LA Times Crossword Answers 9 Nov 14, Sunday

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
5. Cousin of a Tony OBIE
The Obies are the “Off-Broadway Theater Awards”. The Obies are presented annually and the recipients are chosen by “The Village Voice” newspaper.

9. Staples Center player LAKER
The Los Angeles Lakers basketball team started out in 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team chose the Lakers name in honor of the nickname of Minnesota, “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. The Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960.

The Staples Center is a sports arena in Los Angeles that opened in 1999. The Staples Center is home to several sporting franchises, including the LA Lakers and LA Clippers basketball teams and the LA Kings hockey team.

21. Romney foe OBAMA
President Barack Obama defeated Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the 2012 US presidential race, capturing 51.1% of the popular vote and 332 of the 538 available electoral college votes. The president carried 26 states as well as the District of Columbia.

23. Diminutive flower? PETITE ROSE (from “Pete Rose”)
Pete Rose was a talented baseball player who holds the record for all-time Major League hits. In recent years of course his reputation has been tarnished by admissions that he bet on games in which he played and managed.

30. Kindle Fire, for one TABLET
I finally bought myself a Kindle Fire HD relatively recently. I’ve started reading e-books for the first time in my life. I’ve always been behind the times …

34. Scriabin piece ETUDE
An étude is a small instrumental composition that is usually quite hard to play and is intended to help the performer master a particular technique. “Étude” is the French word for “study”. Études are commonly performed on the piano.

Alexander Scriabin was a composer and pianist from Moscow, Russia. Scriabin’s early works were in the Romantic style, but later works exhibited more dissonance and were more atonal.

36. They may be cut by perps DEALS
A perpetrator (perp) of a crime might cut a deal with a district attorney (DA).

39. Mexican bread DINERO
Dinero is the Spanish word for money, as well as a slang term for money here in the US.

41. ’50s/’60s character actor Lyle BETTGER
Lyle Bettger was an actor from Philadelphia who played a lot of villains on television and in films. One of Bettger’s more famous parts was the jealous elephant handler in 1952’s “The Greatest Show on Earth” who is obsessed with fellow performer Angel, played by Gloria Grahame.

47. Musician to feel sorry for? PITIED PIPER (from “Pied Piper”)
The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin dates back to medieval times. Recently there have been suggestions that the story is rooted in some truth, that the town of Hamelin did in fact lose many of its children, perhaps to plague. The suggestion is that the tale is an allegory.

50. “Rule, Britannia” composer ARNE
Thomas Arne was an English composer from London. Arne wrote some iconic compositions including “Rule, Britannia!” He also wrote a version of “God Save the King” that became the British national anthem.

51. Discoverer of Vinland ERICSON
Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer and was the first European to land in North America, some 500 years before Christopher Columbus’s landing in 1492. The Norsemen named the area they discovered “Vinland”, which might translate as “Wine Land” or “Pasture Land”. Erikson built a small settlement called Leifsbudir, which archaeologists believe they have found in modern day Newfoundland, at L’Anse aux Meadows. The settlement discovered in Newfoundland is definitely Norse, but there is some dispute over whether it is actually Erikson’s Leifsbudir.

54. French governing body SENAT
The French Senate (“Sénat”) meets in the beautiful Luxembourg Palace (“Palais du Luxembourg”) in Paris.

57. Brylcreem amount DAB
The original Brylcreem product was a pomade introduced in England in 1928. When it first appeared in a television advertisement it was touted with a jingle that started out:

Bryl-creem, a little dab’ll do ya,
Use more, only if you dare,
But watch out,
The gals will all pursue ya,–
They’ll love to put their fingers through your hair.

61. Randy of country TRAVIS
Randy Travis is a country singer, and since the mid-nineties, a sometime actor. Starting in 1999, Travis’s recording focus has been gospel music.

63. Near East inn SERAI
A serai was a stopping off point for caravans along the trade routes of central and western Asia. It was typically an inn built around a large courtyard that provided accommodations for the traveling parties. The full name of such establishments was “caravanserai”, from the Persian karwan-sarai meaning inn (sarai) for a karwan (group of travelers).

