Day: May 18, 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
7. Places for prayer leaders APSES
The apse of a church or cathedral is a semicircular recess in an outer wall, usually with a half-dome as a roof and often where there resides an altar. Originally apses were used as burial places for the clergy and also for storage of important relics.

12. Bourbon barrel wood OAK
Bourbon is a whiskey made here in North America, with the primary ingredient being corn. Production of the whiskey has for centuries been associated with Bourbon County in Kentucky, which gave its name to the drink.

35. i follower -POD
The iPod is Apple’s signature line of portable media players. It first hit the market in 2001, with a hard drive-based device that is now known as the iPod Classic. Later models all use flash memory, allowing a smaller form factor.

37. Capable, kiddingly EPT
If one is capable, one might jokingly be described as “ept”, the opposite of “inept”.

38. Chiapas chaperon DUENA
“Dueña” translates from Spanish as “chaperon, owner”, and is the feminine form of the noun.

Chiapas is the most southern of the 31 states of Mexico, and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. As a border state, Chiapas neighbors the country of Guatemala.

39. Mollycoddle COSSET
“To mollycoddle” is to be overprotective. Back in the mid-1700s, a “mollycoddle” was an insulting term used to describe a man who was weak and effeminate.

41. Apt address for petrologists? ROCKY ROAD
Petrology is a branch of geology dealing specifically with rocks. The term derives from the Greek word “petros” meaning “stone”.

47. It’s a gas OZONE
Ozone gets its name from the Greek word ozein, meaning “to smell”. It was given this name as ozone’s formation during lightning storms was detected by the gas’s distinctive smell. Famously, there is a relatively high concentration of the gas in the “ozone layer” in the Earth’s stratosphere. This ozone layer provides a vital function for animal life on the planet as it absorbs most of the sun’s UV radiation. A molecule of ozone is made up of three oxygen atoms, whereas a “normal” oxygen has just two atoms.

48. Native Canadian CREE
The Cree are one of the largest groups of Native Americans on the continent. In the US most of the Cree nation live in Montana on a reservation shared with the Ojibwe people. In Canada most of the Cree live in Manitoba.

59. Scientific map subjects GENOMES
The genome is all the hereditary information needed to reproduce an organism, in other words, all of its chromosomes. When scientists unravel the human genome it takes up an awful lot of computer storage space, and yet all of this information is in almost every cell in our bodies. Every cell “knows” how to make a whole human being.

60. “Three Days of the Condor” org. CIA
I haven’t read the novel “Six Days of the Condor” by James Grady, but the 1975 movie adaptation, called “Three Days of the Condor”, is an excellent thriller. It stars Robert Redford as a relatively low-level CIA employee who gets caught up in agency politics and murders. Grady wrote a follow-up novel that was published in 1978 called “Shadow of the Condor”.

61. Scena segment ARIA
A scene in an opera is usually called a “scena”, the Italian term for “scene”.

62. Miler Sebastian COE
Sebastian Coe is a retired middle distance runner from the UK who won four Olympic medals including golds in the 1500m in 1980 and 1984. After retiring from athletics, Coe went into politics and served as a Member of Parliament from 1992 to 1997. He headed up London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

68. Apt address for an Orlando team? MAGIC SQUARE
A magic square is a series of numbers arranged in a square so that all lines of numbers, including diagonals, add up to the same total. Such squares have been used for centuries to create talismans designed to bring good luck.

The Orlando Magic were formed in 1989 as an NBA expansion team. A local paper was asked to run a competition to suggest names for the new team and the community came up with its four top picks of “Heat”, “Tropics”, “Juice” and “Magic”. A committee then opted for “Orlando Magic”. A good choice I think …

72. Football Hall of Famer Marchetti GINO
Gino Marchettie is a former American football player, one who played for the Dallas Texans and the Baltimore Colts. Marchetti started up a fast food restaurant chain with several of his teammates back in 1959. At its most successful, the chain called Gino’s Hamburgers had over 300 locations.

73. Projecting window ORIEL
An oriel window is a bay window that projects from a wall, but does not reach all the way to the ground.

