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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 26th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 26th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Chunk : SLAB
5 Spill stopper : LID
8 Beetle in Egyptian hieroglyphs : SCARAB
14 Old Eurasian rulers : TSARS
19 Many a restaurant website page : MENU
20 Addr. line ending : AVE
21 Brother of Scar : MUFASA
22 Juice box go-with : STRAW
23 Censor of controversial parts of “Messiah”? : HANDEL SANITIZER
26 Hold forth : ORATE
27 “Top Chef” host Lakshmi : PADMA
28 Knish seller : DELI
29 __ Morris, “Saved by the Bell” protagonist : ZACK
31 Award for good plays : OBIE
32 Bagel feature : HOLE
34 Spots : SEES
36 Emergency delivery method : AIRLIFT
38 Family tree woman : GREAT-AUNT
42 Cause of restaurant complaints? : SALAD DELAYS
45 Intraoffice IT system : LAN
46 Memo start : IN RE
47 Get around : FINESSE
48 Conventional rubies? : ORTHODOX JEWELS
53 Choir accompaniment : ORGAN
57 20th-century Argentine leader : PERON
58 Room in Clue : STUDY
59 Original “Star Trek” actor : TAKEI
62 Nice way to say yes? : OUI
63 Stubborn animal : ASS
64 Family room : DEN
65 Group email function : REPLY ALL
67 A, in Aachen : EINE
69 Sign of a cat burglar? : FELINE PRINT
74 Shoppe modifier : OLDE
75 Brand mentioned in the Beatles’ “Come Together” : COCA-COLA
77 Golf club part : TOE
78 “I pity the fool” speaker : MR T
79 Word that’s a homophone of its first letter : OWE
80 Willing subjects : HEIRS
82 Melodious : TONAL
85 BILLY bookcase sellers : IKEAS
88 Big dipper : LADLE
90 What people and leopards have in common? : VOWEL OF SILENCE
93 Gallery event : ART SALE
96 __ top : TANK
97 Kinshasa’s country, briefly : DRC
98 Stallone hero putting more film in his camera? : “ROCKY” RELOAD
102 Research staples : DATABASES
104 Sister of Laertes : OPHELIA
105 Like yellow bananas : RIPE
107 Look for gifts, say : SHOP
108 Green and white : TEAS
109 Almost never : ONCE
112 Greenish-blue : TEAL
114 Allow to fluctuate, as a currency : UNPEG
117 Type of navel : INNIE
119 Enjoy the track meet? : CATCH A FEW RELAYS
123 Can’t live without : NEEDS
124 Bible book read during Purim : ESTHER
125 Hardly walking distance : FAR
126 Neutral shade : ECRU
127 Doesn’t do much : IDLES
128 What a broken escalator can serve as, aptly : STAIRS
129 “Go for it!” : TRY
130 Loafer, e.g. : SHOE

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1 “This can’t be,” in texts : SMH
2 Faithful spring? : LEAP
3 Actress Kendrick : ANNA
4 Founder of an Eastern religion : BUDDHA
5 Euphoria : LA-LA LAND
6 Providers of liquid assets? : IVS
7 Out of juice : DEAD
8 Cheese alternative? : SMILE
9 Adorable ones : CUTIES
10 “100 Years… 100 Movies” org. : AFI
11 Heckle : RAZZ
12 On the briny : ASEA