70. Novel set in a church? PULPIT FICTION (from “pulp fiction”)
“Pulp fiction” was the name given to cheap, fiction magazines that were popular from the late 1890s up to the 1950s. The name comes from the inexpensive wood pulp paper that was used for the publications. The upmarket equivalent, was printed on fine, glossy paper.

73. QB’s targets TES
In American football, a quarterback (QB) might throw to a tight end (TE).

75. Granada grain ARROZ
“Arroz” is Spanish for “rice”.

Granada is a city and province in Andalusia in the south of Spain. Granada should not to be confused with Grenada (different spelling), the island nation in the Caribbean that was invaded by the US in 1983.

77. Beatles’ “A __ in the Life” DAY
“A Day in the Life” is the last track on the Beatles’ famous “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. There’s a line in the song “I’d love to turn you on”, an apparent reference to drug use. As a result, “A Day in the Life” was banned for a while by the BBC.

84. Middle of England? CENTRE
Not only is Noah Webster’s name inextricably linked with his series of dictionaries, but he is also renowned as an advocate for English spelling reform. He argued that “traditional” English is hard to learn and that it should be simplified and standardized. He published spelling books that were used in schools, and from edition to edition he changed the spelling of words in order to simplify the language. Examples are the use of “s” over “c” in words like “defense” (in Ireland we have defence and defense depending on usage), “-re” became “-er” as in “center” instead of “centre” (reversing the influence of French), and he dropped one of the Ls in words like traveler (I learned “traveller”). Mind you, he also spelled “tongue” as “tung”, but he didn’t get very far with that one.

87. Michelin products TIRES
Michelin is a manufacturer of tires based in France. The company was founded by brothers Édouard and André Michelin in 1888. The brothers were running a rubber factory at the time, and invented the world’s first removable pneumatic tire, an invention that they used to launch their new company. Michelin is also noted for rating restaurants and accommodation in its famous Michelin Travel Guides.

88. Pea pokers TINES
One might poke at some peas on a plate with the tines of a fork.

90. “__ Pierce”: Kate Winslet miniseries MILDRED
“Mildred Pierce” is a novel by James M. Cain that was adapted into a 1945 film starring Joan Crawford. There is also an excellent 2011 HBO miniseries adaptation starring Kate Winslet.

Kate Winslet is one of my favorite actresses, someone known for taking both the big Hollywood roles while still finding the time to act in smaller independent films. Perhaps Winslet’s most famous part was opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in “Titanic”, although she won her Oscar for a more dramatic role in “The Reader”. But my favorite of her performances is in the romantic comedy “The Holiday” from 2006. I love that movie …

92. Indispensable poet? VITAL KILMER (from “Val Kilmer”)
The American journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer is primarily known for his 1913 poem titled “Trees”. The original text of the poem is:

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Kilmer died a few years after writing “Trees”. He was a casualty of the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918 at the age of 31.

Val Kilmer’s first big leading role in a movie was playing Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic “The Doors”. A few years later, Morrison was chosen for the lead in another big production, “Batman Forever”. Things haven’t really gone as well for Kilmer since then, I’d say. Off the screen, he flirted with the idea of running for Governor of New Mexico in 2010. A Hollywood actor as a Governor? Would never happen …

97. Met on the sly TRYSTED
In its most general sense, a tryst is a meeting at an agreed time and place. More usually we consider a tryst to be a prearranged meeting between lovers. The term comes from the Old French “triste”, a waiting place designated when hunting.

100. Ralph of “The Waltons” WAITE
Ralph Waite played the Dad, John Walton Sr. on “The Waltons”. I was never much of a “Waltons” fan, but I did like “Roots”. Waite played a very different character on that show, first mate on the slave ship “Slater”.

102. TD Garden, e.g. ARENA
TD Garden is a sports arena that was built in the 1990s to replace the aging Boston Garden as home for the Boston Celtics basketball team and the Boston Bruins hockey team.

105. Everything, in Essen ALLES
Essen is a large industrial city located on the River Ruhr in western Germany.

106. Historical record ANNAL
“Annal” is a rarely used word, the singular of the more common “annals”. An annal would be the recorded events of one year, with annals being the chronological record of events in successive years. The term “annal” comes from the Latin “annus” meaning “year”.