81. Two in seventy-five? VEES
There are two letters V in the number “seventy-five”.

82. Aaron Burr was once tried for it TREASON
Aaron Burr was the third vice-president of the US, serving under Thomas Jefferson. In the final year of his term in office, Burr fought an illegal duel and killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton. Burr wasn’t brought to justice, but he did pay the price politically. Thomas Jefferson dropped him from his ticket in the election held the following year. Burr then left Washington, only to get into more trouble. He allegedly rallied a group of dissidents with the intent of setting up a new nation that would be independent of the US, and centered in the Texas Territory. He was arrested and tried for treason, but was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

89. Africa’s Mobutu __ Seko SESE
Mobutu Sese Seko was the longtime President of Zaire (later to be called the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Mobutu was known to be a very corrupt dictator and it is believed that he embezzled over $5 billion from his country. On a lighter note, Mobutu was the money man behind the famous 1974 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman known as “The Rumble in the Jungle”. Mobutu was anxious to expand the image of Zaire so he used his nation’s funds to entice the fighters to have a go at each other in his homeland.

91. Kiddie lit redhead PIPPI
Pippi Longstocking appears as the heroine in a series of books written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren was quite the activist, very well known in the circles working for children’s and animal rights, In particular, Lindgren campaigned heavily against corporal punishment.

100. Two-time US Open winner SELES
Monica Seles has a Hungarian name as she was born to Hungarian parents in former Yugoslavia. Seles was the World No. 1 professional tennis player in 1991 and 1992 before being forced from the sport when she was stabbed by a spectator at a match in 1993. She did return to the game two years later, but never achieved the same level of success.

103. Bee follower CEE
The letter C (cee) follows the letter B (bee) in the alphabet.

104. Jai __ ALAI
Even though jai alai is often said to be the fastest sport in the world because of the speed of the ball, in fact golf balls usually get going at a greater clip. Although, as a blog reader once pointed out to me, you don’t have to catch a golf ball …

105. Ankle-related TARSAL
The tarsals are the ankle bones, equivalent to the carpals in the wrist.

109. Apt address for dairymen? MILKY WAY
The Milky Way is the name given to our own galaxy, the home to the Solar System. The word “galaxy” comes from the Greek “galaxias” meaning “milky”.

114. Fairy tale brother HANSEL
“Hansel and Gretel” is a Germanic fairy tale found in the collection of the Brothers Grimm. It tells of two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, the children of a woodcutter. The youngsters are abandoned in a forest at the behest of an evil stepmother. Clever Hansel hears of the plan and leaves a trail of pebbles so that he and his sister can find their way home, which they do. But the children are abandoned again and this time leave a trail of breadcrumbs. Unfortunately, the crumbs are eaten by birds and so the children do indeed become lost. But eventually they do all live happily ever after …

118. Apt address for Australian zookeepers? KANGAROO COURT
“Kangaroo court” is an American term that dates back to the mid-1800s. A kangaroo court (also a “mustang court”) is court which is dishonest, one in which the the course of justice is perverted. The terms “kangaroo” and “mustang” apply as the trumped up process moves along in leaps and bounds.

122. Jalisco gal pal AMIGA
Jalisco is a state on the central-west coast of Mexico. The capital city of Jalisco is Guadalajara.

123. Missing more marbles LOONIER
The slang term “loon” for a deranged person probably comes from the loud cry of the bird called the loon, but it is also influenced by the word “lunatic”.

To have one’s “marbles” is to have one’s mental faculties, to have common sense. The term is American slang dating back to the 1920s.

124. Mil. award DSM
The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest (non-valorous) decoration awarded for services to the US military.

125. Turning meas. RPS
Revolutions per second (rps)

126. River to the Bering Sea YUKON
Canada’s federal territory known as Yukon takes its name from the Yukon River. “Yukon” means “Big Stream” in the local Gwich’in language.

Vitus Bering was a Danish navigator who worked for the Russian Navy. He was the first European to discover Alaska, which he did in 1741. Bering died on the same voyage of discovery and was buried on the largest of the Commander Islands, now called Bering Island in his honor. He also gave his name to the Bering Sea and the Bering Strait.

127. USCG officer ENS
Ensign is (usually) the most junior rank of commissioned officer in the armed forces. The name comes from the tradition that the junior officer would be given the task of carrying the ensign flag.

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.

128. Carol contraction ‘TIS
“‘Tis the season to be jolly” is a line from the traditional Yuletide carol “Deck the Halls”. The tune itself is Welsh in origin, dating back to the 16th century. However, the lyrics are American and from the 19th century. Also, Mozart used the tune as a theme for a delightful violin and piano duet.

