Day: March 8, 2015

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
6. Future MD’s exam MCAT
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

10. Pick-me-up pill NODOZ
NoDoz and Vivarin are brand names of caffeine pills.

15. Left, in slang BLEW
We blew the joint, we left.

20. Short-cut pasta ORZO
Orzo is pasta that has been formed into granular shapes, much like barley. And indeed, “orzo” is the Italian word for “barley”.

21. Windy City hub O’HARE
O’Hare International is the fourth busiest airport in the world. The original airport was constructed on the site between 1942 and 1943, and was used by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the manufacture of planes during WWII. Before the factory and airport were built, there was a community in the area called Orchard Place, so the airport was called Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Field. This name is the derivation of the airport’s current location identifier: ORD (OR-chard D-ouglas). Orchard Place Airport was renamed to O’Hare International in 1949 in honor of Lieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare who grew up in Chicago. O’Hare was the US Navy’s first flying ace and a Medal of Honor recipient in WWII.

It seems that the derivation of Chicago’s nickname as the “Windy City” isn’t as obvious as I would have thought. There are two viable theories. First that the weather can be breezy, with wind blowing in off Lake Michigan. The effect of the wind is exaggerated by the grid-layout adopted by city planners after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The second theory is that “windy” means “being full of bluster”. Sportswriters from the rival city of Cincinnati were fond of calling Chicago supporters “windy” in the 1860s and 1870s, meaning that they were full of hot air in their claims that the Chicago White Stockings were superior to the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

26. Emphatic type: Abbr. ITAL
Italic type leans to the right. The style is known as “italic” because the stylized calligraphic form of writing originated in Italy, probably in the Vatican.

32. E Street Band guitarist Lofgren NILS
The musician Nils Lofgren was a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band for over 25 years. Lofgren provided vocals and played guitar, and was hired as the replacement for Steven Van Zandt.

The E Street Band is the backing group for Bruce Springsteen. The band came together in 1972 but didn’t take a formal name until two years later. The keyboard player in the original line up was David Sancious, and his mother allowed the group to rehearse at her home. That home was on E Street in Belmar, New Jersey, and that’s where the band got their name.

34. “Mr. Pim Passes By” playwright MILNE
A. A. Milne (of “Winnie-the-Pooh” fame) wrote a play called “Mr. Pim Passes By” in 1919. The play was a big hit and starred Leslie Howard in the original London production.

37. “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” musical GIGI
In the lovely musical film “Gigi”, released in 1958, the title song is sung by Louis Jourdan who plays Gaston. My favorite number though, has to be “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” sung by Maurice Chevalier. Many say that “Gigi” is the last in the long line of great MGM musicals. It won a record 9 Academy Awards, a record that only lasted one year. Twelve months later “Ben Hur” won 11 Oscars. In the 1958 film, Gigi was played by the lovely Leslie Caron. A few years earlier, “Gigi” was a successful Broadway stage play by Anita Loos, adapted from a novel by Colette. Chosen for the title role on stage was the then-unknown Audrey Hepburn.

43. Versailles assembly SENAT
The French Senate (“Sénat”) meets in the beautiful Luxembourg Palace (“Palais du Luxembourg”) in Paris. There are occasions when both houses of the French Parliament (the Senate and the National Assembly) meet at the Palace of Versailles. This joint session is held for the purpose of voting on revisions to the Constitution, or to listen to an address by the President.

47. “Friendly Skies” co. UAL
United Airlines used the tagline “Fly the Friendly Skies” in its marketing materials from 1965 to 1996. It was then replaced with “It’s time to fly”. United chose George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” as the company’s theme music in 1976, and paid the Gershwin estate a fee of $500,000 for the privilege.

51. Former red state: Abbr. SSR
The former Soviet Union (USSR) was created in 1922, not long after the Russian Revolution of 1917 that overthrew the Tsar. Geographically, the new Soviet Union was roughly equivalent to the old Russian Empire, and was comprised of fifteen Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs).

The association of the color red with communism dates back to the French Revolution. A red flag was chosen as a symbol by the revolutionaries, with the color representing the blood of workers who had died in the fight against capitalism.

55. Biblical shepherd ABEL
According to the Bible, Adam and Eve had several children, although only the first three are mentioned by name: Cain, Abel and Seth.

