Day: February 16, 2014

Frequently Asked Question: Why isn’t the puzzle in my paper the same as the one shown on your blog?
If the puzzle in your paper doesn’t match the one that I solved, it is probably a Sunday crossword. On Sundays, the “LA Times” chooses to publish Merl Reagle’s excellent crossword, and not their own “LA Times” Crossword. The “LA Times” puzzle is still sent out in syndication, and is also published in the “LA Times” online. I’ve been asked to blog about Merl Reagle’s crossword, but frankly I don’t have the time. Sunday puzzles have lots of clues!

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
1. Two-time ’90s US Open champ EDBERG
Stefan Edberg is a Swedish tennis player, and former world number one. Sadly, one part of Edberg’s legacy is his involvement in a freak accident at the 1983 US Open. A ball struck by Edberg hit one of the linesmen causing him to topple off his chair, fracturing his skull as he hit the ground. That injury was fatal.

7. Red-hot sauce TABASCO
Edward McIlhenny created the first Tabasco Sauce in 1868. He recycled old cologne bottles as a container for the sauce so that he could present it to friends, and when he went into business he ordered new cologne bottles for the commercial product. Even today, the Tabasco Sauce bottle bears a striking resemblance to the bottle used to distribute 4711 cologne.

19. __ Patri: hymn GLORIA
“Gloria Patri” or “”Glory Be to the Father” is a hymn of praise in several Christian traditions. The hymn is sometimes called the “Lesser Doxology”, whereas the hymn “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” is known as the “Greater Doxology”. A “doxology” is a short hymn of praise.

20. Bunker portrayer O’CONNOR
Stars of the sitcom :”All in the Family” were:

– Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker
– Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker
– Sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic née Bunker
– Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic

“All in the Family” is an American sitcom, a remake of the incredibly successful BBC show called “Till Death Us Do Part”. Both the UK and US versions of the sitcom were groundbreaking in that the storyline brought into focus topics previously considered unsuitable for a television comedy, including racism, homosexuality, women’s liberation, menopause and impotence. “All in the Family” is one of only three TV shows that has topped the Nielsen ratings for five consecutive seasons (the other two are “The Cosby Show” and “American Idol”).

22. Taking inventory at the Tropicana plant? ORANGE COUNTING (from “Orange County”)
Orange County in the Greater Los Angeles Area is the smallest county in Southern California, yet is the sixth most populous county in the US. The county seat is Santa Ana.

Orange County, Florida is in the center of the state. The name was changed from Mosquito County to the more friendly Orange County in honor of the county’s main product.

Orange County, New York is in the southern part of the state. The county was named in honor of William III of Orange when it was established in 1683.

The Tropicana company is most famous for its orange juice. The company is headquartered in Chicago, where not many oranges are grown …

25. Name on a tablet BAYER
Aspirin was a brand name for the drug acetylsalicylic acid. Aspirin was introduced by the German drug company Bayer AG in the late 1800s. As part of the war reparations paid by Germany after WWI, Bayer AG lost the use of the trademark “Aspirin” (as well as the trademark Heroin!) and it became a generic term.

26. OR hookups IVS
Intravenous drips (IVs) might be set up the operating room (OR).

28. Rogers contemporary AUTRY
Gene Autry was a so-called singing cowboy who had an incredibly successful career on radio, television and in films starting in the thirties. Autry’s signature song was “Back in the Saddle Again”, and his biggest hit was “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. He also had a hit with his own Christmas song called “Here Comes Santa Claus”. There’s even a town in Oklahoma called Gene Autry, named in his honor. Famously, Autry owned the Los Angeles Angels (now the Anaheim Angels) for many years, from 1961 to 1997.

Cowboy actor and singer Roy Rogers’ real name was Leonard Franklin Slye, and his nickname was “King of the Cowboys”. Roy Rogers married Dale Evans in 1947. Evans’ nickname was “Queen of the West”.

34. Mark successors EUROS
One of the currencies replaced by the euro was Germany’s Deutsche Mark (called “Deutschmark” in English).

