111. Fracas, and a hint to both words in the answers to starred clues : FREE FOR ALL - Also what a baseball disagreement can become
23. *Retail enticement : TRIAL OFFER - Also FREE TRIAL and FREE OFFER - Caveat Emptor!
29. *Western nickname : SILVER STATE - Nevada or...
FREE SILVER - A big political issue around 1900
54. *Mall rarity at Christmas : PARKING SPACE or
FREE PARKING - A familiar game place
FREE SPACE - Part of another game
47. *Reporter's credential : PRESS PASS or
FREE PRESS - An underpinning of our democracy
FREE PASS - Be our guest
76. *Like much farm decor : COUNTRY STYLE
FREE COUNTRY
FREE STYLE
83. *Many sandwiches are made for it : LUNCH TIME
FREE LUNCH - Caveat Avis
FREE TIME - What to do, what to do?
100. *Airport employee : TICKET AGENT or
FREE TICKET
FREE AGENT - Lou Brock's anti-trust suit against MLB opened the way for baseball players to become FREE AGENTS
Husker Gary here to shepherd you through the rest of C.C.'s fun puzzle:
Across
1. Relaxes on the porch, say : ROCKS
6. Character set : CAST - This CAST of then-unknowns from The Outsiders went on to do pretty well! How many do recognize?
14. Pest control brand : ORKIN
19. Digs in the snow : IGLOO
20. Many a woman, vocally : ALTO
21. "Homeland" actress Miranda : OTTO
22. Revolutionary diplomat Silas : DEANE - First American diplomat to France
25. Cassandra's prophecy : DOOM She was a 33. Expert in futures? : ORACLE but gift came with the curse that no one would believe her
26. Ill-fated energy company : ENRON
27. Peaceful and relaxed : ZEN
28. "Word is ... " : I HEAR
31. Chipotle option : TACO
35. __ buco : OSSO - Milanese specialty of veal shanks
36. Foe of Rocky : BORIS - With accomplice Natasha Fatale
37. Desert or tundra : BIOME
38. Longoria of "Telenovela" : EVA
39. Org. in some le Carré novels : KGB - Do you recognize their leader from 1986 - 1991?
42. Federal Reserve chair Yellen : JANET
43. Supplied, as a forgotten line : FED TO
44. Sitarist Shankar : RAVI - An associate of Yehudi Menuhin and The Beatles
46. Skin : PEEL
49. Pollen source : STAMEN
51. Annual stage award : OBIE - The 2016 OBIE winner for Best New American Play off Broadway
52. Auction ender? : EER
53. Outer: Pref. : ECT
56. Contend (with) : GRAPPLE
59. Thus far : AS YET
60. Friend of Claudius I : HEROD
61. Seedy digs : RAT TRAP
64. Quite a journey : ODYSSEY - I'd say so!
67. "Whoop-de-doo" : OH FUN
70. Bolt on the track : USAIN - The fastest man on Earth
72. Comes into view : APPEARS
79. Goliath, to David : FOE
80. It might have the family name on it : MAT
81. Coastal raptor : ERNE
82. Make public, in a way : UNSEAL - The original Warren Report was not to be UNSEALED for 75 years but now the rest will be revealed next year
