LA Times Crossword Answers 5 May 13, Sunday

CROSSWORD SETTER: Jean O’Connor
THEME: Hacker … each of the themed answers is a well-known phrase, but with the ending -ER hacked off:

23A. Oatmeal? MORNING PAP(ER)
25A. Smooth con man’s tool? NATURAL FIB(ER)
34A. Victoria’s Secret ad? UNDERWEAR DRAW(ER)
47A. New member of the faith shaking things up? CATALYTIC CONVERT(ER)
61A. Soup kitchen scene? EVERYONE AND HIS BROTH(ER)
81A. Skewed priority? DISLOCATED SHOULD(ER)
90A. Foot pain location? AROUND THE CORN(ER)
107A. Edam? CHEESE BURG(ER)
109A. Tired of watching “Downton Abbey”? SERIAL NUMB(ER)

BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 17m 40s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 2 … CAT (cap), TIP (pip!)

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across
7. Monopoly token introduced in 2013 CAT
There are eight tokens included in the game of Monopoly as of 2013. These are the wheelbarrow, battleship, racecar, thimble, boot, Scottie dog, top hat and cat. The latest to be introduced was the cat in 2013, replacing the iron. The battleship and the cannon (aka howitzer, now retired) had been added to the Monopoly game as part of a recycling exercise. The pieces were intended for the game “Conflict” released in 1940, but when Parker Bros. pulled “Conflict” off the market due to poor sales, they added their excess battleships and cannons to Monopoly.

18. Fifth-century plunderer ATTILA
In his day, Attila the Hun was the most feared enemy of the Roman Empire, until he died in 453 AD. Attila was the leader of the Hunnic Empire of central Europe and was famous for invading much of the continent. However, he never directly attacked Rome.

19. Woodcutter Baba ALI
There is some controversy about the story “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” in that it has been suggested it was not part of the original collection of Arabic tales called “One Thousand and One Nights”. The suggestion is that the Ali Baba tale was added by one of its European translators.

20. Venice’s La Fenice, for one OPERA HOUSE
Teatro La Fenice is a famous opera house in Venice, Italy. The current building was opened in 2003, replacing a prior structure destroyed by arson in 1996. The older building was itself a replacement of another theater building destroyed by fire in 1836. Perhaps quite fittingly, “fenice” is the Italian for “phoenix”.

23. Oatmeal? MORNING PAP(ER)
One meaning of “pap” is soft or semi-liquid food for babies and small children. “Pap” comes into English via French, from the Latin word used by children for “food”. In the 1500s, “pap” also came to mean “an oversimplified” idea. This gives us a usage that’s common today, describing literature or perhaps TV programming that lacks real value or substance. Hands up those who think there’s a lot of pap out there, especially on television …

28. Roman statesman CATO
Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, known historically as “the elder” in order to distinguish him from his great-grandson, Cato the Younger. His ultimate position within Roman society was that of Censor, making him responsible for maintaining the census, and for supervising public morality.

30. Bit of climbing gear PITON
“Piton” is a French word for a “hook”.

34. Victoria’s Secret ad? UNDERWEAR DRAW(ER)
Victoria’s Secret was founded in 1977 in San Francisco, California. The founder wanted to create an environment where men were comfortable buying lingerie for their wives and girlfriends, an alternative to a department store.

38. People at the supermarket counter? MAG
There used to be a “People” page in each issue of “Time” magazine. This page was spun-off in 1974 as a publication of its own, which we now call “People” magazine.

39. Fifth of a century SCORE
One fifth of 100 (a century) is a 20 (a score).

40. Fictional barber Sweeney TODD
“Sweeney Todd” was originally a 1936 film, and later in 1973 a play, then a 1979 musical and a movie adaptation of the musical in 2007. After Sweeney Todd has killed his victims, his partner in crime Mrs. Lovett helped him dispose of the bodies by taking the flesh and baking it into meat pies that she sold in her pie shop. Ugh!

41. Leeds leave-taking CHEERIO
I went to school for a while not far from Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Leeds was a major center for the production and trading of wool, and then with the onset of mechanization it became a natural hub for manufacture of textiles. These days Leeds is noted as a shopping destination and so has been dubbed “the Knightsbridge of the North”.

