LA Times Crossword Answers 19 Oct 14, Sunday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Frank Virzi
THEME: Double Plays … each of today’s themed answers comprise two common phrases that share a common word. The second of those phrases is a term used in baseball:

23A. Concertina heist? SQUEEZEBOX SCORE (squeezebox & box score)
38A. Formal dance for tiny, winged debutantes? FRUIT FLY BALL (fruit fly & fly ball)
50A. Big push to collect singles bar come-ons? PICK-UP LINE DRIVE (pick-up line & line drive)
66A. Gofer at a moon landing site? TRANQUILITY BASE RUNNER (Tranquility Base & base runner)
84A. China piece commemorating a Ricky Ricardo catchphrase? “LUCY, I’M HOME!” PLATE (“Lucy, I’m Home!” & home plate)
93A. Writing implement for Vatican edicts? PAPAL BULL PEN (papal bull & bull pen)
114A. Dance for bears? SELLING SHORT HOP (selling short & short hop)

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9. An epicure has a refined one PALATE
An epicure is someone one who appreciates fine food and drink. The term is derived from the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus.

15. Diamond covers TARPS
A tarpaulin (tarp) can be used to cover a baseball diamond.

20. Maker of smarTouch gloves ISOTONER
Totes Isotoner is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company is the world’s largest supplier of umbrellas and other rainwear items. Isotoner is also famous for its lines of gloves and slippers.

21. Orbital high point APOGEE
In the celestial world, an apsis is a point in an orbit when the orbiting body is at its greatest, or least, distance from it’s center of orbit. The farthest and closest points of orbit are known as the apogee and perigee, when talking about bodies orbiting the Earth. The farthest and closest points for bodies orbiting the sun are known as the aphelion and perihelion.

22. Abrasive mineral EMERY
Emery is a very hard type of rock that is crushed for use as an abrasive. Emery paper is made by gluing small particles of emery to paper. Emery boards are just emery paper with a cardboard backing. And emery boards are primarily used for filing nails.

23. Concertina heist? SQUEEZEBOX SCORE (squeezebox & box score)
In baseball, the line square is a summary set of statistics for the game. It is seen at every baseball stadium, and includes the number of runs scored by each team per innings, as well as the total number of hits and errors. The more comprehensive box score includes the line score, but also shows the individual performance of each player.

25. Some, in Potsdam EINES
Potsdam is a city in Germany that lies just on the outskirts of the nation’s capital of Berlin. Famously, Potsdam was the site of a conference between Stalin, Churchill and Truman after the end of WWII in Europe.

27. River of Flanders YSER
The Yser originates in northern France and flows through Belgium into the North Sea. The Yser is often associated with WWI as it figured in a major battle early in the conflict. In the first three months of the war, the German Army pushed almost completely through Belgium, inflicting heavy losses on the Belgian Army as the defenders were forced to fight a fast-moving rearguard action. The Germans were intent on pushing right through Belgium and across France in a “race to the sea”. But the Belgians, with the help of their Allies, decided to make a final stand at the Yser Canal in an effort to prevent the Germans reaching the French ports of Calais and Dunkirk. The 22-mile long defensive line was chosen at the Yser because the river and canal system could be flooded to create a barrier that might be defended. The plan was successful and the front was “stabilized”. As we now know, millions of lives were lost over the coming years with very little movement of that battle line.

Flanders is a region in northern Belgium where the native people speak Dutch. The people from Flanders are referred to as “Flemish”.

28. Rivière filler EAU
In France, one can find water (eau) in a river (rivière).

30. Hunger YEN
The word “yen”, meaning “urge”, has been around in English since the very early 1900s. It comes from the earlier word “yin” imported from Chinese, which was used in English to describe an intense craving for opium!

31. Artist Modigliani AMEDEO
Amadeo Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who spent most of working life in France. Modigliani’s sculpture called “Tête” is an elongated female head made from limestone that he created between 1910 and 1912. The piece was acquired in auction in 2010 for almost $55 million, making it the fifth-most expensive sculpture ever sold.

