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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 31st 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 31st 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Leader who succeeded Muhammad : CALIPH
7 Tried to get home, say : SLID
11 Boiling state : IRE
14 Beliefs : ISMS
18 Keys on a piano : ALICIA
19 100 cents : EURO
20 “I, Claudius” role : NERO
22 Texter’s “Then again … ” : OTOH
23 Govern in Austin? : DIRECT TEXAS
25 Set of rules for a jury? : PANEL CODE
27 Sault __ Marie : STE
28 Throttle : CHOKE
29 Pretentious : LA-DI-DA
30 Anthem contraction : O’ER
31 Group name derived from the Dutch for “farmer” : BOERS
32 __ blanche : CARTE
33 Like crazy : MADLY
35 Graceful antelopes : IMPALAS
38 Volume subtitled “100 Good Excuses”? : BOOK OF DENIAL
40 Car bar : TIE-ROD
41 Bodies usually bigger than bays : GULFS
43 Mercury Theatre co-founder Welles : ORSON
44 Farm units : ACRES
45 Lawyer’s filing : BRIEF
46 “The Texan” star Calhoun : RORY
48 The Eagle, e.g. : LEM
51 Eric the Red’s son : LEIF
52 Comedian Shecky : GREENE
53 Currency exchange abbr. : USD
54 Mozart’s “__ Kleine Nachtmusik” : EINE
55 17.2-million-square-mile area : ASIA
57 __ metal: dark ’80s-’90s music genre : DEATH
59 Snakes’ weapons : FANGS
60 Party garb for one going as a pollution inspector? : EPA COSTUME
65 Historic period with a lot of risks? : CHANCES ERA
68 Bob of “Fuller House” : SAGET
69 Explode : BURST
71 Full of slime : OOZY
72 Breezed through : ACED
73 Animation frame : CEL
74 Family reunion attendee : NEPHEW
77 Botch : MUFF
81 “__ so you!” : IT’S
82 “No problem!” : SURE
83 Name of two presidents : ADAMS
84 Privilege : HONOR
85 Broadcaster : AIRER
88 A lot : SCADS
89 State bordering Baja : SONORA
90 Cube-shaped stones for a fireplace shelf? : MANTEL BLOCKS
94 Overly optimistic : BLUE-SKY
95 “Chicago Med” pro : ER DOC
96 Location : SITUS
97 Clamorous : NOISY
98 Color TV pioneer : RCA
99 H.S. exam for college credit : AP TEST
101 Brownish gray : TAUPE
102 Cacophony : DIN
105 Wizard’s communications device? : MAGE PHONE
107 Braided Greek cheese? : TWIST OF FETA
110 Biblical plot : EDEN
111 Blood type, briefly : O-NEG
112 Lash mark : WELT
113 Shade : NUANCE
114 Fit together compactly : NEST
115 Classified ad abbr. : EEO
116 Comply with : OBEY
117 Slow-moving mammals : SLOTHS

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1 Bounders : CADS
2 Settled (on) : ALIT
3 Euros replaced them : LIRE
4 Coolers? : ICE
5 Winds also called ottavinos : PICCOLOS
6 Result of keeping a cap on too long : HAT HEAD
7 Goes after : SEEKS
8 Elegance : LUXE
9 401(k) alternative : IRA
10 Big affairs : DOS
11 Out of gear : IN PARK
12 Entertain at bedtime, as a tot : READ TO
13 “Sixteen Tons” singer whose nickname is his birth state : ERNIE FORD
14 Games gp. : IOC
15 Waited, not always patiently : STOOD IN LINE
16 Roadster in the Henry Ford Museum : MODEL A
17 Crow with Grammys : SHERYL
21 Brit. lexicon : OED
24 High spots : TORS
26 Metal-threaded fabrics : LAMES
29 Golden Triangle country : LAOS
31 Shameless : BAREFACED
32 Eye-opening cupful : COFFEE
34 Spanish span : ANO
35 Emphatic type: Abbr. : ITAL
36 They actually prefer fruit and grains to cheese : MICE
37 “Frasier” actress Gilpin : PERI
38 Kitchen counter staple : BLENDER
39 Cocktail order : DRY
