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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 8th 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 8th 2023 puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “We Create Music” org. : ASCAP
6 Unplanned break from school : SNOW DAY
13 Stood out : POPPED
19 Ristorante choices : PASTAS
21 Emphasize strongly : RAM HOME
22 “One ring __ them all”: “LOTR” line : TO RULE
23 Advice for making a stick more fun? : PUT A SPRING ON IT
25 Enthusiasm : SPIRIT
26 Capote nickname : TRU
27 Ocho menos cinco : TRES
28 Quaint contraction : ‘TIS
30 Snarky : SNIDE
31 Hannah of “Sense8” : DARYL
33 One with joint custody of a pet cat? : KITTY SPLITTER
38 Big game locale : ARENA
40 Yoga poses : ASANAS
42 Ukrainian port on the Black Sea : ODESA
43 Request from a chef who ran out of asparagus? : LEND ME YOUR SPEARS
47 Energy bar bit : NUT
50 Array in linear algebra : MATRIX
51 Astronaut Jemison : MAE
52 Slapstick prop : PIE
53 Freshness symbol : DAISY
55 View from a pew : APSE
56 Top with spaghetti straps, informally : CAMI
58 Within : AMID
60 Tablet alternative : GELCAP
61 Attic pests : MICE
62 Treatment for phaser burns? : SPACE BANDAGE
64 Pain-relieving drug : OPIATE
67 Coastal flock : TERNS
68 World Cup chant : OLE OLE
69 Peloton instructor from hell? : SPINNER DEMON
71 Silver-tongued : GLIB
72 Bountiful residents : UTAHNS
73 Sprinkle, say : RAIN
74 Level or bevel : TOOL
75 Invitation letters : RSVP
79 “The Terminator” actress Hamilton : LINDA
80 Rapper will.__ : IAM
81 __ Speedwagon : REO
82 Runs together? : ELOPES
84 Card game cry : UNO
85 Litterbugs in Alberta’s capital? : EDMONTON SPOILERS
89 Writer Mario Vargas __ : LLOSA
92 Kit with paints, markers, colored pencils, etc. : ART SET
93 Kilt detail : PLEAT
94 Encouragement to a waiter adding ground pepper to a dish? : BREAK THE SPICE
98 Ticked off : RILED
100 Hops-drying kilns : OASTS
101 Energy bar bit : OAT
102 Kolkata dress : SARI
103 “New Rules” singer __ Lipa : DUA
106 Rebel : RISE UP
108 Budget for “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Othello,” et al.? : TRAGIC SPENDING
114 __ St. Brown: NFL player named for an Egyptian deity : AMON-RA
115 Many a family car : MINIVAN
116 Tranquil : SEDATE
117 Like some windshields : TINTED
118 Arnold Palmer and Shirley Temple, e.g. : EPONYMS
119 Job-related moves, for short : RELOS

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1 Google Calendar entry: Abbr. : APPT
2 Ending with dino- : -SAUR
3 Kids of the 70s? : C-STUDENTS
4 __ loss for words : AT A
5 Langer’s Deli specialty : PASTRAMI
6 Indian honorifics : SRIS
7 Editor Talese with her own Doubleday imprint : NAN
8 “r u kidding me?!” : OMG!
9 “__ knew?” : WHO
10 Slip on : DON
11 Friendship : AMITY
12 “Smallfoot” creatures : YETIS
13 Qt. halves : PTS
14 “Clumsy me!” : OOPSIE!
