Here’s the big one! The answers to the Sunday LA Times crossword puzzle for November 3rd 2013. How did you go? Let me know in the comments below.
Across Answers
1. Obama attorney general Holder ERIC
Eric Holder is the eighty second attorney general of the US, and has been the attorney general since 2009. He is also the 1st African American to hold the position.
5. Rattle FAZE
9. Bros BUDS
13. Online letters EMAILS
19. Commandment opener THOU
20. One missing roll call, perhaps AWOL
AWOL stands for “Absence Without Leave.”
21. Per person A POP
22. Deadhead’s idol GARCIA
A “deadhead” is a fan of the Grateful Dead band. Jerry Garcia is one of its founding members. He succumbed to drugs and died in 1995 of a heart attack while still checked in at a rehabilitation center.
23. Perry Mason story, e.g. COURTROOM DRAMA
The Perry Mason novels was created by Erle Stanley Gardner, and Perry Mason was the main character in these detective fiction novels. It was also made into a few radio and TV series.
26. Insatiable GREEDY
27. Some deer BUCKS
28. Shorten, as a skirt REHEM
29. Bad acting SIN
30. Onetime Rus. state SSR
SSR stands for Soviet Socialist Republic
33. Busy buzzer BEE
34. Strains TAXES
35. Restraint usually seen in pairs MANACLE
39. Montana motto metal PLATA
“Oro y plata” is Montana’s state motto. It means “gold and silver.”
41. Yemen’s capital SANA’A
Sana’a, (also spelled as Sanaa, or Sana) is one of the world’s largely inhabited cities. As of 2012, it has a population of almost 2 million, making it the largest city in Yemen.
42. Do clerical work FILE
43. Stimpy’s pal REN
The Ren And Stimpy show is an animated TV show in Nickelodeon that ran from 1991 to 1996. It starred a chihuahua that’s hyperactive and a cat that’s empty-brained and happy-go-lucky.
44. Zest source RIND
45. Symbol of a bettor’s certainty BOTTOM DOLLAR
48. SFO listing ETD
ETD stands for Estimated Time of Departure
49. Everyday connectors ANDS
50. Jesus of baseball ALOU
Jesus Alou is the younger brother of Felipe Alou and the uncle of Moises Alou. He was a member of the ’73 and ’74 World Series champion Oakland Athletics.
51. Durban dough RAND
Rand is the South African currency
52. Bloom holder VASE
53. Fight stopper TKO
TKO stands for Technical Knock Out
54. Post-hurricane assessment STORM DAMAGE
58. Disney king SIMBA
The Lion King first appeared in 1994, and Simba is the main character in the film. In the feature film, he was voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas when he was still a cub, and by Matthew Broderick when he already became a lion.
59. “Fearful” feature of Blake’s Tyger SYMMETRY
61. Tasman and a Genesis shepherd ABELS
Abel Tasman was the 1st man from Europe to sail past the island of Tasmania, and Abel from the bible was the brother of Cain, the sons of Adam and Eve, according to the bible.
62. Sneeze cause DANDER
Hachoo!!!
63. Took the plunge DIVED
64. Tapestry behind which Polonius hid ARRAS
An arras is a type of tapestry which is used for curtains and wall hangings.
65. Abstain from FORGO
66. “The Weaver of Raveloe” MARNER
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, was first published in 1861, and was written by George Eliot. It was his third novel, and was hugely popular because it was able to tackle different issues at that time, from community to religion to industrialisation. It was also noted for its realism.
68. Unit or sect suffix -ARIAN
69. Surgical tie LIGATURE
72. Oil well firefighter Red ADAIR
Red Adair became famous for his skills in firefighting and extinguishing erupting oil wells. He died in 2004, at the age of 89 years old.
73. Like some locomotives STEAM-DRIVEN
75. Catch GET
76. Shooting marbles TAWS
77. Stub __ A TOE
78. Voyaging, say ASEA
79. Scorch CHAR
80. Letters seen before Fridays TGI
TGIF stands for Thank God It’s Friday
81. Coen or Stone FILM DIRECTOR
Ethan and Joel Coen, and Oliver Stone are considered to be geniuses in the movie industry.