41 Coll. senior’s test : GRE
42 One-eighty : UIE
45 Cookout choice : BRAT
46 Babe with a bat : RUTH
47 Dept. of Labor arm : OSHA
49 Tech sch. alumnus : ENGR
50 Big butte : MESA
52 Base figs. : GIS
54 Fast bucks : EASY MONEY
56 Barfly : SOT
58 Represented oneself to be : ACTED AS
59 Casbah headgear : FEZ
60 Morales of “NYPD Blue” : ESAI
61 Agreement : PACT
62 Seemingly forever : AGES AND AGES
63 Lyft rival : UBER
64 Paragon of stubbornness : MULE
66 Denials : NOES
67 Dairy grazer : COW
70 Light fare : SNACKS
73 Street edging piece : CURBSTONE
75 Crash site? : PAD
76 Royal Navy initials : HMS
78 Pizzeria chain, familiarly : UNOS
79 Motorist’s decision point : FORK
80 Donnybrook : FRAY
82 Frites seasoning : SEL
84 Holiday guests, maybe : HOUSEFUL
86 1995 court VIP : ITO
87 Go over : RECAP
88 Cottontail’s tail : SCUT
89 They usually don’t have laces : SLIP-ONS
90 Mythical males with tails : MERMEN
91 Game keeper? : ARCADE
92 Homeowner, vis-à-vis the bank : LIENEE
93 Cooperstown’s lake : OTSEGO
94 Attack, as of an illness : BOUT
97 Foul : NASTY
100 Saigon soup : PHO
101 Word game piece : TILE
102 Bit of progress : DENT
103 Allergic reaction : ITCH
104 Dundee disagreements : NAES
106 Tolkien creature : ENT
107 Wee hour : TWO
108 Information source, with “the” : WEB
109 __ Schwarz : FAO

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 24th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Model in the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” : T-BIRD
6 “Nightmare” street : ELM
9 Middles : WAISTS
15 Demonstrating skill : ABLY
19 Subtle glows : AURAE
20 Wasikowska of “Damsel” : MIA
21 Allergic outburst : AHCHOO
22 Hudson Bay nation : CREE
23 *Grizzly, for one : BROWN BEAR
25 *Olaf II of Norway, notably : VIKING SAINT
27 Ornamental vase : URN
28 Earthly : TERRENE
30 MLB Hall of Famer Fox and journalist Bly : NELLIES
31 __ a soul : NARY
32 Va. winter hours : EST
34 Genesis twin : ESAU
35 Hose clamp tightener : T-BOLT
37 More klutzy : GAWKIER
40 Prepare, as a contract : DRAW UP
45 Like some dorms : CO-ED
46 *It goes up in cold weather : HEAT BILL
48 Sound of shock : GASP
49 Sharply hit baseball : LINER
51 Relax, maybe : LIE
52 Wolf down : EAT
54 Guru’s residence : ASHRAM
56 Pool concern : ALGAE
57 Loses steam : FLAGS
60 Claim no longer allowed on cigarettes : LESS TAR
62 Fortune : WEALTH
64 Show with constant cliff-hangers : SOAP
66 Cell division : MITOSIS
68 NL Central club : STL
69 *Nickname for Joe DiMaggio : YANKEE CLIPPER
73 Words of understanding : OHS
75 Uses, as a scale : STEPS ON
77 Candy bar with a Nordic name : SKOR
78 Self-reproach : REGRET
80 Thinks : IDEATES
82 Played really badly : STANK
85 Comic book artist : INKER
86 Mentally assimilate : DIGEST
88 A musician usually has a good one : EAR
90 Originally called : NEE
91 Bête __ : NOIRE
92 Willing to listen (to) : OPEN
93 *The sun will eventually be one : RED GIANT
97 Button alternative : SNAP
98 Posse carriers : HORSES
101 Max Ernst, for one : DADAIST
102 True : ALIGN
104 Yearn : ACHE
106 Eye, to a poet : ORB
107 Pickup relatives, briefly : UTES
108 Condemnation : REPROOF
111 Zip one’s lip : KEEP MUM
114 “Rugrats” dad : STU
117 *ICBM booster until 1987 : TITAN ROCKET
120 They’re on the same side … and a hint to the answers to starred clues : TEAMMATES
122 Pizzazz : ELAN