13 Chain of pubs with beer and video games : BARCADE
14 General on a menu : TSO
15 Tot toter : STROLLER
16 Peninsula between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf : ARABIA
17 Sanction : RATIFY
18 Candy store buys : SWEETS
24 Personified things in Pixar’s “Inside Out” : EMOTIONS
25 Sticky home? : NEST
30 Isn’t serious : KIDS
33 Money in Münster : EUROS
35 It may be cracked : SAFE
37 Prepare for new planting, as a garden : RESOIL
38 Zero-star fare : GLOP
39 Not seen often : RARE
40 Spellbound : ENTRANCED
41 On deck : NEXT
43 Upbeat melody : LILT
44 “Master of None” co-creator Aziz __ : ANSARI
49 Book after Daniel : HOSEA
50 Dame Dench : JUDI
51 First place : EDEN
52 Musical Lynn contemporary : WYNETTE
54 Commits a hoops violation : GOALTENDS
55 “__ Lang Syne” : AULD
56 River to the Mediterranean : NILE
60 “The Masked Singer” panelist Jeong : KEN
61 Able, facetiously : EPT
66 Radiohead lead singer/songwriter Thom : YORKE
67 Subj. including the study of extinctions : ECOL
68 Field of Dreams setting : IOWA
69 Nemesis, e.g. : FOE
70 Late philanthropist Broad : ELI
71 Like tadpoles : LARVAL
72 Combine : POOL
73 A.G. under Clinton : RENO
76 “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress Hines : CHERYL
78 Biscuit whose name describes its shape : MILK-BONE
81 Part for one : SOLO
83 Men’s grooming brand : AFTA
84 Exams for future attys. : LSATS
86 Decent-sized lot : ACRE
87 Brief periods : SECS
89 Summer cabin site : LAKESIDE
91 Sport : WEAR
92 Racing the deadline : IN A HURRY
94 Chamber music work : TRIO
95 Spirited events? : SEANCES
98 Corkscrew pasta : ROTINI
99 Warmed up the crowd : OPENED
100 French fashion house : CHANEL
101 Agitated state : DITHER
102 Like Beethoven, late in life : DEAF
103 Pie fruit : APPLES
106 Pie fruit : PEARS
110 Ones getting a lot of props? : CAST
111 “At Last” singer James : ETTA
113 Split : LEFT
115 A pop : EACH
116 Halal cart offering : GYRO
118 Supergirl symbol : ESS
120 Greek X : CHI
121 Tolstoy title word : WAR
122 Refuse to settle : SUE

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 19th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Part of a sea urchin’s diet : KELP
5 Rest of the afternoon : SIESTA
11 “Beat it!” : SCAT!
15 Big first for babies : STEP
19 Wellsian race : ELOI
20 “Life of Pi” director : ANG LEE
21 “Boo’d Up” singer __ Mai : ELLA
22 Mani mate : PEDI
23 *Hotel convenience : PARKING GARAGE
25 Manicurist’s assortment : NAIL FILES
27 Beholden : INDEBTED
28 George who plays Stokes on “CSI” : EADS
30 Minneapolis’ Target Center, e.g. : ARENA
31 Roger of “Cheers” : REES
32 Stand : BEAR
34 Hotel offerings : SUITES
37 Cat’s attention-getter, maybe : PAW
40 *Address essential details : GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
