Day: January 27, 2013

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
1. Actress Birch THORA
Thora Birch is an actress from Los Angeles. Birch is probably best known for her breakthrough role in the 1999 movie “American Beauty” in which she was the insecure daughter of a married couple played by Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.

22. Tear down, in Tottenham RASE
Tottenham is an area in north London in England. It is home to a famous football (soccer) club called Tottenham Hotspur, the team that I used to follow as a kid many moons ago …

23. Husky features TH(ICK CO)ATS
The Siberian Husky is one of the oldest breeds of dog, and originated in northern Asia. Siberian Huskies were imported into Alaska in great numbers in the early 1900s for use as sled dogs during the gold rush.

25. Line at a rodeo? REATA
“Reata” is the Spanish word for “lasso”.

26. “QB VII” author URIS
Leon Uris as an American writer. His most famous books are “Exodus” and “Trinity”, two excellent works, in my humble opinion …

“QB VII” is a novel by American author Leon Uris, a story about events leading up to a libel trial in the UK. The title refers to the courtroom in which the trial takes place i.e. Queen’s Bench, Courtroom Seven.

27. “$40 a Day” chef Ray RACHAEL
Rachael Ray is a celebrity chef and host of several shows on the Food Network television channel. Ray comes from a family that owned and managed a number of restaurants in the northeast of the country. One of Ray’s TV shows is “$40 a Day”, in which she demonstrates how to visit various cities in North America and Europe and eat three meals and a snack on a daily budget of just $40.

28. __ facto IPSO
“Ipso facto” is Latin, meaning “by the fact itself”. Ipso facto describes something that is a direct consequence of particular act, as opposed to something that is the result of some subsequent event. For example, my father was born in Dublin and was an Irish citizen ipso facto. My son was born in California and is an Irish citizen by virtue of being the son of an Irish citizen (“not” ipso facto).

32. Grafton’s “__ for Lawless” L IS
Sue Grafton writes detective novels, and her “alphabet series” features the private investigator Kinsey Millhone. She started off with “A Is for Alibi” in 1982 and is working her way through the alphabet, most recently publishing “U Is for Undertow” in 2009. What a clever naming system!

34. Scottish tongue ERSE
There are actually three Erse languages: Irish, Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) and Scots Gaelic. In their own tongues, these would be Gaeilge (in Ireland), Gaelg (on the Isle of Man) and Gàidhlig (in Scotland).

36. Supermodel Wek ALEK
Alek Wek is a supermodel originally from Southern Sudan. In her native language, Wek’s name translates as “Black Spotted Cow”.

38. Disney film featuring Berlioz, Toulouse, Marie and their mom Duchess TH(E ARISTOC)ATS
“The Aristocats” is an animated feature film released by Disney in 1970. The lead voice actors in the movie are Eva Gabor and Phil Harris. “The Aristocats” was the last film to be approved for production by Walt Disney himself, as he passed away in 1966.

44. Nontraditional performance genre LIVE ART
Live art is a work of art that consists of a live performance by an artist or group of artists. Live art is beyond me …

52. Swashbuckler Flynn ERROL
Errol Flynn was born 1909 in Tasmania, Australia where he was raised. In his twenties Flynn lived in the UK, where he pursued his acting career. Around the same time he starred in an Australian film “In the Wake of the Bounty” and then appeared in a British film “Murder at Monte Carlo”. It was in the latter film that he was noticed by Warner Brothers who brought him to America. His non-American heritage shone through even while he was living the American dream in California. He regularly played cricket, along with his friend David Niven, in the Hollywood Cricket Club.

58. Bledel of “Gilmore Girls” ALEXIS
Alexis Bledel is an actress from Houston, Texas who is best known for playing one of the title characters in TV’s “Gilmore Girls”. In the show, Bledel plays the daughter of single mother Lorelai Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham.

60. First name in fashion LIZ
Liz Claiborne was a Belgian American fashion designer and founder of the Liz Claiborne fashion company. Claiborne was the first woman to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

64. It ends in Nov. DST
On the other side of the Atlantic, Daylight Saving Time (DST) is known as “summer time”. The idea behind summer/daylight-savings is to move clocks forward an hour in spring and backwards in the fall so that afternoons have more daylight.