123 Spiritualist Deepak : CHOPRA
124 Bagpiper’s topper : TAM
125 Past pudgy : OBESE
126 Target of a military press : DELT
127 “Dear Evan __”: 2015 musical : HANSEN
128 Mahershala of “Moonlight” : ALI
129 Grown-up efts : NEWTS

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1 Perfume that sounds forbidden : TABU
2 VP under Jefferson : BURR
3 Par-3 choice, often : IRON
4 Not even rare? : RAW
5 Insurance that covers dams? : DENTAL
6 Manicurist’s board : EMERY
7 Yarn spinner : LIAR
8 Dark area on the moon : MARE
9 Surfboard/kayak hybrid : WAVESKI
10 Yellowfin tuna : AHI
11 Response to goo : ICK
12 Slugger’s creation : SHINER
13 Shades : TONES
14 “I’m __ to hear from you!” : SO GLAD
15 Smoothie fruit : ACAI
16 Cheese on crackers : BRIE
17 Telescope part : LENS
18 To this day : YET
24 Docking place : BERTH
26 Result of one too many, maybe : SLUR
29 Rookie, briefly : NEWB
31 “I can’t agree to this” : NO DEAL
33 Scrabble piece : TILE
35 Going places? : TOILETS
36 *Kipling’s Shere Khan is one : BENGAL TIGER
37 Author Sheehy : GAIL
38 Relaxed : AT EASE
39 Airline with an all-kosher menu : EL AL
41 Turkish bigwigs : AGHAS
42 *”Virtuous Woman” reggae singer : WARRIOR KING
43 Solheim Cup team : USA
44 Fluoride-in-water meas. : PPM
45 Cat’s weapons : CLAWS
47 Little trickster : ELF
50 Confirms, as a password : RETYPES
53 Sub : TEMP
54 China __: showy bloom : ASTER
55 Use for preservation, as wine barrels : STORE IN
58 Takes off : GOES
59 Pass rusher’s stat : SACKS
61 Small intake : SIP
63 Attacks : HAS AT
65 Story line : PLOT
67 Singer Ed featured in the 2019 film “Yesterday” : SHEERAN
70 “Just kidding!” : NOT
71 Place for a pad : KNEE
72 Modern Persians : IRANIS
74 __ throat : STREP
76 Utopias : EDENS
79 Knowledge of spiritual matters : GNOSIS
81 Bareilles of “Waitress” : SARA
83 Without ice : NEAT
84 Understanding : KEN
86 Quote from Homer : D’OH
87 2012 Facebook event, for short : IPO
89 Overhaul : REDO
94 Sunbather’s pride : DARK TAN
95 Poke fun at : GIBE
96 Best Supporting Actress before Ingrid : TATUM
99 Merit : EARN
100 Discolor by burning : SCORCH
101 Military alert state : DEFCON
103 Jack of “Some Like It Hot” : LEMMON
105 To-do : HOO-HA
107 It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990 : UMAMI
108 Tick off : RILE
109 Series finale: Abbr. : ET AL
110 Huff and puff : PANT
112 R&B great James : ETTA
113 Ring at a wedding : PEAL
114 State of suppressed worry : STEW
115 Reason to cram : TEST
116 List for a versatile tool : USES
117 Talk acronym : TED
118 Mil. mess duties : KPS
119 Before, poetically : ERE
121 Presidential nickname : ABE

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 17th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 17th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Check alternative : PAYPAL
7 Sacred beetle : SCARAB
13 Tijuana pair : DOS
16 It can be natural : GAS
19 Creed in Rocky films : APOLLO
20 Winter melon : CASABA
21 MPG-testing org. : EPA
22 Wordsworth work : ODE
23 Attorneys’ firm offering : LEGAL SERVICES
25 “Day __”: 1965 hit : TRIPPER
27 Way out : EXIT
28 Put on a pedestal : DEIFY
29 With no one behind you : DEAD LAST
30 Capital NW of Boston : OTTAWA
33 Secure at the pier : LASH
34 Pooch in pictures : ASTA
35 Backtalk : LIP
38 Potential soldier : ARMY RECRUIT
42 Storage unit : BYTE
43 In hot water : UP A TREE
