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LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday January 4th, 2015

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1 Surety provider BAILSMAN
9 Hebrew month (not Dracula’s mother) SHEBAT
15 Brightly hued fish OPAH
19 Intensify ESCALATE
20 Record of a meeting MINUTES
22 Used car, maybe REPO
23 Good name for a Hawaiian coffee shop? THE KONA DRUGSTORE
25 Singer Campbell GLEN
26 Are, in Quebec ETES
27 “Gross!” UGH
28 Teller’s word NEXT
30 “Another 48 ___” HRS
31 Call off, at Canaveral ABORT
34 “Ideas worth spreading” conference TED
36 Fabled fliers ROCS
38 Kafka’s insect ROACH
40 “Hi and Lois” daughter DOT
41 Tourist’s impression of Hawaii? EVERYWHERE A MUU MUU
46 Schedule AGENDA
48 Sri Lankans, e.g. ASIANS
49 Great balls of fire SUNS
50 C.S. Lewis book, “___ Christianity” MERE
51 Tilt-nose jet SST
53 Six-legged bands TRIOS
55 Start of an act SCENE I
59 Hawaiian tourist’s exclamation? YIPPEE OAHU
62 U.S.-Can.-Mex. pact NAFTA
64 Brown-truck co. UPS
65 Not as LESS
66 He ran with Dole in 1996 KEMP
68 Hawaiian souvenir made with corn chips? FRITO LEI
70 Make clean and bright SCOUR
73 Scorch SEAR
75 Away from the wind ALEE
77 Cove’s cousin INLET
78 One in search of Hawaiian food? POI SCOUT
80 Donatien Alphonse Francois de ___ SADE
82 Blackjack dealer’s box SHOE
84 Fab rival ALL
85 West Indian witchcraft OBEAH
87 Hot coal at a Hawaiian cookout? (with apologies to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) LUAU CINDER
91 Word in a 2006 Bond title ROYALE
93 Purple hue LILAC
95 He’s had ten too many SOT
96 Common rhyme scheme ABAB
98 Poet’s first name MAYA
100 Beach shelter RAMADA
102 Objects, perhaps SAYS NO
104 Puts on grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts? SHIFTS TO ALOHA GEAR
109 Kin of arrogance EGO
110 Leader of the Mel-Tones TORME
111 Mater preceder ALMA
112 Creator of sleuth Nero REX
113 Grant portrayer ASNER
115 Palindrome in Beatledom ONO
116 Ramon’s room SALA
118 Opposite of 54 Down OUT
120 Rock formation ARCH
122 “Did you ever hear of … ___?” (Carl Denham’s query en route to Skull Island) KONG
124 Title of an exposé about Hawaiian dancers? HOT LIPS HULA HANDS
131 Great Lakes city ERIE
132 Humiliated ASHAMED
133 Less, um, aromatic STINKIER
134 Small denomination? SECT
135 Juanita’s week SEMANA
136 ___ the ocean AS DEEP AS