69. 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”.

70. Spot in front of the telly? TEA
I have had many a spot of tea in front of the telly …

“Telly” is the familiar term for a television in the British Isles, as opposed to our American use of the acronym “TV”. And one watches “programmes” on a telly, as opposed to “programs” here in the US.

71. Tom yum soup servers THA(I RESTAURAN)TS
Tom yum is a delicious spicy soup served in Thai restaurants, a favorite of mine …

74. “I’m not impressed” MEH
“Meh!” is one of those terms unfamiliar to me, a modern colloquialism meaning “I’m not great, but not bad”.

77. Big Island volcano MAUNA LOA
Mauna Loa on the “big island” of Hawaii is the largest volcano on the planet (in terms of volume). The name “Mauna Loa” is Hawaiian for “Long Mountain”.

78. Like a bunch-spoiling apple BAD
One bad apple spoils the whole bunch …

84. NBC weekend staple SNL
NBC first aired a form of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) in 1975 under the title “NBC’s Saturday Night”. The show was actually created to give Johnny Carson some time off from “The Tonight Show”. Back then “The Tonight Show” had a weekend episode, and Carson convinced NBC to pull the Saturday or Sunday recordings off the air and hold them for subsequent weeknights in which Carson needed a break. NBC turned to Lorne Michaels and asked him to put together a variety show to fill the vacant slot, and he came up with what we now call “Saturday Night Live”.

85. Old Athens enemy SPARTA
Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, famous for her military might. Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian War from 431 to 404 BC, with Sparta eventually emerging victorious.

87. Astrologer to the rich and famous OMARR
Sydney Omarr was an astrology consultant to the rich and famous, and author of a horoscope column that appeared in the Los Angeles Times. While Omarr (real name Sidney Kimmelman) was in the US Army he even wrote a horoscope column for “Stars and Stripes”. He claimed that he got the job of writing for “Stars and Stripes” after having giving a consultation to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

90. It has its highs and lows TIDE
Tides of course are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the oceans. At neap tide, the smaller gravitational effect of the sun cancels out some of the moon’s effect. At spring tide, the sun and the moon’s gravitational forces act in concert causing more extreme movement of the oceans.

94. C.P.E. Bach’s birthplace WEIMAR
Weimar is city in Germany, perhaps best known as the location of the signing of the country’s first democratic constitution resulting in the creation of the Weimar Republic.

At the end of WWII, the imperial government of Germany was overthrown in the German Revolution of November 1918. Just under a year later, a new constitution was adopted by a national assembly in the city of Weimar. The resulting Weimar Republic lasted until German democracy collapsed in the early 1930s and the Nazi Party came to power.

Johann Sebastian Bach raised a very large family. He had seven children with his first wife, who died suddenly. He had a further thirteen children with his second wife. Of his twenty youngsters, there were four sons who became famous musicians in their own right:

– Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (aka “the Halle Bach”)
– Carl Philipp Bach (aka “the Hamburg Bach”)
– Johann Christoph Bach (aka “the Buckeberg Bach”)
– Johann Christian Bach (aka “the London Bach”)

112. Gp. with forces NATO
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO was founded not long after WWII in 1949 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The first NATO Secretary General was Lord Ismay, Winston Churchill’s chief military assistant during WWII. Famously, Lord Ismay said the goal of NATO was “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”

114. Lasagna cheese RICOTTA
Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from sheep or cow’s milk. Ricotta is actually produced from the whey of the milk, the liquid left after the curds have been separated out (curds are used to make “traditional” cheese). The whey is heated again so that the remaining protein, above and beyond that in the curd already removed, precipitates out making ricotta cheese. The word “ricotta” literally means “recooked”, which makes sense to me now …

Lasagna was originally the name of a cooking pot, but it came to mean a dish that was cooked in it. Lasagna also became the name of the flat noodle used in the dish. If you order lasagna on the other side of the Atlantic, you’ll notice the “lasagne” spelling, the plural of “lasagna”. The plural is used as there is more than one layer of pasta in the dish.

