Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the October 26th LA Times Sunday newspaper crossword puzzle by Merl Reagle.
Across Answers
1 It stole a Hearst in ’74 SLA
4 Jokingly AS A GAG
10 Will Smith biopic ALI
13 Not quite dry DAMP
17 Ending for Louis IANA
19 Boys/boys insert WILL BE
20 Actress Lena OLIN
21 Dies ___ IRAE
22 TV horror host with a hypo? DR DREW BLOOD
24 Campus mil. group ROTC
25 Shoebox number SIZE
26 Perrier rival EVIAN
27 Some duct contents OVA
28 Horror host with a “shrubhuman” mentality? WITCH HAZEL
30 Horror host with fangs and a gun? BAT MONSTER SUN
34 Order to a dog HEEL
35 (Go to 70 Across) SEE
36 Horror host with a peek-a-boo evil eye? DEMONICA LAKE
41 Razor brand ATRA
45 First Arabic letter ALIF
48 Border order TACO
49 Danish money KRONER
50 Horror host with a shovel and a brother named Rob? DOUG GRAVES
53 Alaska city NOME
55 Bonn was its cap. WGER
56 Playwright Fugard ATHOL
57 1945 film, “Leave ___ Heaven” HER TO
59 Mrs. McKinley et al. IDAS
62 ___-Cone SNO
63 Seafood topper, ___ sauce MORNAY
65 Horror host in a lab coat who works for the city? MORGAN SPECTER
69 Tokyo, once EDO
70 With 35 Across, a type of attitude WAIT AND
71 Farm female EWE
72 Horror host who’s a swinger? BARRY D HATCHET
76 Suppresses SITS ON
80 Significant span ERA
81 Neill and Nunn SAMS
82 Ex-Twin Tony OLIVA
85 Jacket style NEHRU
86 Spells of anger FITS
88 Salsa rating MILD
91 Horror host who’s so suave it’s frightening? SCARY GRANT
93 Lazy OTIOSE
96 Hi’s wife LOIS
98 Plato’s portico STOA
99 Book after Joel AMOS
100 Horror host with big hair? GHOULDILOCKS
103 Santa ___ winds ANA
105 Makes a getaway LAMS
106 Horror host who has “visions”? SEYMOUR GHOSTS
113 Horror host who always seems to have a great weight on his shoulders? * PAUL BEARER
117 Place to stay INN
118 Other, in Orly AUTRE
119 Grumpy guy OGRE
120 Black, in verse EBON
121 Horror hosts nowadays, no pun intended? A DYING BREED
124 Routine things? GAGS
125 They’re high but not dry SEAS
126 “___ worries …” (Faith Hill lyric) I GOT NO
127 Emulated Faith Hill SANG
128 Bauxite et al. ORES
129 Nightmarish street of filmdom ELM
130 Got more out of REUSED
131 NASA’s creator DDE
Down Answers
1 Audiotape’s other half SIDE B
2 Insect stage LARVA
3 “We love to fly ___ shows” AND IT
4 Reaction to puppies AWW
5 Sis or bro SIB
6 Dole out ALLOT
7 Mitt GLOVE
8 On the train ABOARD
9 H.S. proficiency test GED
10 Plenty A LOT
11 Chinese fruit LITCHI
12 Under control IN CHECK
13 Reject DISALLOW
14 Home of the D’backs ARIZ
15 Rat’s challenge MAZE
16 Shed a sunburn PEEL
18 Mr. Khachaturian ARAM
20 Electric-eel river ORINOCO
23 Slugger Slaughter ENOS
28 George Eliot, e.g. WOMAN
29 Get the news HEAR
31 Like some misses NEAR
32 Psalms interjection SELAH
33 Harden SET
37 “Pay it ___” NO MIND
38 Inner turmoil ANGST
39 New Hampshire city KEENE
40 Proof goof ERROR
41 First to arrive? ADAM
42 Baum tale barker TOTO
43 German river RUHR
44 Done for A GONER
46 “___ got it!” IVE
47 Math guy with a famous “last theorem” FERMAT
51 Nosy “Bewitched” neighbor GLADYS
52 Imperturbable STOIC
54 McBain and McMahon EDS
58 Intro to “pedic” ORTHO
60 Palookas APES
61 Work done in circles SEWING
64 Sci-fi sage YODA
66 Some Scots GAELS
67 Monkeyshines ANTICS
68 So on, in Latin CETERA
70 Had the flu, e.g. WAS ILL
72 Envelop in mist BEFOG
73 Elem. sch. subj. ARITH
74 Pi, for one RATIO
75 Mulling sound HMM
77 Put-on SHAM
78 “Yes ___?” OR NO
79 Party snacks NUTS
83 Big tub VAT
84 Let out ___ (bellow) A ROAR
87 Lacking spirit SOULLESS
89 Eases up on LOOSENS
90 Kitchen gadget DICER
92 Yin’s opposite YANG
94 Simple headstone SLAB
95 1980s attorney general ED MEESE
97 Diver’s milieu? SKY
101 Author Allende ISABEL
102 Teeny bit SMIDGE
104 Obsessed captain AHAB
107 “___ it looks good” ON YOU
108 Groups of troops UNITS
109 Pair’s possessive OURS
110 Place STEAD
111 Current fashion TREND
112 Marsh plant SEDGE
113 Kelly’s possum POGO
114 Petri dish gelatin AGAR
115 Hankering URGE
116 Go hither and yon ROAM
121 What a flat lacks AIR
122 Uptown dir. in NYC NNE
123 Pluto, forward or backward GOD
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