15 Museum store purchases : PRINTS
16 Rigidly moral : PURITANICAL
17 Skip over, as syllables : ELIDE
18 Try to stop : DETER
20 Quick and nimble : SPRY
24 Pass along : RELAY
29 Fern bump : SPORE
32 Actor Braugher : ANDRE
33 Island home of the Grand Canyon of the Pacific : KAUAI
34 Memo phrase : IN RE
35 Univ. helpers : TAS
36 Kitchen meas. : TSP
37 Mormon initials : LDS
38 __ mater : ALMA
39 Gather : REAP
41 River in northern France : SOMME
44 Fires up : EXCITES
45 Cinematic spectacles : EPICS
46 White House staffer : AIDE
48 Stylebook subject : USAGE
49 Classify, as blood : TYPE
53 Summer triangle star : DENEB
54 Designer Gucci : ALDO
57 Taiwan-based laptop brand : ACER
58 Food Network cover : APRON
59 Grammy winner Aimee : MANN
60 Italian astronomer who embraced heliocentrism : GALILEO
61 Food from heaven : MANNA
62 Big rig : SEMI
63 LAPD alert : BOLO
64 Decide to take part : OPT IN
65 Where to learn key concepts? : PIANO LESSON
66 Aired with sharp resolution : IN HD
67 Spanish “I love you” : TE AMO
69 Helmsman under Kirk : SULU
70 Ounce fraction : DRAM
71 “Duck, duck” follower : GOOSE
74 Nerve-wracking : TENSE
75 Esther of “Good Times” : ROLLE
76 One-touch shortcut : SPEED DIAL
77 Designer Wang : VERA
78 Soft “Over here!” : PSST
80 Shoshone Falls state : IDAHO
81 College mil. unit : ROTC
83 Makeup bag item : LIP LINER
85 Approximate fig. : EST
86 Midday refresher : NAP
87 TNT part : TRI-
88 Curved plumbing piece : P-TRAP
90 Dormant : LATENT
91 “Fine, whatever” : OK SURE
94 Sacha Baron Cohen persona : BORAT
95 “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” director Sam : RAIMI
96 Wonderland cake instruction : EAT ME
97 Funny pages unit : STRIP
99 Ticks off : IRES
102 IDs on tax forms : SSNS
104 “Do __ others …” : UNTO
105 Forever : AGES
107 __ thai : PAD
109 “It’s __-brainer!” : A NO
110 Card game cry : GIN
111 Wrigley Field climber : IVY
112 Kiss follower : CAM
113 JFK predecessor : DDE

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday October 1st 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 1st 2023 puzzle.

ACROSS

1 West Coast wine region : NAPA
5 “It __ me” : WASN’T
10 Mythical beast : OGRE
14 Flower with hips : ROSE
18 Tandoor, e.g. : OVEN
19 Skateboard trick : OLLIE
20 Mouth-y? : ORAL
21 Stack next to a boombox : TAPES
22 Screen time? : BACKGROUND CHECK
25 Narrowly avoid : AVERT
26 Tapped container : ALE KEG
27 Small sip : TASTE
28 Departure spot : POINT A
29 Knock-__ : KNEED
30 Smidge : DAB
31 Not pizzicato : ARCO
33 Ilhan of Congress : OMAR
34 Die dot : PIP
35 “Empire” actress Long : NIA
37 Aches and pains : ILLS
39 Like 33-Across : SOMALI
41 Face time? : HAIR AND MAKEUP
45 Food with a Peruvian holiday in its honor : CEVICHE
48 Line of sight? : I SEE
49 Green gamers : NOOBS
50 “I reject your offer” : NO SALE
52 “Pronto!” : NOW!