120. Madonna’s “La __ Bonita” ISLA
Madonna’s full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone. Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna was destined to became the top-selling female recording artist of all time.

123. The Chicago Bulls had two in the ’90s TH(REE-PE)ATS
The Chicago Bulls have won six NBA championships in the life of the franchise, all of them in the nineties. They won in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons (a so-called “three-peat”), and then again in 1996, 1997 and 1998 (a second “three-peat”).

125. Future doc’s exam MCAT
The acronym MCAT stands for the Medical College Admission Test.

126. Lats’ neighbors DELTS
The deltoid muscle is actually a group of muscles, the ones that cover the shoulder and create the roundness under the skin. The deltoids are triangular in shape resembling the Greek letter delta, hence the name.

The muscles known as the “lats” are the latissimi dorsi, the broadest muscles in the back. “Latissimus” is the Latin for “broadest” and “dorsum” is Latin for “back”.

127. It’s south of Vesuvius ETNA
Mt. Etna is the largest of three active volcanoes in Italy. Mt Etna is about 2 1/2 times the height of its equally famous sister, Mt. Vesuvius.

Mount Vesuvius is locates by the Bay of Naples, just over five miles from the city of Naples. The most famous of the volcano’s eruptions took place in AD 79, the one which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Today Vesuvius is considered to be one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, largely because it is at the center of the most densely populated volcanic region in the world, with 3 million people living nearby.

Down
5. “Diana” singer ANKA
Canadian-born Paul Anka’s big hit was in 1957, the song entitled “Diana”. Anka was the subject of a much-lauded documentary film in 1962 called “Lonely Boy”.

6. Soloists in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 VIOLISTS
The six beautiful Brandenburg Concertos were composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and presented to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt in 1721.

7. Lyricist Gershwin IRA
Ira Gershwin was the lyricist who worked with his brother George to create such American classics as the songs “I Got Rhythm” and “Someone to Watch Over Me”, as well as the opera “Porgy and Bess”. After George Gershwin died, Ira continued to create great music, working with the likes of Jerome Kern and Kurt Weill.

9. How freelancers may work ON SPEC
The term “free lance” was coined by Sir Walter Scott in his 1820 novel “Ivanhoe”, using it to describe a medieval mercenary warrior. Forty years later, a freelancer was a journalist who did work for more than one publication without a long-term commitment.

13. “__ Weapon” LETHAL
The “Lethal Weapon” series of film features Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the lead roles.

14. Trademark caps for Ashton Kutcher and Justin Timberlake T(RUCKER )HATS
A trucker hat is like a baseball cap, but has mesh back.

15. __ avis RARA
A “rara avis” is anything that is very rare, and is Latin for “rare bird”.

21. Mexico’s national flower DAHLIA
The Dahlia is a flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America. It was named the national flower of Mexico relatively recently, in 1963.

24. “Drink to me only with thine eyes” dedicatee CELIA
Ben Jonson’s poem “To Celia” was written in 1616, but some time around 1770 the words were put to music in a song which uses the first line as its title, namely “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes”.

33. Editor’s “leave it” STET
“Stet” is the Latin word meaning “let it stand”. In editorial work, the typesetter is instructed to disregard any change previously marked by writing the word “stet” and then underscoring that change with a line of dots or dashes.

35. Legally bar ESTOP
The legal term “estop” means to block or stop by using some legal device. The word “estop” comes from Old French, in which “estopper” means “to stop up” or “to impede”.

40. Everglades bird EGRET
At one time the egret species was in danger of extinction due to excessive hunting driven by the demand for plumes for women’s hats.

41. “… like __ of chocolates” A BOX
The famous quotation “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” is of course from the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump”.

The epic 1994 movie “Forrest Gump” is based on a 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. Groom said that he had envisioned John Goodman playing the title role, and not Tom Hanks.

46. Dreaded Jamaican? RASTA
I must admit that I don’t really understand Rastafarianism. I do know that a “Rasta”, like Bob Marley, is a follower of the movement. Some say that Rastafarianism is a religion, some not. I also know that it involves the worship of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.

