Theme: "Art Nouveau" - ART is added to each theme entry.
23A. Prefer not to serve the drinks? : MIND BARTENDING. Mind-bending.
39A. Apt wear when drinking gin cocktails? : MARTINI SKIRT. Mini skirt.
58A. Special area for booting up again? : RESTART ROOM. Restroom.
82A. Garb for the Scottish seaside? : BEACH TARTAN. Beach tan.
99A. iPad owners' gatherings? : APPLE PARTIES. Apple pies.
119A. Lewd weasel relative? : DIRTY OLD MARTEN. Dirty old men. The clue makes me smile.
16D. Group that controls film cartoons? : ANIMATION CARTEL. Animation Cel. One of the theme entries in the Cell/Cel/Sell/Sel puzzle D-Otto and I did for the WSJ.
47D. Patterns for moving supplies? : CARTON TEMPLATES. Contemplates. This and 58A both have one-word as the original phrase.
I've seen a few "Lost Art" puzzles where ART is removed from each theme entry. This is the first time for an ART addition theme.
Jake seems to be fond of Sunday grids. All his LAT puzzles so far are Sunday's. This 140-worder is skillfully designed with a great assortments of 6's and 7's.
Jake seems to be fond of Sunday grids. All his LAT puzzles so far are Sunday's. This 140-worder is skillfully designed with a great assortments of 6's and 7's.
Across:
1. Pandora's boxful : EVILS
6. One going over the wall : HOME RUN. And 6. 6-Across, for one : HIT
13. Contemporary electronic music genre : NU JAZZ. Learning moment for me.
19. Soup legume : LENTIL. Not ADZUKI. Staple in Cantonese cuisine.
21. Hematite or magnetite : IRON ORE
22. Borneo sultanate : BRUNEI. Rich in oil. Lots of Chinese live there.
25. Melanin-deficient individual : ALBINO
26. What fits all, in ads : ONE-SIZE
27. Prefix with ware : MAL. Malware. Another trickily clued prefix: 49. Intro to economics? : SOCIO
28. Pulled up a chair : SAT
30. "__ it!" : I'M ON. Little partial price to pay for the scrabbly Z's and J.
31. Aleppo's land: Abbr. : SYR
32. Diane who played Flo in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" : LADD. Not LANE.
34. Big name in game shows : MERV. Not ALEX.
37. Throat dangler : UVULA
42. Suggest : GET AT
45. Highway through Whitehorse : ALCAN. Yukon. I drew a blank.
48. Opposite of hence : AGO
50. Olympus competitor : LEICA. What camera are you using? I have a little Coolpix.
51. Lover of Beauty : BEAST. Capitalized B.
52. One on the run : PERP. Simple in retrospect.
54. '50s foe of Dwight : ADLAI
56. Crew member : OAR
57. Pres. on a dime : FDR
61. Sound during cutting : SNIP. Hair salon.
62. Glue, say : ATTACH. Verb "Glue".
65. Lost by design : THREW. "by design" threw me. "Lost on purpose" would be a piece of cake.
66. It's sold in yards : FABRIC. Also 86. It's sold in yards : ALE
68. Scrapes and bruises, in totspeak : BOOBOOS
70. Rural skyline features : SILOS
72. Falls for many lovers? : NIAGARA. Sweet clue.
75. Eggnog topping : NUTMEG
77. Doctrinal offshoots : SECTS
79. Screenwriter Nora : EPHRON. She knew who Deep Throat was all along.
80. Dillon of "Wayward Pines" : MATT
85. Old young king : TUT
87. Schoolyard retort : DID SO
88. Third __ : RAIL. Not BASE.
89. Many of its pieces are lost during play : CHESS. Alas, I don't play chess.
91. Not likely to give up the hammock : COMFY. Hi there, Dave!
93. Healed : CURED
96. __ Aviv : TEL
97. "Roots" writer : HALEY
98. Old Toyota : SUPRA. Not PASEO.
102. Puts away cargo : LADES
104. Noodle variety : SOBA. Was thinking of UDON of course. Love Seafood Udon.
105. Quite a : SOME. Does the clue feel incomplete to you?
106. Poisonous slitherer : ASP
109. Antlered male : STAG
111. __ volente : DEO
113. Bars on a deli package : UPC. Now I know Gary has a Hy-Vee in his area. How about you? I love our local Hy-Vee.
115. Penalty for forgetfulness, perhaps : LATE FEE. Got via crosses.
117. Intolerant of : HATING
123. "... if you know what's good for you!" : OR ELSE
124. Watch : OBSERVE
125. Sure winner : SHOO-IN
126. Pretend to be : POSE AS
127. Prepares : READIES
128. Vito Corleone's eldest : SONNY. The one with the hot temper. Michael is the youngest. Fredo is the middle son, also the weakest link. Connie is weak too.