57. South Korean sportswear company FILA
Fila was originally an Italian company, founded in 1911, but is now based in South Korea. Fila was started in Piedmont by the Fila brothers, primarily to make underwear that they sold to people living in the Italian Alps. The company started to focus on sportswear in the seventies, using tennis-great Bjorn Borg as their major endorser.

58. Was duly humiliated ATE CROW
The phrase “eat crow”, an alternative to “eat humble pie”, perhaps refers to the fact that cooked crow may be edible, but is not a great food choice.

64. IMO, in “Hamlet” METHINKS
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” is a line spoken by Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother in the play by William Shakespeare.

In my opinion (IMO)

66. Spare tyre sites BOOTS
In North America we use the word “trunk” for the storage space in the back of a vehicle as that space is reminiscent of the large travelling chest called a “trunk”. Such trunks used to be lashed onto the back of automobiles before storage was integrated. On the other side of the Atlantic, a trunk is known as a “boot”. The original boot was a built-in storage compartment on a horse-drawn carriage on which a coachman would sit.

The British spelling of “tyre”, for what we call a “tire” here in North America, was indeed the original spelling. The English started to use “tire” spelling in the 17th century, and then shifted back to the current “tyre” in the 19th century.

67. Old “Oyez!” shouters CRIERS
Town criers make public announcements on the streets, usually shouting “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” to attract attention. The term “oyez” derives from the Anglo-Norman word for “listen” and is used in this instance to me “Hear ye!”

68. “__ of robins …” A NEST
The American journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer is primarily known for his 1913 poem titled “Trees”. The original text of the poem is:

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Kilmer died a few years after writing “Trees”. He was a casualty of the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918 at the age of 31.

69. “Give Peace a Chance” co-writer, per Lennon ONO
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a very public honeymoon in a hotels in Amsterdam and then Montreal, when they staged their famous “bed-in” for peace. In answering questions from reporters Lennon found himself often repeating the words “give peace a chance”. While still in bed, he composed his famous song “Give Peace a Chance” and even made the original recording of the song in the Montreal hotel room, with reporters present, and with a whole bunch of friends. The song was released later in 1969 and became a smash hit. Writing credit was initially given to Lennon-McCartney, as was the agreement between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Later versions of the song were credited just to Lennon, even though Lennon stated that Yoko Ono actually wrote the song with him.

70. Colonial story ATTIC
The colonial style of house is very symmetrical, often with a square footprint. The main door is almost always located in the center of the front wall, with two windows on either side. The second floor has five windows, one being located directly over the front door.

75. Metal-threaded fabrics LAMES
Lamé is a fabric that has metallic yarns included in the weave. Lamé is a popular fabric for stylish evening wear, and also in the sport of fencing. The metallic threads are conductive and so help register a touch by an épée.

85. Fit to __ A TEE
The expression “to a T” can also be written as “to a tee”, and has been around at least since 1693.

86. Of no consequence MOOT
“To moot” is to bring up as a subject for discussion or debate. So, something that is moot is open to debate. Something that is no longer moot, is no longer worth debating. The term has evolved to also mean “of no practical value”.

87. London borough SUTTON
The London Borough of Sutton is to the southwest of the city. It is named for the borough’s principal town of Sutton, which in turn is named from the Old English “suth tun” meaning “south farm”.

89. Network with a three-box logo BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is also known as “the Beeb”, a name given to the network by the great Peter Sellers on the classic British radio comedy called “The Goon Show”. The BBC was founded in 1922, and was the world’s first national broadcasting organization.

95. Cedar Rapids college COE
Coe College is a private school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that was founded in 1851. Coe is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

97. Chief Powhatan’s son-in-law ROLFE
John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers in America, perhaps most famous for marrying the Native American Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan. For a few months before her death, Pocahontas lived with Rolfe in England. The couple had actually boarded a ship to return them to Virginia when Pocahontas became ill and had to be brought ashore on the south coast of England, where she soon passed away.

102. Reproductive cell OVUM
“Ovum” (plural “ova”) is Latin for “egg”.

104. Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters ELDER
When Lee Elder played in the 1975 Masters, he became the first African-American to play in the tournament. The Masters is played annually at Augusta National Golf Club. Augusta only accepted African-Americans as members for the first time in 1990.

