LA Times Crossword Answers 12 Oct 14, Sunday

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
1. Takes great pleasure (in) BASKS
Our verb “to bask”, meaning “to expose one to pleasant warmth”, is derived from the gruesome 14th-century term “basken”, meaning “to wallow in blood”. The contemporary usage apparently originated with Shakespeare, who employed “bask” with reference to sunshine in “As You Like It”.

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

19. Three-time Wimbledon champ EVERT
Chris Evert is a former professional tennis player from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Evert has the best winning percentage in professional tennis, man or woman worldwide, losing fewer than 10% of all her matches.

20. Rigel’s constellation ORION
Rigel is the sixth brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest star in the constellation of Orion. If you can imagine the stars in Orion laid out, Rigel is at his left foot. The name “Rigel” is an abbreviated version of the Arabic term for “Left Foot of the Central One”.

21. Alla __: music notation BREVE
The musical term “alla breve”, meaning “at the breve (i.e. the note)”, denotes a meter equivalent to 2/2. This implies quite a fast tempo, often found in military marches.

22. Big __ SUR
Big Sur is a lovely part of the California Coast, south of Monterey and Carmel. The name “Big Sur” comes from the original Spanish description of the area as “el sur grande” meaning “the big south”.

27. Nebraska settlers OTOS
The Otoe (also Oto) Native American tribe originated in the Great Lakes region as part of the Winnebago or Siouan tribes. The group that would become the Otoe broke away from the Winnebago and migrated southwestwards ending up in the Great Plains. In the plains the Otoe adopted a semi-nomadic lifestyle dependent on the horse, with the American bison becoming central to their diet.

30. Network with regular pledge drives NPR
National Public Radio (now just called NPR) was launched in 1970 after President Johnson signed into law the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. The intent of the act was to provide funding for radio and television broadcasting that wasn’t simply driven by profit. As a longtime fan of the state-funded BBC in the UK, I’d have to agree with that intent …

31. Fifth Avenue retailer SAKS
Saks Fifth Avenue is a high-end specialty store that competes with the likes of Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus. The original Saks & Company business was founded by Andrew Saks in 1867. The first Saks Fifth Avenue store was opened on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1924. There are now Saks Fifth Avenue stores in many major cities in the US, as well in several locations worldwide.

34. John of Scotland IAN
The name “John” translates into Scottish as “Ian”.

35. Part of i.e. EST
i.e. = id est = that is, in Latin …

37. Bolt, back in the day HIE
“To hie” is to move quickly, to bolt.

41. Comic collected in “Cows of Our Planet” THE FAR SIDE (giving “sidestep”)
“The Far Side” is a cartoon series drawn by Gary Larson. It ran from 1980 to 1995, and continues today in reruns in many papers. A lot of “The Far Side” cartoons feature animals, often in outrageous, human-like situations. Larson was so popular with people working with animals that in 1989 a newly discovered insect species was named Strigiphilus garylarsoni. How cool is that?

46. Zesty start in London? ZED
The first letter in “zesty” is the letter Z (zee, “zed” in British English).

The letter named “zed” has been around since about 1400, and derives from the Greek letter zeta. The spelling and pronunciation of “zee” used in America today first popped up in the 1670s.

47. TV production company co-founder, familiarly DESI
As you would imagine, “Desilu” is a contraction of the names of the productions company’s owners, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. The name “Desilu” was first given to the couple’s ranch in Chatsworth, California. Desilu the production company ended up producing some great shows, including the original “Star Trek” and “Mission: Impossible”.

49. Like gossip RUMORED
Our word “gossip” comes from the Old English “godsibb” meaning “godparent”. The term was then used for women friends who attended a birth, and then for anyone engaging in idle talk.

56. Quarterback Marino DAN
Dan Marino played his whole football career with the Miami Dolphins. Marino is widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest quarterbacks, even though he never played on a team that won the Super Bowl.

