LA Times Crossword Answers 8 Dec 13, Sunday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Jean O’Connor
THEME: Drollery … today’s themed answers all sounds like well-known phrases, but with suffix sounding like “-ERY” added to the end of one word in that phrase:

23A. Rush hour traffic reporters? ARTERY CRITICS (from “art critics”)
36A. List that includes “full,” “round” and “wide”? LIP GLOSSARY (from “lip gloss”)
56A. Foes with bows? ARCHERY ENEMIES (from “archenemies”)
77A. Reason for a strange smell coming from the trunk of the car? GROCERY NEGLECT (from “gross neglect”)
95A. “Chantilly Lace” and “Blue Velvet”? FINERY TUNES (from “fine tunes”)
114A. Group of sweet-talking experts? FLATTERY PANEL ( from “flat panel”)
3D. Hasty remark? CURSORY WORD (from “curse word”)
69D. Food for thought? BRAIN CELERY (from “brain cell”)

BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 33m 15s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across

20. Phylicia of “The Cosby Show” RASHAD
Phylicia Rashād is an actress, best-known for playing Clair Huxtable (wife of Cliff Huxtable, Bill cosby’s character) on “The Cosby Show”.

21. Muse of comedy THALIA
In Greek mythology, the muses are the goddesses who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. The number of muses is a subject of debate at times, but the most popular view is that there are nine:

– Calliope (epic poetry)
– Clio (history)
– Erato (lyric poetry)
– Euterpe (music)
– Melpomene (tragedy)
– Polyhymnia (choral poetry)
– Terpsichore (dance)
– Thalia (comedy)
– Urania (astronomy)

25. Confrontation-ending device TASER
Victor Appleton wrote a novel for young adults called “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle”. The company that developed the TASER electroshock weapon named its product as a homage to the novel. The acronym TASER stands for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle”.

26. What the Tin Man had NO HEART
Actor Jack Haley played the Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz”. Haley was the second choice for the role, as it was originally given to Buddy Ebsen (who later played Jed Clampett in “The Beverly Hillbillies”). Ebsen was being “painted up” as the Tin Man when he had an extreme, near-fatal reaction from inhaling the aluminum dust makeup that was being used. When Haley took over, the makeup was changed to a paste, but it was still uncomfortable and caused him to miss the first four days of shooting due to a reaction in his eyes. During filming, Haley must have made good friends with the movie’s star, Judy Garland, as years later Jack’s son married Judy’s daughter, Liza Minnelli.

28. Krypton, for one RARE GAS
The noble gases (also “rare gases”) are those elements over on the extreme right of the Periodic Table. Because of their “full” complement of electrons, noble gases are very unreactive and were given the name “noble”). The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon. The term “rare gas” is a bit of a misnomer as Argon makes up about 1% of the Earth’s atmosphere.

34. Like auxiliary vbs. IRR
An auxiliary verb is also known as a helping verb. An auxiliary verb’s role is to “help” the main verb by perhaps creating the passive form of the verb, or maybe changing its emphasis. The auxiliary verb “to be” is used to create the passive voice, as in “the blog post was written”.

36. List that includes “full,” “round” and “wide”? LIP GLOSSARY (from “lip gloss”)
Lipsticks have a remarkably long list of ingredients. Die-hard vegans have to be careful in their choice of lipstick, as most contain beeswax. and the “shimmering” types often contain fish scales. Yuk …

43. One-named “I Do!” singer named for a Jackson TOYA
“Toya” is the stage name of LaToya Martin, an R&B singer from St. Louis, Missouri. Toya’s biggest hit was a 2001 single titled “I Do”. Her birthname was LaToya Rodriquez, and she was named for singer LaToya Jackson, sister of Michael.

45. National No Socks Day month MAY
A whole slew of quirky “national holidays” have been created by Tom and Ruth Roy, and you can check them out on their website wellcat.com. Included in the list are:

– Jan 30: National inane Answering Message Day
– Feb 22: For the Love of Mike Day
– Feb 26: For Pete’s Sake Day
– Mar 26: Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
– May 8: No Socks Day
– Sep 28: Fish Tank Floorshow Night

My personal favorite is Be Bald and Be Free Day, celebrated every October 14th …

46. 13 for Al, e.g. AT NO
The atomic number of an element is also called the proton number, and is the number of protons found in the nucleus of each atom of the element.

