LA Times Crossword Answers 23 Feb 14, Sunday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Gail Grabowski
THEME: Age Isn’t Everything … each of today’s themed answers is a well-known phrase, but with the suffix -AGE removed to suit the clue:

25A. Plight when the caterer cancels? HOST CRISIS (from “hostage crisis”)
27A. Kit with a parachute? BAILOUT PACK (from “bailout package”)
45A. River project evaluation? DAM ASSESSMENT (from “damage assessment”)
82A. Psychiatrist who falls asleep during sessions? SHRINK PROBLEM (from “shrinkage problem”)
97A. Pedicured tootsy on a video-sharing website? YOUTUBE FOOT (from “YouTube footage”)
103A. Course for new cattle farmers? STEER CLASS (from “steerage class”)
35D. Scenes of Oscar Madison’s room? RECORDED MESS (from “recorded message”)
40D. Cleaning out a clothes closet? GARB DISPOSAL (from “garbage disposal”)

BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 10m 49s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 2 … YOUTUBE FOOT (YooTube foot!!!), UH-OH (oh-oh)

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across

10. Resort city along the Roaring Fork River ASPEN
Aspen, Colorado used to be known as Ute City, with the name change taking place in 1880. Like many communities in the area, Aspen was a mining town, and in 1891 and 1892 it was at the center of the highest production of silver in the US. Nowadays of course, it’s all about skiing and movie stars.

15. Harbor vessel SCOW
A scow is a flat-bottomed boat with squared-off ends that’s often used for transportation, usually pushed or pulled by a barge. Often a scow can be seen carrying junk or garbage.

19. Hokkaido native AINU
The Ainu people are an indigenous race found primarily in Japan and parts of Russia close to Japan. The spoken Ainu language has nearly died out, with only a handful of native speakers alive today.

Hokkaido is the second largest island in Japan, after Honshu. It lies to the north of the country, and its largest city is the capital, Sapporo.

22. Asian beef center KOBE
Kobe is a city on the island of Honshu in Japan, and yes, basketball star Kobe Bryant is named after the Japanese city. The city of Kobe is perhaps most famous for its beef.

23. Current designation AC/DC
If you have a laptop with an external power supply then that big “block” in the power cord is an AC/DC converter. It converts the AC current you get from a wall socket into the DC current that is used by the laptop.

24. Down East university town ORONO
The town of Orono is home to the University of Maine, founded in 1862. The college is actually located on an island (Marsh island) lying between the Penobscot and Stillwater rivers. The town of Orono is named after Joseph Orono, a chief of the Penobscot Nation.

The coast of Maine is often referred to as “Down East” by the people of New England.

27. Kit with a parachute? BAILOUT PACK (from “bailout package”)
The term “parachute” was coined by Frenchman François Blanchard, from “para-” meaning “defence against” and “chute” meaning “a fall”.

31. Fangorn Forest denizens ENTS
Ents are those tree-like creatures that live in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth in his series of books “The Lord of the Rings”. “Ent” is an Old English word for “giant”.

34. Words on jackets BLURBS
A “blurb” is a brief publicity note, something often found on the jacket of a book.

38. Strays on the range DOGIES
“Dogie” is cowboy slang for a motherless calf in a herd.

41. Western formation BUTTE
“Mesa” is the Spanish for “table” and is of course is how we get the term “mesa” that describes a geographic feature. A mesa is similar to a butte. Both are hills with flat tops, but a mesa has a top that is wider than it is tall. A butte is a much narrower formation, taller than it is wide. The term “butte” was imported into English from French, in which language it has the meaning “mound, knoll”. Apparently the use of the word “butte” was first documented in the journals of Lewis & Clark.

52. Boss of Tammany Hall TWEED
William Magear Tweed was known as “Boss” Tweed. He was a 19th-century, American politician who led the Democratic Party machine in New York, headquartered in Tammany Hall. He was one of the most successful of the corrupt politicians of the day, siphoning from taxpayers (in today’s money) billions of dollars. In 1871 he was arrested, and served time in jail. He was then rearrested on civil charges and served time in debtor’s prison. He managed to escape to Spain, but was arrested once more and extradited to the United States. He died in jail in 1878.