47. Nautical ropes TYES
A tye can be either a chain or a rope, and is used to hoist a spar up a mast on a boat.

50. Toyota Camry model SOLARA
The Solara is sporty version of the Toyota Camry.

54. Midler’s “Divine” nickname MISS M
One of my favorite singers, and indeed all-round entertainers, is Bette Midler. If you’ve ever seen her live show you’ll know that “camp” is a good word to describe it, as her humor is definitely “out there” and quite bawdy. Early in her career, Midler spent years singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in New York City. There she became very close friends with her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow. While singing in the bathhouse Bette only wore a white towel, just like the members of her audience. It was in those days that she created her famous character “the Divine Miss M” and also earned herself the nickname “Bathhouse Betty”.

56. Friend of Shylock TUBAL
Tubal is a friend of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”.

Shylock is the main character in William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”. Shylock is a moneylender and he gives a loan to Antonio (the “merchant” in the title) that is to be secured by “a pound of flesh”. When the money cannot be repaid, Shylock demands his pound of flesh, the collection of which would kill the poor victim of his scheme.

61. Z’s overseas ZETAS
Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, and is a precursor of our Roman letter Z. The word “zeta” is also the ancestor of the name “zed”, which became “zee”, the pronunciation that we use here in the US.

63. Old hi-fis MONOS
Monophonic sound (“mono”) is sound reproduced using just one audio channel, which is usually played out of just one speaker. Stereophonic sound is reproduced using two audio channels, with the sound from each channel played out of two different speakers. The pair of stereo speakers are usually positioned apart from each other so that sound appears to come from between the two. Quadraphonic sound (4.0 surround sound) uses four audio channels with the sound played back through four speakers often positioned at the corners of the room in which one is listening.

66. Coolidge and Hayworth RITAS
Rita Coolidge is a singer from Lafayette, Tennessee. Coolidge’s second marriage was to fellow singer Kris Kristofferson.

Rita Hayworth was born in Brooklyn as Margarita Carmen Cansino. Rita’s father was a flamenco dancer from Spain and so his daughter fell naturally into dancing. The family moved to Hollywood where Hayworth’s father set up a dance studio, and there worked with the likes of James Cagney and Jean Harlow. The young Hayworth had a slow start in movies, finding herself typecast because of her Mediterranean features. When she underwent extensive electrolysis to change her forehead and dyed her hair red, she started to get more work (how sad is that?). In 1941 she posed for that famous pin-up picture which accompanied GIs all over the world.

67. Symphony that includes a funeral march EROICA
Beethoven originally dedicated his Symphony No. 3 to Napoleon Bonaparte. Beethoven admired the principles of the French Revolution and as such respected Bonaparte who was “born” out of the uprising. When Napoleon declared himself Emperor, Beethoven (and much of Europe) saw this as a betrayal to the ideals of the revolution so he changed the name of his new symphony from “Bonaparte” to “Eroica”, meaning “heroic” or “valiant”.

74. “The Cryptogram” playwright MAMET
David Mamet is best known as a playwright, and indeed won a Pulitzer for his 1984 play “Glengarry Glen Ross”. Mamet is also a successful screenwriter and received Oscar nominations for the films “The Verdict” (1982) and “Wag the Dog” (1997).

80. Bar fliers DARTS
Darts is a wonderful game often played in British and Irish pubs, even over here in America. The scoring in a traditional game of darts is difficult to describe in a sentence or two, but the game of darts called “Round the Clock” is simply hitting the numbers 1 through 20 in sequence.

82. Big name in coffee makers BRAUN
Braun is a manufacturer of consumer goods based in Kronberg, Germany.

91. 1977 ELO hit DO YA
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is a symphonic rock group from the north of England. The band’s manager was Don Arden, father of Sharon Osbourne (wife of Ozzy).

97. Rooney __, who played Salander in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” MARA
The actress Rooney Mara is noted for her role in the 2010 film “The Social Network” and more recently for the title role in the 2011 hit movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. Mara has American Football in her blood. Her mother’s family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and her father’s family founded the New York Giants.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a sensational hit novel by the Swedish author Stieg Larsson, originally titled in Swedish as “Men Who Hate Women”. It is the first in a trilogy of successful books, all of which were only published after Larsson’s death.