52. Pisa’s river ARNO
The city of Pisa is right on the Italian coast, sitting at the mouth of the River Arno, and is famous for its Leaning Tower. The tower is actually the campanile (bell tower) of the city’s cathedral, and it has been leaning since it was completed in 1173. Just shows you how important good foundations are …

57. Queen dowager of Jordan NOOR
Queen Noor is the widow of King Hussein of Jordan. Queen Noor was born Lisa Halaby in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Najeeb Halaby. Her father was appointed by President Kennedy as the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, and later became the CEO of Pan Am. Lisa Halaby met King Hussein in 1977, while working on the design of Jordan’s Queen Alia Airport. The airport was named after King Hussein’s third wife who had been killed that year in a helicopter crash. Halaby and the King were married the next year, in 1978.

59. Unstable particle MUON
A muon is a subatomic particle similar to an electron but very unstable. A muon has a mean lifetime of only 2.2 microseconds.

68. Jordan’s only port AQABA
The coastal city of Aqaba is the only seaport in the country of Jordan. The city lies at the very northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, which is off the Red Sea.

69. Award-winning 2012 film thriller ARGO
“Argo” is a 2012 movie that is based on the true story of the rescue of six diplomats hiding out during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The film was directed by and stars Ben Affleck and is produced by Grant Heslov and George Clooney, the same pair who produced the excellent “Good Night, and Good Luck”. I saw “Argo” and recommend it highly, although I found the scenes of religious fervor pretty frightening …

71. Hill of “Psych” DULE
Dulé Hill is an actor from East Brunswick, New Jersey who these days is best-known for playing Gus on the fun TV show “Psych”. Prior ot “Psych”, Hill played the marvelously written Charlie Young, the President’s “body man” on “The West Wing”. Hill actually opted to leave “The West Wing” before the who ended its run in order to take the starring role in “Psych”.

84. Soft slip-on MOC
“Moc” is short for “moccasin” shoe.

The moccasin is a traditional form of footwear worn by many Native American tribes.

85. Bee student SPELLER
Back in 18th-century America, when neighbors would gather to work for the benefit of one of their group, such a meeting was called a “bee”. The name “bee” was an allusion to the social nature of the insect. In modern parlance, a further element of entertainment and pleasure has been introduced, for example in a “quilting bee”, or even a “spelling bee”.

87. Courtmate of Elena and Ruth SONIA
In a 2001 speech addressing the need for stronger representation of the Hispanic community in the judiciary, future Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor made the remark:

I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.

That line raised a few eyebrows, and was a topic of some discussion during her confirmation hearing. Discuss …

Elena Kagan was the Solicitor General of the United States who replaced Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court. That made Justice Kagan the fourth female US Supreme Court justice (there have been 108 men!). I hear she is a fan of Jane Austen, and used to reread “Pride and Prejudice” once a year. Not a bad thing to do, I’d say …

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg serves on the US Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg was the second woman to join the Court, nominated by President Bill Clinton. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1999 and underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. During that time she did not miss one day on the bench. In 2009 Justice Ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer, and was back to work 12 days later.

89. Drying-out problem DTS
The episodes of delirium that can accompany withdrawal from alcohol are called Delirium Tremens (the DTs). The literal translation of this Latin phrase is “trembling madness”.

94. Café BISTRO
“Bistro” was originally a Parisian slang term for a “little wine shop or restaurant”.

98. Orly arrival AVION
“Avion” is the French for “airplane”.

Orly is on the outskirts of Paris, to the south of the city. It is home of course to the Paris-Orly Airport, the second busiest international airport for the city after the more recently built Charles de Gaulle Airport. That said, Orly is home to more domestic flights than Charles de Gaulle.

99. Subject of the 2008 biography “The Man Who Made Lists” ROGET
Peter Mark Roget was an English lexicographer. Roget was an avid maker of lists, apparently using the routine of list-making to combat depression, a condition he endured for most of his life. He published his famous thesaurus in 1852, with revisions and expansions being made years later by his son, and then in turn by his grandson.