36. Inter __ ALIA
Inter alia means “among other things” in Latin.

39. Miniature golf with clowns and windmills? SILLY PUTTING (from “Silly Putty”)
Silly Putty is a silicone polymer that is marketed as a toy. It is a remarkable material that can flow like a liquid and can also bounce. Silly Putty was one of those accidental creations, an outcome of research during WWII in search rubber substitutes. The substitution became urgent as Japan invaded rubber-producing countries all around the Pacific Rim.

44. ’60s-’70s Mets coach Eddie YOST
Eddie Yost was a professional third baseman and coach. As a batter, Yost was known for getting on base with walks, earning him the nickname the “Walking Man”.

46. Gp. that funds psychiatric drug testing NIMH
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one the 27 organizations that make up the National Institutes for Health (NIH).

47. Black or white drink RUSSIAN
A White Russian is a cocktail made from vodka, Kahlua or Tia Maria, and cream, served in an old-fashioned glass with ice. The White Russian is similar to a Black Russian, which is the same drink without the cream. Both cocktails are called “Russian” as they are based on vodka, and both have been around since the late forties, with no one seeming to know which drink came first.

52. __ Tamid: synagogue lamp NER
“Ner tamid” is the Hebrew term for a sanctuary lamp, although it is often referred to in English as “eternal flame”.

53. Indian state GOA
Goa is the smallest state in India, and is located in the southwest of the country. The Portuguese landed in Goa in the early 1500s, at first peacefully carrying out trade, but then took the area by force creating Portuguese India. Portugal held onto Portuguese India even after the British pulled out of India in 1947, until the Indian Army marched into the area in 1961.

56. In-flight stat ALT
Altitude (alt.)

57. Boxer catching flies? SHAGGING DOG (from “shaggy dog”)
“To shag” (I am reliably informed, never having played a game of baseball in my life!) is to chase and catch a fly ball.

64. Manet’s “__ at the Folies-Bergère” A BAR
The lovely oil painting “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère” was the last major work completed by Édouard Manet.

Édouard Manet was a French painter whose works are mainly classified as Realist. Manet was friends with Impressionists masters like Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and greatly influenced the Impressionist movement. The list of Manet’s marvelous paintings includes “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe”, “Le Repose” and “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère”.

66. Iberian river EBRO
The Ebro is the longest river in Spain. The river was known by the Romans as the Iber, and it is the “Iber” river that gives the “Iberian” Peninsula its name.

73. Role for Ingrid ILSA
Ilsa Lund was of course played by Ingrid Bergman in the 1942 movie “Casablanca”. I love the words of one critic describing the chemistry between Bogart and Bergman in this film: “she paints his face with her eyes”. Wow …

74. Lake Placid Olympics star Eric HEIDEN
Eric Heiden is a former American speed skater, the most successful athlete to compete in any single Winter Olympics. He won five gold medals at the 1980 games in Lake Placid. After retiring from the ice, Heiden became a doctor and is now an orthopedic surgeon in Salt Lake City.

81. Making bad wagers? UGLY BETTING (from “Ugly Betty”)
“Ugly Betty” is a comedy-drama TV show starring America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, a Mexican American from New York City who lacks fashion sense. Betty lands a job at a fashion magazine, and hilarity ensues (I am told … never seen it).

84. ASCAP alternative BMI
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) collects licence fees for musicians and distributes royalties to composers whose works have been performed. BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) provides the same service.

88. Bandleader Brown LES
Les Brown and His Band of Renown are a big band that started to perform in the late thirties and are still going strong today. Les Brown led the band from the start, and worked with the likes of Doris Day, Bob Hope and Tony Bennett. Brown passed away in 2001, and the band is now led by his son Les Brown, Jr.

90. Vega of “Spy Kids” ALEXA
The actress Alexa Vega was just a kid when she played Carmen Cortez in the first “Spy Kids” movie in 2001, but now she is “all growed up”. I remember taking the kids to see “Spy Kids”. I think I slept through most of it though …

93. Jai __ ALAI
Even though jai alai is often said to be the fastest sport in the world because of the speed of the ball, in fact golf balls usually get going at a greater clip. Although, as a lind blog reader once pointed out to me, you don’t have to catch a golf ball …

95. Hamburger’s one EINS
Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany (after Berlin), and the third largest port in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp).

104. Brief afterthoughts PSS
One adds a PS (post scriptum, or simply “postscript”) at the end of a letter. A second postscript is a post post scriptum, a PPS.

