LA Times Crossword Answers 22 Sep 13, Sunday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Julian Lim
THEME: Hurry! … today’s themed answers all end with a type of RACE:

23A. *Similarly troubled IN THE SAME BOAT (giving “boat race”)
38A. *Mythological trick TROJAN HORSE (giving “horserace”)
63A. *Design on a shield COAT OF ARMS (giving “arms race”)
78A. *Most people can’t stand to work in one CRAWLSPACE (giving “Space Race”)
100A. *Fire GIVE THE SACK (giving “sack race”)
17D. *”Bor-r-r-ring!” WHAT A DRAG! (giving “drag race”)
82D. *Bad thing to get off on WRONG FOOT (giving “footrace”)

119A. Embarking on something exciting, and a hint regarding what this puzzle’s starred answers’ endings have in common OFF TO THE RACES

BILL BUTLER’S COMPLETION TIME: 27m 50s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 4 … RIHANNA (Riyanna!!), RHEE (Ryee), SILESIA (Tilesia), ANASAZI (Anatazi)

Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
Across

1. Clerics in un monastère ABBES
In French, abbots (abbés) might live in a monastery (un monastère).

6. Scanner reading BARCODE
UPC stands for Universal Price Code or Universal Product Code. The first UPC-marked item to get scanned in a store was on June 26, 1974 at 08:01 a.m. at Marsh’s supermarket in Troy, Ohio. It was a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum …

13. Directory of notables WHO’S WHO
Several publications use the phrase “Who’s Who” in the title. The oldest and best known is the British reference “Who’s Who” that has been listing prominent British people since 1849. There is a sister publication called “Who Was Who” that lists prominent people who have died since 1897.

20. Jeweler’s aid LOUPE
A loupe is a little magnifying lens that is held in the hand. “Loupe” is the French name for such a device.

21. “Umbrella” singer RIHANNA
The singer Rihanna was born and grew up on the island of Barbados and moved to the US when she was 16-years-old to pursue a singing career. “Rihanna” is her stage name, as she was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty. The name “Rihanna” is derived from the Welsh name “Rhiannon”.

22. Collaborative instructional website WIKIHOW
wikiHow is a website that has the mission to build the world’s largest how-to manual. The site was launched in 2005 by the owners of the website eHow.

25. Muslim domain IMAMATE
The term “imamate” is used for the office on an imam.

An imam is a Muslim leader, often the person in charge of a mosque or perhaps a Muslim community.

26. Like an emcee who’s overdoing it SMARMY
The term “smarm”, meaning insincere flattery, comes from a colloquial word “smalm” meaning to smear the hair with some sort of styling product.

28. High-tech film effects, for short CGI
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)

33. Part of TNT NITRO
TNT is an abbreviation for trinitrotoluene. Trinitrotoluene was first produced in 1863 by the German chemist Joseph Wilbrand, who developed it for use as a yellow dye. TNT is relatively difficult to detonate so it was on the market as a dye for some years before its more explosive properties were discovered.

36. Colorado River feeder GILA
The Gila River is a tributary of the Colorado and flows through New Mexico and Arizona. From 1848 to 1853, the Gila marked part of the border between the US and Mexico.

37. Acronymous 13-Down gun STEN
The STEN gun is an iconic armament that was used by the British military. The name STEN is an acronym. The S and the T comes from the name of the gun’s designers, Shepherd and Turpin. The EN comes from the Enfield brand name, which in turn comes from the Enfield location where the guns were manufactured for the Royal Small Arms Factory, an enterprise owned by the British government.

38. *Mythological trick TROJAN HORSE (giving “horserace”)
The story of the Wooden Horse of Troy is told in the Virgil’s poem “The Aeneid”. According to the tale, the city of Troy finally fell to Greeks after a siege that had lasted for ten years. In a ruse, the Greeks sailed away in apparent defeat, leaving behind a large wooden horse. Inside the horse were hidden 30 crack soldiers. When the horse was dragged into the city as a victory trophy, the soldiers sneaked out and opened the city’s gates. The Greeks returned under cover of night and entered the open city.