57. Immortal Russian ballerina Galina ULANOVA
Galina Ulanova was a celebrated ballet dancer from St. Petersburg. She learned her craft in Petrograd, eventually attracting the attention of Josef Stalin. He arranged for Ulanova to move to Moscow and dance with the Bolshoi company, where she was prima ballerina for 16 years.

59. Car and Driver check ROAD TEST
“Car and Driver” is an automotive magazine published in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “Car and Driver” first appeared in 1955, when it was called “Sports Cars Illustrated”.

62. Alain, par exemple NOM
In French, Alan (Alain) for example (par exemple) is a name (nom).

63. When two hands meet? AT NOON
Our word “noon”, meaning “midday”, comes from the Latin “nona hora” that translates as “ninth hour”. Back in Ancient Rome, the “ninth hour” was three in the afternoon. Over the centuries, traditions such as church prayers and “midday” meals shifted from 3 p.m. to 12 p.m., and so “noon” became understood as 12 noon.

71. Secure door feature DOUBLE LOCK (giving “lockstep”)
People marching in lockstep are very close to each other, one behind the other, with steps being taken at the same time. Almost on top of each other, in fact …

73. Where many tweens may be seen JUNIOR HIGH (giving “high-step”)
The term “tween” is now used to describe preadolescence, the years between 8 and 12 years of age.

78. Capital mentioned in “M*A*S*H” SEOUL
Seoul is the capital city of South Korea. The Seoul National Capital Area is home to over 25 million people and is the second largest metropolitan area in the world, second only to Tokyo, Japan.

The first Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) was deployed in August 1945. MASH units really came into the public consciousness after publication of the 1969 Richard Hooker novel “MASH”, which spawned the hit film and TV series that were both called “M*A*S*H”.

79. __ colada PINA
“Piña colada” is a Spanish term which translates into “strained pineapple”. The Piña colada cocktail was introduced in the Caribe Hilton San Juan in 1954, and since 1978 it has been the official beverage of Puerto Rico. Yum …

80. Rubeola spot MEASLE
Measles is a viral infection of the respiratory system. Apparently there is no really effective treatment of measles, although there is some evidence that high doses of vitamin A can reduce the chances of mortality in the very young. Measles is also known as “rubeola”, not to be confused with “rubella”, an alternative name for German measles.

81. GPS option RTE
One might chose a route (rte.) with the assistance of a Global Positioning System (GPS).

93. “No, No, Nanette” number TEA FOR TWO (giving “two-step”)
The 1925 musical “No, No, Nanette” spawned two famous songs: “Tea for Two” and “I Want to Be Happy”.

100. Mal de __ MER
“Mal de mer” is French for “seasickness”.

101. Birds Eye rival GREEN GIANT (giving “giant step”)
The Jolly Green Giant was introduced by Minnesota Valley Canning in 1925 to help sell the company’s peas. He was named after one of the varieties of pea that the company sold, the “Green Giant”. The Jolly Green Giant first appeared in a television commercial in 1953, walking through a valley with young boys running around at his feet. That first commercial proved to be so scary for younger viewers that it was immediately pulled off the air.

103. 1974 #1 hit for Helen Reddy ANGIE BABY (giving “baby step”)
“Angie Baby” is a great song, a hit for Helen Reddy in 1974. It was written by Alan O’Day, who tells us that the title character was inspired by the Beatles’ “Lady Madonna”, and whose probably influenced by the Rolling Stones hit “Angie”. That’s a great pedigree.

109. Foto Hut owner on “That ’70s Show” LEO
The sitcom “That ’70s Show” features a character called Leo Chingkwake, a hippie who runs a Foto Hut. Leo is played by Tommy Chong, the Canadian comedian who became famous as half of the Cheech & Chong double act.

111. Three times, in Rx’s TER
“Ter” is the Latin word for “three”, commonly used in the medical world on prescriptions as part of the expression “ter in die”. “Ter in die” is Latin for “three times a day”, abbreviated to “TID”. “Bis in die” (BID) would be twice a day, and “quater in die” (QID) would be four times a day.

