LA Times Crossword Answers 2 Mar 14, Sunday

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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!

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Robin Stears,
THEME: Dance Partners … today’s themed answers are two DANCES that have been PARTNERED, joined together:

23A. Admirer banned for overzealousness? FORBIDDEN FAN (forbidden dance & fan dance)
41A. Where “Hissing 101” is offered? SNAKE SCHOOL (snake dance & school dance)
44A. Contemporary poetry competition? MODERN SLAM (modern dance & slam dance)
69A. Something the plumber’s never seen before? EXOTIC CLOG (exotic dance & clog dance)
73A. Hardly hipsters? SQUARE FOLK (square dance & folk dance)
95A. San Diego mascot’s topper? CHICKEN HAT (Chicken Dance & hat dance)
100A. Follow the Scarlet Speedster? SHADOW FLASH (shadow dance & “Flashdance”)
122A. Eating contest winner’s paunch? VICTORY BELLY (victory dance & belly dance)

BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 23m 05s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across

1. Page 1 or 3, usually RECTO
The left and right pages of a book or magazine are known in publishing circles as verso and recto. Recto comes from the Latin for “right”, and verso comes from the Latin word for “turned”. The idea is that the left side of the page is “turned” and is the reverse of the recto/right side.

12. Digital readout abbr. LCD
Liquid crystal display (LCD)

21. Sushi tuna AHI
Yellowfin tuna is usually marketed as “ahi”, its Hawaiian name. Yellowfin tuna is one big fish, often weighing over 300 pounds.

Sushi is a Japanese dish that has as its primary ingredient cooked, vinegared rice. The rice is usually topped with something, most often fish, and can be served in seaweed rolls. If you want raw fish by itself, then you have to order “sashimi”.

23. Admirer banned for overzealousness? FORBIDDEN FAN (forbidden dance & fan dance)
The lambada is a dance from Brazil that is sometimes called “the forbidden dance”. Back in the days when Brazil was a Portuguese colony the dance was “forbidden” as is was deemed too “sexy”.

The fan dance performed using ostrich feathers was popularized by burlesque star Sally Rand. “Sally Rand” was a stage name used by Helen Beck. The Rand name was given to her by film director Cecil B. DeMille, inspired by the Rand McNally road atlas. Rand’s most famous performance was at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. While performing at the Fair she was arrested four times for public nudity, even though the nudity was only an illusion as Rand was in fact wearing a bodysuit at the time.

31. Table d’hôte alternative A LA CARTE
On a restaurant menu, items that are “à la carte” are priced and ordered separately. A menu marked “table d’hôte” (also called “prix fixe”) is a fixed-price menu with limited choice.

34. Coveted annual honor OSCAR
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is the organization that gives the annual Academy Awards also known as the “Oscars”. The root of the name “Oscar” is hotly debated, but what is agreed is that the award was officially named “Oscar” in 1939. The first Academy Awards were presented at a brunch in 1929 with an audience of just 29 people. The Awards ceremony is a slightly bigger event these days …

41. Where “Hissing 101” is offered? SNAKE SCHOOL (snake dance & school dance)
One usage of the phrase “snake dance” is to describe a parade held during a school or college homecoming event. The term dates back to the 1920s and refers to the parade of students “snaking” their way through the town.

44. Contemporary poetry competition? MODERN SLAM (modern dance & slam dance)
A poetry slam is a competition in which poets read their own work (usually), with winners being chosen by members of audience. Apparently the first poetry slam took place in Chicago in 1984. Now there is a Nation Poetry Slam that takes place each year, with representatives from the US, Canada and France.

Slam dancing is a punk rock tradition in which groups of dancers flail about and slam into each one and another. Sort of like my foxtrot, I am told …

49. .jpg file contents IMAGE
The JPEG file format was created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), hence the name.

