03.29.15 — CA

Lauren Bacall 

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Sunday, March 29, 2015

“California, Here I Come”  — Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld

The abbreviation for the state of California (CA) affixed to seven common phrases to form uncommon phrases with justifying clues constitutes the main feature of this mundane Sunday crossword:

STREAMING INCA (23A: Ancient Peruvian using Netflix?) 
CAST ELSEWHERE (33A: "No fishing here!"?)
DEEP SPACE CANINE (51A: Dog whose rocket went off course?) 
YOU MAKE ME WANNA CASH OUT (65A: Comment to an annoying blackjack dealer?)
REALLY BIG CASHEW (82A: Part of a jumbo trail mix?) (for you youngsters out there, that … is an Ed Sullivan pun … here, this should make it clear:)
BACALL HANDLER (97A: Agent for Bogart's partner?) (for you non-sports fans, this is primarily a basketball term, used of whoever's, uh, handling the ball)
THE LIFE OF PICA (111A: "12-Point Type: A History"?)

Other — BARRETTE (3D. It holds a lock in place), CORNIER (78A. Less deserving of a laugh, say), CRASH DIET (16D. Cause of a great loss?), EUCHARIST (75D. Catholic rite), NYALAS (59D. Spiral-horned antelopes), PERSONA (32D. Projected image), PRESSURE (13D. Force divided by area, in physics), RED HEADS (82D. Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge, e.g.), RHINO (101D. Something you might get a charge out of), SWEARER (69D. One calling foul?), TASTE BUD (1D. It may be on the tip of your tongue).

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01.25.15 — Twist Ending

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival 

Northeast China

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

“Twist Ending" — Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld

Edited by Will Shortz

Eight common phrases with the last two letters transposed to form a new phrase, clued somewhat appropriately, constitutes the main feature of this amiable Sunday crossword:

I CANNOT TELL A LEI (23A. “Those wreaths all look the same to me!”?)
YOU’VE GOT MALI (39A. Start of an oral listing of African nations, perhaps?)
RAISING THE BRA (53A. Showing less cleavage?)
A QUARTER TO TOW (84A. Cheap roadside assistance?)
ILLEGAL A-LINE (99A. Knockoff dress labeled “Armani” say?)
ANNIE GET YOUR GNU (116A. Caution to an orphan girl out to leave her wildebeest behind?)
SCAREDY CAST (3D. Group of actors who all have stage fright?)
OBTUSE ANGEL (70D. Lovely but stupid person?)

Other — AISLE SEAT (59A. Many a critic’s preference), ANGIE (43D. She’s asked “When will those clouds all disappear?“ in a 1973 #1 hit), DOODLED (124A. Did some edgy writing?), DOTARD (36A. Senile sort), DUDE RANCH (17D. Western vacation spot), ED MEESE (121A. “With Reagan” memoirist), HOT ITEM (56D. Product that’s hard to keep in stock), ICE PALACE (18D. Winter carnival attraction), I REMEMBER (78A. “There was the time …”), MAPLE TREE (82D. “Whirlybird” source), PASS GO (74D. Reach the Mediterranean, say?), Silents star THEDA Bara, TRIREME (16D. Ancient galley), WENT SOLO (4D. Emulated Diana Ross [1970] and Justin Timberlake [2002]).

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07.17.14 — BACK

Humpback What Heat Run in Tonga, photo by Tony Wu 

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Four answers with the first word spelled backwards along with BACK implied as part of the word constitutes the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword:

[KCAB]PMUH WHALE (17A. Singer in the sea, literally). e.g., humpback whale
[KCAB]LLAF POSITION (27A. Plan B. literally), fallback position
[KCAB]RETRAUQ SNEAK (42A. Gridiron maneuver, literally), quarterback sneak
[KCAB]YGGIP RIDE (57A. Little kid’s lift, literally), piggyback ride

Other — ALL CAPS (7D. Indicator of stress), ATT and ATTY, AURORA (39A. Skylghts?), EMPTY NETS (13D. Fisherman’s bane and hockey player’s boon), ILA and IRA, LOCATIONS (11D. Spots), NORTHEAST (32D. 45 degrees), OGLE and OGRE, ON E and ONE-C, QUAYLE (43D. Bush successor), SPARE TIRE (30D. Gut), TRATTORIA (12D. Vino spot), TRUE LOVES (31D. Soul mates).

