LA Times Crossword Answers 12 Jun 16, Sunday

Constructed by: Ron Toth & C.C. Burnikel

Edited by: Rich Norris

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Theme: Going to School

Today’s themed clues are the names of fish (that we might find in a SCHOOL of fish). The answer to each clue uses an alternate meaning for the name of that fish:

• 23A…SOLE..ONE AND ONLY
• 25A…SKATE..GLIDE ON ICE
• 41A…FLUKE..STROKE OF LUCK
• 45A…BASS..LOW VOICE
• 68A…RAY..BEAM OF LIGHT
• 92A…PIKE..TOLL ROAD
• 94A…CARP..MOAN AND GROAN
• 115A…SHARK..CARD EXPERT
• 117A…SNAPPER..MOWER BRAND

Bill’s time: 19m 28s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies

Across

6…Power couple..ITEM

An unmarried couple known to be involved with each other might appear in the gossip columns. This appearance as “an item” in the papers, led to the use of “item” to refer to such a couple, but only since the very early seventies.

18…Regatta entrant..RACER

The word “regatta” is Venetian dialect and was originally used to describe boat races among the gondoliers of Venice on the Grand Canal back in the mid-1600s.

19…__ noho: dance performed while seated or kneeling..HULA

The “hula” is a native dance of Hawaii that uses arm movements to relate a story. The hula can be performed while sitting (a “noho” dance”) or while standing (a “luna” dance).

20…Holder of 14 Grand Slam titles..NADAL

Rafael “Rafa” Nadal is a Spanish tennis player, noted for his expertise on clay courts, earning him the nickname “The King of Clay”.

22…Sheltered at sea..ALEE

“Alee” is the direction away from the wind. If a sailor points into the wind, he or she is pointing “aweather”.

27…Majors won five times by Jack Nicklaus, familiarly..PGAS

Jack Nicklaus is a professional golfer from Columbus, Ohio. Nicknamed “the Golden Bear”, Nicklaus holds the record for winning the most major championships (18). Tiger Woods is in second place, having won 14 to date.

28…Weapon with a three-sided blade..EPEE

The sword known as an épée has a three-sided blade. The épée is similar to a foil and sabre, both of which are also thrusting weapons. However, the foil and saber have rectangular cross-sections.

31…Menu list..ENTREES

“Entrée” means “entry” in French. An entrée can be something that helps one get “a way in”, an interview for example perhaps helped along by a recommendation letter. In Europe, even in English-speaking countries, the entrée is the name for the “entry” to the meal, the first course. I found it very confusing to order meals when I first came to America!

36…Investment vehicle, briefly..IRA

Individual retirement account (IRA)

37…Horace’s “__ Poetica”..ARS

The full name of Horace’s work is “Ars Poetica, Epistula ad Pisones” (The Art of Poetry, Letters to Piso). The work describes the technical aspects of poetry in Ancient Rome, and the term “ars poetica” has come to mean the poetry of that period.

38…Blue Devils’ conference..ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)

Duke University was founded in 1838 as Brown’s Schoolhouse. The school was renamed to Trinity College in 1859, and to this day the town where the college was located back then is known as Trinity, in honor of the school. The school was moved in 1892 to Durham, North Carolina in part due to generous donations from the wealthy tobacco industrialist Washington Duke. Duke’s donation required that the school open its doors to women, placing them on an equal footing with men. Trinity’s name was changed to Duke in 1924 in recognition of the generosity of the Duke family. Duke’s athletic teams are known as the Blue Devils.

41…FLUKE..STROKE OF LUCK

A “fluke” is a “stroke of luck”, and is a term that is thought to have originated as a lucky stroke in the game of billiards back in the mid-1800s.

50…Book with a year on its cover..ALMANAC

A “fluke” is a “stroke of luck”, and is a term that is thought to have originated as a lucky stroke in the game of billiards back in the mid-1800s.

53…Java neighbor..BALI

Bali is both an island and a province in Indonesia. It is a popular tourist spot, although the number of visitors dropped for a few years as a result of terrorist bombings in 2002 and 2005 that killed mainly tourists. Bali became more popular starting in 2008 due to a significant and favorable change in the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Indonesian rupiah.