53 Inflicts on : DOES TO
55 Deceive verbally : LIE TO
56 Cycle : BIKE
57 Documentary filmmaker Erin Lee __ : CARR
58 Singer Del Rey : LANA
61 Direct or instant things : MESSAGES
63 Genius Bar devices : MACS
64 Flex time? : MR OLYMPIA
67 Like a used fireplace : ASHY
68 Not great : JUST OKAY
70 “The Show Goes On” rapper __ Fiasco : LUPE
71 Kick out of a seat : OUST
72 PC gaming hardware company : ASUS
73 Nash of “Never Have I Ever” : NIECY
75 Nursery furniture : CRADLE
78 By way of : VIA
79 Pampering place for a boxer : PET SPA
80 Former planet : PLUTO
81 Vanilla extract amts. : TSPS
85 Sports injury : ACL TEAR
87 Run time? : ULTRAMARATHON
90 Crossed, as a stream : FORDED
92 Home to Pha That Luang : LAOS
93 “Totes” : DEF
94 Comm. from some interpreters : ASL
95 Glasses, in a pinch : JARS
97 Genesis garden : EDEN
99 ER drips : IVS
100 Advil competitor : ALEVE
102 Made a long story short? : EDITED
104 Dashboard readout : GAUGE
106 Badenov’s partner in cartoon crime : FATALE
108 Acknowledge silently : NOD AT
109 Party time? : PRIMARY ELECTION
113 Test result : GRADE
114 Lead-in to some bad news : WELP
115 Dog to beware : BITER
116 Calle __ Festival: annual event in Miami’s Little Havana : OCHO
117 Taylor-Joy of “The Menu” : ANYA
118 Noun suffix : -NESS
119 Technical deets : SPECS
120 Inert gas : NEON

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1 Noodle : NOB
2 “Abbott Elementary” principal : AVA
3 Gooey, nutty dessert : PECAN PIE
4 Talus locale : ANKLE
5 Meal on an expense report : WORK DINNER
6 Plant with a hedgehog variety : ALOE
7 Mollusk with a banana variety : SLUG
8 Diarist Anaïs : NIN
9 “Ideas worth spreading” lectures : TED TALKS
10 Utters delight : OOHS
11 “Barbie” director Gerwig : GRETA
12 Track figures : RACERS
13 Wapiti : ELK
14 Stuffed pasta : RAVIOLI
15 Set time? : OPEN MIC NIGHT
16 Casper competitor : SERTA
17 To be, in Bogotá : ESTAR
21 East Asian principle : TAO
23 Davis of “A League of Their Own” : GEENA
24 Cord cutters’ lack : CABLE
28 Grapefruit kin : POMELOS
29 Korean coupes : KIAS
30 Toy derived from the Chinese yo-yo : DIABOLO
32 South American herbal brew : COCA TEA
34 Gritty’s team, on scoreboards : PHI
36 Fusses : ADOS
38 Light therapy box : SUNLAMP
40 Map abbr. : AVE
42 Works with black boxes : REDACTS
43 Zinger : MOT
44 Luau dish : POI
46 Cornball : HOKEY
47 Some lambs : EWES
51 Trucker’s truck : SEMI
54 Estimate qualifier : OR SO
56 Angela of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” : BASSETT
57 Tee time? : CASUAL FRIDAY
59 Everyone in the South? : ALL Y’ALL
60 Campus near NoHo : NYU
62 “Better Call __” : SAUL
63 Noted work? : MUSIC
64 Front of house position : MAITRE’D
65 Some cover crops : RYES
66 Dodgeball setting : PE CLASS
68 Coffee, colloquially : JAVA
69 Tended to some knots : KNEADED
71 Sneaker inserts : ODOR-EATERS
74 PC core : CPU
76 Piña colada need : RUM
77 Somewhat : A TAD
79 Apiece : PER
80 Book after Psalms : PROVERBS
