LA Times Crossword Answers 22 Feb 15, Sunday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Alex Vratsanos
THEME: The ‘60s* … each of themed answers has “6 Ts” (which sounds like “60s”).

39A. *Congressional authorization of its creation was partly contingent on its forbidding polygamy UTAH STATE CONSTITUTION
45A. *Gossip TITTLE-TATTLE
67A. *1976 Doobie Brothers hit TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS
93A. *Knocking sound, in Joyce’s “Ulysses” (longest palindromic word in the OED) TATTARRATTAT
98A. *”No lie!” THAT‘S THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH!
28D. *Jolson classic TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE!

BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 33m 11s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 3 … TITTLE-TATTLE (tattle-tattle!!!), O’NEIL (O’NEAL), SHIITAKE (shaatake!!!)

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1. Alice’s cat DINAH
Dinah is Alice’s pet cat, and a companion that she mentions quite often in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There”.

6. Dix follower ONZE
Counting in French: 10 (dix) 11 (onze) etc.

10. Site of the house that inspired “American Gothic” IOWA
The iconic Grant Wood work called “American Gothic” was painted in 1930. It depicts a farmer holding a pitchfork standing beside his spinster daughter. Grant used his sister as a model for the daughter, and his dentist as a model for the farmer. You can see “American Gothic” on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. You can also visit the house depicted in the painting, in the city of Eldon, Iowa. Perhaps predictably, the house is located on American Gothic Street.

14. Bikini specs C-CUPS
The origin of the name “bikini”, a type of bathing suit, seems very uncertain. My favorite story is that it is named after the Bikini Atoll, site of American A-bomb tests in the forties and fifties. The name “bikini” was chosen for the swim-wear because of the “explosive” effect it had on men who saw a woman wearing the garment!

19. “Fear of Fifty” author Jong ERICA
The author Erica Jong’s most famous work is her first: “Fear of Flying”, a novel published in 1973. Over twenty years later she wrote “Fear of Fifty: a midlife memoir”, published in 1994.

26. Blood-typing letters ABO
The most important grouping of blood types is the ABO system. Blood is classified as either A, B, AB or O, depending on the type of antigens on the surface of the red blood cells. A secondary designation of blood is the Rh factor, in which other antigens are labelled as either positive or negative. When a patient receives a blood transfusion, ideally the donor blood should be the same type as that of the recipient, as incompatible blood cells can be rejected. However, blood type O-neg can be accepted by recipients with all blood types, A, B, AB or O, and positive or negative. Hence someone with O-neg blood type is called a “universal donor”.

30. Tenn. athletes VOLS
The Tennessee Volunteers (the Vols) is the name given to the men’s sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The women’s teams are called the Lady Volunteers.

32. Money changers?: Abbr. EDS
Editors (eds.)

“Money” magazine is a sister publication of “Time”, and focuses on personal finance.

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

36. IRS hiree CPA
Certified public accountant (CPA)

39. *Congressional authorization of its creation was partly contingent on its forbidding polygamy UTAH STATE CONSTITUTION
The citizenry of Utah made several attempts to make Utah a state, although the original submissions called for the new state name to be Deseret. A series of draft constitutions were submitted, but the US Congress rejected them all until there was included a specific rejection of polygamy. The Utah State Constitution now includes a statement that “plural marriages” are “forever prohibited”.

47. Newsman Roger O’NEIL
Roger O’Neil is a news reporter who has worked for NBC for over 30 years.

53. Vouchsafes BESTOWS
The term “vouchsafe” means to deign, to bestow. It derives from Middle English, made up from the words meaning “to warrant as safe”.

56. Han River capital 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.

59. Henri’s here ICI
“Vous êtes ici” are important words to know when navigating your way around Paris. They mean “You are here”, and you’ll often see them on maps in the street.

60. Fleur in heraldry LYS
“Lys” (also “lis”) is the French word for “lily”, as in “fleur-de-lys”, the heraldic symbol often associated with the French monarchy.

