Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday, March 20th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
Across
1. Beauty pageant accessories SASHES
7. Won’t take no for an answer INSIST
13. Information unit FACTOID
20. Grammar class subject CLAUSE
21. More malicious MEANER
22. Not done externally IN-HOUSE
23. *Part of a Quaker recipe batch OATMEAL COOKIE
25. Shock STARTLE
26. Thurman of film UMA
27. New Mexico county or its seat TAOS
28. Alicia’s son in “The Good Wife” ZACH
30. Golf tournament kickoff PRO-AM
31. Schroeder’s most prized possession TOY PIANO
34. Vatican City statue PIETA
36. Character on a staff CLEF
37. *It attracts koalas EUCALYPTUS TREE
40. Corvallis sch. OSU
43. First-stringers A-TEAM
46. Each A POP
47. Ristorante desserts TORTONIS
49. One not honoring an oath LIAR
50. Hideaway LAIR
53. Data measure BYTE
54. Big Ten athlete since 2014, briefly TERP
55. Slugger Mel OTT
56. *Beverage made from sun-withered leaves OOLONG TEA
60. Absorption process OSMOSIS
62. Buzz and trim HAIRCUTS
64. Assessment LEVY
65. 2015 Verizon acquisition AOL
66. With 48-Down, Martha Kent portrayer on “Smallville” ANNETTE
67. Divine rings HALOS
68. Sole food FILLETS
72. “Today” rival, initially GMA
73. Bk. before Daniel EZEK
74. “Don’t worry” REST EASY
75. Many a text writer SCHOLAR
79. *Cyclades setting AEGEAN SEA
81. Roadside sign GAS
82. Été month AOUT
83. Outdo BEST
85. Check numbers DATE
86. Songwriter Bacharach BURT
87. South Carolina athlete GAMECOCK
89. Start of a solution IDEA
92. Get ready for work DRESS
93. Wagering letters OTB
94. *Financial oversight group AUDIT COMMITTEE
99. Sequence of 106-Across LIST
101. English city that’s home to Kirkgate Market LEEDS
102. Diamond gem NO-HITTER
106. 99-Across things ITEMS
108. Monthly pmt. ELEC
109. “Un-shareable since 1972” breakfast food EGGO
110. “Norma __” RAE
111. Dover diapers NAPPIES
113. Answers to starred clues, as hinted by this puzzle’s title? VOWEL LANGUAGE
118. Buds in a circle FRIENDS
119. Slide by ELAPSE
120. Adorned GRACED
121. The least bit ONE IOTA
122. Circular currents EDDIES
123. Underground maze SEWERS
Down
1. One getting ahead? SCOUT
2. Texas mission ALAMO
3. Skewered Thai dish SATAY
4. Run smoothly HUM
5. Language suffix -ESE
6. Washington airport SEA-TAC
7. “It’s all good, dude” I’M COOL
8. Revivalists NEOS
9. __ Tomé SAO
10. Fluid applied through a nib INK
11. Stop running, as an engine SEIZE UP
12. Rewards for tricks TREATS
13. Seek sneakily, with “for” FISH
14. Tiny crawler ANT
15. Rosary relative CHAPLET
16. Yankee manager after Showalter TORRE
17. *Too much to handle OUT OF ONE’S LEAGUE
18. Land in un lago ISLA
19. Regard DEEM
24. Lang on “Smallville” LANA
29. Slyly spiteful CATTY
32. Apple cousin PEAR
33. End of chem class? -IUM
34. “Moonlight Sonata” directive PPP
35. “How was __ know?” I TO
36. Demeter’s Roman counterpart CERES
38. Tale YARN
39. Prefix with tiller ROTO-
41. Acronymic Apple assistant SIRI
42. Gp. putting letters in boxes USPS
43. Maui ciao ALOHA
44. Business bigwig TITAN
45. *Forced to apologize EATING HUMBLE PIE
48. See 66-Across O’TOOLE
50. Boor LOUT
51. Old, in Oberhausen ALTE
52. Cyclades island IOS
53. Bights, e.g. BAYS
56. In base eight OCTAL
57. Cruller coating GLAZE
58. Comm. with STOP signs TELEG
59. Call to mind EVOKE
61. Mediterranean island country MALTA
63. 95-Down convenience REMOTE
67. What culinary alarms measure HEAT
68. Ending for song or slug -FEST
69. “Right you are” I SEE
70. Old Russian monarchs TSARS
71. Betting aids: Abbr. SYSTS
74. Genetics lab subject RNA
75. Palm starch SAGO
76. Dredge, as with flour COAT
77. Partner of up ABOUT
78. In, on a stamp RECD
80. Inspector Dalgliesh in P.D. James novels ADAM
84. Ability SKILL
86. Poker Flat chronicler Harte BRET
88. City NNW of Naples CASSINO
89. Freezing ICE-COLD
90. Pentagon org. DOD
91. Ambulance initials EMS
92. Agnus __ DEI
95. Den fixture TEEVEE
96. Hearths INGLES
97. Frat party garment TOGA
98. Flip-flops THONGS
100. Louvre Pyramid architect IM PEI
103. Vestige TRACE
104. Like one who can’t wait EAGER
105. Wetland stalks REEDS
106. What FAQs offer INFO
107. Mountain lake TARN
108. She, in Salerno ESSA
109. In addition ELSE
112. Mount Washington summer hrs. EDT
114. Tidy sum WAD
115. Prefix with dermis EPI-
116. Univ. senior’s exam GRE
117. Motor City org. UAW
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