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03.02.14 — Oscar Double Features

Sunday, March 2, 2014

“Oscar Double Features” — Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld

Edited by Will Shortz

Combining into seven phrases the titles of fourteen well-known films that either won the Oscar for Best Picture or were nominated constitutes the interrelated group of this timely and entertaining Sunday crossword:

• BRAVEHEART OUT OF AFRICA (23A. Nelson Mandela? [1995, 1985])
• ROCKY WITNESS (30A. One giving unreliable testimony? [1976, 1985* = Nominee])
• AIRPORT TRAFFIC (53A. Reason for missing a flight? [1970*, 2000*])
• CHICAGO TAXI DRIVER (68A. Part of a line at O’Hare? [2002, 1976*])
• GOING MY WAY BABE (86A. Cheesy pickup line? [1944, 1995*])
• NETWORK CRASH (106A. Reason why all the computers are down? [1976*, 2005])
• PICNIC ON THE WATERFRONT (118A. Seaside outing? [1955*, 1954])

Other — ADORES and AHORSE, DEPALMA (6A. Director of “Carrie” and “Scarface”), DISNEY Channel (“Hannah Montana” airer), FINAGLED (63D. Achieved through trickery), ONE BY ONE (5D. Individually), PIN PRICKS (81D. Small irritations), SENNA (109D. Medicinal plant), STILL LIFE (16D. Many a hanging).

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11.08.13 — Try to See It My Way

Meerkat family standing on home,meerkat.org 

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Friday, November 8, 2013

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. African city of 4+ million whose name means, literally, “haven of peace”, DAR ES SALAAM; 12. Seeing things, CONTACT LENSES; 14. “Why such a fuss?”, WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL; 16. Start of a Jewish holiday?, ROSH; 17. Put one’s two cents in?, ANTE; 18. Arizona’s Agua FRIA River; 19. Not natural for, ALIEN TO; 21. Like Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 6 or 22, IN F; 24. Tilting figure: Abbr., KNT; 25. PEDRO Ximénez (dessert sherry); 26. Manipulative health care worker, OSTEOPATH; 29. Smash letters, SRO; 30. Destroy, informally, NUKE; 32. Range ridges, ARETES; 33. Classified, TOP SECRET; 35. Eatery where the Tony was born, SARDI’S; 38. Pitch, TOSS; 39. Juan’s “Hey!”, OYE; 42. Perseveres, PRESSES ON; 44. Some Deco pieces, ERTÉS  46. Lead film festival characters?, EFS; 47. Rhineland Campaign’s arena: Abbr., ETO; 48. Frito-Lay snack, CHEETOS; 50. NATE Silver of fivethirtyeight.com; 52. California city near Fullerton, BREA; 54. Author TAMA Janowitz; 55. Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles  hit, TRY TO SEE IT MY WAY; 59. One-hit wonder, FLASH-IN-THE-PAN; 60. Events for some antiquers, ESTATE SALES.

Ottawa chief Pontiac

Down — 1. Demonstration exhortation, DO AS I DO; 2. A bee might light on it,  ANTHER; 3. Some N.F.L.’ers,  RTS; 4. Irritate,  EAT AT; 5. Dopes, SCHNOOKS; 6. Restoration notation, STET; 7. Even though,  ALBEIT; 8. Polynesian island chain?, LEI; 9. ANG Lee with an Oscar; 10. Home row sequence, ASDF; 11. Kalahari Desert dweller, MEERKAT; 12. Irritability, CHOLER; 13. Femme canonisée, SAINTE; 14. Deli menu subheading, WRAPS; 15. Foundation for some roofing, LATHS; 20. Silence, NO NOISE; 22. Verges on, NEARS; 23. Anticipate, FORESEE; 27. Mind, SEE TO; 28. Irritable state, PET; 31. Election surprise, UPSET; 33. What some bombs result in, in brief, TDS; 34. Fanciful notions, CONCEITS; 35. Dead, SPENT; 36. Pair of boxers?, ARF ARF; 37. Give a makeover, RESTYLE; 38. Pontiac and others, OTTAWAS; 40. “Star Trek” extra, YEOMAN; 41. It’s definitely not the short answer, ESSAY; 43. “That’s that”, SO BE IT; 45. Fix a key problem?, RETYPE; 49. Kind of Yoga, HATHA; 51. Important info for people with connections, ETAS; 53. RENÉ Clément with two Oscar-winning films; 56. Düsseldorf direction, OST; 57. La la lead-in, SHA; 58. MEL Allen of play-by-play.