45 Prefix with gender : TRANS-
46 Sorento or Soul : KIA
47 Cocktail party snacks : CANAPES
48 Tommy who teamed with Cheech : CHONG
49 Queen’s “__ One Bites the Dust” : ANOTHER
53 “Cool, dude!” : I DIG IT
54 Drumstick : CHICKEN LEG
56 Buckeyes of the Big Ten : OSU
57 Handy sack : COT
58 Sham sawbones : QUACK
59 Lubricate : OIL
60 Church recess : APSE
61 Bird voiced by Rowan Atkinson in “The Lion King” : ZAZU
63 Road annoyances : BUMPS
64 Complete : TOTAL
66 Navy NCOs : CPOS
67 Oodles : A LOT
68 Thor Heyerdahl craft : RA I
69 Auspices : AEGIS
70 Pool tool : CUE
71 “Little Birds” author Anaïs : NIN
72 Provider of much change : COIN RETURN
75 Cracker-__: homespun : BARREL
78 Everlasting : ETERNAL
80 Deliver a stem-winder, say : ORATE
81 Snake oil, allegedly : PANACEA
82 Multivolume set in the reference sect. : OED
83 African capital : CAIRO
84 Veteran on the briny : OLD SALT
85 Green Bay Packers coach LaFleur : MATT
87 Chatty Cathy is one : TALKING DOLL
90 Deli choice : RYE
91 Many opera highlights : SOLI
92 “National Velvet” author Bagnold : ENID
93 Site of a major part of the Bible? : RED SEA
95 Mid-20th-century First and Second Lady : PAT NIXON
97 Shoulder wrap : SHAWL
99 Snippet of dialogue : LINE
103 Hold back : INHIBIT
104 Scrapyard commodity … and what’s hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers : RECYCLED METAL
108 Charge : FEE
109 Infant suffix : -ILE
110 Alphabetically first U.S. national park : ACADIA
111 Catholic devotion : NOVENA
112 OTC drug agency : FDA
113 __ Plaines: Chicago suburb : DES
114 Homer, in baseball lingo : GO DEEP
115 Tarzan, e.g. : APEMAN

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1 Ashen : PALE
2 High point : APEX
3 “Smarter than the average bear” bear : YOGI
4 “Republic” philosopher : PLATO
5 Word with caps or clear : ALL
6 Spanish article : LOS
7 Off-the-wall : SCREWY
8 Pricey delicacy : CAVIAR
9 “Keep dreaming” : AS IF
10 Risqué : RACY
11 Former Japanese prime minister : ABE
12 __-relief : BAS
13 Abhor : DETEST
14 Part of OWN : OPRAH
15 Common word in a novel’s dialogue : SAID
16 Overtake : GO PAST
17 “__ Fideles” : ADESTE
18 Maker of iComfort mattresses : SERTA
24 Mingo portrayer on “Daniel Boone” : ED AMES
26 Dabble in : PLAY AT
29 Where many speeches come from : DAIS
31 La Brea attraction : TAR PIT
32 Brand similar to Spam : TREET
33 Fencing maneuver : LUNGE
35 ’60s White House daughter : LUCI
36 Apple offering : IPAD
37 N.W.A’s debut single : PANIC ZONE
39 Focus of some committees : ETHICS
40 Bit of stoneware : CROCK
41 Arrange in sequence : RANK
42 Library sect. : BIOG
44 Retire at home, say? : TAG OUT
46 Solemn sound : KNELL
48 Lad : CHAP
49 Bit of checkpoint deception : ALIAS
50 Coal train component : HOPPER CAR
51 Exxon, once : ESSO
52 Feels bad about : RUES
54 Seasoning in Indian cuisine : CUMIN
55 At lunch, say : NOT IN
58 California state bird : QUAIL
60 TLX autos : ACURAS
61 Western writer Grey : ZANE
62 Came down : ALIT
63 In __ daylight : BROAD
64 Ancient German : TEUTON
65 Storybook fiend : OGRE
69 Vintage video game name : ATARI
70 Symbol of a year, perhaps : CANDLE
72 Tech news site : C|NET
73 Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
74 Estrada of “CHiPs” : ERIK
75 Calls at home : BALLS
76 Hard to grasp : EELY
77 Running behind : LATE
79 Helix-shaped pasta : ROTINI