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1 Vegas verb BET
2 Heap content ASH
3 Some crystals ICE
4 California player LAKER
5 Allowing draining, as some spoons SLOTTED
6 Horse hair MANE
7 “___ of Honey” A TASTE
8 Actor Beatty NED
9 Complacent SMUG
10 Stove setting HIGH
11 It’s just below lieut. jr. grade ENS
12 Word of protest BUT
13 This second AT ONCE
14 A Mother and others TERESAS
15 Grp. ORG
16 “The Taking of ___ One Two Three” PELHAM
17 Quick impression APERCU
18 Tokyo’s island HON SHU
21 Passport datum SEX
24 Giuliani and others RUDYS
29 Shortening TRUNCATION
31 Economist Smith ADAM
32 Miscue for McIlroy BOGEY
33 “SNL” alumna OTERI
35 Love poetry Muse ERATO
36 Actor Santoni RENI
37 He’s Hank in “Touch of Evil” ORSON
39 River of York OUSE
42 Places for cut flowers VASES
43 Shrivels WITHERS
44 Art rock group, Procol ___ HARUM
45 “Is that an order?” MUST I
47 ___ ultra (the best) NEPLUS
52 Actor Hayakawa of “River Kwai” fame SESSUE
54 In there, sports-wise SAFE
56 Without value NULL
57 Fencing weapon EPEE
58 “___ soup yet?” IS IT
60 Filters PERCOLATES
61 Rap sheet abbr. AKA
63 Watercolor on wet plaster FRESCO
67 Western Kentucky city PADUCAH
69 Some time or another ONE DAY
70 Mast, yard, boom or gaff SPAR
71 Pikes Peak state: abbr. COLO
72 Like sardines OILY
74 Latin abbr. ET AL
76 Sylvan setting LEA
79 Does as directed OBEYS
81 Travis’s last stand ALAMO
83 ___ homer HITS A
86 Whisky’s Walker HIRAM
88 Grammarian’s concern USAGE
89 Jed Clampett portrayer EBSEN
90 Vocal versatility RANGE
92 Radio choices AM FM
94 “Ooh” follower LALA
97 Churlish chap BOOR
99 Nonplussed AT A LOSS
101 “Star Wars” title DARTH
103 Ill-fated weaver of myth ARACHNEE
104 Feeds, as a fire STOKES
105 Author Balzac HONORE
106 Like a broker going broke, e.g. IRONIC
107 City near Kansas City OLATHE
108 Venerates EXALTS
114 Thick drink SHAKE
117 “I thought so!” AHA
118 Shop sign OPEN
119 Dairy regulator: abbr. USDA
121 Quantrill’s forte RAID
123 Be sentenced to GET
125 On the ___ (fleeing) LAM
126 “___ little teapot …” I’M A
127 Where Harleys are mfd. USA
128 Stinging quality NIP
129 It stops traffickers: abbr. DEA
130 Grayer golfers: abbr. SRS

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday December 14th 2014

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1 Cereal servings BOWLS
6 Elroy Jetson’s dog ASTRO
11 Dinky dollops DABS
15 Band boosters AMPS
19 Charles’s ’umble ’ypocrite URIAH
20 Breckinridge, before the change MYRON
21 Eye part UVEA
22 Silver finish? WARE
23 Christmasy L.A. freeway SANTA MONICA
25 Christmasy area of L.A. HOLLYWOOD
27 Dismiss, in a way SNEER AT
28 Clears the deck? MOMPS
30 Rick and Victor’s love ILSA
31 Letters after John Warner’s name when he was a senator RVA
32 Christmasy L.A. catchphrase LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION
36 Keep from littering? SPAY
39 “Cry ___ River” ME A
40 Like some arguments ORAL
41 That gal SHE
42 That guy HIM
43 ___ and labor PARTS
45 Pickup shtick? LINE
48 Repaired for now TAPED
52 Mideast gulf AQABA
54 Christmasy nickname of 25 Across TINSELTOWN
58 Earned MADE
59 Meet by chance RUN INTO
61 Newman’s follower? OWN
62 Pound contemporary ELIOT
64 Polygraph exciter LIE
65 Scarcity DEARTH
66 Royal Indian RAJA
68 Tempered, as metal ANNEALED
70 Christmasy L.A. nickname THE CITY OF ANGELS
74 A lock IN THE BAG
77 Handkerchief material SILK
78 Go by ELAPSE
82 Road rescue TOW
83 Cube dude RUBIK
85 Collar NAB
86 Lana Turner was one IDAHOAN
87 Give off EMIT
89 Christmasy L.A. denizens MOVIE STARS
92 Fat or wax LIPID
93 “Ditto” ME TOO
95 ___ limits TERM
96 1986 Indy winner Bobby RAHAL
98 757 heading, perh. ENE
99 Bearded grazer GNU
101 Karl in “Patton” OMAR
104 Affected deeply GOT
105 Set up: abbr. ESTD
106 Christmasy sections of L.A. film contracts PREAPPROVAL CLAUSES
113 Sch. assembly hall AUD
114 Lyrical tributes ODES
115 Humane org. SPCA
116 Lascivious types LETCHES
120 Christmasy L.A. event for cast and crew WRAP PARTY
123 Christmasy L.A. guests — oops, I mean, entrees HOLIDAY HAMS
125 Defense acronym NATO
126 Headed for overtime TIED
127 Actor Delon ALAIN
128 Raise reason, maybe MERIT
129 Bob follower SLED
130 Clashers on the set EGOS
131 “You ___ here first!” SAW IT
132 Israel’s Moshe ARENS