There seems to some uncertainty about the origin of the symbol “Rx” that’s used for a medical prescription. One explanation is that it comes from the astrological sign for Jupiter, a symbol put on prescriptions in days of old to invoke Jupiter’s blessing to help a patient recover.

122. Short side? SLAW
The term “coleslaw” is an Anglicized version of the Dutch name “koolsla”, which in itself is a shortened form of “Koolsalade” meaning “cabbage salad”.

123. Prepare for the ring SHADOW BOX (giving “box step”)
In dance, a “box step” is a step that creates a square or box pattern on the floor. The box step features in several ballroom dances including the rumba and waltz.

129. Polynesian tongue MAORI
The Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. The Māori are eastern Polynesian in origin and began arriving in New Zealand relatively recently, starting sometime in the late 13th century. The word “māori” simply means “normal”, distinguishing the mortal human being from spiritual entities.

130. Chalet beverage TODDY
The word “toddy” has come a long way. Its origins lie in the Hindi word for a palm tree, which is “tar”. The derivative word “tari” was used for palm sap, which came into English as “tarrie”, then “taddy” and “toddy”, all of which described an alcoholic drink made from fermented palm sap. That was back around 1600. Late in the 18th century, the palm sap drink called “toddy” had morphed into meaning any alcoholic drink made with liquor, hot water, sugar and spices.

131. Garbo of “Grand Hotel” GRETA
Famously, Greta Garbo lived a life of seclusion in New York City after she retired from the entertainment business. Commentators often associated her need for privacy with a line she uttered in the great 1932 movie “Grand Hotel”. Her character, Grusinskaya the Russian ballerina, said, “I want to be alone (…) I just want to be alone”.

132. Network with regular pledge drives PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded in 1970, and is my favorite of the broadcast networks. I love PBS’s drama and science shows in particular, and always watch the election results coming in with the NewsHour team.

135. Mythical reveler SATYR
The satyrs of Greek mythology came with a very high sex drive. They are the “rude” male subjects drawn on the side of old Greek vases. The nubile maidens known as nymphs were often an object of attention for the satyrs.

Down
2. Gamer’s game face AVATAR
The Sanskrit word “avatar” describes the concept of a deity descending into earthly life and taking on a persona. It’s easy to see how in the world of “online presences” one might use the word avatar to describe one’s online identity.

3. Arizona cultural resort SEDONA
The city of Sedona is noted for its location amid an array of red sandstone rock formations, which are particularly beautiful at sunrise and sunset. Sedona was named after the wife of the city’s first postmaster, one Sedona Arabella Miller Schnebly.

4. Olympic skater Yamaguchi KRISTI
Kristi Yamaguchi is a figure skater, an Olympic champion in 1992. She is quite the dancer too, having won “Dancing with the Stars” in 2008. Yamaguchi started skating and taking ballet as a young child as physical therapy, as she had club feet …

5. Sault __ Marie STE
Sault Ste. Marie is the name of two cities on either side of the Canada-US border, one in Ontario and the other in Michigan. The two cities were originally one settlement in the 17th century, established by Jesuit Missionaries. The missionaries gave the settlement the name “Sault Sainte Marie”, which can be translated as “Saint Mary’s Falls”. The city was one community until 1817, when a US-UK Joint Boundary Commission set the border along the St. Mary’s River.

6. Veggie burger ingredient TOFU
Tofu is another name for bean curd, and is a Japanese word meaning just that … bean that has “curdled”. Tofu is produced by coagulating soy milk, using either salt or something acidic. Once the protein has coagulated, the curds are pressed into the familiar blocks. Personally I quite like tofu, but my wife, she absolutely hates it …

7. Expanding-circle film effect IRIS-IN
In the word of movie-making, An “Iris” is a technique in which an image is shown in only a small round area of the screen. An “Iris-out” starts as a pinpoint in the screen then moves outward to reveal a full scene. An “Iris-in” begins as a full scene and then closes down to pinpoint a specific circular area in the scene.

