Below is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday May 15th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
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Across
1. Playground provocation DARE
5. Campus org. founded in 1906 NCAA
9. Existing BEING
14. Capers LARKS
19. Religion of most Iranians SHIA
20. Stops allowing BANS
21. Complete UTTER
22. Greenland native INUIT
23. “Time for a shindig!” LET’S PARTY
25. “Common Sense” pamphleteer THOMAS PAINE
27. Chichén Itzá builder MAYA
28. Basque city with a Guggenheim Museum BILBAO
30. Make up your mind OPT
31. “Bus Stop” playwright INGE
32. Juice unit AMP
34. Knitting choices PURLS
35. People’s Choice Award winner for Favorite TV Drama, 2008-2011 HOUSE MD
37. Remarkable thing, in old slang CAT’S PAJAMAS
41. Winged stingers WASPS
43. __ Plaines River DES
44. Off-road ride, for short ATV
45. Muchos meses ANOS
46. Dealer’s query YOU IN
48. SEC concern IPO
50. Yemeni capital RIAL
52. Palm products DATES
54. Where to get the score SPORTS PAGE
59. Sicilian skiing attraction ETNA
60. They may be about nothing ADOS
61. Jacket material SUEDE
62. Drops the ball ERRS
63. Top story ATTIC
65. Move a muscle STIR
67. Some might vote in it ABSENTIA
70. Time of life AGE
71. Resort with a Forum Tower CAESARS PALACE
75. CBS forensic series CSI
76. Sammy Davis Jr.’s only #1 hit, with “The” CANDY MAN
78. Short staffer? ASST
79. Send payment REMIT
81. Weymouth of Talking Heads TINA
82. Like clarinet music REEDY
84. Clarinet kin OBOE
87. “Drinks are __!” ON ME
89. Very slow motion SNAIL’S PACE
92. Dishwasher handle? AMANA
93. Simon of Broadway NEIL
94. Match part SET
95. Big name in Russian ballet KIROV
97. Coal unit LUMP
99. L.A. Galaxy’s group MLS
100. Gardner of film AVA
103. Chinese menu assurance NO MSG
105. Brewery product since 1777 BASS PALE ALE
108. “I don’t think so” NICE TRY
110. Whence Saint Teresa AVILA
111. Phone book no. TEL
112. Ship stabilizer KEEL
113. Unruly do MOP
115. Spartan serfs HELOTS
117. Its initials became its name in 1999 AARP
120. Acid test substance LITMUS PAPER
123. Reporter’s entrée PRESS PASS
126. Great Lakes natives ERIES
127. Novelist’s list, perhaps IDEAS
128. Fertilizer ingredient PEAT
129. Lose it SNAP
130. Holy, to Henri SACRE
131. Theatrical device ASIDE
132. Use one’s outside voice YELL
133. Grammy winner James ETTA
Down
1. Surfing letters DSL
2. Small clearing? AHEM
3. Beatles girl RITA
4. Piece-of-cake courses EASY A’S
5. Magic org. NBA
6. Concern for some losers CARB
7. Ristorante course ANTIPASTO
8. Safe haven ASYLUM
9. “Furthermore, however, … ” BUT ALSO
10. Cultural spirit ETHOS
11. Judge in 1995 news ITO
12. Pixar protagonist NEMO
13. Boardroom props GRAPHS
14. Edge LIP
15. “Delta of Venus” author Nin ANAIS
16. Beyond repair RUINED
17. Checkers speech? KING ME
18. Renaissance fair rides STEEDS
24. Argentine plain PAMPA
26. Restraining order? STOP IT
29. Donkeys’ cries BRAYS
33. How to watch Mei Xiang and Bei Bei PANDACAM
36. Delivery letters USPS
37. Close attention CARE
38. Like political foes, frequently AT IT AGAIN
39. Dish forerunner TV ANTENNA
40. Steinbeck hero Tom JOAD
41. Erase completely WIPE
42. Battery terminal-related ANODAL
47. Seizes illegally USURPS
49. Welcoming sign OPEN
51. GPS figure LAT
53. She, in Sicily ESSA
55. First name in country REBA
56. Aesthetic film genre ART CINEMA
57. Grain processor GRISTMILL
58. Morales of “The Brink” ESAI
61. Actress Spacek SISSY
64. Like a “daggers” look ICY
66. Wall Street regular TRADER
68. Dress down in a big way SCREAM AT
69. Broad shoe size EEE
70. Book following the Gospels ACTS
72. Holliday friend EARP
73. Devious ones SNEAKS
74. Splittable bit ATOM
77. Place for a speaker DAIS
80. Cal. column MON
83. Smokeless smoke, briefly E-CIG
85. Fast-growing sapling BALSA TREE
86. “Movin’ __”: “The Jeffersons” theme ON UP
88. Otherwise ELSE
90. Fast time? LENT
91. Rages STORMS
92. Be of use AVAIL
96. FDR’s side, on a dime OBVERSE
98. Ardent requests PLEAS
100. They’re just over two feet ANKLES
101. Former moderator of “The View” VIEIRA
102. Vinegary ACETIC
104. Reason for spectacles MYOPIA
106. __ Joe SLOPPY
107. Tick away ELAPSE
109. Wascally wabbit wival ELMER
110. Best way to leave Vegas AHEAD
114. Mice move on them PADS
116. Official emblem SEAL
118. Emotional blog entry RANT
119. Natl. Merit Scholarship qualifying exam PSAT
121. Find a job for USE
122. Canada’s smallest prov. PEI
124. Airport NW of the Gateway Arch STL
125. Retreat hidden in nine puzzle answers SPA
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