Java is a large island in Indonesia that is home to the country’s capital, Jakarta. With a population of over 130 million, Java is the most populous island in the world, with even more people than Honshu, the main island of Japan.

55…Grandson of Adam..ENOS

Enos was the son of Seth, and therefore the grandson of Adam and Eve. According to the ancient Jewish work called the Book of Jubilees, Enos married his own sister Noam.

57…U-Haul rival..RYDER

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

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

64…U.N. workers’ agcy…ILO

The ILO (International Labour Organization) is an agency now administered by the UN which was established by the League of Nations after WWI. The ILO deals with important issues such as health and safety, discrimination, child labor and forced labor. The organization was recognized for its work in 1969 when it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

71…Singer Redbone..LEON

Leon Redbone is a singer-songwriter from Canada. One of Redbone’s claims to fame is that he sang the theme song for the sitcom “Mr. Belvedere”.

73…Cheese companion..MAC

Thomas Jefferson’s name is associated with the dish we known today as “mac ‘n’ cheese”. The future president discovered the baked macaroni with Parmesan cheese while in Paris and in northern Italy. He started serving the dish to guests in the US, and even had a machine imported to make the macaroni locally. Whether or not Jefferson was the first to bring mac ‘n’ cheese to America isn’t entirely clear, but it has been popular ever since.

75…Watch company logo..OMEGA

Omega is a manufacturer of high-end watches based in Switzerland. An Omega watch was the first portable timepiece to make it to the moon.

81…Mop partner?..GLO

Mop & Glo is brand of floor cleaner and polish.

85…System based on urgency..TRIAGE

“Triage” is the process of prioritizing patients for treatment, especially on a battlefield. The term “triage” is French and means “a sorting”.

90…Five-time presidential candidate..NADER

Ralph Nader has run for the office of President of the United States five times now. In the 1992 race, he ran as a write-in candidate in both New Hampshire primaries, and also as a named independent candidate in the Massachusetts Democratic Primary. Nader then ran as a third-party candidate in every election from 1996 to 2008. Nader’s name was first first linked with the presidential race in 1971, when the famous Dr. Benjamin Spock offered to stand aside as candidate in the 1972 race if Nader would agree to run, but he declined.

92…PIKE..TOLL ROAD

Back in the 15th century a “turnpike” was a defensive barrier across a road. By the 17th century the term was used for a barrier that stopped travellers until a toll was paid. By the 18th century a turnpike was the name given to a road with a toll.

94…CARP..MOAN AND GROAN

The word “carp” used to mean simply “talk” back in the 13th century, with its roots in the Old Norwegian “karpa” meaning “to brag”. A century later the Latin word “carpere” meaning “to slander” influenced the use of “carp” so that it came to mean “find fault with”.

97…The Brits call it an identity parade..LINEUP

That would be a police lineup.

99…Recipient of Bart’s prank calls..MOE

On the animated TV comedy “The Simpsons”, Bart likes to prank call Moe’s Tavern. Bart asks Moe to “page” someone in the bar using a fictitious name, a name which sounds like a rude phrase when called out loud. This running joke on “The Simpsons” is a homage to a series of legendary calls made in real life to the Tube Bar in Jersey City by John Elmo and Jim Davidson that were taped and circulated widely in the mid-seventies. Some of the milder names used in the original prank calls were:

• Al Cholic (alcoholic)
• Cole Kutz (cold cuts)
• Sal Lammy (salami)
• Anita Bath (I need a bath)

101…Org. that promotes hunter safety..NRA

National Rifle Association (NRA)

109…Old Athens enemy..SPARTA

Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, famous for her military might. Spartan children had a tough upbringing, and newborn babies were bathed in wine to see if the child was strong enough to survive. Every child was presented to a council of elders that decided if the baby was suitable for rearing. Those children deemed too puny were executed by tossing them into a chasm. We’ve been using the term “spartan” to describe something self-disciplined or austere since the 1600s.

111…Coll. seniors’ tests..GRES

Passing the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is usually a requirement for entry into graduate school here in the US.