116. St. Patrick’s land ERIN
There is a fair amount known about St. Patrick, some of which comes from two letters written in his own hand. St. Patrick lived in the fifth century, but was not born in Ireland. He was first brought to Ireland at about 16 years of age from his native Britain, by Irish raiders who made him a slave for six years. Patrick managed to escape and returned to his homeland where he studied and entered the Church. He went back to Ireland as a bishop and a missionary and there lived out the rest of his life. There seems to be good evidence that he died on March 17th (now celebrated annually as St. Patrick’s Day), although the year is less clear. The stories about shamrock and snakes, I am afraid they are the stuff of legend.

117. Medical co. in the DJIA J AND J
The medical company Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886, not by two brothers as the name would suggest, but by three. Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson formed the company initially to manufacture ready-to-use surgical dressings.

Dow Jones & Company was founded as a publishing house in 1882 by three newspaper reporters, Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Today, the company’s most famous publication has to be “The Wall Street Journal”. In 1884, Charles Dow started reporting the average dollar value of the stock of eleven companies, an index which spawned a whole host of metrics that carry the Dow Jones name to this day, including the renowned Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), also known as the “Dow 30”.

120. Hide-and-seek activity utilizing GPS … and what is literally done in the answers to starred clues GEOCACHING
Geocaching is a game rather like “hide and seek” that is played outdoors using hi-tech equipment. The idea is that someone places a waterproof container in a specific location with known GPS coordinates. The container has a logbook inside, so that players who find the “cache” can record their discovery along with any notes of interest. The location of the container is listed on special sites on the Internet for anyone to access. You can check out caches near you at www.geocaching.com. You will probably be surprised at how many there are! I know I was …

122. In __ of: replacing LIEU
As one might perhaps imagine, “in lieu” comes into English from the Old French word “lieu” meaning “place”, which in turn is derived from the Latin “locum”, also meaning “place”. So, “in lieu” means “in place of”.

123. “Shaq Diesel” rapper O’NEAL
“Shaq Diesel” is a 1993 album of rap music released by basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal. The album did well, and actually went platinum in 1994.

127. __-Croatian language SERBO
The language known as Serbo-Croatian is the primary language spoken in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

Down
2. Like many old soaps LIVE
The original soap operas were radio dramas back in the fifties. Given the structure of society back then, the daytime broadcasts were aimed at housewives working in the home. For some reason the sponsors of those radio shows, and the television shows that followed, were soap manufacturers like Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Lever Brothers. And that’s how the “soap” opera got its name …

3. Turner and others IKES
Ike and Tina Turner were together as a husband/wife duo recording music for 16 years in the sixties and seventies. Ike and Tina’s biggest hit has to be “Proud Mary”, released in 1971. The partnership ended, along with their marriage, in the late seventies with Tina making accusations of abuse by her drug-addicted husband.

4. Soft-wool sources MERINOS
The Merino breed of sheep is prized for the soft quality of its wool.

5. 2014 World Cup site BRAZIL
The 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament was hosted by Brazil. The next two tournaments will be hosted by Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022).

6. Comedian Howard with a bowl-cut hair style MOE
If you’ve seen a few of the films starring “The Three Stooges” you’ll have noticed that the line up changed over the years. The original trio was made up of Moe and Shemp Howard (two brothers) and Larry Fine (a good friend of the Howards). This line up was usually known as “Moe, Larry and Shemp”. Then Curly Howard replaced his brother when Shemp quit the act, creating the most famous trio, “Moe, Larry And Curly”. Shemp returned when Curly had a debilitating stroke in 1946, and Shemp stayed with the troupe until he died in 1955. Shemp was replaced by Joe Besser, and then “Curly-Joe” DeRita. When Larry had a stroke in 1970, it effectively marked the end of the act.

8. Bleu shade AZUR
The word “azure” came into English from Persian via Old French. The French word “l’azur” was taken from the Persian name for a place in northeastern Afghanistan called “Lazhward” which was the main source of the semi-precious stone lapis lazuli. The stone has a vivid blue color, and “azure” has been describing this color since the 14th century.

“Bleu” is French for “blue”.

9. Aboriginal emblems TOTEMS
Totem is the name given to any entity that watches over a group of people. As such, totems are usually the subjects of worship. Totem poles are really misnamed, as they are not intended to represent figures to be worshiped, but rather are heraldic in nature often celebrating the legends or notable events in the history of a tribe.

10. Noodle NOB
The slang term “nob” has been used for “head” for over 300 years, and is a variant of “knob”.

“Noodle” and “bean” are slang terms for the head.