The building known as Tammany Hall was home to the Tammany Society, an organization in New York City that came to be the political machine behind the Democratic Party that held sway in New York State from the late-18th century to the mid-20th century. The society was named for Tamanend, a leader of the Native American Lenape people.

59. “Doctor Who” creatures ETS
The iconic science-fiction television show “Doctor Who” was first aired in 1963, and relaunched in 2005 by the BBC. The relaunched series is produced in-house by the BBC in Cardiff in Wales, the location that is the setting of the successful “Doctor Who” spin-off called “Torchwood”. The new show is about the Cardiff branch of the Torchwood Institute which investigates incidents involving extraterrestrials (ETs).

60. Rickman role in Harry Potter films SNAPE
Severus Snape is a character in the Harry Potter novels, played by the wonderful Alan Rickman on the big screen.

Alan Rickman is a marvelous English actor, famous for playing bad guy Hans Gruber in the original “Die Hard” film, Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” series and my personal favorite, Eamon de Valera in “Michael Collins”.

64. “Ocean’s Eleven” job HEIST
“Ocean’s 11” is a great Las Vegas heist film from 1960, starring Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean. The original storyline is updated for the excellent 2001 remake, with George Clooney playing the lead. The 2001 remake (Called “Ocean’s Eleven”, note the spelling) spawned two sequels: “Ocean’s Twelve” in 2004 and “Ocean’s Thirteen” in 2007.

66. Tapered-top piece BISHOP
It is believed that the game of chess originated in northwest India, evolving from a 6th-century game called “chaturanga”, a Sanskrit word meaning “four divisions”. These four (military) divisions were represented in the game:

– Infantry (now “pawns”)
– Cavalry (now “knights”)
– Elephants (now “bishops”)
– Chariots (now “rooks”)

69. Contemporary of Bela and Boris LON
Lon Chaney, Sr. played a lot of crazed-looking characters in the days of silent movies. He did much of his own make-up work, developing the grotesque appearances that became his trademark, and earning himself the nickname “the man of a thousand faces”. Most famous were his portrayals of the title characters in the films “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1923) and “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925).

Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian stage and screen actor, best known for playing the title role in the 1931 film “Dracula” and for playing the same role on Broadway. Lugosi found himself typecast for the rest of his career and almost always played the role of the villain, often in horror movies. When he passed away in 1956, his wife had him buried in the costume he wore playing Count Dracula on Broadway.

Boris Karloff was the stage name of English actor William Henry Pratt. Karloff famously played the monster in a series of “Frankenstein” movies in the 1930s. Karloff also played the Grinch, and the narrator, in the oft-seen 1966 animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” that was made for television.

73. Stock phrase AT PAR
Stocks, and other financial vehicles, may be sold “at par”, meaning at the original price, not discounted nor at a premium.

74. Shooting Starr BELLE
Belle Starr was an outlaw in the Wild West, a descendent of the famous feuding Hatfields. Born Myra Maybelle Shirley, she married a Cherokee man named Sam Starr in 1880. After a life of crime that included a nine-month stint in jail, Belle was ambushed and shot twice in 1889, in an unsolved crime. Belle Starr wasn’t at all notorious during her life, but her story was told quite colorfully in the Richard K. Fox novel “Bella Starr, the Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James”. The novel was published the year she died, and decades later Starr was portrayed in several movies, including 1941’s “Belle Starr” with Gene Tierney in the title role.

81. They, in Calais ILS
Calais is a major ferry port in northern France that overlooks the Strait of Dover, which is the narrowest point in the English Channel. The strait is just over 20 miles wide, making Calais the nearest French town to England.

85. Sault-Marie link STE
Sault Ste. Marie is the name of two cities on either side of the Canada-US border, one in Ontario and the other in Michigan. The two cities were originally one settlement in the 17th century, established by Jesuit Missionaries. The missionaries gave the settlement the name “Sault Sainte Marie”, which can be translated as “Saint Mary’s Falls”. The city was one community until 1817, when a US-UK Joint Boundary Commission set the border along the St. Mary’s River.