113…Org. that fills bowls?..NCAA

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) dates back to the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. When his son broke his nose playing football at Harvard, President Roosevelt turned his attention to the number of serious injuries and even deaths occurring in college sports. He instigated meetings between the major educational institutions leading to the formation of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) in 1906, which was given the remit of regulating college sports. The IAAUS became the NCAA in 1910.

115…SHARK..CARD EXPERT

A “card sharp” is someone who is skilled and deceptive with playing cards, particularly when playing gambling games like poker. It seems that the term “card sharp” predates the related “card shark”, both of which have the same meaning.

117…SNAPPER..MOWER BRAND

Snapper is a manufacturer of lawnmowers and snow removal equipment. The company was founded as Southern Saw Works in 1894 and the first lawnmower produced was called the “Snappin’ Turtle”. The inventor gave it that name because he felt that the mower “snapped” the grass, and he installed a turtle figurine on the front of the first model that was sold.

121…”Rock of __”..AGES

“Rock of Ages” is Christian hymn that dates back to 1763 when it was written by the Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (what a great name!). Tradition has it that Toplady was caught in a storm while travelling along a gorge near his parish in the Mendip Hills in England. He took shelter in a gap in the gorge, and the fissure that protected him inspired him to write the title and first few lines of the hymn on a playing card that he was carrying. If you travel through the Mendip Hills today, there is indeed a fissure that is marked “Rock of Ages”.

122…”Counting Sheep” company..SERTA

Serta was founded in 1931 when a group of 13 mattress manufacturers came together, essentially forming a cooperative. Today, the Serta company is owned by eight independent licensees in a similar arrangement. Serta advertisements feature the Serta Counting Sheep. Each numbered sheep has a different personality, such as:

• #1 The Leader of the Flock
• #½ The Tweener
• #13 Mr. Bad Luck
• #53 The Pessimist
• #86 Benedict Arnold

123…Many an Ivan..TSAR

The term czar (also tsar) is a Slavic word that was first used as a title by Simeon I of Bulgaria in 913 AD. “Czar” is derived from the word “Caesar”, which was synonymous with “emperor” at that time.

124…Zaire’s Mobutu __ Seko..SESE

Mobutu Sese Seko was the longtime President of Zaire (later to be called the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Mobutu was known to be a very corrupt dictator and it is believed that he embezzled over $5 billion from his country. On a lighter note, Mobutu was the money man behind the famous 1974 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman known as “The Rumble in the Jungle”. Mobutu was anxious to expand the image of Zaire so he used his nation’s funds to entice the fighters to have a go at each other in his homeland.

The African nation once called Zaire is a neighbor of Rwanda. The genocide and war in Rwanda spilled over into Zaire in 1996, with the conflict escalating into what is now called the First Congo War. As part of the war’s fallout there was a regime change, and in 1997 Zaire became the Democratic Republic of Congo.

125…Legal wrong..TORT

The word “tort” is a French word meaning “mischief, injury or wrong”. Tort law is generally about negligence, when the action of one party causes injury to another but that action falls outside of the scope of criminal law.

Down

2…Infantry combat school decoration..RANGER TAB

The US Army’s Ranger School is open not only to Army members, but also to sailors, airmen, Marines and soldiers of allied armies. Ranger School is a combat leadership course that takes 61 days to complete successfully. The program began in 1950, and was permanently opened to women in 2015.

5…Marine eagle..ERN

The ern (also erne) is sometimes called the white-tailed eagle, or the sea-eagle.

8…Fashion monthly..ELLE

“Elle” magazine was founded in 1945 in France and today has the highest circulation of any fashion magazine in the world. “Elle” is the French word for “she”. “Elle” is published monthly worldwide, although you can pick up a weekly edition if you live in France.

10…Rolling Stones title woman..ANGIE

For my money, “Angie” is the greatest ballad ever performed by the Rolling Stones. Despite rumors to the contrary, “Angie” doesn’t refer to a particular woman. If fact, songwriter Keith Richard says that “Angie” is a pseudonym for heroin, and the lyrics tell of his efforts to get off the drug at a detox facility in Switzerland.