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08.05.13 — Space

Monday, August 5, 2013

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Space takes up space in this Monday crossword:

COUNTRY STAR (17A. Randy Travis or Travis Tritt)
FORD GALAXY (24A. Minivan since the mid-’90s)
KEITH MOON (34A. Drummer for the Who)
PHOENIX SUN (49A. Arizona N.B.A.’er)
DAILY PLANET (57A. Clark Kent and Lois lane’s paper)

Other — AGITA and ANGST (1A and 61A. Uneasy feeling), Actress ANNETTE Bening of “American Beauty, ASCRIBE (44A. Attribute to), ASHTRAY (38D. Apt pig Latin for “trash”), CAPSIZE (37D. Flip over, as a boat), ELASTIC (27A. Material in an underwear waistband), GOGOLS (2D. Humongous numbers), NET GAIN (47A. Overall profit), RIFIFI (18D. Classic 1955 Jules Dassin heist film), SCOURGE of God (epithet for Attila the Hun), SETTLES (29A. Sinks to the bottom, as silt).

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05.05.13 — The Week

 

 

30-Across, Small African antelopes, ORIBIS

 

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Sunday, April 5, 2013

 

Crunch Time, Crossword by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

 

MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT and SUN in single squares constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:

 

• LE[MON]ADE STANDS and AL[MON]DINE (23A. Early entrepreneurial efforts; 3D. How trout may be prepared: Var.)
• STA[TUE] OF DAVID and VIR[TUE] S (28A. Florentine attraction; 12D. Good qualities)
• STE [WED]ED PRUNES and BO[WED] OUT (42A. Food to go?; 31D. Withdrew)
• BUDAPES[T HU]NGARY and GREEN [THU]MB (69A. Birthplace of Harry Houdini; 36D. Nursery gift?)
• BETTY [FRI]EDAN and A[FRI]CA (93A. Big name in feminism; 88D. Isak Dinesen novel setting)
• CATCHE[S A T]RAIN and U [S AT]LAS (110A. Just makes the 7:47, perhaps; 106D. 50-page book, maybe?)
• GOE[S UN]DER COVER and ETAT [S UN]IS (118A. Does spy work; 94D. ___ d‘Amérique)