61. Ward with Emmys SELA
The actress Sela Ward turns up in crosswords a lot. Ward played Teddy Reed in the TV show “Sisters” in the nineties, and was in “Once and Again” from 1999-2002. I don’t know either show, but I do know Ward from the medical drama “House” in which she played the hospital’s lawyer and Greg House’s ex-partner. That was a fun role, I thought. More recently Ward played a lead role on “CSI: NY” and was a very welcome and much-needed addition to the cast …

64. Mild, chili-wise ONE-ALARM
The spiciness or “heat” of a serving of chili is often designated by an unofficial scale ranging from one-alarm upwards.

The full name of the dish that is often called simply “chili” is “chili con carne”, Spanish for “peppers with meat”. The dish was first created by immigrants from the Spanish Canary Islands in the city of San Antonio, Texas (a city which the islanders founded). The San Antonio Chili Stand was a popular attraction at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and that stand introduced the dish to the rest of America and to the world.

67. *1976 Doobie Brothers hit TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS
The Doobie Brothers are a rock band from San Jose, California, and aren’t brothers at all. Apparently the band took their name from their fondness for “doobies”, a slang term for marijuana cigarettes.

77. Pacific finger food POI
The corm of some taro plants is used to make poi, the traditional Hawaiian dish (that I think tastes horrible). When a taro plant is grown as an ornamental, it is often called Elephant Ears due to the shape of its large leaves.

80. “You Gotta Be” singer Des’__ REE
Des’ree is an R&B singer from London, England. One of Des’ree’s biggest hits is the song “Kissing You”, which was used in the 1996 film adaption of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

81. Zenophile? STOIC
Zeno of Citium was a Greek philosopher famous for teaching at the Stoa Poikile, the “Painted Porch”, located on the north side of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Because of the location of his classes, his philosophy became known as stoicism (from “stoa”, the word for “porch”). And yes, we get our adjective “stoic” from the same root.

84. “Plum Island” author Nelson DEMILLE
Nelson DeMille is a writer of thriller novels and crime fiction. I must admit, I’m quite fond of DeMille’s books and tend to read them on vacation. His best-known works are probably “Word of Honor”, “The Gold Coast”, “Plum Island” and “The General’s Daughter”. The latter was adapted into a 1999 movie starring John Travolta.

91. Metroliner successor ACELA
The Acela Express is the fastest train routinely running in the US, getting up to 150 mph at times. The service runs between Boston and Washington D.C. via Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. The brand name “Acela” was created to evoke “acceleration” and “excellence”.

92. Shrek creator William STEIG
William Steig was a famous cartoonist who started drawing for “The New Yorker” in 1930. Decades later, Steig started to write children’s books. He published many successful titles, the most famous of which today is probably “Shrek!”, which was adapted into a movie franchise and a stage musical.

93. *Knocking sound, in Joyce’s “Ulysses” (longest palindromic word in the OED) TATTARRATTAT
In his 1922 novel “Ulysses”, author James Joyce coined the word “tattarrattat” to describe a knock on the door. Now, the “Oxford English Dictionary” list “tattarrattat” as the longest palindromic word in English.

Regular readers will know that I am unashamedly supportive of my native Irish culture, but I have to tell you that I can’t handle the works of James Joyce. I have spent many a fine day traipsing around Ireland learning about his life, but I have yet to appreciate one of his books. To me, his life is more absorbing than his writing. Having said that, “Ulysses” is an interesting novel in that it chronicles just one ordinary day in the life of a Dubliner named Leopold Bloom. There’s a huge celebration of “Ulysses” in Dublin every year on June 16th (and indeed, around the world), called Bloomsday. The festivities vary from readings and performances of the storyline, to good old pub crawls. “Ulysses” was made into a film of the same name in 1967 starring Milo O’Shea. Back in 1921 however, the book was effectively banned in the US after a New York court declared the magazine in which was serialized was declared obscene. The US Post Office burned many copies of the novel throughout the 1920s, until the US became the first English-speaking country where the book became freely available.

103. Red team SOX
The Boston Red Sox is one of the most successful Major League Baseball teams and so commands a large attendance, but only when on the road. The relatively small capacity of Boston’s Fenway Park, the team’s home since 1912, has dictated that every game the Red Sox has played there has been a sell out since May of 2003.