45 Caspian feeder : URAL
47 Novelist Rita __ Brown : MAE
48 Pitcher John on three different MLB championship teams : LACKEY
49 Bonanza find : ORE
50 Scholars : LITERATI
54 Roofing support : RAFTER
55 Really cool : EPIC
56 *Wannabe lawyer’s milestone : PASSING THE BAR
59 Most clever : SLICKEST
61 Brian of rock : ENO
62 Evening affairs : SOIREES
63 NYC congresswoman, in headlines : AOC
64 Saint-Saëns’s “__ Macabre” : DANSE
66 Paid informer : FINK
67 EPA-banned chemicals : PCBS
71 Swing site : PORCH
75 RN workplaces : ERS
77 Nantucket arrivals : FERRIES
79 “… __ he drove out of sight”: Moore : ERE
80 Board game bonus : FREE SPIN
85 *Keep one’s identity secret, say : STAY UNDER COVER
87 Big name in chips : LAY’S
88 Enmity : ANIMUS
90 Place for an anchor : NEWSCAST
91 Denver-to-Omaha dir. : ENE
92 Eyepiece : OCULAR
93 Reverence : AWE
95 Kid’s retort : AM SO!
96 *Prepare emotionally for, as something unpleasant : STEEL ONESELF AGAINST
102 What “/” may mean : PER
103 Prepared for cooking, as corn : HUSKED
104 Consort of Psyche : EROS
105 Yours, to Yvette : A TOI
107 Carry away : ELATE
109 Biblical scribe : EZRA
111 Exhibits unease, maybe : STAMMERS
115 Harbormaster’s chart : TIDE TABLE
118 Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters : BACKUP BANDS
121 On deck, perhaps : ASEA
122 High-tech workers : BOTS
123 Words from behind a door, maybe : IN HERE!
124 Blue hue : CYAN
125 Go on : LAST
126 Acronym on a protective vest : SWAT
127 Battery terminals : ANODES
128 Back talk : SASS

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1 Visored French cap : KEPI
2 Brio : ELAN
3 Byron’s title : LORD
4 Stingy sort : PIKER
5 Important coastal drainage river in South Carolina : SANTEE
6 Swallow : INGEST
7 “Good grief!” : EGAD
8 35mm camera type : SLR
9 Leaves in a cup : TEA
10 Sea at one end of the Dardanelles : AEGEAN
11 Texter’s button : SEND
12 Stand-up types : CLASS ACTS
13 “Aladdin” prince : ALI
14 1960s chess champ Mikhail : TAL
15 Ornamental shrub : SPIREA
16 Astronomer’s tool : TELESCOPE
17 Fall place : EDEN
18 Galileo’s birthplace : PISA
24 “__ your pardon” : I BEG
26 Like many rich foods : FATTY
29 School room encouraging creativity : ART LAB
32 Fancy neckwear : BOA
33 Dolly, for one : EWE
35 “Family Matters” nerd : URKEL
36 Spain’s peninsula : IBERIA
37 Mashed, as oranges : PULPED
38 Grande dame of pop : ARIANA
39 Doyle’s narrator : WATSON
41 Composer Shostakovich : DMITRI
42 Big galoot : OAF
43 Singer Kristofferson : KRIS
44 Breakaway group : SECT
46 Arles article : LES
51 Choir supports : RISERS
52 Mayo is in it : ANO
53 “Hooray, the weekend!” : TGIF!
54 Dorm figs. : RAS
55 Big name in kitchenware : EKCO
57 Chick magnet? : HEN
58 Distressed cry : EEK!
60 Thickets : COPSES
65 Goes out with : SEES
67 One in a pod : PEA
68 Call out : CRY
69 Asian sultanate : BRUNEI
70 Cosecant’s reciprocal : SINE
72 Overhaul : REVAMP
73 Game stick with a net : CROSSE
74 Jamie of “Bosch” : HECTOR
76 “In the Bedroom” Oscar nominee : SPACEK
77 Some mil. bases : FTS
78 One of eight Eng. kings : EDW
80 Beat it : FLEE
81 Carry on : RANT
82 Antiglare wear : EYESHADES
83 Occupied : IN USE
84 Alexandria’s area : NILE DELTA
85 One often seen in curls : SURFER
86 TV pioneer : RCA
89 __ de mer : MAL
92 Attack : ONSET
93 Back : AGO
94 Is no longer : WAS
97 Best at putting things away? : OUTEAT
98 World’s largest peninsula : ARABIA
99 Mother of note : NATURE
100 Middle ear bone : STAPES
101 Archaeological find : TOMB
106 Apple varieties : IMACS
107 List-ending abbr. : ET AL
108 Three-time WNBA MVP __ Leslie : LISA
110 Gusto : ZEST
111 List of appts. : SKED
112 “Only Time” songwriter : ENYA
113 Old food label nos. : RDAS
114 IRS IDs : SSNS
116 Sit-up targets : ABS
117 Fiddle stick : BOW
119 Taylor of fashion : ANN
120 Sulu portrayer John : CHO

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 12th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 12th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs : SCHIRRA