An image file on a computer can be compressed so that it takes up less space. Some time the compression is “lossless” meaning even though the file is compressed, and data it is discarded, the image still looks the same. One example of data that can be discarded without loss of quality, is to not bother recording the color information of pixels that are the same color as others. Just saying “this pixel is the same is that one” takes up less space. One can compress files even more if one allows loss of quality. One well known compression algorithm that is “lossy” is the jpeg (also “.jpg”) format. The person compressing the file can decide how much quality will suffer in jpeg format, with larger files being of higher quality than the smaller ones.

50. Scintilla SHRED
A “scintilla” is a small amount. The term can also be used to describe a spark or a flash (as in “to scintillate”). The term came into English from Latin, in which language it means “spark, particle of fire, atom”.

58. Beersheba locale NEGEV
Beersheba is the largest city in the desert region in southern Israel called the Negev. Beersheba is home to many Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union, who brought with them many aspects of the culture of their former homeland. For example, the Beersheba now has more chess grandmasters per capita than any other city in the world.

60. Dolphins’ order CETACEA
Cetaceans are mammals that have adapted to life in water. Examples of cetaceans are whales, dolphins and porpoises.

63. Picked up a split, say SPARED
In bowling, the downing of all ten pins in two balls in the same frame is a “spare”, scoring ten points. The player gets a bonus, equal to the number of pins downed with the next ball, which could be up to ten. Hence, a spare can be worth up to 20 points.

65. Handel work MESSIAH
George Frideric Handel was the King of the Oratorio. Handel’s most famous oratorio is “Messiah”, which had its debut performance in Dublin, Ireland back in 1742.

68. Shop _ you drop ‘TIL
I drop after about 10-15 minutes …

75. __ & Perrins: Worcestershire sauce LEA
Worcestershire Sauce is a variant of a fermented fish sauce that has been around since the days of the Roman Empire. The modern sauce was developed and marketed by Messrs. Lea and Perrins in the city of Worcester, then in the county of Worcestershire, hence the name. We vegans aren’t supposed to touch it, as it contains anchovies! Oh, and “Worcestershire” is pronounced “wooster-sheer” …

78. Shoppe sign words YE OLDE
The word “olde” wasn’t actually used much earlier than the 1920s. “Olde” was introduced to give a quaint antique feel to brand names, shop names etc.

79. Some printers INKJETS
Inkjet is a very accurate and descriptive name for the type of printer. Printing is done by shooting fine jets of ink onto the page.

88. Grateful, maybe? ASHES
A grate in a fireplace might be full of ashes and therefore “grateful”, sort of …

90. Marsupial sometimes called a bear KOALA
The koala really does look like a little bear, but it’s not even remotely related. The koala is an arboreal marsupial and a herbivore, native to the east and south coasts of Australia. Koalas aren’t primates, and are one of the few mammals other than primates who have fingerprints. In fact, it can be very difficult to tell human fingerprints from koala fingerprints, even under an electron microscope.

Marsupials are mammals that carry their young in a pouch. Better-known marsupials are kangaroos, koalas, wombats and Tasmanian devils. As you can perhaps tell from this list, most marsupials are native to the Southern Hemisphere.

91. Ancient fertility goddess ASTARTE
Astarte was an ancient fertility goddess who was worshiped throughout the Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean. “Astarte” is the name that the Greeks gave to her, although Astarte was absorbed into Greek mythology as the goddesses Aphrodite and Artemis.

95. San Diego mascot’s topper? CHICKEN HAT (Chicken Dance & hat dance)
The San Diego Chicken is an advertising mascot who originated as an advertising mascot on television in 1974. A San Diego State student called Ted Giannoulas was hired to wear the chicken suit back then, and he has been wearing it ever since.

The Chicken Dance is performed to an oom-pah song usually called the “Birdie Song” that was composed in Switzerland in the fifties. A version of “The Birdie Song” was released in 1981 by the Tweets as a novelty tune and it became a surprising chart hit, and everyone started doing the Chicken Dance at dances right across the country.

100. Follow the Scarlet Speedster? SHADOW FLASH (shadow dance & “Flashdance”)
The Flash is a DC Comics superhero who is nicknamed “the Scarlet Speedster” or “the Crimson Comet”. The Flash’s superpower is his ability to move extremely quickly, with speed that defies the laws of physics.