104. Little work for a gardener? BONSAI
The term “bonsai” is used more correctly to describe the Japanese art of growing carefully shaped trees in containers, although it has come to be used as the name for all miniature trees in pots.

105. Educational org. PTA
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)

106. The Aragón feeds it EBRO
The Ebro is the longest river in Spain. The river was known by the Romans as the Iber, and it is the “Iber” river that gives the “Iberian” Peninsula its name.

109. 1930s Rhine/Zener experiment ESP TEST
Zener cards were developed in the early thirties by psychologist Karl Zener, for use in experiments related to extra-sensory perception. These five simple and distinctive cards replaced the standard deck of cards that had been used in trials up to that point. The five symbols used on the cards are a circle, a cross, three wavy lines, a square and a star.

113. L.D.S. school BYU
Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah has about 34.000 students on campus making it the largest religious university in the country. The school was founded in 1875 by Brigham Young, then President of the Mormon Church.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often abbreviated to “LDS”, is known colloquially as the Mormon Church.

119. Experiment subjects GUINEA PIGS
The guinea pig species of rodent is also known as a cavy. Guinea pigs aren’t related to pigs, and not are they from Guinea (in West Africa). Guinea pigs actually come from the Andes. They were commonly used for research in the 1800s and 1900s, and as a result we use the term “guinea pig” for a test subject to this day.

124. They’re under heads TORSI
“Torso” (plural “torsi”) is an Italian word meaning the “trunk of a statue”, a word that we imported into English.

125. “A Series of Unfortunate Events” villain Squalor ESME
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” is a 2004 black comedy based on the novels by Lemony Snicket (the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler). I rarely “do” black comedies, so I skipped this one …

126. Six-yr. pols SENS
The six-year terms enjoyed by US senators are staggered, so that every two years about one third of the US Senate seats come up for reelection.

Down
1. “I’ve seen this before” feeling DEJA VU
“Déjà vu” is French for “already seen”.

2. Asimov classic I, ROBOT
Isaac Asimov was a wonderful science fiction writer, and a professor of biochemistry. He was a favorite author as I was growing up and I must admit that some hero worship on my part led me to study and work as a biochemist for a short while early in my career. My favorite of his works is the collection of short stories called “I, Robot”. Asimov wrote three autobiographies, the last of which was called “I, Asimov”, which was published in 1994, two years after his death.

3. Inventor on Serbia’s 100-dinar note NIKOLA TESLA
Nikola Tesla was born in Serbia, but later moved to the US. Tesla’s work on mechanical and electrical engineering was crucial to the development of alternating current technology, the same technology that is used by equipment at the backbone of modern power generation and distribution systems.

4. Opening day starter ACE
In the world of baseball, the term “ace” is used for a team’s best starting pitcher. Typically, an ace will pitch on Opening Day, the first day of the regular season.

5. 2011 FedEx Cup winner Bill HAAS
Bill Haas is a professional golfer from Charlotte, North Carolina. Bill is the son of Jay Haas, who now plays on the Champions Tour.

7. Morphological component, in linguistics NOUN STEM
A noun stem is the basic part of a noun that carries the word’s meaning. Prefixes and suffixes can be added to the stem. For example, the noun stem “friend” can take the suffix “-ship” to form the new noun “friendship”. The noun stem “angle” can take the prefix “tri-” to form the new noun “triangle”.

8. Fan mag ZINE
A fanzine (also “zine”) is a fan publication with a very limited circulation, dealing with a very specific subject matter. Fanzines are usually desktop published and distributed electronically or as photocopies.

9. Source of Norse mythology EDDA
The Poetic Edda and Prose Edda are two ancient works that are the source for much of Norse mythology. Both Eddas were written in the 13th century, in Iceland.

11. “Catch-22” pal of Yossarian ORR
Orr has no other name, just “Orr”, in Joseph Heller’s novel “Catch 22”.

“Catch-22” is a novel by Joseph Heller set during WWII. The title refers to absurd bureaucratic constraints that soldiers had to suffer. Heller’s “Catch 22” was invoked by an army psychiatrist to explain that any pilot requesting to be evaluated for insanity, to avoid flying dangerous missions, had to be sane as only a sane man would try to get out of such missions. The term “catch-22 has entered the language and describes a paradoxical situation from which one can’t escape due to contradictory rules; one loses, no matter what choice one makes.