85. Where TV’s “Charlie’s Angels” was set IN LA
Charlie’s Angels premiered in 1976 and lasted five seasons. It starred Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith. It was made into a movie in 2000 and 2003, and another TV series in 2011.
86. A, for Mozart EIN
Mozart’s complete name is “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.”
87. Riles up IRES
88. Gets ready to shoot COCKS
89. Dick Tracy creator Chester GOULD
Chester Gould was the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip. He drew the strip from 1931 to ’77. He died in 1985.
90. Access, in a way LOG ONTO
92. Cats in Cádiz GATOS
Gatos is the Spanish word for Cats.
Cadiz is a city located in the southwestern part of Spain. It is one of the oldest cities in Spain.
93. Seek redress SUE
95. Rope on the briny TYE
96. Classic auto REO
REO stands for Ransom E. Olds. This motor company got its name from its founder, and made trucks, buses, and cars from early 1900’s to 1975.
97. Irish tenor Tynan RONAN
Ronan Tynan was famous for 2 things: For being one of the Irish Tenors, and for being an amputee who participated in the Paralympics in the eighties.
98. Brazilian range __ do Mar SERRA
The Serra do Mar, a mountain range, is located in the southeastern part of Brazil.
100. Minor league baseball level CLASS A
103. Made-to-order CUSTOM-DESIGNED
108. House minority leader PELOSI
Nancy Pelosi served as the sixtieth Speaker of the US House of Representatives from the years 2007 to 2011. She was the only woman in history to have held that position.
109. ’40s film critic James AGEE
James Agee was one of the most influential critics in film during the forties. He also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for “A Death In The Family,” his autobiographical novel.
110. Nihilistic art movement DADA
Dadaism was known to be anti-art, anti-bourgeois, and anti-war. It started in Switzerland in 1916, and thrived during World War II.
111. Follow OBEY
112. Carl with Emmys REINER
Carl Reiner won a total of twelve Emmy awards, and a Grammy award throughout his career. He was known to be a writer, an actor, a director and producer, a voice artist, a comedian, and also as a stand-up comedian.
113. Supply in a farm country store FEED
114. Certain terrier’s isle SKYE
The Skye Terrier is actually an endangered dog breed in the UK. It has a long, double coat, a short undercoat, and a hard topcoat.
115. Big wind GALE
Down Answers
1. And so on: Abbr. ETC
Et cetera is a Latin phrase which means “and so forth” or “and other things.”
2. Letter after pi RHO
Rho is the seventeenth letter in the Greek Alphabet.
3. Signed promise IOU
4. Restrain CURB
5. Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” e.g. FARCE
The Importance Of Being Earnest was a farcical comedy play created by Oscar Wilde, and its first performance was on February 1895.
6. Stirred AWOKE
7. Madhouses ZOOS
8. Disease-struck tree ELM
Dutch Elm Disease or DED, affects Elm trees ad is caused by the sac fungi. The diseased elm’s branches die at different locations.
9. Legal hurdle BAR EXAM
10. Toward the front UP AHEAD
11. Stadium protectors DOMES
12. Cyberjunk SPAM
13. Deli sandwich EGG SALAD
14. Coleridge storyteller MARINER
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, and it was 1st published in 1798.
15. __ football ARENA
16. Curling surface ICE
17. Eye protector LID
18. Utter SAY
24. Big wind TUBA
The Tuba is the largest brass instrument in music, and is also has the lowest pitch. And, because its first appearance only happened in mid-nineteenth century, it is also one of the newest.
25. Pipe cleaner DRANO
30. Jack and the missus of verse SPRATS
“Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean.”
31. Spring toy SLINKY
The Slinky was invented in the forties by Richard James. It’s one of the most successful toys and is still being produced in the present times.
32. Winners can be determined by one RANDOM DRAWING
34. “The Genius of Keyboard” jazzman TATUM
Art Tatum was considered by many to be one of the greatest jazz pianists in the world of music, and with his determination to overcome his near-blindedness… I think he is.
35. “Toad of Toad Hall” playwright MILNE
“Toad of Toad Hall” was A. A. Milne’s adaptation of “The Wind In The Willows” (by Kenneth Graham). But perhaps, his greatest works would still have to be his stories about Winnie The Pooh.
36. Coffee break treat CREAM DOUGHNUT
Oh YUM!