47. Music genre heard in the film “The Big Easy” ZYDECO
Zydeco is a style of folk music that evolved from Creole music in Louisiana. The name “Zydeco” is imitative of the French word for green beans, “les haricots”. A popular dance tune was “les haricots sont pas sales”.

“The Big Easy” is a 1987 crime film set in New Orleans that stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. The original screenplay was set in Chicago, and so the anticipated title for the movie was “Windy City”.

52. Rival of 56-Down DDE
(56. Rival of 52-Across AES)
President Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas and given the name David Dwight Eisenhower, but by the time he made it to the White House he was going by the name Dwight D. Eisenhower. Growing up, his family called him Dwight, and when “Ike” enrolled in West Point he himself reversed the order of his given names.

63. Lacquered metalware TOLE
Tole is metalware that has been lacquered or enameled, and usually painted or gilded. “Tôle” is the French word for “sheet metal”.

65. Tony’s portrayer on “NYPD Blue” ESAI
“NYPD Blue” is a police drama that was originally aired in 1993, and ran until 2005. Esai Morales played Lieutenant Tony Rodriguez, in the latter years of the show.

66. Adjective for a 93-Across OLDE
(93. Quaintly named lodging INNE)
The word “olde” wasn’t actually used much earlier than the 1920s. “Olde” was introduced to give a quaint antique feel to brand names, shop names etc.

76. MLB exec Joe TORRE
As a manager, Joe Torre was part of four World Series wins, all of them with the New York Yankees baseball team. Torre is an Italian American who was born in Brooklyn, New York. During the run up (pun intended!) to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Torre carried the Olympic flame part of the way through Florence in Italy, handing it over to the next runner at the famous Ponte Vecchio. I’d guess that was quite a thrill for him …

81. Commercially, it started in the U.S. around the time of the Boeing 707 launch JET AGE
The Boeing 707 jet airliner was in production from 1958 to 1979. The 707 was the first jetliner to become a commercial success, and in that sense ushered in “the Jet Age”. There are still some 707s flying today as freighter carriers and as business jets. The last commercial passenger flight of a 707 by a US carrier was in 1983, a TWA flight.

82. Pal of Harry and Hermione RON
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger are the principal characters in the “Harry Potter” series of fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling.

92. Fr. neighbor BEL
Belgium (Bel.) is a neighbor of France (Fr.).

94. “__ the Beat”: 1982 hit for The Go-Go’s WE GOT
The Go-Gos are an all-female rock band that was formed in Los Angeles back in 1978. The band’s biggest hit was “We Got the Beat”, which was released in 1982.

95. “Chantilly Lace” and “Blue Velvet”? FINERY TUNES (from “fine tunes”)
“Chantilly Lace” is a rock and roll classic that was released by the Big Bopper in 1958. The song depicts one side of a telephone conversation between a young man and his girlfriend. “Chantilly Lace” inspired an “answer” song depicting the other side of the conversation. Called “That Makes It”, the “answer” was released by Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield in 1965.

“Blue Velvet” was originally recorded in 1950, by Tony Bennett. The song has been covered by many artists over the years, most notably by Bobby Vinton in 1963. The Vinton version made it to the number one spot that year. Filmmaker David Lynch made a film inspired by the song in 1986. The movie “Blue Velvet” is credited with relaunching the careers of stars Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Hopper.

99. No. after a dot CTS
When writing an amount of money, the cents (cts.) are written just after the decimal point.

102. Hockey legend ORR
Bobby Orr is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. By the time he retired in 1978 he had undergone over a dozen knee surgeries. At 31 years of age, he concluded that he just couldn’t skate anymore. Reportedly, he was even having trouble walking …

103. Love-crazy Le Pew PEPE
Pepé Le Pew is a very likeable cartoon character from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. Pepé is a French skunk, first introduced way back in 1945. He is always thinking of “l’amour” and chases the lady skunks, or a black cat with a white stripe painted down her back accidently.