12. Nintendo controllers WIIMOTES
“Wiimote” is an alternative name for the Wii Remote, the controller for the Nintendo Wii gaming console.

13. St. Francis’ home ASSISI
The Italian town of Assisi is in Umbria. Assisi is famous as the birthplace of St. Francis and as the home to the Franciscan religious order. It was also the home to Saint Clare and her order of the Poor Sisters (later known as the Poor Clares).

15. “Mad Money” network CNBC
The CNBC television show “Mad Money” started airing in 2005, and is hosted by the ebullient Jim Cramer. Cramer recommends that essential funds, such as those reserved for retirement, be safely locked away in conservative investment vehicles. Any money left over (still looking for that here!) is classed as “Mad Money” and can be invested in more risky stocks.

18. Many AARP members: Abbr. SRS
AARP is now the official name for the interest group that used to be called the American Association of Retired Persons. The name change reflects the current focus of the group on all Americans aged 50 or over, as opposed to just people who have retired.

22. Tailed orbiter COMET
Comets and asteroids are similar, both being relatively small celestial bodies orbiting the sun. Comets differ from asteroids in that they have a coma or tail, especially when they are close enough to the sun. The coma and tail are temporary fuzzy atmospheres that develop due to the presence of solar radiation.

24. Butler created by Mitchell RHETT
In Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone with the Wind”, when Rhett Butler finally walks out on Scarlett O’Hara he utters the words “My dear, I don’t give a damn”. Most of us are more familiar with the slightly different words spoken by Clark Gable in the film adaption of the story: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

28. *Jolson classic TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE
The classic musical “The Jazz Singer” was released in 1927, and became the biggest box office success for the Warner Bros. to date. Famously, it was a “talkie”, and is now regarded as one of the films that signalled the impending end of the “silent era”. Star of the movie is Al Jolson, who performs six songs including “Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye)” and “My Mammy”.

31. Asian mushroom SHIITAKE
Shiitake mushrooms are native to Japan, China and Korea. They are very popular as a food, and shiitake now make up about 25% of the total world’s production of mushrooms.

34. Blowup cause TNT
TNT is an abbreviation for trinitrotoluene. Trinitrotoluene was first produced in 1863 by the German chemist Joseph Wilbrand, who developed it for use as a yellow dye. TNT is relatively difficult to detonate so it was on the market as a dye for some years before its more explosive properties were discovered.

35. U.K. component ISL
Island (isl.)

The terms “United Kingdom”, “Great Britain” and “England” can sometimes be confused. The official use of “United Kingdom” originated in 1707 with the Acts of Union that declared the countries of England and Scotland as “United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain”. The name changed again with the Acts of Union 1800 that created the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” (much to the chagrin of most of the Irish population). This was partially reversed in 1927 when the current name was introduced, the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in recognition of an independent Irish Free State in the south of the island of Ireland. There was much speculation about the future of the UK’s “name” as the referendum on the independence of Scotland loomed in 2014. That discussion died out when the Scots voted to remain part of the UK.

38. Long range ANDES
The Andes is the longest continuous chain of mountains in the world, running right down the length of the west coast of South America for about 4,300 miles. The highest peak in the range is Mt. Aconcagua, at an elevation of 22,841 feet. Interestingly, the peak of Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest point on the Earth’s surface from the center of the planet. That’s because of the equatorial “bulge” around the Earth’s “waist”.

40. 1944 invasion city ST LO
Saint-Lô is a town in Normandy that was occupied by Germany in 1940. Saint-Lo stood at a strategic crossroads and so there was intense fighting there during the Normandy invasion of 1944. After a prolonged bombardment, very little of the town was left standing.

41. DFW postings ETAS
Estimated time of arrival (eta)

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is the largest hub for American Airlines, and is also the fourth busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft landings and takeoffs (Atlanta is the world’s busiest, followed by Chicago O’Hare and then Los Angeles International).