100. Kutcher of “No Strings Attached” ASHTON
Ashton Kutcher played the character Michael Kelso on Fox’s “That ‘70s Show”. Kelso was Kutcher’s breakthrough acting role. He is now doing a good job on the sitcom “Two and a Half Men”, having replaced the disgraced Charlie Sheen.

101. Marathon prep run TEN-K
A marathon is run over 26 miles and 385 yards, and of course commemorates the legendary messenger-run by Pheidippides from the site of the Battle of Marathon back to Athens. The actual distance run today was decided in 1921, and matches the length of the modern-day Marathon-Athens highway.

102. “Wuthering Heights” setting MOOR
“Wuthering Heights” is the only novel written by Emily Brontë, one that she published using the pen name Ellis Bell. Her sister Charlotte Brontë had just published her famous book “Jane Eyre” under the name Currer Bell.

107. Edam? CHEESE BURG(ER)
Edam cheese takes its name from the Dutch town/burg 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.

109. Tired of watching “Downton Abbey”? SERIAL NUMB(ER)
Fans of the wonderful TV drama “Downton Abbey” will be very familiar with the exterior appearance of Highclere Castle in Hampshire. Highclere is used as the location for exterior and many interior shots of the fictitious Grantham residence called Downton Abbey. The exterior of Highclere is very reminiscent of the Houses of Parliament building in London. That similarity exists because the house was largely rebuilt from 1839 to 1842 by architect Sir Charles Barry soon after he finished work on the refurbished Houses of Parliament.

113. “Katie” host COURIC
Katie Couric left NBC’s “The Today Show” in 2006 and took over as news anchor for “CBS Evening News”. In so doing she became the first solo female anchor of a broadcast network evening news program. Couric also has the honor of being the only person to guest-host on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”. In fact she “swapped jobs” on that particular day, and Leno filled in for Couric on “The Today Show”.

“Katie” is a talk show hosted by Katie Couric.

117. Collectible Fords EDSELS
It was Henry Ford’s son Edsel who gave his name to the Edsel brand of automobile, a name that has become synonymous with “failure”.

Down
1. Cries from Emeril BAMS!
Emeril Lagasse is an American chef, born in Massachusetts. Lagasse first achieved notoriety as executive chef in Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. Now famous for his television shows, his cuisine still showcases New Orleans ingredients and influences. Lagasse started using his famous “Bam!” catchphrase in order to keep his crew awake during repeated tapings of his show.

5. Hillary Clinton, e.g. ELI
Eli is the nickname for a graduate of Yale University, a term used in honor of the Yale benefactor Elihu Yale.

When Hillary Rodham Clinton was appointed US Secretary of State, she became the first former First Lady to serve in a president’s cabinet. Hillary met her husband, President Bill Clinton, when the two were studying at Yale law school.

7. Cook, for one: Abbr. CAPT
The famed British explorer Captain James Cook made three voyages of discovery into the Pacific Ocean. Cook was in command of HMS Resolution on his third voyage, and he and his crew he became the first Europeans to visit the Hawaiian Islands, in 1778. He landed on Kauai and named the whole archipelago the Sandwich Islands, in honor of the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was in charge of the British Admiralty at the time. Cook continued his voyage, leaving Hawaii to explore the coast of what is now called Canada and Alaska, and returning to Hawaii the following year. After one month of contact with the native Hawaiians, Cook departed from the islands but was forced to return to repair a broken mast. Relations between the Europeans and the islanders had been good but despite this a dispute developed and got out of control that resulted in Cook being struck on the head and stabbed to death. His body was dragged away by the islanders, and as an apparent sign of respect for the Captain, the natives processed his body according to funeral traditions associated with Hawaiian kings and elders. Eventually, after a petition from the remaining crew, some of Cook’s remains were also returned for a formal burial at sea, adhering to British naval tradition.

10. Beethoven’s “Pathétique,” e.g. SONATA
Beethoven’s popular Piano Sonata No. 6 is known as the Pathétique. It was written in 1798 when the composer was just 27 years old.