108. “The Perfect Storm” rescue gp. USCG
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has the distinction of being the country’s oldest continuous seagoing service. The USCG was founded as the Revenue Cutter Service by Alexander Hamilton in 1790.

“The Perfect Storm” is a nonfiction book written Sebastian Junger. The “perfect storm” hit North American coastal waters in 1991 causing the loss of the fishing boat Andrea Gail. The storm was also notable for the courageous actions of the crew of the US Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa, who plucked the three crew members of the sailboat Satori out of the water at the height of the storm.

111. Game divided into chukkers POLO
A game of polo is divided into periods of play called chuckas (sometimes “chuckers”). The game usually lasts for two hours, and the time between the chuckas is used to change horses.

113. “__ Be in Love”: Kate Bush song OH TO
Kate Bush has a unique and experimental singing style, with her most famous recording being “Wuthering Heights” from 1978. I also love the subsequent releases “Babooshka” and “The Man with the Child in His Eyes”.

115. Naval noncoms CPOS
A Chief Petty Officer (CPO) is a non-commissioned officer in the Navy and Coast Guard. The “Petty” is derived from the French word “petit” meaning “small”.

116. Vintner’s prefix OENO-
In Greek mythology, Oeno was the goddess of wine, giving us “oen-” as a prefix meaning “wine”. For example, oenology is the study of wine and an oenophile is a wine-lover.

117. “Later,” in London TATA
An Englishman might say “tata” or “cheerio” instead of “goodbye”. Well, supposedly so!

118. Camaro roof option T-TOP
A T-top is a car roof that has removable panels on either side of a rigid bar that runs down the center of the vehicle above the driver.

119. Grieg’s “__ Death” ASE’S
“Ase’s Death” is a movement in Edvard Grieg’s beautiful “Peer Gynt” suite. The suite is a collection of incidental music that Grieg composed for Ibsen’s play of the same name. Ase is the widow of a peasant, and the mother of Peer Gynt.

122. Gold meas. KTS
A karat (also “carat”, the spelling outside of North America) is a measure of the purity of gold alloys, with 24-karat representing pure gold.

124. GOP platform-promoting org. RNC
National leadership of the Republican Party is provided by the Republican National Committee (RNC). Only one chairperson of the RNC has been elected to the office of US president, and that is George H. W. Bush.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Actress Birch THORA
6. Trattoria glassful VINO
10. Many a GE product APPL
14. Ruse TRAP
18. Have lunch at home EAT IN
19. Pressing need? IRON
20. Set of beliefs CREED
22. Tear down, in Tottenham RASE
23. Husky features TH(ICK CO)ATS
25. Line at a rodeo? REATA
26. “QB VII” author URIS
27. “$40 a Day” chef Ray RACHAEL
28. __ facto IPSO
30. Librarian’s reminder SHH!
31. Players CAST
32. Grafton’s “__ for Lawless” L IS
34. Scottish tongue ERSE
36. Supermodel Wek ALEK
38. Disney film featuring Berlioz, Toulouse, Marie and their mom Duchess TH(E ARISTOC)ATS
44. Nontraditional performance genre LIVE ART
48. Carpet cleaning tool RUG BEATER
49. Poses SITS
51. Route to the lungs AIRWAY
52. Swashbuckler Flynn ERROL
53. Arise (from) STEM
55. Codger COOT
57. High-speed scene CHASE
58. Bledel of “Gilmore Girls” ALEXIS
60. First name in fashion LIZ
62. Fruity treats PLUM TARTS
64. It ends in Nov. DST
65. Ready for aromatherapy, say STRESSED
69. Blood typing letters ABO
70. Spot in front of the telly? TEA
71. Tom yum soup servers THA(I RESTAURAN)TS
74. “I’m not impressed” MEH
76. “Was __ blame?” I TO
77. Big Island volcano MAUNA LOA
78. Like a bunch-spoiling apple BAD
81. Numskull LAMEBRAIN
84. NBC weekend staple SNL
85. Old Athens enemy SPARTA
87. Astrologer to the rich and famous OMARR
88. One who’s not striking SCAB
90. It has its highs and lows TIDE
93. Not as warm ICIER
94. C.P.E. Bach’s birthplace WEIMAR
96. “Up and __!” AT ‘EM
98. Court plea NO CONTEST
100. 2011 World Series champs ST LOUIS
102. Packages from recent guests, perhaps THA(NK YOU GIF)TS
104. Symbol of purity SNOW
105. Time past YORE
106. Sailor’s direction AFT
107. Clump TUFT
110. Bread in a jar? TIP
112. Gp. with forces NATO
114. Lasagna cheese RICOTTA
120. Madonna’s “La __ Bonita” ISLA
121. Call forth EVOKE
123. The Chicago Bulls had two in the ’90s TH(REE-PE)ATS
125. Future doc’s exam MCAT
126. Lats’ neighbors DELTS
127. It’s south of Vesuvius ETNA
128. Like ballerinas, at times ON TOE
129. Cake mix additions EGGS
130. Late for a party, maybe LOST
131. Berth place DOCK
132. Some aromatic cakes SOAPS

