LA Times Crossword Answers 13 Oct 13, Sunday

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
6. Waltz king STRAUSS
Of the many classical composers with the Strauss name, “The Waltz King” was Johann Strauss II. Among the many beautiful waltzes Strauss penned are “The Blue Danube” and “Tales from the Vienna Woods”. He also composed the famous operetta “Die Fledermaus”.

13. Artificial surface football injury TURF TOE
“Turf toe” is a sports injury associated with play on artificial turf or any other surface without much give. Turf toe is a sprain of the ligaments around one or more toe joints, particularly the big toe. The medical term for the injury is “metatarsophalangeal joint sprain”.

23. Border sharers of Europe? SANMARINORWAY (San Marino & Norway)
San Marino is a small enclave in northern Italy with an area of just under 25 square miles. It is the oldest sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world, and has the world’s oldest constitution (dating back to 1600). What is most impressive to me is that San Marino has no national debt and a budget surplus. One can only dream …

Norway has been ranked as the country in the world with the highest standard of living almost every year since 2001. Norway is rich in natural resources and has a relatively low population. The people benefit from a comprehensive social security system, subsidized higher education for all citizens and universal health care. And Norway is famous for her success at the Winter Olympic Games, having won more gold medals than any other nation in the world.

29. Harry Potter’s Hedwig, e.g. OWL
Hedwig is the owl belonging to Harry Potter in the J. K. Rowling series of fantasy novels. Hedwig is a female owl, although she is played in the movies by male snowy owls. Male snowy owls are completely white, whereas females have dark patches on their plumage.

38. Frosty coat HOAR
The Old English word “har” meant “gray, venerable, old”, and came into English as “hoar” (and later “hoary”) with the same meaning. The term “hoar-frost” dates back to the 13th century, and reflects the similarity of the white feathers of frost to the gray/white of an old man’s beard.

41. Border sharers of Europe and Asia? SPAINDONESIA (Spain & Indonesia)
Spain is the second largest country in the European Union (after France). “Spain” is an anglicized form of the Spanish name “España”, which comes from the Roman name for the country “Hispania”.

46. Ranee’s wrap SAREE
The item of clothing called a “sari” (also “saree”) is a strip of cloth, as one might imagine, unusual perhaps in that is unstitched along the whole of its length. The strip of cloth can range from four to nine meters long (that’s a lot of material!). The sari is usually wrapped around the waist, then draped over the shoulder leaving the midriff bare. I must say, it can be a beautiful item of clothing.

A ranee (also spelled “rani”) is the female equivalent of a raja in India, and is the equivalent of a western queen or princess.

52. Border sharers of South America and Asia? CHILEBANON (Chile & Lebanon)
The land of Chile has a very distinctive shape. It is a narrow strip that runs up the west coast of South America. The average width of the country is only a little over 100 miles, and yet its length is about 2,700 miles. Chile is touted as the longest country in the world, although I am not so sure what that means exactly. I mean, Russian extends about 4,800 miles from east-to west …

Indonesia is a remarkable country. It is the fourth most populous country in the world, and is the country with the largest population of Muslims. And Indonesia has an amazing 17,508 islands.

55. Acronymous WWII gun STEN
The STEN gun is an iconic armament that was used by the British military. The name STEN is an acronym. The S and the T comes from the name of the gun’s designers, Shepherd and Turpin. The EN comes from the Enfield brand name, which in turn comes from the Enfield location where the guns were manufactured for the Royal Small Arms Factory, an enterprise owned by the British government.

58. “Go placidly __ the noise …”: Ehrmann AMID
Max Ehrmann was a writer and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana. Ehrmann’s best known work is his 1927 prose poem called “Desiderata”. “Desiderata” became famous in the early seventies when it was released by Les Crane as a spoken-word recording that climbed the Billboard charts. The poem opens:
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

60. With 17-Down, “Cross Creek” Oscar nominee RIP
(17. See 60-Across TORN)
Rip Torn is the actor who played the veteran television producer Artie on “The Larry Sanders Show”. I always associate Torn with the role of Agent Zed in the “Men in Black” movies. Torn was married three times, to actresses Ann Wedgeworth, Geraldine Page and Amy Wright. His first cousin is actress Sissy Spacek.