Down
1. Some three-wheelers, briefly ATVS
All-terrain vehicle (ATV)

2. “M*A*S*H” actress SWIT
Loretta Swit started playing “Hot Lips” Houlihan on “M*A*S*H” in 1972. She and Alan Alda were the only actors who appeared in both the pilot and the series finale. Swit has written a book on needlepoint, would you believe? It’s called “A Needlepoint Scrapbook”.

4. Parkinson’s treatment L-DOPA
The name of the drug L-3,4-DihydrOxyPhenylAlanine can be shortened, thankfully, to L-DOPA. Swedish scientist Arvid Carlsson won a Nobel Prize for showing that L-DOPA could be used to reduce the symptoms of Parkinson’s Syndrome.

6. __ Plaines, Illinois DES
Des Plaines, Illinois is a suburb of Chicago that is located next to O’Hare International Airport. The city is named for the Des Plaines river that runs through the suburb.

7. Et __ ALII
Et alii (et al.) is the equivalent of et cetera (etc.), with et cetera being used in place of a list of objects, and et alii used for a list of names. In fact “et al.” can stand for et alii (for a group of males, or males and females), aliae (for a group of women) and et alia (for a group of neuter nouns, or for a group of people where the intent is to retain gender-neutrality).

8. Anise-flavored liqueur PERNOD
The drink usually called just “Pernod” is a French beverage more correctly called “Pernod Anise”. The brand name was created by Henri-Louis Pernod in the late 1700s when he opened an absinthe distillery in Switzerland.

10. Subj. for aliens ESL
English as a Second Language (ESL) is sometimes referred to as English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

12. Irish actor Milo O’SHEA
Milo O’Shea was a great Irish character actor from Dublin who has appeared in everything from “Romeo and Juliet” to “The West Wing”. Sadly, O’Shea passed away in 2013 in New York City.

13. Like a GI who missed the boat? AWOL
Absent without leave (AWOL)

The initials “G.I.” stand for “Government Issue” and not “General Infantry” as is often believed. GI was first used in the military to denote equipment made from Galvanized Iron and during WWI, incoming German shells were nicknamed “GI cans”. Soon after, the term GI came to be associated with “Government Issue” and eventually became an adjective to describe anything associated with the Army.

16. Futile OTIOSE
Otiose means “lazy, indolent”, and comes from the Latin word “otium” meaning “leisure”.

22. Traveler’s aid ATLAS
The famous Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published his first collection of maps in 1578. Mercator’s collection contained a frontispiece with an image of Atlas the Titan from Greek mythology holding up the world on his shoulders. That image gave us our term “atlas”.

28. Coty Award winner Bill BLASS
Bill Blass was a fashion designer from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Blass volunteered for the US Army during WWII. He had a very creative role in the military, working for the 603rd Camouflage Battalion. The unit’s job was to fool the Germans into thinking Allied troops were in fake locations. Blass worked with the battalion in support of the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine river and the North Africa campaign.

The Coty Award was introduced in 1943 to celebrate and promote American fashion. The award was sponsored by the the cosmetics and perfume company Coty with the specific intent of providing impetus to the industry during WWII. The Coty Award was discontinued in 1985, reflecting the fact that American fashion was well and truly established.

32. 2013 Women’s British Open winner Stacy LEWIS
Stacy Lewis is a professional golfer from Toledo, Ohio who plays on the LPGA tour. Lewis has won two majors to date: the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 2013 Women’s British Open.

35. SAT item PROB
(70D. SAT item QUES)
Today the standardized test for admission to colleges is known as the SAT Reasoning Test, but it used to be called the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test, which led to the acronym “SAT”.

42. Old-style golf wear KNICKERS
Back in the early 1900s, young boys would wear short pants in summer and longer “knee pants” in winter. The “knee pants” came to be known as “knickers” or “knickerbockers” in honor of the fictional author Diedrich Knickerbocker who appears in Washington Irving’s “History of New York”. Knickerbocker’s attire included knee-breeches.

43. Sasquatch kin YETI
A yeti is a beast of legend, also called an abominable snowman. “Yeti” is a Tibetan term, and the beast is fabled to live in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet. Our equivalent legend in North America is that of Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch. The study of animals whose existence have not yet been substantiated is called cryptozoology.

46. Member of the Panthera genus TIGER
The Panthera genus of cats includes the species tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard and snow leopard.