 
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Fancy footwear; 6. Turning point at the station?; 12. Remote control abbr.; 15. Banned apple spray; 19. American Dance Theater founder; 20. Planets and notes in the musical scale; 21. Agitated; 25. Argued against; 26. California’s old Fort ___; 27. Turn (off); 30. Small African antelopes; 33. When repeated, an engine sound; 35. Feudal laborer; 36. Serpent’s tail?; 37. Running with scissors and others; 38. Show-offs; 40. Kind of tax; 45. Santa’s landing spot; 48. Not so important; 49. Court hearing; 50. Persevered; 52. Obama’s birthplace; 55. Traditional; 59. Priest, in an Ogden Nash poem; 63. Spanish precious metal; 65. Writer Gordimer; 67. Syrup source; 68. Johannesburg-born golf champion; 73. “Survivor” construction; 74. On the fence; 76. Jerks; 77. Jobs in technology; 79. Doubters; 81. “Friends” co-star; 84 River to the North Sea; 85. Whenever; 87. Not give ___; 89. Defense grp. That disbanded in 1977; 92. Something said before grace?; 99. Sign of stress; 101. Ogre, to a kid; 103. Arab League headquarters; 104. German : Strasse :: French : ___; 105. Designer Gernreich; 108. Carson’s predecessor; 109. Blue Ribbons and others; 114. Toledo tidbit; 116. Subject of the 1998 biography “King of the World”; 117. Cute; 122. George W. Bush acquisition of 2008; 123. Homes up high; 124. Developed; 125. G.I. rations; 126. That, in Tijuana; 127. Makes an assertion; 128. Hunt for water, say. — 1. Old gunfight locales; 2. French pantomime character; 4. After-dinner order; 5. Barrett of Pink Floyd; 6. “Oh my!”; 7. Start to give trouble to; 8. It needs a signature; 9. Fire; 10. Augments; 11. “Hey!”; 13. Situation after a leadoff single; 14. Charge for bloodwork, say; 15. Boy or girl lead-in; 16. Neigthbor of a Belarussian; 17. Corroded; 18. Alberta’s third-largest city, named after an animal; 24. Soccer header?; 29. Noted taleteller; 31. Withdrew; 32. Old Cosby show; 34. Some successful plays, for short; 38. Pitch; 41. Grinning symbols; 42. Championship; 44. Vintage wheels; 46. Native Nebraskan; 47. Crush competitor; 50. Deli offerings; 51. Okla. or Oreg., once; 52. Certain tournaments; 53. Perfectly fine; 54. Precipitousness; 56. What makes you you?; 57. Pool activity; 58. “Well, well!”; 60. Word before and after “to,” in a religious phrase; 61. Purple shade; 62. More suitable; 64. Touches; 66. Hydroxyl compound; 70. 20^th-century novelist whose first name is an anagram of 66-Down; 71. Part of a trap; 72. Fed. Property overseer; 75. Flurry; 78. Universal recipient designation; 80. ___ Canals; 82. “Great” kid-lit detective; 83. You might have a good one after a breakup; 86. Nile Valley region; 89. Cutting comments; 90. World’s leading exporter of bananas; 91. Nail polish remover component; 93. Eagles’ org.; 95. Harangues; 96. Renounce; 97. Naïve; 98. “Fuhgeddaboutdit!”; 100. High pitch; 102. Sleep problem, to Brits; 106. 50-page book, maybe?; 107. ___ blank (had no idea); 109. What’s expected; 111. Sportscaster Collinsworth; 112. Chinese dynasty during the time of Christ; 113. Certain supermarkets; 115. Durango dinero; 119. Suffix with trick; 120. Ungentlemanly sort; 121. Spanish precious metal.
 

07.19.12 — Adding In In

Cain with Pigeon, Paris

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Adding IN to eight common words to form anagrammed words is the gimmick for this Thursday crossword (or something like that):

RETINAE (17A. ARETE)
LINEAGE (18A. EAGLE)
CO-INSURING (23A. SCOURING)
TINPLATE (34A. PLATTE)
LANDINGS (43A. GLANDS)
RE-INSPECTS (52A. SPECTRES)
FINALES (61A. ALEFS)
MINTIER (63A. TIMER)

Other — FILM NOIR (8D. “The Maltese Falcon,” e.g.), I GUESS SO (40D. “Uh, probably”), LAND MINES (33D. Hidden dangers), STENGEL (11D. Casey at the bat, once), TRADE NAME (12D. Listing in a business registry).

Mid-size — ASSISI, DEPRESS, DIE OUT, DISTEND and DISTANT, ESTONIA, FIESTAS, GESTAPO (68A.“Casablanca“ villains), IT’S TRUE, LOOSEN, ON EARTH, ONENESS, SPED UP, STATUE (6D. Many a pigeon‘s perch), STYMIE.

Five-letter — A-LINE, AUGUR, CLINE, DEFOG, DORIC, DUE TO, ELITE, ENDUE, ENERO, NAMED, PETRI, PULPY, SEE’EM, SHEAR, STRAD, TIE-IN.