82 Frozen Hawaiian treat : SHAVE ICE
83 Model : POSE
84 Sarah Sherman’s show, for short : SNL
86 Open-faced taco : TOSTADA
88 Subarctic biome : TAIGA
89 Insurance company with a spokesgoose : AFLAC
91 Thermometer unit : DEGREE
95 Game whose outdoor version can be five feet tall : JENGA
96 Bedazzle, say : ADORN
98 Hammer targets : NAILS
101 Pop star John : ELTON
103 Summer on the Riviera : ETE
105 Strike callers : UMPS
106 Fancy function : FETE
107 Smart __ : ALEC
109 Destroy in esports : PWN
110 Sharp bark : YIP
111 “Well, well, well!” : OHO
112 Toulouse turndown : NON

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 24th 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 24th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Beach community near Tourmaline Surfing Park : LA JOLLA
8 Bear claw or beaver tail : PASTRY
14 Hunk of granite : SLAB
18 Seething : AT A BOIL
19 Former first lady, familiarly : JACKIE O
20 Room : SPACE
21 Big name in health insurance associations : BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
23 Foam art medium : LATTE
24 Lacking : SANS
25 Like many Etsy shops : ARTSY
26 Don’t change a thing! : I ADORE IT
28 Mirror fogger : STEAM
31 Old Pontiac muscle car : GTO
32 Long time : EON
34 Tabloid twosome : ITEM
35 Quaint emporium : FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE
41 The Voice coach Gwen : STEFANI
45 Measles symptom : RED DOT
46 Pop star : IDOL
47 Preschool activity with crayons : COLOR BY NUMBER
51 Bogus : NOT REAL
53 Big exporter of saffron : IRAN
54 Tart-tasting fruit : SLOE
55 Firewood protector : TARP
58 Nintendo princess : ZELDA
59 Sheet type : FITTED
62 Mmes., in Mérida : SRAS
64 Electronic control mechanisms, briefly : SERVOS
66 Base for some sashimi : ICE
67 Go it alone : STRIKE OUT ON ONE’S OWN
70 Actress Vardalos : NIA
73 Squanders : WASTES
74 Entwined : WOVE
75 Line that intersects a circle in two places : SECANT
77 Three-dimensional : CUBIC
80 61-Down follower : TRES
82 Belgian surrealist Magritte : RENE
84 Hold __ your hat! : ONTO
85 Like pedi-showing shoes : OPEN-TOE
87 Hopeful expression after two failures : THIRD TIME’S A CHARM
91 Lemon drinks : ADES
92 European capital known as the “City of a Hundred Spires” : PRAGUE
95 Melodic passages : ARIOSOS
96 Tony Award-winning musical based on a Manuel Puig novel : KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
101 Like the Atacama Desert : ARID
102 __ port in a storm : ANY
103 Mork’s planet : ORK
104 Software test versions : BETAS
108 __ Files: long-running true-crime series : FORENSIC
111 Structural girder : I-BEAM
113 __ snuff : UP TO
115 WWII sub : U-BOAT
116 Irving Stone novel about Michelangelo : THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
121 Where Ducks and Penguins play? : RINKS
122 Diehards : ZEALOTS
123 Same old same old : ROUTINE
124 Garlands of okika or pikake : LEIS
125 Star-shaped bloomers : ASTERS
126 Prodded : EGGED ON