86. Santa portrayer in “Elf” ED ASNER
Ed Asner is most famous for playing the irascible but lovable Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and on the spin-off drama “Lou Grant”. Off-screen, Asner is noted for his political activism. He served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and was very involved in the 1980 SAG strike. When “Lou Grant” was cancelled in 1982, despite decent ratings, there was a lot of talk that the cancellation was a move by the network against Asner personally. In fact one of Asner’s activist colleagues, Howard Hesseman (who played Johnny Fever), found that his show “WKRP in Cincinnati” was also cancelled … on the very same day …

“Elf” is a comedy movie released for the 2003 Christmas season. “Elf” was directed by Jon Favreau and stars Will Ferrell in the title role with James Caan supporting. It’s all about one of Santa’s elves who finds out he is human and goes to meet his father in New York City.

88. Woman “in my dreams,” in song IRENE
“Goodnight, Irene”, also known as “Irene, Goodnight”, is a lovely American folk song that was first recorded commercially back in 1932 by blues singer Lead Belly. The song made it to number one in the charts for the Weavers in 1950 and for Frank Sinatra in the same year.

89. Commonly sculpted figures TORSOS
“Torso” (plural “torsi”) is an Italian word meaning the “trunk of a statue”, a word that we imported into English.

94. Nora was his mistress ASTA
Asta is the wonderful little dog in the superb movie “The Thin Man” starring William Powell and Myrna Loy (as Nick and Nora Charles). In the original story by Dashiell Hammett, Asta was a female Schnauzer, but on screen Asta was played by a wire-haired fox terrier called “Skippy”. Skippy was also the dog in “Bringing up Baby” with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, the one who kept stealing the dinosaur bone. Skippy retired in 1939, so Asta was played by other dogs in the remainder of “The Thin Man” films.

97. Pedicured tootsy on a video-sharing website? YOUTUBE FOOT (from “YouTube footage”)
YouTube is a video-sharing website, launched in 2005 by three ex-PayPal employees. Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion. Yep, $1.65 billion, less than two years after it was founded …

107. Spin-off starring Valerie Harper RHODA
Valerie Harper is best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, and on her own spin-off sitcom “Rhoda”. Harper was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009, and in 2013 was given just months to live. Despite the prognosis, and her age of 74 years, she decided to appear in the 17th season of “Dancing with the Stars”.

108. Arctic sight FLOE
An ice floe is a sheet of ice that has separated from an ice field and is floating freely on the ocean.

110. Arena for MacArthur KOREA
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur was placed in charge of all UN forces assisting South Korea after the 1950 invasion from the north of the country. President Truman relieved General MacArthur of his command two years later, after a very public disagreement on how US forces and weapons were deployed between Europe and and Asia. President Truman’s decision to ask MacArthur to step down was very unpopular with the public. As a result, the president’s approval rating dropped to 22%, which is still the lowest approval rating recorded by any sitting US president.

113. Kindergarten handful BRAT
“Kindergarten” is of course a German term, literally meaning “children’s garden”. The term was coined by the German education authority Friedrich Fröbel in 1837, when he used it as the name for his play and activity institute that he created for young children to use before they headed off to school. His thought was that children should be nourished educationally, like plants in a garden.

Down
1. 9-3 automaker SAAB
SAAB is an acronym standing for Svenska Aeroplan AB, which translates into English as Swedish Aeroplane Limited. SAAB was, and still is, mainly an aircraft manufacturer. If you take small hops in Europe you might find yourself on a SAAB passenger plane. The SAAB automobile division was acquired by General Motors in the year 2000, who then sold it to a Dutch concern in 2010. However, SAAB (automotive) finally went bankrupt in 2011.

2. Type type PICA
A pica is a unit of measure used in typography. One pica is equivalent to 1/6 of an inch. Each pica unit contains 12 “points”.

6. New York and Los Angeles PORTS
The three busiest US ports, in terms of container traffic, are:

1. Los Angeles, California
2. Long Beach, California
3. New York City

8. Turner on stage TINA
Tina Turner is actually a stage name used by Anna Mae Bullock, the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Turner has always loved Europe and moved there in the eighties. She now splits her time between her homes in England, France and Switzerland.