12. __ Criss, who plays Blaine on “Glee” DARREN
Darren Criss is an actor from San Francisco who is best known for playing Blaine Anderson on the TV show “Glee”. Criss sang a cover version of “Teenage Dream” on the show, which was released as a single. It made it to number eight in the charts.

14. “Gravity” effect ZERO-G
The force of gravity that we all feel is referred to as “one G”. As gravity is a actually an accelerating force, acceleration is measured relative to that force of gravity. So, if we are sitting in a vehicle that accelerates at 3G, then we are experiencing a force that is three times that which we feel from the gravitational pull of the earth. Zero-G is weightlessness that is experienced when in space, outside the influence of the earth’s gravity.

“Gravity” is a 2013 sci-fi action film starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The film is an impressive British production, one that won more Oscars than any other film at the 86th Academy Awards. “Gravity” is full of special effects and has some amazing cinematography. It’s all about two astronauts getting stranded in space and their attempts to get back to Earth.

15. *Sulu, for one BRIDGE OFFICER
Mr. Sulu was played by George Takei in the original “Star Trek” series. Takei has played lots of roles over the years, and is still very active in television. Did you know that he appeared in the 1963 film, “Pt-109”? Takei played the helmsman steering the Japanese destroyer that ran down John F. Kennedy’s motor torpedo boat.

18. Old TV host with an accordion WELK
The style of music with which bandleader Lawrence Welk was associated became known as “champagne music”. The term was coined by a dancer in the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh when Welk was appearing there with his band in the thirties.

24. Neuter, as horses GELD
We can use the verb “to geld” to mean “to weaken, deprive of strength”. The term comes from the act of gelding an animal, castration of the male. “Geld” comes from the Old Norse word “gelda” meaning “castrate”.

29. Comic strip about a high schooler ZITS
“Zits” is a popular cartoon strip written by Jerry Scott and illustrated by Jim Borgman. The strip debuted in 1997, and features a teenage boy called Jeremy Duncan as the main character.

31. Flounder, e.g. FISH
Flounder are flatfish that are typically found lying on the bottom of estuaries and coastal lagoons. Just after it hatches, a young flunder has eyes on either side of its brain. As the fish matures, one of these eyes migrates to the other side of its body. The adult flounder then has two eyes which face up as the fish lies camouflaged on the ocean floor.

35. __ Fáil: Irish “stone of destiny” LIA
The “Lia Fáil” is the coronation stone that is found on the Hill of Tara, the traditional seat of the High Kings of Ireland. “Lia Fáil” translates from Irish as “stone of destiny”.

38. State in northeast India ASSAM
Assam is a state in the very northeast of India, just south of the Himalayas. Assam is noted for its tea as well as its silk.

39. “Beau __” GESTE
“Beau Geste” is a 1924 novel by the British writer P. C. Wren. The hero of the piece is Michael “Beau” Geste, an upper-class Englishman who joins the French Foreign Legion and embarks on a life of adventure and intrigue.

40. Heron relative EGRET
At one time the egret species of bird was in danger of extinction due to excessive hunting driven by the demand for plumes for women’s hats.

41. Former Mideast org. UAR
The United Arab Republic (UAR) was a union between Egypt and Syria made in 1958 and dissolved in 1961 when Syria pulled out of the arrangement.

42. K-5 or K-6: Abbr. ELEM
An elementary school can cover grades kindergarten through 5th or 6th.

44. Freud contemporary ADLER
Alfred Adler was one of the group of medical professionals that founded the psychoanalytic movement. Today Adler is less famous than his colleague, Sigmund Freud.

45. Nicholas and Alexander TSARS
There were two tsars of Russia named Nicholas. Nicholas I was Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia and ruled from 1894 until he abdicated in 1917, and was executed with his family in 1918.

There were three Russian tsars named Alexander. Alexander I was Emperor of Russia from 1801 until 1825. Alexander II ruled from 1855 until 1881, and Alexander III was emperor from 1881 until 1894.

53. Like the town in a Ricky Nelson hit LONESOME
“Lonesome Town” was a hit in 1958 for Ricky Nelson.

As most people are well aware here in the US (but not us immigrants!), Ricky Nelson started his career playing himself on the radio in “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”, starting in 1949. Soon after he starred in a feature film “Here Come the Nelsons”, and then started recording albums. Ricky Nelson was one of the long list (it seems) of singing stars that died in plane crashes. He was traveling on a private plane that he leased on the day after Christmas in 1985, when it crashed just northeast of Dallas. Seven people were killed, including Nelson and his fiancée.