49. Spy novelist Ambler ERIC
Eric Ambler was a British author of spy novels, an author that I read voraciously for relaxation as I worked my way through college. One of his books was “The Light of Day”, which provided inspiration for the comic movie adaption called “The Pink Panther”. Ambler also wrote the screenplay for the excellent film “A Night to Remember” which told the story of the fateful maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.

52. Mine, in Monaco A MOI
The Principality of Monaco is on the Mediterranean coast, and is otherwise surrounded by France, even though it is just under 10 miles from the Italian border. Monaco is the world’s most densely populated country, and the world’s second smallest country (the smallest being Vatican City). The principality has been very prosperous since the late 1800s, with the economy given a tremendous boost with the opening of several gambling casinos.

53. Vegas light NEON
The basic design of neon lighting was first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show in 1910. Such lighting is made up of glass tubes containing a vacuum into which has been introduced a small amount of neon gas. When a voltage is applied between two electrodes inside the tube, the neon gas “glows” and gives off the familiar light.

54. Beantown hockey hero ESPO
Phil “Espo” Esposito is a former professional hockey player who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers.

In the days of sail, the natural trade routes across the Atlantic involved a lot of ships arriving in Boston directly from West Indies. One of the main cargoes carried by these vessels coming from the West Indies was molasses. An abundance of cheap molasses led to an abundance of baked beans in the port city, and all those baked beans gave rise to Boston’s nickname “Beantown”.

56. Nanny follower CAM
From what I’ve read, it is legal to record video with a hidden camera, at least to monitor the behavior of a caregiver in your home. Apparently there is also a law that prohibits the recording of audio. So, “nanny cams” are sold without audio capability. But (disclaimer) that’s just what I read, so don’t take my word for it!

61. Negotiate a figurative hill? AGE
One might age sufficiently to be over the hill … like me …

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

65. German village DORF
“Dorf” is the German word for “village, small town”. The “-dorf” suffix is common, as in Düsseldorf for example.

66. Sportscaster Hershiser OREL
Orel Hershiser is big into poker now that he has retired from Major League Baseball. Hershiser lives in Las Vegas and when he isn’t working for ESPN, apparently he is at the poker tables.

67. Poet Dove RITA
Poet Rita Dove received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987, and was the second African American to be so honored (the first being Gwendolyn Brooks).

69. Performers’ union acronym AFTRA
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

71. Wing for Dumbo EAR
The 1941 Disney animated film “Dumbo” was made a year after the feature called “Fantasia” was released. “Dumbo” was largely a commercial venture. The film was made quickly and released in theaters as soon as possible, the idea being to recoup the financial losses incurred by “Fantasia”.

74. “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner LAHTI
Christine Lahti is an actress probably best known for playing Dr. Kate Austen on the TV medical drama “Chicago Hope”. If you read “The Huffington Post” you might run across her as well, as Lahti is a contributing blogger.

78. Equinox mo. SEPT
An equinox is a phenomenon dictated by the tilt of the earth’s axis. Twice every year, that tilt “evens out” and the sun is equidistant from points at the same latitude both north and south of the equator. It is as if the earth has no tilt relative to the sun. The name equinox comes from the Latin for “equal night”, inferring that night and day are equally long, as the effect of the earth’s “tilt” is nullified.

80. Burned media, for short CD-RS
Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R)

81. Salome septet VEILS
In the New Testament, Salome was a dancer and a seductress. She was the stepdaughter of Herod and when she danced for him on his birthday, her mother demanded as a reward the execution of John the Baptist. Salome is not actually named in the account in the gospels, and historians rely on other sources to determine that she was indeed “Salome”. Famously, the seductive dance that she performed is said to be the Dance of the Seven Veils. The dance isn’t named in the Biblical account, and is an elaboration that developed in later Christian mythology.

82. Country singer Clark TERRI
Terri Clark is a country music artist from Montreal in Canada who has had success right across North America, and who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

83. Apollo protection SPACESUIT
The Apollo program is of course very much associated with President Kennedy, as he gave NASA the challenge to land men on the moon by the end of the sixties. However, the Apollo program was conceived during the Eisenhower administration as a follow-up to Project Mercury that put the first Americans in space.

84. Mayberry moppet OPIE
Opie Taylor is the character played by Ron Howard on “The Andy Griffith Show”. Opie lives with widowed father Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) and his great-aunt Beatrice “Aunt Bee” Taylor (played by Frances Bavier. Ron Howard first played the role in 1960 in the pilot show, when he was just 5 years old. Howard sure has come a long way since playing Opie Taylor. He has directed some fabulous movies including favorites of mine like “Apollo 13”, “A Beautiful Mind” and “The Da Vinci Code”.

