Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday, May 17th, LA Times newspaper crossword puzzle by Merl Reagle.
ACROSS
1 Tower town resident PISAN
6 Apple variety IMAC
10 “Mission: Impossible” theme composer’s first name LALO
14 Park place? CURB
18 Pueblo material ADOBE
19 Loser to Clinton DOLE
20 “The Firebird” composer’s first name IGOR
21 “… ___ of troubles” (“Hamlet”) ASEA
22 * Unionizers’ repertoire LABOR SONGS
24 * Like “brrr” and “mm-mm” VOWELLESS
26 Abbr. at an intersection AVE
27 Knot again RETIE
29 Stage-action reaction, perhaps BOO
30 Paris’s Pont ___ Arts DES
31 * Bird of song RED RED ROBIN
35 * Cafe sweet BISCOTTI
37 Recorded, in a way ONCD
38 Actor Mischa or violinist Leopold AUER
39 It eats grubs for grub TOAD
41 “Comes the dawn!” OHO
42 The Falcons, briefly ATL
43 Signs off on OKS
44 Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ALERT
46 Jane Eyre’s student ADELE
50 * Do a magic trick LEVITATE
53 * Sans supervision UNCHAPERONED
57 Ambition’s kin DRIVE
58 Exit, in Mexico SALIDA
60 Questionnaire answer NONE
61 Floor snoozer DOG
62 Sheet music abbr. ARR
64 Puts out? TAGS
65 Prego rival RAGU
66 1990s secretary of transportation PENA
67 * “Latest fashion,” in French DERNIER CRI
71 * Broken OUT OF ORDER
73 Lincoln et al. ABES
74 Laundromat unit LOAD
75 Perform without ___ ANET
76 Fish ___ FRY
77 Stylish in a ’60s kind of way MOD
78 Take to the cleaners SOAK
79 White-collar worker? CLERIC
81 Freak out GO APE
85 * Eschewing discounts PAYING RETAIL
88 * Corona container CIGAR BOX
90 Member of a pool STENO
91 Limerick rhyme scheme AABBA
93 Zeppelin introducer? VON
94 Cockney aspiration? OPE
95 Impatient one’s word NOW
97 Radius partner ULNA
98 Look-alike TWIN
100 Bank window abbr. FDIC
101 * Foam plastic URETHANE
104 * Reading-glasses unit BIFOCAL LENS
107 “Norma ___” RAE
108 IV sites ORS
109 Carted off to jail RANIN
110 Scotland’s longest river TAY
111 * David Letterman and others INDIANANS
114 * Think pieces? CROSSWORDS
119 Hex addition AGON
120 Pitch ___ (react angrily) A FIT
121 Annapolis sch. USNA
122 Nile kingdom, once NUBIA
123 Weight HEFT
124 Ox of India ZEBU
125 Ted Cruz follower? RTEX
126 Gordon Sumner STING
DOWN
1 Ed, to Ralph, e.g. PAL
2 Atomic City’s locale: abbr. IDA
3 Cry out loud SOB
4 On ABOARD
5 Audacity NERVE
6 Short vow I DO
7 Doctrine developer MONROE
8 Class with problems ALGEBRA
9 Ancient Greek belts CESTI
10 Right now, as we speak LIVE
11 Prior to this date AGO
12 Contract winner LOW BID
13 Dunkable snacks OREOS
14 Berkeley campus, for short CAL
15 “Why don’t you love me like you ___?” USED TO DO
16 Scheduled anew RESET
17 Some opera singers BASSI
23 “Calendar Girl” singer SEDAKA
25 Bonkers LOCO
28 Means INTENDS
31 Wonka creator’s first name ROALD
32 Stage direction ENTER
33 Beast’s nvmber, minvs 10 DCLVI
34 Oxidizes RUSTS
35 Dog’s ordeal BATH
36 Chicago hub OHARE
40 Black-and-white giant ORCA
43 “SNL” alum Cheri OTERI
45 Author Pirandello LUIGI
47 Drew to a close ENDED
48 “The Colossus of Rhodes” was his directorial debut LEONE
49 Mystery writer’s award EDGAR
51 Several czars IVANS
52 “Let them ___” EAT CAKE
54 Chekhov story, “The House with ___” AN ATTIC
55 Walt Kelly creation POGO
56 1986 hit, “Tuff ___” ENUFF
59 Fat in a can LARD
63 Record again RELOG
65 Sorry sort RUER
66 “Stir Crazy” co-star PRYOR
67 Deadens, as a piano string DAMPS
68 Above-water torpedo craft of WWII EBOAT
69 Color anew REDYE
70 Crowd sound ROAR
71 Coffee-can wt. before 1988 ONE LB
72 Church keys? ORGAN
75 Early password user ALI BABA
78 Slangy nose SNOOT
79 He played a Piccolo on TV CAAN
80 Palindromic Honda CIVIC
82 “Humble” place ABODE
83 Visit briefly POPIN
84 Veeps and such EXECS
86 Overdue for, perhaps IN NEED OF
87 75 Down’s is famous TALE
89 Chant of D.C. baseball fans GONATS
92 Initially AT FIRST
96 “Not so fast” WHOA
97 First word of Nader’s first book UNSAFE
99 Notched a victory, finally WON ONE
100 Leave by jet (with “of”) FLY OUT
101 A Heep of fiction URIAH
102 Cowpoke’s domain RANGE
103 Desilu co-founder ARNAZ
105 Sustain INCUR
106 Suburbia sights LAWNS
109 Alphabet section RSTU
112 QB’s dread INT
113 Pen point NIB
115 Lisa Simpson’s instrument SAX
116 A solo HR earns one RBI
117 Cacophony DIN
118 Role-playing grp.? SAG
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