42. Docket item CASE
A docket is the official summary of proceedings in a court of law. The term is sometimes used (informally) to refer a court’s calendar of cases.

47. Dictionary cousin of arch. OBS
A word in a dictionary might be listed as archaic (arch.) or obsolete (obs.).

48. Bygone depilatory NEET
The hair removal product “Neet” was launched in Canada in 1901, and was also sold as “Immac”. Today it is sold under the name “Veet”.

52. French game in which the king is the highest card ECARTE
Écarté is a card game that comes to us from France, with a name that translates into ‘discarded”. Écarté is a game like whist but is played with a stripped-down deck and involves only two players.

57. Durham sch. UNH
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is the largest university in the state. UNH was founded as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1866 in Hanover. The college was moved to Durham in the early 1890s, which is where UNH’s main campus is located to this day.

58. Jack Reacher creator Child LEE
Lee Child is the pen name of British thriller writer Jim Grant. The hero of Child’s stories is an American ex-military policeman called Jack Reacher. The novel “One Shot” was adapted for the big screen as “Jack Reacher”, which was released in 2012 with Tom Cruise in the title role.

63. Yemen became its 160th mem. in June, 2014 WTO
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The stated aim of the WTO is to liberalize international trade. The organization was founded in 1995 when an international agreement on trade was reached that effectively replaced the existing General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that was laid down in 1949.

65. Ophidiophobe’s fear, perhaps ASP
Ophidiophobia is an abnormal fear of snakes. The term “herpetophobia” is sometimes used for the same condition, although strictly speaking the latter terms refers to a fear of reptiles and amphibians. The former term comes from the Greek “ophis” meaning “serpent” and “phobos” meaning “fear”.

66. Great Society program MEDICARE
President Johnson introduced a set of programs in the mid-sixties that were designed to eliminate racial injustice and domestic poverty. The president called these programs “the Great Society”. Some of the Great Society programs have survived the ravages of time, such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act.

69. “My country __ … ” ‘TIS
The patriotic song “America” is also known by its first line, “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”. The song was written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831, and was the de facto national anthem of the country until “The Star-Spangled Banner” was declared the official anthem.

70. Prov. bordering four Great Lakes ONT
The four Great Lakes bordering the province of Ontario are Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario.

71. Kids’ TV quartet TELETUBBIES
“Teletubbies” is a children’s television show produced by the BBC in the UK and shown over here on PBS. The show attracted a lot of attention in 1999 when Jerry Falwell suggested that one of the Teletubbies characters, Tinky Winky, was a homosexual role model for children.

76. __ culpa MEA
Many Roman Catholics are very familiar with the Latin phrase “mea culpa” meaning “my fault”, as it is used in the Latin Mass. The additional term “mea maxima culpa” translates as “my most grievous fault”.

78. Bug-B-Gon maker ORTHO
Ortho is a brand of weed killer owned by Scott’s Miracle-Gro.

82. World Golf Hall of Famer Aoki ISAO
Isao Aoki is one of Japan’s greatest golfers, now playing on the senior circuit. Aoki’s best finish in a major tournament was runner-up to Jack Nicklaus in the 1980 US Open.

83. Corner key CTRL
The control key (Ctrl.)

85. Falcons quarterback Ryan MATT
Matt Ryan is a quarterback playing for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Off the football field, Ryan loves to play golf and appears in the occasional celebrity golf tournament.

87. Good guess in Battleship HIT
Battleship was a game that we used to play as kids using pencil and paper. The game had been around at least since WWI, and was eventually turned into a board game by Milton Bradley in 1967.

88. WWII weapons STEN GUNS
The STEN gun is an iconic armament that was used by the British military. The name STEN is an acronym. The S and the T comes from the name of the gun’s designers, Shepherd and Turpin. The EN comes from the Enfield brand name, which in turn comes from the Enfield location where the guns were manufactured for the Royal Small Arms Factory, an enterprise owned by the British government.

90. 1991 Pinatubo event ERUPTION
Mount Pinatubo is an active volcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Pinatubo had a massive eruption in 1991 that was the largest eruption seen in the 20th century since the 1912 eruption of the Novarupta in Alaska. 847 people died as a direct result of the 1991 eruption, mostly due to the collapse of roofs under the weight of wet ash that accumulated during the simultaneous arrival of Typhoon Yunya.