8 Sushi order : AHI
11 Short blue person? : DEM
14 Exile of 1979 : SHAH
18 Small bits of color : SPLASHES
19 Easter lead-in : NOR-
20 “Xanadu” rock gp. : ELO
21 Aqua __: U.K. mineral water brand : PURA
22 Place for reading recipes? : COOKBOOK NOOK
24 Fragrant tea-flavoring shrubs : JASMINES
26 Quakers in forests? : ASPENS
27 Emailed : SENT
28 Ink on a billionaire? : FAT CAT TAT
29 Extreme disorder : MESS
30 Through : VIA
31 Madrid mama bear : OSA
33 “The Bald Soprano” playwright : IONESCO
34 City center street performer? : DOWNTOWN CLOWN
38 Flash __ : MOB
39 Third-party accounts : ESCROWS
43 Provide with the latest : CLUE IN
44 Green stone : JADE
45 Where one trying to score may be out : AT HOME
46 U.S. Army medal : DSC
48 Classic Pontiac : GTO
49 __ pool : GENE
50 Like some stockings : SEAMED
51 Congers : EELS
53 React to a sprint : PANT
55 A montage of them was presented at the 2006 Oscars : EPICS
56 Native Alaskans : ALEUTS
58 Fencing moves : THRUSTS
61 Nothing special : SO-SO
62 Bit of carelessness at cocktail hour? : CHIP DIP DRIP
64 Long stretches : EONS
66 They’re usually unbeatable : NEMESES
68 Accustoms (to) : ENURES
69 Storied building material : STRAW
70 Fit : TRIM
71 Feds under Ness : T-MEN
72 Current amount : AMPERE
73 Mail ctrs. : GPOS
75 Stadium cheer : RAH!
78 Offbeat : ODD
79 Eyed impolitely, with “at” : LEERED
80 Bath buggy : PRAM
81 Not at all light : SOLEMN
83 Corn syrup component : MALTOSE
84 Joplin’s “Maple Leaf __” : RAG
85 Postal mishap? : SNAIL MAIL FAIL
89 Legislative group, e.g. : ENACTOR
91 Backing-up key : ESC
92 Bit in a horse’s mouth : OAT
93 Cleaning tools, for short : VACS
97 Starter for a noncompetitive race? : FUN RUN GUN
99 Deli stock : RYES
101 Formed with the tip of the tongue, like the letter L : APICAL
103 Property receivers, at law : ALIENEES
104 Reality TV believer? : BOOB TUBE RUBE
106 Axes : CANS
107 KC-to-NYC dir. : ENE
108 “The Ice Storm” director Lee : ANG
109 Acted like : EMULATED
110 Most massive known dwarf planet : ERIS
111 Rehab hurdle : DTS
112 Screening org. : TSA
113 Western movie threat : RATTLER

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1 Imagine, colloquially : ‘SPOSE
2 Horse-and-buggy ride sounds : CLOPS
3 Cod relatives : HAKES
4 Library vol. ID : ISBN
5 Letters after pis : RHOS
6 1906 Runabout, e.g. : REO
7 Shows hospitality toward, as a visitor : ASKS IN
8 Before long, to Shakespeare : ANON
9 Bird named for its cry : HOOT OWL
10 Annoy : IRK
11 “This seems familiar” word : DEJA
12 Jubilance : ELATION
13 University of Idaho city : MOSCOW
14 Malice : SPITE
15 Spider that stalks its prey : HUNTSMAN
16 Opening number? : AREA CODE
17 Surely is : HAS TO BE
18 Con job : SCAM
23 Bar specification : NEAT
25 “Death in Venice” author : MANN
28 Aspect : FACET
30 Bugs with brakes : VWS
32 Wrapped in a blanket, say : SNUG
34 Mosque toppers : DOMES
35 Due : OWED
36 Block off : OCCLUDE
37 Award-winning Mark Tatulli comic strip : LIO
39 Relaxes : EASES
40 Apply, as a brake : STEP ON
41 Lawn chair : CHAISE
42 Hanks sobriquet for films like “You’ve Got Mail”? : ROMCOM TOM
44 Fashionista dog? : JET SET PET
46 Knish sellers : DELIS
47 Ooze : SEEP
49 Oxlike antelope : GNU
52 Stretch : STINT
53 Letters before chi : PHIS
54 Duchamp contemporary : ARP
56 “What about me?!” : AHEM!
