LA Times Crossword Answers 3 Mar 13, Sunday

CROSSWORD SETTER: Elizabeth C. Gorski
THEME: Invitees … there are TEES (the letter T) inserted into well-known phrases to create today’s themed answers:

23A. Heavenly ruler? ST PETER’S T-SQUARE (from “St. Peter’s Square”)
35A. Game with swinging and dancing? DISCO T-BALL (from “disco ball”)
43A. Theban king’s dinosaur? OEDIPUS T. REX (from “Oedipus Rex”)
69A. Economy-boosting govt. issue? STIMULUS T-BILL (from “stimulus bill”)
96A. Steaks served at roasts? FUNNY T-BONES (from “funny bones”)
102A. Contraption that gives skiers a lift in more ways than one? COFFEE T-BAR (from “coffee bar”)
118A. Motto for the Untouchables? STAND BY YOUR T-MAN (from “Stand by Your Man”)

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ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
18. Almond-flavored liqueur AMARETTO
Amaretto is an Italian liqueur with a sweet almond flavor. Even though the drink is sweet, it has a bitterness lent to it by the bitter almonds that are often used as a flavoring. The name “amaretto” is a diminutive of the Italian word “amaro” meaning “bitter”.

23. Heavenly ruler? ST PETER’S T-SQUARE (from “St. Peter’s Square”)
A T-square is a technical drawing instrument used for drawing horizontal lines. You can also get a drywall T-square, which is used in measuring and cutting drywall.

Saint Peter’s Square is the huge plaza that sits in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The square was designed in the mid-1600s with the intent of providing an open space where the greatest number of people could see the Pope and receive his blessing.

25. “The War Between the Tates” author Alison LURIE
Alison Lurie is an American novelist. Lurie won a Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for her novel “Foreign Affairs”. Three of her works have been adapted for television: “The War Between the Tates”, “Imaginary Friends” and “Foreign Affairs”.

26. Cub with many dingers SOSA
Sammy Sosa was right in the public eye in 1998 when he and Mark McGwire were vying to be the first to surpass the home run record held by Roger Maris. McGwire fell out of public favor due to stories of steroid abuse (stories which he later admitted were true) while Sosa fell of out favor when he was found to be using a corked bat in a 2003 game.

27. Wight or Man: Abbr. ISL
The Isle of Wight is the largest island in England, and lies about five miles off the south coast of the country.

The Isle of Man is a large island located in the middle of the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. I used to spend a lot of time there in my youth, and a very interesting place it is indeed. The Isle of Man is classed as a British Crown Dependency and isn’t part of the United Kingdom at all. It is self-governing and has its own parliament called the Tynwald. The Tynwald was created in AD 979 and is arguably the oldest continuously-running parliament in the world. The inhabitants of the island speak English, although they do have their own language as well called Manx, which is very similar to Irish Gaeilge and Scottish Gaelic. And then there are those Manx cats, the ones without any tails. I’ve seen lots of them, and can attest that they are indeed found all over the island.

28. Party org. DNC
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) was set up way back in 1848, and governs the day-to-day affairs of the Democratic Party. Past chairpersons of the DNC include Howard Dean from Vermont and Chris Dodd from Connecticut.

31. Best-selling physician DR SPOCK
Dr. Benjamin Spock owes his fame to his 1946 best-selling book “Baby and Child Care”. For over fifty years, “Baby and Child Care” sold more books than any other, except for the Bible.

35. Game with swinging and dancing? DISCO T-BALL (from “disco ball”)
Discotheques started up during WWII in Occupied France. American-style music (like jazz and jitterbug dances) was banned by the Nazis, so French natives met in underground clubs that they called discotheques where records were often played on just a single turntable. After the war, these clubs came out into the open. One famous Paris discotheque was called “Whiskey a Gogo”. In that Paris disco, non-stop music was played using two turntables next to a dance-floor, and this concept spread around the world.

40. Cohn played by Pacino in “Angels in America” ROY
Roy Cohn is a character in the Pulitzer-winning play “Angels in America” by Tony Kushner. The character is based on real-life attorney Roy Cohn who gained a lot of notoriety during the Second Red Scare.

Roy Cohn was a prominent assistant and associate to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the days when McCarthy was famously investigating Communist activities in the US. Prior to his work with Senator McCarthy, Cohn was a central figure on the prosecuting team in the 1951 espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

43. Theban king’s dinosaur? OEDIPUS T. REX (from “Oedipus Rex”)
The Tyrannosaurus rex (usually written T. rex) was a spectacular looking dinosaur. “Tyrannosaurus” comes from the Greek words “tyrannos” (tyrant) and “sauros” (lizard), and the “rex” is of course Latin for “king”. They were big boys, measuring 42 feet long and 13 feet tall at the hips, and weighing 7.5 tons.

