Category: Elizabeth C. Gorski

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. 2002 Winter Games host, initially SLC
The last Olympic Games held in the US was in Salt Lake City in 2002, a winter games. That made Utah the fifth US state to host the Olympics.

The list of US-hosted Olympic Games is:

– Los Angeles, California (Summer 1932 & 1984)
– Squaw Valley, California (Winter 1960)
– Atlanta, Georgia (Summer 1996)
– Saint Louis, Missouri (Summer 1904)
– Lake Placid, New York (Winter 1932 & 1980)
– Salt Lake City, Utah (Winter 2002)

8. Pyramid, to Tut TOMB
King Tut is a name commonly used for the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. Tutankhamen may not have been the most significant of the pharaohs historically, but he is the most famous today largely because of the discovery of his nearly intact tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter. Prior to this find, any Egyptian tombs uncovered by archaeologists had been ravaged by grave robbers. Tutankhamen’s magnificent burial mask is one of the most recognizable of all Egyptian artifacts.

20. Auction site EBAY
eBay was founded in 1995 as AuctionWeb as part of a computer programmer’s personal website. One of the first items purchased was a broken laser pointer, for $14.83. The buyer collected broken laser pointers …

22. Van Eyck’s “Ghent Altarpiece,” for one PANEL PAINTING
The Ghent Altarpiece is a large panel painting that was originally installed in 1432 in what was then the parochial church of John the Baptist in the Flemish city of Ghent. The painting changed hands over the centuries and was one of many works of art that was plundered by the Nazis during WWII, with this piece being recovered from a salt mine by the Americans and returned to Belgium.

25. “SNL” alum Cheri OTERI
Cheri Oteri was the SNL cast member who regularly appeared with Will Farrell in the skit featuring a pair of Spartan cheerleaders.

29. Sugary finish -OSE
Sugars are usually named using the “-ose” suffix e.g. glucose, fructose, sucrose.

30. Mongolian wild ass habitat GOBI
The large desert in Asia called the Gobi lies in northern China and southern Mongolia. The Gobi desert is growing at an alarming rate, particularly towards the south. This “desertification” is caused by increased human activity. The Chinese government is trying to halt the desert’s progress by planting great swaths of new forest, the so called “Green Wall of China”.

40. Classical music hall ODEON
In Ancient Greece an odeon (also odeum) was like a small theater, with “odeon” literally meaning a “building for musical competition”. Odea were used in both Greece and Rome for entertainments such as musical shows and poetry readings.

41. Maestro __-Pekka Salonen ESA
Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish conductor and composer.

42. Cork, for one COUNTY
County Cork in is in the southwest of Ireland, and takes its name from Cork, the country’s “second city”. County Cork has many claims to fame. For example, it is home to Cobh, the port where many emigrants set off to the US, Canada and Australia. Nearby is the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven, the oldest yacht club in the world (founded in 1720). And Cobh was the last port of call for the Titanic on its fateful crossing of the Atlantic.

45. Utterly ridiculous ASININE
The adjective “asinine” means “stupid, obstinate”, and comes from the Latin for “like an ass”.

55. Messages from Mozart? NOTES
The composer Mozart’s full name was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The name “Wolfgang” translates literally as “wolf journey”. Amadeus translates as “love god”!

61. Airline to Oslo SAS
SAS was formerly known as Scandinavian Airlines System and is the flag carrier of three countries: Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

66. Restaurante cookware PAELLA PANS
Paella is sometime referred to as the Spanish national dish, but not by Spaniards. In Spain, paella is regarded as a typical regional dish from Valencia.

73. Comedian the Smothers Brothers convinced to run for President PAT PAULSEN
Pat Paulsen was a comedian noted for his television work with the Smothers Brothers. The Smothers Brothers had the idea to get Paulsen to run for US President in 1968, as a mock candidate. He seemed to take to the idea and ended up running in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992 and 1996.

80. City on Lake Ontario TORONTO
Beautiful Toronto is the largest city in Canada, and the fourth largest city in North America (after New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston).

84. “Heart Shaped World” singer Chris ISAAK
Chris Isaak is not only an American rock musician, but also has had a lot of acting parts. Isaak had small roles in movies like “Married to the Mob” and “The Silence of the Lambs”, but I remember him as astronaut Ed White in the fabulous HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon”.