33. Rulers before Lenin TSARS
“Lenin” wasn’t the birth name of the Russian leader. He was born Vladimir Ulyanov, and originally took the name Lenin as a pen name.

36. Fed. auditing agency GAO
The Government Accounting Office, established as a branch of the US Congress in 1921, was renamed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2004. A much better name, I think …

38. Formal dance for tiny, winged debutantes? FRUIT FLY BALL (fruit fly & fly ball)
The common fruit fly is used in biological research because it is easy to care for, it breeds very quickly, and lays lots of eggs. The average lifespan of a fruit fly in nature is about a month.

48. Cutting rooms?: Abbr. ORS
Operating room (OR)

49. Chick’s tail? -ADEE
Chickadees 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”.

53. Grace verb BLESS
A “grace” is a short prayer recited before or after a meal.

54. Roger of “Cheers” REES
Roger Rees is a Welsh actor. Rees played the character Robin Colcord on “Cheers”, the posh love interest for Rebecca Howe played by Kirstie Alley. Rees also appeared periodically on “The West Wing” as the marvelously flamboyant and eccentric Lord John Marbury, the British Ambassador.

55. TV’s Mrs. Peel RIGG
Diana Rigg is a marvelous actress from England who is best known for playing Emma Peel on the hit sixties show “The Avengers”. Rigg also won an Emmy for her performance in a 1997 television adaptation of “Rebecca”. She was also the best ever Bond girl, in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (opposite the worst ever Bond guy, George Lazenby).

56. Idiot box TEEVEE
Television (TV, teevee)

59. Juice brand with the digital newsletter Lizard Tales SOBE
The brand name SoBe can be found on teas, juices and bottled waters. SoBe is an abbreviation for South Beach, the neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. The company’s logo features two lizards, and there is a monthly newsletter emailed to fans of the products called “Lizard Tales”.

66. Gofer at a moon landing site? TRANQUILITY BASE RUNNER (Tranquility Base & base runner)
The Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin for “Sea of Tranquility”) was named in 1651 by astronomers Francesco Grimaldi and Giovanni Battista Riccioli. Famously, the first manned landing on the Moon was in the Sea of Tranquility (i.e. “Tranquility Base”), when the Apollo 11 Lunar Module named Eagle touched down there in 1969. However, the first man-made vehicle to reach the Sea of Tranquility arrive four years earlier. the Ranger 8 spacecraft was deliberately crashed there in 1965, sending back thousands of photographs to Earth in the last 23 minutes of its mission.

72. Diamond brothers ALOUS
Felipe Alou is a former professional baseball player and manager. Alou managed the Montreal Expos from 1992 to 2001, and the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2006. Alou was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and came to the US to play for the Giants in 1955. Felipe’s brothers Matty and Jesús followed him to the US, and into Major League baseball.

73. Agnew’s plea, for short NOLO
“Nolo contendere” is a legal term that translates from Latin as “I do not wish to contend”. It’s the plea of “no contest” and is an alternative to “guilty” or “not guilty”, meaning that one doesn’t admit guilt but nor does one dispute the charge.

Spiro Agnew served as Vice-President under Richard Nixon, before becoming the only VP in American history to resign because of criminal charges (there was a bribery scandal). Agnew was also the first Greek-American to serve as US Vice-President as he was the son of a Greek immigrant who had shortened the family name from Anagnostopoulos.

74. Deuce follower AD IN
In tennis, if the score reaches “deuce” (i.e. when both players have scored three points), then the first player to win two points in a row wins the game. The player who wins the point immediately after deuce is said to have the “advantage”. If the player with the advantage wins the next point then that’s two in a row and that player wins the game. If the person with the advantage loses the next point, then advantage is lost and the players return to deuce and try again. If the one of the players is calling out the score then if he/she has the advantage then that player announces “ad in” or more formally “advantage in”. If the score announcer’s opponent has the advantage, then the announcement is “ad out” or “advantage out”. Follow all of that …?

