Theme: "Body Language"- Both word can precede "Body" in each theme entry.
23A. Bit of roomy footwear? : FAT STOCKING. Body fat. Bodystocking.
28A. Iron Man's coat? : ARMOR PAINT. Body armor. Body paint. Reminds me of the "This is not a parrot" picture Hahoola linked last time.
42A. Shrill morning awakener? : PIERCING CLOCK. Body piercing. Body clock.
59A. AutoZone inventory? : PARTS COUNT. Body parts. Body count. A bit of a downer.
65A. Hawaii museum section? : SURFING ART. Bodysurfing. Body art. How many people can you see?
86A. Clothing store shoplifters? : SUIT SNATCHERS. Bodysuit. What are "body snatchers"?
97A. The old one-two? : DOUBLE BLOW. Body double. Body blow.
105A. Put down a high school subject? : SLAM ENGLISH. Body slam. Body English.
Did you get the theme easily? It stumped our own Steve.
Robin has a knack for this type of both words can follow/precede theme type. See her last LAT puzzle. "Dance Partners", also a Sunday.
Across:
1. Cold mold : ASPIC. The ones in Xi'An often contain bits of fried tofu.
6. Remove pieces from? : UNARM. Use DISARM more often.
11. Stay-at-home ones, perhaps : DADS
15. Disappearing slope apparatus : T-BAR. I don't get the "Disappearing" part.
19. Isabella, por ejemplo : REINA. Spanish queen.
20. Largest of the Cyclades : NAXOS
21. Peace Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
22. Poker chip collector : RAKE. If my brain works as fast as Ben Affleck's, I'll count cards too.
25. Fresh, in a way : RUDE
26. Tiger's ex : ELIN. So pretty.
27. Puts away, as a dagger : SHEATHES
30. Escalator feature : TREAD
31. Sour notes : CLINKERS. I only know clunkers.
32. "The Racer's Edge" : STP
35. Phoenix team, on scoreboards : ARI. D-backs.
36. Home to one billion : AFRICA. 4.3 billion people in Asia.
38. One vis-à-vis three, at times : SOONER. Simple in retrospect.
45. Ring of Fire danger : TSUNAMI. Love this picture Dave linked a few days ago.
46. Divvy up : ALLOT
47. Jack up : RAISE
48. Got ready to drive : TEED. Unlike Marti, Laura Davies never uses tees. She just kicks up a bit of sod and uses it as a tee.