111. Early 20th-century Oklahoma boom town TULSA
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma (after Oklahoma City). Tulsa started out as a settlement established by the Loachapoka and Creek Native American tribes in 1836. These early settlers called their new home “Tallasi” meaning “old town”, and this name morphed into “Tulsa” that we use today.

116. Pittsburgh skyscraper builder US STEEL
The U.S. Steel Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh.

118. Baseball’s Posey BUSTER
Buster Posey is a catcher and first baseman playing for the San Francisco Giants.

119. Hun king ATTILA
In his day, Attila the Hun was the most feared enemy of the Roman Empire, until he died in 453 AD. Attila was the leader of the Hunnic Empire of central Europe and was famous for invading much of the continent. However, he never directly attacked Rome.

122. Nos from Nikita NYETS
“Nyet” is Russian for “no”, and “da” is Russian for “yes”.

123. Jules Léotard and Amelia Bloomer, for two EPONYMS
An eponym is a name for something derived from the name of a person, as in the “sandwich” named for the Earl of Sandwich.

The garment known as a leotard was named for French trapeze artist Jules Léotard. Léotard wore such a garment when he was performing.

Amelia Bloomer was a 19th-century women’s right advocate. Bloomer proposed a change in the dress standards for women so they would be less restricted in movement. In particular, she advocated the use of loose trousers gathered at the ankles, worn under a short skirt. The outfit became known as “the Bloomer Costume” and the pants were termed “Bloomers”, a word we use to this day.

Down
4. Genre featuring big hats OATER
The term “oater” that is used for a western movie comes from the number of horses seen, as horses love oats!

8. Texas border city LAREDO
Laredo is a city in Texas, situated on the banks of the Rio Grande across the border from Nuevo Laredo in Mexico.

9. Hollywood canine 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.

11. Clinton imitator on “SNL” HARTMAN
Phil Hartman was a Canadian actor and and comedian who got his big break on “Saturday Night Live” in the late eighties. Hartman was particularly known for his impersonations of President Bill Clinton. Sadly, he was murdered in 1998 by his wife.

12. Big name in ice cream EDY
Dreyers’ ice cream sells its products under the name Dreyers in the Western United States, and Edy’s in the Eastern states. The company’s founders were William Dryer and Joseph Edy.

13. Gillette razors ATRAS
Fortunately for crossword setters, the Atra razor was introduced by Gillette in 1977. The Atra was sold as the Contour in some markets and its derivative products are still around today.

16. Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego ALI G
Ali G is a fictional character created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Baron Cohen achieved international fame playing another of his personae, Borat, the protagonist in the 2006 movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”.

17. Flaky mineral MICA
Mica is a mineral, a sheet silicate. Thin sheets of mica are transparent and are used in place of glass in certain applications. This form of mica is called isinglass, and as it has a better thermal performance than glass it is a great choice for “peepholes’ in boilers and lanterns. Mica is also used in the electronics industry, making use of its unique electrical and thermal insulating properties.

20. 1986 Indy champ RAHAL
Bobby Rahal is an auto racing driver and team owner. Rahal won the 1986 Indianapolis 500 as a driver, and won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as a team owner (the driver was Buddy Rice).

24. Supercomputer maker CRAY
Seymour Cray founded his own company in 1972, a company that manufactured supercomputers. A supercomputer is basically a computer that operates at or near the highest operational speed that’s possible given the technology of the day.

30. Depicts in words LIMNS
“To limb” is to describe, or portray in a painting or a drawing. “Limb” has the same root as “illuminate”, in the sense of illuminating a manuscript.