Short stuff — ATE, AUK, AVA, DAMS, EGO, ERN, ESNE, ESP, GERM, GONE, IRR, “What was IT I was saying?”, LIT, MOI, MUG, NAP, NTS, ON OR about, RA I, REE, SILT, SRAS, STIR, TASM, TOT and TUT, UKE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Bring down; 8. Big dos; 15. You are here; 16. “No fooling!”; 19. Sale item, maybe: Abbr.; 20. Isl. Off the coast of Australia; 22. Provide; 27. Seed; 28. Put away; 29. Ease up on; 31. Like some orange juice; 37. Gardner of “The Barefoot Contessa”; 38. Miss Piggy retort; 41. Mr. ___ (old detective game); 42. Profile picture; 46. Because of; 48. Go extinct; 49. Arctic diver; 50. Blockades, of a sort; 57. Like the Green Berets; 59. Many telenovela viewers: Abbr.; 60. Plastered; 68. Tenet of Taoism; 67. It broke from Russia in 1920; 69. Swell. — DOWN: 1. Column style; 2. When to celebrate Dia de Reyes; 3. Kind of dish; 4. Thor Heyerdahl craft; 5. Coastal flier; 7. Cut; 10. Feudal laborer; 13. Presage; 14. “Now you ___ …” (magician’s comment about disappearing cards); 21. Bed liner?; 24. Recover from an all-nighter, say; 25. Block; 26. Spent; 30. Hit the accelerator; 31. Bud; 32. The Cavaliers’ sch.; 35. When repeated, a mild reproach; 36. Something big on the campaign trail?; 40. “Uh, probably”; 44. Aloof; 45. Big whoop; 47. Luau accompaniment; 49. Birthplace of St. Francis; 50. Clear for better viewing; 51. Dior design of the 1950s; 53. Appointed; 54. Patsy who sang “Walkin’ After Midnight”; 55. Connection; 56. Expensive strings, familiarly; 58. Zeno’s home; 62. Medium strength?; 64. Some Windows systems; 65. For whom a sitter sits.

06.20.12 — Spoonerisms

Buster Keaton in “The Paleface”, 1922

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 — Summer Soltice

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Six celebrity spoonerisms constitute the main feature of this vacuous Wednesday crossword.

• WHACK JORDAN (17A. Actor’s order to sock an N.B.A. legend?) — Jack Warden
• POTTY SKIPPIN (24A. Teammate of the 17-Across legend avoiding toilet training?) — Scottie Pippin
• CUSTER BEATEN (33A. Old comic actor’s Little Bighorn headline?) — Buster Keaton
• MENACE DILLER (43A. Threaten a classic comedienne like a talk-show host?) — Dennis Miller
• MORMON NAILER (51A. Writer-turned-Utah carpenter?) — Norman Mailer
• TAMES JAILER (62A. Controls a prison guard like a pop singer?) — James Taylor

Other — AGORA. AGREE. AMORAL, BANJO, BRAWN, CLAMPS, COALERS, EXILE, FACE IT, HOBBLE, ILSAS, JACKPOT, KITED, KNAVE, LURKING, LUSTY, MARRY ME, OB GYN, ONE ONE, ON TAP, OSCAR, PADRE, PRESS, ROMEO, RUN IN SCOOB, SMASH, SOAVE, SPORT.