106. Law school tyro ONE L
“One L” is a name used in general for first year law students.

A tyro (also “tiro”) is a beginner or a novice. “Tyro” comes into English from Latin, in which “tiro” means “a recruit”.

107. Gallic phone greeting ALLO
The French use “Allo!” as a greeting when answering the phone. I used to watch a very entertaining British sitcom as a young man called “‘Allo ‘Allo!” that was about the resistance movement in WWII France.

108. Sunset dirección OESTE
“Oeste” (west) is a “dirección” (direction), in Spanish.

109. Old draft deferment TWO-A
The US government maintains information on all males who are potentially subject to military conscription, using what is called the Selective Service System(SS). In the event that a draft was held, men registered would be classified into groups to determine eligibility for service. Class 1-A registrants are those available for unrestricted military service. Other classes are 1-A-O (conscientious objector available for noncombatant service), 2-A (registrant deferred because of civilian occupation … non-agricultural), 4-A (registrant who has completed military service) and 4-D (Minister of religion).

112. Panama relatives BOATERS
A boater is a straw hat often associated with boating, hence the name.

Panama hats are also known as Jipijapas, named for a town in Ecuador (and not Panama) that was a major player in the hat trade.

114. __ polloi HOI
“Hoi polloi” is a Greek term, literally meaning “the majority, the many”. In English, “hoi polloi” has come to mean “the masses” and is often used in a derogatory sense.

118. Tab function INDENT
Like most features on our computer keyboards, the tab key is a hangover from the days of typewriters. When using a typewriter, making entries into a table was very tedious as it involved lots of tapping on the spacebar and backspace key. So, a lever was added to typewriters that allowed the operator to “jump” across the page to positions that could be set by hand. Later this was simplified to a tab key, which could be depressed causing the carriage to jump to the next tab stop in much the same way that the modern tab key works on a computer.

119. Nocturnal animal in a hammock? ROCKING RACCOON (from “Rocky Raccoon”)
“Rocky Raccoon” is a folk rock song by the Beatles, released in 1968.

126. Tiny dividers AMOEBAE
An ameba (or “amoeba” as we spell it back in Ireland) is a single-celled microorganism. The name comes from the Greek “amoibe”, meaning change. The name is quite apt, as the cell changes shape readily as the ameba moves, eats and reproduces.

127. Sailor’s omen RED SKY
We often see red in the sky at sunrise and sunset. This is because at those times of day, sunlight travels through the thickest part of the atmosphere and only the red wavelengths of light make it through. Dust and moisture particles in the atmosphere tend to scatter the other wavelengths. These scattering particles are most concentrated in weather systems, and weather systems tend to move from west to east, because of westerly trade winds. So, if we see a red sky illuminated by the sun rising in the east, then the red is caused by a weather system to the east i.e. one that has passed. If we see a red sky lit by a setting sun in the west, it is likely that the sunlight is coming through a weather system that is on its way. So the old adage has some truth to it:
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning

130. Braves’ div. NL EAST
The Atlanta Braves are the only team to have won baseball’s World Series in three different home cities. They won as the Boston Braves in 1914, the Milwaukee Braves in 1957 and the Atlanta Braves in 1995.

Down
2. MSRP poster DLR
A dealer (dlr.) is likely to show us the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of a car.

4. Coastal raptor ERN
The ern (also erne) is also called the white-tailed eagle or sea-eagle.

“Raptor” is a generic term for a bird of prey, one that has talons to grip its victims.

5. Cathy who played Pan RIGBY
Cathy Rigby is a former gymnast who achieved the highest scores in the US team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Rigby retired after the 1972 Olympics and started a new career on the stage. Her first role was her most celebrated, playing an athletic Peter Pan in a spectacular theater-in-the-round production of the J. M. Barrie classic.

6. Earth goddess GAEA
The Greek goddess personifying the earth was Gaea (meaning “land” or “earth” in Greek). The Roman equivalent goddess was Terra Mater, “Mother Earth”.

8. Upscale Honda ACURA
Acura is a division of the Honda Motor Company, and is Honda’s luxury brand. Infiniti is the equivalent luxury brand for the Nissan Motor Company, and Lexus is the more luxurious version of Toyota’s models.

