Crossword by: Merl Reagle
Theme: Plus or Minus 1
Above is a picture of the completed puzzle for the Sunday December 22 2013 L.A. Times crossword and here are the clues Merl gave us:
ACROSS Clues
1 Colorful cat
7 Safe place?
11 Funeral stand
15 Pointed criticisms
19 Some washers and dryers
20 Nobelist Wiesel
21 Way back when
22 Nondairy alternative
23 Goat capital of America?
25 Greek letters
26 Reunion group
27 Put ___ to (squelch)
28 Poultry dish that tastes funny?
31 Cushing co-star, often
32 Arctic floater
34 Number two son
35 Singer Bobby
36 Amount to be divided
37 “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice!” and others?
43 Mellow yellows
46 Creamy cheese
47 Alarm attachment?
48 Yogurt in “Spaceballs”
49 Today’s rug special?
51 Green “Toy Story” toy
54 “What ___ thinking?”
55 Pyramid topper on a $1 bill
56 Hotel amenity
57 Rummage
58 Nasty sort
60 Vile sort
64 “Whattaya want? I’m boiling something,” for example? (continues at 71 Across)
67 Cliffside home
69 “The Louisville Lip”
70 Develop
71 See 64 Across
76 Actor who memorably said, “I hate spunk”
80 Business in “Sideways”
81 Vitamin or bingo call
82 Post-WWII alliance
84 “D’accord”
85 Words after “Go right”
86 USN rank
87 Dieter’s sandwich?
91 Listerine-bottle abbr.
92 Tokyo-born artist
94 Long-nosed fish
95 Masada defender
96 Lord of the Dance star’s nickname after letting himself go?
101 Cry of disgust
102 Cry of discovery
103 Floor space word
104 Arizona’s ___ River
106 Texting exclamation
109 Book about the crossword centennial, 1913-2013? (continues at
119 Across)
115 Old voting machine feature
117 Horseplay?
118 Dow rise
119 See 109 Across
121 Six-sided state
122 Part of A.D.
123 Went quickly
124 Spring bloomer
125 Where your fodder is
126 Card game for three
127 Word after trans
128 Do an usher’s job
DOWN Clues
1 League of intrigue
2 Regale
3 Drink with shots
4 Step ___
5 Hot gathering place?
6 Spanish circus animal
7 Constitution start
8 Jai-___
9 Hayes of “The Mod Squad”
10 Pen problem
11 Brunei’s locale
12 Right down the middle
13 Green sci.
14 Backs up a backup
15 Rider in a race
16 “That’s ___ need”
17 Dip type
18 Dance partner?
24 Many a PX patron
29 “This is a test” org.
30 Lizard look-alike
33 “… ___ ye be judged”
36 Energy
37 Welcome
38 Tell’s was excellent
39 Quash
40 Citizen of a gulf state
41 Frankincense or myrrh
42 Film production gear, ___ lights
43 Passed easily
44 Polite query
45 Uncle Remus title
46 Pen name
50 “I can ___, man”
51 This is what I’m talking about
52 Pal of Pooh
53 James of jazz
54 Eastwood outlaw
57 Chill out
58 Hotel hire
59 “Lohengrin” heroine
61 Swindled
62 Super Bowl ad product
63 Pretentious
65 Regular thing
66 Gradual increase, in mus.
68 Homophone of 34 Across, read backward
71 Wee hour
72 Kin of Urdu
73 Historic mainframe
74 Hard-to-prove ability
75 Lovably strange
77 Seasonal tune
78 Mark’s replacement
79 Total cutup
83 Utter amazement
86 USMC rank
87 Golfer’s concern
88 Blue, in Baja
89 Protest-sign verb
90 “Fat chance!”
92 Site of Iolani Palace
93 Vegas light source
94 Tie-breaker, maybe
97 Yule laugh
98 Oatmeal alternative
99 Playground retort
100 “Hazel” creator Key
104 Expands
105 Pitcairn, for one: abbr.
106 Small egg
107 Euripides tragedy
108 Frequently sarcastic reply
109 Major work
110 Terse denial
111 Lander at Tel Aviv
112 Dismally damp
113 Loc. of Daytona Bch.
114 ___ of golf clubs
116 Dulles data
120 Like eery and iglu: abbr.
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