88. Infection cause STAPH
Staphylococcus is a genus of bacteria. Under a microscope it can be seen that the individual bacteria form into clusters like bunches of grapes. “Staphylococcus” comes from the Greek word meaning “bunch of grapes”.

90. Swirly fabric design PAISLEY PATTERN
The Paisley pattern features a twisted-teardrop motif that originated in Iran and India. However, the pattern is named for the Scottish town of Paisley where a lot of textiles were produced that included the design.

93. Tried to bean THREW AT
A slang term for a “head” might be “bean” or “noggin”, so “to bean” someone is to hit them on the head.

96. Mr. and Mrs. TITLES
Mr. is the abbreviation for “master”, and Mrs. is the abbreviation for “mistress”.

97. 1970s court alias ROE
Roe v. Wade was decided in a US District Court in Texas in 1970, and reached the Supreme Court on appeal. The basic decision by the Supreme Court was that a woman’s constitutional right to privacy applied to an abortion, but that this right had to be balanced with a state’s interest in protecting an unborn child and a mother’s health. The Court further defined that the state’s interest became stronger with each trimester of a pregnancy. So, in the first trimester the woman’s right to privacy outweighed any state interest. In the second trimester the state’s interest in maternal health was deemed to be strong enough to allow state regulation of abortion for the sake of the mother. In the third trimester the viability of the fetus dictated that the state’s interest in the unborn child came into play, so states could regulate or prohibit abortions, except in cases where the mother’s life was in danger. I’m no lawyer, but that’s my understanding of the initial Supreme Court decision …

98. Cheese-topped chip NACHO
The dish known as “nachos” were supposedly created by the maître d’ at a restaurant called the Victory Club in the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The name of the maître d’ was Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya.

100. No-seats-available shorthand SRO
Standing room only (SRO)

101. Cough medicine additive CODEINE
Opiates are the narcotic alkaloids found in the opium poppy plant, although some synthetic versions and derivatives of the same alkaloids are also called opiates. To produce opiates, the latex sap of the opium poppy is collected and processed. The naturally-occurring drugs of morphine and codeine can both be extracted from the sap. Some synthesis is required to make derivative drugs like heroin and oxycodone.

110. Hurricane response org. FEMA
Federal emergency management has been structured for over 200 years, but what we know today as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created in 1979 in an Executive Order issued by President Jimmy Carter.

111. Ipanema locale RIO
Ipanema is a beach community in the south of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The name Ipanema is a local word meaning “bad water”, signifying that the shore is bad for fishing. The beach became famous on release of the song “The Girl from Ipanema” written in 1965.

112. 1999 Top 10 hit for Sixpence None the Richer KISS ME
“Kiss Me” is a song recorded in 1997 by the Nashville band Sixpence None the Richer. The band’s unusual name comes from a passage in C. S. Lewis’s book “Mere Christianity”.

113. Net exchange IMS
Even though instant messaging (sending IMs) has been around since the 1960s, it was AOL who popularized the term “instant message” in the eighties and nineties.

115. Pocahontas’ husband John ROLFE
John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers in America, perhaps most famous for marrying the Native American Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan. For a few months before her death, Pocahontas lived with Rolfe in England. The couple had actually boarded a ship to return them to Virginia when Pocahontas became ill and had to be brought ashore on the south coast of England, where she soon passed away.

125. Enterprise counselor TROI
Deanna Troi is a character on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” who is played by the lovely Marina Sirtis. Sirtis is a naturalized American citizen and has what I would call a soft American accent on the show. However, she was born in the East End of London and has a natural accent off-stage that is more like that of a true Cockney.

128. Belgian river YSER
The Yser originates in northern France and flows through Belgium into the North Sea. The Yser is often associated with WWI as it figured in a major battle early in the conflict. In the first three months of the war, the German Army pushed almost completely through Belgium, inflicting heavy losses on the Belgian Army as the defenders were forced to fight a fast-moving rearguard action. The Germans were intent on pushing right through Belgium and across France in a “race to the sea”. But the Belgians, with the help of their Allies, decided to make a final stand at the Yser Canal in an effort to prevent the Germans reaching the French ports of Calais and Dunkirk. The 22-mile long defensive line was chosen at the Yser because the river and canal system could be flooded to create a barrier that might be defended. The plan was successful and the front was “stabilized”. As we now know, millions of lives were lost over the coming years with very little movement of that battle line.