57 Layered Italian dessert : SPUMONI
58 General direction : TREND
59 Bullfight figure : TORERO
60 Traps : SNARES
62 Long-running forensic series : CSI
63 First name in an 1857 case : DRED
65 Activist Greta Thunberg, e.g. : SWEDE
67 Hosp. units : ERS
69 Suspect : SMELL
72 End of a ball game? : ALAI
73 Like table salt : GRANULAR
74 Composer of solo violin études : PAGANINI
75 “Vive le __!” : ROI
76 Karen of “Starman” : ALLEN
77 Fashion lines : HEMS
80 Introduction : PREFACE
81 Portraitist John Singer __ : SARGENT
82 Long-vowel symbols : MACRONS
83 Tatami, e.g. : MAT
85 Leave speechless : STUN
86 “Thanks, it’s already done” : NO NEED
87 “Stay” singer Lisa seen in GEICO ads : LOEB
88 “Get a move on!” : FASTER!
90 Salad green : CRESS
93 Like some popular videos : VIRAL
94 Perceptive : ACUTE
95 Pole tossed by a Scot : CABER
96 Downhill traveler : SLED
98 Applications : USES
100 Discipline with stretches : YOGA
101 Lie next to : ABUT
102 Hide : PELT
104 Cricket club : BAT
105 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” : UMA

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 5th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Gadgets with teeth : COMBS
6 Most favorable : OPTIMAL
13 Nuts seen in bars : CASHEWS
20 Look forward to : AWAIT
21 Direct approach : BEELINE
22 Theoretically : ON PAPER
23 Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1] : PETER JENNINGS
25 “The Odd Couple” couple, e.g. : ROOMIES
26 Menu selections : ENTREES
27 Old Tokyo : EDO
28 Per __ : ANNUM
29 One of eight Yankee World Series victories : SWEEP
32 P.O. box item : LTR
34 Final Four game : SEMI
37 “Ready Player One” hero Wade __ : WATTS
41 Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] : CAPTAIN AMERICA
47 Asteroids producer : ATARI
48 Byzantine architecture features : DOMES
49 Mardi Gras city, informally : NOLA
50 Jaye’s “The Crying Game” role : DIL
51 Novel category : ROMANCE
53 Third of eight : EARTH
55 Basic bruise treatment : ICE PACK
58 Santa signal [Sidekick 2] : SLEIGH BELL
60 Biblical bloomer [Princess 2] : EASTER LILY
62 Physical exam letters : LDL
63 Mystiques : AURAS
64 Org. for netmen : ATP
65 Had the nerve : DARED
66 Regional flora and fauna : BIOTA
68 Wanders about : ROVES
71 Convenient, like some winter resorts : SKI-IN
74 Blowup aid : TNT
77 Courage : SPINE
79 Sch. with the mascot SuperFrog : TCU
82 Kids’ building materials [Sidekick 1] : TINKERTOYS
85 Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1] : TIGER TEAMS
88 Film noir plot device : AMNESIA
89 Types : MODES
91 Attribute : ASCRIBE
92 Robin Roberts’ show, initially : GMA
93 Take __: snooze : A NAP
95 Up to : UNTIL
97 Toast starter : HERE’S …
98 Ineffective pitcher’s fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2] : GETTING THE HOOK
102 Nose wrinklers : ODORS
103 Common stained glass element : LEAD
104 Org. concerned with flight risks : TSA
105 “… to say the __” : LEAST
108 Yankee quipper? : BERRA
111 Old AT&T rival : GTE
114 Economic divisions : SECTORS
119 Lost for now : MISLAID
122 One-hit wonder [Hero 2] : FLASH IN THE PAN
125 Pip’s love interest in “Great Expectations” : ESTELLA
126 Put back : RESTORE
127 Nancy Drew series author : KEENE
128 Rice and wheat : GRASSES
129 Invite to one’s home : ASK OVER
130 Oscar winner Redmayne : EDDIE

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1 Darth Vader accessory : CAPE
2 John Irving’s “A Prayer for __ Meany” : OWEN
3 “The Simpsons” creator Groening : MATT
4 Oktoberfest quaff : BIER