9. Rocker __ Jovi BON
Jon Bon Jovi was born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr., and he is the leader of the band that took his name, Bon Jovi.

12. Roman Republic official CONSUL
In the Roman Republic, the highest elected office was that of consul. Two elected consuls headed the government, and were advised by a senate. A consul’s term was limited to one year.

14. Setting for “The Plague” ORAN
Oran lies on the Algerian coast, and is famous for being the port where the French Navy was largely destroyed by the British during WWII in order to avoid the French vessels falling into the hands of Nazi Germany after France surrendered. This decisive and unexpected unilateral action by the British sent a very strong message around the world that Britain was willing to fight alone against the axis powers if necessary.

“The Plague” is a novel by Albert Camus, first published in 1947. It is set in the Algerian port of Oran during a terrible plague.

17. Strands at Chamonix, perhaps ICES IN
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is on the eastern border of France, in the Alps. Famously it was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first ever Winter Olympic Games.

23. Photo lab color CYAN
“Cyan” is short for “cyan blue”. The term comes from the Greek word “kyanos” meaning “dark blue, the color of lapis lazuli”.

27. Armstrong’s admission DOPING
Lance Armstrong is a former professional road racing cyclist. Famously, Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times in a row, an especially impressive feat as he is a testicular cancer survivor. However, in August 2012 Armstrong was stripped of his titles when he gave up his opposition to charges that he had used performance enhancing drugs.

28. Actress Lindley AUDRA
Audra Lindley was the actress who played building owner Helen Roper on the sitcom “Three’s Company”.

29. Ryder competitor U-HAUL
The U-Haul company was started by married couple Leonard Shoen and Anna Mary Carty in Ridgefield, Washington in 1945. The Shoens used $5,000 of seed money to build trailers in their garage, and then cleverly recruited gas station owners as franchisees with whom they would split the rental revenue. There are now about 15,000 U-Haul dealers across the country.

The Ryder company was founded in 1933 in Miami, Florida by James Ryder. It started out as a concrete hauling company, but changed its focus a few years later to the leasing of trucks.

30. Putting Tonka Trucks in the attic? TOY STORING (from “Toy Story”)
1995’s “Toy Story” was the world’s first feature-length computer-animated movie. “Toy Story” was also the studio Pixar’s first production. The main roles in the film are Woody and Buzz, voiced by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen respectively. Hanks was the first choice to voice Woody, Allen was asked to voice Buzz after Billy Crystal turned down the role.

The toy manufacturer today known as Tonka started out as a manufacturer of garden implements in Mound, Minnesota in 1946. By 1955, toys had become the main product line for the company. At that time the owners decided to change the company name and opted for “Tonka”, a Dakota Sioux word meaning “great, big”.

33. Very, in scores ASSAI
The musical term “assai” means “very”.

35. Rembrandt van __ RYN
The celebrated Dutch painter’s full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (sometimes Ryn). Rembrandt is perhaps most appreciated for his portraits, and left the world a remarkable collection of self-portraits.

38. Pocatello native IDAHOAN
Pocatello is a city in the southeast of Idaho. It is home to Idaho State University. The city was founded as a railroad stop in the days of the gold rush. Pocatello was named for the chief of the Shoshone tribe who granted the right of way for the railroad to pass through the nearby Fort Hall Indian Reservation.

40. Autobiography featuring Ike I, TINA
“I, Tina” is the 1986 autobiography of Tina Turner. The book was so successful it was adapted into a movie called “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The film version was released in 1993 and starring Angela Bassett as Tina Turner.

45. Texter’s “Yikes!” OMG
OMG is text-speak for Oh My Gosh! Oh My Goodness! or any other G words you might think of …

50. Old British roadsters MGBS
The MGB sports car was produced by British car manufacturer MG Cars from 1962 to 1980. The acronym “MG” stood for Morris Garages.

51. Pierre’s home: Abbr. S DAK
Here’s an old chestnut of a trivia question for you … what’s the only state capital in the Union in which the name of the capital and the name of its state share no common letters? You guessed it … Pierre, South Dakota …

58. “Peer Gynt Suite” composer GRIEG
Edvard Grieg is Norway’s best known composer, active in the Romantic Era. Grieg’s most famous works are the gorgeous “Piano Concerto in A minor:”, and his incidental music for the play “Peer Gynt” by Henrik Ibsen.