“Oedipus Rex” (also “Oedipus the King”) is a tragedy penned by the Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. The play tells the story of Oedipus, a man who becomes king of Thebes. Oedipus was destined from birth to murder his father and marry his mother.

46. Bond girl Ekland BRITT
Britt Ekland is perhaps best known on screen for playing the female lead in the James Bond film “The Man With the Golden Gun” opposite Roger Moore. Offscreen she lived a very public life as the husband of actor and comedian Peter Sellers. Today, she is a very close friend of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.

58. Kemo __ SABE
“Kemosabe” is a term used by the Tonto character in the iconic radio and television program “The Lone Ranger”. “Kemosabe” doesn’t really mean anything outside of the show, and in fact was written as “ke-mo sah-bee” in the original radio show scripts. The term was created by longtime director of “The Lone Ranger”, Jim Jewell. To come up with the term, Jewell used the name of a boy’s camp that his father-in-law established called Kamp Kee-Mo Sah-Bee.

60. The Green Wall of China is designed to slow its expansion 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”.

61. City whose police cars sport a witch logo SALEM
Salem is a seaport on the Massachusetts coast. It is noted as the location of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, an event that the city commemorates during the run up to Halloween every year in October.

63. __ Nostra COSA
Apparently “Cosa Nostra” is the real name for the Italian Mafia. “Cosa Nostra” translates as “our thing” or “this thing of ours”. The term first became public in the US when the FBI managed to turn some members of the American Mafia. The Italian authorities established that “Cosa Nostra” was also used in Sicily when they penetrated the Sicilian Mafia in the 1980s. The term “mafia” seems to be just a literary invention that has become popular with the public.

66. Klutz OAF
“Klutz” of course comes from Yiddish. The Yiddish word for a clumsy person is “klots”.

69. Economy-boosting govt. issue? STIMULUS T-BILL (from “stimulus bill”)
A Treasury note (T-Note) is a government debt that matures in 1-10 years. A T-Note has a coupon (interest) payment made every six months. The T-note is purchased at a discount to face value, and at the date of maturity can be redeemed at that face value. A T-Bill is a similar financial vehicle, but it matures in one year or less, and a T-Bond matures in 20-30 years.

76. Writer Bagnold ENID
Enid Bagnold was a British author and is best known for her 1935 novel “National Velvet”, which was of course adapted into a very successful film starring Elizabeth Taylor.

77. Crimean Peninsula city YALTA
Considering that the Crimea was the site of the Charge of the Light Brigade as well as the Yalta conference towards the end of World War II, I am ashamed to say that I could not pinpoint the Crimea on a map. I’m even more ashamed to say that I didn’t realize it is an extremely distinctively shaped peninsula, lying south of the Ukraine and jutting into the Black Sea. Well, now I know …

80. Fedora feature BRIM
A fedora is a lovely hat, I think. It is made of felt and is similar to a trilby, but has a broader brim. “Fedora” was a play written for Sarah Bernhardt and first performed in 1889. Bernhardt had the title role of Princess Fedora, and on stage she wore a hat similar to the modern-day fedora. The play led to the introduction of a women’s fashion accessory, the fedora hat, commonly worn by women into the beginning of the twentieth century. Men then started wearing fedoras, but only when women gave up the idea …

81. Pond flower CALLA
The Calla Lily is a common name for a lily of the genus Zantedeschia. There is a lily genus called Calla, but the Calla Lily isn’t in it. Now that, that is confusing …

87. As a group EN MASSE
“En masse” is of course a French term best translated as “as a group”.

92. “Revolutionary” Chopin work ETUDE
An étude is a small instrumental composition that is usually quite hard to play and is intended to help the performer master a particular technique. “Étude” is the French word for “study”. Études are commonly performed on the piano.

93. Object in court RES
“Res” is the Latin for “thing”. “Res” is used in a lot of phrases in the law.

94. Parishioner’s obligation TITHE
A tithe is a traditional payment of one tenth of a person’s annual income and is usually given to a church. Tithing is a practice taught in many traditions, and according to a 2002 survey, about 3% of American adults donate 10% or more of their income to a church.