Shadow dancing is a variation of the western two-step.

“Flashdance” is a 1983 romantic drama film about a young welder at a steel plant who aspires to become a professional dancer. The movie’s soundtrack was also a big hit and features songs like “Maniac” and “Flashdance… What a Feeling” performed by Irene Cara that won the Best Original Song Oscar.

108. Victuals ALIMENTS
An “aliment” is an item of food, something that nourishes. The term comes from the Latin “alimentum” meaning “nourishment”.

“Victuals” is a term for food that is fit for consumption. We tend to pronounce “victuals” as “vittles”, and we use the term “vittles” and “victuals” interchangeably.

114. Hamlet and Ophelia, e.g. ROLES
In William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, Ophelia is courted by Hamlet, the man himself. Ophelia is the daughter of nobleman Polonius. She dies …

116. Payday, for one NUT BAR
PayDay is a candy bar now made by Hershey that consists of salted peanuts around a caramel center. The original PayDay was introduced in 1932.

126. Kingston Trio hit for whose hero Boston’s CharlieCard was named MTA
“M.T.A.” was a 1958 hit for the Kingston Trio. The song tells of a man called Charlie who is stuck on board an MTA subway car in Boston. His problem is that “exit fares” had been introduced on the system to supplement “entrance fares” (true story!), and the man didn’t have the extra nickel needed to get off the train.

The CharlieCard is smart card that can be used on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The card takes it name from the folk song “M.T.A.” (sometimes called “Charlie on the MTA”) that was a hit for the Kingston Trio in 1958.

127. Daughter of Zeus ATHENA
The Greek goddess Athena is often associated with wisdom (among other attributes). In many representations. Athena is depicted with an owl sitting on her head. It is this linkage of the owl with the goddess of wisdom that led to today’s perception of the owl as being “wise”.

128. __ Gay ENOLA
The Enola Gay was the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb, on Hiroshima in August 1945. Enola Gay was the name of the mother of pilot Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.

129. Standard Oil brand ESSO
The brand name Esso has its roots in the old Standard Oil company as it uses the initial letters of “Standard” and “Oil” (ESS-O). The Esso brand was replaced by Exxon in the US, but ESSO is still used in many other countries.

130. “Errare humanum __”: Seneca EST
According to the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger, “Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum”. This translates literally as “To err is human, to persist (in commiting such errors) is of the devil”.

Seneca the Younger was a playwright as well as a tutor and advisor to the Emperor Nero of Ancient Rome. Although maybe innocent, Seneca was forced to commit suicide by Nero as it was alleged that Seneca participated in a plot to kill the emperor. To kill himself, Seneca cut into a number of veins in order to bleed to death.

132. One-named Swedish pop singer ROBYN
Robyn is the stage name of Swedish singer Robin Miriam Carlsson. Never heard of her …

Down
1. Finn’s vessel RAFT
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was first published in 1884, not here in the US but rather in England. The original launch planned for the US had to be delayed until the following year because some rascal had defaced the plate for one of the illustrations, making an obscene joke. Once the problem was spotted a new plate had to be made, and 30,000 copies already printed had to be reworked to cover up the obscenity.

2. Sci-fi people ELOI
In the 1895 novel by H. G. Wells called “The Time Machine”, there are two races that the hero encounter in his travels into the future. The Eloi are the “beautiful people” who live on the planet’s surface. The Morlocks are a race of cannibals living underground who use the Eloi as food.

4. Sitar accompaniment TABLA
A tabla is a percussion instrument used in the Indian subcontinent. The tabla consists of a pair of hand drums and is similar to bongos.

5. Bay window ORIEL
An oriel window is a bay window that projects from a wall, but does not reach all the way to the ground.