81 Curly-haired pet : POODLE
83 Genesis brother : CAIN
85 Sounded like the wind : MOANED
86 Tennis great Gibson : ALTHEA
87 Govt. securities : T-NOTES
88 __ Mansion, NYC mayor’s residence : GRACIE
89 Lizard feature : DEWLAP
91 Calvin’s spaceman alter ego, in comics : SPIFF
92 Force to leave : EXILE
94 Motrin alternative : ALEVE
96 Footnote abbr. : IBID
97 Whole bunch : SCAD
98 “Nothing lived in him but fear and hatred” : HYDE
100 List member : ITEM
101 Family nickname : NANA
102 Flair : ELAN
104 Common cleaning supply : RAG
105 Tourism opening : ECO-
106 Target of a cheek swab : DNA
107 Common cleaning supply : MOP

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 10th 2021

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 11th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 10th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Milk consumer : CALF
5 2017 Dan Stevens fantasy title role : BEAST
10 Units of resistance : OHMS
14 Stop running, with “out” : CONK
18 Like zeroes : OVAL
19 Aerie occupant : EAGLE
20 Heartless : CRUEL
21 Shortly, once : ANON
22 Exec working as a lifeguard? : DIVING SUIT
24 Speaks in Spanish : HABLA
25 Stalwart political group : BASE
26 “Accidents will happen,” e.g. : ADAGE
27 Accessory for Astaire : TAP
28 .000001 meters : MICRON
29 Head for the hills : FLEE
30 Word of technique : HOW
32 Sailors working as aromatherapists? : SMELLING SALTS
35 Narrow opening : SLIT
38 Sole : ONE
41 City near Nîmes : ARLES
42 Rough words? : OR SO
43 Truckload unit : TON
44 Source of perfection, so they say : PRACTICE
46 Crossword constructor’s chore : CLUEING
49 Committee head working as a lead guitarist? : ROCKING CHAIR
51 Stimulate : FUEL
52 Fawn’s mom : DOE
53 Bolt with great speed : USAIN
54 Get a look at : SEE
55 Site of Napoleon’s exile : ELBA
56 “The __ is silence”: Hamlet’s last words : REST
57 Good guy : MENSCH
59 “To repeat … ” : AS I SAID
62 Puts to work : USES
63 NBA players working as Instacart employees? : SHOPPING CENTERS
68 Badly hurt : MAIM
71 Not in time : TOO LATE
72 “I’m not buying that!” : NO SALE
76 Bone: Pref. : OSTE-
77 Inform : TELL
78 St. with a panhandle : FLA
81 “Uh-oh!” : YIPES
82 Rehab symptoms : DTS
83 It might be on a stickie : MEMO
84 Comics working as phone solicitors? : CALLING CARDS
88 Correction tools : ERASERS
90 Traditional song with the line “Je te plumerai” : ALOUETTE
91 Call __ day : IT A
92 Workplace standards org. : OSHA
93 Sunlit lobbies : ATRIA
95 “Gloria in Excelsis __” : DEO
96 Overdo the sweetness : CLOY
97 Author’s rep working as a janitor? : CLEANING AGENT
101 Chic retreat : SPA
103 Security device : LOCK
104 Church official : DEACON
105 “__ Dark Materials”: HBO fantasy series : HIS
108 Sound : AUDIO
112 Farm prefix : AGRI-
113 Hanukkah potato pancake : LATKE
114 Football player working as a tailor? : FITTING END
116 React to a shock : REEL
117 Cultural values : ETHOS
118 City map, sometimes : INSET
119 Not just dislike : HATE
120 Pretentious : ARTY
121 Equine hue : ROAN
122 Cleopatra’s kingdom : EGYPT
123 Walked : TROD

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1 Composition conclusion : CODA
2 Ardent : AVID
3 Volcanic output : LAVA
4 Small sampling, as of various beers : FLIGHT
5 Implore : BEG
6 “It is the __, and Juliet is the sun”: Romeo : EAST