12…She played Carmela Soprano..EDIE FALCO

The actress Edie Falco won three Emmy Awards for playing Carmela Soprano on HBO’s outstanding drama series called “The Sopranos”. Falco also won an Emmy in 2010 for playing the title role in “Nurse Jackie”, an excellent black comedy.

16…Pie nut..PECAN

The pecan is the state nut of which state in the Union? Nope, it’s not Georgia, but rather Alabama …

17…Run-down..SEEDY

We use the word “seedy” to mean “shabby”. The usage probably arose from the appearance of a flowering plant that has gone to seed.

21…Welcoming symbol..LEI

“Lei” is the Hawaiian word for “garland, wreath”, although in more general terms a “lei” is any series of objects strung together as an adornment for the body.

24…”Nothing runs like” it..DEERE

John Deere invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837. Prior to Deere’s invention, farmers used an iron or wooden plow that constantly had to be cleaned as rich soil stuck to its surfaces. The cast-steel plow was revolutionary as its smooth sides solved the problem of “stickiness”. The Deere company that John founded uses the slogan “Nothing Runs Like a Deere”, and has a leaping deer as its logo.

26…Hardly a picky eater..OMNIVORE

The term “omnivore” comes from Latin, meaning “one who devours all”. That would be me …

29…Popular place to visit..MECCA

Mecca is in the Makkah province of Saudi Arabia and is the holiest city in Islam. Every year several million Muslims perform the Hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. We use the term “mecca” figuratively to describe any place that attracts lots of visitors.

36…State since 1948: Abbr…ISR

The land that is now Israel was ruled by the British after WWI as the British Mandate of Palestine. The British evacuated the area after WWII, largely responding to pressure from both Jewish and Arab nationalist movements. The British Mandate expired on 14 May 1948 and the State of israel was established at the same time. This declaration of a new state was followed by the immediate invasion of the area by four Arab countries and the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A ceasefire was declared after a year of fighting and tension has persisted in the region ever since.

40…Elec. bill unit..KWH

The kilowatt hour (kWh) is a unit of energy, made up of the product of power (kilowatts – kW) and time (hour – h). We see “kWh” all the time, on our electricity bills.

42…Singer K.T…OSLIN

Singer K. T. Oslin is best known for her string of country hits in the eighties.

43…Animals..FAUNA

The fauna is the animal life of a particular region, and the flora is that region’s plant life. The term “fauna” comes from the Roman goddess of earth and fertility who was called Fauna. Flora was the Roman goddess of plants, flowers and fertility.

44…Ominous peals..KNELLS

The word “knell” is used for a solemn ring from a bell, often associated with death or a funeral. “Knell” comes the Old English “cnell” and is probably imitative in origin, sounding like a peal from a large bell.

47…Spanish sky..CIELO

“Cielo” is the Spanish word for “sky” or “heaven”.

48…Company infamous for shredding..ENRON

After all the trials following the exposure of fraud at Enron, several of the key players ended up in jail. Andrew Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer. He plea-bargained and received ten years without parole, and became the key witness in the trials of others. Even Fastow’s wife was involved and she was sentenced to one year for helping her husband hide money. Jeffrey Skilling (ex-CEO) was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months. Kenneth Lay (CEO) died in 2006 after he had been found guilty but before he could be sentenced. The accounting firm Arthur Andersen was found guilty of obstruction of justice for shredding thousands of pertinent documents and deleting emails and files (a decision that the Supreme Court later overturned on a technicality). But still, Arthur Andersen collapsed under the weight of the scandal and 85,000 people lost their jobs (despite only a handful being directly involved with Enron).

54…Tree with delicate bark..BEECH

Beech bark is very thin and delicate, and is often scarred by people carving their initials or other forms of graffiti. These markings are permanent because the tree cannot heal itself. There is also a fungal infection that damages the American beech called beech bark disease, which can be fatal to the tree.

56…Hard-to-like person..SCHMO

“Schmo” (also “shmo”) is American slang for a dull or boring person, from the Yiddish word “shmok”.