Short stuff — ACE, ADD, AGR, AHOY, ALAR, ALE, ASHE, BOWL, CFO, CUD, ELF and ELS, ERR, ESTE, FRY, IDS, IWO, KANT, LAN, LBJ and LLB, LEAK, LES and LET, MOE and MOI, MY MY, NCAA, NEVE, OPEN, ORK, OSS, RBI, SCI, SRA, SUR, TREE, VEX.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Deliverance” instrument; 6. Return of a lob, maybe; 11. Corp. money manager; 14. Reason for a February thank-you speech; 15. Chaplain, to a G.I.; 16. PC hookup; 19. Get totally right; 20. Julian Assange posting; 21. Bubble; 22. Ladies’ man; 28. Saturday morning cartoon dog, informally; 31. “C’est ___” (“Camelot” song); 32. Veracruz vane direction; 37. Some purse items, for short; 38 California’s Big ___; 39. Bedevil; 40. Grimm tale figure; 46. Maritime greeting; 49. Noted flag-raising site, for short; 50. Full of passion; 55. Delivery doc; 56. Barrister’s deg.; 57. “Copernicn revolution” philosopher; 61. Sac fly stat; 62. Controls a prison guard like a pop singer?; 66. Public-house offering; 67. Greek gathering spot of old; 68. Rapscallion; 69. ___ Paul guitars; 70. “Full court” tactic; 71. Go along (with). — DOWN: 1. Postseason grid matchup; 2. ___ Stadium (facility near Citi Field); 3. Org. with brackets; 4. Super payoff; 5. Mork’s planet; 6. Have on; 7. Kneeler’s words; 8. Put in; 9. Mrs. Abroad; 10. Artist Rousseau; 11. Jumper cable ends; 12. “Let’s be honest!”; 13. Score in a pitcher’s duel, maybe; 18. Riff, e.g., in “West Side Story”; 23. Taking customers; 25. Eligible for “The Biggest Loser”; 26. Dry Italian wine; 27. Falsified, as a check; 28. Many an ology, Abbr.; 29. It’s a mouthful; 30. Old spy org.; 34. Brush with the law; 35. He-man’s asset; 38. Banish to Siberia; 40. Loop transports; 41. Call for a do-over; 42. Suffer from the heat; 43. “Dear me!”; 44. Some fuel transporters; 45. Hiding in the shadows; 46. Unconcerned with right and wrong; 47. Walk haltingly; 48. Saturnalias; 52. In-a-bottle alternative; 53. “Casablanca” heroine and others; 4. Pres. With an on-board swearing-in; 58. Withdrawn apple spray; 59. Campbell of “Scream”; 60. Site of many a cat rescue; 63. U.S.D.A. part: Abbr.; 64. 2012 role for Chris Diamantopoulos; 65. Blotter letters.

05.20.12 — Wisecracks

Sunday, May 20, 2012

WISECRACKS, Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Ten common phrases stripped of the letter Y subsequently producing uncommon phrases constitutes the interrelated group of this clever Sunday crossword:

• TREAT OF VERSAILLES (23A. Chocolat, say?)
• A STUD IN SCARLET (39A. Macho drag queen?)
• GOOD AND READ (50A. Like literary classics?)
• BEER BELL (54A. Call to the bar?)
• PART ANIMAL (68A. Like a centaur?)
• BILL THE KID (70A. “Don’t let that youngster get off without paying”?)
• FAIR TALE (86A. Unbiased account?)
• LIVER STABLE (89A. Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps?)
• BRAND ALEXANDER (97A. Stigmatize a “great” king?)
• THE SOUND AND THE FUR (119A. Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel?)

Other — ACID TEST (91D. Conclusive trial), AIRPORTS (87D. Places for gates), EMBODIED (59D. Represented), EXPLODE and GO POSTAL ((94D. Lose it; 18D. Lose it), FABULIST (86D. Aesop, notably), FEATURED (4D. Given prominence), IT ADDS UP (88D. “That makes sense”), O’DONNELL (17A. Former co-host of “The View”), TOLD A LIE (16D. Was duplicitous), TRAVELER (41D. Pilgrim).

Seven-letter — AROUSAL, AS USUAL, BITTERS, CLOTURE (38D. Debate ender), DIMPLES, I SAID NO, LODGERS, MODELED, OKTOBER, ONE BALL (34D. It‘s solid yellow), ONSTAGE, TRUST ME, WHIZ KID.

Six — ALL OUT, DACRON, DERMAL, DETEST, DOGNAP (36D. Take a peke?), LAICAL, ODED ON, REALLY, SCRAPE, SLOGAN, THIRST, TWITTY (100D. Singer of the 1958 #1 hit “It‘s Only Make Believe“).

Five — ABDUL, ADALE, Joss ADDIE, Elaine BENES, CAFES, Alain DELON, DEPOT, EAT ME, HYDRA, LOG IN, RATED, REFRY, SABRA, STARR and STARZ, UMASS, UNDER, TEPID, WOMAN.