Down
1. Four: Pref. TETR-
2. “Yuk yuk” HA-HA
3. Of the ear OTIC
4. Like chocolate truffle cake RICH
5. “Diana” singer ANKA
6. Soloists in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 VIOLISTS
7. Lyricist Gershwin IRA
8. Words of denial NOT I
9. How freelancers may work ON SPEC
10. Puzzle book offering ACROSTIC
11. Teen leader? PRE-
12. Pod veggies PEAS
13. “__ Weapon” LETHAL
14. Trademark caps for Ashton Kutcher and Justin Timberlake T(RUCKER )HATS
15. __ avis RARA
16. Yard sale caveat AS IS
17. Recurring pain? PEST
21. Mexico’s national flower DAHLIA
24. “Drink to me only with thine eyes” dedicatee CELIA
29. Span. ladies SRAS
33. Editor’s “leave it” STET
35. Legally bar ESTOP
37. Kick out EVICT
38. Gripping pattern TREAD
39. Throws HURLS
40. Everglades bird EGRET
41. “… like __ of chocolates” A BOX
42. Dog topper RELISH
43. Bully’s words OR ELSE!
45. Mindful AWARE
46. Dreaded Jamaican? RASTA
47. Nautical ropes TYES
50. Toyota Camry model SOLARA
54. Midler’s “Divine” nickname MISS M
56. Friend of Shylock TUBAL
59. Way up STAIR
61. Z’s overseas ZETAS
63. Old hi-fis MONOS
66. Coolidge and Hayworth RITAS
67. Symphony that includes a funeral march EROICA
68. Intimidate DAUNT
71. Household regulators TH(ERMOST)ATS
72. Disconnect UNLINK
73. Recording TAPING
74. “The Cryptogram” playwright MAMET
75. Online message EMAIL
78. Lawyer’s document BRIEF
79. “This is only __” A TEST
80. Bar fliers DARTS
81. Valleys LOWS
82. Big name in coffee makers BRAUN
83. Smartly dressed NATTY
86. Theater opening ACT I
89. “Don’t play games with me” BE HONEST
91. 1977 ELO hit DO YA
92. Environmental extremist ECOFREAK
95. Reacted with outrage, as a mob RIOTED
97. Rooney __, who played Salander in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” MARA
99. Navel type OUTIE
101. Turn at the bar, perhaps SWIVEL
103. Brought home NETTED
107. Coach’s call TIME
108. “The Perfect Storm” rescue gp. USCG
109. Penalty __ FLAG
111. Game divided into chukkers POLO
113. “__ Be in Love”: Kate Bush song OH TO
115. Naval noncoms CPOS
116. Vintner’s prefix OENO-
117. “Later,” in London TATA
118. Camaro roof option T-TOP
119. Grieg’s “__ Death” ASE’S
122. Gold meas. KTS
124. GOP platform-promoting org. RNC

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