9. Prepared for use, as a violin bow ROSINED
Rosin is a solid form of resin derived from plant sources. Rosin is formed into cakes that players of stringed instruments use to rub along the hairs of their bows to help improve sound quality. The rosin increases the degree of friction between the strings and the bow. That same friction-increasing property comes into play when baseball pitchers use rosin to get a better grip on the ball.

12. Heathcliff’s creator BRONTE
The dark and brooding Heathcliff is the central character in the novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte.

“Wuthering Heights” is the only novel written by Emily Brontë, one that she published using the pen name Ellis Bell. Her sister Charlotte Brontë had just published her famous book “Jane Eyre” under the name Currer Bell.

13. Natural rope fiber HEMP
Hemp is a hardy, fast-growing plant that has many uses mainly due to the strength of the fibers in the plant’s stalks. Hemp is used to make rope, paper and textiles. There is also a variety of hemp that is grown to make drugs, most famously cannabis.

17. Pap’s son, in Twain stories HUCK
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is the son of a vagrant drunkard called “Pap” Finn. Pap is the main antagonist in “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. There’s a novel by Jon Clinch that was published in 2007 called “Finn” that explores Pap Finn’s backstory.

33. Quatre et sept ONZE
In French, four and seven (quatre et sept) equals eleven (onze).

38. “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer IRMA
Irma Rombauer was the author of the famous cookbook “The Joy Of Cooking”. Rombauer self-published the book back in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. She and her family continued to publish privately as demand was high, and then a commercial printing house picked it up in 1936. “The Joy of Cooking” has been in print continuously ever since.

42. Tutti-__ ice cream FRUTTI
The adjective “tutti-frutti” describes a prepared confection that has a combination of fruit flavors. “Tutti frutti” is Italian for “all fruits”.

43. Waffle maker IRON
You can’t get a Belgian waffle in Belgium, and the nearest thing is probably a Brussels waffle. Brussels waffles were introduced to the world in 1958, and arrived in the US in 1962 at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle. The name “Brussels” was changed to “Bel-Gem” for the US market, which evolved into “Belgian”.

44. “Whip It” band DEVO
Devo is a band from Akron, Ohio formed back in 1973. The band’s biggest hit is “Whip It” released in 1980.

45. Red-wrapped import EDAM
Edam cheese takes its name from the Dutch town of Edam in North Holland. The cheese is famous for its coating of red paraffin wax, a layer of protection that helps Edam travel well and prevents spoiling. You might occasionally come across an Edam cheese that is coated in black wax. The black color indicates that the underlying cheese has been aged for a minimum of 17 weeks.

50. Dutch burg STAD
“Stad” is the Dutch word for “city”.

51. Cinematic pet TOTO
Toto is Dorothy’s dog in the film “The Wizard of Oz”. Toto was played by a dog called Terry, but Terry’s name was soon changed to Toto in real life, due to the success of the film.

52. Aborigine of Japan AINU
The Ainu people are an indigenous race found primarily in Japan and parts of Russia close to Japan. The spoken Ainu language has nearly died out, with only a handful of native speakers alive today.

53. Lava lamp lumps GLOBS
The lava lamp was invented in 1960 by a British man, Edward Craven-Walker. The “lava” is a mixture of wax and carbon tetrachloride, floating in a water/glycerol mix. The wax reduces in density as it picks up heat from the incandescent bulb in the lamp’s base. The wax rises, cools, and then sinks to the bottom of the liquid only to be heated again.

54. Camden Yards athlete ORIOLE
Oriole Park is home to the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The full name of the stadium is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

55. Campus mil. group ROTC
The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program for officers based in colleges all around the US. The ROTC program was established in 1862 when as a condition of receiving a land-grant to create colleges, the federal government required that military tactics be part of a new school’s curriculum.

61. “I come to fetch you to the __-house”: Brutus SENATE
“I come to fetch you to the senate-house” is a line from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”.

