Day: March 16, 2014

Frequently Asked Question: Why isn’t the puzzle in my paper the same as the one shown on your blog?
If the puzzle in your paper doesn’t match the one that I solved, it is probably a Sunday crossword. On Sundays, the “LA Times” chooses to publish Merl Reagle’s excellent crossword, and not their own “LA Times” Crossword. The “LA Times” puzzle is still sent out in syndication, and is also published in the “LA Times” online. I’ve been asked to blog about Merl Reagle’s crossword, but frankly I don’t have the time. Sunday puzzles have lots of clues!

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
1. Data theft target: Abbr. SSN
The main purpose of a Social Security Number (SSN) is to track individuals for the purposes of taxation, although given its ubiquitous use, it is looking more and more like an “identity number” to me. The social security number system was introduced in 1936. Prior to 1986, an SSN was required only for persons with substantial income so many children under 14 had no number assigned. For some years the IRS had a concern that a lot of people were claiming children on their tax returns who did not actually exist. So, from 1986 onward, it is a requirement to get an SSN for any dependents over the ago of 5. Sure enough, in 1987 seven million dependents “disappeared”.

4. Bowler feature BRIM
I think a bowler hat is usually called a derby here in the US. The bowler was first produced in 1849 in London by hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, hence the name. The alternative name of “derby” comes from the tradition of wearing bowler hats at the Derby horse race (a major race held annually in England).

12. Brightly colored foam shoes CROCS
Crocs are foam clogs that were originally designed as shoes to be worn at health spas.

20. Green shampoo PRELL
Prell shampoo was introduced by Procter & Gamble in 1947, and was originally a clear green concentrate sold in a tube (like toothpaste).

23. South Temperate Zone border ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
Lines of latitude are the imaginary horizontal lines surrounding the planet. The most “important” lines of latitude are, from north to south:

– Arctic Circle
– Tropic of Cancer
– Equator
– Tropic of Capricorn
– Antarctic Circle

28. Outfielder Crisp COCO
Covelli “Coco” Crisp is a center fielder and switch-hitter for the Oakland Athletics. Covellia was given the nickname “Coco” by his siblings, telling him that he looked like on of the characters depicted on a Cocoa Krispies cereal box.

29. Helps with a job ABETS
The word “abet” comes into English from the Old French “abeter” meaning “to bait” or “to harass with dogs” (it literally means “to make bite”). This sense of encouraging something bad to happen morphed into our modern usage of “abet” meaning to aid or encourage someone in a crime.

31. Some Caltech grads EES
Electrical engineer (EE)

Caltech is more properly known as the California Institute of Technology, and is a private research-oriented school in Pasadena. One of Caltech’s responsibilities is the management and operation of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If you watch “The Big Bang Theory” on television like me, you might know that the four lead characters all work at Caltech.

32. Sprite Zero alternative FRESCA
Fresca is a Coca Cola product introduced in 1966, and is unusual in that it has no Pepsi Cola equivalent. It has always been marketed as a 0-calorie grapefruit drink, and so it’s artificially sweetened.

Sprite is Coca-Cola’s answer to the very successful soft drink called 7 Up. Sprite was introduced in 1961, and Coca-Cola used its muscle to topple 7 Up from its dominant position in the market. Sprite has been the number-one selling lemon soda since 1978.

38. Airline that co-founded Star Alliance SAS
SAS was formerly known as Scandinavian Airlines System and is the flag carrier of three countries: Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

The Star Alliance was the airline industry’s first code-sharing alliance, created in 1997. The American founding representative is United Airlines.

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

41. Colin Hanks, to Tom SON
Colin Hanks is an actor who has played relatively minor roles. Colin is the son of actor Tom Hanks from Tom’s first marriage, to the late producer and actress Samantha Lewes. Fans of “Band of Brothers” might know Colin Hanks as the actor who portrayed the gung-ho Lt. Henry Jones in one of the last episodes.

43. Gin fizz fruit SLOE
By definition, a cocktail known as a Fizz includes lemon or lime juice and carbonated water. The most popular of the genre is the Gin Fizz, made from 3 parts gin, 2 parts lemon juice, 1 part sugar syrup and 5 parts soda water. There is also a variant known as a sloe gin fizz.