46. Where Rome is NEW YORK
It is assumed that Rome, New York is named after the city in Italy, but no one seems to be sure why it is so called. The city, in Upstate New York near Utica, was originally founded as Lynchville. Prior to becoming a city, the settlement was called Fort Stanwix, named for the military outpost that dominated the area.

48. “In Dreams” actor REA
Stephen Rea is an Irish actor from Belfast, whose most famous role was that of the “retired” IRA man in the brilliant 1992 film “The Crying Game”. He also starred in the chilling movie “Stuck”, a 2007 film that is based on a true story about a woman who commits a hit and run on a homeless man. The woman leaves the scene of the crime with the victim still “stuck” in her windshield. The woman leaves the man to die in her garage. Chilling, eh? But as I said, a true story …

“In Dreams” is a 1999 thriller film directed by the great Neil Jordan. The movie features Annette Bening as a suburban housewife who develops a psychic connection with a serial killer who murdered her own daughter. I haven’t seen this one …

49. Coral element POLYP
Polyps are tiny sea creatures that are found attached to underwater structures or to other polyps. Polyps have a mouth at one end of a cylindrical “body” that is surrounded by tentacles. Some polyps cluster into groups called stony corals, with stony corals being the building blocks of coral reefs. The structure of the reef is provided by calcium carbonate exoskeletons secreted by the coral polyps.

53. Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud,” e.g. SONNET
I don’t know about here in America, but at school in Ireland we all had to learn John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet X”, also known as “Death Be Not Proud”.

John Donne is one of England’s most celebrated poets, working at the start of the 17th century. He spent much of his life in poverty and even spent a short time in prison for having married his wife without procuring the appropriate permissions. His wife might have regretted that he was released, as she then bore him 12 children in 16 years, passing away a few days after the twelfth child was born.

55. 1996 Summer Olympics star MIA HAMM
Mia Hamm is a retired American soccer player, a forward who played on the US national team that won the FIFA women’s World Cup in 1991. Hamm has scored 158 international goals, more than other player in the world, male or female. Amazingly, Hamm was born with a club foot, and so had to wear corrective shoes when she was growing up.

57. Good way to find a relic IN SITU
“In situ” is a Latin phrase meaning “in the place”, and we use the term to mean “in the original position”.

59. It might involve a bouncing ball KARAOKE
“Karaoke” translates from Japanese as “open orchestra”, and the related word “karate” translates as “open hand”.

62. “Crowd Goes Wild” host, familiarly REGIS
Regis Philbin is an amazingly popular television personality. Philbin is in such high demand and has had such a long career, that he holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera (in excess of 16,000 hours).

“Crowd Goes Wild” is a sports and entertainment show that airs on the Fox Sports 1 channel, and which is hosted by Regis Philbin.

68. 1998 insect-world animated film ANTZ
“Antz” was the first feature movie released by Dreamworks SKG, the studio founded by Steven Spielberg and two partners in 1994. “Antz” came out in 1998, and has a stellar cast that includes Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Gene Hackman and many, many other big names. The cartoon is quite unique in that the facial features of the voice actors are reflected in the animated characters.

69. Draft status ONE-A
The US government maintains information on all males who are potentially subject to military conscription, using what is called the Selective Service System(SS). In the event that a draft was held, men registered would be classified into groups to determine eligibility for service. Class 1-A registrants are those available for unrestricted military service. Other classes are 1-A-O (conscientious objector available for noncombatant service), 4-A (registrant who has completed military service) and 4-D (Minister of religion).

70. Psyche’s beloved EROS
In the myth of Cupid (aka Eros) and Psyche, the two title characters must overcome many obstacles to fulfill their love for each other. Overcome them they do, and the pair marry and enjoy immortal love.

71. Some OR workers LPNS
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) might work in an operating room (OR).

80. Ames native IOWAN
The city of Ames, Iowa is famous for holding the Ames Straw Poll in advance of most presidential elections. The poll in question is used to gauge the level of support for two or more Republican candidates, although non-Republicans are allowed to cast a vote. To vote one has to be an Iowa resident and one must buy a ticket to the fundraising dinner at which the vote is taken. The event gets a lot of coverage, so it boosts the local economy as journalists hit the town. It is a very successful fundraiser for the Republican Party in Iowa as well, but the usefulness of the straw poll in predicting the eventual winner of the nomination is less clear. There have been five straw polls since 1979, and just 2 out of 5 times the poll winner went on to capture the party’s nomination.