7 Liquido claro : AGUA
8 Loses traction : SLIPS
9 Asian festival : TET
10 Expert in futures? : ORACLE
11 Overreaching self-confidence : HUBRIS
12 Dieter’s breakfast : MELON
13 Much street talk : SLANG
14 A subway rider might save it : CAB FARE
15 From every direction : ON ALL SIDES
16 In close opposition : NOSE-TO-NOSE
17 Joints with caps : KNEES
20 Scary story : CHILLER
23 Modernist : NEO
28 Word of Gallic gratitude : MERCI
31 Frayed : WORN
33 Greek goddess for whom a spring month is named : MAIA
34 “Divine Comedy” focus : SOUL
35 Neither bow nor pick : STRUM
36 Unsecured : LOOSE
37 Like ancient Peru : INCAN
39 Bugs : NAGS
40 Pilate’s “Behold!” : ECCE
44 Small recipe quantity : PINCH
45 With 100-Down, 1951 horror film whose title role was played by James Arness : THE
46 Ark unit : CUBIT
47 Heavy : LEADEN
48 Comes into : GETS
50 Affectionate invitation : KISS ME
51 Custard dessert : FLAN
55 Salem-to-Boise dir. : ESE
56 Nation in a Fleming title : RUSSIA
58 More torrid : HOTTER
59 Santa __ winds : ANA
60 Army NCO : SGT
61 Cooling cubes : ICE
64 Poe output, aptly : POEMS
65 Game played on horseback : POLO
66 Badly : ILL
67 Auto pioneering partner : ROYCE
68 Fashion : MODE
69 Studier of signs : ASTROLOGER
70 “I can’t tell” : IT’S A SECRET
73 National Poetry Month : APRIL
74 Brought about : LED TO
75 Long exam answer : ESSAY
78 Seasonal affliction : FLU
79 Wasn’t true : LIED
80 Poker hand staple : ANTE
83 Intend : MEAN
84 Freighters’ loads : CARGOES
85 From far away (perhaps very far) : ALIEN
86 Bank offering : LOAN
87 Pontiac muscle cars : GTOS
89 With uncertainty : SHAKILY
93 Mystery award namesake : AGATHA
94 Add at the end : TACK ON
96 Came down with : CAUGHT
97 Philanthropist Barton : CLARA
98 Do-nothing : IDLER
99 Cool kin : NEATO
100 See 45-Down : THING
102 Critical critique : PAN
106 Wee : ITSY
107 Dance part : STEP
109 Letter opening : DEAR
110 Fond of : INTO
111 Binged (on), as junk food : OD’ED
114 “Shame on thee!” : FIE
115 Hairy Addams family member : ITT

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 3rd 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 3rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Brownie group? : BATCH
6 Francis, most recently : POPE
10 Scornful comment : TAUNT
15 Self-righteously proper sort : PRIG
19 Fancy to extremes : ADORE
20 Caspian Sea feeder : URAL
21 Come after : ENSUE
22 Single : LONE
23 *Attraction with exotic animals : SAFARI PARK
25 It may be skipped : STONE
26 SLR setting : AUTO
27 Self-absorbed : SMUG
28 Works in a museum : OILS
29 Oops provoker : SLIP
30 Got rid of : TOSSED
32 Knob-handled tools : AWLS
33 *Former NASA project : SPACE SHUTTLE
35 Range option : AMANA
38 Massage therapist’s employer : SPA
39 Dismiss casually, with “at” : SNEEZE
40 Piece of land : TRACT
41 Release predecessors : BETAS
43 Embellished : ADORNED
47 *Jump-start connection point : BATTERY TERMINAL
52 Word on an Irish euro : EIRE
53 Basics : ABCS
54 Tickle pink : ELATE
55 Silent __: White House nickname : CAL
56 Pet store rodent : GERBIL
58 “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner Rhimes : SHONDA
60 Flier in a show : AEROBAT
62 Bishop’s purview : SEE
63 *IT executive’s concern : NETWORK SECURITY
68 Go downhill fast : SKI
71 Obsolescent wrong number cause : MISDIAL
72 Omelet request : ONE EGG
75 Move stealthily : TIPTOE