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1 Smooch BUSS
2 Algerian port ORAN
3 Taster’s choice? WINE
4 In recent days LATELY
5 Puppeteer Lewis SHARI
6 “She’s been like ___ me” A MOTHER TO
7 Dict. listing SYN
8 Removes, as fat TRIMS
9 A bit overboard, ornamentally ROCOCO
10 Equatable ON A PAR
11 “I’m not stupid, y’know” DUH
12 To have, to Hugo AVOIR
13 Lovely, as Loren BELLA
14 Dips with zip SALSAS
15 Reaction to puppies AWW
16 Language that gave us “kiwi” MAORI
17 Site of BYU PROVO
18 Typical taxi SEDAN
24 Soft rock? MAGMA
26 Love-scene setting in “Some Like It Hot” YACHT
29 Picayune SMALL
33 M. Hulot portrayer TATI
34 Select few ELITE
35 Comedy duo, e.g. TEAM
36 Broken piece SHARD
37 Ruffled pride PIQUE
38 Start of a famous palindrome AMANA
43 NFL player PANTHER
44 Starting-gate sound SNORT
46 Atari founder Bushnell NOLAN
47 Patrick on the court, once EWING
49 Smog, e.g. PALL
50 Lou Grant’s wife EDIE
51 Strongbox document DEED
53 Arrival of a sort BIRTH
55 Influences SWAYS
56 Bars legally ENJOINS
57 “Don’t bother” NO NEED
60 “Throw ___ out!” THE BUM
63 Really revealing TELL ALL
67 Key near G A FLAT
69 Japanese beer brand ASAHI
71 Bruce of “King Kong” (1933) CABOT
72 “Uncle!” I GIVE
73 Arabic for “very great” AKBAR
74 Nugget of news ITEM
75 Iditarod terminus NOME
76 Noodlehead TWIT
79 John and Paul, but not Ringo POPES
80 John or Paul or George, but not Ringo SAINT
81 Concluded ENDED
84 Baryshnikov’s old company KIROV
86 “Thanks, but no” I SHOULDN’T
88 Occasional frat wear TOGA
90 Goldman and Thompson EMMAS
91 Shankar selection RAGA
94 Dr. Seuss’s “Hop ___” ON POP
97 Sailing AT SEA
100 Bit of new news UPDATE
102 Greek letters ALPHAS
103 Soda brand since 1905 RC COLA
105 Drawer of “impossible drawings” ESCHER
106 Grandmaster’s octet PAWNS
107 Mayberryesque RURAL
108 Attempt at online matchmaking EDATE
109 Make ready to sail again RERIG
110 Start of a path? OSTEO
111 TV drama whose title is seen on a license plate in the opening credits LA LAW
112 Early forms of a word (anagram of MY TEA) ETYMA
117 Tortoise foe HARE
118 Simple guitar chord: abbr. EMIN
119 Atlantic crossers, once SSTS
121 Keeper of the peas POD
122 Rushing meas. YDS
124 The second sequel III