7. Preposition with multiple homonyms ERE
Strictly speaking, homonyms are words that have the same spelling and the same pronunciation but different meanings e.g. skate (a fish) and skate (worn on the foot). However, the term “homonyms” can also apply in common parlance to words that are pronounced OR spelled the same way but have different meanings. So one might also called the words ere, air, err and heir all homonyms as they all can be pronounced the same way. Strictly speaking, this is a list of homophones. I know, I don’t like ambiguity either …

8. Criminal intent, in law MENS REA
“Mens rea” is Latin for “guilty mind” and is a central concept in criminal law. The concept is expanded to “actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea” meaning “the act does not make a person guilty unless the mind be also guilty”. In other words, a someone should not be deemed guilty of an act, unless he or she had a “guilty mind”, intended to do wrong.

11. Article in Die Zeit EINE
“Die Zeit” is the most widely read, weekly newspaper in Germany. It was first published soon after after in the end of WWII, in February of 1946. “Zeit” is the German word for “time”.

13. Pulpit locale CHANCEL
The chancel of a Christian church is the space surrounding the altar. The chancel sometimes includes the choir and the pulpit.

14. Part of CDC DISEASE
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is based in Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC started out life during WWII as the Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities. The CDC worries about much more than malaria these days …

15. Skedaddled FLED
“Skedaddle ” is a slang term meaning “run away” that dates back to the Civil War.

16. Bodega patron LATINO
“Bodega” is the Spanish term for a winery, or these days for a grocery store.

17. Skin care brand AVEENO
Aveeno is a manufacturer of skin care and hair care products that was founded in 1945. The name Aveeno comes from the Latin name for the common oat: “Avena sativa”.

29. Dry Italian wine SOAVE
Soave is a dry white wine produced in the area around the city of Verona in northeast Italy.

33. Pledge of Allegiance ender ALL
The Pledge of Allegiance of the US was composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892 and was adopted by Congress in 1942. The actual words used in the pledge have changed over time. Here is the original 1892 version shown in comparison to the current version that was adopted in 1954:

1892: I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
1954: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

37. Disney’s “__ and the Detectives” EMIL
“Emil and the Detectives” is a novel first published in 1929. It was originally written in German and was titled “Emil und die Detektive”. The Disney company released a screen adaptation in 1964.

39. Biblical Rodin work ADAM
The Rodin Museum is my favorite of all the museums in Paris. The Musée Rodin is very special in that the building and garden that hold all of the works was once Auguste Rodin’s actual home and studio. Well worth a visit if you’re in France’s City of Lights …

43. Air filter acronym HEPA
Air filters can be specified as HEPA, with the acronym standing for “high-efficiency particulate absorption”. To be given the name HEPA, the filter must remove 99.7% of particles with a size of 0.3 microns or larger.

47. Flavor enhancer MSG
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of a naturally-occurring,non-essential amino acid called glutamic acid. It is used widely as a flavor enhancer, particularly in many Asian cuisines. Whether or not it is harmful seems to be still under debate. Personally I prefer ingredients from a garden over ingredients from a test tube …

53. X-__: tool brand ACTO
The X-Acto knife was invented in the thirties by a Polish immigrant, although his intention was to come up with a scalpel for surgeons. The knife couldn’t cut it as a scalpel though (pun intended!), because it was difficult to clean. The inventor’s brother-in law suggested it be used as a craft knife, and it is still around today.

54. Playwright Simon NEIL
Neil Simon is one of my favorite playwrights. Simon has written over thirty plays and about thirty screenplays. He has received more nominations for Oscars and Tony Awards than any other writer. My favorite play penned by Simon has to be “Brighton Beach Memoirs”, but the list of his great stage works seems endless and includes “Barefoot in the Park”, “The Odd Couple”, “Sweet Charity”, “Plaza Suite”, “California Suite”, “Biloxi Blues” and “The Goodbye Girl”.

57. Musical “don’t play” TACET
“Tacet” is a musical direction meaning “be silent”. It is typically written on a score to instruct a particular voice or instrument to remain silent for a whole movement. “Tacet” is Latin for “it is silent”.

58. Snidely Whiplash fearer NELL
Dudley Do-Right appeared on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, a cartoon that appeared on television in a couple of different versions from 1959-1964. Dudley was a bungling Mountie who struggled with his nemesis, the evil Snidely Whiplash, while pursuing the romantic intentions of Nell Fenwick (who always seemed to prefer Dudley’s horse!).