69. Border sharers of Europe and Asia? UNITEDKINGDOMAN (United Kingdom & Oman)
The terms “United Kingdom”, “Great Britain” and “England” can sometimes be confused. The official use of “United Kingdom” originated in 1707 with the Acts of Union that declared the countries of England and Scotland as “United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain”. The name changed again with the Acts of Union 1800 that created the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” (much to the chagrin of most of the Irish population). This was partially reversed in 1927 when the current name was introduced, the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in recognition of an independent Irish Free State in the south of the island of Ireland. There is much speculation about the future of the UK’s “name” as a referendum on the independence of Scotland is scheduled in 2014. I’ll be watching that one with interest …

Oman lies on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula and is neighbored by the OAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Oman is a monarchy, and the official name of the state is the Sultanate of Oman. All of the country’s legislative, executive and judiciary power resides with the hereditary sultan.

77. E. Berlin’s Cold War home GDR
The former East Germany was known officially as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR).

79. Some Great Lakes natives MIAMIS
The Miami Native American nation lived in what is now Indiana, western Ohio and southwest Michigan. The Miami were moved by the US government in the 1840s to reservations in Kansas and then Oklahoma. Today, the federal government recognizes the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, but not the Miami Tribe of Indiana.

83. Bit of salon artistry COIF
A coif is a hairdo. The term “coif” comes from an old French term “coife” used for a skull-cap that was worn under a helmet back in the late 13th century.

88. Sun Bowl city EL PASO
The Sun Bowl is an annual college football game played in El Paso. The Rose Bowl is the oldest of the bowl games, but the Sun Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl come in second. The first Sun Bowl was played on New Year’s Day 1935. To be fair to the sponsors, the full name today is the Brut Sun Bowl …

89. It merged with Molson in 2005 COORS
Adolph Coors founded the Coors brewing company in 1873, in Golden, Colorado. Coors was originally from the Rhine Province in Prussia, and worked in various brewers around what is today Germany before immigrating to the US in 1868. Despite all of his success as a brewer here in America, Coors ended up taking his own life in 1929, by jumping to his death out of a hotel window.

The Molson Brewery in Montreal is the oldest brewery in North America. In fact, Molson (now owned by Coors) is the second oldest company in Canada, after the Hudson’s Bay Company.

94. Border sharers of Asia and Africa? NEPALGERIA (Nepal & Algeria)
Nepal lies to the northeast of India. Today, the state is known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. In 2008, the Communist Party of Nepal won the country’s general election. Soon after, the Assembly voted to change the form of government, moving away from a monarchy and creating a secular republic.

Algeria is a huge country, the second largest in Africa (only Sudan is larger), and the largest country on the Mediterranean. The capital of Algeria is Algiers, and the country takes its name from the city.

99. Sigma preceder RHO
Rho is the Greek letter that looks just like our Roman letter “p”.

100. Music rights gp. ASCAP
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) collects licence fees for musicians and distributes royalties to composers whose works have been performed. BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) provides the same service.

101. Border sharers of Asia? MYANMARMENIA (Myanmar & Armenia)
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is the official name of the Asian country that some nations still recognize as the Union of Burma.

Armenia is a landlocked country found east of Turkey, and is a former Soviet Republic. Back in the year 301 CE, the ancient Kingdom of Armenia became the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity as its national religion.

107. Thrice, in Rx’s TER
“Ter” is the Latin word for “three”, commonly used in the medical world on prescriptions as part of the expression “ter in die”. “Ter in die” is Latin for “three times a day”, abbreviated to “TID”. “Bis in die” (BID) would be twice a day, and “quater in die” (QID) would be four times a day.

