRY
9. Potts of “Designing Women” ANNIE
10. Paper unit REAM
11. Italian red CHIANTI
12. Best-seller list datum TITLE
13. Tarot readers SEERS
14. Major Boston street BEACON
15. Like some saxes ALTO
16. Craft __ BEER
17. DUI-fighting org. SADD
20. Sixth-century year DLI
24. Big Scouts meeting JAMBOREE
26. Dismiss, as a potential juror RECUSE
29. Jour’s opposite NUIT
33. Thin as __ A RAIL
34. Suit material SERGE
35. Newspaper for bumpkins? COUNTRY STAR
36. “Evil Woman” rockers, familiarly ELO
37. Colorless WAN
38. Banned fruit spray ALAR
40. Newspaper for bakers? COOKIE PRESS
41. Jingle writers AD MEN
42. Bel __: creamy cheese PAESE
45. Suffix with lact- -OSE
46. “I bet you don’t know any!” NAME ONE
47. Being pulled IN TOW
48. River to the Seine MARNE
49. Dweller on the forest moon of Endor EWOK
52. Good note for beginners to start on MIDDLE C
55. Three amigos, e.g. SENORES
57. Aunt, to 55-Down TIA
60. Voyage taken alone? EGOTRIP
61. Place for a soak TUB
65. Pvt.’s boss SGT
69. Saw SPIED
70. Tokyo-based electronics giant NEC
71. Rannoch and Tummel LOCHS
72. Square in a breadbasket PAT
73. “__ making this up” I’M NOT
74. Put out DOUSE
75. Greek mount OSSA
77. Guard WATCHMAN
78. Pindar’s Muse ERATO
79. Two-time Olivier Award winner Jacobi DEREK
82. Ancient Persian MEDE
84. “We really don’t know yet,” on a sched. TBA
87. Ring of color AREOLE
89. Omicron preceders XIS
90. Addams family member ITT
94. Dancing Duncan ISADORA
95. Being broadcast ON TV
96. Stylist’s supply HAIR GEL
99. British counties SHIRES
102. Hit that clears the bases TRIPLE
104. Blender brand OSTER
105. Casual good-byes TA TAS
106. Come out of one’s shell HATCH
107. __ Sketch ETCH A
108. Adjust the length of REHEM
110. Much input DATA
111. Kuwaiti ruler EMIR
112. Depressed area VALE
113. “__ just can’t wait to be king”: “The Lion King” lyric OH, I
114. Prez’s title CINC
116. Whiskey drink SOUR
117. This, to 55-Down ESTO
120. www access ISP
121. Mystery writer Josephine TEY
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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 11 2013

Crossword by: Robert W. Harris and edited by Rich Norris
LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 11 2013

Welcome to the Sunday August 11 2013 LA Times crossword answers!

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Across Answers

1. GPS determination LAT
4. Hint SHADE
9. BlackBerry downloads APPS
13. ’70s tennis star Nastase ILIE
17. Altar agreement I DO
18. One working on a bench? PIANIST
20. Mmes., in Monterrey SRAS
21. Cloister group NUNS
22. Drill presses, lathes and the like? SHOP OBJECTS
24. Ways a fish avoids capture? COD TRICKS
26. Small, in Saint-Lô PETIT
27. 12-Down, e.g. JET
28. Hostile calls HOOTS
30. Serving a purpose UTILE
31. Summary RECAP
33. Verbally assault LAY INTO
35. Nasty SNIDE
36. Rubs out ERASES
38. External hard drive capacity prefix TERA-
39. Part of a fancy setting CHINA
41. Cop’s dog-days domain? HOT BEAT
43. Queue at a rest room, to a tot? POTTY LINE
47. “__ Was a Rollin’ Stone”: Temptations hit PAPA
51. Basketball tactic PRESS
52. Some religious sects CULTS
53. Hard-to-approach type, perhaps SNOB
54. One going on and on PRATTLER
56. Waterproof cover TARP
58. Pea house POD
60. __-pitch SLO
61. Most inane SILLIEST
62. Clothing line SEAM
64. Many an ex-lib NEOCON
66. Short read? MAG
67. Time for promoting awareness about electrical hazards? SHOCK WEEK
71. Passé TV hookup VCR
72. Fixed beforehand PRESET
75. Funny Johnson ARTE
76. Rebel’s crime SEDITION
80. Collecting Soc. Sec. RET
81. Tear RIP
83. Other considerations ANDS
85. Ready for the sea SAILABLE
86. Feed bag feed OATS
88. Makes EARNS
90. __ cuisine HAUTE
92. Property title DEED
93. Promo for a prominent baby doctor’s book? SPOCK PLUG
95. Deity’s online forum comment? GOD POST
97. Absinthe flavoring ANISE
98. Topog. map stat ELEV
99. Just down the road from NEAR TO
103. Bold poker bet ALL IN
105. Electromagnetic physicist Michael FARADAY
108. Enjoy, as a hammock LIE ON
109. Fields of study AREAS
110. Lazy __ SUSAN
111. Actress Peeples NIA
113. Check endorser PAYEE
115. Aid in moving an army bed? COT WHEELS
117. Late-afternoon marina observations? DOCK SHADOWS
120. Sri Lanka setting ASIA
121. Courtroom fiction name ERLE
122. Add value to, as a deal SWEETEN
123. Unwanted phone connection TAP
124. Mao’s successor DENG
125. Lock openers KEYS
126. Op-ed piece ESSAY
127. “The Fountainhead” writer Rand AYN