48. Company that insured Bruce Springsteen’s voice LLOYD’S
Lloyd’s of London isn’t actually an insurance company, but rather is a market where members can get together to spread the risk associated with policies that have been underwritten.

50. NFL wide receiver who once changed his name to match his uniform number CHAD OCHOCINCO
NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson announced that he would prefer to be called “Ocho Cinco”, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month in 2006. Johnson chose the name as his jersey number was “85”, “ocho cinco” in Spanish. Johnson legally changed his name to “Ochocinco” in 2008. He announced a further name change in 2009, to “Hachi Go”, Japanese for “9” and “5”. although he never went through with it. Chad reverted to Johnson in 2012.

55. Tiger’s 2004 bride ELIN
Elin Nordegren is the ex-wife of Tiger Woods. Nordegren is a native of Sweden, and it was back in Sweden that she was hired as a nanny by the wife of golfer Jesper Parnevik. The job brought her to the US where she became a popular attraction on the professional golfing circuit. Apparently there was a long line of single golfers who wanted to be introduced to her, with Tiger Woods asking for an introduction for a year before he finally got to go out with her. The pair were married in 2004.

58. Island near Corsica ELBA
I had a lovely two-week vacation in Tuscany once, including what was supposed to be a two-night stay on the island of Elba. I had envisioned Elba as a place full of history, and maybe it is, but it is also overrun with tourists who use it as a beach getaway. We left after one day and we won’t be going back again …

60. NASA moon landers LEMS
In the Apollo program, the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) was the vehicle that actually landed on the moon and returned the astronauts to the command module that was orbiting overhead. The third LEM built was named “Spider”, and it participated in the Apollo 9 mission which tested the functionality of the LEM design in space. The fourth LEM was called “Snoopy” and it flew around the moon in the Apollo 10 mission, the dress rehearsal for the upcoming moon landing. Apollo 11’s LEM was of course called “Eagle” and it brought Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to and from the moon’s surface. Another famous LEM was Apollo 13’s Aquarius. Although Aquarius never landed on the moon, it did serve as a “lifeboat” for the three astronauts after the explosive rupture of an oxygen canister in the Service Module.

66. Gullible one NAIF
A naïf is someone who is naive, as “naïf” is the French word for “naive”.

68. Actor Morales ESAI
Esai Morales is best known for his role in the 1987 movie “La Bamba”, which depicted the life of Ritchie Valens and his half-brother Bob Morales (played by Esai).

72. Asian sash OBI
The sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress is known as an obi. The obi can be tied in what is called a butterfly knot.

73. Challenge for Henry Higgins COCKNEY ACCENT
The East End of London is home to the Cockney, and Cockneys are famous for dropping their aitches, as in “here” becoming “‘ere” and “home” becoming “‘ome”.

Professor Henry Higgins’ is the linguist who takes on Eliza Doolittle as a speech student in George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”. “Pygmalion” was famously adapted by Lerner and Loewe onto the Broadway musical “My Fair Lady”. The musical spun off the wonderful 1964 film of the same name starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. To cockney Eliza Doolittle, Professor Henry Higgins was “‘Enry ‘Iggins”.

79. Online magazine with a “Runway” section ELLE
“Elle” magazine was founded in 1945 in France and today has the highest circulation of any fashion magazine in the world. “Elle” is the French word for “she”.

80. With 102-Across, Japanese golfer ISAO
(102. See 80-Across AOKI)
Isao Aoki is one of Japan’s greatest golfers, now playing on the senior circuit. Aoki’s best finish in a major tournament was runner-up to Jack Nicklaus in the 1980 US Open.

81. Cascades peak SHASTA
Only two volcanoes in the Cascade Range in the northwest have erupted in the 20th century: Mount St. Helens in 1980 and Mount Lassen in 1915. The last significant eruption of Mount Shasta, a third volcano in the Cascades, was about 200 years ago

88. Boy with a bow EROS
Eros was the Greek god of love, the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid.

91. Guinness serving PINT
Guinness stout if Ireland’s most famous beer, and one of the most successful brands in the world. The famous creamy head on a pint is Guinness is the result of mixing nitrogen gas with the beer as it is poured.