There seems to some uncertainty about the origin of the symbol “Rx” that’s used for a medical prescription. One explanation is that it comes from the astrological sign for Jupiter, a symbol put on prescriptions in days of old to invoke Jupiter’s blessing to help a patient recover.

110. Madonna, according to the stars LEO
The singer Madonna was born Madonna Louise Ciccone in Bay City, Michigan on August 16, 1958, making Leo her star sign.

116. Actress Headly GLENNE
Glenne Headly is an actress from New London, Connecticut. One of Headly’s most famous roles was playing Tess Trueheart in the film “Dick Tracy” opposite Warren Beatty. Off the stage, Headly was married for a few years to fellow actor John Malkovich.

119. Dazzling duo in Dover? ZEDS
There are two letters Z (zed) in the word “dazzling”.

The letter named “zed” has been around since about 1400, and derives from the Greek letter zeta. The spelling and pronunciation of “zee” used in America today first popped up in the 1670s.

Dover is a town and port in the county of Kent on the south coast of England. Dover lies just 25 miles from the coast of France, and is a terminus on the much-used Dover-Calais ferry service. The town is also famous its magnificent chalk cliffs that are known as the White Cliffs of Dover.

124. Border sharers of North America and Asia? JAMAICAMBODIA (Jamaica & Cambodia)
Jamaica is an island nation in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. The country’s name comes from “Xaymaca”, the name for the island used by the indigenous Taíno people. “Xaymaca” translates from the Arawakan language as “Land of the Wood and Water”.

The Kingdom of Cambodia is located in the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. The country was known as the Khmer Empire for over 600 years, starting in 802 AD. The Khmer name for Cambodia is Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa, or simply “Kampuchea”. The English name “Cambodia” comes from the Sanskrit transcription of “Kampuchea”.

127. Enigma machine user ENCODER
An Enigma machine was cipher device developed at the end of WWI by German engineer Arthur Scherbius. The machine was used by Nazi German in the run-up to and during WWII. The Enigma codes used by the Germans were first broken by three Polish mathematicians who subsequently designed mechanical devices for automated deciphering of Enigma-coded messages. Polish Military Intelligence handed over the decryption technology to the French and British just before the outbreak of war.

Down
1. Serious service MASS
The principal act of worship in the Roman Catholic tradition is the Mass. The term “Mass” comes from the Late Latin word “missa” meaning “dismissal”. This word is used at the end of the Latin Mass in “Ite, missa est” which translates literally as “Go, it is the dismissal”.

2. Setting for Camus’ “The Plague” ORAN
Oran lies on the Algerian coast, and is famous for being the port where the French Navy was largely destroyed by the British during WWII in order to avoid the French vessels falling into the hands of Nazi Germany after France surrendered. This decisive and unexpected unilateral action by the British sent a very strong message around the world that Britain was willing to fight alone against the axis powers if necessary.

“The Plague” is a novel by Albert Camus, first published in 1947. It is set in the Algerian port of Oran during a terrible plague.

4. Fast ballroom dance MAMBO
The form of music and dance known as mambo developed in Cuba. “Mambo” means “conversation with the gods” in Kikongo, a language spoken by slaves taken to Cuba from Central Africa.

6. Branch of Islam SHIA
The Islamic sects of Sunni and Shia Muslims differ in the belief of who should have taken over leadership of the Muslim faithful after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Followers of the Sunni tradition agree with the decision that the Prophet Muhammad’s confidante Abu Bakr was the right choice to become the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. Followers of the Shia tradition believe that leadership should have stayed within the Prophet Muhammad’s own family.

9. Stops at the Sorbonne? ARRETS
“Arrêt” is the French word for stop.

The Sorbonne is the name usually used for the old University of Paris, and some of the institutions that have succeeded it.