75. “Put __ Happy Face” ON A
“Bye Bye Birdie” is a stage musical set in 1958, first performed in 1960 on Broadway. It was inspired by the real-life events surrounding Elvis Presley getting drafted into the Army in 1957. The “Elvis” character in the musical is called Conrad Birdie, a play on the name of the singer Conway Twitty. One of the songs from the show is “Put on a Happy Face”.

76. Pulse is one of them VITALS
One’s “pulse” is the rhythmic throbbing of arteries that is usually detected at the wrist or the neck. The contraction of the heart creates a pressure wave in the blood that moves the arterial walls, which is detected as the pulse.

79. Latin 101 word AMAT
“Amo, amas, amat: … “I love, you love, he/she/it loves”, in Latin.

80. “Back in Black” band AC/DC
The Heavy Metal band known as AC/DC was formed by two brothers in Australia. The group is usually called “Acca Dacca” down under.

81. Weighed the container of TARED
“Tare” is the weight of a container that is deducted from the gross weight to determine the net weight, the weight of the container’s contents.

84. China piece commemorating a Ricky Ricardo catchphrase? “LUCY, I’M HOME!” PLATE (“Lucy, I’m Home!” & home plate)
In the hit television show “I Love Lucy”, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz played Lucy and Ricky Ricardo.

90. Jellied item in British cuisine EEL
Jellied eels are a traditional British dish associated with the working class East End of London. Historically, the eels used were caught in the River Thames. The dish is prepared by boiling up eels that have been chopped into rounds in a seasoned stock and then allowing it to set. The eel contains a lot of gelatinous protein so the stock forms a jelly as it cools.

91. Hoops venues ARENAS
Basketball is truly an American sport. It was created in 1891 by a James Naismith at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. His goal was to create something active and interesting for his students in the gym. The first “hoops” were actually peach baskets, with the bottoms of the baskets intact. When a player got the ball into the “net”, someone had to clamber up and get the ball back out again in order to continue the game!

93. Writing implement for Vatican edicts? PAPAL BULL PEN (papal bull & bull pen)
A “bulla” (also “bull”) is a type of seal impression. A Papal Bull is a formal document from the Vatican that has such a seal attached, hence the name of the document.

108. Crossword clue, often: Abbr. DEF
Definition (def.)

111. Level, in Liverpool RASE
To “raze” (in UK English “rase”) is to level to the ground. How odd is it that “raise”, a homophone of “raze”, means to build up??!!

Liverpool is a large port city in the northwest of England, located on the estuary of the River Mersey. With a sense of humor that is typical of the area, people from Liverpool are often called “Liverpudlians”. The term comes from the jocular “Liver-puddle”, a diminutive of “Liver-pool”.

112. Abruzzo town in a Longfellow poem ATRI
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote “The Sicilian’s Tale; The Bell of Atri”, a narrative poem set in the small town of Atri in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

114. Dance for bears? SELLING SHORT HOP (selling short & short hop)
The terms “bull” and “bear” markets come from the way in which each animal attacks. A bull thrusts his horns upwards (an “up” market), whereas a bear swipes with his paws downward (a “down” market).

119. Senior golfer Mark O’MEARA
Mark O’Meara is an American golfer from Goldsboro, North Carolina. He is known as one of the American players who competes in international tournaments more than most, and has a reputation as a real gentleman all around the world.

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3. Where Joan of Arc died ROUEN
Joan of Arc (also “Jeanne d’Arc”, her birth name in French) led the French Army successfully into battle a number of times during the Hundred Years War with England. When she was eventually captured, Joan was tried in Rouen, the seat of the occupying English government in France at that time. There she was burned at the stake having been found guilty of heresy. Joan of Arc was canonized some 600 years later, in 1920, and is now one of the patron saints of France.

4. Hot times in Paris ETES
In French, spring (printemps) is followed by summer (été).

6. DNA polymerase, e.g. ENZYME
Polymerase is an enzyme, with the job of making new RNA and DNA.

9. __ Romana PAX
“Pax Romana” is Latin for “Roman Peace”. The term literally described a period in Roman history for the 1st and 2nd centuries AD during which the Roman Empire was ruled by Caesar Augustus. Under his control, expansionist ideas by powerful generals were held in check, and the peoples of foreign lands ruled by the Romans were relatively calm. The peace enjoyed was considered uneasy as Rome governed its conquered territories with an iron fist, and insurrection was likely at all times. The expression “pax Romana” then came to be used in English to describe any situation in which there is an uneasy peace, a peace imposed by a powerful state on a weaker state.