83. Coal-rich region of central Europe SILESIA
Silesia is a region in Central Europe that lies mainly in Poland, but also in the Czech Republic and Germany. Silesia is home to large coalfields, and as a result the region if highly industrialized.

86. __ Faso BURKINA
Burkina Faso is an inland country in western Africa. The country used to be called the Republic of Upper Volta and was renamed in 1984 to Burkina Faso meaning “the land of upright people”.

88. Loire Valley city NANTES
Nantes is a beautiful city located on the delta of the Loire, Erdre and Sèvre rivers. Nantes has the well deserved nickname of “The Venice of the West”. I had the privilege of visiting Nantes a couple of times on business, and I can attest that it really is a charming city …

91. Latin clarifier ID EST
i.e. = id est = that is, in Latin.

92. Nitrogen-based dye AZO
Azo compounds have very vivid colors and so are used to make dyes, especially dyes with the colors red, orange and yellow. The term “azo” comes from the French word “azote” meaning “nitrogen”. French chemist Lavoisier coined the term “azote” from the Greek word “azotos” meaning “lifeless”. He used this name as in pure nitrogen/azote animals die and flames are snuffed out (due to a lack of oxygen).

93. Skinks and geckos LIZARDS
Skinks are lizards with relatively small legs and without a pronounced neck. Most skink species have long tails that they can shed if it is grabbed by a predator. The tail can then be regenerated.

The word “gecko” comes from an Indonesian/Javanese word “tokek”, which is imitative of the reptile’s chirping sound. In making such a sound, geckos are unique in the world of lizards. More interesting to me than a gecko’s chirping is its ability to cling to walls and to other vertical surfaces. Their feet are specially adapted with “toes” that make extremely intimate, close contact to a surface. The toes have millions of hairs called setae that enable the clinging. It isn’t suction that supports them, but rather van der Waals forces (weak “gravitational” attractions). Fascinating stuff …

98. Novelist Jaffe RONA
Rona Jaffe was an American novelist perhaps most famous for two of her books, “The Best of Everything” and “Mazes and Monsters”. “The Best of Everything” was published in 1958 and has been compared with the HBO television series “Sex and the City” as it depicts women in the working world. “Mazes and Monsters” was published in 1981 and explores a role-playing game similar to Dungeons & Dragons and the impact it has on players.

100. *Fire GIVE THE SACK (giving “sack race”)
The term “to sack” meaning to dismiss someone from a job, used to be phrased as “to give the sack”. The expression probably came from the idea of firing a worker and sending him or her off with tools in a sack.

102. Sponsor of PSAs on DUI MADD
Candice Lightner lost her 13-year-old child to a drunk driver in 1980. Soon after, Lightner formed the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

111. Old Spice rival AFTA
Afta is an aftershave in the Mennen range of products that is owned by Colgate-Palmolive.

The Old Spice brand of grooming products was introduced in 1937, originally intended for a female clientele. The first male product hit the shelves in 1938, and of course today Old Spice is completely focused on products for men.

112. Seeking, in ads ISO
In search of (ISO)

113. Some ER cases ODS
Someone taking an overdose (OD) often ends up in an emergency room (ER).

127. “Friends” had 10 of them SEASONS
The remarkably successful sitcom “Friends” was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. For the first season, the six lead characters were each paid $22,500 per episode. That salary had increased to $1 million per episode by the show’s last season.

Down
1. Glitterati groups A-LISTS
The glitterati are the fashionable celebrities. “Glitterati” is a melding of the words “glitter” and “literati”.

2. Bit of wit BON MOT
“Bon mot” translates from French as “good word”. We use “bon mot” (and sometimes just “mot”) to mean a quip, a witticism.

