Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 31st 2014 LA Times newspaper crossword puzzle by Merl Reagle.
ACROSS
1 Transmission disrupters JAMMERS
8 Lockups near lochs GAOLS
13 Pepe’s peeper OJO
16 Scary snake ASP
19 Lacking its packaging, as a CD set UNBOXED
20 Messenger ENVOY
21 Allow LET
22 “… fish ___ fowl” NOR
23 With 39 Across, a 1957 hit — as sung by a famous swinger? TARZAN SIT DOWN
25 Simple, humorous drawing (invented in the 1950s by Roger Price) that invites the viewer to guess what it is DROODLE
27 Expert ACE
28 Barn-rafter sound COO
29 A 1968 hit — as sung by a famous swinger? DOCK OF BAY
31 Tin Man’s prize HEART
34 Fermented-milk drinks KEFIRS
37 Actor Milland RAY
38 New Haven students ELIS
39 See 23 Across WRITE SELF LETTER
42 Lizard prefix SAURO
43 Chinese concept YIN
44 Section: abbr. DIV
45 Polite term used by Columbo MAAM
46 Fly catcher SCREEN
47 ___ good example SET A
49 Daisy in “The Great Gatsby” (1974) MIA
51 Rapids transit RAFT
52 Boardlike FLAT
53 A 1970 hit — as sung by a famous swinger? RAIN DROP FALL ON HEAD
60 When Juliet drinks the poison ACTIV
63 Hawaiian giveaways LEIS
64 River islands, to Brits AITS
65 Serengeti sight GNU
66 A Beatles tune — as sung by a famous swinger? FOOL ON HILL
69 A Cole Porter classic — as sung by a famous swinger? ANYTHING GO
72 Hosp. unit ICU
73 Corleone portrayer CAAN
74 Jacob’s twin ESAU
75 Refreshing respites OASES
76 A Supremes classic — as sung by a famous swinger? TARZAN HEAR SYMPHONY
82 “Downton Abbey” maid EDNA
83 Squad’s concern VICE
84 Spruce juice SAP
85 “No problem!” SURE
89 Dugout kid BATBOY
92 Pop star, sometimes DIVA
93 Spot checker? VET
95 Clean cut LOP
96 Medgar of Mississippi EVERS
97 A 1969 rock anthem — as sung by a famous swinger? GIVE PEACE CHANCE
102 “… could ___ horse!” EAT A
103 Sweet girl of song SUE
104 Report, kid-style TELL ON
105 Wipe out ERASE
106 With 112 Across, a 1972 hit — as sung by a famous swinger? FIRST TIME
109 ___ Saud IBN
110 “Rocky III” co-star MRT
111 Had a fight CLASHED
112 See 106 Across TARZAN SEE FACE
119 Lit. giant? OED
120 She raised Cain EVE
121 Fake-fat brand OLEAN
122 Guaranteed ENSURED
123 Contents of 119 Across WDS
124 “You bet!” YES
125 Info-filled NEWSY
126 Attribute QUALITY
DOWN
1 Stick (out) JUT
2 Santa ___, Calif. ANA
3 Card-carrying type: abbr. MBR
4 Wunderkind of music MOZART
5 Insisted on and got EXACTED
6 Painter Magritte RENE
7 Radical ’60s org. SDS
8 Detrain GET OFF
9 Vinegar ___ AND OIL
10 Lacto-___-vegetarian OVO
11 Oven setting LOW
12 Supplier of puzzles to newspapers: abbr. SYND
13 Clunker OLD CAR
14 Not smooth JERKY
15 Scoreless tie O TOO
16 Red, white ___ AND BLUE
17 Of the sun, on the Somme SOLAIRE
18 Feeds off of PREYS ON
24 Reykjavik’s loc. ICEL
26 Heinlein classic, “The Green Hills ___” OF EARTH
30 Utah city OREM
31 Interstates: abbr. HWYS
32 Pennsylvania city ERIE
33 “Shakespeare it ___” AINT
34 Dana’s Hans-and-Franz pal KEVIN on “SNL” KEVIN
35 Charts anew REMAPS
36 Office team STAFF
40 City near Los Angeles, ___ Valley SIMI
41 “Toodle-oo” TATA
42 Poetry analysis SCANSION
46 Aversion to exertion SLOTH
48 Seed covering (or backward, pre-euro money) ARIL
50 Poster blurb, e.g. AD LINE
51 Stir up ROIL
52 Move like moths FLIT
54 Alligator pears AVOCADOS
55 Akin: abbr. REL
56 Basic baskets LAYUPS
57 Carton items EGGS
58 Haloed one, to Henri ANGE
59 Twosomes DUOS
60 Throw ___ A FIT
61 Narcotic shrub COCA
62 See the sights TOUR
67 Mary Poppins, e.g. NANNY
68 “Very funny!” HAHA
69 “___ sow …” ASYE
70 “Platoon” setting NAM
71 Anti votes NAYS
74 Houdini feat ESCAPE
77 Equine hybrid ZEBRASS
78 Tel ___ AVIV
79 Golden Gate fastener RIVET
80 Safe place HAVEN
81 Org. with ministers OPEC
86 Arm bone ULNA
87 Fabulous flyers ROCS
88 Sport with a French name EPEE
89 Red-meat source BEEF COW
90 ___ oneself of AVAILED
91 Foursomes TETRADS
92 Per ___ DIEM
94 Actress Russell THERESA
97 Sherpas, e.g. GUIDES
98 Ms. Doolittle et al. ELIZAS
99 U.S. capital whose last two letters are its state ALBANY
100 One of the orig. 13 CONN
101 Crafty ARTFUL
103 Banjo man Martin STEVE
107 Place to swim or play b-ball THEY
108 British school ETON
110 Dish list MENU
113 Pub order ALE
114 Recorder abbr. REW
115 Order: abbr. SEQ
116 Magnate’s nickname ARI
117 This, in Rouen CET
118 ___’s Ice Cream EDY
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