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday December 7th 2014

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1 Bennett of publishing CERF
5 Landlord LESSOR
11 “Darker Than ___” AMBER
16 Snack in a stack OREO
17 Place SITUATE
18 “The ___ Ruse” SCARLET
20 Nutmeggy spice MACE
21 Topiary dogs? POODLES
22 “___ Skin” CINNAMON
23 Greek letter PSI
24 Saarinen and Salonen, e.g. FINNS
25 “The Dreadful ___ Sky” LEMON
27 Elite roster A LIST
28 Theater shout AUTHOR
30 “One Fearful ___ Eye” YELLOW
32 Maturing agent AGER
33 Tucson shrub CREOSOTE
36 “A Deadly Shade of ___” GOLD
37 Goes back and forth SEESAWS
40 Labwork TESTS
41 “Pale ___ for Guilt” GRAY
43 Jelly container JAR
44 York and Snorkel: abbr. SGTS
45 “The Lonely ___ Rain” SILVER
47 Home of many talk shows AM RADIO
51 Long time EON
52 “A ___ Place for Dying” PURPLE
55 Cartoon explosion KABOOM
57 Mentalist’s claim ESP
59 Torte topper ICER
60 “A ___ and Sandy Silence” TAN
63 Actor Wilde CORNEL
65 Indeterminate state LIMBO
69 Busy island, circa 1900 ELLIS
71 “The ___ Lament” TURQUOISE
73 Eye-catching works? OPART
74 Have a negative reaction SAY NO
75 Vonnegut’s Kilgore et al. TROUTS
76 “The Quick ___ Fox” RED
78 Parking garage arrow EXIT
79 Prank GAG
81 Snail trails SLIMES
83 “Dress Her in ___” INDIGO
85 Road covering TAR
88 Tahitian port PAPEETE
90 “The Empty ___ Sea” COPPER
93 Distort SKEW
95 Spoiled BAD
96 “Nightmare in ___” PINK
97 Elon Musk’s car company TESLA
101 Walks a beat PATROLS
103 “The Deep ___ Good-by” BLUE
106 Perturbs AGITATES
108 Go by shuttle RIDE
109 “Bright ___ for the Shroud” ORANGE
111 Belittle DEMEAN
112 Struck SMOTE
114 “The Girl in the Plain ___ Wrapper” BROWN
115 Upgrade (the lawn) RESOD
118 Copy APE
119 “The Long ___ Look” LAVENDER
121 Feldspar, e.g. MINERAL
123 Cannes comrade AMIE
124 “Free Fall in ___” CRIMSON
125 Ornamental shrubs ACACIAS
126 Car pioneer BENZ
127 “The ___ Ripper” GREEN
128 Grammar gender NEUTER
129 Brink EDGE

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1 Rental-car option COMPACT
2 Editing evidence ERASURE
3 Tells in detail RECITES
4 Opponent FOE
5 Zebra chaser LION
6 Thames town ETON
7 Full of foam SUDSY
8 Italian nickname SAL
9 Verdi opera OTELLO
10 Scalp, perhaps RESELL
11 TV ratings company: abbr. ACN
12 Get by MANAGE
13 Sans support? BRALESS
14 Town 20 miles NW of Phoenix EL MIRAGE
15 Early cars REOS
17 Dick’s pick SPIRO
18 Revival-tent topic SIN
19 55 Across cause TNT
22 Moon jumper COW
24 Dig discovery FOSSIL
26 1960s style MOD
29 Heated pool? HOT SPRING
31 Luxor’s land: abbr. EGY
32 Eagle’s home AERIE
34 France’s 200 m.p.h. train TGV
35 Before, once ERE
37 Pitiful SAD
38 It replaced GATT WTO
39 PIN kin SSN
42 Critter craft ARK
43 Hoffa, formally JAMESR
46 Allow LET
47 “But enough ___ …” ABOUT ME
48 Gloomy MOROSE
49 Rice-a-___ RONI
50 1993 accord city OSLO
52 December desserts PIES
53 Bruins’ home, briefly UCLA
54 Depend RELY
56 Clear of guilt ACQUIT
58 Castle in the air PIPE DREAM
61 Try: abbr. ATT
62 Consumed slowly NURSED
64 Boo Radley’s creator LEE
66 Skirt type MAXI
67 Ship’s lockup BRIG
68 Good name for a mechanic? OTTO
70 Daytime drama SOAP
72 Cruise job? ROLE
77 Sherbet scoop DIP
80 Man’s man of Hollywood GABLE
82 Biol., e.g. SCI
84 Made a profit of NETTED
85 Kitchen shortening? TSP
86 Alias abbr. AKA
87 Brand name of AZT RETROVIR
89 Rustic dads PAS
91 ___ spree ONA
92 Parcel: abbr. PKG
94 Corresponding request? WRITE ME
96 Cribbage marker PEG
98 Mighty mad STEAMED
99 Jeté action LEAPING
100 “Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but ___ of humor” (Mark Twain) A SNEEZE
102 Hans Christian Andersen’s birth city ODENSE
103 Street pal BRO
104 Sheriff LAWMAN
105 Not pleasant UNNICE
107 They’re lionized IDOLS
109 Hockey great ORR
110 Upright ERECT
112 Utah’s cap. SLC
113 Actress Helgenberger MARG
114 Crenshaw or Hogan BEN
116 War of 1812 lake ERIE
117 German river SAAR
120 Nutty Knotts DON
122 Flagstaff sch. NAU
123 KY-born prez ABE