99. Pianist known for his Beethoven interpretations ARRAU
Claudio Arrau was a greatly respected Chilean pianist who performed for much of the twentieth century until his death in 1991. Arrau left Chile to study in Germany where he lived for many years, having married a German opera singer. During WWII, Arrau and his family left Germany and settled in New York City.

102. Contraption that gives skiers a lift in more ways than one? COFFEE T-BAR (from “coffee bar”)
A T-bar is a type of ski lift in which the skiers are pulled up the hill in pairs, with each pair standing (not sitting!) either side of T-shaped metal bar. The bar is placed behind the thighs, pulling along the skiers as they remain standing on their skis (hopefully!). There’s also a J-bar, a similar device, but with each J-shaped bar used by one skier at a time.

117. VersaVac maker ORECK
The Oreck Corporation is named after founder David Oreck and makes vacuum cleaners and air purifiers. The company started out selling vacuum cleaners by mail, a new concept in 1963. David Oreck himself appears regularly as a spokesman in the company’s ads and infomercials.

118. Motto for the Untouchables? STAND BY YOUR T-MAN (from “Stand by Your Man”)
A T-man is a law-enforcement agent of the US Treasury.

Eliot Ness was the Treasury agent charged with the task of bringing down the notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone. When Ness took on the job in 1930, Chicago law-enforcement agents were renowned for being corrupt, for being on the take. Ness handpicked 50 prohibition agents who he thought he could rely on, later reducing the group to a cadre of 15 and ultimately just 11 trusted men. That group of 11 earned the nickname “The Untouchables”, the agents who couldn’t be bought.

“Stand by Your Man” is a song that was co-written and recorded by Tammy Wynette in 1968. “Stand by Your Man” was to become Wynette’s biggest hit by far.

123. Grammy-winning Gorme EYDIE
Eydie Gorme is best known for her work with her husband, Steve Lawrence. The duo have been recording traditional popular music together since the late fifties.

124. Persian Gulf sight TANKER
The Persian Gulf is in effect an inland sea although it technically is an offshoot of the Indian Ocean. The outlet from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean is one of the most famous maritime “choke points” in the world: the Strait of Hormuz. About 20% of the world’s supply of petroleum passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

128. Getty of “The Golden Girls” ESTELLE
The actress Estelle Getty was best known for playing Sophia Petrillo on “The Golden Girls”. Bea Arthur played Sophia’s daughter on the show, even though Estelle was actually a year younger than Bea in real life!

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2. “__ to PM”: 2001 Christina Milian hit AM TO
There’s an error in this clue, I think, as it should read:

“__ PM”: 2001 Christina Milian hit

Christina Milian is an actress and singer from Jersey City, New Jersey. One of Milian’s first hit records was “AM to PM” released in 2001.

7. Zebra patterns STRIPES
The name “zebra” comes from an old Portuguese word “zevra” meaning “wild ass”. Studies of zebra embryos show that zebras are basically black in color, with white stripes that develop with growth. Before this finding, it was believed they were white, with black stripes.

8. Bks. in progress MSS
An editor has to wade his or her way through a manuscript (MS) that has been submitted.

10. Cleansing rite associated with Easter MAUNDY
Maundy Thursday is the name given to the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. The celebration commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. The exact origins of the name “Maundy” are unclear. The Washing of Feet is a traditional rite performed on the day, with the washing of feet intended to be a sign of humility.

11. Collectible calculators ABACI
The abacus was used as a counting frame long before man had invented a numbering system. It is a remarkable invention, particularly when one notes that abaci are still widely used today across Africa and Asia.

14. Prosperous outlying areas EXURBS
Derived from the term “suburb”, an “exurb” is an area beyond the suburbs at the very outskirts of a city. Often the “exurb” is used to denote an area inhabited by more wealthy people.

15. Mattress brand SERTA
Serta was founded in 1931 when a group of 13 mattress manufacturers came together, essentially forming a cooperative. Today, the company is owned by eight independent licensees in a similar arrangement.

19. __ buco OSSO
Osso is the Italian word for bone as in the name of the dish Osso Buco: braised veal shanks.

24. Patient attention, briefly TLC
Tender loving care (TLC).

30. Riding sidekick TONTO
On the television version of “The Lone Ranger”, Tonto was played by the actor Jay Silverheels.

33. The Mustangs of the NCAA’s Conference USA SMU
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is located in University Park, Texas (part of Dallas), and was founded in 1911. In 2008, President George W. Bush agreed to the selection of SMU as the site for his Presidential Library. The building is currently under construction and is expected to open in 2013.