59…Strikers’ org.?..PBA

Professional Bowlers Association (PBA)

60…Game that reportedly originated in Texas..HOLD ‘EM

The official birthplace of the incredibly popular poker game of Texas Hold ‘Em is Robstown, Texas where the game dates back to the early 1900s. The game was introduced into Las Vegas in 1967 by a group of Texan enthusiasts including Doyle Brunson, a champion often seen playing on TV today. Doyle Brunson published a poker strategy guide in 1978, and this really helped increase the popularity of the game. But it was the inclusion of Texas Hold ‘Em in the television lineup that really gave the game its explosive surge in popularity, with the size of the prize money just skyrocketing.

61…Indoor gridiron org…AFL

Arena Football is played indoors, on a smaller field than American (and Canadian) football. The sport was invented in 1981, and the Arena Football League (AFL) was around from 1987 till 2008. There’s a new AFL in business now, which started playing games in 2010.

63…Colorado native..UTE

The Ute are a group of Native American tribes that now resides in Utah and Colorado. The Ute were not a unified people as such, but rather a loose association of nomadic groups.

65…Great guy?..SCOTT

No one seems to know for sure who the Scott is in the exclamation “great Scott!”. One theory is that the reference is to the commander-in-chief of the US Army during the Civil War, General Winfield Scott. Scott weighed in at 300 pounds later in his life, and was so obese that he could not ride a horse.

70…Prime minister before Yitzhak..GOLDA

Golda Meir was known as the “Iron Lady” when she was Prime Minister of Israel, long before that sobriquet came to be associated with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Golda Meir was born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev (in modern-day Ukraine), and when she was a young girl she moved with her family to the United States and settled in Milwaukee. As a teenager she relocated to Denver where she met and married Morris Meyerson, at the age of 19. She and her husband joined a kibbutz in Palestine in 1921, when she was in her twenties. Meir had been active in politics in the US, and continued her political work in Palestine. She was very influential during WWII, and played a leading role in negotiations after the war leading to the setting up of the state of Israel. By the time she was called on to lead the country, Meir had already retired, citing exhaustion and ill health. But serve she did, and led Israel during turbulent times (e.g. the massacre at the Munich Olympics, and the Yom Kippur War). She eventually resigned in 1974, saying that was what the people wanted.

Yitzhak Rabin was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, and the first Prime Minister to have been born in the relatively young state of Israel. Rabin was a signatory of the Oslo Accords in 1993, along with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, and US President Bill Clinton. Sadly, this led to his death as he was assassinated two years later by a right-wing radical who opposed the Accords.

71…Texas university in Beaumont..LAMAR

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and is a member of the Texas State University System. Lamar was founded in 1923 as South Park Junior College, and operated on an unused floor of a high school.

73…Belgian surrealist..MAGRITTE

Belgian artist René Magritte was a surrealist. His most recognized work maybe is “The Son of Man”, a painting he created as a self-portrait. It is the work that shows a man in a bowler hat with his face covered by an apple. The image features prominently in the great movie, the 1999 remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair”.

76…Sacred Indian river..GANGES

The River Ganges rises in the western Himalaya and flows through the northeast of India before crossing into Bangladesh where it enters the Bay of Bengal. The Ganges is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess Ganga, and is the most sacred of all rivers in Hinduism.

89…Land along the Mekong..LAOS

The Mekong is the twelfth longest river in the world, at over 2,700 miles in length. It rises in the Tibetan Plateau and empties into the South China Sea at the famed Mekong delta system in Vietnam.

91…Strand under a microscope..RNA

Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is an essential catalyst in the manufacture of proteins in the body. The genetic code in DNA determines the sequence of amino acids that make up each protein. That sequence is read in DNA by messenger RNA, and amino acids are delivered for protein manufacture in the correct sequence by what is called transfer RNA. The amino acids are then formed into proteins by ribosomal RNA.

93…DDE rival..AES

Adlai Stevenson (AES) ran for president unsuccessfully against Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE) in 1952 and in 1956. Some years after his second defeat, Stevenson served under President Kennedy as Ambassador to the United Nations. Stevenson was always noted for his eloquence and he had a famous exchange in a UN Security Council meeting during the Cuban missile crisis. Stevenson bluntly demanded that the Soviet representative on the council tell the world if the USSR was installing nuclear weapons in Cuba. His words were “Don’t wait for the translation, answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’!” followed by “I am prepared to wait for my answer until Hell freezes over!”