97. Sam’s rival COSTCO
Sam’s Club is a retail warehouse club that is owned and operated by Walmart and is named after the company’s founder, Sam Walton. Sam’s Club was set up

Costco is the largest warehouse club in the US. Apparently Costco is also the largest retailer of wine in the whole world. The company was founded in 1983 in Kirkland, Washington. Kirkland Signature is Costco’s store brand, and you can even buy Kirkland Signature wine.

100. Morro Castle site CUBA
Morro Castle is a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana Bay in Cuba. The castle was built by the Spanish in 1859. The name “Morro” means a rock that is visible from the sea.

101. “Over the Rainbow” composer ARLEN
Harold Arlen is a composer of popular music who will forever be associated with his composition “Over the Rainbow” from the movie “The Wizard of Oz”. Arlen also composed the music to “Come Rain or Come Shine”, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”, “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” and the wonderful “Stormy Weather”.

103. Picasso’s aunt TIA
Pablo Picasso’s full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, a name he was given right from birth. Got that?

105. Some Bronx trains ELS
The New York City borough known as the Bronx takes its name from the Bronx River that runs through it. The river was named after Jonas Bronck, an early immigrant to the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Bronck’s farm gave rise to the name “Broncksland” and “Bronck’s River”.

107. Palm Pre predecessor TREO
The Treo is a smartphone that was originally developed by a company called Handspring. Handspring was bought by Palm Inc. Subsequently, the Treo was phased out and replaced by the Palm Pre.

108. Tiny songbird TIT
Chikadees are group of birds in the tit family, with some species within the group called chickadees and some called tits. The name chickadee is imitative of the bird’s alarm call “chick-dee dee dee”.

111. It’s barely legible CHICKEN SCRATCH
“Chicken scratch” is barely legible handwriting.

117. Merged Dutch carrier KLM
The acronym KLM stands for “Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij”, which translates from Dutch as “Royal Aviation Company”. KLM is the flag carrier for the Netherlands, and is the oldest airline in the world still operating with its original name. It was founded in 1919. KLM merged with Air France in 2004.

122. East Texas university LAMAR
Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and is a member of the Texas State University System. Lamar was founded in 1923 as South Park Junior College, and operated on an unused floor of a high school.

131. Other, in a bodega OTRA
“Bodega” is the Spanish term for a winery, or these days for a grocery store.

Down
2. Mexico’s second-largest state SONORA
Sonora is the state in Mexico lying just south of the borders with Arizona and New Mexico. The Sonoran Desert straddles the US-Mexico border, covering 120,000 square miles in parts of the states of Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Arizona and California.

4. Discreetly send a dupe email to BCC
A blind carbon copy (bcc) is a copy of a document or message that is sent to someone without other recipients of the message knowing about that extra copy.

5. Campus military gp. ROTC
The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program for officers based in colleges all around the US. The ROTC program was established in 1862 when as a condition of receiving a land-grant to create colleges, the federal government required that military tactics be part of a new school’s curriculum.

7. Muslim holy city MECCA
Mecca is in the Makkah province of Saudi Arabia and is the holiest city in Islam. Every year several million Muslims perform the Hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

8. Troy, N.Y., tech sch. RPI
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is a private school in Troy, New York. The university is named after its founder Stephen Van Rensselaer who set up the school in 1824. The goal of RPI has always been the “application of science to the common purposes of life”, an objective set by the founder. Given that, the name for the school’s sports teams is quite apt: the Engineers.

10. Tattoo alternative for the squeamish DECAL
A decal is a decorative sticker, short for “decalcomania”. The term is derived from the French “décalquer”, the practice of tracing a pattern from paper onto glass or perhaps porcelain.

15. Its southern shore is on Nantucket Sound CAPE COD
Cape Cod is indeed named after the fish. It was first called Cape Cod by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 as his men caught so many fish there.

18. Diamond thieves’ undoings? TAGS
Players on a baseball diamond who are trying to steal a base, might get tagged out.

24. Like Louis XV chairs ROCOCO
The Rococo style is also known as “Late Baroque”. Rococo is a very floral and playful style, very ornate.