11. “__ of Love”: 1989 film SEA
“Sea of Love” is a 1989 thriller starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin. Pacino plays an alcoholic NYPD detective who investigates murders in which the bodies are left beside a gramophone playing the song “Sea of Love”.

14. Paris-based cultural org. UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is better known by the acronym “UNESCO”. UNESCO’s mission is help build peace in the world using programs focused on education, the sciences, culture, communication and information. The organization’s work is aimed in particular at Africa, and gender equalization.

18. Renaissance faire word OLDE
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.

28. Regis University city DENVER
Regis University is a Jesuit school in Denver, Colorado that was founded in 1877 in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Las Vegas school was merged with Sacred Heart College in Morrison, Colorado and moved to the present location in 1887.

32. Cote sounds BAAS
The Old English word “cote” was used for a small house. Our modern word “cottage” comes from “cote”. We now use “cote” to mean a small shelter on a farm for sheep or birds.

35. Computer code acronym ASCII
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) lists codes for 32 “control” characters, as well as the 95 printable characters (like a, A, b, B, 1, 2, etc). These binary ASCII codes are the way that our computers can understand what we mean when we type say a letter or a number.

36. Minorca’s capital MAHON
Mahón is the capital city of the Spanish island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea. Mahón has the distinction of being the origin of what we called “mayonnaise”. The original recipe was named for the city by Spanish as “salsa mahonesa”, which morphed into the French name “mayonnaise” that we use today.

The island of Minorca in the Mediterranean takes its name from the larger neighboring island of Majorca. The names come from the Latin “Insula Minor” meaning “Minor Island” and “Insula Major” meaning “Major Island”.

37. Lithograph, e.g. PRINT
Lithography is a printing technique that was invented in 1796 as a cheap way to publish theatrical works. In the litho process the image is drawn on a metal plate, although originally it was drawn on a stone (hence the prefix “litho-“). The image is drawn in such a way that some regions of the plate repel ink, and then when paper is applied to the plate, those areas are ink-free.

39. Co-star of Richard in “The Night of the Iguana” AVA
Ava Gardner is noted for her association with some big movies, but also for her association with some big names when it came to the men in her life. In the world of film, she appeared in the likes of “Mogambo” (1953), “On the Beach” (1959), “The Night of the Iguana” (1964) and “Earthquake” (1974). The men in her life included husbands Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra. After her marriages had failed (and perhaps before!) she had long term relationships with Howard Hughes and bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin whom she met through her friend Ernest Hemingway.

“The Night of the Iguana” is a play by Tennessee Williams, based on a short story that he wrote in 1948. Famously, the play was adapted for the screen in a 1964 movie of the same name, with powerful performances by Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr.

42. “Casino” star DE NIRO
“Casino” is a 1995 Martin Scorsese film. One of the movie’s stars is Robert De Niro, someone who collaborated with Scorsese in eight films in all, “Casino” being the last.

43. “Love Story” author SEGAL
Erich Segal wrote two hit screenplays, “Yellow Submarine” (the Beatles’ animated movie) and “Love Story” (starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw). He wrote the novel “Love Story” after the screenplay, and as the novel was published before the film was released, there’s a popular misconception that the movie is based on the book.

44. 2011 East Coast hurricane IRENE
Hurricane Irene caused extensive flooding in 2011 as it travelled through the Caribbean, up the East Coast of the United States and into the Atlantic seaboard of Canada. The hurricane was unusual in that it came so far up north. Fifty-five deaths were attributed to Irene.

45. History Channel owner A AND E
The A&E television network used to be a favorite of mine, with the “A&E” standing for “arts and entertainment”. A&E started out airing a lot of the old classic dramas, as well as biographies and arts programs. Now there seems to be more reality TV, with one of the flagship programs being “Dog the Bounty Hunter”. A slight change of direction I’d say …

47. Philanthropist Yale ELIHU
Elihu Yale was a wealthy merchant born in Boston in 1649. Yale worked for the British East India Company, and for many years served as governor of a settlement at Madras (now Chennai) in India. After India, Yale took over his father’s estate near Wrexham in Wales. It was while resident in Wrexham that Yale responded to a request for financial support for the Collegiate School of Connecticut in 1701. He sent the school a donation, which was used to erect a new building in New Haven that was named “Yale” in his honor. In 1718, the whole school was renamed to “Yale College”. To this day, students of Yale are nicknamed “Elis”, again honoring Elihu.