9. Treaded transports SNO-CATS
The brand name Sno-Cat is owned by the Tucker company. All “snowcats” are tracked vehicles built to work in snow, famously used in expeditions to the polar regions. The modern Sno-Cat from Tucker differs from its competitors in that it has four, independently-mounted tracks.

13. “Symphony in Black” artist ERTE
Erté was the pseudonym of French artist (Russian born) Romain de Tirtoff. Erté is the French pronunciation of his initials “R.T.”

16. NYSE listings COS
Publicly traded companies (cos.) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

17. It’s a cinch in Sapporo OBI
The sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress is known as an obi. The obi can be tied in a large elaborate knot called a butterfly knot.

Sapporo is the fourth largest city in Japan, and lies on the island of Hokkaido. The city and surrounding area was home to the first Olympic Games to be held in Asia, the Winter Games of 1972. For the beer drinkers out there, Sapporo is also home to Sapporo Brewery, with the Sapporo beer being one of the more internationally recognizable brand names.

18. Jazz guitarist Montgomery WES
Wes Montgomery was a jazz guitarist from Indianapolis.

35. Scenes of Oscar Madison’s room? RECORDED MESS (from “recorded message”)
“The Odd Couple” is a play by the wonderfully talented Neil Simon first performed on Broadway, in 1965. This great play was adapted for the big screen in 1968, famously starring Jack Lemmon (as Felix Unger, the neat-freak) and Walter Matthau (as Oscar Madison, the slob). The success of the play and the film gave rise to an excellent television sitcom that ran from 1970-1975, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. In 1985, Neil Simon even went so far as to adapt the play for an all-female cast, renaming it “The Female Odd Couple”. I’d like to see that one …

37. Bourbon __ STREET
When New Orleans was founded, the House of Bourbon was ruling France. Bourbon Street was named in its honor.

38. 2001 British Open winner David DUVAL
David Duval is a professional golfer from Jacksonville, Florida. The high point of Duval’s career was a victory in the 2001 British Open, but this was followed by a remarkable decline. Duval hasn’t won a PGA Tour event since then, although he often still figures among the leaders.

39. Jazz singer Adams who collaborated with Tears for Fears OLETA
Oleta Adams is an American soul singer from Seattle, Washington. Adams has had most of her success over in the UK, rather than here in the US.

Tears for Fears are a new wave band from England that formed in 1981. The band’s big two hits are “Shout” (1984) and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (1985).

40. Cleaning out a clothes closet? GARB DISPOSAL (from “garbage disposal”)
Garbage disposal units are found in about 50% of homes in North America. Frankly, I’ve never seen one anywhere else in the world. Apparently about 5% of homes in the UK have garbage disposal units installed.

43. Winning signs VEES
One has to be careful making that V-sign depending where you are in the world. Where I came from, the V for victory (or peace) sign has to be made with the palm facing outwards. If the sign is made with the palm facing inwards, it’s a very obscene gesture.

48. Internet __: fast-spreading item MEME
A “meme” (short for “mineme”) is a cultural practice or idea that is passed on verbally or by repetition from one person to another. The term lends itself very well to the online world where links, emails, files etc. are so easily propagated.

57. HBO competitor TMC
The Movie Channel (TMC) is a competitor of Home Box Office (HBO).

59. Mentalist’s claim ESP
Extrasensory perception (ESP)

60. Mukluk material SEALSKIN
Mukluks are soft boots worn by Arctic peoples such as the Inuit and Yupik. The boots are made from reindeer skin or sealskin. The term “mukluk” come from the Yupik “maklak”, the word for “bearded seal”.

61. Author Rand AYN
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist born Alisa Rosenbaum. Rand’s two best known works are her novels “The Fountainhead” published in 1943 and “Atlas Shrugged” in 1957. Back in 1951, Rand moved from Los Angeles to New York City. Soon after, she gathered a group of admirers around her with whom she discussed philosophy and shared drafts of her magnum opus, “Atlas Shrugged”. This group called itself “The Collective”, and one of the founding members was none other than future Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan.