59. Praying figure ORANT
An orant is a gesture made during some Christian services. It is the name given to the pose with the hands raised, set apart, and palms facing outwards. The term can also be used for someone holding such a pose. If you’ve looked at many examples of early Christian art, you’ll know what I mean. The term comes from the Latin “orare” meaning “to pray”.

61. Corral, with “in” REIN
“Corral” is the Spanish word for an enclosure for livestock, and is a word we’ve imported into English. Ultimately, the term comes from the Vulgar Latin “currale” meaning “enclosure for carts”, itself coming from “currus”, the Latin for “cart”.

65. Converses, e.g., slangily TENNIES
“Tennies” is a slang term for “tennis shoes”.

The Converse shoe company was founded in Malden, Massachusetts in 1908 by one Marquis Mills Converse. The company grew steadily, and introduced its first athletic shoe in 1915, a shoe designed for playing tennis. The Converse brand really took off in 1917 with the launch of a shoe designed especially for basketball.

Converse introduced its first basketball shoe way back in 1917, calling the new line “All Star”. Basketball player Chuck Taylor really liked the new design and was hired by Converse as a salesman and a spokesman. Taylor suggested a refinement to the design, including a patch on the side to protect the ankle. A star logo (representing the “All-Star” brand) was added to the patch, with Chuck Taylor’s signature being added to the logo as an endorsement in 1923. The Chuck Taylor All-Star became the best selling basketball shoe of all time, and the star became the logo for the Converse company.

66. Actress Jennifer EHLE
My favorite screen version of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is the 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. The wonderful chemistry that Ehle and Firth exhibited on screen extended off the screen and the pair were “an item” for a while. Jennifer Ehle was recently again cast with Colin Firth, in the excellent film “The King’s Speech” from 2010.

67. ’60s counterculture event BE-IN
Just before 1967’s “Summer of Love” in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, a Human Be-In was held in the city’s Golden Gate Park. The Be-In is described as a “happening”, a gathering triggered by a new state law banning the use of LSD. The term “Human Be-In” is a play on “humanist sit-in”.

69. Like an unreal land? LA-LA
La-la land is a euphemism for a state of unconsciousness.

70. “Until next time,” in IMs TTYL
Talk to you later (TTYL)

Even though instant messaging (sending IMs) has been around since the 1960s, it was AOL who popularized the term “instant message” in the eighties and nineties.

75. Zhou __ ENLAI
Zhou Enlai (also Chou En-Lai) was the first government leader of the People’s Republic of China and held the office of Premier from 1949 until he died in 1976. Zhou Enlai ran the government for Communist Party Leader Mao Zedong, often striking a more conciliatory tone with the West than that of his boss. He was instrumental, for example, in setting up President Nixon’s famous visit to China in 1972. Zhou Enlai died just a few months before Mao Zedong, with both deaths leading to unrest and a dramatic change in political direction for the country.

79. Fancy molding OGEE
An ogee is like an s-curve. Specifically it is a figure consisting of two arcs that curve in opposite directions (like an S) but both ends of the curve end up parallel to each other (which is not necessarily true for an S).

85. Brawl MELEE
Our word “melee” comes from the French “mêlée”, and in both languages the word means a “confused fight”.

86. Poems describing rustic life IDYLS
An idyl is a short poem with a pastoral theme, usually depicting the scene in romantic and idealized terms. The word comes from the Greek “eidyllion”, which literally translates to “little picture” but was a word describing a short, poem with a rustic theme.

89. The United States, in Nuevo Laredo EL NORTE
“El Norte” is the term many people in Central America use for the United States and Canada, “the North” in Spanish.

Nuevo Laredo lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, directly across the US-Mexico border from American city of Laredo, Texas. Nuevo Laredo is a younger city than Laredo, but is larger than its US counterpart.