61. Blakley of “Nashville” RONEE
Ronee Blakley is an actress from Namp, Idaho, best known for playing the country singer Barbara Jean in the 1975 film “Nashville”.

62. Digs for bats ROOSTS
Bats live in roosts, habitats where they spend the day or where they hibernate.

“Digs” is short for “diggings” meaning “lodgings”, but where “diggings” came from, no one seems to know.

63. Prayer ORISON
“Orison” is another word for prayer, that comes to us ultimately from Latin, via Middle English and Old French.

65. Canonized fifth-cen. pope ST LEO
The first pope named Leo is now known as Pope Saint Leo the Great. Leo I is famous for meeting with the feared Attila the Hun and persuading him to turn back his invading force that was threatening to overrun Western Europe.

78. Jar Jar Binks’ home planet NABOO
Jar Jar Binks is a comedic character who appears in Episodes I-III of the “Star Wars” movies.

79. Staff sequence EGBDF
In the world of music, EGBDF are the notes on the lines of the treble clef. The notes are often remembered with a mnemonic such as “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge”.

83. “We are __ stuff / As dreams are made on”: Prospero SUCH
Here are some lines that are oft quoted from William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, spoken by Prospero:

We are such stuff
as dreams are made on; and our little life
is rounded with a sleep.

98. Sawbuck TENNER
“Sawbuck” is slang for a ten dollar bill. The term was applied to the bill as the Roman numeral X (ten) resembles the end of sawhorse.

100. L-__: Parkinson’s treatment 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.

103. Magic charms MOJOS
The word “mojo”, meaning magical charm or magnetism, is probably of Creole origin.

106. Sports legend of 5-Down PELE
Pelé is the nickname of Edson de Nascimento, a soccer player who has used the name Pelé for most of his life. Pelé is now retired, and for my money was the world’s greatest ever player of the game. He is the only person to have been part of three World Cup winning squads, and is a national treasure in his native Brazil.

110. Fallon’s predecessor LENO
Jay Leno was born James Leno in New Rochelle, New York. Jay’s father was the son of Italian immigrants, and his mother was from Scotland. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and actually dropped out of school on the advice of a high school guidance counsellor. However, years later he went to Emerson college and earned a Bachelor’s degree in speech therapy. Leno also started a comedy club at Emerson in 1973. Today Jay Leno is a car nut and owns about 200 vehicles of various types. You can check them out on his website: www.jaylenosgarage.com.

Jimmy Fallon was a cast member for a number of years on “Saturday Night Live” before getting his own talk show in 2009, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”. Fallon took over “The Tonight Show” from Jay Leno in 2014.

113. Ran, old-style HIED
“To hie” is to move quickly, to bolt.

119. “Idol” judge, familiarly J.LO
J.Lo is the nickname of singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. “J.Lo” is also the title of her second studio album, released in 2001.

“American Idol” is a spin-off show that was created after the amazing success of the British television show “Pop Idol”. I can’t abide either program(me) …