3. Lighter liquid BUTANE
Alkanes are organic compounds. The “smaller” alkanes are gases and are quite combustible. Methane (CH4) is the main component of natural gas with ethane (C2H6) being the second largest component. Propane (C3H8) is another component of natural gas and is heavy enough to be readily turned into a liquid by compression for ease of transportation and storage. Butane (C4H10) is also easily liquefied under pressure and can be used as the fuel in cigarette lighters or as the propellant in aerosol sprays. The heavier alkanes are not gases, and instead are liquids and solids at room temperature.

4. “Heartburn” screenwriter EPHRON
Nora Ephron has many talents, including writing film scripts and novels. Many of the movies that she writes, she also directs. These would include some of my favorite movies of all time like “Sleepless in Seattle”, “You’ve Got Mail” and most recently, the wonderful “Julie & Julia”. And, did you know that Nora Ephron’s second marriage was to journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame? She wrote an autobiographical novel based on her life with Bernstein, dealing in particular with Bernstein’s affair with the daughter of British Prime Minister James Callaghan.

8. South Korean president, 1948-1960 RHEE
Syngman Rhee was born in Korea, but received much of his education in the US, including a Ph.D. from Princeton. The very much westernized Rhee returned to Korea in 1910, a Korea that by then had been annexed by Japan. Soon after he found himself President of a Provisional Government of Korea based in Shanghai, but was eventually ousted for misuse of power. After WWII, Rhee was installed as President, heavily backed by the United States. However, Rhee’s rule proved to be more like tyranny and during the Korean War his relationship with the US Government became very strained. He stayed in power until 1960 when student revolts became popular enough to force him out of office. The CIA flew him out of the country and he went into exile in Hawaii, where a few years later he died of a stroke.

10. John __ 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.

12. Face up to an embarrassing mistake EAT 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.

13. Global conflict, briefly WWII
World War Two was the deadliest war in history, with 50 to 85 million people losing their lives. Over 100 million military personnel fought in the conflict, from more than 30 countries. The start of the war is generally defined as the invasion of Poland by Germany on 1 Sep 1939, and ended with the surrender of the Japanese on 15 Aug 1945.

14. “Forget __”: 1964 hit HIM
The singer Bobby Rydell was a teen idol back in the sixties. His biggest hits were “Wild One” and “Volare” from 1960, and his last major chart hit was “Forget Him” from 1964. If you’ve seen the musical “Grease”, the high school setting of “Rydell High” was named after Bobby Rydell.

15. Striped rainforest critter OKAPI
The okapi is closely related to the giraffe, although it does have markings on its legs and haunches that resemble those of a zebra. The okapi’s tongue is long enough to reach back and wash its eyeballs, and can go back even further to clean its ears inside and out.

17. *”Bor-r-r-ring!” WHAT A DRAG! (giving “drag race”)
Back in the 18th century “drag” was slang for a wagon or buggy, as it was “dragged” along by a horse or horses. In the 1930s, the underworld adopted drag as slang for an automobile. This sense of the word was imported into automobile racing in the forties, giving the name to “drag racing”. A drag race is basically a competition between two cars to determine which can accelerate faster from a standstill.

19. Have a mortgage OWE
Our word “mortgage” comes from the Old French “mort gaige” which translated as “dead pledge”. The idea was that a pledge to repay a loan dies when the debt is cleared.

29. Like the “Saw” films GORY
The “Saw” franchise of movies is gruesome in the extreme. I’ve only seen a few minutes of “Saw” footage (accidentally). The stories are about imprisoned victims who are faced with having to mutilate themselves to escape. Ugh …

32. Prohibition proponents DRYS
There were concerted efforts to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in the US from the 1840s right up until the lobbyists achieved success with ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution in 1919. While there were several factors that influenced legislators at that time, one was the perceived need to take political power away from German-based brewing industry during WWI.

35. Angle symbols THETAS
The Greek letter theta is the one that looks like a number zero with a horizontal line in the middle. The lower case theta is used as the symbol for an angle between two lines in geometry.

36. Singer Halliwell GERI
Geri Halliwell was called Ginger Spice because of her red hair when she was with the Spice Girls. Halliwell was quite a bit older than the rest of the group and so sometimes she was less charitably referred to as “Old Spice”.