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Down Answers

1. Speech imperfection LISP
2. Stick ADHERE
3. Horn blower TOOTER
4. Bro or sis SIB
5. Muslim’s pilgrimage HAJJ
6. Slippery as __ AN EEL
7. Urgings, as of one’s conscience DICTATES
8. New England hrs. EST
9. Fop’s tie ASCOT
10. Diplomatic formality PROTOCOL
11. Inflates, as a résumé PADS
12. Retired flier SST
13. Signs off on, in a way INITIALS
14. Clear LUCID
15. Woven linen tape INKLE
16. Latin 101 word ESSE
18. Fertilizer ingredient POTASH
19. Warm-weather top TSHIRT
23. Typesetting measure PICA
25. Like undercooked eggs RUNNY
29. __ shoestring: with little to spend ON A
32. Streisand classic PEOPLE
34. Baker’s supply YEAST
35. Doesn’t divulge, as bad news SITS ON
37. Emphasize STRESS
40. URL initials HTTP
42. Big __: WWI cannon BERTHA
43. Cocoon occupants PUPAE
44. Dedicate, as a book at a signing INSCRIBE
45. Court plea, briefly NOLO
46. Jet-black, in verse EBON
47. Correspondent’s “Oh, and another thing …” PPS
48. NPR journalist Shapiro ARI
49. South Carolina state tree PALMETTO
50. Map collection ATLAS
52. Work for a captain CREW
55. Detroit athlete TIGER
57. Set as a price ASKED
59. Crafty sort DEVIL
63. Bungle MESS UP
65. Slices in a pizza, often OCTAD
68. Typically reddish-brown ape ORANG
69. Smokers’ buys: Abbr. CTNS
70. “Annie Hall” actress KEATON
72. Paid players PROS
73. Get as a return REAP
74. It might match cuff links TIE PIN
77. Big rig fuel DIESEL
78. Bullfight cry OLE!
79. Actor Beatty NED
82. Mates PALS
84. Did a smith’s work SHOED
87. Reprobate SCALAWAG
89. With regret RUEFULLY
91. Progress ADVANCES
94. Kosher deli buy KNISH
95. Thyroid and pituitary GLANDS
96. Clavell novel set in Hong Kong TAI-PAN
98. Historic chapter ERA
100. Enjoy a story, say READ
101. Prius automaker TOYOTA
102. Like some airline tickets ONE-WAY
103. Got up AROSE
104. Allow to enter LET IN
106. Beasts of burden ASSES
107. “Heavens!” YIKES
109. Many a prep sch. ACAD
110. Sun-cracked SERE
112. Film terrier ASTA
114. “Baseball Tonight” channel ESPN
116. Frightened reaction EEK
118. Have yet to pay OWE
119. “Ahem” cousin HEY
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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 4 2013

Crossword by: Paul Hunsberger and edited by Rich Norris

Answers to Sunday LA Times Crossword August 4

Welcome to the Sunday August 4th 2013 LA Times crossword answers! Today’s theme is “Lip Service” or according to 115 Across could also be titled ‘Stolen Kisses’. If you add an ‘x’ to the themed answers you will get a common phrase or well know name. Here are the themed answers:

23 Across. Intuition of some “Star Wars” villains? THE SITH SENSE or THE SIXTH SENSE
34 Across. Weaknesses of a prof’s helper? TA LIABILITIES or TAX LIABILITIES
59 Across. Holiday elves who can’t get along? ARCTIC FOES or ARCTIC FOXES
81 Across. Coughing and sneezing? STATE OF FLU or STATE OF FLUX
98 Across. Fashion collaboration of actor James and a one-named rock-‘n’-roller? MASON-DION LINE or MASON DIXON LINE
22 Down. “Stop adding milk and sugar to these brews!”? DON’T MESS WITH TEAS or DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS
32D. Dutch South Africans in need of exercise? HEAVYWEIGHT BOERS or HEAVYWEIGHT BOXERS

Across Answers

1. Sphere of influence: AMBIT – is defined as the area, scope, limits or boundary of something. ie. the sphere or circumference of influence something might have.