59. Ancient Dead Sea land EDOM
According to the Bible, the Edomites were the descendants of Esau. “Edom” translates from Hebrew as “red”, and was the name given to Esau when he ate the “red pottage”.

60. “See ya!” CIAO!
“Ciao” is the Italian for “‘bye”. “Arrivederci” is more formal, and translates as “goodbye”.

62. Wayne nickname THE DUKE
John Wayne was called Marion Mitchell Morrison at birth, named after his grandfather who was a Civil War veteran. When young Marion was a little boy, a local fireman used to call him “Little Duke” because he was always seen walking with his large dog called “Duke”. Marion liked the name “Duke” and so he called himself Duke Morrison for the rest of his life. That said, Duke Morrison also used John Wayne as a stage name.

69. The Whiffenpoofs of a cappella fame ELIS
The Yale Whiffenpoofs are an a cappella group based in Yale University. They are the oldest such university group in this country, established in 1909. “The Whiffenpoof Song” is the group’s traditional closing number. The song was first performed back in 1909, and has been recorded by many artists including Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby.

80. Steinbeck hero Tom JOAD
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” is set during the Great Depression. The novel tells the story of the Joad family from Oklahoma, farmers who had to leave their home and head for California due to economic hardship.

84. Comic actor Bert LAHR
Bert Lahr’s most famous role was the cowardly lion in “The Wizard of Oz”. Lahr had a long career in burlesque, vaudeville and on Broadway. Lahr also starred in the first US production of Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot”, alongside Tom Ewell.

85. David and Goliath’s battlefield ELAH
In the story of David and Goliath, the Israelites and the Philistines faced each other in battle at the Valley of Elah. Goliath was the warrior champion of the Philistines and each day he challenged the Israelites to send out their champion to decide the battle in a one-on-one fight. No one was courageous enough to accept the challenge until young David agreed to face the mighty Goliath. And of course David felled the giant soldier with a stone from his sling.

86. Defense gp. NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded not long after WWII in 1949 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The first NATO Secretary General was Lord Ismay, Winston Churchill’s chief military assistant during WWII. Famously, Lord Ismay said the goal of NATO was “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”

88. Janis’ comics mate ARLO
The comic strip “Arlo and Janis” is written by Jimmy Johnson. Introduced in 1985, Arlo and Janis are a baby booming couple with an easy approach to life who are very much in love.

89. First Super Bowl MVP STARR
Bart Starr is a retired football player and coach who spent his whole career with the Green Bay Packers. Starr was quarterback for the Packers from 1956 to 1971. Starr was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the first two Super Bowls.

92. What jerks serve SODAS
In the halcyon days of yore, a “soda jerk” was usually a young person whose main job was to serve ice cream sodas in a drugstore. The server would “jerk” the handle on the soda fountain to dispense the soda water, giving the job its distinctive name.

97. Creator of Watson IBM
Watson is a program still in development at IBM. Watson is designed to answer questions that are posed in natural language, so that it should be able to interpret questions just as you and I would, no matter how the question is phrased. The program is named after the founder of IBM, Thomas J. Watson. Today’s Watson competed in a few memorable episodes of “Jeopardy!” in 2011 taking out two of the best players of the quiz show. That made for fun television …

98. Cedar Rapids college COE
Coe College is a private school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that was founded in 1851. Coe is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

99. G on a sax? KENNY
Saxophonist Kenny G’s full name is Kenneth Bruce Gorelick. Kenny’s “G” might also stand for “golfer”, as in 2006 he was ranked by “Golf Digest” magazine as the number one golfer working in the field of music.

100. Oscar role for Meryl SOPHIE
“Sophie’s Choice” is a novel by William Styron. The title character is a Polish survivor of Nazi concentration camps. The tragic “choice” which Sophie had to make was forced on her by a sadistic German doctor during the war. Sophie had to decide which of her two young children would be immediately gassed, and which would be allowed to live in a camp. Famously, Sophie was played on the big screen by actress Meryl Streep.

