LA TIMES CROSSWORD:
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1 8 for O, e.g. 5 Quibbles 10 “M*A*S*H” actor 14 Like bachelor parties 18 Excel 20 Autumn color 21 Tea party host 23 Pie company exec? 25 Bad brunch review? 26 Find new quarters for 27 Winter fall 29 Film units 30 Michelangelo masterpiece 31 MSN competitor 32 Cooking fat 34 Guadalajara girls 37 Neighborhood with meat purveyors? 43 Air freshener scent 46 Performed, in Shakespeare 48 How surprise party guests should arrive 49 Blanched 50 Yours, in Tours 51 Doc bloc 52 Keisters 54 “Momo” author Michael 55 ATM code you rotate regularly? 59 FICA benefit 60 Unit in Ohm’s Law 62 Costa del __ 63 Female antelope 64 Mellow 66 Looked lecherously 67 Suffix meaning “living substance” 69 Not yet on the sched. 70 Coast 72 Like many churches 75 Light 78 Adaptable truck, for short 79 “Bravo!” 82 Barbershop parts 83 Batman and the Boy Wonder, e.g. 84 Thief at a fertility clinic? 87 AA and AAA, e.g. 88 Takes from a deck 90 “Do Ya” rock gp. 91 “I see” 92 Starry-eyed agreement, often 93 Area below the abdomen 95 Leslie of “Gigi” 97 Holders of roasts 98 Nasty group of directors? 101 Like Dennis the Menace 103 Part of Q.E.D. 104 Bit of baby talk 105 Leg bone 108 Old will? 111 Work (out) 114 Inflexible 116 Stadium for a boxing match? 118 Journalists covering a spicy story? 121 Wood preservatives 122 Farm refrain 123 Spock’s father 124 Firm employees: Abbr. 125 Bone on a menu 126 Some NCOs 127 Time at the inn
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1 Cleopatra killer 2 Choreographer Twyla 3 Japanese-American 4 Without delay, as payment 5 Intimidates 6 Advil target 7 MLB scoreboard abbr. 8 Homes built indoors 9 Traitors 10 Crazily 11 Like a flimsy excuse 12 Backstage theater workers 13 An MRI may reveal a torn one 14 “Fiddler on the Roof” setting 15 Bind, in a way 16 Asian sea 17 Mil. bigwigs 19 Arousing 22 As a result of this 24 Chinese currency 28 __-rock 33 Modern address 35 Commonly used saws 36 Gullible sort 38 Cutout 39 “You lose a lot of time, __ people”: Marian Anderson 40 Dog tag datum 41 Close-knit group 42 Injured, in a way 43 Drummer Ulrich 44 “Am __ late?” 45 Hang loosely 47 Place for an honoree 53 Collection of heir pieces? 54 Blunt blade 56 Do-nothing 57 Wikipedia policy 58 Words indicating a delay 60 Thomas associate 61 Euripides tragedy 65 “Criminal Minds” agcy. 67 Some Olympians, nowadays 68 Leaf’s central vein 71 Two-time Tony winner Patti 72 Zeno, notably 73 Concealed 74 Bullion unit 76 Natural fertilizer 77 Hungarian wine region 79 “I wasn’t expecting you” 80 “__ we forget” 81 God with a quiver 85 Hardly haute cuisine 86 Large South American rodents 88 Easy paces 89 Misers 93 Saddle-holding bands 94 Tiny messenger 96 Keats, in a Shelley title 97 Economizes 99 AT&T and Verizon 100 Dept. of Justice bigwigs 102 Opp. of legato, in music 106 Still 107 Baffled 108 Humane org. 109 On the disabled list, say 110 Without __: riskily 112 Farm females 113 “Not to mention ... ” 114 Came down 115 “Vaya con __” 117 Bit of heckling 119 “Andy Capp” cartoonist Smythe 120 __ blue