Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday, February 7th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
Across
1. Got a four, probably MADE PAR
8. Undermines ERODES
14. With one’s back against the wall IN A JAM
20. Unsettle AGITATE
21. Ridicule DERIDE
22. Retiring DEMURE
23. Austria’s Railjet, for one (#33) HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (HSH: Harry S. Truman)
25. Has a life EXISTS
26. Fatuous INANE
27. “The Lion King” baddie SCAR
28. French connections? TETE-A-TETES
30. Derisive shout HOOT
32. Source of twigs called withies OSIER
34. __ nouveau ART
35. Take the high way? FLY
36. Vietnam’s __ Dinh Diem NGO
38. MLB scorecard entry SAC
40. Most massive known dwarf planet ERIS
42. Word on mail from Madrid AEREO
45. Changes the play at the line of scrimmage (#21) CALLS AN AUDIBLE (CAA: Chester A. Arthur)
50. NutraSweet developer SEARLE
53. Fatty acid type OLEIC
54. Sea-Tac abbr. ARR
55. Some oscilloscope users: Abbr. EES
56. Invited ASKED
57. Actor with a mohawk MR T
59. “Football Night in America” network NBC
62. “Avatar” extras ETS
64. Telling tales LYING
65. Like many an infielder’s throw SIDEARM
69. Missoula home MONTANA
72. Spotty affliction? ACNE
73. Latin trio word AMO
74. Words from a returning traveler (#43) GUESS WHO’S BACK! (GWB: George W. Bush)
78. White wine aperitif KIR
79. “M” director Fritz LANG
81. 1988 NFL MVP ESIASON
82. Sentence sections PHRASES
84. Bits in a byte, e.g. OCTET
86. Vague number ANY
87. One who might be given the business SON
89. Ages and ages EON
90. Acknowledge tacitly NOD TO
91. Prophet’s claim ESP
93. Yet, to Yeats THO’
96. Put a handle on NAMED
100. Cuddles SPOONS
102. D.C. trip highlight (#27) WHITE HOUSE TOUR (WHT: William Howard Taft)
106. Author Madeleine L’__ ENGLE
108. Holly genus ILEX
109. Sports __ BRA
110. Valuable deposit ORE
111. Former Saturn model ION
113. Max. ULT
115. Drained of color ASHEN
117. Alibi problems GAPS
120. Critical point CROSSROADS
124. Lotion additive ALOE
126. Agricultural pioneer DEERE
129. Call on the carpet HAUL UP
130. Drinking song popularized by the Glenn Miller Orchestra (#36) LITTLE BROWN JUG (LBJ: Lyndon B. Johnson)
133. ’90s veep AL GORE
134. Bumpy UNEVEN
135. Andalusian city GRANADA
136. Snickered TE-HEED
137. Roma road STRADA
138. Tossed about STREWED
Down
1. When doubled, a common dolphinfish MAHI
2. Back-country “contrary to” AGIN
3. Do spadework DIG A HOLE
4. Centric start ETHNO-
5. ’90s Toyota PASEO
6. Netmen’s gp. ATP
7. “Cheers” actor Roger REES
8. Icelandic literary works EDDAS
9. Gave it another go RETRIED
10. Skating legend ORR
11. Venomous venting DIATRIBE
12. Nicollette’s “Desperate Housewives” role EDIE
13. Words with letter or fax SENT A
14. Conceptualizes IDEATES
15. To follow NEXT
16. Sweetie along the Seine AMIE
17. On a lark (#35) JUST FOR KICKS (JFK: John F. Kennedy)
18. Soviet cooperative ARTEL
19. Unkempt MESSY
24. Green wheels ECOCAR
29. One may be named for a president ERA
31. Screening org. TSA
33. NW Penn. airport ERI
36. Base fig. NCO
37. __ pal GAL
39. Santa __ winds ANA
41. Rains hard? SLEETS
43. Like Pinocchio, eventually REAL
44. Cinch course EASY A
46. Bar fruit LIME
47. Beanpole SCRAG
48. Immortalized vessel of rhyme URN
49. Abbr. before a year ESTAB
51. “Law & Order” detective Briscoe LENNIE
52. Trimming tools EDGERS
58. “No argument” TRUE
60. Mercedes rivals BMWS
61. Pacific salmon COHOS
63. Walk in the park SNAP
65. Drawing rooms SALONS
66. End of the ’50s TV intro that began “This is the city” … I’M A COP
67. Could be more productive (#34) DON’T DO ENOUGH (DDE: Dwight D. Eisenhower)
68. Badlands formation MESA
70. Verboten thing NO-NO
71. Aleve can alleviate one ACHE
75. Toughness SINEW
76. Greets, with “to” SAYS HI
77. Danish capital KRONE
80. Board GET ON
83. Structural subj. ANAT
85. Half a patio pair TONG
88. High degree NTH
92. Columnlike architectural piece PILASTER
94. Hang out HOBNOB
95. “__ Gang” OUR
97. Saskatchewan city MOOSE JAW
98. Asian lead-in EUR-
99. “The Chronic” Dr. DRE
101. Downed noisily SLURPED
103. French possessive TES
104. Blew out EXHALED
105. Give a little SAG
107. Gp. that hired an orchestra for its “Eldorado” album ELO
111. Phased-out Apple messaging tool ICHAT
112. Papal garment ORALE
114. Anklebone TALUS
116. Barack’s 2010 High Court appointee ELENA
118. Exchange of nasty spots AD WAR
119. Shells alternative PENNE
121. Astringent fruit SLOE
122. Foolproof SURE
123. By __ of: due to DINT
125. Joule components ERGS
127. Snippy, say RUDE
128. “Great Scott!” EGAD!
131. Power agcy. created in 1933 TVA
132. Fido’s find ORT
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