5 Freaking out : STRESSING
6 Too big for one’s own good : OBESE
7 Script writer : PEN
8 Messi’s uniform number : TEN
9 Nastase of tennis : ILIE
10 It’s often made up in advance : MIND
11 Luanda’s land : ANGOLA
12 Guitarist Paul : LES
13 Food wrapped in silk : CORN
14 Soon, to a bard : ANON
15 Union member? : SPOUSE
16 Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarly : HAMMER
17 Prefix with Pen : EPI-
18 Like a few hours after midnight : WEE
19 H.S. bigwigs : SRS
24 Yeshiva grad : JEW
28 Florence’s river : ARNO
30 Friendly opening? : ECO-
31 Violinist __ Frank : PAMELA
33 Soldier’s helmet : TIN HAT
35 Place for a slam dunk : MIDAIR
36 Result of a drip, at times : ICICLE
37 Cola __ : WARS
38 Reef formation : ATOLL
39 Got under control : TAMED
40 Off-road vehicle : TRAIL BIKE
42 Sounds of thunder : PEALS
43 Original Dungeons & Dragons co. : TSR
44 Touched down : ALIT
45 Nutmeg spice : MACE
46 Synthetic resin used in paint : ALKYD
48 Budding star’s big moment : DEBUT
52 Former Labor secretary Elaine : CHAO
54 Something for two, in song : TEA
56 53-Across, to Merkel : ERDE
57 Wasted : PLASTERED
59 Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry : ERATO
61 Julep garnish : SPRIG
67 Model Sastre : INES
69 NBAer-cum-rap star : O’NEAL
70 __ libre: poetry form : VERS
71 Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __ : STAGG
72 Last Oscars host (2018) : KIMMEL
73 Like talent, many say : INNATE
75 Lorelei et al. : NYMPHS
76 Chinese culinary general : TSO
77 Note taker : STENO
78 Energetic type : PISTOL
80 Capital on the Nile : CAIRO
81 Brown shade : UMBER
83 “Knives Out” filmmaker Johnson : RIAN
84 Blue __: Dory’s species : TANG
86 Knickknack : TCHOTCHKE
87 Cong. meeting : SESS
90 “Boy, am I dumb!” : DUH
94 Encouraging word? : ATTA
96 ’50s prez : IKE
99 They may be reserved : TABLES
100 Core values : IDEALS
101 “Peaceful Easy Feeling” group, with “The” : EAGLES
106 Ed with Emmys : ASNER
107 Matching pair : SET
109 Infuriate : RILE
110 Old cereal box stats : RDAS
112 Piece of work : TASK
113 __ perpetua: Idaho motto : ESTO
115 Ready to drive : TEED
116 Slanted page : OP-ED
117 Hindu princess : RANI
118 Old dagger : SNEE
119 Eldest of the “Little Women” : MEG
120 El Al’s home: Abbr. : ISR
121 Metro stop: Abbr. : STA
122 Renaissance artist __ Angelico : FRA
123 __ lane : HOV
124 Wrath : IRE

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday August 29th 2021

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 29th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Impressive sights at affairs : SPREADS
8 Fendi rival : PRADA
13 Paved : TARRED
19 Victim of river diversion in Asia : ARAL SEA
20 Like some R-rated films : EROTIC
21 Comfortable : AT EASE
22 Sports venue where the home team hasn’t won in years? : RINK OF DISASTER
24 Boulevard feature : MEDIAN
25 Invoice no. : AMT
26 Brainstorm : IDEATE
27 Dreyfus defender : ZOLA
29 Heavy weight : ONUS
30 Hubbub : HOOPLA
33 Trimming plans : DIETS
35 Industrial site : PLANT
37 Like memories to smile about : FOND
39 Sock part : TOE
41 Hottest, in a way : SEXIEST
44 Cattle farm run by bigwigs? : EXECUTIVE RANCH
51 __ Stephens: 2017 US Open Women’s Singles champ : SLOANE
52 Tennis feature : NET
53 Isolated work group that hinders corporate efficiency : SILO
54 Bone near a calf : SHIN
56 Belgian artist James : ENSOR
57 Chews like beavers : GNAWS
60 “I __ noticed” : HADN’T
62 Change for a ten : ONES
64 Drop the ball : ERR
65 Bird rarely on the wing : RATITE