86. Raggedy dolls : ANNS
87. __ review : PEER
88. Mower handle? : DEERE
90. Devoured : EATEN
91. Born, in Bordeaux : NEE
92. Brick-shaped candy : PEZ
93. __-mouthed: inclined to curse : POTTY
94. Brown in the kitchen : ALTON - Even on South Park
95. NYC line with a Babylon branch : LIRR
97. Bluffing words, perhaps : I RAISE
99. Thick slice : SLAB
103. Forearm bones : RADII
106. Mauna __ : LOA - Maybe not the best place to build a house
109. Moronic : INANE
110. Chipotle option : MILD
113. GoPro competitor : NIKON
114. Sneaker brand : AVIA
115. Muddy ground : MIRE
116. One lacking roots : NOMAD
117. Crockpot dishes : STEWS
118. Min. divisions : SECS
119. Assist in a gym : SPOT
120. "Ciao!" : SEE YA
Down
1. High-end hotel : RITZ
2. Grimm meanie : OGRE
3. The dot-com boom coincided with much of it : CLINTON ERA
4. Org. for the great outdoors : KOA
5. Seeks earnestly : SOLICITS
6. Free Wi-Fi provider, often : CAFE - It must be everywhere now (Another FREE)
7. __ Romeo : ALFA
8. Sports testing subjects : STEROIDS - Hmmm...
9. A.L. East team : TOR
10. "Ixnay" : NO DICE
11. Island ring : ATOLL - After nuclear bomb testing on these there's not much left AT ALL
12. Kiln, e.g. : STOVE
13. Sweet spot? : HOME - HOME is the place that when you have to go there, they have to take you in
14. Black Sea resort : ODESSA - Turns out, there's a lot of 'em here too beside Texas.
15. Property owner's income : RENTS
16. Where to find flat beer drinkers? : KARAOKE BAR - Love the cluing. Probably not many "sharp" drinkers there
17. Tied, briefly : IN OT because they were 38. Tied : EVEN
18. Endangered state bird : NENE
24. Sounds of discovery : O HO'S - "Hey, my candy bar melted when I walked by the microwave magnetron. Hmmm..."
29. Indian pastries : SAMOSAS
30. __ eyes : ROVING - Author George Axelrod posted that this is when they start
34. Poppycock : ROT
36. More Spartan : BARER - My first college dorm room couldn't have been BARER
37. Cream : BEST
40. "It's what you do" insurance company : GEICO
41. Run : BLEED - No red shirts in wash with your white ones!
42. Picture file acronym : JPEG
43. Aspect : FACET
44. Gathered (in) : RAKED - Literally here
45. Peaceful relations : AMITY
46. Robin Williams title role : POPEYE
48. Trapper's prize : PELT
50. "You'd like this" : TRY ONE - They're FREE!
54. Tropical fruit used in salsas : PAPAYA
55. Smith of Fox News : SHEP - Smith
57. Trims in the garden : PRUNES
58. Huff and puff : PANT
62. Charlotte __ : RUSSE
63. Daisylike bloom : ASTER
65. Rhone tributary : SAONE - Pour moi une nouvelle rivière (A new river for me)
66. Building guideline : SPEC
67. Large amount : OCEAN - "It's gonna take an OCEAN, Of calamine lotion"
68. Mezzo Marilyn : HORNE
69. Carnival treat : FUNNEL CAKE
71. Volunteer's phrase : I'LL DO IT
73. Question of responsibility : AM I TO BLAME
74. Cheap collegiate cupful : RAMEN - An average bag costs $0.13. You could have 3 of these per day for for a year's total of $142.65
.75. WWII submachine gun : STEN
77. Media mogul Murdoch : RUPERT
78. Santa __ Valley: California wine region : YNEZ
79. Violent anger : FURY - Also Saturday morning TV for this Baby Boomer
83. "Go for it!" : LET 'ER RIP
84. Rowdy sorts : HELLIONS
85. "Ciao" : TATA
89. Some "Doctor Who" creatures : ETS
92. Hogs the mirror, say : PREENS - No mirror required here
93. Zoo animals with Chinese names : PANDAS
94. "Yeah, right!" : AS IF
96. "No duh!" : I KNOW
97. Cry of surrender : I GIVE
98. Museum piece : RELIC
100. Anchovy containers : TINS - People packed into Aluminum containers
101. Part of A.A. Milne? : INIT
102. Latin trio part : AMAS
104. Flying start? : AERO
105. OFF! ingredient : DEET
107. Aveeno rival : OLAY
108. "The Aviator" Oscar nominee : ALDA - Leo DiCaprio didn't want him to play the villainous part at first because Alan was too nice.
111. Radio settings : FMS
112. Sushi roll topping : ROE
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