34. Doughnut box word KREME
The Krispy Kreme chain of doughnut stores was founded in 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The company introduced the Whole Wheat Glazed doughnut in 2007, great for folks looking to eat a healthy diet, I am sure …

36. Sun. talk SER
Sermon (ser.).

37. U2 frontman BONO
Irish singer Bono is a Dubliner, born Paul David Hewson. As a youth, Hewson was given the nickname “Bono Vox” by a friend, a Latin expression meaning “good voice”, and so the singer has been known as Bono since the late seventies. His band’s first name was “Feedback”, later changed to “The Hype”. The band members searched for yet another name and chose U2 from a list of six names suggested by a friend. They picked U2 because it was the name they disliked least …

38. Ill-fated king LEAR
Shakespeare was inspired to write his famous drama “King Lear” by the legend of “Leir of Britain”, the story of a mythological Celtic king.

39. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit ADIA
Apparently the song “Adia”, co-written by Sarah McLachlan, was intended as an apology to her best friend … for stealing her ex-boyfriend and then marrying him!

41. Tic-tac-toe loser OXO
When I was growing up in Ireland we played “noughts and crosses” … our name for the game tic-tac-toe.

48. Maynard’s pal in ’50s-’60s TV DOBIE
“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” is a sitcom that aired from 1959 to 1963. The show was based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Max Shulman. The Shulman stories had also inspired a movie back in 1953 called “The Affairs of Dobie Gillis” starring Debbie Reynolds and Bobby Van.

52. General __ chicken TSO’S
General Tso’s chicken is an American creation, often found on the menu of a Chinese restaurant. The name General Tso may be a reference to General Zuo Zongtang of the Qing Dynasty, but there is no clear link.

57. Worn wreath LEI
“Lei” is the Hawaiian word for “garland, wreath”, although in more general terms a “lei” is any series of objects strung together as an adornment for the body.

59. Hanging Gardens site BABYLON
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Unlike the other “Wonders”, the Hanging Gardens may only have existed in legend. The Gardens were supposedly constructed in Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife Amytis. Amytis was from Media and she was homesick, so her husband created an elaborate garden in Babylon that was replete with plants from homeland.

63. Chewed stuff CUD
Ruminants are animals that “chew the cud”. Ruminants eat vegetable matter but cannot extract any nutritional value from cellulose without the help of microbes in the gut. Ruminants collect roughage in the first part of the alimentary canal, allowing microbes to work on it. The partially digested material (the cud) is regurgitated into the mouth so that the ruminant can chew the food more completely exposing more surface area for microbes to do their work.

64. Ceramic pot OLLA
An olla is a traditional clay pot used for the making of stews.

66. Sunbeam brand OSTER
The Oster brand of small appliances was introduced in 1924 by John Oster. He started out by making manually-powered hair clippers designed for cutting women’s hair, and followed up with a motorized version in 1928. The clippers kept the company in business until 1946 when Oster diversified, buying a manufacturer of liquefying blenders in 1946. The blender was renamed an Osterizer, and was a big hit. Oster was bought up by Sunbeam, which has owned the brand since 1960.

75. Teachers’ org. NEA
The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the country, and mainly represents public school teachers.

78. Louis XVI’s queen ANTOINETTE
Marie Antoinette was the wife of Louis XVI, the last king of France. Marie Antoinette was the fifteenth of sixteen children born to the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. The marriage to Louis, her second cousin once removed, was arranged while the two were very young. The prospective bride was “handed over” to the French at a border crossing in 1770 and two weeks later she was married to the future king. Marie Antoinette was just 14 years of age at the time, and Louis only a year her senior. Both Louis and Marie Antoinette were doomed to lose their heads courtesy of the guillotine during the French Revolution.

80. Software development phase BETA TEST
In the world of software development, the first tested issue of a new program is usually called the “alpha” version. Expected to have a lot of bugs that need to be fixed, the alpha release is usually distributed to a small number of testers. After reported bugs have been eliminated, the refined version is called a “beta” and is released to a wider audience, but with the program clearly labeled as “beta”. The users generally check functionality and report further bugs that are encountered. The beta version feeds into a release candidate, the version that is tested just prior to the software being sold into the market, bug-free. Yeah, right …

81. Boor CHURL
A churl is rude and boorish person. The word “churl” comes from the Old English word “ceorl”, meaning a freeman of the lowest class.