10. Cathedral area APSE
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.

11. Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida __” LOCA
“Livin’ La Vida Loca” is a 1999 single recorded by Ricky Martin, the title of which translates as “living the crazy life”.

12. Rainforest rodent AGOUTI
The term “agouti” is used for some rodents in Central and south America who have fur with bands of light and dark pigmentation.

13. 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.

“Omni” is Latin for “all”, or “every” in the context of a medical prescription. On a prescription, “omni” is usually abbreviated to “omn”.

14. Letters on some loafers EEE
The type of slip-on shoe called a “loafer” dates back to 1939. “Loafer” was originally a brand name introduced by the Fortnum and Mason’s store in London.

16. Boy in “The Kite Runner” AMIR
“The Kite Runner” was the first novel by Khaled Hosseini, published in 2003. The very successful book became an equally successful film released in 2007. “The Kite Runner” tells the story of a young boy called Amir growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hosseini is a medical doctor, but after the success of “The Kite Runner” he gave up his practice and is now a fulltime write. His second book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is also a great success.

19. Cardiac contractions SYSTOLES
In the heart, systole describes the rhythmic contraction of the ventricles to pump the blood around the body.

24. Argentite, vis-à-vis silver ORE
Argentite is a mineral ore that yields silver metal. It comprises mainly cubic silver sulfide. However, argentite is relatively unstable at room temperature and so some mineralogists argue that it cannot strictly be called a “mineral”.

29. Clickable addresses, for short URLS
Internet addresses (like NYTCrossword.com and LAXCrossword.com) are more correctly called Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).

31. Censorship-fighting org. ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has its roots in the First World War when it was founded to provide legal advice and support to conscientious objectors.

32. “Part __”: Katy Perry hit OF ME
Katy Perry is an American singer who grew up listening to and singing gospel music, as she was the daughter of two Christian pastors. In fact, her first musical release was a gospel album in 2001. She has branched out since then. Her first successful single was “Ur so Gay”, followed by “I Kissed A Girl”. She was married (only for a year) to the British comedian Russell Brand, until 2012.

40. Nasser’s confed. UAR
Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second president of Egypt, from 1956 until he died in 1970. He stood alongside Muhammad Naguib, Egypt’s first president, during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 that overthrew the ruling monarchy of Egypt and Sudan. Nasser was an advocate of Pan-Arabism, an ideology promoting unification of Arab peoples and countries. President Nasser went so far as forming the United Arab Republic (UAR), a union between Egypt and Syria that started in 1958 but fell apart in 1961 when Syria withdrew.

41. Substance used by whales as a feeding filter BALEEN
Our word “baleen” meaning “whalebone” comes from the Latin “balleana”, which in turn comes from the Greek “phallaina”, the word for a “whale”. “Phallaina” is apparently related the Greek “phallos” meaning “swollen penis”, a reference to the shape of a whale.

42. Weight watcher of rhyme SPRAT
Jack Sprat was a nickname given in the 16th century to people of small stature. Jack featured in a proverb of the day:

Jack will eat not fat, and Jull doth love no leane. Yet betwixt them both they lick the dishes cleane.

Over time, this mutated into a nursery rhyme that is still recited in England:

Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, they licked the platter clean.

43. __ del Fuego TIERRA
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southern tip of South America and is the location of the famed Cape Horn. Tierra del Fuego was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. He saw native fires on land as he passed by and originally called the location “Land of Smoke” This was later changed to “Land of Fire”, or “Tierra del Fuego” in Spanish.

44. Perfumery compound ACETAL
Acetals are a class of organic compounds, the smaller of which are volatile solvents. The simplest of the group is named acetal, which is a solvent and ingredient used in cosmetics. A much larger example of an acetal is cellulose.