64. Hunt of “Cast Away” HELEN
Helen Hunt is a very talented actress who first came to national attention playing opposite Paul Reiser in TV’s hit sitcom “Mad About You”. Hunt then starred in some major films including “As Good as It Gets” (for which she won the Best Actress Oscar), “Twister, “Cast Away”, What Women Want” and more recently “The Sessions”. Offscreen, Hunt was married for a while to Hank Azaria, a favorite actor of mine.

“Cast Away” is a very entertaining adventure film released in 2000 starring Tom Hanks as cast away on a South Pacific island. The Hanks character ends up on the island after a FedEx plane crashes, leaving him marooned there for four years before he manages to escape on a raft. The film had to be filmed in two sessions. For the first session, Hanks gained 50 pounds to make himself look pudgy for the early scenes. The crew had to wait a whole year for Hanks to lose the weight so that they could film the “cast away” scenes.

71. Game rarely won LOTTO
Originally “Lotto” was a type of card game, with “lotto” being the Italian for “a lot”. We’ve used “lotto” to mean a gambling game since the late 1700s.

72. Fussy twosome? ESSES
There are two letters S side-by-side in the word “fussy”.

74. Mystery writer Nevada BARR
Nevada Barr is an author noted for her series of mystery novels set in National Parks that feature the park ranger and detective Anna Pigeon.

84. Honeymoon destinations RESORTS
The concept of a honeymoon vacation only started in the early 1800s. In Britain, wealthy couples would take a “bridal tour” together after wedding, visiting those friends and relatives who could not attend the ceremony. The etymology of “honeymoon” isn’t very definitive, and may even have a negative derivation as it might suggest that the sweetness (honey) of love is doomed to wane like a passing phase of the moon. The equivalent terms in some other languages are “moon of honey” (French), “honey month” (Welsh) and “tinsel week” (German).

93. First name in nature photography ANSEL
As an amateur photographer, I have been a big fan of the work of Ansel Adams for many years and must have read all of his books. Adams was famous for clarity and depth in his black and white images. Central to his technique was the use of the zone system, his own invention. The zone system is a way of controlling exposure in an image, particularly when there is a high contrast in the subject. Although the technique was developed primarily for black & white film, it can even apply to digital color images. In the digital world, the main technique is to expose an image for the highlights, and one or more images for the shadows. These images can then be combined digitally giving a final photograph with a full and satisfying range of exposures.

99. Mower maker TORO
Toro is a manufacturer of mainly lawn mowers and snow removal equipment based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The company was started in 1914 to build tractor engines.

100. Big name in skin care OLAY
Oil of Olay was developed in South Africa in 1949. When Oil of Olay was introduced internationally, it was given slightly different brand names designed to appeal in the different geographies. In Ireland we know it as Oil of Ulay, for example, and in France it is Oil of Olaz.

106. MS. enclosure SAE
A stamped addressed envelope (SAE) might be included with a manuscript (MS) submitted to an editor (ed.).