25. Private beds? COTS
Army privates might sleep on cots.

30. Immune system defender T CELL
T cells are a group of white blood cells that are essential components of the body’s immune system. T cells are so called because they mature in the thymus, a specialized organ found in the chest.

33. D’Urberville who seduced Tess ALEC
The full name of Thomas Hardy’s 1891 novel is “Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”. When it was originally published, “Tess …” received very mixed reviews, largely because it addresses some difficult sexual themes including rape, and sexual double standards (society’s attitude towards men vs women). I suppose the most celebrated screen adaptation is Roman Polanski’s “Tess” released in 1979. Polanski apparently made “Tess” because his wife, Sharon Tate, gave him Hardy’s novel as her last act before she was murdered by the Manson family. There is a dedication at the beginning of the movie that simply reads “To Sharon”.

35. Cornucopia shape HORN
The Horn of Plenty is a symbol of abundance that has been used in Western art since the days of antiquity. The Horn of Plenty is usually depicted as a horn-shaped vessel containing flowers and edible delights, and may also be called the “cornucopia”.

37. Me.-to-Fla. route US-ONE
US Route 1 runs from Fort Kent in Maine right down to Key West in Florida.

40. Condition that affects focusing, briefly ADHD
The “official” name for the condition we sometimes still refer to as “attention deficit disorder” (ADD) is “attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder” (ADHD).

45. ”Zip-__-Doo-Dah” A-DEE
“Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” is a song from the Disney film “Song of the South” released in 1946. The following year, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” won the Oscar for Best Original Song. The song is also featured at the end of the Disney theme park ride called Splash Mountain.

47. C-SPAN figure POL
C-SPAN is a privately-funded, non-profit cable channel that broadcasts continuous coverage of government proceedings.

49. Bebe’s “Cheers” role LILITH
Bebe Neuwirth is a wonderful actress and dancer, very famous for portraying Dr. Lilith Sternin, the wife of Dr. Frasier Crane on “Cheers” and “Frasier”. Neuwirth is a fabulous dancer, having studied ballet at Juilliard. In more recent years she has had starring roles on Broadway, and in 2010 played opposite Nathan Lane in “The Addams Family”.

50. Sing like Michael Bublé CROON
Michael Bublé is a singer from Burnaby in British Columbia.

54. French Open winner before Björn ILIE
I think that Ilie Nastase was the most entertaining tennis player of the 1970s, the days of Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. No matter how much pressure there was in a match, Nastase always had time to give the crowd a laugh.

Bjorn Borg reacted very calmly under pressure on the tennis court, earning him the nickname “Ice Man”. Some folks called him the “Ice Borg”, my personal favorite.

64. Like California’s 17-Mile-Drive SCENIC
17-Mile Drive is largely a coastal road that runs through the gated community of Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula of California. Non-residents can pay a fee to gain access and can see the sites, and take a look at the large mansions that form much of the community.

67. Memo opener FYI
For your information

71. Posh SWANK
No one really knows the etymology of the word “posh”. The popular myth that POSH stands for “Port Out, Starboard Home” is completely untrue, a story that can be traced back to the 1968 movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. The myth is that wealthy British passengers travelling to and from India would book cabins on the port side for the outward journey and the starboard side for the home journey. This trick was supposedly designed to keep their cabins out of the direct sunlight.

82. “I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments” speaker ASHE
Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player from Richmond, Virginia. In his youth, Ashe found himself having to travel great distances to play against Caucasian opponents due to the segregation that still existed in his home state. He was rewarded for his dedication by being selected for the 1963 US Davis Cup team, the first African American player to be so honored. Ashe continued to run into trouble because of his ethnicity though, and in 1968 was denied entry into South Africa to play in the South African Open. In 1979 Ashe suffered a heart attack and had bypass surgery, with follow-up surgery four years later during which he contracted HIV from blood transfusions. Ashe passed away in 1993 due to complications from AIDS. Shortly afterwards, Ashe was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.

84. __ nerve OPTIC
The optic nerve enters the eyeball at a location on the retina called the optic disc. Because there are no light-sensitive cells at the optic disc, there is a “hole” in our visual field that is called the blind spot. People with normal vision don’t usually notice this blind spot as the brain “fills in” the blind spot with information from the other eye.