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1 Culture centers? : LABS
2 Book replaced by GPS : ATLAS
3 Short excursion : JAUNT
4 Like Nero Wolfe : OBESE
5 Cured salmon : LOX
6 Ad follower : LIB
7 Penne __ vodka : ALLA
8 Turn down : PASS ON
9 Heading for the whirlpool, say : ACHY
10 Enjoy Stowe : SKI
11 Knotted accessory : TIE
12 Repaired, as car brakes : RELINED
13 Jedi who said, “Always in motion is the future” : YODA
14 Extras in trunks : SPARE TIRES
15 Newer, as an automobile : LATE MODEL
16 When Alexander meets Eliza, in “Hamilton” : ACT I
17 Borscht base : BEET
19 Passat alternative : JETTA
20 Roulette wheel components : SLOTS
22 Craving : URGE
27 Same for me! : DITTO
29 Many miles off : AFAR
30 Cable series about an erotic magazine for women : MINX
32 Put forth, as energy : EXERT
33 Med. condition portrayed on “Monk” : OCD
36 French wines : VINS
37 Beats by __ : DRE
38 Amateur : NON-PRO
39 Map line : ROAD
40 Spanish “she” : ELLA
41 Hugo Award genre : SCI-FI
42 Cheerio-shaped : TORIC
43 Make happy : ELATE
44 Arial, for one : FONT
48 Belfast’s province : ULSTER
49 Despondent : MOROSE
50 Ivy and __: kid-lit series by Annie Barrows : BEAN
52 Breakout area, to dermatologists : T-ZONE
56 Yours alternative : AS EVER
57 Deal with an email error message, maybe : RESEND
60 On the money : EXACT
61 80-Across preceder : DOS
63 Farm noun or verb : SOW
65 19-Down and others, briefly : VWS
68 Speaks : UTTERS
69 Onigiri wrapper : NORI
70 Grannies : NANAS
71 Prologue : INTRO
72 Bohr model subjects : ATOMS
73 Series of successes : WIN STREAKS
76 Silver salmon : COHO
77 Cable cable, familiarly : COAX
78 Off-the-neck hairstyle : UPDO
79 Chef Boyardee concoction : BEEFARONI
81 Prepare for an 83-Down, say : STUDY
83 Apt rhyme for “cram” : EXAM
86 Slanted columns : OP-EDS
88 Laugh half : -HEE
89 Many a Saudi native : ARAB
90 French film : CINE
93 Southwestern people : APACHES
94 Negroni need : GIN
97 Help for those at sea : HINTS
98 Many “Westworld” characters : ROBOTS
99 Builders of dome-shaped nests : WRENS
100 Works for me! : OKAY!
105 Mozart’s “Così fan __” : TUTTE
106 Peony pest : APHID
107 __ pad : STENO
108 Roll up : FURL
109 Stage honor : OBIE
110 Chichén __: pyramid site : ITZA
111 Grammy-winning album for Tyler, the Creator : IGOR
112 Female horse : MARE
114 Yoked bovines : OXEN
117 Scarf down : EAT
118 Hoppy quaff : ALE
119 Eggy quaff : NOG
120 Sought buried treasure, perhaps : DUG

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 17th 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 17th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Face of technology : EMOJI
6 __ squad : PEP
9 TV monitor : FCC
12 Gave up : CEDED
17 Fathered : SIRED
18 Shaker fill : SALT
19 Preppy pullover : POLO
20 Walled Spanish city : AVILA
21 Court case brought by an upstanding citizen? : CLASS-ACT LAWSUIT
24 Compensate : REPAY
25 Prince in “Frozen” : HANS
26 Filmmaker Ephron : NORA
27 Tall concert instrument : HARP
28 Be convincing : SELL IT
29 Barely beat : EDGE
30 Half of 9-Down : TWO
31 Filmmaker Brooks : MEL
32 Pacers of the 1970s, e.g. : AMCS
34 “I See Rainbows” artist Yoko : ONO
35 Deli choice : RYE
36 Parade of lumber workers? : MILL MAN MARCH
39 Sign : OMEN
40 Used (up) : ATE
41 Name on a Chicago cap : SOX
42 Marathoner’s asset : STAMINA
44 “Gotta go!” : I’M LATE
47 __ one’s time : BIDES
50 Words to live by : TENETS
52 Since : AS OF
53 Joan of __ : ARC
55 Silent actors : MIMES
57 Support squad : ALLIES
59 “Miracle on Ice” losing team: Abbr. : USSR
60 Title said with a curtsy, perhaps : MA’AM
62 Feed and protect : NURTURE
64 __-Magnon : CRO
65 Booking.com quotes : RATES
67 “More than a million Earths can fit inside the sun,” e.g.? : SPACE STAT
69 Florida host of the ReliaQuest Bowl : TAMPA
71 “Who’s a good boy?” reply : ARF
72 Frito-Lay puffs : CHEETOS
74 Drywall support : STUD
76 Santa Monica landmark : PIER
77 Yellow Teletubby : LAA-LAA
79 Spread here and there : STREW
81 __ on the side of caution : ERR
82 Phishing fodder: Abbr. : SSNS
83 Turns inside out : EVERTS
85 Skating legend Sonja : HENIE
87 Most fresh : NEWEST
89 Badly mistaken : OFF-BASE
91 Presidential advisory gp. : NSC
93 Bro counterpart : SIS
94 Civil suit cause : TORT
96 Searching for that one lost shoe after a night on the town, e.g.? : AWKWARD QUEST
100 Gym cushion : MAT
103 World Cup cheer : OLE
104 Latin years : ANNI
105 Home work letters? : DIY
106 Spanish aunt : TIA
107 Miffed : SORE
108 Stark patriarch : EDDARD
110 “All of Me” singer Legend : JOHN
112 Rapper Snoop __ : DOGG
113 Memo heading : IN RE
114 “Won’t you let me?” : CAN’T I?