129. Otto I’s realm: Abbr. HRE
Charlemagne was the first king to use the title “Holy Roman Emperor”, even though the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) was not actually founded until over a century later when Otto I was crowned Emperor. Otto was the first of an unbroken line of Holy Roman Emperors who ruled Central Europe until 1806.

130. D.C. Metro stops STAS
Station (sta.)

Down
2. Bit of beginning Latin AMAT
“Amo, amas, amat: … “I love, you love, he/she/it loves”, in Latin.

4. Waxy compound STEROL
Sterols occur in nature in both plants and animals. The most famous of the animal sterols is cholesterol, found in all animals as it is a vital component of cell walls. Cholesterol is made within the body, so it isn’t a necessary part of the diet.

5. Indy additive STP
STP is a brand name for automotive lubricants and additives. The name STP comes from “Scientifically Treated Petroleum”.

8. Lunar Asian holiday TET
The full name for the New Year holiday in Vietnam is Tet Nguyen Dan, meaning “Feast of the First Morning”. Tet usually falls on the same day as Chinese New Year.

9. Asian sash OBI
The sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress is known as an obi. The obi can be tied in what is called a butterfly knot.

10. La __: Spanish region MANCHA
La Mancha is a region in Spain, a plateau lying south of Madrid. The area became famous after publication of the novel “Don Quixote de La Mancha” by Miguel de Cervantes.

12. Electra’s brother ORESTES
Orestes is a character appearing in Greek mythology, and is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays. In a story by Homer, Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra. He does so in revenge as Clytemnestra had killed Agamemnon, who was her husband and father to Orestes. Agamemnon was killed by his wife for sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia in order to get favorable winds on a sea voyage. Heavy stuff …

Electra was a princess in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon. Electra had to mourn the death of her father who was murdered, and then the death of her mother, Clytemnestra, who was also murdered.

13. Academy since 1802 WEST POINT
West Point is a military reservation in New York State, located north of New York City. West Point was first occupied by the Continental Army way back in 1778, making it the longest, continually-occupied military post in the country. Cadet training has taken place at the garrison since 1794, although Congress funding for a US Military Academy (USMA) didn’t start until 1802.

15. Urban hangout STOOP
A stoop is a raised platform at the door of a house. “Stoop” came into American and Canadian English in the mid-1700s from the Dutch “stoep” meaning “flight of steps”.

17. “Carmen on Ice” Emmy sharer Brian ORSER
Brian Orser is a retired Canadian figure skater. Orser was one of the “combatants” in the Battle of the Brians, the name given to the rivalry between Brian Orser and US skater Brian Boitano.

19. Tall story, often ALIBI
“Alibi” is the Latin word for “elsewhere” as in, “I claim that I was ‘elsewhere’ when the crime was committed … I have an ‘alibi'”.

21. Jackson of “Mary, Queen of Scots” GLENDA
Glenda Jackson is an outstanding retired actress from England. Jackson won two Oscars for performances in two wonderful films: “Women in Love” (1970) and “A Touch of Class” (1973). Jackson left her acting career behind in 1992 when she became a Member of Parliament, a job she has been doing ever since then. She was a junior minister for a while in Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government, and also ran an energetic but unsuccessful campaign to be elected Mayor of London.

“Mary, Queen of Scots” is a 1971 period drama starring Vanessa Redgrave in the title role with Glenda Jackson playing Queen Elizabeth I.

23. Actress Vardalos NIA
Not only is the delightful Nia Vardalos the star of the 2002 hit movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, she also wrote the screenplay. The film never made it to number one at the box office, but it still pulled in more money than any other movie in history that didn’t make it to number one. That record I think reflects the fact that the film wasn’t a blockbuster but rather a so-called “sleeper hit”, a movie that people went to see based on referrals from friends. The big fat mistake came when a spin-off TV show was launched, “My Big Fat Greek Life”. It ran for only 7 episodes.

28. Racecar driver Fabi TEO
Teo Fabi is a retired racing driving from Italy who competed on the Formula One circuit. Teo often raced against his older brother Corrado Fabi.

31. Empire that stretched as far south as Chile INCA
The Inca Empire was known as the Tawantinsuyu, which translates as “land of the four quarters”. The Inca Empire was a federal organization having a central government that sat above four “suyu” or “quarters”, four administrative regions.