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday November 30th

ACROSS

1 Choir member ALTO
5 Cav. member SGT
8 Road work? ATLAS
13 Helper: abbr. ASST
17 Active type DOER
18 Active type GOER
19 The non-repeating part of an ex-U.N. chief’s name GHALI
20 Stale TRITE
21 Wag’s comment about who should go first AGE BEAUTY
23 McEntire et al. REBAS
24 You’re full of it WATER
25 New Eng. inst. MIT
26 Julie Andrews film, “Darling ___” LILI
27 Epee’s cousin SABER
28 Quetzalcoatl worshiper TOLTEC
29 Remain in class as punishment SCHOOL STAY
32 “Glitz” author’s first name ELMORE
34 Capri, par exemple ILE
35 Place LAY
36 Ogre’s cousin TROLL
38 Joplin piece RAG
39 Nothing NIL
40 NASA, for one: abbr. ADMIN
43 Thespian, e.g. ARTISTE
45 Involve ENGAGE
47 Freezing start CRYO
48 Pontiac model GTO
49 Mount St. Helens spew ASH
50 Fails to DOESN’T
51 Leak sound HISS
52 Guy on the “Kane” set ORSON
54 Finishes cakes ICES
56 Ira Allen’s brother ETHAN
59 Type ILK
60 Iron emission STEAM
61 Smashing subject ATOM
62 Latticework pavilion GAZEBO
63 Lilly of insulin fame ELI
64 Understands what’s implied THE READS LINES
67 “Holy cow!” WOW
68 Bakeries may excite them SENSES
70 Peruvian Indian INCA
71 True pain AGONY
72 “The Fifth Beatle” ONO
73 Lewinsky’s “friend” TRIPP
74 Bach cantata, “___, Joy of Man’s Desiring” JESU
75 Together AS ONE
76 Get ready (for surgery) PREP
77 Grand views VISTAS
79 8 on your dial TUV
81 Start of a U.S. capital DES
82 Adenauer’s nickname, Der ___ ALTE
83 Like some tuxes RENTED
84 In any event AT LEAST
86 Try to win, as auctioned items BID ON
87 Certain jet MIG
88 Charlemagne’s realm: abbr. HRE
89 “Star Trek” role UHURA
90 Chaney film, “___ of Dracula” SON
91 Chihuahua bear OSO
92 Ancient ascetic ESSENE
94 Immature THE EARS WET
100 Waning years DOTAGE
102 Gillette razors ATRAS
104 Org. for women drivers LPGA
105 “Managed care” org. HMO
106 Word origins ETYMA
107 Patch sticker BRIER
108 English-class mnemonic IEC EXCEPT
110 Truck ___ STOPS
111 Made holy, variantly BLEST
112 Watt was one SCOT
113 Get in the game ANTE
114 “… leave the driving ___” TOUS
115 Anatomical sacs CYSTS
116 A giant of a Giant OTT
117 Fundy and Pigs, e.g. BAYS