33. “Homeland” terrorist Nick BRODY
“Homeland” is a psychological drama shown on Showtime about a CIA officer who is convinced that a certain US Marine is a threat to the security of the United States. The show is based on a series from Israeli television called “Hatufim” (Prisoners of War”). I saw the first series of this show and highly recommend it …

34. Ivy League city ITHACA
Ezra Cornell was an associate of Samuel Morse and made his money in the telegraph business. After Ezra retired he co-founded Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He provided a generous endowment and donated his farm as a site for the school, and was then rewarded by having the institute named after him.

40. Cab starter PEDI-
A pedicab is also known as a cycle rickshaw.

41. Slush Puppie maker ICEE
Icee and Slush Puppie are brand names of those slushy drinks. Ugh …

42. Shepherds, perhaps DOGS
The lovely German Shepherd breed of dog isn’t one of the older breeds, only dating back to 1899. German Shepherds are the second-most popular breed in the country.

47. Greek known for paradoxes ZENO
Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher who lived in Elea, a Greek colony in Southern Italy. Zeno is famous for his “paradoxes”, a set of problems that really make you think! In the problem known as Achilles and the Tortoise, Zeno tells us that Achilles races a tortoise, giving the tortoise a head start (of say 100 meters). By the time Achilles reaches the starting point of the tortoise, the tortoise will have moved on, albeit only a small distance. Achilles then sets his sights on the tortoise’s new position and runs to it. Again the tortoise has moved ahead a little. Achilles keeps on moving to the tortoise’s new position but can never actually catch his slower rival. Or can he …?

49. Oxygen-dependent organism AEROBE
An aerobe is an organism that lives in an environment rich in oxygen. An anaerobe on the other hand does not require oxygen for survival.

56. Rival of 52-Across AES
Adlai Stevenson (AES) ran for president unsuccessfully against Dwight D. Eisenhower 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!”

60. “Amahl and the Night Visitors” composer MENOTTI
Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” has a special place in the repertoire, in that it is the first opera specifically composed for American television. “Amahl and the Night Visitors” was commissioned by NBC and had its debut at the NBC studios in Rockefeller Center on Christmas Eve, 1951. In today’s world of commercially-driven television, I can’t imagine a network commissioning a classical work …

62. New Hampshire state mineral BERYL
The mineral beryl is a source of a number of different, semi-precious stones, depending on the nature of the impurities present. Pure beryl is colorless; blue beryl is called aquamarine, and green beryl is emerald. The source of the green color is mainly chromium.

67. Lt. Columbo, e.g. DET
“Columbo” is a police drama that aired from 1971-78, with some more episodes made as recently as 2003. Columbo was of course played by Peter Falk, although the character of Columbo was first played by Bert Freed in 1960 in an episode of “The Chevy Mystery Show”. That first appearance was so successful that the episode was adapted for the stage in 1962, with Thomas Mitchell taking on the role. Then the same episode was stretched into a TV movie in 1968, with Peter Falk playing Lt. Columbo for the first time.

71. Some farm machinery DEERES
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”.

73. Gas station acronym ARCO
ARCO stands for the Atlantic Richfield Company. One of ARCO’s claims to fame is that it is responsible for the nation’s largest Superfund site. Mining and smelting in the area around Butte, Montana polluted the region’s water and soil, and ARCO have agreed to pay $187 million to help clean up the area.

80. It’s nothing to Nero NIHIL
“Nihil” is the Latin word for “nothing, and is a term we’ve absorbed into English. “Nihil” is also the root from which we get our term “nil”.

The Great Fire of Rome raged for five and a half days in 64 AD. Of the fourteen districts of Rome, three were completely destroyed and seven more suffered serious damage. The emperor at the time was of course Nero, although reports that he fiddled, played his lyre or sang while the city burned; those accounts are probably not true. In fact, Nero was staying outside of Rome when the fire started and rushed home on hearing the news. He organized a massive relief effort, throwing open his own home to give shelter to many of the citizens who were left living on the street.