86. Old French coin ECU
The ecu was an Old French coin. When introduced in 1640, the ecu was worth three livres (an older coin, called a “pound” in English). The word “ecu” comes from the Latin “scutum” meaning “shield”. The original ecu had a coat of arms on it, a shield.

94. Simba’s love NALA
In “The Lion King”, Nala is a lioness and the childhood friend of Simba.

The highly successful stage musical “The Lion King” started out life as a 1994 animated feature film of the same name from the Disney studio. The film is the highest earning traditionally-animated feature of all time. The animated film “Finding Nemo” has made more money, but it was created using computer animation.

95. A third of neun DREI
In German, three (drei) is a third of nine (neun).

96. Dennis Eckersley, e.g. CLOSER
Dennis Eckersley is a former baseball pitcher who goes by the nickname “Eck”. Eckersley played for the Oakland Athletics from 1987 to 1995, and the team retired his uniform number (43) in 2005.

98. “Très chic!” OOH LA LA!
“Très chic” is a French term meaning “very stylish”.

104. Inside company? INTEL
Intel is the world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor chips. The company was founded in 1968, and the name “Intel” is a derived from the term “int(egrated) el(ectronics)”. Recognition of the Intel brand has been greatly helped by the success of the “Intel Inside” campaign that started back in 1991.

107. “Blurred Lines” singer Robin THICKE
Robin Thicke is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles who has a pair of showbiz parents. Robin’s Dad is actor Alan Thicke who made his name on the TV show “Growing Pains”. Robin’s mother is singer and actress Gloria Loring. Loring and her husband composed the theme songs for the TV shows “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts of Life”.

109. Former Indian prime minister Gandhi INDIRA
Indira Gandhi’s father was Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (and the “Nehru” of the Nehru Jacket). Indira herself became Prime Minister in 1966. She was assassinated in 1984 by two of her own bodyguards, as she was walking to meet Peter Ustinov who was about to interview her for Irish television.

113. Breakfast treat CREPE
“Crêpe” is the French word for “pancake”.

114. Advertising awards CLIOS
The Clio Awards are the Oscars of the advertising world and are named after Clio, the Greek Muse of History. Clio was also the recorder of great deeds, the proclaimer and celebrator of great accomplishments and a source of inspiration and genius. The Clio Awards were first presented in 1959.

116. Gas 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.

123. Picasso’s here ACA
“Aca” is Spanish for “here”.

126. Decorates with Angel Soft, briefly TPS
TP’ing (toilet papering) is a prank involving the covering of some object or location with rolls and rolls of toilet paper. If you live in Texas or Minnesota, that little “prank” is legal, but if you live here in California it is classed as mischief or vandalism.

127. Actor Holm IAN
English actor Sir Ian Holm is very respected on the stage in the UK, but is better known for his film roles here in the US. Holm played the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in two of the “Lord of the Rings” movies, and he also played the character who turns out be an android in the film “Alien”.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Data theft target: Abbr. SSN
4. Bowler feature BRIM
8. Instant, in product names REDI-
12. Brightly colored foam shoes CROCS
17. Traffic noise TOOT
19. It may be cracked CODE
20. Green shampoo PRELL
22. Like most of western China RURAL
23. South Temperate Zone border ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
26. Ma-__ store AND PA
27. Do without FORGO
28. Outfielder Crisp COCO
29. Helps with a job ABETS
31. Some Caltech grads EES
32. Sprite Zero alternative FRESCA
34. Pope’s realm CATHOLIC CHURCH
38. Airline that co-founded Star Alliance SAS
39. Maker of Total Effects skin care products OLAY
41. Colin Hanks, to Tom SON
42. Common article THE
43. Gin fizz fruit SLOE
44. Wore out the carpet PACED
46. Ready to eat RIPE
48. Company that insured Bruce Springsteen’s voice LLOYD’S
50. NFL wide receiver who once changed his name to match his uniform number CHAD OCHOCINCO
55. Tiger’s 2004 bride ELIN
56. Sly tactic RUSE
57. Pickle pick DILL
58. Island near Corsica ELBA
60. NASA moon landers LEMS
63. Haunt OBSESS
66. Gullible one NAIF
68. Actor Morales ESAI
70. “__ open!” IT’S
72. Asian sash OBI
73. Challenge for Henry Higgins COCKNEY ACCENT
77. Wood cutter SAW
78. Sister NUN
79. Online magazine with a “Runway” section ELLE
80. With 102-Across, Japanese golfer ISAO
81. Cascades peak SHASTA
83. Bug-__: Ortho garden product B GON
85. Glorifying poems ODES
88. Boy with a bow EROS
90. Quick ride SPIN
91. Guinness serving PINT
93. Proof of payment CANCELED CHECK
97. Sam’s rival COSTCO
100. Morro Castle site CUBA
101. “Over the Rainbow” composer ARLEN
102. See 80-Across AOKI
103. Picasso’s aunt TIA
105. Some Bronx trains ELS
107. Palm Pre predecessor TREO
108. Tiny songbird TIT
111. It’s barely legible CHICKEN SCRATCH
115. Call-to-action response to one’s own rhetorical question I SAY NO
117. Merged Dutch carrier KLM
118. Daisylike flower ASTER
119. Et __ ALIA
121. Wear down ERODE
122. East Texas university LAMAR
124. Current path ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
128. Put in ELECT
129. Drink from a bowl LAP UP
130. Pod veggie OKRA
131. Other, in a bodega OTRA
132. Pops, to tots DADAS
133. Intricate patterns WEBS
134. Caught, as a show SEEN
135. Occurrence HAP