6. Making waves:ROWING

12. Inbox clogger: SPAM – no not that delicious and nutritious canned meat! We are talking about email SPAM here. SPAM in relation to email doesn’t actually stand for anything as an acronym but could be a metaphor for the canned meat SPAM possible meaning ‘Some Parts are Meat’ as only some parts of the email you are receiving is actually meat worth chewing.

16. Solstice mo.: DEC – in the Northern Hemisphere the Winter solstice (the shortest day of the year) ocurrs in December and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, the Summer solstice (the longest day of the year). For people experiencing Winter it is a comforting feeling knowing that the worst of Winter should now be behind them and for people enjoying Summer to frolic and play in the hot weather that remains.

19. Video game princess: ZELDA – The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo has been their best selling action series of all time.

20. One making bread EARNER

21. Wiry-coated terrier AIREDALE

23. Intuition of some “Star Wars” villains: THE SITH SENSE

25. Bullied: HECTORED

26. Concern of airport pickup, briefly: ETA – stands for Estimated Time of arrival.

27. Good things to keep about you: WITS

28. Bob or weave: COIF

30. Actress Campbell: NEVE
a sexy photo of Neve Campbell

31. Lint roller target, maybe: CAT HAIR

34. Weaknesses of a prof’s helper?: TALIABILITIES

39. Stage direction: ENTER

41. Back: REAR

42. Purell target: GERM

43. Showy display: ECLAT

46. Church official: DEACON

48. Penniless one: HAVE NOT

52. Surrendered: WAIVED

54. Hibachi residue: ASH

55. Help-wanted ad periods: AFTS

57. Not all: SOME

58. Daytimes ___: EMMY

59. Holiday elves who can’t get along?: ARTIC FOES

63. Maine character in Narnia: ASLAN – means ‘lion’ in Turkish and is also ancient title given to rulers and emperors in the Ottoman and Persian empires.

64. Gush: SPEW

65. Posthumous 2009 George Harrison album: LET IT ROLL

66. To the sky: UPWARD

67. British Heiress ___ Khan: JEMIMA

69. Stud spot: EAR

70. Find on the dial: TUNE IN

72. Ten armed species: SQUIDS

74. Goalie’s protective wear: NECK GUARD

77. See 85-Across: TRUE

80. “Super Mario” brother: LUIGI: here’s a fun fact about our happy little character ‘Super Mario’. Did you know he was originally going to be called ‘Jump Man’? Whilst getting ready to release the US version of the game Nintendo were trying to think of a more exciting name. Somewhere in the process they got a call from their landlord who’s name was Mario and decided to name him that. It’s not sure if it was meant as a compliment or an insult or they just liked the name Mario.

81. Coughing and sneezing: STATE OF FLU

82. Flashy promotion: HYP

83. Hardly hard up: RICH

84. Wisecrack: JEST

85. With 77-Across. “Amen!”: TOO

86 Call for: ENTAIL

88. Cowboy hat: STETSON – The Stetson hat was created by John B. Stetson in 1865. He decided to start his business with $100 in hand. He rented a place to work and bought $10 worth of fur and began making the most iconic cowboy hat of all time.

90. Doyle’s narrator: WATSON – The series of Sherlock Holmes books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was originally going to be named Sherrinford. It is unsure of why he changed the name however Doyle was an avid cricket player and watcher. At the time there was a player named Sherlock so this may have been an influence.

93. Wee: EENSY

94. Tug or tub: BOAT

95. Roof rim: EAVE

96. Led Zeppelin’s “Whole ___ Love”: LOTTA – Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeplin is the opening track on their magnificent second album Led Zepelin II and in the US it was their first ever single to go Gold.

98. Fashion collaboration of actor James and a one-named rock-‘n’-roller?: MASON-DION LINE Mason-Dixon Line (a line surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to end a border dispute between newly established British colonies and colonial Americans.