82. King Kong’s love ANN
“King Kong” really is a classic movie. It stars Fay Wray as the young woman (name Ann Darrow) with whom Kong falls in love. Wray was very interested in the role as she was told that she would be playing opposite the “tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood”. She thought it might be Clark Gable. At least that’s how the story goes …

84. Debussy’s “Clair de __” LUNE
“Clair de lune” is the beautiful third movement from Claude Debussy’s piano work called the “Suite bergamasque”. “Clair de lune” is French for “moonlight”.

85. Wordsworth works ODES
The great English poet William Wordsworth lived in the Lake District in the north of England, a beautiful part of the country. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit Dove Cottage in Grasmere a couple of times, where Wordsworth lived with his wife Dorothy.

86. Popular 19th-century heading WEST
Horace Greeley was a newspaper editor and politician. In the media industry, Greeley founded and edited the “New York Tribune”, which was a very influential paper in the 1800s. In an 1865 editorial he wrote the famous words “Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.” As a politician, Greeley ran for US President in the 1872 election. He lost that election to Ulysses S. Grant in a landslide. Greeley died not long after the votes were cast, making him the only presidential candidate to have died prior to the counting of electoral college votes.

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

99. Largest U.S. union org. AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded in 1886, making it one of the first federations of unions in the country. Over time the AFL became dominated by craft unions, unions representing skilled workers of particular disciplines. In the early thirties, John L. Lewis led a movement within the AFL to organize workers by industry, believing this would be more effective for the members. But the craft unions refused to budge, so Lewis set up a rival federation of unions in 1932 called the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The two federations became bitter rivals for over two decades until finally merging in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO.

100. Ballpark staples FRANKS
What we call a wiener in this country is known as a Vienna sausage in Germany. It was first produced by a butcher from Frankfurt who was living in Vienna, hence the name “Wiener”, which is German for “of Vienna”. Paradoxically, the same sausage is called a Frankfurter in Vienna, as it was created by someone from Frankfurt. It’s all very confusing …

105. Name on a range AMANA
The Amana Corporation takes its name from the location of its original headquarters, in Middle Amana, Iowa.

107. Ice cream maker Joseph 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.

114. German painter Nolde EMIL
Emil Nolde was a German Expressionist painter. He was actually born Emil Hansen, near the village of Nolde in the Prussian Duchy of Schleswig in 1867. Hansen officially changed his name to Nolde on the occasion of his marriage in 1902.

115. Salt in a lab NACL
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is an ionic compound, a crystal lattice made up of large chloride (Cl) ions in a cubic structure, with smaller sodium (Na) ions in between the chlorides.

116. Knife of yore SNEE
“Snick or snee” is the name given to cut and thrust while fighting with a knife. The phrase is rooted in a pair of Dutch words and it gave its name to a “snee”, a light sword-like knife.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Sympathy seekers MARTYRS
8. Spring title on a beefcake calendar MR MAY
13. Chills out RESTS
18. Almond-flavored liqueur AMARETTO
20. Ocean floor SEABED
22. Strain EXERT
23. Heavenly ruler? ST PETER’S T-SQUARE
25. “The War Between the Tates” author Alison LURIE
26. Cub with many dingers SOSA
27. Wight or Man: Abbr. ISL
28. Party org. DNC
29. Alarm STARTLE
31. Best-selling physician DR SPOCK
35. Game with swinging and dancing? DISCO T-BALL
37. “I’m responsible” BLAME ME
40. Cohn played by Pacino in “Angels in America” ROY
42. Sea eagles ERNES
43. Theban king’s dinosaur? OEDIPUS T. REX
46. Bond girl Ekland BRITT
47. Hubbub ADO
50. Polish targets NAILS
51. Surfer’s gadget REMOTE
53. Stereo on one’s shoulder BOOMBOX
55. Handed down, in a way ORAL
56. Still in the game ALIVE
58. Kemo __ SABE
60. The Green Wall of China is designed to slow its expansion GOBI
61. City whose police cars sport a witch logo SALEM
63. __ Nostra COSA
64. Surpassed OUTDID
66. Klutz OAF
69. Economy-boosting govt. issue? STIMULUS T-BILL
73. Bootery spec EEE
74. Absolutely awful STINKO
76. Writer Bagnold ENID
77. Crimean Peninsula city YALTA
79. Ripped TORE
80. Fedora feature BRIM
81. Pond flower CALLA
83. Sweet’__: drink additive N LOW
87. As a group EN MASSE
90. Prefix with -crat TECHNO-
92. “Revolutionary” Chopin work ETUDE
93. Object in court RES
94. Parishioner’s obligation TITHE
96. Steaks served at roasts? FUNNY T-BONES
99. Pianist known for his Beethoven interpretations ARRAU
100. See 62-Down FOR
101. Freaky to the max EERIEST
102. Contraption that gives skiers a lift in more ways than one? COFFEE T-BAR
106. City in Pennsylvania Dutch country LEBANON
109. Like some back roads ONE-LANE
110. Goat’s cry MAA
112. Golden, in Paris D’OR
113. Poetic dusks E’ENS
117. VersaVac maker ORECK
118. Motto for the Untouchables? STAND BY YOUR T-MAN
123. Grammy-winning Gorme EYDIE
124. Persian Gulf sight TANKER
125. Warned ON NOTICE
126. Overhaul the lawn RESOD
127. Low voice BASSO
128. Getty of “The Golden Girls” ESTELLE