Down:
1. St. __ fire : ELMO'S
2. Promising, as mine walls : VEINY. Maybe miners do use this word.
3. __ circle : INNER
4. Classic Fords : LTDs
5. Hissing : SIBILANT
7. Where Utah's minor league Owlz play : OREM. PROVO and OREM are our regular Utah city answers. We also have 18. Utah national park : ZION
8. French friend's address : MON AMI. Also 10. French king : ROI
9. Like boring speeches, so it seems : ENDLESS
11. Spigoted vessel : URN
12. Photo lab items : NEGs. No "Abbr." hint?
13. Network for hoops fans : NBA TV
14. Blue text, often : URL
15. Significant anniversary : JUBILEE
17. Greek known for paradoxes : ZENO
20. __ Wolf, "Fiddler on the Roof" butcher : LAZAR. Watched the movie ages ago. Don't remember the butcher's name.
24. Bureaucratic tangle : RED TAPE
29. Civic duty, perhaps? : AUTO LOAN. Another great clue.
33. Compilation : DIGEST
35. One of early Hollywood's "Big Five" : RKO. Wiki says the Big Five are: 20th Century Fox, RKO Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
36. Church official : VICAR
38. Aptly named fruit : UGLI. It's actually sweet and juicy.
39. Live __: Taco Bell slogan : MAS. Live Mas (Live More).
40. Bridge positions : NORTHS. Is it common to have the positions pluralized, Spitzboov?
41. Done with : RID OF
43. Popular berry : ACAI
44. Rain delay rollout : TARP
45. BBC sitcom : AB FAB. Absolutely Fabulous. Guilty of putting it in one of my grids.
46. Caused : LED TO
53. County counterpart : PARISH
55. Insomniac's prescription : AMBIEN. I bet D-Otto goes to sleep quickly. He's so Zen!
58. Four-sided figures : RHOMBI. One more I-ending plural: 100. Ancient scrolls : PAPYRI
59. Rent again : RE-LET
60. Like some garages : TWO-CAR
61. [I'm frustrated!] : SIGH. The spray I mentioned a while ago lost effect on Boomer's diabetic foot nerve pain. Sigh!
63. Border on : ABUT
64. Portable bed : COT
67. Conviction, to a cop : RAP. Got via crosses also.
69. Pea pod, e.g. : SEEDCASE
71. Layers : STRATA
73. Waken : ROUSE
74. Pacing, maybe : ANTSY
76. Prepare for a road trip : GAS UP
78. "M*A*S*H" actor David Ogden __ : STIERS. Stranger to me.
80. Coats for brolly carriers : MACs. Steve probably uses umbrella now. When I first came to the US, I called crackers "biscuits". Guangzhou is very close to Hong Kong, where British English is more common.
81. Baseball family name : ALOU
83. Military subdivision : CORPS
84. Considering everything : ALL TOLD
87. Pair : DYAD
89. Serengeti speedsters : CHEETAHS. Hi there!
90. Owns : HAS
92. Easily damaged : FRAGILE
94. "Ticket to the Moon" gp. : ELO
95. Appeared for the first time : DEBUTED
101. Mosque leaders : IMAMS
103. Paper borders : EDGES
106. "Flow gently, sweet __!": Burns : AFTON
107. Escort : SEE IN
108. Cent : PENNY
109. Browse the mall : SHOP. Boomer says I spend more time picking a T-shirt than he does buying a car.
110. Poi base : TARO. I bake taros the same way I bake potatoes.
112. Scent : ODOR
114. Area with moorings : COVE
116. Sock ending : EROO
118. Govt. subject of James Bamford's "The Puzzle Palace" : NSA
120. "When Will __ Loved?": 1975 hit : I BE
121. Botswana neighbor: Abbr. : RSA (Republic of South Africa)
122. Arles article : LES
C.C.