11. “Bridesmaids” co-producer Judd APATOW
Judd Apatow is best known for producing the TV series “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared”. Not my cup of tea …

“Bridesmaids” is a 2011 comedy movie co-written by and starring Kristen Wiig. I wasn’t mad about this film until Chris O’Dowd turned up as a traffic cop. Wiig and O’Dowd were great together, I thought. Pity about the rest of the movie …

13. 1989-’90 Broadway one-man show TRU
“Tru” was written by Jay Presson Allen and is a play about Truman Capote that premiered in 1989. There is a classic anachronism in the piece. The play is set in Capote’s New York City apartment at Christmas 1975. At one point the Capote character talks about suicide, saying that he has enough pills to stage his own Jonestown Massacre. The Jonestown Massacre didn’t happen until three years later, in 1978.

14. American Girl collection DOLLS
American Girl is a line of dolls introduced in 1986. The dolls were originally young girls dressed in clothes that evoked various periods of American history.

15. Chaka Khan’s original band RUFUS
Chaka Khan is the stage name of singer Yvette Stevens from Chicago. Chaka Khan was the front woman for the band Rufus before she launched her very successful solo career.

17. Nice infants BEBES
In French speaking countries a “bébé” (baby) is cared for by its “mère” (mother).

The city of Nice lies on the Mediterranean coast of France, not far from the Italian border. Although it is only the fifth most populous city, Nice has the second busiest airport in the country (after Paris) thanks to the vast number of jet-setting tourists that flock to the French Riviera.

21. Wyoming natives ARAPAHOS
The Arapaho tribe lived on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming. The Arapaho traditionally wintered in small camps in the foothills of the Rockies, and then relocated to plains in the spring where they hunted the buffalo that were gathering to give birth to their young.

22. Chlorine or fluorine HALOGEN
The halogens are a group of elements in the periodic table consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine. The term “halogen” was the name that was originally proposed for chlorine when it was first discovered. When it was passed over in favor of chlorine, the name “halogen” was given to the group of elements to which chlorine belonged.

28. Like cottage cheese CURDY
Cottage cheese got its name because it was a simple cheese that was made by simple folk living in cottages, using any milk left over from butter production.

31. III, in modern Rome TRE
“One, two, three” in Italian is “uno, due, tre”.

34. Pres. Carter’s alma mater USNA
President Jimmy Carter is a graduate of the US Naval Academy (USNA). Carter served in the Navy on surface ships and submarines, and chose to pursue a career in the submarine service as he was interested in nuclear power and believed it had a great future in submarine design. As a result, he became an expert in nuclear propulsion. In 1952, the Navy sent the young Carter to the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada to lead the US effort to shutdown the reactor after an accident and partial meltdown of a reactor core. He and his team had to be lowered into the leaking reactor core for mechanical disassembly, staying there for only seconds at a time to minimise exposure to radiation. Decades later as US President, it was this experience that influenced Carter’s decision not to complete the development of the neutron bomb.

35. Cape Fear’s st. N CAR
Cape Fear is a headland that juts out into the Atlantic on the North Carolina coast. The headland was given its name in 1585 when sailors en route to Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks became fearful of losing their ship should they venture beyond the cape. Apparently, Cape Fear is the fifth oldest English place name still in use today in the US.

36. Congratulatory contraction ATTA
Atta boy/girl!

37. Place for a hog? ROAD
“Hog” is an informal name for a large motorcycle (and not just a Harley-Davidson). That said, the Harley Owners Group (HOG) has made the term their own.

The Harley-Davidson motorcycle company was started up in the very early 1900s by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson, . Their first design was in effect an engine hooked up to a pedal bicycle, but the 116 cc cylinder capacity simply couldn’t generate enough power to get up the hills of their native city of Milwaukee. The pair came up with a redesigned model that had a cylinder capacity of 405 cc, which the partners built in a shed at the back of Davidson’s house. In 1906, the partners built their first factory, located where the company’s headquarters is to this day, on Juneau Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

44. Gaeilge, to its speakers IRISH
There are three Erse languages: Irish, Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) and Scots Gaelic. In their own tongues, these would be Gaeilge (in Ireland), Gaelg (on the Isle of Man) and Gàidhlig (in Scotland).

45. Baseball’s Mel and Ed OTTS
At 5′ 9″, Mel Ott weighed just 170 lb (I don’t think he took steroids!) and yet he was the first National League player to hit over 500 home runs. Sadly, Ott died in a car accident in New Orleans in 1958 when he was only 49 years old.