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1 San Francisco-born photographer ADAMS
2 Sleuth’s asset LOGIC
3 Saw features TEETH
4 Whitman’s “Thou ___ Aloft Full-Dazzling” ORB
5 Styx passengers SOULS
6 Post-joke query GET IT
7 Take a stab at TRY
8 Indian tour stop AGRA
9 Breaks a ring rule THE BELT HITS
10 Singer Patti LA BELLE
11 Smoke signal? ALARM
12 One in pigtails, maybe SIS
13 Sea near steppes ARAL
14 Happy as a clam SITTING THE WORLD
15 Metal marble STEELIE
16 Old Toyota model TERCEL
18 Brightly GAILY
20 Breakfast order TWO EGGS EASY
22 Online mortgage broker that went public in June 1999 ELOAN
27 Turk’s neighbor SYRIAN
28 Big name in a/c TRANE
30 Mixed bags OLIOS
31 QB’s throw, completed or not ATT
33 Cremey snacks OREOS
37 Erstwhile intelligence org. OSS
40 Most in need of liniment ACHIEST
41 Wildcatter DRILLER
42 Cole Porter classic MY SKIN I’VE GOT YOU
43 Up ___ (trapped) A TREE
44 Prayer beads ROSARIES
46 Animated bug movie ANTZ
48 Barbarians GOTHS
50 Greatly admired ones DEMI GODS
53 Signs OMENS
55 Pop selections COLAS
57 Have ___ pick A BONETO
58 Post-renovation sign NOW OPEN
60 Guns it STEPS THE GAS
61 Palindromic Nabokov novel ADA
62 DNA sites GENES
65 No. 1 by a small margin A CUT THE REST
66 Wallenda request NO NET
69 Top quality? SPIN
74 Green gems JADES
75 Shields AVERTS
76 Efforts PAINS
78 To the point TERSE
80 Nome knife ULU
83 Italian rice dish RISOTTO
84 Em et al. AUNTIES
85 “___, yer outta yer mind” AAH
86 Salt used in manufacturing BORAX
87 Unassuming MODEST
90 He once hosted “America’s Funniest Home Videos” SAGET
93 Before it gets crowded EARLY
95 Choose ELECT
96 Orlando attraction EPCOT
97 Start of a Percy Sledge classic WHEN A
98 Bare EMPTY
99 Carries TOTES
101 Rock buys AMPS
103 Liberal pursuits ARTS
107 English broadcaster BBC
108 “Why am ___ tired?” I SO
109 Subway alternative CAB

LA Times Crossword Answers Sunday November 23rd

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1 Does deck duty SWABS
6 Fraidy-cat WUSS
10 Chewed the greenery GRAZED
16 Harrowing experience ORDEAL
18 Do the seam thing over and over RESEW
19 Brit’s break TEA TIME
20 Cry from Scarlett * FIDDLE DEE DEE
22 Bunk (my favorite cryptogram of this word, by the way, is BEBOPBOP) * NONSENSE
23 Part of NATO: abbr. ATL
24 Island conqueror * KING KAMEHAMEHA
26 Barn dance dance REEL
28 JFK’s watchdog FAA
29 Case for tiny scissors ETUI
30 Beer base MALT
34 When France is bakin’ ETE
36 Certain grandson III
39 “Ooh-la-la” jeans brand of the 1980s SASSON
43 Stocking stuffer? TOE
44 1963 Crystals hit * DA DOO RON RON
49 Bruiser is one in “Legally Blonde” * CHIHUAHUA
51 Meg and Nolan RYANS
52 Bond offerer, e.g. ISSUER
54 Blowhole, basically NOSTRIL
55 Satisfy a craving EAT
56 “Tain’t” rebuttal TIS
58 France’s longest river LOIRE
61 Chuck TOSS
62 Song title translation * WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE
69 It gets aroused IRE
70 Dinghy thingy OAR
71 Moon vehicle LEM
72 Slapper in shorts MOE
73 No. 1 single of 1971 * WHEN YOU’RE HOT YOU’RE HOT
81 Giants slugger MAYS
82 66, for one: abbr. RTENO
83 Game-delay abbr. PPD
84 Coal diggers’ org. UMW
85 Georgia neighbor ARMENIA
88 Lure ENTICE
92 Bottled spirit? JINNI
94 1920s film star * RIN TIN TIN
97 Allowing oneself to enjoy, as chocolate * INDULGING IN
99 ___ nutshell IN A
100 Actor Wynn KEENAN
102 Key near Q TAB
103 World finance org. IMF
104 Packaged cheese slices: abbr. SGLS
106 Admit openly AVOW
108 Bach’s Mass ___ Minor INB
110 Unrefined types? ORES
114 Alliterative body part in a fairy tale * CHINNY CHIN CHIN
121 Soccer stadium cry OLE
122 Aa’s lava counterpart * PA HOE HOE
125 1963 Jan and Dean hit * HONOLULU LULU
127 Preferred seating, for many EXIT ROW
128 Trebek, for one EMCEE
129 Feudal lords LIEGES
130 Lawn grass with colorful flowers RED TOP
131 Certain commando SEAL
132 New voters, often TEENS

