Day: November 2, 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
4. Dallas quarterback Tony ROMO
Tony Romo is a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Romo is also an avid amateur golfer and has even tried (unsuccessfully) to qualify for the US Open golf championship.

19. __ pro nobis ORA
“Ora pro nobis” translates from Latin as “pray for us”. It is a common term used in the Roman Catholic tradition and is often shortened to “OPN”.

20. Nastase of tennis ILIE
I think that Ilie Nastase was the most entertaining tennis player of the 1970s, the days of Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. No matter how much pressure there was in a match, Nastase always had time to give the crowd a laugh. After retiring from the sport, he had a few novels published (in French) during the eighties. Then Nastase went into politics, making an unsuccessful run for the mayorship of Bucharest in 1996. He made a successful run for the Hungarian Senate though, and has been a senator since May 2014.

22. Sci-fi psychic EMPATH
Empath is a character who appears in Marvel Comics. He is a mutant, and first made an appearance in 1984.

26. Baseball Hall of Famer Fingers ROLLIE
Rollie Fingers is a former MLB relief pitcher, only the second relief pitcher to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fingers is noted for his waxed handlebar moustache. He originally grew it along with other players to get a bonus payment while playing for the Oakland Athletics, but he still sports it to this day.

29. Velvety sweater fabric CHENILLE
Chenille is a velvety fabric or yarn. The yarn is said to resemble a caterpillar, hence the name “chenille”, which is French for “caterpillar”.

31. Turner autobiography 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.

35. Fr. holy woman STE
“Sainte” (ste.) is French for “saint”, when referring to a female.

40. “As __ to breathe were life!”: Tennyson THO’
“As tho’ to breathe were life!” is a quotation from the Tennyson poem “Ulysses”, written in 1833.

Alfred Tennyson was the Poet Laureate during for much of the reign of Queen Victoria. There are many phrases we use today that were first penned by Tennyson, including:

– ‘Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all
– Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die

41. *Where words may be mangled KARAOKE BAR (giving “cash bar”)
“Karate”, means “open hand”, and the related word “karaoke” means “open orchestra”.

46. Pub quaff ALE
“Quaff” is both a verb and a noun. One quaffs (takes a hearty drink) of a quaff (a hearty drink).

55. __ bag DOGGIE
Doggie bags are commonly requested here in North America, but the practice is often frowned upon in parts of Europe. Personally, I love my doggy bags …

62. Eclectic musician Brian ENO
Musician Brian Eno started his career as synthesiser player with Roxy Music and then launched a very successful solo career in the seventies. Eno is considered as a pioneer of the ambient music genre.

67. Clodhopper OAF
Our term “clodhopper” is used to describe a clumsy and coarse person. Back in the 1600s, a clodhopper was someone who worked on plowed land.

73. *Home Depot competitor TRUE VALUE (giving “cash value”)
True Value is a cooperative, a network of hardware stores that are independently owned. The cooperative was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Chicago.

75. Pan-fry SAUTE
“Sauté” is a French word. The literal translation from the French is “jumped” or “bounced”, a reference to the tossing of food while cooking it in a frying pan.

77. Cap seen on a brae TAM
A tam o’shanter is a man’s cap traditionally worn by Scotsmen. “Tams” were originally all blue (and called “blue bonnets”), but as more dyes became readily available they became more colorful. The name of the cap comes from the title character of Robert Burns’ poem “Tam O’Shanter”.

“Brae” is a lowland Scots word for the slope or brow of a hill.

78. Venues for French courses ECOLES
French for school is “école”, and French for pupil is “élève”.

80. SSA IDs NOS
The Social Security Administration (SSA) was set up as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The first person to receive a monthly retirement benefit was Ida May Fuller of Vermont who received her first check for the sum of $22.54 after having contributed for three years through payroll taxes. The New Deal turned out to be a good deal for Ms. Fuller, as she lived to 100 years of age and received a total benefit of almost $23,000, whereas her three years of contributions added up to just $24.75.