Ed Ott is a retired baseball catcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the California Angels of the Major Leagues. Ed Ott is no relation to the more famous Mel Ott.

47. Bok __ CHOY
Bok choy is a variety of Chinese cabbage. “Bok choy” translates as “white vegetable”.

50. The “I” in I.M. Pei IEOH
I. M. Pei (full name: Ieoh Ming Pei) is an exceptional American architect, born in China. Of Pei’s many wonderful works, my favorite is the renovation of the Louvre in Paris, especially the Glass Pyramid in the courtyard.

53. Seaman’s 12:30 ONE BELL
A ship’s bell is used to indicate time on board a ship and to regulate the duties of sailors in a maritime watch system. The bell is rung at each half-hour of a four-hour watch. Once the first half-hour has passed the bell is struck once (one bell). After the second half-hour the bell is struck twice (two bells) etc.

In the traditional watch system at sea, the crew is divided into two “teams”, often called the port and starboard watches. Each watch works for four hours and then rests for four hours, works again for four hours and rests etc. As there are six 4-hour periods (also called watches, to confuse!) in every day, and six is an even number, the period from midnight to 4am would have to be stood by the same crew members. As this is the watch that is considered undesirable to many, then a system was devised to rotate responsibilities for fairness. The “dogwatch” is the 4-hour period between 4pm and 8pm and it was split into two 2-hour periods, the first dogwatch and second dogwatch. This resulted in a complement of seven watches in every 24-hour period, an odd number. Consequently, the team attending a particular watch in a day, is replaced by the opposite team on the next day.

62. Triple-meter dance, in Dijon VALSE
In French, a triple-meter dance is often a waltz (valse).

Dijon is a city in eastern France, in the Burgundy region. Dijon is famous for its mustard, a particularly strong variation of the condiment. The European Union doesn’t protect the name “Dijon” so anyone can use it on a label. That seems fair enough to me given that 90% of the mustard made in and around Dijon is produced using mustard seed imported from Canada!

63. Suffix with 48-Down -NAUT
(48. Flying prefix AERO-)
An aeronaut is the pilot of a craft that is lighter than air, like a hot air balloon for example.

72. Flammable solvents ACETONES
Acetone is the active ingredient in nail polish remover and in paint thinner.

73. Bar in a brown wrapper MARS
Forrest Mars, Sr. was the founder of the Mars Company. Forrest invented the Mars Bar while living over in England and then developed M&M’s when he returned to the US. Mars came up with the idea for M&M’s when he saw soldiers in the Spanish Civil War eating chocolate pellets. Those pellets had a hard shell of tempered chocolate on the outside to prevent them from melting. Mars got some of the funding to develop the M&M from William Murrie, the son of the president of Hershey’s Chocolate. It is the “M” and “M” from “Mars” and “Murrie” that gives the name to the candy.

74. Snowboarding gold-medalist White SHAUN
Professional snowboarder Shaun White has won Olympic gold twice, in 2006 and 2010. White is a red-headed Irish American, and is often referred to as “The Flying Tomato”.

76. Word sung after midnight AULD
The song “Auld Lang Syne” is a staple at New Year’s Eve, the words of which were written by Scottish poet Robbie Burns. The literal translation of “Auld Lang Syne” is “old long since”, but is better translated as “old times”. The sentiment of the song is “for old time’s sake”.

79. “The Third Man” genre NOIR
The expression “film noir” has French origins, but only in that it was coined by a French critic in describing a style of Hollywood film. The term, meaning “black film” in French, was first used by Nino Frank in 1946. Film noir often applies to a movie with a melodramatic plot and a private eye or detective at its center. Good examples would be “The Big Sleep” and “D.O.A”.

“The Third Man” is a great film noir produced in England in 1949, and starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard. It’s a great film in itself, but is often remembered for the title music, an instrumental piece featuring the zither that was written and performed by Anton Karas. The screenplay for the film was written by Graham Greene.

82. Antique grayish-pink shade OLD ROSE
Old rose is a shade of the rose color that was very popular in the Victorian era. Old rose is also known as ashes of rose.