45. Out ALIBI
“Alibi” is the Latin word for “elsewhere” as in, “I claim that I was ‘elsewhere’ when the crime was committed … I have an ‘alibi'”.

46. Duran Duran bassist __ John Taylor NIGEL
Duran Duran is a New Wave band from Birmingham in England. Duran Duran’s success was partially driven by some well-received MTV music videos in the 1980s. The band also worked hard on their image and paid a lot of money for very fashionable clothes in which they performed. As a result, one of Duran Duran’s nicknames is “the prettiest boys in rock”.

47. An official lang. of Malta ENG
The island state of Malta is relatively small, but its large number of inhabitants makes it one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. Malta’s strategic location has made it a prized possession for the conquering empires of the world. Most recently it was part of the British Empire and was an important fleet headquarters. Malta played a crucial role for the Allies during WWII as it was located very close to the Axis shipping lanes in the Mediterranean. The Siege of Malta lasted from 1940 to 1942, a prolonged attack by the Italians and Germans on the RAF and Royal Navy, and the people of Malta. When the siege was lifted, King George VI awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta collectively in recognition of their heroism and devotion to the Allied cause. The George Cross can still be seen on the Maltese flag, even though Britain granted Malta independence in 1964.

51. “Remembrance of Things Past” author PROUST
The title of Marcel Proust’s seven-volume novel “À la recherche du temps perdu” translates as “In Search of Lost Time” or “Remembrance of Things Past”.

57. Cinéma __ VERITE
Cinéma vérité is a French term meaning “truthful cinema”, and it describes films made in a documentary style, often deliberately provoking a strong reaction from the audience.

59. Mollusk with an ink sac SQUID
Octopuses and squid have the ability to release a dark pigment into the water as a means of escape. The dark pigment is called cephalopod ink (the squid and octopus belong to the class cephalopod). The dark color is created by melanin, the same substance that acts as a pigment in human skin.

60. Chiwere speaker OTO
Chiwere is a Siouan language spoken by the Otoe people, as well as by the Missouria and Iowa.

61. Olive __ OYL
“Thimble Theater” was the precursor comic strip to the famous “Popeye” drawn by E. C. Segar. Before Popeye came into the story, the brother and sister characters Castor Oyl and Olive Oyl were the main protagonists. And then along comes a sailor …

62. “Veep” airer HBO
“Veep” is a political satire sitcom on HBO that is a remake of the British show “The Thick of It”. “Veep” is set in the office of a fictional Vice President of the United States played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

64. Transport on treads SNO-CAT
The brand name Sno-Cat is owned by the Tucker company. All “snowcats” are tracked vehicles built to work in snow, famously used in expeditions to the polar regions. The modern Sno-Cat from Tucker differs from its competitors in that it has four, independently-mounted tracks.

67. Catholic devotion NOVENA
In the Roman Catholic tradition, a “novena” is a set of prayers or services that are repeated over nine successive days. “Novena” derives from the Latin “novem” meaning “nine”.

68. Etched: Abbr. INSC
Inscribed (insc.)

69. Pago Pago’s land SAMOA
Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa in the South Pacific. The island was used by the US Navy during WWII and it managed to escape most of the conflict. The only military incident of consequence was the shelling of the city’s harbor by a Japanese submarine. A more devastating event was the tsunami that hit Pago Pago and surrounding areas in 2009, causing widespread damage and numerous deaths.

70. Semi-hard cheeses EDAMS
Edam cheese takes its name from the Dutch town of Edam in North Holland. The cheese is famous for its coating of red paraffin wax, a layer of protection that helps Edam travel well and prevents spoiling. You might occasionally come across an Edam cheese that is coated in black wax. The black color indicates that the underlying cheese has been aged for a minimum of 17 weeks.

77. Alaskan native ALEUT
The Aleuts live on the Aleutian Islands of the North Pacific, and on the Commander Islands at the western end of the same island chain. The Aleutian Islands are part of the United States, and the Commander Islands are in Russia.