The main purpose of a Social Security Number (SSN) is to track individuals for the purposes of taxation, although given its ubiquitous use, it is looking more and more like an “identity number” to me. The social security number system was introduced in 1936. Prior to 1986, an SSN was required only for persons with substantial income so many children under 14 had no number assigned. For some years the IRS had a concern that a lot of people were claiming children on their tax returns who did not actually exist. So, from 1986 onward, it is a requirement to get an SSN for any dependents over the age of 5. Sure enough, in 1987 seven million dependents “disappeared”.

85. Fly over Africa? TSETSE
Tsetse flies live on the blood of vertebrate mammals. The name “tsetse” comes from Tswana, a language of southern Africa, and translates simply as “fly”. Tsetse flies are famous for being carriers of the disease known as “sleeping sickness”. Sleeping sickness is caused by a parasite which is passed onto humans when the tsetse fly bites into human skin tissue. If one considers all the diseases transmitted by the insect, then the tsetse fly is responsible for a staggering quarter of a million deaths each year.

90. Muppet with a unibrow BERT
I’ve always believed that the “Sesame Street” characters Bert and Ernie were named after two roles played in the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”. In the movie, the policeman’s name is Bert and his taxi-driving buddy is named Ernie. However, the “Sesame Street” folks have stated that the use of the same names is just a coincidence. By the way, my great-grandparents had two boys called Bert and Ernie. Go figure …

92. Lego buys KITS
Lego is manufactured by Lego Group, a privately held company headquartered in Billund, Denmark. The company was founded by a carpenter called Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1934 and the now-famous plastic interlocking blocks were introduced in 1949. The blocks were originally sold under the name “Automatic Binding Bricks” but I think “Lego” is easier to remember! The name “Lego” comes from the Danish term “leg godt” meaning “play well”.

93. New Year in Hanoi TET
The full name for the New Year holiday in Vietnam is “Tet Nguyen Dan” meaning “Feast of the First Morning”, with the reference being to the arrival of the season of spring. Tet usually falls on the same day as Chinese New Year.

Hanoi is the capital of North Vietnam, and Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam. After the Vietnam War, Hanoi was made capital of the reunified state. Saigon, the larger metropolis, was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City.

94. Pertinent, in legalese AD REM
The Latin term “ad rem” translates literally as “to the matter”.

107. Martini’s partner ROSSI
The company that is today known as Martini & Rossi was started in the mid-1800s in Italy, by Alessandro Martini and Luigi Rossi (and a third partner who sold out years later). From day one it was focused on bottling the fortified wine known as vermouth. Nowadays, the company is also famous for its sparkling wines, and its sponsorship of Grand Prix racing teams. And yes, the famous cocktail is probably named for Mr. Martini.

108. Antipollution gp. EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

109. *Novel about a world traveler? THE TIME MACHINE (giving “cash machine”)
“The Time Machine” is a classic 1895 science fiction novel penned by H. G. Wells. The novel became so popular that we now use the term “time machine” for any device that supposedly allows time travel.

124. It may be lined with cedar CLOSET
Cedar is used for the manufacture of some wardrobes and chests as it has long been believed that the fragrant oil in the wood is a moth-repellent. However, whether or not cedar oil is actually effective at keeping moths away seems to be in doubt.

125. Cowl wearers MONKS
A cowl is a long garment with a hood that is primarily worn by monks in the the Christian tradition.

127. Menlo Park monogram TAE
Thomas Alva Edison (TAE) was nicknamed “The Wizard of Menlo Park” by a newspaper reporter, a name that stuck. He was indeed a wizard, in the sense that he was such a prolific inventor. The Menlo Park part of the moniker recognizes the location of his first research lab, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

129. Dadaist Max ERNST
Max Ernst was a painter and sculptor, a pioneer in the Dada movement and Surrealism. Ernst was born near Cologne in Germany in 1891 and he was called up to fight in WWI, as were most young German men at that time. In his autobiography he writes “Max Ernst died the 1st of August, 1914” a statement about his experiences in the war. In reality, Ernst died in 1976 having lived to the ripe old age of 85.

Dadaism thrived during and just after WWI, and was an anti-war, anti-bourgeois and anti-art culture. The movement began in Zurich, Switzerland started by a group of artists and writers who met to discuss art and put on performances in the Cabaret Voltaire, frequently expressing disgust at the war that was raging across Europe.