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1. Sunday ritual MASS
2. “__ to PM”: 2001 Christina Milian hit AM TO
3. Eschews the doorbell RAPS
4. Purchases that give you a run for your money? TREADMILLS
5. “Not __” YET
6. Bus driver’s course: Abbr. RTE
7. Zebra patterns STRIPES
8. Bks. in progress MSS
9. Like some coll. courses REQD
10. Cleansing rite associated with Easter MAUNDY
11. Collectible calculators ABACI
12. “__ out!” YER
13. Empathize with RELATE TO
14. Prosperous outlying areas EXURBS
15. Mattress brand SERTA
16. Flutist’s warble TRILL
17. __ wool STEEL
19. __ buco OSSO
21. Paint a picture of DESCRIBE
24. Patient attention, briefly TLC
30. Riding sidekick TONTO
32. Workout count REPS
33. The Mustangs of the NCAA’s Conference USA SMU
34. Doughnut box word KREME
36. Sun. talk SER
37. U2 frontman BONO
38. Ill-fated king LEAR
39. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit ADIA
41. Tic-tac-toe loser OXO
44. More fit TRIMMER
45. Increase, with “up” REV
46. Wild animal BEAST
47. Humble home ABODE
48. Maynard’s pal in ’50s-’60s TV DOBIE
49. Rust, e.g. OXIDE
52. General __ chicken TSO’S
54. Corp. jet group MGT
56. Choir member ALTO
57. Worn wreath LEI
59. Hanging Gardens site BABYLON
62. With 100-Across, petition ASK
63. Chewed stuff CUD
64. Ceramic pot OLLA
65. Max. ULT
66. Sunbeam brand OSTER
67. Make amends ATONE
68. Tones (up) FIRMS
70. Marry UNITE
71. Pie fruit LIME
72. Potent conclusion? -IAL
75. Teachers’ org. NEA
78. Louis XVI’s queen ANTOINETTE
80. Software development phase BETA TEST
81. Boor CHURL
82. King Kong’s love ANN
84. Debussy’s “Clair de __” LUNE
85. Wordsworth works ODES
86. Popular 19th-century heading WEST
88. Barely ran? STREAKED
89. Fire truck device SIREN
91. Money-managing exec CFO
92. River of Spain EBRO
95. Where the action is HUB
97. Timeline beginning YEAR ONE
98. Widely used base TEN
99. Largest U.S. union org. AFL-CIO
100. Ballpark staples FRANKS
102. Dove COOER
103. Sandwich order ON RYE
104. Nourishes FEEDS
105. Name on a range AMANA
107. Ice cream maker Joseph EDY
108. Aussie lad BOYO
111. Lemony drinks ADES
114. German painter Nolde EMIL
115. Salt in a lab NACL
116. Knife of yore SNEE
119. Bar bill TAB
120. “My man!” BRO!
121. Young __ ‘UNS
122. Break down ROT

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2 thoughts on “LA Times Crossword Answers 3 Mar 13, Sunday”

  1. A t-square is used to draw horizontal lines, but has no lines of measurement. A scale is used to measure and then the a horizontal line is drawn with a t-square, or a triangle is positioned on the horizontal section of the t-square to draw a vertical line. Therefore it is not a "ruler", which is used to measure. This is the only line I failed to answer, clue not accurate

  2. Yes, I thought twice about this clue, I must say. However, I satisfied myself that the t-square I have in my garage is used as a ruler, when I am putting up drywall.

    That said, I am not sure that drywall was the focus of the clue.

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