William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” is a little unusual, in that Julius Caesar is not the main character. The protagonist is actually Marcus Brutus, who plays a major role in Caesar’s assassination.

64. Grand __ Opry OLE
“The Grand Ole Opry” started out as a radio show in 1925 originally called the WSM “Barn Dance”. In 1927, the “Barn Dance” radio show was broadcast in a slot after an NBC production called “Musical Appreciation Hour”, a collection of classical works including Grand Opera. In a December show, the host of “Barn Dance” announced, “For the past hour, we have been listening to music taken largely from Grand Opera. From now on we will present the ‘Grand Ole Opry'”. That name was used for the radio show from then on.

69. Yeats’ land: Abbr. IRE
Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for “inspired poetry” that gave “expression to a whole nation”. Yeats was Ireland’s first Nobel laureate.

70. Support for a hora honoree CHAIR
The hora (also “horah”) is a circle dance that originated in the Balkans. The hora was brought to Israel by Romanian settlers, and is often performed to traditional Israeli folk songs. The dance is a regular sight at Jewish weddings and at bar and bat mitzvahs. At such events, it is common for the honorees to be raised on chairs during the dance.

72. “The Black Cat” (1934) co-star LUGOSI
“The Black Cat” is a 1934 horror movie. It is notable in that it was a big hit that year, and in that is was the first of eight films to feature Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff working together.

73. Skippy rival JIF
Jif is the leading brand of peanut butter in the US, and has been since 1981. Introduced in 1958, it is now produced by Smuckers.

Skippy is a brand of peanut butter that has been around since 1933 when it was introduced by Rosefield Packing Co., just down the road here in Alameda, California. The companies that have owned the “Skippy” brand name have for decades been in dispute with the estate of Percy Crosby, the creator of the “Skippy” comic strip, over use of the name.

77. Sandwich choice HERO
“Hero” is another name for a submarine sandwich. The hero originated in New York City in the 1800s among Italian immigrants who wanted an Italian sandwich that reminded them of home. The name “hero” was coined in the 1930s, supposedly by a food critic in the “New York Herald Tribune” when he wrote that “one had to be a hero” to finish the gigantic sandwich. Hero is a prevalent term to this day in New York City, reserved for a submarine sandwich with an Italian flavor.

81. 1997 Emmy winner for TV’s “Rebecca” RIGG
Diana Rigg is a marvelous actress from England who is best known for playing Emma Peel on the hit sixties show “The Avengers”. Rigg also won an Emmy for her performance in a 1997 television adaptation of “Rebecca”. She was also the best ever Bond girl, in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (opposite the worst ever Bond guy, George Lazenby).

82. Peter or Paul TSAR
Peter the Great was perhaps the most successful of the Romanov tsars, famous for modernizing Russia and expanding the country’s sphere of influence, creating the Russian Empire. He ruled from 1682 until his death in 1725.

Paul I was Tsar of Russia, and the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great. Paul was on the throne for only five years, before being assassinated in a conspiracy that brought his son Alexander I to power.

85. Mountain lakes TARNS
A tarn is a mountain lake that has been formed by glacial excavation.

86. Declaims ORATES
To declaim is to speak forcefully and passionately, often in a formal setting.

90. Signal to start talking TONE
Please leave your message after the tone/beep …

94. Cannes chum AMI
Cannes is a city on the French Riviera, noted as host of the Cannes Film Festival. The idea of the annual film festival was adopted by the city just before WWII. However, the festival had to wait for the end of the war for its launch in 1946.

96. “Awake, arise __ forever fallen!”: Milton OR BE
“Awake, arise or be forever fallen!” is a line from John Milton’s poem “Paradise Lost”.

“Paradise Lost” is an epic poem written by Englishman John Milton. It is indeed an epic work, published originally in ten volumes with over ten thousand lines of verse.

99. Admit an embarrassing mistake EAT CROW
The phrase “eat crow”, an alternative to “eat humble pie”, perhaps refers to the fact that cooked crow may be edible, but is not a great food choice.