79. Philip of “Kung Fu” AHN
The actor Philip Ahn is perhaps best known for playing Master Kahn, one of Caine’s teachers on the television show “kung Fu”. Ahn was the first Asian-American actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

86. Dander IRE
The phrases “to get one’s Irish up” and “to get one’s dander up” mean to get riled up, to get angry. I guess we are always picking on the poor Irish!

94. Insurer of Bob Dylan’s vocal cords 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.

As most of us know, the real name of singer Bob Dylan is Robert Zimmerman. Zimmerman chose that particular stage name because he was greatly influenced by the poetry of the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas.

101. Old Turkish bigwig PASHA
A pasha was a high-ranking official in the Ottoman Empire, roughly equivalent to the English rank of “lord”.

103. One of the Coen brothers ETHAN
I think it’s great to see two brothers working together and being so successful. Joel and Ethan Coen are two movie producers and directors who both live in New York City. The Coen brothers do love the movie-making business and they even married industry “insiders”. Ethan’s wife is film editor Tricia Cooke, and Joel is married to one of my favorite actresses, the lovely Frances McDormand.

107. Cartoon chipmunk DALE
Chip ‘n’ Dale are two chipmunk characters created by Disney in 1943. The characters’ names are of course a pun on “Chippendale”, the family name of Thomas Chippendale the noted English furniture designer.

109. Valley where David fought Goliath ELAH
In the story of David and Goliath, the Israelites and the Philistines faced each other in battle at the Valley of Elah. Goliath was the warrior champion of the Philistines and each day he challenged the Israelites to send out their champion to decide the battle in a one-on-one fight. No one was courageous enough to accept the challenge until young David agreed to face the mighty Goliath. And of course David felled the giant soldier with a stone from his sling.

114. React to a jilting, maybe SOB
To “jilt” someone with whom you have a relationship is to drop them suddenly or callously. “Jilt” is an obsolete noun that used to mean “harlot” or “loose woman”.

115. Big bird EMU
Emu eggs are very large, with a thick shell that is dark-green in color. One emu egg weighs about the same as a dozen chicken eggs.

116. “Stillmatic” rapper NAS
Rapper Nas used to go by another stage name, Nasty Nas, and before that by his real name, Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. Nas released his first album “Illmatic” in 1994, and inventively titled his fifth studio album “Stillmatic”, released in 2001. Not my cup of tea, I would say …

117. Tach measure RPM
The tachometer takes its name from the Greek word “tachos” meaning “speed”. A tachometer measures engine revolutions per minute (rpm).

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. “Let’s get started!” HERE WE GO!
9. An epicure has a refined one PALATE
15. Diamond covers TARPS
20. Maker of smarTouch gloves ISOTONER
21. Orbital high point APOGEE
22. Abrasive mineral EMERY
23. Concertina heist? SQUEEZEBOX SCORE (squeezebox & box score)
25. Some, in Potsdam EINES
26. Takes to court SUES
27. River of Flanders YSER
28. Rivière filler EAU
29. Turmoil UNREST
30. Hunger YEN
31. Artist Modigliani AMEDEO
33. Rulers before Lenin TSARS
36. Fed. auditing agency GAO
37. Barkeep’s supply ICE
38. Formal dance for tiny, winged debutantes? FRUIT FLY BALL (fruit fly & fly ball)
42. Play for time STALL
45. Lack of vigor ANEMIA
48. Cutting rooms?: Abbr. ORS
49. Chick’s tail? -ADEE
50. Big push to collect singles bar come-ons? PICK-UP LINE DRIVE (pick-up line & line drive)
53. Grace verb BLESS
54. Roger of “Cheers” REES
55. TV’s Mrs. Peel RIGG
56. Idiot box TEEVEE
58. Gallery work ART
59. Juice brand with the digital newsletter Lizard Tales SOBE
60. Cries at fireworks OOHS
63. Discharge EGEST
66. Gofer at a moon landing site? TRANQUILITY BASE RUNNER (Tranquility Base & base runner)
72. Diamond brothers ALOUS
73. Agnew’s plea, for short NOLO
74. Deuce follower AD IN
75. “Put __ Happy Face” ON A
76. Pulse is one of them VITALS
79. Latin 101 word AMAT
80. “Back in Black” band AC/DC
81. Weighed the container of TARED
84. China piece commemorating a Ricky Ricardo catchphrase? “LUCY, I’M HOME!” PLATE (“Lucy, I’m Home!” & home plate)
89. Hooting owl, to some OMEN
90. Jellied item in British cuisine EEL
91. Hoops venues ARENAS
92. Chorus section ALTOS
93. Writing implement for Vatican edicts? PAPAL BULL PEN (papal bull & bull pen)
96. At least one ANY
97. Final finish? -IZE
98. Much, informally LOTSA
99. Go DEPART
103. “How disgusting!” EWW!
106. Blabbed about TOLD ON
108. Crossword clue, often: Abbr. DEF
111. Level, in Liverpool RASE
112. Abruzzo town in a Longfellow poem ATRI
113. Dental restoration ONLAY
114. Dance for bears? SELLING SHORT HOP (selling short & short hop)
118. __ trip FIELD
119. Senior golfer Mark O’MEARA
120. Spouse HELPMATE
121. Grows faint FADES
122. Low plants BUSHES
123. Buttercup kin ANEMONES

