L.A CROSSWORD “COMMUNICATION UPDATE”

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1 Kind of crazy? 5 Supermarket lines 10 Gossiper’s word 15 Yahoo! rival 18 It divides banks in Bern 19 Goes around 21 Bartlett cousin 22 Big foot letters 23 Tiny pair of media hosts? 26 Short order from mom 27 Go along with 28 Extra 29 Sneezer’s need 31 Security for sailors? 36 Yacht staffs 39 Van Gogh inspiration 40 Clean the slate 41 Latin lover’s word 42 Naval NCO 43 Some NCOs 45 Scale starters 49 Online photo exchange for redheads? 55 Like some income 57 G.I. Joe’s outfit 58 Former fillies 59 Crêpe cousin 60 Garden adornment 61 Old Testament’s Queen of __ 63 Tees for Aristotle 64 Pound parts: Abbr. 65 Having returned to the world of public performances? 70 Newfoundland comment? 73 Often saved comics heroine 74 Voicemail cues 75 Cessation of hostilities 79 Opinion pieces 81 Ontario natives 83 Intervene 84 Go by 85 Emeril’s gateway? 88 Dispatch 89 Brass __ 90 Place to go in Gloucester 91 “Xanadu” gp. 92 Home of the John Denver Sanctuary 95 Illusionist Criss __ 98 “Cutthroat Kitchen” host Brown 100 “Got a film to share?”? 106 Nothing new 107 Dutch wheels 108 High-quality 112 Sharp-toothed swimmer 113 End of a “Great Reuben!” tweet? 118 Cult following 119 Get ready for an engagement? 120 Waxy compound 121 Writer Rice 122 Road curve 123 Air Force E-5’s 124 Revue routines 125 Trails the pack

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1 Fill up 2 Shooting marbles 3 __-Z: Camaro model 4 Share on Facebook, e.g. 5 Raccoon relative 6 Start of MGM’s motto 7 Bryce Harper stat 8 Holiday sparklers 9 Office binder 10 Underworld 11 Multi-vol. reference 12 1977 Steely Dan album 13 Political platforms 14 To-do list items 15 Smart bunch 16 K-pop city 17 Staircase component 20 Bombards with junk email 24 Memorable times 25 Cortez’s gold 30 Author Stieg Larsson’s homeland 32 Short rests 33 1982 Disney sci-fi film 34 Pool surface 35 Org. whose roots date to the Civil War 36 Sorcerer 37 Simple-living sect 38 Whale tracker 42 Shout 43 Revolutionary first name 44 Kettle et al. 46 “The Simpsons” bus driver 47 Jeer 48 Divorce consequences 50 Vittles 51 Preserves, in a way 52 “You said it!” 53 Early sunscreen ingredient 54 Made skillfully 55 Horner’s surprise 56 Trattoria order 59 Scroogean cries 61 Enjoys a run, maybe 62 “To each __ own” 63 Half a fly 66 “Get Smart” security device 67 MGM co-founder 68 “As I Lay Dying” father 69 Coven concoction 70 Experts 71 Part of a film 72 Custardlike dessert 76 Election surprise 77 Sky over Seville 78 __ Field, a former name of Minute Maid Park 80 Modernize 81 One side of the fence 82 Casting aid 83 Sign of success 85 Venom dispenser 86 Cheese couleur 87 Aptly named track star 89 “Big” London attraction 93 Crude homes 94 Mountaineering equipment 95 Many Qatar natives 96 Queens team, briefly 97 Half a kids’ game 98 “Down with,” in Paris 99 Deadly 100 Plead in court 101 Reduces one’s distance from 102 WWI battle site 103 Senses 104 Not even 105 Border range 109 Sicilian attraction 110 “Shucks!” 111 Sits in a cellar, say 114 Short rule? 115 Tuna catcher 116 “Black” shopping time: Abbr. 117 __ water