95. Sched. opening TBA
To be advised (TBA)

97. Coquette TEASE
A “coquet” is a male flirt, with “coquette” being a female flirt. The word comes from French, and is the diminutive of “coq”, the word for a cock. A cock might well be accused of “strutting his stuff” around the chicken run.

100. Writer __ de Balzac HONORE
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright from the 19th century. Balzac wrote a huge collection of related novels called “La Comédie humaine”.

101. __ Lie, first U.N. secretary-general TRYGVE
Trygve Lie was a Norwegian politician who served as the first UN Secretary-General, from 1946 to 1952. Prior to his time at the UN, Lie was the Foreign Minister of the Norwegian government-in-exile during the Nazi occupation of his country during WWII.

107. “A Bug’s Life” colony ANTS
“A Bug’s Life” is a 1998 animated feature film from Pixar. The storyline is based on the film “The Seven Samurai” and the fable of “The Ant and the Grasshopper”.

108. City near Provo LEHI
The Utah city of Lehi was first settled in 1851. The settlement grew rapidly and was incorporated in the second year of its existence, in 1852. The name Lehi was chosen after a prophet in the Book of Mormon.

110. Boot camp NCOs SGTS
An NCO is a non-commissioned officer in the armed forces. Usually such an officer is one who has earned his or her rank by promotion through the enlisted ranks. A good example would be a sergeant (Sgt.).

114. Retiree of 2003, briefly SST
The most famous supersonic transport (SST) is the retired Concorde. Concorde was developed and produced under an Anglo-French treaty by France’s Aérospatiale and the UK’s British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Concordes were mainly operated by Air France and British Airways, with both companies buying the planes with substantial subsidies from the French and British governments. The final Concorde flight was a British Airways plane that landed in the UK on 26 November 2003.

115. Winning combo OOO
When I was growing up in Ireland we played “noughts and crosses” … our name for the game tic-tac-toe.

118. The Battle of Austerlitz precipitated its end: Abbr. HRE
The Holy Roman Empire (HRE) existed from 962 to 1806 AD and was a territory of varying size over the centuries that centered on the Kingdom of Germany. The HRE was a successor to the western half of the Ancient Roman Empire. The empire dissolved in 1806 when Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicated after a military defeat by the French under Napoleon at Austerlitz.

120. Royal pain? PEA
“The Princess and the Pea” is a fairy tale from the pen of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The essence of the story is that a prince’s mother tests the royal blood of an apparent princess by placing a pea under a pile of mattresses on which the young girl sleeps. The girl complains of a restless night, demonstrating a physical sensitivity that can only be attributed to a princess. And they all live happily ever after …

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Alice’s cat DINAH
6. Dix follower ONZE
10. Site of the house that inspired “American Gothic” IOWA
14. Bikini specs C-CUPS
19. “Fear of Fifty” author Jong ERICA
20. Vacuum VOID
21. Diagnostic tool MRI SCANNER
23. Kid JOKE AROUND
25. Criminals are often behind them PRISON BARS
26. Blood-typing letters ABO
27. Show mastery of SHINE AT
29. Parrot MIMIC
30. Tenn. athletes VOLS
32. Money changers?: Abbr. EDS
33. Purposeless OTIOSE
36. IRS hiree CPA
39. *Congressional authorization of its creation was partly contingent on its forbidding polygamy UTAH STATE CONSTITUTION
45. *Gossip TITTLE-TATTLE
46. Skipped town, maybe MOVED
47. Newsman Roger O’NEIL
49. Ship staff MAST
50. From one tone to the next, in music STEPWISE
53. Vouchsafes BESTOWS
56. Han River capital SEOUL
59. Henri’s here ICI
60. Fleur in heraldry LYS
61. Ward with Emmys SELA
62. “So-o adorable!” AWW!
64. Mild, chili-wise ONE-ALARM
67. *1976 Doobie Brothers hit TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS
73. Terminus ENDPOINT
74. With 123-Across, personal annoyance PET
75. Judge DEEM
77. Pacific finger food POI
80. “You Gotta Be” singer Des’__ REE
81. Zenophile? STOIC
84. “Plum Island” author Nelson DEMILLE
86. Apple sites ORCHARDS
89. Bone: Pref. OSTE-
91. Metroliner successor ACELA
92. Shrek creator William STEIG
93. *Knocking sound, in Joyce’s “Ulysses” (longest palindromic word in the OED) TATTARRATTAT
98. *”No lie!” THAT’S THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH!
103. Red team SOX
104. Little work for a gardener? BONSAI
105. Educational org. PTA
106. The Aragón feeds it EBRO
107. As a companion ALONG
109. 1930s Rhine/Zener experiment ESP TEST
113. L.D.S. school BYU
114. When vacations often don’t start? SOON ENOUGH
119. Experiment subjects GUINEA PIGS
121. Alabaman, e.g. SOUTHERNER
122. Walked TROD
123. See 74-Across PEEVE
124. They’re under heads TORSI
125. “A Series of Unfortunate Events” villain Squalor ESME
126. Six-yr. pols SENS
127. De-pressurized? EASED