77 It may need massaging : EGO
78 Brown shade : BEIGE
81 “Sunday Night Baseball” nickname : A-ROD
83 Jazz home : UTAH
84 *Berlin monument that’s a symbol of Germany’s reunification : BRANDENBURG GATE
87 Sleeping bag alternative : BEDROLL
90 Wonderland cake instruction : EAT ME
91 Café lightener : LECHE
92 Contemptible : ODIOUS
95 Trauma ctrs. : ERS
96 Causes of much yawning : BORES
97 *Something to go back to when things aren’t working out : DRAWING BOARD
101 Moved like the wind : BLEW
103 Potato color : RUSSET
104 Crop unit : ACRE
105 Fireplace duct : FLUE
106 Forget where one put : LOSE
110 Golden rule word : UNTO
111 Bert’s chum : ERNIE
113 *Brew pub sampler : BEER FLIGHT
115 Wise adviser : GURU
116 Its code is BOS : LOGAN
117 Murray with a star on both the Canada and Hollywood Walk of Fame : ANNE
118 Judge who excelled in the Field of Dreams game : AARON
119 Notice : SPOT
120 Avocet cousin : STILT
121 Puts in : ADDS
122 Climate activist Thunberg : GRETA

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1 String section instrument : BASS
2 Fall figure : ADAM
3 Vegan protein source : TOFU
4 Rocky projection : CRAG
5 HRH part : HER …
6 Eye opening : PUPIL
7 Rigorous exams : ORALS
8 Scorecard standards : PARS
9 Moose cousin : ELK
10 Model 3 maker : TESLA
11 Marxian activities : ANTICS
12 Arthur Ashe Stadium is its main court : US OPEN
13 Sister : NUN
14 Achieved a baby milestone : TEETHED
15 Classic wall worker : PLASTERER
16 Awaken harshly : ROUST
17 Mole’s collection : INTEL
18 Crystal-bearing rock : GEODE
24 Hoover was the only president born there : IOWA
29 Twitch, say : SPASM
31 Taverna aperitif : OUZO
32 Meridian opening : ANTE-
33 Trunk item : SPARE
34 Aquatic carnivore : SEAL
35 Iraqis, mostly : ARABS
36 12-Down contest : MATCH
37 Doesn’t ignore : ACTS ON
38 Editor’s “keep it” : STET
40 Sched. uncertainty : TBA
41 Club rules : BYLAWS
42 GPS projection : ETA
44 Avian bills : NIBS
45 Pennsylvania county or its seat : ERIE
46 Editor’s “cut it” : DELE
48 “Power” accessory, perhaps : RED TIE
49 Cold treat brand : ICEE
50 Dealer’s pursuer : NARC
51 First Dominican MLB manager Felipe : ALOU
56 Somersaulting dive : GAINER
57 Kitchen suffix : -ETTE
59 Dory’s friend : NEMO
60 Gestural comm. syst. : ASL
61 Sturdy shoe : BROGUE
64 River through Frankfurt : ODER
65 Capital of Latvia : RIGA
66 Particle also called a K meson : KAON
67 Sound barrier breaker Chuck : YEAGER
68 E-ticket’s lack : STUB
69 __-Eating Tree: “Peanuts” phenomenon : KITE
70 2010 Apple debut : IPAD
73 Common prayer : GRACE
74 Invaders of ancient Rome : GOTHS
76 Discards : THROWS OUT
78 Trimming target : BEARD
79 Thyroid MDs : ENTS
80 “Big Blue” : IBM
82 Actor Billy __ Williams : DEE
84 Poster’s medium : BLOG
85 Company with an antlered animal logo : DEERE
86 Pleasant feeling : GLOW
88 Pooch with a large tongue : ODIE
89 Horizontal door beams : LINTELS
93 Congo tributary : UBANGI
94 __ media : SOCIAL
96 Major Nebraska product : BEEF
97 Puts under : DRUGS
98 Accumulate : RUN UP
99 Houston MLBer : ASTRO
100 Ain’t perfect? : AREN’T
101 Barista’s creation : BLEND
102 Entices : LURES
105 Ward (off) : FEND
106 Wearer of hot pants? : LIAR
107 Fairy tale monster : OGRE
108 Useless, now : SHOT
109 Sicilian mount : ETNA
112 Hogwash : ROT
113 Shearing day sound : BAA
114 Jet __ : LAG