131. Jack __, lead singer for the Kingsmen in “Louie Louie” ELY
Jack Ely co-founded the Kingsmen with Lynn Easton when they were teenagers in Portland, Oregon. Ely was lead singer when the Kingsmen recorded “Louis Louis”, their biggest hit. However, Ely was forced out of the band just before the song took off. But, he did get a lot of the royalties …

Down
2. Diva’s encore ARIETTA
An arietta quite simply is a short aria.

“Diva” comes to us from Latin via Italian. “Diva” is the feminine form of “divus” meaning “divine one”. The word is used in Italy to mean “goddess” or “fine lady”, and especially is applied to the prima donna in an opera. We often use the term to describe a singer with a big ego.

3. Slowpoke DALLIER
Back in the early 1800s, a “poke” was a device attached to domestic animals such as pigs or sheep to keep them from escaping their enclosures. The poke was like a yoke with a pole, and slowed the animal down, hence the term “slowpoke”.

4. Brand made with vermicelli RICE-A-RONI
Rice-a-Roni was introduced in 1958 by the Golden Grain Macaroni Company of San Francisco. The company was run by an Italian immigrant and his four sons. The wife of one of the sons served a pilaf dish at a family diner that was a big hit, so her brother-in-law created a commercial version by blending dry chicken soup mix with rice and macaroni. Sounds like “a San Francisco treat” to me …

Vermicelli is a pasta that is similar to spaghetti, except that it is thicker. “Vermicelli” translates from Italian as “little worms”.

5. Norwegian saint OLAV
Of the many kings of Norway named Olaf/Olav (and there have been five), Olaf II is perhaps the most celebrated as he was canonized and made patron saint of the country. Olaf II was king from 1015 to 1028 and was known as “Olaf the Big” (or Olaf the Fat) during his reign. Today he is more commonly referred to as “Olaf the Holy”. After Olaf died he was given the title of Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae, which is Latin for “Norway’s Eternal King”.

7. Wordsmith’s ref. OED
The “Oxford English Dictionary” (OED) contains over 300,000 “main” entries and 59 million words in total. It is said it would take a single person 120 years to type it out in full. The longest entry for one word in the second edition of the OED is the verb “set”. When the third edition was published in 2007, the longest entry for a single word became the verb “put”. Perhaps not surprisingly, the most-quoted author in the OED is William Shakespeare, with his most quoted work being “Hamlet”. The most-quoted female author is George Eliot (aka Mary Ann Evans).

10. Eve’s genesis RIB
According to the Bible, Eve was created as Adam’s companion by God, creating her from Adam’s rib.

11. Baba or a boxer ALI
There is some controversy about the story “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” in that it has been suggested it was not part of the original collection of Arabic tales called “One Thousand and One Nights”. The suggestion is that the Ali Baba tale was added by one of the European translators of the collection.

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was born in 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he converted to Islam in 1964. Who can forget Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic flame for the 1996 games in Atlanta? Ali was presented with a gold medal during those ’96 Games, a replacement for the medal he won at the 1960 Olympics. He had thrown the original into the Ohio River as a gesture of disgust after being refused service at a “whites only” restaurant.

15. “__ Splash”: Bobby Darin hit SPLISH
“Splish Splash” was a hit for Bobby Darin in 1958, and was the result of a bet. The first line (Splish splash, I was taking a bath) was suggested by Jean Kaufman, the mother of disk jockey “Murray the K”. Murray wagered that Darin couldn’t write a song beginning with those words. Darin won the bet …

30. Start of an Ed McMahon intro HERE’S
Ed McMahon was Johnny Carson’s sidekick on “The Tonight Show” (Here’s Johnny!). McMahon was trained as a fighter in WWII, but did not see action. However he saw a lot of action in the following conflict as he did fly 85 combat missions in Korea.

32. Belle of the ball DEB
Deb is short for “debutante”, which translates from French as “female beginner”, a young lady making her “debut”.

34. Ring result, briefly TKO
In boxing, a knockout (KO) is when one of the fighters can’t get up from the canvas within a specified time, usually 10 seconds. This can be due to fatigue, injury, or the participant may be truly “knocked out”. A referee, fighter or doctor may also decide to stop a fight without a physical knockout, especially if there is concern about a fighter’s safety. In this case the bout is said to end with a technical knockout (TKO).