107. Miami daily HERALD
“The MIami Herald” was first published in 1903 as “The Miami Evening Record”. The newspaper was given its current name in 1910.

111. Vatican vestment ORALE
A fanon is a vestment worn exclusively by the Pope, when he says Mass. At one time the fanon was known as an orale.

115. Departure from the bookstore? EXIT LIBRIS (from “ex libris”)
A bookseller might inscribe a book with the words “Ex Lib” to indicate that it is an ex-library copy. The related term “ex libris” is another name for a “bookplate”, a label pasted into the front cover of a book to indicate its owner. “Ex libris” translates from Latin as “from the books of, from the library of …”

117. Giant gods waiting for tickets? TITAN LINES (from “tan lines”)
The Titans were a group of twelve older deities in Greek mythology. In the celebrated Battle of the Titans, they were overthrown by the Olympians, who were twelve younger gods.

122. Lhasa __ APSO
The Lhasa apso breed of dog originated in Tibet and is named after “Lhasa” (the capital city) and “apso” (a Tibetan word meaning “bearded”). The Lhasa apso has been around since 800 BC and is one of the oldest breeds in the world, one very closely related to the ancestral wolf.

126. Browning work POEM
Robert Browning met fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett in 1845. Elizabeth was a sickly woman, confined to her parents’ house in Wimpole Street in London, largely due to the conservative and protective nature of her father. Robert and Elizabeth eventually eloped in 1846, and lived in self-inflicted exile in Italy. Away from the country of his birth, Browning was moved to write his now famous “Home Thoughts, From Abroad”, the first line of which is “Oh, to be in England …”

127. Diner “raft” TOAST
Diner lingo, the verbal slang used by the staff, can be very colorful. Here are a few examples:

– Adam & Eve on a raft: two poached eggs on toast
– Adam & Eve on a raft & wreck ’em: two scrambled eggs on toast
– Burn one: put a hamburger on the grill
– Burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it: hamburger with lettuce, tomato and onion
– Down: on toast
– Whiskey down: on rye toast

128. Shield border, in heraldry ORLE
In heraldry, an orle is a decorative band that lies close to the edge of the front-surface of a shield. With such a design, the orle necessarily takes on the shape of the shield.

Down
1. Eminem genre RAP
Rap star Eminem’s real name is Marshall Mathers, a native of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Mathers grew up poor, raised by a single-mom as the family was abandoned by his father when he was 18 months old. Marshall and his mother moved around the country before settling in a suburb of Detroit. He didn’t do well at school, and dropped out at the age of 17 (at which time he was still in 9th grade). But in the end he made it pretty big …

8. Grafton’s “__ for Evidence” E IS
Sue Grafton writes detective novels, and her “alphabet series” features the private investigator Kinsey Millhone. She started off with “A Is for Alibi” in 1982 and is working her way through the alphabet, most recently publishing “’W’ is for Wasted” in 2009. Apparently Ms. Grafton is working on her “X is for …” novel, and has already decided that “Z is for Zero” will be the final title in the series. What a clever naming system!

9. Artist’s digs LOFT
“Digs” is short for “diggings” meaning “lodgings”, but where “diggings” came from, no one seems to know.

11. West of Georgia KANYE
Kanye West is a rap singer from Atlanta, Georgia. That’s all I know …

12. Former “big four” record company EMI
The Big Four recording labels were (until EMI was broken up in 2012 and absorbed by what became “the Big Three”):

1. Universal Music Group
2. Sony Music Entertainment
3. Warner Music Group
4. EMI

13. Coiled menace RATTLER
The scales covering the tip of a rattlesnake’s tail are made of keratin, the same structural protein that makes up the outer layer of human skin, as well as our hair and nails. The rattlesnake shakes its tail vigorously to warn off potential predators, causing the hollow scales to vibrate against one another and resulting in that scary “rattle” sound. The rattler’s tail muscles “fire” an incredible fifty times a second to achieve that effect, demonstrating one of the fastest muscular movements in the whole animal kingdom.

16. Old, in Oberhausen ALTE
Oberhausen is the name of a number of municipalities in Germany, the most famous being the city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr region in the very west of the country.