65. Often sautéed veggie ONION
“Sauté” is of course a French word. The literal translation from the French is “jumped” or “bounced”, a reference to the tossing of food while cooking it in a frying pan.

71. Rosey of the Rams’ Fearsome Foursome GRIER
“Fearsome Foursome” was the nickname given in the early sixties to the defensive linemen of the Los Angeles Rams (but also the New York Giants, and the San Diego Chargers). In the case of the Rams, the four were Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, and Rosey Grier.

72. Oracle site DELPHI
In Ancient Greece and Rome, an oracle was someone believed inspired by the gods to give wise counsel. The word “oracle” derives from the Latin “orare” meaning “to speak”, which is the same root for our word “orator”. One of the most important oracles of Ancient Greece was the priestess to Apollo at Delphi.

73. Mullets hide them NAPES
A mullet haircut is one that is short at the front and sides, and long in the back.

74. William of __, logician known for his “razor” OCCAM
Ockham’s Razor (also Occam’s Razor) is a principle in philosophy and science that basically states that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. This explanation is a corollary to the more exact statement of the principle, that one shouldn’t needlessly use assumptions in explaining something. The principle was developed by 14th-century logician and Franciscan Friar William of Ockham (or “Occam” in Latin). The principle is dubbed a “razor” as it is used as a philosophical tool used to cut out absurd and spurious reasoning in an argument.

76. Organisms of a region BIOTA
The biota of a region is the total collection of flora and fauna found there.

80. First name in medieval traveling MARCO
Marco Polo was a merchant from Venice and a famous traveler throughout Asia. Polo journeyed with his father and uncle on an epic tour of Central Asia and China that lasted 24 years. Marco tends to be the member of the party we remember today though, because it was he who documented their travels in a book called “Il Milione”.

81. Basketball Hall of Famer Thomas ISIAH
Isiah Thomas played his whole professional basketball-playing career with the Detroit Pistons, and he is now the head coach with Florida International University’s Golden Panthers. When you’re out shopping for popcorn, keep an eye out for the Dale & Thomas brand, as it’s co-owned by Isiah Thomas.

93. Director Riefenstahl LENI
Leni Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer. She was a noted figure moving in Adolf Hitler’s circle, and her most famous film was a propaganda piece called “Triumph of Will”. “Triumph of the Will” documents the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg. We’ve all probably seen many excerpts, shots of huge crowds, Nazis marching with flags, and frenzied speeches from Hitler. Riefenstahl was arrested after the war and detained for a number of years but never found guilty of any crime. She lived a long life, a very long life. She was married for the second time in 2003, at the age of 101 years. She died just a few weeks later, as she had been suffering from cancer.

95. Common letters in an email address AOL
America Online (AOL)

98. Auctioneer’s helper RINGMAN
A “ringman” is someone who assists an auctioneer in the “auction ring”. The ringman spots bids and sends back information to the auctioneer.

109. La Rive Gauche locale SEINE
The famous “Left Bank” (“La Rive Gauche”) of the River Seine in Paris is the river’s southern bank. The area south of the river was traditionally quite affluent and was home to artists, students and intellectuals.

111. Imperiled layer OZONE
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are the propellants that were once used in aerosols. They make their way up into the ozone layer and trigger a chain reaction that converts ozone (O3) into regular oxygen (O2). That conversion creates “holes” in the ozone layer. Regular O2 is good stuff, but we need O3 to absorb harmful UV radiation raining down on us. CFC … not good stuff …

112. Sent an email dupe to CCED
I wonder do the kids of today know that “cc” stands for carbon copy, and do they have any idea what a carbon copy was? Do you remember how messy carbon paper was to handle?