92. Controversial infielder A-ROD
Poor old Alex Rodriguez earned more nicknames than just A-Rod. He has been called “the Cooler” by some players as there is a perception that teams go cold when he joins them and hot when he leaves. He has also been called “A-Fraud” by teammates because of another perception, that he is over-demanding. Rodriguez is now seems to be in a world of hurt for using illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

94. Tape speed unit: Abbr. IPS
Inches per second (IPS)

98. Coddled BABIED
The word “coddle” means to boil gently, as in “coddle an egg”. Coddle was first used to mean “treat tenderly” by Jane Austen. Austen introduced the extended usage in her masterpiece “Emma”.

99. King in “The Tempest” ALONSO
In William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”, Alonso is the King of Naples. Alonso helps Antonio to depose his brother Prospero as Duke of Milan and set him adrift in a boat with Prospero’s young daughter Miranda.

William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” tells the story of Prospero, who was removed from the throne of Milan and banished to a deserted island along with his daughter Miranda. Prospero learns sorcery while castaway, and eventually conjures up a tempest that drives those who usurped his throne onto the island’s shores (in particular his own brother, Antonio).

103. Recent rightist NEOCON
By definition, a neoconservative supports the use of American power and military to bring democracy, liberty, equality and human rights to other countries.

105. __ City, Iraq SADR
Sadr City is a suburb of Baghdad, oft in the news these days. Sadr City is named after the deceased Shia leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr.

111. Office component EXCEL
Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet program included in the Microsoft Office suite of applications. Microsoft’s first spreadsheet program was introduced back in 1982 and called “Multiplan”. Multiplan’s popularity waned due to the success of the competing product Lotus 1-2-3. Microsoft then introduced Excel, initially just for the Macintosh. When Excel was extended to Windows, Lotus was slow to respond and Microsoft took over the market.

113. Rhinitis docs ENTS
Ear, Nose and Throat specialist (ENT)

115. Company name that begins with its founder’s initials IKEA
IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 when he was just 17-years-old! IKEA is an acronym that stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (don’t forget now!). Elmtaryd was the name of the farm where Ingvar Kamprad grew up, and Agunnaryd is his home parish in Sweden.

122. Spanish she-bear OSA
In Spanish, “osa” is a female bear, and “oso” is a male.

124. Big Apple news initials NYT
“The New York Times” has been published since 1851. These days a viable alternative to buying the paper is to read the news online. NYTimes.com is the most popular online newspaper website in the country.

Apparently the first published use of the term “Big Apple” to describe New York City dates back to 1909. Edward Martin wrote the following in his book “The Wayfarer in New York”:

“Kansas is apt to see in New York a greedy city. . . . It inclines to think that the big apple gets a disproportionate share of the national sap.”

Over ten years later, the term “big apple” was used as a nickname for racetracks in and around New York City. However, the concerted effort to “brand” the city as the Big Apple had to wait until the seventies and was the work of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Two-time ’90s US Open champ EDBERG
7. Red-hot sauce TABASCO
14. Studio sign ON AIR
19. __ Patri: hymn GLORIA
20. Bunker portrayer O’CONNOR
21. Frolic PRANCE
22. Taking inventory at the Tropicana plant? ORANGE COUNTING (from “Orange County”)
24. Tattered RAGGED
25. Name on a tablet BAYER
26. OR hookups IVS
27. Most thick, as fog DENSEST
28. Rogers contemporary AUTRY
32. Laser pointer battery AAAA
34. Mark successors EUROS
36. Inter __ ALIA
37. “This might not be good” UH-OH
38. Electees INS
39. Miniature golf with clowns and windmills? SILLY PUTTING (from “Silly Putty”)
42. Like thrift store bread DAY-OLD
44. ’60s-’70s Mets coach Eddie YOST
46. Gp. that funds psychiatric drug testing NIMH
47. Black or white drink RUSSIAN
49. Seriously harms MAIMS
52. __ Tamid: synagogue lamp NER
53. Indian state GOA
56. In-flight stat ALT
57. Boxer catching flies? SHAGGING DOG (from “shaggy dog”)
60. Fly off the handle ERUPT
62. Traveling with the band ON TOUR
64. Manet’s “__ at the Folies-Bergère” A BAR
65. Score TWENTY
66. Iberian river EBRO
68. Listing ATILT
71. Equipment for 74-Across SKATE
73. Role for Ingrid ILSA
74. Lake Placid Olympics star Eric HEIDEN
76. “I could __ horse!” EAT A
78. Emphatic rebuke NO NO NO!
80. Bedding LINEN
81. Making bad wagers? UGLY BETTING (from “Ugly Betty”)
84. ASCAP alternative BMI
87. H.S. subject ENG
88. Bandleader Brown LES
90. Vega of “Spy Kids” ALEXA
91. Late riser LIE-ABED
93. Jai __ ALAI
95. Hamburger’s one EINS
97. In a scary way EERILY
98. Part of a supermarket uniform? BAGGING PANTS (from “baggy pants”)
104. Brief afterthoughts PSS
106. Law school tyro ONE L
107. Gallic phone greeting ALLO
108. Sunset dirección OESTE
109. Old draft deferment TWO-A
111. Rims EDGES
112. Panama relatives BOATERS
114. __ polloi HOI
116. Alphabetical list INDEX
118. Tab function INDENT
119. Nocturnal animal in a hammock? ROCKING RACCOON (from “Rocky Raccoon”)
125. __ sale ESTATE
126. Tiny dividers AMOEBAE
127. Sailor’s omen RED SKY
128. Ruins DOOMS
129. Lessees TENANTS
130. Braves’ div. NL EAST