39. Love letter symbols OOO
In the sequence XOX, the X represents a kiss, and the O a hug. OOO is a string of hugs, and XXX a string of kisses. Hugs and kisses …

43. Co-star of Tom in “A Few Good Men” DEMI
Demi Moore was born Demetria Guynes and took the name Demi Moore when she married her first husband, Freddy Moore. She changed her name to Demi Guynes Kutcher a few years after marrying her present husband (soon to be ex), Ashton Kutcher. She still uses Demi Moore as her professional name.

44. Holiday tubers YAMS
Although in the US we sometimes refer to sweet potatoes as “yams”, the yam is actually a completely different family of plants. True yams are more common in other parts of the the world than they are in this country, and are especially found in Africa.

47. Marx not seen in films KARL
Karl Marx was a German philosopher and revolutionary who helped develop the principles of modern communism and socialism. Marx argued that feudal society created internal strife due to class inequalities which led to its destruction and replacement by capitalism. He further argued that the inequalities created in a capitalist society create tensions that will also lead to its self-destruction. His thesis was that the inevitable replacement of capitalism was a classless (and stateless) society, which he called pure communism.

49. Type type PICA
A pica is a unit of measure used in typography. One pica is equivalent to 1/72 of a foot, or 1/6 of an inch. Each pica unit contains 12 “points”.

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

51. Future D.A.’s exam LSAT
A future District Attorney (DA) must pass the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).

52. First name of two Israeli prime ministers YITZHAK
Yitzhak Rabin was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, and the first Prime Minister to have been born in the relatively young state of Israel. Rabin was a signatory of the Oslo Accords in 1993, along with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, and US President Bill Clinton. Sadly, this led to his death as he was assassinated two years later by a right-wing radical who opposed the Accords.

Yitzhak Shamir was the seventh Prime Minister of Israel. Shamir was born Icchak Jeziernicky in part of the Russian Empire that is now Belarus. Both of his parents and two sisters were killed during the Holocaust. The future Prime Minister adopted the name Shamir as he had used it on a forged identity card.

58. Some sky lights, to some UFOS
Unidentified flying object (UFO)

61. Sedgwick of “The Closer” KYRA
“The Closer” is a crime drama aired on TNT, with Kyra Sedgwick in the lead role. Sedgwick is married to actor Kevin Bacon.

64. Ancient Indians of the Four Corners region ANASAZI
The Ancient Pueblo Peoples were Native Americans who lived in what is now called the Four Corners area of the US. Archaeologists sometimes refer to these ancestral Pueblo peoples as the Anasazi, a Navajo word meaning “Ancient Ones”. The Pueblo name was given by early Spanish explorers in reference to the villages that they found. “Pueblo” is Spanish for “village”.

65. Int.-lowering option REFI
Refinance (refi)

67. 1952 Winter Olympics site OSLO
The 1952 Winter Olympic Games took place in Oslo, Norway. One of the firsts at the 1952 games was the first use of a purpose-built athletes’ village. The 1952 Games also marked the return of Japan and Germany to the Olympic family after being excluded from the 1948 games following WWII.

72. Baguette spread PATE
Pâté is a rich spreadable paste made up of a mixture of ground meat and fat, to which various vegetables, herbs and spices may be added. The most famous version is pâté de foie gras, made from the fattened livers of geese (“foie gras” means “fat liver” in French).

73. “JAG” spin-off NCIS
NCIS is the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The service gives its name to the CBS TV show “NCIS”, a spin-off drama from “JAG” in which the main “NCIS” characters were first introduced. The big star in “NCIS” is the actor Mark Harmon.

The legal drama “JAG” is named for the highest ranking uniformed lawyer in the US Navy, the Judge Advocate General. Apparently the show was created as a cross between “Top Gun” and “A Few Good Men”.

76. Indigo dye ANIL
Anil is another name for the indigo plant, as well as the name for the blue indigo dye that is obtained from it. The color of anil is relatively close to navy blue.

78. Reds, on scoreboards CIN
The Red Scare (i.e. anti-communist sentiment) following WWII had such an effect on the populace that it even caused the Cincinnati baseball team to change its name from the Reds. The team was called the Cincinnati Redlegs from 1953-1958, as the management was fearful of losing money due to public distrust of any association with “Reds”.