Short stuff — ACES, AIT, AGUA, A-ONE, ARES, Not worth A SOU, ATAD and TADA, ATRI, BURN, CATO, CEES, CHEF, CO-ED, DELI, DPS, E FOR effort, EL AL, ELSA, ENES, ETTE, GAEA, GNAR, HETH, HORN, HUNT, IDLE, IKO, ILA, IRS and ISR, LEA, LOP, LYYR, MDLI, NAAN (52D. Tandoor-baked bread), NALA and NASA, NOD and NOG and NOL, NUT, ODO, OEUF, OPT, ORLE, Olive OYL, PART, RED, RHEA, RIV, RUDE, Nolan RYAN, SANS, SEPT, SIM, SODA, SPED, SRAS, STU, SUE, TAM O’shanter, TOG, TRES and TRAS, TSP, UPDO, VEE and VUE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Course preparer; 5. Close shave; 11. John Lennon song that ends “I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever”; 16. Deck (out); 19. Tops; 20. Like some church matters; 21. Monster slain by Hercules; 22. Lead-in to meter; 26. Shorten, with “off”; 27. In the limelight; 28. HBO competitor; 29. Emphatic denial; 31. Home to the Minutemen, informally; 33. When repeated, an old New Orleans tune; 35. Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage” speech; 36. Polyester fabric; 46. Shield border; 47. Make, as a copy of a CD; 48. Stop on a line; 49. Dockworkers’ org.; 56. Weirdo; 57. Earth goddess; 58. Bobby who sang “Take Good Care of My Baby”; 60. Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss; 61. Unsurprisingly; 63. Skinny?; 65. Discreet signal; 75. Rural setting; 76. Had way too much of; 78. Words from a con man; 79. Given a number, maybe; 83. Flushed; 84. Baseball’s strikeout king; 86. Go (for); 92. British isle; 93. Allan-___ (figure in the Robin Hood legend); 95. Omelette ingredient; 96. Middling grades; 100. Hankering; 102. Salon selection; 103. Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr.; 104. Went off course; 106. Part of the inn crowd?; 110. Access requirement, maybe; 114. Old-fashioned ingredient; 118. Big collection agcy.; 122. Apt name for a 1-Across?; 123. Unenthusiastic; 124. Maximum; 125. Bar mixer; 126. Rx amt.; 127. Wonderland message; 128. “Are you kidding me?”; 129. Ocho minus cinco. — DOWN: 1. Roman cesor; 2. Game ender, at times; 3. Chemical endings; 4. Given prominence; 5. “A diamond is forever,” e.g.; 6. Saint-Germain-des-Prés sights; 7. Ohio or Colorado: Abbr.; 8. Some tennis winners; 9. Head line?; 10. Lanchester on the screen; 11. Little genius; 13. Mid 16^th century year; 14. God with a shield; 15. Launch party?; 24. ___-shanter; 25. Of no interest; 30. See 32-Down: Abbr.; 32. Native of 30-Down; 37. Excitement; 40. Do more than threaten, say; 42. Anesthetized; 43. Tore; 44. Like some dorms; 45. Title town of a Longfellow poem; 51. Chihuahua drink; 53. Where heroes are made; 55. Elaine of “Seinfeld”; 59. Represented; 62. Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James; 63. Many a Little League coach; 64. River to the Rhône; 66. When many German skeins are lifted; 67. They get bigger when you smile; 69. Hit the runway; 71. Astronomical distance: Abbr.; 72. Refrain syllables; 73. Easter activity; 74. Abhor; 77. Actor Alain; 80. Barely; 81. “I did it!”; 82. It’s grounded every Saturday; 84. Prepare, as some Mexican-style beans; 90. Saturn S.U.V.; 91. Conclusive trial; 98. Holiday quaff; 100. Singer of the 1958 #1 hit “It’s Only Make Believe”; 101. The first “H” in Hanukkah; 106. Former TV judge; 107. Suffix with cigar; 108. Cousin of an ostrich; 109. Back-to-sch. Time; 111. Growl; 112. Sitting on one’s hands; 113. Simba’s mate; 116. Tactless; 117. Mmes., over the border; 120. Actor Alastair; 121. Cambodia’s Lon ___.