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

35. A.D. part ANNO
The designations Anno Domini (AD, “year of Our Lord”) and Before Christ (BC) are found in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The dividing point between AD and BC is the year of the conception of Jesus, with AD 1 following 1 BC without a year “0” in between. The AD/BC scheme dates back to AD 525, and gained wide acceptance soon after AD 800. Nowadays a modified version has become popular, with CE (Common/Christian Era) used to replace AD, and BCE (Before the Common/Christian Era) used to replace BC.

37. Senior golfer 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.

38. Nutty trail snack GORP
“Gorp” is the name sometimes used for trail mix, particularly by hikers. It’s not really known for sure how this name came about, but some say it stands for “good old raisins and peanuts” or perhaps “gobs of raw protein”.

43. Acting teacher Hagen UTA
Uta Hagen was a German-born American actress. Hagen married Jose Ferrer in 1938, but they were divorced ten years later after it was revealed that she was having a long-running affair with Paul Robeson. Her association with Robeson, a prominent civil rights activist, earned her a spot on the Hollywood Blacklist during the McCarthy Era. This forced her away from film, but towards a successful stage career in New York City.

47. Hall of Fame football coach Earle “Greasy” __ NEALE
Greasy Neale was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1941-1950.

48. Ruhr city ESSEN
Essen is a large industrial city located on the River Ruhr in western Germany.

50. William and Kate’s set TELLY
“Telly” is a term commonly used in the UK for a television.

Kate Middleton is the wife of Prince William of the UK. Middleton is what one might call a commoner, born to parents who had worked together as flight attendants before becoming quite wealthy running their own mail order business. As is so often the case in Britain, Kate’s ancestry can be traced back far enough to show that she and William do have common ancestors, dating back to the 1500s on her mother’s side and to the 1400s on her father’s side.

53. Contemporary of Ella LENA
Lena Horne was an American jazz singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne started out her career as a nightclub singer and then began to get some meaty acting roles in Hollywood. However, she ended up on the blacklist during the McCarthy Era for expressing left wing political views. One of Horne’s starring roles was in the 1943 movie “Stormy Weather” for which she also performed the title song.

Ella Fitzgerald, the “First Lady of Song”, had a hard and tough upbringing. She was raised by her mother alone in Yonkers, New York. Her mother died while Ella was still a schoolgirl, and around that time the young girl became less interested in her education. She fell in with a bad crowd, even working as a lookout for a bordello and as a Mafia numbers runner. She ended up in reform school, from which she escaped, and found herself homeless and living on the streets for a while. Somehow Fitzgerald managed to get herself a spot singing in the Apollo Theater in Harlem. From there her career took off and as they say, the rest is history.

60. “The Good Earth” wife O-LAN
Pearl S. Buck’s novel “The Good Earth” won a Pulitzer in 1932, and helped Buck win the Nobel Prize for literature a few years later. The story tells of life in a Chinese village and follows the fortunes of Wang Lung and his wife O-Lan. Although “The Good Earth” has been around for decades, it hit the bestseller list again in 2004 when it was a pick for Oprah’s Book Club.

66. Owner of Lone Star Beer PABST
The Lone Star Brewery was built in Texas in 1884, a project funded by Adolphus Busch of Anheuser-Busch fame. The Lone Star brand beer is made by Pabst now, and the original San Antonio brewery houses the city’s Museum of Art.

71. Jazz singer Simone NINA
Nina Simone was the stage name of Eunice Waymon. Simone was very much associated with jazz music, although she really wanted to be a classical musician early in her career, inspired by a love for the music of Bach.

72. “The X-Files” gp. SETI
SETI is the name given to a number of projects that are searching for extraterrestrial life. The acronym stands for “search for extraterrestrial intelligence”. One of the main SETI activities is the monitoring of electromagnetic radiation (such as radio waves) reaching the Earth in the hope of finding a transmission from a civilization in another world.

“The X-Files” is a very successful science fiction show that aired on the Fox network from 1993 to 2002. The stars of the show are David Duchovny (playing Fox Mulder) and the very talented Gillian Anderson (playing Dana Scully). By the time the series ended, “The X-Files” was the longest running sci-fi show in US broadcast history.

77. Talking points? ROSTRA
A “rostrum” (plural “rostra”) is an elevated platform, particularly one for public speaking. The original rostrum was the platform used by public speakers in the Forum of ancient Rome.