Down
1. Fills vacancies in STAFFS
2. Mexico’s second-largest state SONORA
3. Warning sign NO TRESPASSING
4. Discreetly send a dupe email to BCC
5. Campus military gp. ROTC
6. Folly IDIOCY
7. Muslim holy city MECCA
8. Troy, N.Y., tech sch. RPI
9. Bungle ERR
10. Tattoo alternative for the squeamish DECAL
11. “No more guesses, just tell me” I’LL BITE
12. Computer problem CRASH
13. Download option RUN
14. Well-organized ORDERLY
15. Its southern shore is on Nantucket Sound CAPE COD
16. Budget overhauls SLASHES
18. Diamond thieves’ undoings? TAGS
21. Hanger-on LEECH
24. Like Louis XV chairs ROCOCO
25. Private beds? COTS
30. Immune system defender T CELL
33. D’Urberville who seduced Tess ALEC
35. Cornucopia shape HORN
36. Not neat ON ICE
37. Me.-to-Fla. route US-ONE
40. Condition that affects focusing, briefly ADHD
45. ”Zip-__-Doo-Dah” A-DEE
47. C-SPAN figure POL
49. Bebe’s “Cheers” role LILITH
50. Sing like Michael Bublé CROON
51. Noisy disturbance HUBBUB
52. Grunted, in a way OINKED
53. Group sharing a crest CLAN
54. French Open winner before Björn ILIE
55. Alleviate EASE
59. “Chill out!” BE COOL!
61. Squandered early years MISSPENT YOUTH
62. Reception disruption STATIC
64. Like California’s 17-Mile-Drive SCENIC
65. Picasso’s sun SOL
67. Memo opener FYI
69. Brief reply? ANS
71. Posh SWANK
74. Thicken, as cream CLOT
75. “Gimme __” A SEC
76. Feel concern CARE
82. “I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments” speaker ASHE
84. __ nerve OPTIC
86. Old French coin ECU
87. Civil War weapon SABER
89. Slightly burn SEAR
92. Jots down NOTES
94. Simba’s love NALA
95. A third of neun DREI
96. Dennis Eckersley, e.g. CLOSER
97. Laughed demonically CACKLED
98. “Très chic!” OOH LA LA!
99. Went over cursorily SKIMMED
100. Source of legal precedents CASE LAW
104. Inside company? INTEL
106. Headliner STAR
107. “Blurred Lines” singer Robin THICKE
109. Former Indian prime minister Gandhi INDIRA
110. Dance click TOE TAP
112. Mini racers KARTS
113. Breakfast treat CREPE
114. Advertising awards CLIOS
116. Gas acronym ARCO
120. Corn maze measure ACRE
123. Picasso’s here ACA
125. Young lion CUB
126. Decorates with Angel Soft, briefly TPS
127. Actor Holm IAN

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