79. Pique SNIT
Our term “pique” meaning a “fit of ill feeling” is a French word meaning a “prick, sting, irritation”.

81. Greek spirits OUZO
Ouzo is an aperitif from Greece that is colorless and flavored with anise. Ouzo is similar to pastis from France and also has a flavor like sambuca from Italy.

84. Ice skater Cohen SASHA
Sasha Cohen is an American figure skater from Westwood, California. Cohen’s mother is a former ballet dancer who immigrated here from Ukraine. “Sasha” is a Russian diminutive of Cohen’s birth name of “Alexandra”.

97. Designer cologne CK ONE
CK one Lifestyle is a brand of fragrance, underwear and jeans that was launched in 2011 by Calvin Klein.

102. Puccini’s “__ Butterfly” MADAMA
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is the most-performed opera in the US. The opera that we see today is actually the second version that Puccini produced. The original version was first staged in 1904 at La Scala in Milan where it received a very poor reception. Puccini reworked the piece, breaking the second act into two new acts and making some other significant changes. The opera was relaunched a few months later and it was a resounding success.

103. Eatery where “you can get anything you want” ALICE’S
Arlo Guthrie is the son of Woody Guthrie. Both father and son are renowned for their singing of protest songs about social injustice. Arlo is most famous for his epic “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, a song that lasts a full 18m 34s. In the song Guthrie tells how, after being drafted, he was rejected for service in the Vietnam War based on his criminal record. He had only one incident on his public record, a Thanksgiving Day arrest for littering and being a public nuisance when he was 18-years-old.

107. “Socrate” composer SATIE
Erik Satie was a French composer most famous for his beautiful composition, the three “Gymnopédies”. I have tried so hard to appreciate other works by Satie but I find them so very different from the minimalist simplicity of “Gymnopédies”.

110. Rabbi’s study TORAH
The word “Torah” best translates as “teaching”, I am told.

111. Galleria display ARTE
In Italian, art (arte) can be seen in a gallery (galleria).

112. Model Sastre INES
Inés Sastre is a model and actress from Spain.

118. Cologne meas. OZS
Back in 1709, an Italian perfume-maker moved to Cologne in Germany. There he invented a new fragrance that he named Eau de Cologne after his newly adopted town. The fragrance is still produced in Cologne, using a secret formulation. However, the terms “Eau de Cologne” and “cologne”, are now used generically.

121. Monk’s address FRA
The title “Fra” (meaning “brother”) is used by Italian monks.

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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
Across
1. Clerics in un monastère ABBES
6. Scanner reading BARCODE
13. Directory of notables WHO’S WHO
20. Jeweler’s aid LOUPE
21. “Umbrella” singer RIHANNA
22. Collaborative instructional website WIKIHOW
23. *Similarly troubled IN THE SAME BOAT (giving “boat race”)
25. Muslim domain IMAMATE
26. Like an emcee who’s overdoing it SMARMY
27. Home to millions SEA
28. High-tech film effects, for short CGI
30. Worst PITS
31. Till the cows come home TO NO END
33. Part of TNT NITRO
36. Colorado River feeder GILA
37. Acronymous 13-Down gun STEN
38. *Mythological trick TROJAN HORSE (giving “horserace”)
42. Rapids phenomenon EDDY
45. “That’s so sweet!” OH YOU!
46. Where Rome is NEW YORK
48. “In Dreams” actor REA
49. Coral element POLYP
53. Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud,” e.g. SONNET
55. 1996 Summer Olympics star MIA HAMM
57. Good way to find a relic IN SITU
59. It might involve a bouncing ball KARAOKE
62. “Crowd Goes Wild” host, familiarly REGIS
63. *Design on a shield COAT OF ARMS (giving “arms race”)
66. Secret observer’s opening SPYHOLE
68. 1998 insect-world animated film ANTZ
69. Draft status ONE-A
70. Psyche’s beloved EROS
71. Some OR workers LPNS
75. Snaps HAS A FIT
78. *Most people can’t stand to work in one CRAWLSPACE (giving “Space Race”)
80. Ames native IOWAN
83. Coal-rich region of central Europe SILESIA
85. How stock may be bought ON A TIP
86. __ Faso BURKINA
88. Loire Valley city NANTES
91. Latin clarifier ID EST
92. Nitrogen-based dye AZO
93. Skinks and geckos LIZARDS
96. Straight up ERECT
98. Novelist Jaffe RONA
100. *Fire GIVE THE SACK (giving “sack race”)
102. Sponsor of PSAs on DUI MADD
106. Flow forcefully GUSH
108. Response to “Clean your room,” perhaps GROAN
109. One adding things up TOTALER
111. Old Spice rival AFTA
112. Seeking, in ads ISO
113. Some ER cases ODS
116. “Keep dreaming!” NO DICE!
117. Bread with salad? CROUTON
119. Embarking on something exciting, and a hint regarding what this puzzle’s starred answers’ endings have in common OFF TO THE RACES
123. Mist-ify? ATOMIZE
124. Psyched FIRED UP
125. Church responses AMENS
126. Post-soak condition WETNESS
127. “Friends” had 10 of them SEASONS
128. Impetuous HASTY