103. Much-kneaded treatment?: MASSAGE

107. Up to it: ABLE

108. Little cut: NICK

109. Like eyes “you can’t hide,” in an Eagles song: LYIN: The lyrics to song ‘Lyin’ Eyes’ came about as the Eagles were a struggling band in LA. It was and still is a common fact that many rich, older men have beautiful younger wives and those young wives often have affairs. The guys were in a bar one evening and observed a beautiful young woman with an older overweight man a couple of steps behind her and one of them said “look at her, she can’t even hide those lyin’ eyes”. They then all had a lightbulb moment for a song and grabbed whatever they could to write down the lyrics.

111. Time chunk ERA

112. “Ghastly grim and ancient” poem title critter: THE RAVEN: Written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1845, The Raven is a dark and edgy piece and could possibly be considered one of the first super hero narratives ever written.

115. Unexpected affection, and an alternate title for this puzzle: STOLEN KISSES

120. Jersey output: COWS MILK – The word Jersey just conjures up images of dairy goodness. There is a good reason for this and that is the Jersey cow. Jersey cows were first bred in the Channel Island of Jersey and the delicious milk that it produces is usually much higher in butterfat than other breeds of dairy cattle.

121. Fancy: ORNATE

122. Verbatim line: QUOTE

123 MD office posting: HRS

124. Skip over: PASS

125. Monster’s nickname: NESSIE – The first sighting of the elusive Lochness Monster is debatable. Some say it was on April 14th, 1933 by a couple driving by and seeing something unidentifiable in the water, but there is also evidence going as far back as 565AD that St. Columba spotted Nessie whilst taking a dip in the Loch.

126. Flower part: SEPAL

Down Answers

1. Montezuma subject AZTEC
2. Maestro Zubin MEHTA
3. Pasture cry BLEAT
4. Dog tags, say IDS
5. __ chi ch’uan TAI
6. Put back to work REHIRED
7. Brewer’s kiln OAST
8. Pull with effort WREST
9. Country stopover INN
10. 19- and 80-Across letters NES
11. Like Keats’s urn GRECIAN
12. Indian title: SAHIB – the word ‘sahib’ has it’s origins in Arabic but has been integrated into many other languages and cultures including Indian. It basically means the holder of power or the master.
13. Battles with thrown weapons PIE FIGHTS
14. Orbit bit ARC
15. 49-Down, as a rookie MET
16. “Is this too big a chance?” DARE I
17. French student ELEVE
18. Hands over CEDES
22. “Stop adding milk and sugar to these brews!”? DON’T MESS WITH TEAS
24. Noodlehead TWIT
29. Boathouse item OAR
32. Dutch South Africans in need of exercise? HEAVYWEIGHT BOERS
33. Get in the game ANTE
35. Pritzker Prize winner ARCHITECT
36. Name of 13 popes LEO
37. Green expanses LEAS
38. Journalist Kupcinet IRV
40. Chemical experiment substances REACTANTS
43. Pasture moms EWES
44. Tent site CAMP
45. Gimlet ingredient LIME JUICE
47. European wine region ASTI
49. Holder of numerous pitching records who never won a Cy Young Award NOLAN RYAN
50. General Bradley OMAR
51. Lean TEND
53. Some surrealist works DALIS
55. IM pioneer AOL
56. Was embarrassed FELT A FOOL
60. Sleep lab letters REM
61. Coot relative CRAKE
62. Overlooked FORGOTTEN
63. O’Neill’s “The Hairy __” APE
66. Inordinate UNDUE
68. Early 16th-century date MDI
71. High-tech address URL
72. Some 35mm cameras SLRS
73. Pack it in QUIT
75. Scarf down EAT
76. Crop circle makers, supposedly UFOS
78. “Breaking __ Hard to Do” UP IS
79. Long and slimy EELY
81. Guards SENTINELS
84. Fonda’s “The Grapes of Wrath” role JOAD
87. Acrobats’ gear NETS
89. Lamont, to Fred Sanford SON
90. Continues strolling WALKS ON
91. Prefix with fauna AVI-
92. One who is honored and hopeful NOMINEE
95. Cause of an env. bulge ENC
97. Do miserably, in slang TANK
98. Stick in a box MATCH
99. Not fancy at all ABHOR
100. Gobs SLEWS
101. Porcine patter OINKS
102. Those girls, in Oaxaca ELLAS
104. Memorable moralist AESOP
105. Actress Scacchi GRETA
106. Gallery item EASEL
110. “Tintin in Tibet” creature YETI
113. “MTV Unplugged” lack AMP
114. Through VIA
116. Uno e due TRE
117. Clip-__: ties ONS
118. High nos. for rocket scientists? IQS
119. Try to take to the cleaners? SUE