103. Ice cream-making supply HALITE
Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride, and is also known as “rock salt”. Halite is used for handling ice, as salt water has a lower freezing point than pure water. Adding salt to icy sidewalks can therefore cause any ice to melt (as long as the ambient temperature isn’t too low). A mixture of halite and ice can also be used to cool things below the freezing point of water, perhaps to make ice cream.

109. Café con __ LECHE
In Spanish, one might have coffee with milk (con leche).

110. Rutabaga or yam TUBER
The rutabaga is a root vegetable that we call a “swede” over in Ireland. It is actually a cross between a cabbage and a turnip. Very tasty …

Although in the US we sometimes refer to sweet potatoes as “yams”, the yam is actually a completely different family of plants. True yams are more common in other parts of the the world than they are in this country, and are especially found in Africa.

111. Gregg user STENO
Stenography is the process of writing in shorthand. The term comes from the Greek “steno” (narrow) and “graphe” (writing).

Gregg shorthand was developed in 1888 by John Robert Gregg, a native of Ireland who was living in New York City at the time.

113. Gambling town on I-80 RENO
The city of Reno’s economy took off when open gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931. Within a short time, a syndicate had built the Bank Club in Reno, which was the largest casino in the whole world at the time.

115. Like an oeil-de-boeuf window OVAL
An oeil-de-boeuf window is small and oval, and is typical of French Baroque architecture. The term is French for “bull’s eye”.

119. Actor Gosling RYAN
Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor who really seems to be riding high right now. He is one of a string of entertainers to graduate from the Mickey Mouse Club on the Disney Channel. I saw him not too long ago in the fun romantic comedy “Crazy, Stupid, Love” starring alongside Steve Carell.

121. Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” KAT
Kat Dennings is the stage name of actress Katherine Litwack, noted today for her co-starring role on CBS’s sitcom “2 Broke Girls”. Dennings is an avid blogger, and you can check out her video blog on YouTube.

123. Number of Beethoven operas ONE
“Fidelio” is Ludwig van Beethoven’s one and only opera, and a work that he really struggled with. “Fidelio” tells of a woman who disguises herself as a prison guard in order get her condemned husband out of prison.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Page 1 or 3, usually RECTO
6. Perplex BEMUSE
12. Digital readout abbr. LCD
15. Workout target FLAB
19. Hitching post? ALTAR
20. Cocky self-reference end AREN’T I?
21. Sushi tuna AHI
22. Rolling rock LAVA
23. Admirer banned for overzealousness? FORBIDDEN FAN (forbidden dance & fan dance)
25. It’s read monthly GAS METER
27. Farmer TILLER
28. Begets SIRES
30. Comparatively poor NEEDIER
31. Table d’hôte alternative A LA CARTE
34. Coveted annual honor OSCAR
36. Tuscaloosa-to-Huntsville dir. NNE
37. Stretch named for a leader, perhaps ERA
40. Not even part-time IDLE
41. Where “Hissing 101” is offered? SNAKE SCHOOL (snake dance & school dance)
44. Contemporary poetry competition? MODERN SLAM (modern dance & slam dance)
48. Curse EVIL EYE
49. .jpg file contents IMAGE
50. Scintilla SHRED
52. Imitate a hot dog? PANT
56. Like the worst excuse LAMEST
58. Beersheba locale NEGEV
60. Dolphins’ order CETACEA
63. Picked up a split, say SPARED
65. Handel work MESSIAH
68. Shop _ you drop ‘TIL
69. Something the plumber’s never seen before? EXOTIC CLOG (exotic dance & clog dance)
73. Hardly hipsters? SQUARE FOLK (square dance & folk dance)
75. __ & Perrins: Worcestershire sauce LEA
76. Macho sort REAL MAN
78. Shoppe sign words YE OLDE
79. Some printers INKJETS
81. Flower children? SEEDS
83. Long-faced SULLEN
87. “Meh” SO-SO
88. Grateful, maybe? ASHES
90. Marsupial sometimes called a bear KOALA
91. Ancient fertility goddess ASTARTE
95. San Diego mascot’s topper? CHICKEN HAT (Chicken Dance & hat dance)
100. Follow the Scarlet Speedster? SHADOW FLASH (shadow dance & “Flashdance”)
104. Wind in a pit OBOE
105. Frat letter RHO
106. Not ‘neath O’ER
107. Assist with DO FOR
108. Victuals ALIMENTS
112. Apportion PRORATE
114. Hamlet and Ophelia, e.g. ROLES
116. Payday, for one NUT BAR
120. Nostalgic, in a way HOMESICK
122. Eating contest winner’s paunch? VICTORY BELLY (victory dance & belly dance)
125. __ uproar IN AN
126. Kingston Trio hit for whose hero Boston’s CharlieCard was named MTA
127. Daughter of Zeus ATHENA
128. __ Gay ENOLA
129. Standard Oil brand ESSO
130. “Errare humanum __”: Seneca EST
131. Looked impolitely LEERED
132. One-named Swedish pop singer ROBYN