20. Political pundit Myers DEE DEE
Dee Dee Myers was a very capable White House Press Secretary in the first two years of the Clinton administration, the first woman to hold that post. After leaving the White House, Myers acted as a consultant on the TV show “The West Wing”, and I am sure helped add that touch of authenticity to a great television program.

24. Insolence, in modern slang TUDE
Attitude (tude)

32. Olds compact ALERO
The Oldsmobile Alero was the last car made under the Oldsmobile brand. The Alero was produced from 1999 to 2004.

33. Acerbic fruit? BITING CHERRY (from “bing cherry”)
The bing cherry is the most widely grown sweet cherry in the US. The cultivar was created in Oregon in 1875 by Seth Lewelling. Lewelling was a horticulturist, and he named the cherry for his Chinese foreman Ah Bing.

35. Flinders in Adelaide, e.g., briefly UNI
Flinders University is a school in Adelaide, South Australia. The school was established in 1966 and was named for Captain Matthew Flinders, an English cartographer and navigator who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify the landmass as a continent.

40. Cartel acronym OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in 1960 at a conference held in Baghdad, Iraq that was attended by Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Nine more countries joined the alliance soon after, and OPEC set up headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and then Vienna, Austria in 1965. The basic aim of OPEC was to wrench control of oil prices from the oil companies and to put it in the hands of the sovereign states that own the natural resource.

42. Twelve Oaks neighbor TARA
Rhett Butler woos Scarlett O’Hara at the Tara plantation in Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind”. Tara was founded by Scarlett’s father, Irish immigrant Gerald O’Hara. Gerald named his new abode after the Hill of Tara back in his home country, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland. Rhett’s rival for the affections of Scarlet is Ashley Wilkes who lives at the nearby Twelve Oaks plantation.

43. Serious transport? GRAVITY TRAIN (from “gravy train”)
The original “riders of the gravy train” were railroad men in the 1920s who were assigned a run that had good pay and little work. Since then, the phrase has come to mean any job that is easy and pays well. The term “gravy” had been slang for easy money since about 1900.

45. Pieces of peanut butter? REESE’S
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were invented by Harry Burnett “H.B.” Reese. Peanut Butter Cups were originally called penny cups, reflecting the price at which they were sold. Then inflation took over, and maybe that’s why they were broken into smaller “pieces” …

47. Kitty with no fur POT
The “pot” in a card game has been referred to as the kitty since the 1880s. It’s not certain how the name “kitty” evolved but possibly it came from “kit”, the necessary equipment for the game.

48. Messages on packages INDICIA
“Indicia” are the marks or “indications” seen on a piece of mail that show postage that has been prepaid by the sender. The singular form is “indicium” which is Latin for “information, disclosure, discovery”.

49. Atelier figure PAINTER
An atelier is an artist’s studio, with “atelier” being the French word for “studio” or “workshop”.

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

55. Beowulf’s foe GRENDEL
“Beowulf” is an old epic poem from England, although the story is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf fights a battle, defending the Danish King Hrothgar from the ferocious outcast Grendel. Hrothgar had built a great hall for his people in which they could celebrate; singing, dancing and drinking lots of mead. Grendel was angered by the carousing and attacked the hall, devouring many of the incumbent warriors as they slept. A bit of an extreme reaction to noisy neighbors I’d say …

57. Passbook entry DEPOSIT
A passbook is a paper book used to record banking transactions, usually for a small savings account. The passbook is held by the owner of the account, and not by the bank. The first passbooks appeared in the 1700s, and the name “passbook” was given as the book was regularly passed between the bank and the account holder for updating.

58. Home of the Pac-12’s Wildcats ARIZONA
The Wildcats are the athletic teams of the University of Arizona in Tucson.

63. 35mm camera option SLR
SLR stands for “single lens reflex”. Usually cameras with changeable lenses are the SLR type. The main feature of an SLR is that a mirror reflects the image seen through the lens out through the viewfinder, so that the photographer sees exactly what the lens sees. The mirror moves out of the way as the picture is taken, and the image that comes through the lens falls onto unexposed film, or nowadays onto a digital sensor.

72. Clanton gang leader IKE
Ike and Billy Clanton participated in what has to be the most famous gunfight in the history of the Old West, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral that took place in Tombstone, Arizona. Strangely enough, the fight didn’t happen at the O.K. Corral, but took place six doors down the street in a vacant lot next to a photography studio.