88. Father of the river gods OCEANUS
Oceanus was a mythical figure personifying the so-called “World Ocean”, the interconnected oceans and seas of the world. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that the world was encircled by one enormous river.

91. Lookalike RINGER
A “ringer” was originally a fast horse that was substituted surreptitiously into a race for a slower one. The term was derived from the verb “to ring in”, meaning to substitute.

92. Enterprise counselor TROI
Deanna Troi is a character on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” who is played by the lovely Marina Sirtis. Sirtis is a naturalized American citizen and has what I would call a soft American accent on the show. However, she was born in the East End of London and has a natural accent off-stage that is more like that of a true Cockney.

93. Ancient odist HORACE
One of Ancient Rome’s leading lyric poets was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, or “Horace” as we tend to know him.

94. Baroque musical dynasty BACHS
Johann Sebastian Bach raised a very large family. He had seven children with his first wife, who died suddenly. He had a further thirteen children with his second wife. Of his twenty youngsters, there were four sons who became famous musicians in their own right:

– Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (aka “the Halle Bach”)
– Carl Philipp Bach (aka “the Hamburg Bach”)
– Johann Christoph Bach (aka “the Buckeburg Bach”)
– Johann Christian Bach (aka “the London Bach”)

96. He-Man’s twin sister SHE-RA
“She-Ra: Princess of Power” is an animated television show, a spinoff of the very successful “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”. Both shows are aimed at young people, with “He-Man” targeted at boys and “She-Ra” at girls.

97. Statistical tool first used to monitor the quality of stout T-TEST
A “t-test” in the world of statistics is one that makes use of a “Student’s t distribution”. The t-statistic was introduced by a chemist working in the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, back in 1908. “Student” was the chemist’s pen name.

102. Cultural idea that may go viral MEME
A “meme” (short for “mineme”) is a cultural practice or idea that is passed on verbally or by repetition from one person to another. The term lends itself very well to the online world where links, emails, files etc. are so easily propagated.

105. First Best Actor Oscar winner Jannings EMIL
Emil Jannings, an actor from Switzerland, was the first person to receive an Oscar. He was the star of the 1928 silent movie called “The Last Command”.

109. Adderley’s instrument SAX
Cannonball Adderley was an alto-sax player whose heyday was in the fifties and sixties. Adderley picked up the nickname “Cannonball” in high school as apparently he was a big eater. Go figure …

110. City close to Ben-Gurion Airport LOD
The city of Lod lies just a few miles southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the home of Ben Gurion International, Israel’s main airport.

Israel’s principal airport is Ben Gurion International. The airport was given the name in 1973 in honor of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Roasting aid BASTER
7. Monopoly token introduced in 2013 CAT
10. Preserve, in a way SALT
14. Hardly eye-catching DRAB
18. Fifth-century plunderer ATTILA
19. Woodcutter Baba ALI
20. Venice’s La Fenice, for one OPERA HOUSE
23. Oatmeal? MORNING PAP(ER)
25. Smooth con man’s tool? NATURAL FIB(ER)
26. Bridge SPAN
27. Building sites LOTS
28. Roman statesman CATO
29. Refer (to) ALLUDE
30. Bit of climbing gear PITON
32. Words before DVD OUT ON
33. Celebrity entourages POSSES
34. Victoria’s Secret ad? UNDERWEAR DRAW(ER)
38. People at the supermarket counter? MAG
39. Fifth of a century SCORE
40. Fictional barber Sweeney TODD
41. Leeds leave-taking CHEERIO
46. “Don’t reckon so” NAW
47. New member of the faith shaking things up? CATALYTIC CONVERT(ER)
52. Pisa’s river ARNO
54. Exhilarating HEADY
55. Makes better HEALS
56. “You’re looking at her” I’M IT
57. Queen dowager of Jordan NOOR
59. Unstable particle MUON
60. Felicity BLISS
61. Soup kitchen scene? EVERYONE AND HIS BROTH(ER)
68. Jordan’s only port AQABA
69. Award-winning 2012 film thriller ARGO
70. Token replaced by 7-Across IRON
71. Hill of “Psych” DULE
72. Tickle AMUSE
74. One to ten, say SCALE
77. German one EINS
81. Skewed priority? DISLOCATED SHOULD(ER)
84. Soft slip-on MOC
85. Bee student SPELLER
86. Wave to from the curb, maybe HAIL
87. Courtmate of Elena and Ruth SONIA
89. Drying-out problem DTS
90. Foot pain location? AROUND THE CORN(ER)
94. Café BISTRO
98. Orly arrival AVION
99. Subject of the 2008 biography “The Man Who Made Lists” ROGET
100. Kutcher of “No Strings Attached” ASHTON
101. Marathon prep run TEN-K
102. “Wuthering Heights” setting MOOR
104. Befuddled ASEA
107. Edam? CHEESE BURG(ER)
109. Tired of watching “Downton Abbey”? SERIAL NUMB(ER)
111. Good thinking HORSE SENSE
112. Diplomatic VIP AMB
113. “Katie” host COURIC
114. Diamond datum STAT
115. Stag, e.g. DEER
116. Spot markers? XES
117. Collectible Fords EDSELS