Down
1. Finn’s vessel RAFT
2. Sci-fi people ELOI
3. Shift neighbor CTRL
4. Sitar accompaniment TABLA
5. Bay window ORIEL
6. Good, in some cases BAD
7. Preposition with multiple homonyms ERE
8. Criminal intent, in law MENS REA
9. Not qualified UNFIT
10. Rubbernecks STARES
11. Article in Die Zeit EINE
12. Jet __ LAG
13. Pulpit locale CHANCEL
14. Part of CDC DISEASE
15. Skedaddled FLED
16. Bodega patron LATINO
17. Skin care brand AVEENO
18. Rodeo prop BARREL
24. Pull the plug on DRAIN
26. “Heavens to Betsy!” MERCY!
29. Dry Italian wine SOAVE
32. They’re burned on purpose CDS
33. Pledge of Allegiance ender ALL
35. Road mark cause, maybe SKID
37. Disney’s “__ and the Detectives” EMIL
38. Italia’s capital ROMA
39. Biblical Rodin work ADAM
42. Pre-performance feeling NERVES
43. Air filter acronym HEPA
45. Cast out EGEST
46. Inhale and exhale RESPIRE
47. Flavor enhancer MSG
51. Sewer line? HEM
53. X-__: tool brand ACTO
54. Playwright Simon NEIL
55. “Confess!” TALK!
57. Musical “don’t play” TACET
58. Snidely Whiplash fearer NELL
59. Ancient Dead Sea land EDOM
60. “See ya!” CIAO!
61. British noblemen EARLS
62. Wayne nickname THE DUKE
64. Some TVs RCAS
66. Carpet meas. SQ YD
67. Petitions SUES
69. The Whiffenpoofs of a cappella fame ELIS
70. Alien: Pref. XENO-
71. Cork sources OAKS
72. Deep cuts GASHES
74. Record holder? FELON
77. Bridal bio word NEE
80. Steinbeck hero Tom JOAD
82. Key that cancels ESC
84. Comic actor Bert LAHR
85. David and Goliath’s battlefield ELAH
86. Defense gp. NATO
88. Janis’ comics mate ARLO
89. First Super Bowl MVP STARR
92. What jerks serve SODAS
93. Betray TWO-TIME
94. Touches AFFECTS
96. Block and tackle, e.g. HOISTER
97. Creator of Watson IBM
98. Cedar Rapids college COE
99. G on a sax? KENNY
100. Oscar role for Meryl SOPHIE
101. Long-legged waders HERONS
102. Kitchen emanations AROMAS
103. Ice cream-making supply HALITE
109. Café con __ LECHE
110. Rutabaga or yam TUBER
111. Gregg user STENO
113. Gambling town on I-80 RENO
115. Like an oeil-de-boeuf window OVAL
117. Shapeless mass BLOB
118. Friend ALLY
119. Actor Gosling RYAN
121. Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” KAT
123. Number of Beethoven operas ONE
124. “Far out!” RAD!

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