Down
1. __ trip EGO
2. MSRP poster DLR
3. Flowing scarf BOA
4. Coastal raptor ERN
5. Cathy who played Pan RIGBY
6. Earth goddess GAEA
7. No challenge at all TOO EASY
8. Upscale Honda ACURA
9. Rocker __ Jovi BON
10. Debate side ANTI
11. Whine SNIVEL
12. Roman Republic official CONSUL
13. Dot follower ORG
14. Setting for “The Plague” ORAN
15. Badgers NAGS AT
16. Seraphim and cherubim, to Giovanni ANGELI
17. Strands at Chamonix, perhaps ICES IN
18. Sale indicator RED TAG
21. Suppose PRESUME
23. Photo lab color CYAN
27. Armstrong’s admission DOPING
28. Actress Lindley AUDRA
29. Ryder competitor U-HAUL
30. Putting Tonka Trucks in the attic? TOY STORING (from “Toy Story”)
31. Frat letters RHOS
33. Very, in scores ASSAI
35. Rembrandt van __ RYN
38. Pocatello native IDAHOAN
40. Autobiography featuring Ike I, TINA
41. Tossed THREW
43. Lean LIST
45. Texter’s “Yikes!” OMG
48. Astro ending -NAUT
50. Old British roadsters MGBS
51. Pierre’s home: Abbr. S DAK
53. Gently tossing rifles? GUN LOBBING (from “gun lobby”)
54. Declines, with “out” OPTS
55. “Back __!” AT YA
58. “Peer Gynt Suite” composer GRIEG
59. Praying figure ORANT
61. Corral, with “in” REIN
63. Connection point NODE
65. Converses, e.g., slangily TENNIES
66. Actress Jennifer EHLE
67. ’60s counterculture event BE-IN
69. Like an unreal land? LA-LA
70. “Until next time,” in IMs TTYL
72. Slave TOIL
75. Zhou __ ENLAI
77. Red as __ A BEET
79. Fancy molding OGEE
81. Grammarians’ concerns USAGES
82. Live EXIST
83. Bronze shade TAN
85. Brawl MELEE
86. Poems describing rustic life IDYLS
89. The United States, in Nuevo Laredo EL NORTE
92. Controversial infielder A-ROD
94. Tape speed unit: Abbr. IPS
96. Eager learners, metaphorically SPONGES
98. Coddled BABIED
99. King in “The Tempest” ALONSO
100. “My pleasure!” GLAD TO!
101. Cheerleaders’ cheer GO TEAM!
102. Where batters are seen AT HOME
103. Recent rightist NEOCON
105. __ City, Iraq SADR
110. Be victorious in WIN AT
111. Office component EXCEL
113. Rhinitis docs ENTS
115. Company name that begins with its founder’s initials IKEA
117. Merit EARN
119. Singer? RAT
120. Arabic “son of” IBN
121. Start of a beginner’s piano scale CDE
122. Spanish she-bear OSA
123. Signs off on OKS
124. Big Apple news initials NYT

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