81. Cocktail with a sprig of green JULEP
If you’d like to make yourself a mint julep, one recipe is:

– 3 oz of Bourbon
– 4-6 sprigs of mint
– granulated sugar to taste

88. Noted gatekeeper ST PETER
In the Christian tradition, Saint Peter is often depicted as the keeper of the gates of heaven. This depiction arises from a passage in the Gospel of Matthew:

I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

92. Actor Reynolds BURT
Actor Burt Reynolds is famous for playing the “Bandit” in “Smokey and the Bandit”, and Lewis Medlock in “Deliverance”, but his critically acclaimed performance was as Jack Horner in the 1997 movie “Boogie Nights”. Off the screen he was quite the man around town, romantically linked to the likes of Tammy Wynette, Lucie Arnaz (daughter of Lucille Ball), Sally Field, Dinah Shore and Chris Evert. He was married to Judy Carne, as well as Loni Anderson.

101. Anatomical canals ITERS
An “iter” is an anatomical passageway, from the Latin word for “journey”.

105. Homes for B-52s, briefly AFBS
Air Force Base (AFB)

The B-52 Stratofortress has been a mainstay of the USAF since its introduction in 1955. The stated intention is to keep the B-52 in service until 2045, which would give a remarkable length of service of over 90 years.

106. Superfluity GLUT
A “superfluity” is an excess, coming from the Latin “super” meaning over, and “fluere” meaning “to flow”. So, something “superfluous” is “overflowing”, beyond what is required.

107. Demolish, in Dorset RASE
To “raze” is to level to the ground. How odd is it that “raise”, a homophone of “raze”, means to build up??!!

Dorset is a county on the coast in South West England, with the county town of Dorchester. If you’ve read Thomas Hardy (he was born near Dorchester) you might be familiar with Dorset as he set many of his novels in the county.

109. Bad mood SNIT
The exact etymology of “snit”, meaning “fit of temper”, isn’t really known. The term was first used in print in the play “Kiss the Boys Goodbye” by Clare Booth Luce, which dates back to the 1930s and is set in the American South.

110. __-et-Loir: French department EURE
Eure-et-Loir is a department in north-central France that is named for the Eure and Loir rivers. The most visited tourist attraction in Eure-et-Loir is the cathedral in the commune of Chartres, located about 60 miles southwest of Paris.

115. TV chef Martin YAN
“Yan Can Cook” was a PBS show about Chinese cooking presented by Martin Yan. Yan is Chinese-born American who arrived in the US via Hong Kong and Canada. Although his own show doesn’t run anymore, he still makes TV appearances and has been a judge several times on “Iron Chef America”.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Tex-Mex casserole TACO PIE
8. Woodworking tool LATHE
13. Where tie-dyeing may be done AT CAMP
19. Came to EQUALED
20. Phylicia of “The Cosby Show” RASHAD
21. Muse of comedy THALIA
22. Foster NURTURE
23. Rush hour traffic reporters? ARTERY CRITICS (from “art critics”)
25. Confrontation-ending device TASER
26. What the Tin Man had NO HEART
28. Krypton, for one RARE GAS
29. Like some contracts ORAL
31. More than cool RAD
32. Diplomatic office EMBASSY
34. Like auxiliary vbs. IRR
36. List that includes “full,” “round” and “wide”? LIP GLOSSARY (from “lip gloss”)
39. Hardly rah-rah TEPID
43. One-named “I Do!” singer named for a Jackson TOYA
45. National No Socks Day month MAY
46. 13 for Al, e.g. AT NO
47. Music genre heard in the film “The Big Easy” ZYDECO
48. Ticket seller’s query HOW MANY?
50. Happy GAY
52. Rival of 56-Down DDE
54. H.S. offering DEG
55. Makes up (for) ATONES
56. Foes with bows? ARCHERY ENEMIES (from “archenemies”)
61. Kitchen gadget CORER
62. Activity center BEEHIVE
63. Lacquered metalware TOLE
64. “Then …” AND SO
65. Tony’s portrayer on “NYPD Blue” ESAI
66. Adjective for a 93-Across OLDE
68. Ready to bloom IN BUD
72. Certain girder I-BAR
74. More like a mountain road SNAKIER
76. MLB exec Joe TORRE
77. Reason for a strange smell coming from the trunk of the car? GROCERY NEGLECT (from “gross neglect”)
81. Commercially, it started in the U.S. around the time of the Boeing 707 launch JET AGE
82. Pal of Harry and Hermione RON
83. Second-century date CLI
84. NFL scores TDS
85. Like a dirt road vis-à-vis pavement DUSTIER
86. Exceedingly EVER SO
89. Pentagonal plate HOME
92. Fr. neighbor BEL
93. Quaintly named lodging INNE
94. “__ the Beat”: 1982 hit for The Go-Go’s WE GOT
95. “Chantilly Lace” and “Blue Velvet”? FINERY TUNES (from “fine tunes”)
99. No. after a dot CTS
100. Divulged SPILLED
102. Hockey legend ORR
103. Love-crazy Le Pew PEPE
105. Go along with AGREE TO
108. Make an error on, as a check MISDATE
111. Early 20th-century Oklahoma boom town TULSA
114. Group of sweet-talking experts? FLATTERY PANEL ( from “flat panel”)
116. Pittsburgh skyscraper builder US STEEL
118. Baseball’s Posey BUSTER
119. Hun king ATTILA
120. Pension collector RETIREE
121. Guides STEERS
122. Nos from Nikita NYETS
123. Jules Léotard and Amelia Bloomer, for two EPONYMS