102. Furrier family ASTORS
John Jacob Astor was the father of the famous American Astor dynasty. He was the country’s first multi-millionaire, making his fortune in the trade of fur, real estate and opium. In today’s terms, it has been calculated that by the time of his death he has accumulated a fortune big enough to make him the fourth wealthiest man in American history (in the company of the likes of Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Bill Gates, Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller).

104. Poet depicted in “Il Postino” NERUDA
“Il Postino: The Postman” is a 1994 film from Italy that tells the story of a postman who befriends the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Italian actor Massimo Troisi plays the title role and was very dedicated to the project. He postponed heart surgery so that he could complete the movie. Twelve hours after filming was completed, he suffered a fatal heart attack.

106. Cochise player of ’50s TV ANSARA
Michael Ansara played the character Cochise in the fifties Western TV series “Broken Arrow”.

114. Car sticker no. MSRP
Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)

115. Fictional skipper AHAB
Captain Ahab is the obsessed and far from friendly captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”. The role of Captain Ahab was played by Gregory Peck in the 1956 John Huston film adaptation. Patrick Stewart played Ahab in a 1998 miniseries in which Peck made another appearance, as Father Mapple.

120. Rider on Butch’s handlebars ETTA
Etta Place is the schoolteacher character played by the lovely Katharine Ross in the 1969 movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”.

The actress Katharine Ross is best known for two major roles: playing Elaine Robinson in “The Graduate”, and Etta Place in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”. Ross is married to the actor Sam Elliott. Although the couple appeared together in “Butch Cassidy …” it was in different scenes. They never actually met during the 1969 filming and first ran into each almost ten years later in 1978, and then started dating.

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

125. Followers of nus XIS
The Greek letter “xi”, despite the name, is not the precursor of our letter X. Our X comes from the Greek letter “chi”.

127. NFL overtime margins of victory, often FGS
Field goal (FG)

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Takes great pleasure (in) BASKS
6. It may be fit for a queen TIARA
11. Loathe ABHOR
16. Sushi bar tuna AHI
19. Three-time Wimbledon champ EVERT
20. Rigel’s constellation ORION
21. Alla __: music notation BREVE
22. Big __ SUR
23. Door holder’s quaint invitation LADIES FIRST (giving “first step”)
25. “Hurry!” COME QUICK! (giving “quickstep”)
27. Nebraska settlers OTOS
28. “G’day” sayers AUSSIES
30. Network with regular pledge drives NPR
31. Fifth Avenue retailer SAKS
32. Unprovoked WANTON
34. John of Scotland IAN
35. Part of i.e. EST
37. Bolt, back in the day HIE
39. Native American ritual RAIN DANCE (giving “dance step”)
41. Comic collected in “Cows of Our Planet” THE FAR SIDE (giving “sidestep”)
46. Zesty start in London? ZED
47. TV production company co-founder, familiarly DESI
49. Like gossip RUMORED
50. Where stars come out STAGE DOOR (giving “doorstep”)
56. Quarterback Marino DAN
57. Immortal Russian ballerina Galina ULANOVA
58. Hard work TOIL
59. Car and Driver check ROAD TEST
62. Alain, par exemple NOM
63. When two hands meet? AT NOON
66. Minute ITSY
67. Work __ ETHIC
71. Secure door feature DOUBLE LOCK (giving “lockstep”)
73. Where many tweens may be seen JUNIOR HIGH (giving “high-step”)
78. Capital mentioned in “M*A*S*H” SEOUL
79. __ colada PINA
80. Rubeola spot MEASLE
81. GPS option RTE
84. “Gimme a break!” GET OFF IT!
87. “Are you __ not?” IN OR
88. Likely will IS APT TO
92. Dog park sound ARF
93. “No, No, Nanette” number TEA FOR TWO (giving “two-step”)
97. Like helium GASEOUS
98. It may be flat RATE
100. Mal de __ MER
101. Birds Eye rival GREEN GIANT (giving “giant step”)
103. 1974 #1 hit for Helen Reddy ANGIE BABY (giving “baby step”)
109. Foto Hut owner on “That ’70s Show” LEO
110. Fresno-to-Bakersfield dir. SSE
111. Three times, in Rx’s TER
112. Doesn’t agree to DENIES
114. Complex course MAZE
117. __ cat FAT
119. Conceal SECRETE
122. Short side? SLAW
123. Prepare for the ring SHADOW BOX (giving “box step”)
126. Like some test questions TRUE OR FALSE? (giving “false step”)
128. Household cleaner RAG
129. Polynesian tongue MAORI
130. Chalet beverage TODDY
131. Garbo of “Grand Hotel” GRETA
132. Network with regular pledge drives PBS
133. Flagrant, as injustice GROSS
134. Somewhat far A WAYS
135. Mythical reveler SATYR