Down
1. “I’ve seen this before” feeling DEJA VU
2. Asimov classic I, ROBOT
3. Inventor on Serbia’s 100-dinar note NIKOLA TESLA
4. Opening day starter ACE
5. 2011 FedEx Cup winner Bill HAAS
6. Egg-shaped OVOIDAL
7. Morphological component, in linguistics NOUN STEM
8. Fan mag ZINE
9. Source of Norse mythology EDDA
10. Mischief-maker IMP
11. “Catch-22” pal of Yossarian ORR
12. Nintendo controllers WIIMOTES
13. St. Francis’ home ASSISI
14. “Is it okay, mom?” CAN I?
15. “Mad Money” network CNBC
16. Italian article UNA
17. Rate word PER
18. Many AARP members: Abbr. SRS
22. Tailed orbiter COMET
24. Butler created by Mitchell RHETT
28. *Jolson classic TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE!
31. Asian mushroom SHIITAKE
34. Blowup cause TNT
35. U.K. component ISL
36. __ service CIVIL
37. Art of verse POESY
38. Long range ANDES
40. 1944 invasion city ST LO
41. DFW postings ETAS
42. Docket item CASE
43. One making many calls UMPIRE
44. Trailer, say TOW
47. Dictionary cousin of arch. OBS
48. Bygone depilatory NEET
51. Out of vertical TILTED
52. French game in which the king is the highest card ECARTE
54. Roam WANDER
55. Ran through a reader SWIPED
57. Durham sch. UNH
58. Jack Reacher creator Child LEE
63. Yemen became its 160th mem. in June, 2014 WTO
65. Ophidiophobe’s fear, perhaps ASP
66. Great Society program MEDICARE
68. Shabbily dressed IN RAGS
69. “My country __ … ” ‘TIS
70. Prov. bordering four Great Lakes ONT
71. Kids’ TV quartet TELETUBBIES
72. Get cash for SELL
76. __ culpa MEA
77. Goal pair POSTS
78. Bug-B-Gon maker ORTHO
79. Climber’s implement ICE AX
82. World Golf Hall of Famer Aoki ISAO
83. Corner key CTRL
85. Falcons quarterback Ryan MATT
87. Good guess in Battleship HIT
88. WWII weapons STEN GUNS
90. 1991 Pinatubo event ERUPTION
94. Common batteries AAS
95. Sched. opening TBA
96. Doesn’t blow off ATTENDS
97. Coquette TEASE
99. Sirloin alternative T-BONE
100. Writer __ de Balzac HONORE
101. __ Lie, first U.N. secretary-general TRYGVE
102. Contained HOUSED
107. “A Bug’s Life” colony ANTS
108. City near Provo LEHI
110. Boot camp NCOs SGTS
111. Immaculate PURE
112. Gift-wrapping aid TAPE
114. Retiree of 2003, briefly SST
115. Winning combo OOO
116. Possession indicator OUR
117. Marvel GEM
118. The Battle of Austerlitz precipitated its end: Abbr. HRE
120. Royal pain? PEA

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