37. Steinbeck migrants OKIES
“Okies” was a derogatory term used during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s for farming families who migrated from Oklahoma (hence the name), Arkansas, Kansas and Texas in search of agricultural jobs in California. The road used by many of these migrant families was Route 66, which is also called “Mother Road”.

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.

38. Parlay, e.g. BET
A “parlay” is a combination wager, one that links two or more bets. All bets have to win in order to collect on a parlay.

42. Summer mo. AUG
Gaius Octavius Thurinus (often called Octavian) was the adopted son of Gaius Julius Caesar. After Julius Caesar was assassinated, Octavian came to power in Rome and teamed up with Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in what was called the Second Triumvirate. When the triumvirate fell apart, especially after Antony’s defeat at Actium, Octavian became more powerful within the Roman Republic. Several years later he wrested sufficient power from the Roman Senate to end the Republic and begin the Roman Empire. As the first Emperor of Rome, Octavian was given the name Caesar Augustus. The month of August, originally called “Sextilis” in Latin, was renamed in honor of Augustus.

43. Nouveau __ RICHE
The “nouveau riche” are people who have achieved their wealth themselves, not from an inheritance. “Nouveau riche” is French for “new rich”.

45. Wall St. Journal concern, with “the” DOW
Dow Jones & Company was founded as a publishing house in 1882 by three newspaper reporters, Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Today, the company’s most famous publication has to be “The Wall Street Journal”. In 1884, Charles Dow started reporting the average dollar value of the stock of eleven companies, an index which spawned a whole host of metrics that carry the Dow Jones name to this day, including the renowned Dow Jones Industrials.

48. ’80s attorney general ED MEESE
Ed Meese was born in Oakland, California just down the road here and spent 24 years in the office of the Treasurer of Alameda County, the county in which I live. After military service, Meese earned himself a law degree at UC Berkeley. Later, as Chief of Staff for President Reagan, he was instrumental in a famous decision to crack down on student protesters at Berkeley which resulted in one protester dying and a two-week occupation of the city by the California National Guard.

51. Ingénue quality NAIVETE
So often in literature, the movies and on stage, there is an innocent woman at the the center of the story. Such stock characters came to be known as ingénues, a term derived from the French adjective “ingénu” meaning innocent, virtuous, candid and “ingenuous”.

53. Watch displays, for short LEDS
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) is a specialized form of semiconductor that when switched on releases photons (light). LEDs are getting more and more popular and have moved from use in electronic equipment to use as a replacement for the much less efficient tungsten light bulb. I replaced all of my tungsten Xmas lights last year and saved a lot on my electricity bill.

54. Incantation start ABRA-
The incantation “abracadabra” has a long history. It was used as far back as the 2nd century AD in Ancient Rome when the word was prescribed by a physician to be worn on an amulet to help his emperor recover from disease. “Abracadabra” is Aramaic, and roughly translates as “I will create as I speak”.

59. Scout’s neckwear BOLO
I’ve never worn a bolo tie, and was surprised to discover that it is a relatively recent invention. The first bolo tie was apparently produced in Wickenburg, Arizona in the late 1940s by a silversmith. The bolo takes its name from the boleadora, an Argentine lariat.

60. Author Bellow SAUL
Saul Bellow was the only writer to have won the National Book Award three times, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976. Bellow was a Canadian-born American, and among his most famous works are “Herzog” and “Humboldt’s Gift”.

64. One pressing a suit: Abbr. ATT
Attorney (att.)

65. Nest eggs for srs. IRAS
Individual retirement account (IRA)

71. Kett of old funnies ETTA
“Etta Kett” was a comic strip that first ran in 1925. The strip ceased to be published in 1974, when creator Paul Robinson passed away. The initial intent was to offer tips to teenagers on manners and social graces, hence the name of the title character Etta Kett (sounds like “etiquette”).

72. Convention goers: Abbr. DELS
Delegate (del.)

74. Acid-tongued ACERB
“Acerb” is a variant of “acerbic”, meaning sour or bitter-tasting, acidic.

82. Two after epsilon ETA
Eta is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, and is a forerunner of our Latin character “H”. Originally denoting a consonant, eta was used as a long vowel in Ancient Greek.