98…__ Island: South Carolina training base..PARRIS

Parris Island is a military installation in South Carolina that is used for the training of enlisted Marines. All female recruits pass through Parris Island, as do male recruits from east of the Mississippi River. Male recruits from west of the Mississippi receive their training in San Diego.

102…Accessory named for a racetrack..ASCOT

An Ascot tie is a horrible-looking (I think!) wide tie that narrows at the neck, which these days is only really worn at weddings. The tie takes its name from the Royal Ascot horse race at which punters still turn up in formal wear at Ascot Racecourse in England.

104…Cleveland suburb named for an Italian city..PARMA

The cities of Parma and Parma Heights are suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio.

Parma is a city in northern Italy, famous for its ham (prosciutto) and cheese (parmesan). The area covered by the two cities was originally named “Greenbriar”, a reference to the briar bush that grew there. The Parma name was chosen by a local householder who had just returned from a visit to Parma in Italy.

106…Iconic sportster..VETTE

The Chevrolet Corvette was introduced to the world in 1953, and was named after the small maneuverable warship called a corvette. The Corvette has legs. It is the only American sports car that has been around for over 50 years.

108…Against a thing, legally..IN REM

“In rem” translates from Latin as “in a thing”. In a lawsuit, an action is described as “in rem” if it is directed against some property. This would be the case if someone disputes ownership of a piece of land, for example. An action “in personam” on the other hand, is directed against a specific individual.

110…Rose of Guns N’ Roses..AXL

Guns N’ Roses is a hard rock band founded in 1985 that is still going strong. The group was pulled together by Axl Rose, the lead vocalist. The lead-guitar player back then was Tracii Guns, and it was the combination of Axl and Tracii’s “family” names that led to the band being called Guns N’ Roses.

112…Target’s target, e.g…LOGO

Target Corporation was founded by George Draper Dayton in 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota as Dayton Dry Goods Company. Dayton developed into a department store, and the company opened up a discount store chain in 1962, calling it Target. Today Target is the second-largest discount retailer in the country, after Walmart.

114…Month before Nisan..ADAR

Nisan is the first month in the Hebrew ecclesiastical calendar, the month in which Passover falls. Adar is the last month in the same calendar.

116…Circle ratios..PIS

The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter is a mathematical constant, which we denote with the Greek letter pi (π). The ratio pi can be used to calculate the area of a disk, by multiplying the constant by the square of the radius (πr2).

118…Some coll. degrees..BSS

Bachelor of Science (BS)

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Complete List of Clues and Answers

Across

1…Space exploration vehicle..PROBE

6…Power couple..ITEM

10…Bowled over..AWED

14…Key holders..MAPS

18…Regatta entrant..RACER

19…__ noho: dance performed while seated or kneeling..HULA

20…Holder of 14 Grand Slam titles..NADAL

22…Sheltered at sea..ALEE

23…SOLE..ONE AND ONLY

25…SKATE..GLIDE ON ICE

27…Majors won five times by Jack Nicklaus, familiarly..PGAS

28…Weapon with a three-sided blade..EPEE

29…Map unit..MILE

30…Words after “If mom finds out”..I’M DEAD

31…Menu list..ENTREES

33…Drive to the airport, say..SEE OFF

35…Tot tender..NANNY

36…Investment vehicle, briefly..IRA

37…Horace’s “__ Poetica”..ARS

38…Blue Devils’ conference..ACC

39…”Have a seat!”..PARK IT!