121. Central opening? CEE
The letter C (cee) is the opening/first letter of the word “central”.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Head up, in a way CLIMB
6. Future MD’s exam MCAT
10. Pick-me-up pill NODOZ
15. Left, in slang BLEW
19. One on the trail HIKER
20. Short-cut pasta ORZO
21. Windy City hub O’HARE
22. Opposite of a pan RAVE
23. *Come (to), more or less AVERAGE OUT
25. Many a worm BORER
26. Emphatic type: Abbr. ITAL
27. Adjust, as a spreadsheet RESIZE
28. Company VIP PREZ
30. Observation platform ROOF DECK
32. E Street Band guitarist Lofgren NILS
34. “Mr. Pim Passes By” playwright MILNE
37. “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” musical GIGI
38. *Subject of lengthy debate AGE-OLD QUESTION
43. Versailles assembly SENAT
46. Line partitions: Abbr. SEGS
47. “Friendly Skies” co. UAL
48. Observed SAW
49. Observes BEHOLDS
51. Former red state: Abbr. SSR
52. Like the bell of a trumpet FLARED
55. Biblical shepherd ABEL
57. South Korean sportswear company FILA
58. Was duly humiliated ATE CROW
60. *Union proposal? MARRIAGE OFFER
64. IMO, in “Hamlet” METHINKS
66. Spare tyre sites BOOTS
67. Old “Oyez!” shouters CRIERS
68. “__ of robins …” A NEST
69. “Give Peace a Chance” co-writer, per Lennon ONO
70. Colonial story ATTIC
72. Holds tight CLINGS
75. Metal-threaded fabrics LAMES
77. Diminished LESSENED
81. *Play it safe HEDGE ONE’S BETS
84. 70-Across function STORAGE
85. Fit to __ A TEE
86. Of no consequence MOOT
87. London borough SUTTON
89. Network with a three-box logo BBC
90. Admission of error I GOOFED
92. Swipe from ROB
95. Cedar Rapids college COE
96. Fountain order SODA
97. Chief Powhatan’s son-in-law ROLFE
98. *Mitigate TAKE THE EDGE OFF
102. Reproductive cell OVUM
104. Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters ELDER
105. Bearing a grudge SORE
106. Scroll key PAGE DOWN
109. Where lines may be read PALM
112. Pity-evoking quality PATHOS
116. St. Patrick’s land ERIN
117. Medical co. in the DJIA J AND J
120. Hide-and-seek activity utilizing GPS … and what is literally done in the answers to starred clues GEOCACHING
122. In __ of: replacing LIEU
123. “Shaq Diesel” rapper O’NEAL
124. Regarding IN RE
125. Standing tall ERECT
126. Facility EASE
127. __-Croatian language SERBO
128. Word with waffle or sugar CONE
129. Bros DUDES

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1. Scorch CHAR
2. Like many old soaps LIVE
3. Turner and others IKES
4. Soft-wool sources MERINOS
5. 2014 World Cup site BRAZIL
6. Comedian Howard with a bowl-cut hair style MOE
7. Whip handle CROP
8. Bleu shade AZUR
9. Aboriginal emblems TOTEMS
10. Noodle NOB
11. “What do we have here?!” OHO?!
12. __ Criss, who plays Blaine on “Glee” DARREN
13. Twistable treat OREO
14. “Gravity” effect ZERO-G
15. *Sulu, for one BRIDGE OFFICER
16. Well beyond one’s prime LATE IN LIFE
17. FEMA concern EVAC
18. Old TV host with an accordion WELK
24. Neuter, as horses GELD
29. Comic strip about a high schooler ZITS
31. Flounder, e.g. FISH
33. Complains SQUAWKS
35. __ Fáil: Irish “stone of destiny” LIA
36. “Don’t go yet” NO, WAIT
38. State in northeast India ASSAM
39. “Beau __” GESTE
40. Heron relative EGRET
41. Former Mideast org. UAR
42. K-5 or K-6: Abbr. ELEM
44. Freud contemporary ADLER
45. Nicholas and Alexander TSARS
49. Mooch BEG
50. Puts in, as a political office ELECTS TO
52. __ benefit FRINGE
53. Like the town in a Ricky Nelson hit LONESOME
54. Tops, slangily DA BOMB
56. Fundamental BASAL
59. *Trial movement CHANGE OF VENUE
61. Blakley of “Nashville” RONEE
62. Digs for bats ROOSTS
63. Prayer ORISON
65. Canonized fifth-cen. pope ST LEO
71. 6-Across takers, e.g. TESTEES
72. Offer to a guest CHAIR
73. Move on LET GO
74. Guiding doctrines IDEOLOGIES
76. Starlike ASTRAL
78. Jar Jar Binks’ home planet NABOO
79. Staff sequence EGBDF
80. “Unleaded” drink DECAF
82. Sign of approval NOD
83. “We are __ stuff / As dreams are made on”: Prospero SUCH
88. Tot’s piggy TOE
91. Duel precursor, perhaps FEUD
93. Signed off on OK’D
94. Road alert BEEP
96. Sexy, in a way SEE-THRU
98. Sawbuck TENNER
99. Lamentable TRAGIC
100. L-__: Parkinson’s treatment DOPA
101. Honored GRACED
103. Magic charms MOJOS
106. Sports legend of 5-Down PELE
107. Musical highlight ARIA
108. Taper off WANE
110. Fallon’s predecessor LENO
111. Poetic time MORN
113. Ran, old-style HIED
114. Fairy tale start ONCE
115. Mil. base drillers SGTS
118. Small application DAB
119. “Idol” judge, familiarly J.LO
121. Central opening? CEE

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