113. Penny or passing follower LANE
When in their teens, Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often head into the center of Liverpool together on the bus. The convenient place for them to meet was at the end of Penny Lane. Years later, Paul McCartney wrote the song “Penny Lane”, which was a big hit in 1967. “Penny Lane” was released as a double A-side record with “Strawberry Fields Forever” penned by John Lennon. Coincidentally, Strawberry Field was also a real location, not far from Penny Lane in Liverpool. Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army Children’s Home in the garden of which Lennon would play as a child. I don’t think Lennon and McCartney ever really forgot their roots …

114. Aquatic predator ORCA
The taxonomic name for the killer whale is Orcinus orca. The use of the name “orca”, rather than “killer whale”, is becoming more and more common. The Latin word “Orcinus” means “belonging to Orcus”, with Orcus being the name for the Kingdom of the Dead.

115. Barcelona-born architect SERT
José Maria Sert was a painter of murals from Catalan, and a friend of Salvador Dali.

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain, after the capital Madrid. Barcelona is the largest European city that sits on the Mediterranean coast. It is also the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia.

117. Tar Heel St. N CAR
Tar Heel is a nickname for anyone living in, or from, the state of North Carolina. As such, it is the nickname also of the athletic teams of the University of North Carolina. No one seems to know for sure where the term “Tar Heel” originated, but it is thought to be related to the historical importance of the tar, pitch and turpentine industries that thrived in the state due to the presence of vast forests of pine trees.

118. Siestas NAPS
We use the word “siesta” to describe a short nap in the early afternoon, taking the word from the Spanish. In turn, the Spanish word is derived from the Latin “hora sexta” meaning “the sixth hour”. The idea is that the nap is taken at “the sixth hour” after dawn.

124. Three-sided sail JIB
A jib is a triangular sail that is set at the bow of a sailboat.

126. Major interest, slangily BAG
That’s my bag, that’s my kind of thing, that’s what I am interested in.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Family nickname MOMMA
6. Waltz king STRAUSS
13. Artificial surface football injury TURF TOE
20. Places AREAS
21. Kitchen worker’s wear HAIRNET
22. In the zone ON A ROLL
23. Border sharers of Europe? SANMARINORWAY (San Marino & Norway)
25. Slows RETARDS
26. Ignore SNUB
27. Dyeing occasion EASTER
28. Named person DESIGNEE
29. Harry Potter’s Hedwig, e.g. OWL
31. Building near a track, maybe STABLE
34. End of many addresses COM
35. Energize, with “up” AMP
38. Frosty coat HOAR
41. Border sharers of Europe and Asia? SPAINDONESIA (Spain & Indonesia)
46. Ranee’s wrap SAREE
48. Relax, with “out” VEG
50. Burn covering SALVE
51. Birth of __ AN ERA
52. Border sharers of South America and Asia? CHILEBANON (Chile & Lebanon)
55. Acronymous WWII gun STEN
56. Three-star off. LT GEN
57. Give a charge to IONIZE
58. “Go placidly __ the noise …”: Ehrmann AMID
60. With 17-Down, “Cross Creek” Oscar nominee RIP
62. Shore thing SAND
63. We’re-together link IN THIS
64. Start of something big? MACRO-
66. Dirt road feature RUT
68. Jeans giant LEE
69. Border sharers of Europe and Asia? UNITEDKINGDOMAN (United Kingdom & Oman)
74. Poetic body ORB
77. E. Berlin’s Cold War home GDR
78. Chapel topper SPIRE
79. Some Great Lakes natives MIAMIS
83. Bit of salon artistry COIF
85. “Gross!” EEW!
87. Dirty SOIL
88. Sun Bowl city EL PASO
89. It merged with Molson in 2005 COORS
91. With 97-Across, like many catalogues MAIL
94. Border sharers of Asia and Africa? NEPALGERIA (Nepal & Algeria)
96. Recess retort AM TOO!
97. See 91-Across ORDER
99. Sigma preceder RHO
100. Music rights gp. ASCAP
101. Border sharers of Asia? MYANMARMENIA (Myanmar & Armenia)
104. “__ it get to me” I LET
106. Surprised cries OHS
107. Thrice, in Rx’s TER
108. Makes impure TAINTS
110. Madonna, according to the stars LEO
112. Boorlike CLODDISH
116. Actress Headly GLENNE
119. Dazzling duo in Dover? ZEDS
123. Pub-crawl CAROUSE
124. Border sharers of North America and Asia? JAMAICAMBODIA (Jamaica & Cambodia)
127. Enigma machine user ENCODER
128. Rapidly IN A SNAP
129. Heavenly helper ANGEL
130. Most prized DEAREST
131. Enjoys a few ribs? BANTERS
132. Gaggle members GEESE