80. What a piñata gets at a kids’ party THWACKING
Piñatas originated in Mexico, probably among the Aztecs or Mayans. Today piñatas are usually made from cardboard that is brightly decorated with papier-mâché. Traditionally a piñata was made out of a clay pot, adorned with feathers and ribbons and filled with small treasures. During religious ceremonies the clay pots would be suspended and broken open so that the contents would spill out onto the ground at the feet of a god as an offering.

82. Popeye’s “goil” Olive OYL
“Thimble Theater” was the precursor comic strip to the famous “Popeye” drawn by E. C. Segar. Before Popeye came into the story, the brother and sister characters Castor Oyl and Olive Oyl were the main protagonists. And then along comes a sailor …

86. “Moses und __”: Schoenberg opera ARON
“Moses und Aron” is an unfinished three-act opera by Arnold Schoenberg.

Arnold Schoenberg was a champion of the use of atonality in music. I admit to having a somewhat closed mind when it comes to atonality, so I have very little of his music in my collection.

89. Transportation secretary under Clinton PENA
Federico Peña served as the Secretary of Transportation and as the Secretary of Energy in the Clinton administration.

94. __ Lauro: ship in 1985 news ACHILLE
The cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said in 1985 when four members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) hijacked the vessel. Two days after killing a Jewish-American passenger, the hijackers agreed to surrender the vessel in exchange for safe conduct on a commercial airliner flying . The Egyptian plane was intercepted by US fighters and was forced to land at a US base in Sicily. There followed disagreements between American and Italian as well as American and Egyptian authorities. The four hijackers were arrested, tried and convicted by the Italians.

99. Extra NFL periods OTS
The might by overtime (OT) played in a National Football League (NFL) game.

102. Fictional town in Stephen King works DERRY
The author Stephen King has set a number of his stories in the fictional Maine town of Derry, which he locates near Bangor. That said, King tells us that Derry is his portrayal of Bangor. King is himself a native of Portland, Maine.

104. Spectroscope part PRISM
A spectrometer (also “spectroscope”) is a scientific instrument that produces a spectrum using a prism, and also measures the intensity of radiation at varying wavelengths within that spectrum.

105. AC/DC’s “Hell __ Bad Place to Be” AIN’T A
The Heavy Metal band known as AC/DC was formed by two brothers Malcolm and Angus Young in Australia. The group is usually called “Acca Dacca” down under.

106. Cleveland Indians legend Al ROSEN
Al Rosen is a former Major League baseball player who played his whole career with the Cleveland Indians. As one of the best all-time players of the game with a Jewish heritage, his fans gave him the nickname “the Hebrew Hammer”.

108. “Make it work” fashion mogul Gunn TIM
Tim Gunn is a fashion consultant, and these days a television personality as well. He makes regular appearances on the reality TV show “Project Runway”, and is so popular a character that he now has his own show called “Tim Gunn’s Guide in Style”.

116. Salad cheese FETA
Feta is a Greek cheese made from sheep’s milk, or a mixture of sheep’s and goat’s milk. The cheese is salted and cured in a brine solution for several months before it is eaten.