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1. __ fit HISSY
2. Relative of -ish -ESQUE
3. Where Joan of Arc died ROUEN
4. Hot times in Paris ETES
5. Heartache WOE
6. DNA polymerase, e.g. ENZYME
7. Hornless honkers GEESE
8. Spherical ORBED
9. __ Romana PAX
10. Cathedral area APSE
11. Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida __” LOCA
12. Rainforest rodent AGOUTI
13. Thrice, in Rx’s TER
14. Letters on some loafers EEE
15. Itty-bitty TEENSY
16. Boy in “The Kite Runner” AMIR
17. Deserter RENEGADE
18. Events for select customers PRE-SALES
19. Cardiac contractions SYSTOLES
24. Argentite, vis-à-vis silver ORE
29. Clickable addresses, for short URLS
31. Censorship-fighting org. ACLU
32. “Part __”: Katy Perry hit OF ME
34. Pot boiler STOVE
35. “It’s __ country!” A FREE
37. Sorts ILKS
39. Purged RID
40. Nasser’s confed. UAR
41. Substance used by whales as a feeding filter BALEEN
42. Weight watcher of rhyme SPRAT
43. __ del Fuego TIERRA
44. Perfumery compound ACETAL
45. Out ALIBI
46. Duran Duran bassist __ John Taylor NIGEL
47. An official lang. of Malta ENG
51. “Remembrance of Things Past” author PROUST
52. “__ possibility” IT’S A
53. Kicked off BEGUN
57. Cinéma __ VERITE
59. Mollusk with an ink sac SQUID
60. Chiwere speaker OTO
61. Olive __ OYL
62. “Veep” airer HBO
64. Transport on treads SNO-CAT
65. Take care of TEND TO
67. Catholic devotion NOVENA
68. Etched: Abbr. INSC
69. Pago Pago’s land SAMOA
70. Semi-hard cheeses EDAMS
71. Hurries RACES
77. Alaskan native ALEUT
78. Puts to sleep LULLS
79. Philip of “Kung Fu” AHN
80. Partner ALLY
81. “As if there weren’t enough,” after “to” TOP IT OFF
82. Vast rainforest AMAZONIA
83. Driven away REPELLED
85. Sharp bark YAP
86. Dander IRE
87. Sew up MEND
88. Sound after running PANT
90. Poet’s deep black EBON
94. Insurer of Bob Dylan’s vocal cords LLOYD’S
95. Soup scoops LADLES
96. Specialized cactus branch AREOLE
100. Fraction of a joule ERG
101. Old Turkish bigwig PASHA
102. Visibly frightened ASHEN
103. One of the Coen brothers ETHAN
104. Created, in a way WROTE
105. Erases WIPES
107. Cartoon chipmunk DALE
109. Valley where David fought Goliath ELAH
110. Let go FIRE
112. Prefix with sphere ATMO-
114. React to a jilting, maybe SOB
115. Big bird EMU
116. “Stillmatic” rapper NAS
117. Tach measure RPM

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