37. Doesn’t disturb LETS BE
38. Make cherished ENDEAR
40. NFL six-pointers TDS
Touchdowns!!!
41. It may be long STORY
42. Loses strength FLAGS
45. Baker’s preparation BATTER
I know you’re not supposed to eat batter… But it’s just so good!
46. Prayer opener O LORD
47. Scary tests ORALS
52. 20, in Toulouse VINGT
“Vingt” is French for “twenty”, or “score”
54. Lop off SEVER
55. “Beavis and Butt-head” spin-off DARIA
Daria premiered in 1997, and is an animated TV series in the US. It is a satire of how teenagers behave, and what the high school life is.
56. Milhous : Nixon :: __ : Garfield ABRAM
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the US. Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th.
57. Lennon’s “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except __ My Monkey” ME AND
“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” was written by John Lennon, and was one of the tracks in their 1968 album, “The White Album,” officially known as “The Beatles”.
58. Kitchen wrap SARAN
60. Revealing garb MINIS
62. Mark for future reference DOG-EAR
64. Thin as __ A REED
65. McGarrett’s outfit, familiarly FIVE-O
66. Hot Wheels maker MATTEL
Mattel was founded in 1945, and is one of the most famous toy manufacturing companies in the US. Its many products include Barbie Dolls, Fisher Price, Monster High dolls, and Hot Wheels, among others.
67. Slow work ADAGIO
“Adagio” is Italian for “slowly” or “at ease.”
68. Basic building material ATOMS
69. Leans LISTS
70. “No kidding” REALLY
71. Online financial site E*TRADE
E*Trade has its headquarters in New York, and does major business with investors who can basically buy and sell bonds, stocks, mutual funds, as well as exchange-traded funds through the phone or through electronic trading platforms. It has a total asset as of 2012 is $47.4 billion.
73. Pope in Attila’s time ST LEO
Pope Leo I was the pope from September 440 to his death in 461. He met Attila the Hun in 452, and even persuaded him to change his mind in invading Italy.
74. Book displays RACKS
77. Like a dogfight missile AIR-TO-AIR
79. AFL partner CIO
CIO stands for the “Congress of Industrial Organizations,” which was the rival of the American Federation of Labor (AFL founded in 1886) for more than 2 decades since its inception in 1932. It was made to rival the unions, until they merged in 1955.
81. Tactful handling FINESSE
82. Song title words before “for Miles” I CAN SEE
“Well, here’s a poke at you
You’re gonna choke on it too
You’re gonna lose that smile
Beacuse all the while
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles…”
83. Took turns in succession ROTATED
84. Budget, in brand names ECONO-
89. Spice Girl Halliwell GERI
Geri Halliwell was famous for her rowdy behavior. So are you really surprised that she pinched Prince Charles’ butt, breaching protocol on his 50th birthday?
91. Small-screen Bean ORSON
Orson Bean was very popular in the 60s to the 80s for frequently guesting in TV game shows, and also being a panelist on “To Tell The Truth.”
92. Overcharge GOUGE
93. Run-down SEEDY
94. Bears, to Ovid URSAE
Ovid (Full name: Publius Ovidius Naso) was a Roman Poet, and was the one who wrote Metamorphoses.
Ursae is the Latin word for “bears.”
97. North Amer. WWII fliers RCAF
RCAF stands for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
98. The Missouri R. runs through it S DAK
The Missouri River is North America’s longest river, and has been the source of transportation and sustenance for more than twelve thousand years for the people who live around it.
99. All excited AGOG
100. ER procedure CPR
CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
101. Dixie general LEE
General Robert E. Lee was invited by President Lincoln to take command of the Union Army but declined and chose loyalty to his home state instead.
102. Poetic fighter ALI
“I am the greatest!” is what Muhammad Ali said in his speech. He also has a lot of quotes that were made famous such as, “I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. You can’t beat the greatest because I am Muhammad Ali.”
He also said, “My toughest fight was with my first wife.”
104. Puzzle title people hidden in eight long answers MDS
105. Bird’s org. NBA
Larry Bird played in the NBA for the Celtics from 1979 to 1992. He is now the president of the Indiana Pacers. During his professional basketball career, he became a part of the NBA All-Start 12 times, and was named the MVP 3 times.
106. Slippery one EEL
107. Salon stock DYE
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