Down
1. Cries from Emeril BAMS!
2. On ATOP
3. Attach to the luggage rack, say STRAP DOWN
4. Less resonant TINNIER
5. Hillary Clinton, e.g. ELI
6. Dwindled alarmingly RAN LOW
7. Cook, for one: Abbr. CAPT
8. “Ah, me!” ALAS!
9. Handicapper’s help TIP
10. Beethoven’s “Pathétique,” e.g. SONATA
11. “Bridesmaids” co-producer Judd APATOW
12. Show you know LET ON
13. 1989-’90 Broadway one-man show TRU
14. American Girl collection DOLLS
15. Chaka Khan’s original band RUFUS
16. Remark to the audience ASIDE
17. Nice infants BEBES
21. Wyoming natives ARAPAHOS
22. Chlorine or fluorine HALOGEN
24. Used up GONE
28. Like cottage cheese CURDY
31. III, in modern Rome TRE
32. “You’d never guess, but …” ODDLY
34. Pres. Carter’s alma mater USNA
35. Cape Fear’s st. N CAR
36. Congratulatory contraction ATTA
37. Place for a hog? ROAD
38. Mid-century year MCCL
42. Archfiend EVIL ONE
43. Send in REMIT
44. Gaeilge, to its speakers IRISH
45. Baseball’s Mel and Ed OTTS
47. Bok __ CHOY
48. Flying prefix AERO-
49. Clunk cousin THUD
50. The “I” in I.M. Pei IEOH
51. “Pleeease?” CAN I?
53. Seaman’s 12:30 ONE BELL
58. “Chopsticks __ fork?” OR A
59. Phone button letters MNO
60. Fella BRO
61. Provide with gear EQUIP
62. Triple-meter dance, in Dijon VALSE
63. Suffix with 48-Down -NAUT
64. Language that gave us “clan” ERSE
65. Like much wine and cheese AGED
66. Houseplant spot SILL
67. Raised on a farm BRED
68. Totals ADDS
72. Flammable solvents ACETONES
73. Bar in a brown wrapper MARS
74. Snowboarding gold-medalist White SHAUN
75. Bit of change COIN
76. Word sung after midnight AULD
78. “Can’t really say” I’M NOT SURE
79. “The Third Man” genre NOIR
80. Digitize, in a way SCAN
82. Antique grayish-pink shade OLD ROSE
83. Trembled SHOOK
87. Part of a line: Abbr. SEG
88. Father of the river gods OCEANUS
90. Reluctant AVERSE
91. Lookalike RINGER
92. Enterprise counselor TROI
93. Ancient odist HORACE
94. Baroque musical dynasty BACHS
95. Has sex appeal IS HOT
96. He-Man’s twin sister SHE-RA
97. Statistical tool first used to monitor the quality of stout T-TEST
98. Hum __ A TUNE
102. Cultural idea that may go viral MEME
103. Round bodies ORBS
105. First Best Actor Oscar winner Jannings EMIL
106. Basics ABCS
108. Soil holder BED
109. Adderley’s instrument SAX
110. City close to Ben-Gurion Airport LOD

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