80. Some summer births LEOS
Leo is the fifth astrological sign of the Zodiac. People born from July 13 to August 23 are Leos.

84. Round fig. CIR
Circle (cir.)

85. __-Wreck RENT-A
Rent-A-Wreck is a low-cost car rental agency that was founded in 1968 in Los Angeles. The company mainly operates in neighborhood locations, leaving the airports for the mainstream rental agencies.

86. Ford fiasco EDSEL
The Edsel brand of automobile was named for Edsel, son of Henry Ford. Sadly, the name “Edsel” has become synonymous with “failure”, which was no fault of Edsel himself who had died several years before the Edsel line was introduced.

88. Destroyer of some castles TIDE
The tide might destroy sandcastles.

89. Scandinavian toast SKOAL
Skoal is a Swedish toast, with roots in the old Norse word “skaal”, meaning “cup”.

90. Part of the “M*A*S*H” set MESS HALL
“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.

“M*A*S*H” has only three stars (three asterisks, that is!). These asterisks first appeared on the poster for the 1970 movie, but they were omitted in the opening titles. The TV series went on to use the asterisks from the poster.

94. Short, shortened LIL
“Lil” is a “little” word that’s short for “little”.

95. Leighton of “Gossip Girl” MEESTER
Leighton Meester is an actress known for playing Blair Waldorf on the TV show “Gossip Girl”.

103. Bellini opera NORMA
“Norma” is an opera written by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed in 1831. One aria from the work is “Casta diva”, which is one of the most popular arias of the 1800s.

104. Spring births, perhaps ARIES
Aries the Ram is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, and is named after the constellation. Your birth sign is Aries if you were born between March 21 and April 20, but if you are an Aries you would know that!

107. Bucket of bolts HEAP
“Bucket of bolts” and “heap” are both slang terms for a junky car.

108. Athlete who’s now a National EXPO
The Washington Nationals baseball team started out life as the Montreal Expos in 1969. The Expos moved to Washington in 2005 becoming the Nats. There are only two Major Leagues teams that have never played in a World Series, one being the Mariners and the other the Nats.

109. Provoked reaction RISE
One might “get a rise out of” someone, provoke a reaction.

116. Word Casper seldom uses BOO
Casper the Friendly Ghost features in a whole series of cartoon shorts made by Famous Studios. Casper made the big time in 1995 when he appeared in his own “Casper” movie, alongside Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman and Eric Idle.

118. “That’s what I think,” in chatspeak IMO
In my opinion (IMO)

120. Model/actress Mendes EVA
I best know the actress Eva Mendes as the female lead in the movie “Hitch”, opposite Will Smith. Mendes was known off the screen for dating actor Ryan Gosling from 2011 to 2013.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Tatters RAGS
5. Cousin of a Tony OBIE
9. Staples Center player LAKER
14. Certain candidate’s goal SEAT
18. On ATOP
19. Legally binding, as a contract VALID
21. Romney foe OBAMA
22. See 98-Down TALE
23. Diminutive flower? PETITE ROSE (from “Pete Rose”)
25. Cultural pursuits with limits? FINITE ARTS (from “fine arts”)
27. Ladder parts RUNGS
28. Datebook notation ENTRY
30. Kindle Fire, for one TABLET
31. Overzealous RABID
34. Scriabin piece ETUDE
36. They may be cut by perps DEALS
38. Choice group ELITE
39. Mexican bread DINERO
41. ’50s/’60s character actor Lyle BETTGER
46. After all adjustments NET
47. Musician to feel sorry for? PITIED PIPER (from “Pied Piper”)
50. “Rule, Britannia” composer ARNE
51. Discoverer of Vinland ERICSON
54. French governing body SENAT
55. Sewer cover GRATE
56. Prevailed WON OUT
57. Brylcreem amount DAB
60. 401, to Marcus CDI
61. Randy of country TRAVIS
62. Czech. neighbor GER
63. Near East inn SERAI
65. Shocked IN AWE
67. Hot condition IRE
68. “Just a __” SEC
70. Novel set in a church? PULPIT FICTION (from “pulp fiction”)
73. QB’s targets TES
74. Sneaky chuckle HEH
75. Granada grain ARROZ
76. One needing a lift SKIER
77. Beatles’ “A __ in the Life” DAY
79. Ominous words OR ELSE
81. __ milk SOY
83. Audio receiver? EAR
84. Middle of England? CENTRE
87. Michelin products TIRES
88. Pea pokers TINES
90. “__ Pierce”: Kate Winslet miniseries MILDRED
91. Prefix with space AERO-
92. Indispensable poet? VITAL KILMER (from “Val Kilmer”)
96. Brief reply? ANS
97. Met on the sly TRYSTED
99. Party rides PONIES
100. Ralph of “The Waltons” WAITE
102. TD Garden, e.g. ARENA
105. Everything, in Essen ALLES
106. Historical record ANNAL
107. Miami daily HERALD
111. Vatican vestment ORALE
113. Commandment word SHALT
115. Departure from the bookstore? EXIT LIBRIS (from “ex libris”)
117. Giant gods waiting for tickets? TITAN LINES (from “tan lines”)
122. Lhasa __ APSO
123. Awakens, with “to” COMES
124. Small silvery fish SMELT
125. Coastal irregularity COVE
126. Browning work POEM
127. Diner “raft” TOAST
128. Shield border, in heraldry ORLE
129. Belt SWAT