41…FLUKE..STROKE OF LUCK

45…BASS..LOW VOICE

49…Employee’s hope..RAISE

50…Book with a year on its cover..ALMANAC

52…Interrupt..HORN IN

53…Java neighbor..BALI

54…Bargain..BUY

55…Grandson of Adam..ENOS

57…U-Haul rival..RYDER

58…How many autographs are signed..IN PEN

60…Put a stop to..HALT

62…Actor’s aid..CUE

64…U.N. workers’ agcy…ILO

65…Amaze..STUN

68…RAY..BEAM OF LIGHT

71…Singer Redbone..LEON

72…Fire..CAN

73…Cheese companion..MAC

74…Woes..ILLS

75…Watch company logo..OMEGA

77…”I’m __ here!”..OUTTA

79…Back..HIND

81…Mop partner?..GLO

82…Within..AMID

85…System based on urgency..TRIAGE

87…Annoyed..NEEDLED

90…Five-time presidential candidate..NADER

92…PIKE..TOLL ROAD

94…CARP..MOAN AND GROAN

97…The Brits call it an identity parade..LINEUP

99…Recipient of Bart’s prank calls..MOE

100…Wide shoe size..EEE

101…Org. that promotes hunter safety..NRA

102…In __: trapped..A SPOT

105…Works one’s fingers to the bone..SLAVES

107…Spells during a vacation, perhaps..CAT-SITS

109…Old Athens enemy..SPARTA

111…Coll. seniors’ tests..GRES

112…Oral history..LORE

113…Org. that fills bowls?..NCAA

115…SHARK..CARD EXPERT

117…SNAPPER..MOWER BRAND

119…”I’ll buy”..ON ME

120…Cap..LIMIT

121…”Rock of __”..AGES

122…”Counting Sheep” company..SERTA

123…Many an Ivan..TSAR

124…Zaire’s Mobutu __ Seko..SESE

125…Legal wrong..TORT

126…Defame..SMEAR

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1…Actor’s aid..PROP

2…Infantry combat school decoration..RANGER TAB

3…Saltwater aquariums..OCEANARIA

4…Wild thing..BEAST

5…Marine eagle..ERN

6…Wishful words..I HOPE SO

7…Works for a pianist..TUNES

8…Fashion monthly..ELLE

9…Is allowed to..MAY

10…Rolling Stones title woman..ANGIE

11…It might be packed..WALLOP

12…She played Carmela Soprano..EDIE FALCO

13…Pop..DAD

14…Imperative..MANDATORY

15…Sci-fi staple..ALIEN

16…Pie nut..PECAN

17…Run-down..SEEDY

21…Welcoming symbol..LEI

24…”Nothing runs like” it..DEERE

26…Hardly a picky eater..OMNIVORE

29…Popular place to visit..MECCA

32…Acquire abundantly..RAKE IN

33…Pond gunk..SCUM

34…Back again..FRO

36…State since 1948: Abbr…ISR

38…Partner..ALLY

40…Elec. bill unit..KWH

42…Singer K.T…OSLIN

43…Animals..FAUNA

44…Ominous peals..KNELLS

46…Small studio production..INDIE

47…Spanish sky..CIELO

48…Company infamous for shredding..ENRON

51…Arguing against..ANTI

54…Tree with delicate bark..BEECH

56…Hard-to-like person..SCHMO

59…Strikers’ org.?..PBA

60…Game that reportedly originated in Texas..HOLD ‘EM

61…Indoor gridiron org…AFL

63…Colorado native..UTE

65…Great guy?..SCOTT

66…Prefix meaning “bull”..TAURO-

67…Up to..UNTIL

69…Valuable tunnel..MINE

70…Prime minister before Yitzhak..GOLDA

71…Texas university in Beaumont..LAMAR

73…Belgian surrealist..MAGRITTE

76…Sacred Indian river..GANGES

78…Challenge..TALL ORDER

80…”Let’s do it my way”..INDULGE ME

81…Inheritance factor..GENE

83…”Whatever”..I DON’T CARE

84…Heading for an annual list..DEAR SANTA

86…Many millennia..EON

88…Capitol tops..DOMES

89…Land along the Mekong..LAOS

91…Strand under a microscope..RNA

93…DDE rival..AES

95…Least remote..NEAREST

96…Dissuade..DETER

98…__ Island: South Carolina training base..PARRIS

102…Accessory named for a racetrack..ASCOT

103…Intervals..SPANS

104…Cleveland suburb named for an Italian city..PARMA

106…Iconic sportster..VETTE

107…Quail..COWER

108…Against a thing, legally..IN REM

110…Rose of Guns N’ Roses..AXL

112…Target’s target, e.g…LOGO

114…Month before Nisan..ADAR

116…Circle ratios..PIS

117…Yoga accessory..MAT

118…Some coll. degrees..BSS

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