1/29/17
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1D
Like houseplants
POTTED
2D
Wiggle room
LEEWAY
3D
Light show
AURORA
4D
The “Y” of Y.S.L.
YVES
5D
Once, at one time
ERST
6D
Behind
REAR
7D
Campaign expense
TV SPOT
8D
Wine barrel descriptor
OAKEN
9D
Linc’s portrayer in 1999’s “The Mod Squad”
OMAR EPPS
10D
One may get smashed
LOB
11D
Chest-thumping
BOASTING
12D
Up voice actor
ASNER
13D
Changed, as voting districts
REDREW
14D
Artist who said “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs”
DALI
15D
Speed skater Heiden
ERIC
16D
Entr’___
ACTE
17D
Delivery instructions?
LAMAZE
18D
Infers from data
EDUCES
19D
Feel bitter about
RESENT
27D
I think, in texts
IMO
29D
Neckline shape
VEE
32D
Word shortened to its last letter in texts
YOU
35D
Holiday air
NOEL
36D
Tabloid issue
LIBEL
39D
Total
SUM TO
40D
Citi rival, informally
B OF A
42D
Neuwirth of “Frasier”
BEBE
43D
Some SAT takers: Abbr.
SRS
44D
Tease
KID
46D
Item by many a reception desk
FERN
47D
Super Fro-Yo seller
TCBY
48D
Hava Nagila dance
HORA
49D
Hotel bill add-ons
ROOM TAXES
50D
Right on a map
EAST
51D
From square one
ANEW
53D
Marked by futility
VAIN
54D
Jane Rochester, nee ___
EYRE
55D
O.KD#by me
I DON’T MIND
56D
Blow off steam
VENT
57D
Matchmaker of myth
EROS
62D
Suffix with acetyl
ENE
63D
Printer paper size: Abbr.
LTR
64D
BTW
FYI
68D
Famed Broadway restaurateur
SARDI
70D
Ruhr industrial city
ESSEN
71D
Butcher’s discards
OFFAL
72D
How great minds are said to think
ALIKE
74D
Worried
FRETFUL
75D
Laser ___
TAG
77D
Maui memento
LEI
78D
O.KD#by me
IT’S FINE
79D
Word after snake or sound
BITE
80D
Container that may have a sharpener
CRAYON BOX
81D
Superman, at other times
KENT
83D
Starting on
AS OF
84D
Like the sign of the fish
CHRISTIAN
85D
Marijuana, in modern slang
ENDO
86D
___ cheese!
SAY
87D
Composer Max who was called “the father of film music”
STEINER
88D
Young swans
CYGNETS
89D
Part of a tour
GIG
92D
Basis of some discrimination
AGE
96D
Lawrence of Arabia star
O’TOOLE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
99D
Maniacs
FIENDS
101D
City that’s home to the Firestone Country Club
AKRON
102D
Divider in the Bible?
MOSES
103D
Venetian blind parts
SLATS
105D
Bottom of an LP
SIDE B
106D
Twister actress Gertz
JAMI
107D
Some
A FEW
108D
Intimate garment, for short
CAMI
109D
Bit of progress
DENT
111D
Company with a noted catalog
IKEA
112D
Dull color, in Düsseldorf
GRAU
113D
Word on a towel
HERS
114D
Shade
TINT
1A
One side of a 69-Across showdown
PLAYER
7A
Strip of buttons
TOOLBAR
14A
Other side of the showdown
DEALER
20A
Collective works
OEUVRE
21A
Get lost!
VAMOOSE!
22A
Pinball wizard’s hangout
ARCADE
23A
Mother ___
TERESA
24A
Entertainment on a Jamaican cruise, perhaps
SKA BAND
25A
Kind of paper or test
LITMUS
26A
Lieutenant, informally
TWO-STRIPER
28A
It’s unreturnable
SERVICE ACE
30A
Musicianship
EAR
31A
Green plant?
MONEY TREE
33A
Path to enlightenment
ZEN
34A
Cannon in movies
DYAN
36A
Developer’s purchase
LOT
37A
Samoan staple
POI
38A
Bullets legend Unseld
WES
40A
Top-shelf
BEST
41A
Sushi restaurant wrap?
OBI
43A
Moxie
SPUNK
45A
X-File subject
UFO
47A
Fairy tale family
THREE BEARS
52A
Celebratory request
GIVE ME FIVE!
58A
Great!
COOL BEANS!
59A
One doesn’t hold stock for long
DAY TRADER
60A
My man
BRO
61A
What ___?
ELSE
62A
Storied workshop worker
ELF
65A
Sand wedge, e.g.
IRON
66A
Sean Lennon’s mother
ONO
67A
Thanksgiving dish
YAMS
69A
Game depicted in the shaded squares
TWENTY-ONE
72A
Carpenters with small jobs?
ANTS
73A
Last mustachioed president
TAFT
76A
See 125-Across
… SERIF
77A
Easy-breezy tune
LILT
79A
Place where taps may be heard
BARRACKS
82A
Skype alternative
FACETIME
86A
Amount of separation, in a party game
SIX DEGREES
88A
Investment seminar catchphrase
CASH IS KING
90A
Lost big
ATE IT
91A
Big retailer in women’s fashion
ANN TAYLOR
93A
Upscale bag brand
FENDI
94A
Damn right!
YES!
95A
Indy 500 winner A. J.
FOYT
97A
Silly Putty holder
EGG
98A
Standard poodle name
FIFI
100A
Hound
DOG
101A
Digital camera mode
AUTO
102A
Countenances
MIENS
104A
Confession subjects
SINS
106A
The Call of the Wild author
JACK LONDON
110A
March Madness stage
ELITE EIGHT
115A
In the distance
AFAR
116A
Having a lot to lose, maybe
OBESE
117A
___ Care of Business (1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit)
TAKIN’
118A
Eins + zwei
DREI
119A
Message with a subject line
MEMO
120A
Unlikely partygoer
LONER
121A
Lieu
STEAD
122A
Bring in
EARN
123A
1-Across’s cry
I WIN!
124A
Tel. no. add-ons
EXTS
125A
With 76-Across, like Arial and Helvetica
SANS …
126A
14-Across’s result
BUST