Oh, It’s You Again
TOURNAMENT ALERT:
“Crosswords LA,” aka the L. A. Crossword Championship, will be held Oct. 18 at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. ( This year, one of the puzzles is by me.) For details, visit www. crosswordsla. com.
ACROSS
1 The Tennessee R. runs through it 4 Weigh- in abbr. 7 “___ has fleas” 12 The R of TRMS on MSNBC 18 Dolby, DTS or Sony option 21 French star 22 Mental bloc? 23 Aw follower 24 Edited anew 25 Hut preceder 26 Shepherd’s addition 27 His companion 28 Blend of blanc et noir 29 Fabled flyer 31 Mr. Peanut feature 34 Optometrist’s offerings 38 Wilderness- skills organization 43 Foundering plea 46 “Xanadu” band 47 Host of a Wild Ride at Disneyland 48 Meat- testing org. 49 L. A. nightclub where many future stars got their start 52 Punish in order to correct 55 Persian Gulf prince 56 ___ Haute 57 One without scissors, perhaps 59 Fabric meas. 60 “Zorba the Greek” author Kazantzakis 62 Phobia start 64 Great Dane? 66 Words of regret 73 Kit contents 74 Losing proposition? 75 Pull- over signal 77 The Modern, for one 80 Ilsa’s request 83 Reveals itself 86 Zeus’s mate 87 Help- yourself spreads 89 Family member, perhaps 92 Northeast Asian river 93 Sensible soul 94 Kerouac’s Paradise 95 Level area? 96 Words of rejection in a famous “Seinfeld” episode 100 Fixes 102 Become ex- exes 103 Nonfict. category 105 Connections 109 Astaire or Rogers 110 Greek letter 113 Sloppy Joe’s home? 115 The first installment 116 Sports statistician 119 The Skipper’s plan, on paper 122 Hullabaloo 123 Disappear intentionally 124 Space vehicle 125 Support, as a college 126 Trouble 127 Hiking dir.
DOWN
1 Ed of TV 2 Susan of TV 3 Excite 4 Bela contemporary 5 Pork portion 6 Meanies’ reactions 7 Restaurant sign, “No ___” 8 Days of ___ 9 Couples 10 Burden 11 U. S. econ. stat 12 Lost- mail request 13 Pulsating 14 Pasta alternative 15 Drink brand 16 Fraternal sort 17 Mr. Brown 19 Dead- end job 20 Bond classic 22 Work unit 27 Not vert. 30 Lamb, in La Mancha 31 Satire magazine 32 Hot- blooded 33 Was no more 35 Gen ___ ( baby boomer’s kid) 36 Plenty 37 Pouting grimace 39 Language family, ___- Aztecan 40 Praise highly 41 Merchandise 42 Fancy ___ ( snappy dressers) 43 British gun 44 Of an electrical unit 45 Watch brand 47 “Get going!” 50 ___ amandine 51 Impudently bold 52 Exult 53 Shane, e. g. 54 100- eyed giant 58 Lessener 61 Sledding setting 63 Lutelike instrument of the Middle East 65 Mr. Yale 67 Blockhead 68 Word of woe 69 Jungle king- to- be 70 Perception factor 71 Attire 72 Treetop home 76 “Peter Pan” pooch 77 Israeli statesman 78 Hearsay 79 Blow ___ 81 Torte topper 82 Stylish 84 Wall St. abbr. 85 Read quickly 88 Affected elegance 90 Troupe for the troops 91 Tried- and- true 93 Shemp’s bro 97 Bizarre 98 Lucky Frenchman 99 A blooming network? 100 Monster filmed in TohoScope 101 Pigeon’s perch 104 Shrink’s reply 106 Decreases? 107 Practice piece 108 “My good man” 110 British school 111 Impact sound 112 Italian river 114 “Pic- a- nic” basket pilferer 115 Highly adept one 116 The Zero-___ Theory 117 Navy fig. 118 Rule’s rel. 119 The Jazz, for one 120 Eng. king 121 Web address