84. Longtime high-tech compatibility standard IBM PC
The original IBM Personal Computer is model number 5150, which was introduced to the world on August 12, 1981. The term “personal computer” was already in use, but the success of the IBM 5150 led to the term “PC” being used for all computer products compatible with the IBM platform.

86. Burlesque feature STRIP SHOW
“Burlesque” came into English from French, although the word is rooted in the Italian “burla”, the word for a joke, or mockery. A burlesque is work of literature, drama or music that is intended to amuse and cause laughter. Burlesques in the US took on a variety show format and were popular in the US from the 1860s. Over time, the variety acts started to include female striptease, and the term “burlesque” has come to be mainly associated with such entertainment. The derivative verb “to burlesque” means “to imitate mockingly”.

92. Some mil. mess duties KPS
KP is a US military slang term, and stands for either “kitchen police” or “kitchen patrol”.

“Mess” first came into English about 1300 and described the list of food needed for a meal, from the Old French word “mes” meaning a portion of food or a course at a meal. This usage in English evolved into “mess” meaning a jumbled mass of anything from the concept of “mixed food”. At the same time, the original usage in the sense of a food for a meal surfaced again in the military in the 1500s when a “mess” was a communal eating place.

98. One of a pie-throwing trio MOE
If you’ve seen a few of the films starring “The Three Stooges” you’ll have noticed that the line up changed over the years. The original trio was made up of Moe and Shemp Howard (two brothers) and Larry Fine (a good friend of the Howards). This line up was usually known as “Moe, Larry and Shemp”. Then Curly Howard replaced his brother when Shemp quit the act, creating the most famous trio, “Moe, Larry And Curly”. Shemp returned when Curly had a debilitating stroke in 1946, and Shemp stayed with the troupe until he died in 1955. Shemp was replaced by Joe Besser, and then “Curly-Joe” DeRita. When Larry Fine had a stroke in 1970, it effectively marked the end of the act.

103. Idle OTIOSE
Otiose means “lazy, indolent”, and comes from the Latin word “otium” meaning “leisure”.

106. Ossobuco cuts SHANKS
“Osso” is the Italian word for bone as in the name of the dish Osso Buco: braised veal shanks.

112. Latin clarification ID EST
i.e. = id est = that is, in Latin …

114. One of a quint’s four SIB
A quintuplet is one of five children born of one pregnancy, so each “quint” would have four siblings.

118. Red-letters-in-a-blue-oval gas logo 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.

121. Spanish preposition POR
“Por” is Spanish for “for”.

122. Comfort __ INN
The Comfort Inn chain is part of Choice Hotels International. I stay in Comfort Suites every so often. Not bad for the price …

123. Little island CAY
A “key” (also “cay”) is a low island offshore, as in the Florida Keys. Our term in English comes from the Spanish “cayo” meaning “shoal, reef”.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Young boy LAD
4. Dallas quarterback Tony ROMO
8. Binding piece STRAP
13. Olympics spinner DISCUS
19. __ pro nobis ORA
20. Nastase of tennis ILIE
21. It may be put on a dog CHILI
22. Sci-fi psychic EMPATH
23. *Unpredictable influence WILD CARD (giving “cash card”)
25. Go around ORBIT
26. Baseball Hall of Famer Fingers ROLLIE
27. Take over for RELIEVE
28. Luxury hotel facility SPA
29. Velvety sweater fabric CHENILLE
31. Turner autobiography I, TINA
32. *”No idea” DOESN’T REGISTER (giving “cash register”)
35. Fr. holy woman STE
36. Regal regalia ROBES
39. Trail user HIKER
40. “As __ to breathe were life!”: Tennyson THO’
41. *Where words may be mangled KARAOKE BAR (giving “cash bar”)
44. Intimidated COWED
46. Pub quaff ALE
49. Tranfusion quantity UNIT
50. Eat in style DINE
52. Comforted SOLACED
55. __ bag DOGGIE
58. Sources of energy CARBS
61. YouTube video source WEBCAM
62. Eclectic musician Brian ENO
63. Greeted, with “to” SAID HI
67. Clodhopper OAF
69. Pilotless plane DRONE
70. Mimicked a mouser, maybe MEWED
73. *Home Depot competitor TRUE VALUE (giving “cash value”)
75. Pan-fry SAUTE
76. Crème de la crème ELITE
77. Cap seen on a brae TAM
78. Venues for French courses ECOLES
80. SSA IDs NOS
81. Percussion instrument RATTLE
83. Nastiness SPITE
85. Fly over Africa? TSETSE
88. Without much forethought IN HASTE
90. Muppet with a unibrow BERT
92. Lego buys KITS
93. New Year in Hanoi TET
94. Pertinent, in legalese AD REM
97. *Abundant yield BUMPER CROP (giving “cash crop”)
102. Really selling HOT
105. Shows astonishment GASPS
107. Martini’s partner ROSSI
108. Antipollution gp. EPA
109. *Novel about a world traveler? THE TIME MACHINE (giving “cash machine”)
113. Verbal attention-grabbers PSSTS
115. Work on, in a way, as furniture REFINISH
116. TV spots ADS
117. Reaffirming response YES IT IS
119. Doles out ALLOTS
120. Present one’s view OPINE
123. Rebate, and, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue can be CASHBACK
124. It may be lined with cedar CLOSET
125. Cowl wearers MONKS
126. Plus ALSO
127. Menlo Park monogram TAE
128. Spire sites TOWERS
129. Dadaist Max ERNST
130. “That smarts!” YEOW!
131. Jack __, lead singer for the Kingsmen in “Louie Louie” ELY