49. 45, e.g. : RPM
50. Dole (out) : METE
51. Bits of holly : SPRIGS
53. Influence unfairly : BIAS
54. Opposite of ecto- : ENTO. Inner.
55. Boat-steering tool : OAR
56. Wood stove, for one : HEATER
58. Grade school quintet : A E I O U
67. Say "y'all," say : ELIDE
68. Acapulco beaches : PLAYAS. Had no idea that "Playa" means "Beach" in Spanish.
70. Charlottesville sch. : UVA (University of Virginia)
71. Gym series : REPs
72. Instrument played with a mallet : GONG. Also the surname of the most famous Chinese actress Gong Li.
73. Follow orders : COMPLY
76. Quipsters : WITS
80. Brown, in old ads : UPS. Sorry about my umlaut mess-up yesterday, Splynter. No Blue-Eyed Girl yesterday?
81. 1998 N.L. MVP : SOSA
82. Paroxysm : THROE
83. Pago Pago's nation : SAMOA
84. Airport arrival : SHUTTLE
89. Spotted : ESPIED
90. Least significant : MEREST
91. Fed. auditing agency : GAO (Government Accountability Office)
92. Talk trash to : DIS. Don't you ever talk about me like that! I'm the best Chinese crossword blogger in the game.
93. Deportment : DEMEANOR
95. Connection : NEXUS
100. It joined the Union in 1876 : COLORADO
103. Jamaican tangelo : UGLI. Most grocery stores carry UGLIs nowadays.
104. Sliding __ : DOOR
108. Bed board : SLAT
109. Oscar winner Hathaway : ANNE
110. Spanish bar servings : TAPAS
111. Chew the scenery : EMOTE
112. Now Look dolls, e.g. : KENs. Not familar with the "Now Look".
113. Drain cleaners : LYES
114. Oodles : SCADS
115. Less cracked? : SANER. Nice clue.
Down:
1. Chihuahua greeting : ARF
2. Seven __ : SEAS
3. Essence : PITH
4. Map of Hawaii, often : INSET. Indeed.
5. Falls : CATARACT. Plural-like singular, like Niagara Falls, I guess.
6. Release : UNCHAIN
7. Au naturel : NAKED
8. Line in math class : AXIS
9. Burgundy of film : RON. Hi there, Ron!
10. Controversial flavor enhancer : MSG
11. Lifting device : DERRICK
12. Smith graduate : ALUMNA
13. Got a C-plus, say : DID OK
14. Sibyls : SEERESSES
15. High-level disloyalty : TREASON
16. 2008 Asian Beach Games host : BALI. Have no memory of the games.
17. Similar (to) : AKIN
18. "Seasons of Love" musical : RENT
24. Cheri of "SNL" : OTERI
28. "... a grin without a cat!" thinker : ALICE
29. Self-important : PROUD
31. Stick with a net : CROSSE. In Lacrosse, right?
32. Annoying messages : SPAM
33. Domino, for one : TILE
34. Pound repeatedly : PELT
36. Berry rich in antioxidants : ACAI. See lots of Acai bowls on Pinterest.
37. Capricious : FLIGHTY
39. Country by the River Shribble : NARNIA. Got via crosses.
40. Caveat __ : EMPTOR
41. Curl around the hole's edge without going in, in golf lingo : RIM OUT. The clue describes the entry accurately.
43. School of the future? : ROE. Another great clue.
44. "Stay off my turf!" : GRR
45. Sad : TEARFUL
48. Bit of ticket info : TIER
51. Pouch : SAC
52. Ask for a hand? : PROPOSE
53. A/C unit : BTU. So pricey to ask those guys for a check up. Often they don't have the correct parts in their car, and they have to come again. I often wonder if they're telling the truth.
54. Neurofeedback readout : EEG
55. Sugar suffix : OSE
57. Pigeonholes : ASSORTS
58. Gasteyer of "Suburgatory" : ANA
59. Wade through : PERUSE
60. Hebrew leaders? : ALEPHS. Just first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
61. Turns to confetti : RIPS UP
62. Some ESPN highlights : TDs
63. It parallels the radius : ULNA
64. Unlikely derby winner : NAG
66. Wrigley Field feature : IVY
69. Increasingly sore : ACHIER
72. Cherished prize : GOLD MEDAL.
I'll always remember the 15 gold medals China won in 1984. That's the
first Olympics to many Chinese (China had been boycotting Olympics prior
to that).
74. More than half : MOST
75. Memento from a bill-signing ceremony : PEN
76. ''Do __ Diddy Diddy'': 1964 hit : WAH
77. Pinged, in a way : IM'ED. "Pinged" made me think of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
78. Famous Amos : TORI
79. Get smart with : SASS
81. Shade of gray : STEEL
82. "Presumed Innocent" author : TUROW (Scott)
83. Calamity causes : SCOURGES
85. Choice morsels : TIDBITS. So I made Granola with Argyle's maple syrup a la this recipe. Skipped coconut flakes & used slivered almonds. I must have done something wrong, the taste was a bit bitter.
86. Men of La Mancha : SENORES
87. Eternal : AGELESS
88. Phylum or genus, e.g. : TAXON. New word to me. The plural is TAXA.
90. Sam who worked with Coach and Woody : MALONE. In "Cheers!" Never watched it.
94. Key material : EBONY. Piano key.
95. Itinerant : NOMAD
96. Hayek of "Frida" : SALMA. Saw a Frida Kahlo exhibit a few years ago. She sure knew pain & passion.
97. Evenfall : DUSK
98. Look like a wolf? : OGLE. Lovely clue.
99. __ Bator : ULAN
100. Corrida cloak : CAPA
101. "Runaround Sue" singer : DION
102. Prefix meaning "bone" : OSTE
105. Bernard and Bonaventure: Abbr. : STs
106. Varnish ingredient : LAC
107. "__ Town Too": 1981 hit : HER. James Taylor.
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