Down
1. Glitterati groups A-LISTS
2. Bit of wit BON MOT
3. Lighter liquid BUTANE
4. “Heartburn” screenwriter EPHRON
5. Words below a bad grade, perhaps SEE ME
6. Cup holder? BRA
7. Strives AIMS
8. South Korean president, 1948-1960 RHEE
9. Pool room CABANA
10. John __ Lennon ONO
11. Some court evidence DNA
12. Face up to an embarrassing mistake EAT CROW
13. Global conflict, briefly WWII
14. “Forget __”: 1964 hit HIM
15. Striped rainforest critter OKAPI
16. Quiet as a mouse, e.g. SIMILE
17. *”Bor-r-r-ring!” WHAT A DRAG! (giving “drag race”)
18. Have the __ for HOTS
19. Have a mortgage OWE
24. Elec. instrument SYNTH
29. Like the “Saw” films GORY
32. Prohibition proponents DRYS
34. __ peace INNER
35. Angle symbols THETAS
36. Singer Halliwell GERI
39. Love letter symbols OOO
40. Letters for occupants? JUNK MAIL
41. By hook or by crook SOMEHOW
43. Co-star of Tom in “A Few Good Men” DEMI
44. Holiday tubers YAMS
45. Vision: Pref. OPTO-
47. Marx not seen in films KARL
49. Type type PICA
50. “__, you noblest English”: “Henry V” ON ON
51. Future D.A.’s exam LSAT
52. First name of two Israeli prime ministers YITZHAK
54. __ in November N AS
56. Shoe insert HEEL PAD
58. Some sky lights, to some UFOS
60. Runs OPERATES
61. Sedgwick of “The Closer” KYRA
64. Ancient Indians of the Four Corners region ANASAZI
65. Int.-lowering option REFI
67. 1952 Winter Olympics site OSLO
72. Baguette spread PATE
73. “JAG” spin-off NCIS
74. 9, perhaps: Abbr. SEPT
76. Indigo dye ANIL
77. Watch over TEND TO
78. Reds, on scoreboards CIN
79. Pique SNIT
80. Support beam I-BAR
81. Greek spirits OUZO
82. *Bad thing to get off on WRONG FOOT (giving “footrace”)
84. Ice skater Cohen SASHA
87. Close at hand NIGH
89. Notable age ERA
90. Religious offshoot SECT
94. MLB nos. AVGS
95. Puts a new top on RE-ROOFS
97. Designer cologne CK ONE
99. Fall AUTUMN
101. Cybermemos E-NOTES
102. Puccini’s “__ Butterfly” MADAMA
103. Eatery where “you can get anything you want” ALICE’S
104. Respectable DECENT
105. Not casual DRESSY
107. “Socrate” composer SATIE
110. Rabbi’s study TORAH
111. Galleria display ARTE
112. Model Sastre INES
114. Dimwit DODO
115. Knock for a loop STUN
117. Harsh bird call CAW
118. Cologne meas. OZS
120. Old-style “Tsk!” FIE!
121. Monk’s address FRA
122. Officejet Pro printers HPS

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