85. River to the Mediterranean NILE
Depending on definition, the Nile is generally regarded as the longest river on the planet. The Nile forms from two major tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, which join together near Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. From Khartoum the Nile flows north, traveling almost entirely through desert making it central to life for the peoples living along its length.

95. Tropical blow TYPHOON
The term “typhoon” may come from the Cantonese “tai fung”, which translates as “a great wind”.

96. Muzzleloading aid RAMROD
A ramrod is a “stick” that is inserted into the barrel of an older firearm in order to pack the bullet or ball tightly against the charge of gunpowder. A ramrod can also be used to push a cleaning rag through the barrel of a gun.

98. Holiday tree BALSAM
The Balsam fir is an evergreen tree that is native to eastern and central North America. The Balsam is commonly used as a Christmas tree, especially in the northeastern US.

99. Theodore of “The Defiant Ones” BIKEL
Theodore Bikel is an Austrian-born American actor. He appears in some very famous movies including “The African Queen” (1951), “The Enemy Below” (1957) and “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” (1966).

101. Nancy’s buddy SLUGGO
Little 8-year-old Nancy Ritz has been in her own comic strip “Nancy” since 1938. Since 1938, her best friend has been the lazy Sluggo Smith. Nancy is actually a little older than she looks. She first appeared in 1933 when the same strip was called “Fritzi Ritz”. Within a few years, Nancy took over as the main character and so the strip was renamed to “Nancy”.

108. “__, you noblest English”: “Henry V” ON ON
Shakespeare’s play “Henry V” is more correctly called “The Life of Henry the Fifth”. The story mainly focuses on the king’s life before and immediately after his celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt.

111. Sitcom radio station WKRP
The sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” was produced by MTM, the production company established by Mary Tyler Moore and her husband for the “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”. “WKRP” was a successful enough show when it originally aired, but then became a blockbuster in syndication. It became MTM’s most-watched program, even outstripping the original “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”.

113. Tandoori bread NAAN
Naan (also “nan”) bread is very popular in Indian restaurants, as well as in other West, Central and South Asian cuisines. Indian Naan is traditionally baked in a clay oven known as a tandoor.

115. “… __ saw Elba” ERE I
The three most famous palindromes in English have to be:

– Able was I ere I saw Elba
– A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
– Madam, I’m Adam

One of my favorite words is “Aibohphobia”, although it doesn’t appear in the dictionary and is a joke term. “Aibohphobia” is a great way to describe a fear of palindromes, by creating a palindrome out of the suffix “-phobia”.

116. P.O. deliveries LTRS
One might deliver letters (ltrs.) to a post office (P.O.)

118. Kick starter? KAY
The letter K (kay) starts the word “kick”.

119. __ Darya River AMU
The Amu Darya is a major river in Central Asia that empties into the Aral Sea. It is also called the Oxus or Amu River.