Down
1. It’s pitched TENT
2. Blue shade AQUA
3. Hasty remark? CURSORY WORD (from “curse word”)
4. Genre featuring big hats OATER
5. Deer or elk, sometimes PLURAL
6. Court suffix -IER
7. Adam’s first home EDEN
8. Texas border city LAREDO
9. Hollywood canine ASTA
10. What’s left THE REST
11. Clinton imitator on “SNL” HARTMAN
12. Big name in ice cream EDY
13. Gillette razors ATRAS
14. Dry THIRSTY
15. Having good night vision CAT-EYED
16. Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego ALI G
17. Flaky mineral MICA
18. Hand at dinner PASS
20. 1986 Indy champ RAHAL
24. Supercomputer maker CRAY
27. Wild revelry ORGY
30. Depicts in words LIMNS
33. “Homeland” terrorist Nick BRODY
34. Ivy League city ITHACA
35. Encourage with cheers ROOT ON
37. Fork over PAY
38. Greet with two letters? SAY HI
40. Cab starter PEDI-
41. Slush Puppie maker ICEE
42. Shepherds, perhaps DOGS
44. Inclined to forget AMNESIC
47. Greek known for paradoxes ZENO
49. Oxygen-dependent organism AEROBE
50. Stubborn stain GREASE
51. Sore ACHING
53. Thwart DETER
56. Rival of 52-Across AES
57. Called forth EVOKED
58. Bits of antiquity RELICS
59. Privileged classes ELITES
60. “Amahl and the Night Visitors” composer MENOTTI
62. New Hampshire state mineral BERYL
67. Lt. Columbo, e.g. DET
69. Food for thought? BRAIN CELERY (from “brain cell”)
70. Pressing URGENT
71. Some farm machinery DEERES
73. Gas station acronym ARCO
75. Trim to fit ALTER
77. Sprouted GREW
78. Travel randomly ROVE
79. 10 C-notes ONE G
80. It’s nothing to Nero NIHIL
81. Cocktail with a sprig of green JULEP
85. Scout group DEN
87. Prize ribbon feature ROSETTE
88. Noted gatekeeper ST PETER
90. Almost out of gas ON EMPTY
91. Try to make peace MEDIATE
92. Actor Reynolds BURT
95. Señorita’s blossom FLOR
96. Alpine tunes YODELS
97. Merry refrain TRA-LA
98. Gets busy with SETS TO
101. Anatomical canals ITERS
104. Applied (for) PUT IN
105. Homes for B-52s, briefly AFBS
106. Superfluity GLUT
107. Demolish, in Dorset RASE
109. Bad mood SNIT
110. __-et-Loir: French department EURE
112. Come across as SEEM
113. Many microbrews ALES
115. TV chef Martin YAN
117. Pennant race mo. SEP

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