Down
1. Serious service MASS
2. Setting for Camus’ “The Plague” ORAN
3. It’s taken after an order is given MENU
4. Fast ballroom dance MAMBO
5. Simile center AS A
6. Branch of Islam SHIA
7. Salon services TANS
8. Civil disturbances RIOTS
9. Stops at the Sorbonne? ARRETS
10. Opens, in a way UNWRAPS
11. “__ of Love”: 1989 film SEA
12. Porker’s place STY
13. Hurried TORE
14. Paris-based cultural org. UNESCO
15. Reasoned RATIONAL
16. Archaeologist’s finds FRAGMENTS
17. See 60-Across TORN
18. Renaissance faire word OLDE
19. “Anything __?” ELSE
24. Change places, briefly? RELO
28. Regis University city DENVER
30. Aftereffect of an overlong run, maybe WHEEZING
32. Cote sounds BAAS
33. Light tune LILT
35. Computer code acronym ASCII
36. Minorca’s capital MAHON
37. Lithograph, e.g. PRINT
39. Co-star of Richard in “The Night of the Iguana” AVA
40. Distinguish from the original, as a corrected file RENAME
42. “Casino” star DE NIRO
43. “Love Story” author SEGAL
44. 2011 East Coast hurricane IRENE
45. History Channel owner A AND E
47. Philanthropist Yale ELIHU
49. Flip out GO MAD
53. Other than BESIDE
54. Minor furniture damage NICKS
59. Dullards DRIPS
61. Pound PUMMEL
65. Often sautéed veggie ONION
67. Pregame party site TAILGATE
70. Quake follower TREMOR
71. Rosey of the Rams’ Fearsome Foursome GRIER
72. Oracle site DELPHI
73. Mullets hide them NAPES
74. William of __, logician known for his “razor” OCCAM
75. Not at all tight ROOMY
76. Organisms of a region BIOTA
80. First name in medieval traveling MARCO
81. Basketball Hall of Famer Thomas ISIAH
82. They’re sold in bars SOAPS
84. Knocking spot FRONT DOOR
86. Friendliness WARMTH
90. “This guy …” SOME DUDE
92. Notion IDEA
93. Director Riefenstahl LENI
95. Common letters in an email address AOL
98. Auctioneer’s helper RINGMAN
102. Wakes up ARISES
103. “About time!” AT LAST!
105. Grades K-5: Abbr. ELEM
109. La Rive Gauche locale SEINE
111. Imperiled layer OZONE
112. Sent an email dupe to CCED
113. Penny or passing follower LANE
114. Aquatic predator ORCA
115. Barcelona-born architect SERT
117. Tar Heel St. N CAR
118. Siestas NAPS
120. Lawn border EDGE
121. Peters out DIES
122. Rep’s goal SALE
124. Three-sided sail JIB
125. California’s Santa __ ANA
126. Major interest, slangily BAG

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