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1. Word after see or go BELOW
2. Gamer’s game face AVATAR
3. Arizona cultural resort SEDONA
4. Olympic skater Yamaguchi KRISTI
5. Sault __ Marie STE
6. Veggie burger ingredient TOFU
7. Expanding-circle film effect IRIS-IN
8. Respiratory cavity AIR SAC
9. Prepared for use, as a violin bow ROSINED
10. Get in the game ANTE
11. Easy as __ ABC
12. Heathcliff’s creator BRONTE
13. Natural rope fiber HEMP
14. Thorough repair OVERHAUL
15. Like core courses: Abbr. REQ
16. China setting ASIA
17. Pap’s son, in Twain stories HUCK
18. Bugs IRKS
24. Prepared for painting, perhaps SANDED
26. Tries to charm with, as a pickup line USES ON
29. Goes after SETS AT
33. Quatre et sept ONZE
36. Glow SHINE
38. “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer IRMA
40. Fuss ADO
42. Tutti-__ ice cream FRUTTI
43. Waffle maker IRON
44. “Whip It” band DEVO
45. Red-wrapped import EDAM
48. Swirl EDDY
50. Dutch burg STAD
51. Cinematic pet TOTO
52. Aborigine of Japan AINU
53. Lava lamp lumps GLOBS
54. Camden Yards athlete ORIOLE
55. Campus mil. group ROTC
60. “Don’t __” ASK
61. “I come to fetch you to the __-house”: Brutus SENATE
64. Grand __ Opry OLE
65. Opposite of paleo- NEO-
68. Same: Pref. HOM-
69. Yeats’ land: Abbr. IRE
70. Support for a hora honoree CHAIR
72. “The Black Cat” (1934) co-star LUGOSI
73. Skippy rival JIF
74. Yard, e.g. UNIT
75. “Money __ everything” ISN’T
76. Pre-sunrise effect GLOW
77. Sandwich choice HERO
79. Sputtering sound PFFT
81. 1997 Emmy winner for TV’s “Rebecca” RIGG
82. Peter or Paul TSAR
83. Soften EASE
85. Mountain lakes TARNS
86. Declaims ORATES
89. Showed signs of age, as paint PEELED
90. Signal to start talking TONE
91. Beach party challenge TUG OF WAR
94. Cannes chum AMI
95. It’s for the birds FEEDER
96. “Awake, arise __ forever fallen!”: Milton OR BE
99. Admit an embarrassing mistake EAT CROW
102. Furrier family ASTORS
104. Poet depicted in “Il Postino” NERUDA
105. Hardly generous GREEDY
106. Cochise player of ’50s TV ANSARA
107. Soldier’s lodging in a private home BILLET
108. Beer critic’s adjective YEASTY
113. Cross one’s heart SWEAR
114. Car sticker no. MSRP
115. Fictional skipper AHAB
116. Veers suddenly ZAGS
118. Peek or bug ending -ABOO
120. Rider on Butch’s handlebars ETTA
121. Messes (with) TOYS
124. Texter’s “Holy cow!” OMG
125. Followers of nus XIS
127. NFL overtime margins of victory, often FGS

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