Down
1. Eminem genre RAP
2. Put away the groceries? ATE
3. Understood GOT
4. Enthusiasm SPIRIT
5. Hot spot OVEN
6. Entered rudely BARGED IN
7. Lame answer to “Where’s your homework?” I LOST IT
8. Grafton’s “__ for Evidence” E IS
9. Artist’s digs LOFT
10. Free as __ A BIRD
11. West of Georgia KANYE
12. Former “big four” record company EMI
13. Coiled menace RATTLER
14. Attempt STAB
15. Peerage member EARL
16. Old, in Oberhausen ALTE
17. Screen __ TEST
20. Political pundit Myers DEE DEE
24. Insolence, in modern slang TUDE
26. Bridge position EAST
29. Uncool types NERDS
31. Agree to more issues RENEW
32. Olds compact ALERO
33. Acerbic fruit? BITING CHERRY (from “bing cherry”)
35. Flinders in Adelaide, e.g., briefly UNI
37. Help in a burglary ABET
40. Cartel acronym OPEC
42. Twelve Oaks neighbor TARA
43. Serious transport? GRAVITY TRAIN (from “gravy train”)
44. Having all the pieces ENTIRE
45. Pieces of peanut butter? REESE’S
47. Kitty with no fur POT
48. Messages on packages INDICIA
49. Atelier figure PAINTER
52. Iowa campus COE
53. Do better than SURPASS
55. Beowulf’s foe GRENDEL
57. Passbook entry DEPOSIT
58. Home of the Pac-12’s Wildcats ARIZONA
59. Hitter’s “lumber” BAT
61. Seesaw complement TWO
63. 35mm camera option SLR
64. Uncertainties IFS
66. Studio sign word AIR
68. Fired on SHOT AT
69. More spooky EERIER
71. Press closing -URE
72. Clanton gang leader IKE
78. “Not to mention …” AND …
80. Some summer births LEOS
82. Dog’s “Ouch!” YELP!
84. Round fig. CIR
85. __-Wreck RENT-A
86. Ford fiasco EDSEL
88. Destroyer of some castles TIDE
89. Scandinavian toast SKOAL
90. Part of the “M*A*S*H” set MESS HALL
92. It may be reached VERDICT
93. Coastal irregularities INLETS
94. Short, shortened LIL
95. Leighton of “Gossip Girl” MEESTER
98. With 22-Across, extravagant account TALL
100. Outlet site WALL
101. Escapades ANTICS
103. Bellini opera NORMA
104. Spring births, perhaps ARIES
107. Bucket of bolts HEAP
108. Athlete who’s now a National EXPO
109. Provoked reaction RISE
110. Basic building block ATOM
112. Little helper? ASST
114. Pay for a hand ANTE
116. Word Casper seldom uses BOO
118. “That’s what I think,” in chatspeak IMO
119. This minute NOW
120. Model/actress Mendes EVA
121. Collector’s goal SET

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