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Reach across SPAN
5. Scraps SPATS
10. Resort city along the Roaring Fork River ASPEN
15. Harbor vessel SCOW
19. Hokkaido native AINU
20. Words to a hopeful traveler HOP IN
21. Make a point SCORE
22. Asian beef center KOBE
23. Current designation AC/DC
24. Down East university town ORONO
25. Plight when the caterer cancels? HOST CRISIS (from “hostage crisis”)
27. Kit with a parachute? BAILOUT PACK (from “bailout package”)
30. One who shouldn’t be looking PEEKER
31. Fangorn Forest denizens ENTS
32. Publicized AIRED
34. Words on jackets BLURBS
38. Strays on the range DOGIES
41. Western formation BUTTE
43. Most conceited VAINEST
44. Spat end -ULA
45. River project evaluation? DAM ASSESSMENT (from “damage assessment”)
49. Round fig. CIR
50. Multipurpose VERSATILE
52. Boss of Tammany Hall TWEED
53. Programmer’s output CODE
54. Held in check AT BAY
55. Rare indication? RED
56. Appears to be SEEMS
57. Crowd, supposedly THREE
58. Woman’s title LADY
59. “Doctor Who” creatures ETS
60. Rickman role in Harry Potter films SNAPE
61. Surrounded by AMIDST
62. “If only!” I WISH!
64. “Ocean’s Eleven” job HEIST
65. Recurring sequence CYCLE
66. Tapered-top piece BISHOP
68. Exhilarating HEADY
69. Contemporary of Bela and Boris LON
70. Gathering dust IDLE
73. Stock phrase AT PAR
74. Shooting Starr BELLE
75. Front end? -IER
76. Tutorial features DEMOS
77. Soak up BLOT
78. Folksy accounts TALES
79. Broadway designer’s jobs STAGE SETS
81. They, in Calais ILS
82. Psychiatrist who falls asleep during sessions? SHRINK PROBLEM (from “shrinkage problem”)
85. Sault-Marie link STE
86. Santa portrayer in “Elf” ED ASNER
88. Woman “in my dreams,” in song IRENE
89. Commonly sculpted figures TORSOS
91. Went wild on the drums, maybe SOLOED
92. Diminishes WANES
94. Nora was his mistress ASTA
95. Get the factory going again REOPEN
97. Pedicured tootsy on a video-sharing website? YOUTUBE FOOT (from “YouTube footage”)
103. Course for new cattle farmers? STEER CLASS (from “steerage class”)
107. Spin-off starring Valerie Harper RHODA
108. Arctic sight FLOE
109. Stroked tools OARS
110. Arena for MacArthur KOREA
111. Doughnut-shaped TORIC
112. Do nothing LAZE
113. Kindergarten handful BRAT
114. Manner STYLE
115. Tried to wake, in a way SHOOK
116. Seeing things EYES

Down
1. 9-3 automaker SAAB
2. Type type PICA
3. “__ quote:” AND I
4. Cell centers NUCLEI
5. Gives an earful SHOUTS AT
6. New York and Los Angeles PORTS
7. Per A POP
8. Turner on stage TINA
9. Treaded transports SNO-CATS
10. Grate refuse ASH
11. Sharpshooter’s tool SCOPE
12. Sat POSED
13. “Symphony in Black” artist ERTE
14. Strip around a collar NECKBAND
15. Downhill course SKI RUN
16. NYSE listings COS
17. It’s a cinch in Sapporo OBI
18. Jazz guitarist Montgomery WES
26. Kindled anew RELIT
28. Eventually ONE DAY
29. Popular beach toy KITE
33. Quit worrying REST EASY
35. Scenes of Oscar Madison’s room? RECORDED MESS (from “recorded message”)
36. They’re rarely hits B-SIDES
37. Bourbon __ STREET
38. 2001 British Open winner David DUVAL
39. Jazz singer Adams who collaborated with Tears for Fears OLETA
40. Cleaning out a clothes closet? GARB DISPOSAL (from “garbage disposal”)
41. Barn dance seating BALES
42. Like many auction items USED
43. Winning signs VEES
46. Gaiety MIRTH
47. Won every game SWEPT
48. Internet __: fast-spreading item MEME
51. “Come again?” SAY WHAT?
53. Spicy pods CHILIES
56. Cutting SNIDE
57. HBO competitor TMC
59. Mentalist’s claim ESP
60. Mukluk material SEALSKIN
61. Author Rand AYN
63. Super finish? -IOR
64. Hunt of “Cast Away” HELEN
65. Pinkish shade CORAL
66. Treats carefully BABIES
67. “I suppose that’s okay” IT’LL DO
68. Prefix with pad HELI-
69. Leave alone LET BE
71. Game rarely won LOTTO
72. Fussy twosome? ESSES
74. Mystery writer Nevada BARR
75. “Help __ the way” IS ON
76. Reduce in rank DEMOTE
78. Waterfront area THE DOCKS
80. Recoups GETS BACK
82. Villainous look SNEER
83. Victimize, with “on” PREY
84. Honeymoon destinations RESORTS
87. Most angry SOREST
90. Fund-raising event RAFFLE
92. Worn down WEARY
93. First name in nature photography ANSEL
94. Speaker’s output AUDIO
96. Conspiracy PLOT
98. “Could be a problem” UH-OH
99. Mower maker TORO
100. Big name in skin care OLAY
101. Trickle OOZE
102. Driving aids TEES
103. Blubber SOB
104. Car wash challenge TAR
105. Notable time ERA
106. MS. enclosure SAE

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