67 Pitt URL ending : EDU
68 Toys”R”Us giraffe mascot : GEOFFREY
71 Epithet for Henry Ford? : FATHER OF THE RIDE
76 Stayed to the bitter end : SAW IT OUT
79 NBA impossibility : TIE
80 Hide out : LIE LOW
84 Sushi bar order : AHI
85 Company named for the exaggerated height of its tallish bottles : NEHI
87 Bowling headache : SPLIT
90 “Crazy” vocalist : CLINE
91 Mountain gap : NOTCH
94 Blood bank fluids : SERA
96 Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
97 FD employee : EMT
98 Magnate : TYCOON
100 Advice for runners’ practice sessions? : RACE YOURSELVES
105 Feeling guilty : ASHAMED
107 Ducks org. : NHL
108 Frozen Four org. : NCAA
109 Tough goings : SLOGS
110 Like some promises : EMPTY
114 Swan dive revelation : ARMPIT
118 Expected result : NORM
120 Cause for a claim : LOSS
123 Not as relaxed : TENSER
125 Smeltery input : ORE
126 French star : ETOILE
128 Powerful fall cleanup tools? : HYDRAULIC RAKES
132 Having a twist : IRONIC
133 Bug, for one : INSECT
134 Gets back to business : REOPENS
135 Sorrowful tune : LAMENT
136 Free-for-all : MELEE
137 Red Sea land : ERITREA

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1 Mother of Isaac : SARAH
2 First-class : PRIMO
3 Totaled : RAN TO
4 Reindeer cousin : ELK
5 Japan’s Mount __ : ASO
6 Disobedient : DEFIANT
7 Org. concerned with youth substance abuse : SADD
8 Ramble on : PRATE
9 Egyptian site of a historic 1799 discovery : ROSETTA
10 NFL passing stat : ATT
11 Nuevo y uno : DIEZ
12 Bat prefix : ACRO-
13 Spicy food truck items : TAMALES
14 Had some 13-Down : ATE
15 Purplish veggie : RED ONION
16 TV weather promo about a storm threat? : RAIN TEASER
17 Biblical twin : ESAU
18 Entertainment center sites : DENS
20 Actor Morales : ESAI
23 Iraq War weapon: Abbr. : IED
28 Vinyl revival items: Abbr. : LPS
31 Low USMC rank : PFC
32 MLB Hall of Famer Brock : LOU
34 Family guys : SONS
36 Bar on a truck : AXLE
38 Chef’s creation : DISH
40 Cavern phenomenon : ECHO
42 [Bo-ring!] : SNORE
43 Absorbent fabric : TERRY
44 Many an MIT grad : ENGR
45 Lawless role : XENA
46 Coup d’__ : ETAT
47 Routing word : VIA
48 Respected figure : ELDER
49 Concerto finale, perhaps : RONDO
50 Depend : HINGE
55 Poetic contraction : NE’ER
58 Hot spot service : WI-FI
59 ER demand : STAT
61 Research university with a Boston campus : TUFTS
63 Agronomist’s concern : SOIL
66 School near Windsor : ETON
69 Org. created by the 1933 Banking Act : FDIC
70 Sense : FEEL
72 Shades : HUES
73 Early number? : ETHER
74 Buzzed : TIPSY
75 Familiar greeting : HELLO
76 Fall mall hiree : SANTA
77 Ship-to-ship greetings : AHOYS
78 Quarters for a spell caster? : WITCH’S ROOM
81 Actor Schreiber : LIEV
82 “I’m buying!” : ON ME
83 Moistens : WETS
86 Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital : IRAN
88 Debtor’s note : IOU
89 Gull relative : TERN
92 Lynn’s father worked in one : COAL MINE
93 Primate genus : HOMO
95 Pain pill target : ACHE
99 Ignore : NEGLECT
101 Provider of shade : ELM TREE
102 Harder to get : SCARCER
103 Corn unit : EAR
104 Fast flight : LAM
106 U.K. military award : DSO
111 Goal of an accord : PEACE
112 Flanged fastener : T-NUT
113 Fashion initials : YSL
115 __ face : POKER
116 Peace goddess : IRENE
117 “The Gondoliers” bride : TESSA
118 Playwright Simon : NEIL
119 Sierra’s “other” : OTRA
121 Carpenter’s wedge : SHIM
122 “Auld Lang __” : SYNE
124 Cork’s home : EIRE
127 Maya __, Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer : LIN
129 ISP option : DSL
130 French king : ROI
131 Just right : APT