115 Printer-ready manuscript with a signature? : AUTOGRAPHED EDIT
118 Colorful marble : AGATE
119 Coll. hotshot : BMOC
120 Hart of wrestling : BRET
121 Tequila plant : AGAVE
122 Bouquet bit : PETAL
123 Large primate : APE
124 Pentagon VIP : GEN
125 “Twilight” author Stephenie : MEYER

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1 Artist M.C. whose work inspired the art of the game Monument Valley : ESCHER
2 Title said with a curtsy, perhaps : MILADY
3 Apt county for Tangerine, Florida : ORANGE
4 Williams of “Grey’s Anatomy” : JESSE
5 Passports, e.g. : IDS
6 Makes the rounds : PATROLS
7 R&B singer __ Mai : ELLA
8 School support org. : PTA
9 Twice 30-Across : FOUR
10 Ready-made digital graphics : CLIP ART
11 Camp bed : COT
12 Gives a hoot : CARES
13 First name in stunts : EVEL
14 Failure to use tact in a delicate situation? : DIPLOMATIC MISS
15 Sitcom friend of Jerry and George : ELAINE
16 Ohio home of the Wright Brothers : DAYTON
18 Grouchy look : SCOWL
19 Song of worship : PSALM
22 Civil War battle site in Western Maryland : ANTIETAM
23 Timely question : WHEN
28 Bagel spread : SCHMEAR
31 Saw : MAXIM
33 MD-to-be’s exam : MCAT
36 NYC subway org. : MTA
37 Unruly bunch : MOB
38 Maintains : ASSERTS
39 New law student : ONE L
40 Actress Woodard : ALFRE
43 Fjord, e.g. : INLET
44 “Insecure” creator/star : ISSA RAE
45 Much-loved member of a D.C. squad? : MOST FAVORED NAT
46 Clear data from : ERASE
48 “Out of Africa” writer Isak : DINESEN
49 Aussie flock : EMUS
51 Snake : SERPENT
52 Ear-related : AURAL
54 Superhero wardrobe staples : CAPES
56 Say aloud : STATE
58 Heads up : SOARS
61 Rhys who plays Perry Mason : MATTHEW
63 Risky maneuver on a busy highway : U-TURN
66 Frosty accessory : SCARF
68 Workout focus : CORE
70 Church niches : APSES
73 Stetson decor : HATBAND
75 Equestrian event : DRESSAGE
78 Took off : LEFT
80 Suitable for kite flying, say : WINDY
84 Like ready-to-use planks : SAWN
86 Law firm abbr. : ESQ
88 Cleverness : WIT
90 Winter Olympics ramp : SKI JUMP
92 Start carving, as a watermelon : CUT OPEN
94 Work boot feature : TOE CAP
95 Gerontology focus : OLD AGE
97 Specialized, committee-wise : AD HOC
98 Nose adornment : RING
99 Twice 9-Down : EIGHT
100 Weekend follower : MONDAY
101 Make it big : ARRIVE
102 Have trouble balancing : TEETER
104 Winter of “Modern Family” : ARIEL
107 Long-lasting battle : SIEGE
109 Flour for naan and chapati : ATTA
111 Great Plains people : OTOE
112 Take a chance : DARE
115 Atty.’s group : ABA
116 SCOTUS member from 1993 to 2020 : RBG
117 Lake Mead creator : DAM

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday September 10 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 10 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Jury makeup : PEERS
6 “Look after yourself” : BE SAFE
12 Took steps : ACTED
17 Good for farming : FERTILE
19 Los __, New Mexico : ALAMOS
20 Moan and groan : WHINE
21 Nuclear power sources : REACTORS
23 Some digital watches : CASIOS
24 Actress Sykes : WANDA
25 “But there is a silver lining … ” : ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
27 Uno y uno : DOS
29 Tater : SPUD
30 Child’s pose, e.g. : ASANA
31 Watched : EYED
33 Graphics that typically have AK and HI as insets : US MAPS
35 City with Heat and Hurricanes : MIAMI
39 __ Fridays : TGI
40 Jaded sort : CYNIC
42 “Sorry, lassie” : NAE
43 Made a volatile situation worse : ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE
48 Devotee of Jah : RASTA
50 Perkins known as the “King of Rockabilly” : CARL
51 Apartment divs. : RMS
52 Currency of 94-Across : EURO