121. Morning cup JOE
It seems that no one really knows why we refer to coffee as “joe”, but we’ve been doing so since early in WWII.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Judges’ concerns LAWS
5. 2002 Winter Games host, initially SLC
8. Pyramid, to Tut TOMB
12. Has because of OWES TO
18. Ape IMITATOR
20. Auction site EBAY
21. More eminent GREATER
22. Van Eyck’s “Ghent Altarpiece,” for one PANEL PAINTING
24. Learning experiences LESSONS
25. “SNL” alum Cheri OTERI
26. 2001, in letters MMI
27. Adorable to the max CUTEST
29. Sugary finish -OSE
30. Mongolian wild ass habitat GOBI
32. Baking pan liner PARCHMENT PAPER
36. Not averse WILLING
39. “… boy __ girl?” OR A
40. Classical music hall ODEON
41. Maestro __-Pekka Salonen ESA
42. Cork, for one COUNTY
45. Utterly ridiculous ASININE
49. Eaten or drunk PAST PARTICIPLE
55. Messages from Mozart? NOTES
56. Captain’s command TO SEA!
57. Buddy PAL
58. Can refuse to NEED NOT
61. Airline to Oslo SAS
62. Showed happiness, with “up” LIT
64. Easy to like GENIAL
65. Tightly bound bundle BALE
66. Restaurante cookware PAELLA PANS
73. Comedian the Smothers Brothers convinced to run for President PAT PAULSEN
75. Private organization? ARMY
76. All-in-one component COPIER
78. Storm dir. NNE
79. Lobster eater’s protection BIB
80. City on Lake Ontario TORONTO
81. Casual greetings YOS
84. “Heart Shaped World” singer Chris ISAAK
88. Infection cause STAPH
90. Swirly fabric design PAISLEY PATTERN
93. Tried to bean THREW AT
96. Mr. and Mrs. TITLES
97. 1970s court alias ROE
98. Cheese-topped chip NACHO
100. No-seats-available shorthand SRO
101. Cough medicine additive CODEINE
104. Breakdancing garb PARACHUTE PANTS
110. Hurricane response org. FEMA
111. Ipanema locale RIO
112. 1999 Top 10 hit for Sixpence None the Richer KISS ME
113. Net exchange IMS
115. Pocahontas’ husband John ROLFE
118. Teach bit by bit INSTILL
120. Sleepovers with pillow fights PAJAMA PARTIES
124. In a no-nonsense manner STERNLY
125. Enterprise counselor TROI
126. Approve of SAY YES TO
127. Guide the team MANAGE
128. Belgian river YSER
129. Otto I’s realm: Abbr. HRE
130. D.C. Metro stops STAS

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1. Fat head? LIPO-
2. Bit of beginning Latin AMAT
3. Red or white container WINEGLASS
4. Waxy compound STEROL
5. Indy additive STP
6. Fertile soil LOAM
7. Pinch and press, as pie crust edges CRIMP
8. Lunar Asian holiday TET
9. Asian sash OBI
10. La __: Spanish region MANCHA
11. Old-fashioned oath BY GUM!
12. Electra’s brother ORESTES
13. Academy since 1802 WEST POINT
14. __ in echo E AS
15. Urban hangout STOOP
16. In a knot TENSE
17. “Carmen on Ice” Emmy sharer Brian ORSER
19. Tall story, often ALIBI
21. Jackson of “Mary, Queen of Scots” GLENDA
23. Actress Vardalos NIA
28. Racecar driver Fabi TEO
31. Empire that stretched as far south as Chile INCA
33. School mil. program ROTC
34. In tears CRYING
35. A.D. part ANNO
36. Was in tears WEPT
37. Senior golfer Aoki ISAO
38. Nutty trail snack GORP
43. Acting teacher Hagen UTA
44. None NIL
46. “__ I said …” IT’S AS
47. Hall of Fame football coach Earle “Greasy” __ NEALE
48. Ruhr city ESSEN
50. William and Kate’s set TELLY
51. Water carrier PAIL
52. Fowl language? PEEP
53. Contemporary of Ella LENA
54. Add or delete, say EDIT
59. Little break NAP
60. “The Good Earth” wife O-LAN
63. Snack in a shell TACO
65. Favored BLEST
66. Owner of Lone Star Beer PABST
67. Grade sch. subject ARITH
68. Put in prison EMBAR
69. __ favor POR
70. Per A POP
71. Jazz singer Simone NINA
72. “The X-Files” gp. SETI
74. Storage __ UNIT
77. Talking points? ROSTRA
80. What a piñata gets at a kids’ party THWACKING
81. So far YET
82. Popeye’s “goil” Olive OYL
83. What some build on SPEC
85. Circus performer AERIALIST
86. “Moses und __”: Schoenberg opera ARON
87. Guitar support KNEE
89. Transportation secretary under Clinton PENA
91. Feline king LION
92. Since AS OF
94. __ Lauro: ship in 1985 news ACHILLE
95. Like so THUSLY
99. Extra NFL periods OTS
100. Plant shoots SPEARS
102. Fictional town in Stephen King works DERRY
103. Acts inappropriately? EMOTES
104. Spectroscope part PRISM
105. AC/DC’s “Hell __ Bad Place to Be” AIN’T A
106. Cleveland Indians legend Al ROSEN
107. Ready for a refill EMPTY
108. “Make it work” fashion mogul Gunn TIM
109. Big hit SMASH
114. Practice for a prizefight SPAR
116. Salad cheese FETA
117. Those, to Jorge ESOS
119. Singing syllable TRA
121. Morning cup JOE
122. Lung filler AIR
123. Word a captain likes to hear AYE

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