120. Corrida kudos OLE!
In Spain, bullfighting is known locally as “corrida de toros”, literally “race of bulls”.

Our word “kudos” is used to acclaim an exceptional achievement. “Kudos” is not a plural, despite a common misapprehension. It is a singular noun derived from the Greek “kyddos” meaning “glory, fame”.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Braying beast ASS
4. PC display LCD
7. Places for prayer leaders APSES
12. Bourbon barrel wood OAK
15. “Silly me!” DOH!
18. Silly talk TWADDLE
20. Collar attachment LEASH
21. Certify SWEAR TO
23. Apt address for hit men? VICIOUS CIRCLE
25. “Get busy!” HOP TO IT!
26. Helmet attachments STRAPS
27. Porcine cry OINK!
28. Apt address for prizefighters? BELT LOOP
29. Overjoys ELATES
31. “C’est magnifique!” OO LA LA!
34. “Besides that …” ALSO …
35. i follower -POD
37. Capable, kiddingly EPT
38. Chiapas chaperon DUENA
39. Mollycoddle COSSET
41. Apt address for petrologists? ROCKY ROAD
45. Basic dance TWO-STEP
47. It’s a gas OZONE
48. Native Canadian CREE
50. Apt address for surgeons? INSIDE LANE
55. Put under a spell BEWITCH
57. Liberal group? ARTS
59. Scientific map subjects GENOMES
60. “Three Days of the Condor” org. CIA
61. Scena segment ARIA
62. Miler Sebastian COE
64. Bug user SNOOP
65. Jerk DORK
68. Apt address for an Orlando team? MAGIC SQUARE
72. Football Hall of Famer Marchetti GINO
73. Projecting window ORIEL
75. Finder’s reward FEE
76. It may be artificial TURF
77. Grate stuff ASH
79. Pull back, as talons RETRACT
81. Two in seventy-five? VEES
82. Aaron Burr was once tried for it TREASON
86. Apt address for photographers? FLASH DRIVE
89. Africa’s Mobutu __ Seko SESE
91. Kiddie lit redhead PIPPI
92. Car deal component TRADE-IN
94. Apt address for gossip columnists? DIRT TRAIL
96. Synagogue leaders RABBIS
100. Two-time US Open winner SELES
102. Burn at the beach FRY
103. Bee follower CEE
104. Jai __ ALAI
105. Ankle-related TARSAL
106. What burglars may walk on TIPTOE
109. Apt address for dairymen? MILKY WAY
112. Hummable bit TUNE
114. Fairy tale brother HANSEL
117. Searches for anew RESEEKS
118. Apt address for Australian zookeepers? KANGAROO COURT
121. For kicks ON A LARK
122. Jalisco gal pal AMIGA
123. Missing more marbles LOONIER
124. Mil. award DSM
125. Turning meas. RPS
126. River to the Bering Sea YUKON
127. USCG officer ENS
128. Carol contraction ‘TIS

Down
1. Some three-wheelers, briefly ATVS
2. “M*A*S*H” actress SWIT
3. Untouchable SACRED COW
4. Parkinson’s treatment L-DOPA
5. Tight gathering CLUSTER
6. __ Plaines, Illinois DES
7. Et __ ALII
8. Anise-flavored liqueur PERNOD
9. Grab some z’s SACK OUT
10. Subj. for aliens ESL
11. Boater’s pronoun SHE
12. Irish actor Milo O’SHEA
13. Like a GI who missed the boat? AWOL
14. Didn’t trash KEPT
15. Responds to kitchen aromas DROOLS
16. Futile OTIOSE
17. British stew HOTPOT
19. Where to see hands on a wrist DIAL
22. Traveler’s aid ATLAS
24. Credit sharer COSTAR
28. Coty Award winner Bill BLASS
30. Big period EPOCH
32. 2013 Women’s British Open winner Stacy LEWIS
33. Auth. unknown ANON
35. SAT item PROB
36. Exude OOZE
39. Hand over CEDE
40. Pops the top off OPENS
42. Old-style golf wear KNICKERS
43. Sasquatch kin YETI
44. Honey substitute? DEARIE
46. Member of the Panthera genus TIGER
49. Spy novelist Ambler ERIC
51. Classical music lover, facetiously LONGHAIR
52. Mine, in Monaco A MOI
53. Vegas light NEON
54. Beantown hockey hero ESPO
56. Nanny follower CAM
58. Aesthetic attitude TASTE
61. Negotiate a figurative hill? AGE
62. Put under a spell CURSED
63. Klutz OAF
65. German village DORF
66. Sportscaster Hershiser OREL
67. Poet Dove RITA
69. Performers’ union acronym AFTRA
70. SAT item QUES
71. Wing for Dumbo EAR
74. “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner LAHTI
78. Equinox mo. SEPT
80. Burned media, for short CD-RS
81. Salome septet VEILS
82. Country singer Clark TERRI
83. Apollo protection SPACESUIT
84. Mayberry moppet OPIE
85. River to the Mediterranean NILE
87. “In my opinion …” I’D SAY …
88. Deviate VEER
90. Bakery tool SIFTER
93. One who’s bound to order? NEATNIK
95. Tropical blow TYPHOON
96. Muzzleloading aid RAMROD
97. Far-out bunch? ALIENS
98. Holiday tree BALSAM
99. Theodore of “The Defiant Ones” BIKEL
101. Nancy’s buddy SLUGGO
105. Things to do TASKS
107. Mexican restaurant staples TACOS
108. “__, you noblest English”: “Henry V” ON ON
110. Coin datum YEAR
111. Sitcom radio station WKRP
113. Tandoori bread NAAN
115. “… __ saw Elba” ERE I
116. P.O. deliveries LTRS
118. Kick starter? KAY
119. __ Darya River AMU
120. Corrida kudos OLE!

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