53 Shakespearean king : LEAR
55 Christina of “Yellowjackets” : RICCI
57 None : ZERO
58 Splotchy garment : SMOCK
61 Steeped drink : TEA
62 Scramble to meet a deadline : RACE AGAINST TIME
68 Pub pints : ALES
70 Opener : INTRO
72 Italian peak : ALP
73 Unhittable serve : ACE
74 Hunts, with “on” : PREYS
75 French silk : SOIE
76 “Deadliest Catch” catch : ALASKAN KING CRAB
81 Pool float filler : AIR
82 Immune system component : T CELL
84 New York canal : ERIE
85 Library IDs : ISBNS
87 Pollen pouches : SACS
89 Signify : MEAN
90 Visual communication syst. : ASL
92 Depose : OUST
94 Continental gp. : THE EU
97 Egg-laying mammal : DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
101 Guys : HES
102 Australian greetings : G’DAYS
104 Big name in gourmet pasta sauce : RAO
105 Old Testament prophet : HOSEA
106 Twist in pain : WRITHE
108 Pâté de __ gras : FOIE
111 Say : UTTER
113 Oscar-winning film set in Iran : ARGO
114 Olympic figure skater Midori : ITO
116 Beethoven piano classic : MOONLIGHT SONATA
122 Monopoly payments : RENTS
124 Sleeve band : ARMLET
126 Obama campaign slogan : YES WE CAN
127 Something special : TREAT
128 “__ 8”: Sandra Bullock heist film : OCEAN’S
129 Most prized : DEAREST
130 “Alas … ” : SADLY
131 Two-wheel scooter : SEGWAY
132 Long-legged wader : STORK

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1 Hammer end : PEEN
2 Basic Latin verb : ERAT
3 Laser cut, perhaps : ETCH
4 Walgreens rival : RITE AID
5 Ones who stay out of the pick-up game? : SLOBS
6 “Goldberg Variations” composer : BACH
7 Overjoy : ELATE
8 Smart : SASSY
9 French pal : AMI
10 Easter activity supply : FOOD DYE
11 Petrol brand : ESSO
12 “So cute!” : AWW
13 Abyss : CHASM
14 Some disposable cookware : TIN PANS
15 Get to, eventually : END UP AT
16 Body of water that’s nearly 10 times saltier than the ocean : DEAD SEA
17 To and __ : FRO
18 Typo discovered after printing : ERRATUM
22 Gets a little too close to a flame : SINGES
26 “Birds of Prey” comic book writer Simone : GAIL
28 __ generis : SUI
32 Bounce back : ECHO
34 “Beat it!” : SCRAM
35 Laptop choice : MAC
36 “That’s too scary for me” : I DARE NOT
37 Balkans border : ADRIATIC
38 Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls : MEL C
41 Saints’ org. : NFL
44 Cold, in Cancún : FRIA
45 High schooler, usually : TEEN
46 Yours and mine : OURS
47 Jog : TROT
49 Loud, as a crowd : AROAR
54 -speak : -ESE
56 Corp. head : CEO
57 Compresses, in a way : ZIPS
59 Post-spill operations : CLEANUPS
60 Debate focus : KEY ISSUE
61 Poetic contraction : ‘TIS
63 Lass : GAL
64 In the manner of : A LA
65 Opinion : TAKE
66 “Vous êtes __”: French map phrase : ICI
67 Guys : MEN
69 Former union member: Abbr. : SSR
71 Actress Witherspoon : REESE
74 35-Down alternatives : PCS
76 Wine bottle abbr. : ALC
77 Nautical spine : KEEL
78 North __ Sea: Kazakh lake : ARAL
79 Sudoku digit : NINE
80 __ monster : GILA
83 Chuckle : LAUGH
86 Laddie : BOYO
88 Reggae kin : SKA
89 Japanese soup : MISO
90 Disinterest : APATHY
91 Like some spoons : SLOTTED
93 Airport safety org. : TSA
94 Stymies : THWARTS
95 Venezuelan designer Carolina : HERRERA
96 Approved, as a PDF contract : E-SIGNED
98 Using coercion : BY FORCE
99 Pharmacy purchase : DRUG
100 Attempt to hit : THROW AT
103 Agnus __ : DEI
107 Add up to : TOTAL
109 Spouse’s sibling, e.g. : IN-LAW
110 Justice Kagan : ELENA
112 Swiss borders? : ESSES
115 Art community in New Mexico : TAOS
117 Teeny : ITSY
118 Wolfe of “Death of a Doxy” : NERO
119 Big name in 74-Down : ACER
120 Chore : TASK
121 Wee worker : ANT
123 Pigpen : STY
125 The White Stripes drummer White : MEG