Down
1. With little at stake LOW-RISK
2. Diva’s encore ARIETTA
3. Slowpoke DALLIER
4. Brand made with vermicelli RICE-A-RONI
5. Norwegian saint OLAV
6. Slimy soil MIRE
7. Wordsmith’s ref. OED
8. Accessory for a marksman SCOPE
9. Defeat badly THRASH
10. Eve’s genesis RIB
11. Baba or a boxer ALI
12. Re-tiring workforce? PIT CREW
13. Removal of restrictions, informally DEREG
14. “Let me take care of this!” I’M ON IT!
15. “__ Splash”: Bobby Darin hit SPLISH
16. *Hold answerable CALL TO ACCOUNT (giving “cash account”)
17. Serving a purpose UTILE
18. See-through SHEER
24. Unpleasant noise DIN
28. “What a shame” SO SAD
30. Start of an Ed McMahon intro HERE’S
32. Belle of the ball DEB
33. More kindly NICER
34. Ring result, briefly TKO
37. Steinbeck migrants OKIES
38. Parlay, e.g. BET
42. Summer mo. AUG
43. Nouveau __ RICHE
45. Wall St. Journal concern, with “the” DOW
47. Basic shelters LEAN-TOS
48. ’80s attorney general ED MEESE
51. Ingénue quality NAIVETE
53. Watch displays, for short LEDS
54. Incantation start ABRA-
55. Misconduct mark DEMERIT
56. Like some country bridges ONE-LANE
57. *Bend under pressure GO WITH THE FLOW (giving “cash flow”)
59. Scout’s neckwear BOLO
60. Author Bellow SAUL
64. One pressing a suit: Abbr. ATT
65. Nest eggs for srs. IRAS
66. Run-down joint DUMP
68. Charge FEE
71. Kett of old funnies ETTA
72. Convention goers: Abbr. DELS
74. Acid-tongued ACERB
79. Pigpens STIES
82. Two after epsilon ETA
84. Longtime high-tech compatibility standard IBM PC
86. Burlesque feature STRIP SHOW
87. Corner key ESC
89. Jigsaw puzzle starters EDGES
91. Goes bad TURNS
92. Some mil. mess duties KPS
95. Make in a big way, as a point RAM HOME
96. That: Sp. ESA
98. One of a pie-throwing trio MOE
99. Say again RESTATE
100. Kind of illusion OPTICAL
101. Hotel housekeeping need PASS KEY
103. Idle OTIOSE
104. Salon specialist TINTER
106. Ossobuco cuts SHANKS
109. Stretch of land TRACT
110. Greeting word HELLO
111. Seaside phenomena MISTS
112. Latin clarification ID EST
114. One of a quint’s four SIB
117. Harvard rival YALE
118. Red-letters-in-a-blue-oval gas logo ESSO
121. Spanish preposition POR
122. Comfort __ INN
123. Little island CAY

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