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1 “Are you with me ___?” SO FAR
2 Stay in touch, perhaps WRITE
3 Confuse ADDLE
4 King or queen BED
5 Vaccine VIP SALK
6 John Oliver’s show, “Last ___ Tonight” WEEK
7 “Choice” agcy. USDA
8 Boss’s terse note SEE ME
9 Bonbons and Ding Dongs SWEETS
10 Columnist Weingarten GENE
11 Precipitate RASH
12 Starters A TEAM
13 Fruity red wine, familiarly ZIN
14 Ambulance letters EMS
15 Sandra or Ruby DEE
17 Author-activist-funny girl Carol LEIFER
18 Gets back REGAINS
19 Arnold of “True Lies” TOM
21 ___ profile DNA
22 Actor J. Carrol ___ NAISH
25 Red Scare org. HUAC
27 SAG co-founder Ames LEON
31 Pounding ATHROB
32 Susan Sarandon title role LOUISE
33 Dabbling ducks TEALS
35 Stem ___ TO STERN
37 Org. with a code IRS
38 Loser’s last option IOU
40 Muscle connector SINEW
41 Whodunit cry OHO
42 Greek letters NUS
44 Attracted DREW
45 Hindu nanny (or “Ben-Hur” actress Harareet upsidedown) AYAH
46 Facts and figures DATA
47 French river with no letters in common with its pronunciation OISE
48 Dudley Do-Right’s love NELL
50 P.M. after Churchill ATTLEE
53 Psychologist May ROLLO
57 Tony winner Judith IVEY
59 “Su-u-u-ure” I BET
60 Main rat in “Ratatouille” REMY
63 It might include a clasp and cuff links TIE SET
64 Blowout win ROUT
65 Flat or spy ending WARE
66 She outwitted Sherlock IRENE
67 “No need to wake me” I’M UP
68 Conrad novel LORD JIM
73 Blender brand WARING
74 Church book HYMNAL
75 Stand and deliver? ORATE
76 Hagar the Horrible’s daughter HONI
77 Autobahn auto OPEL
78 Put up, as stockings HUNG
79 Potent prefix OMNI
80 One may be evil TWIN
81 Yankees slugger MARIS
86 Beat or neat ending NIK
87 Animal adjective ending INE
89 Wile E. Coyote buy TNT
90 Humphrey’s “High Sierra” co-star IDA
91 Dilbert’s work area CUBICLE
93 Facts and figures INFO
95 Idiotic INANE
96 Sailor’s outfit NAVY
98 Benefits act of 1944 GIBILL
101 “Buenas ___” NOCHES
105 “Rob Roy” author SCOTT
107 Mock-innocent reply WHO ME
109 Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh ___ NHU
111 Roulette color ROUGE
112 Dancing TV host ELLEN
113 Oobleck’s creator SEUSS
115 Subway fare? HERO
116 Pick-A-Pancake place IHOP
117 Straightaway NOW
118 Ancient Andean INCA
119 Yuletide song NOEL
120 When la lune is out NUIT
122 According to PER
123 What a feller needs? AXE
124 Took cover HID
126 Poe’s Annabel LEE