Sunday March 5, 2023 Pam Klawitter

Theme:  "Moving In" - On is switched into ING, changing spelling as needed.

24. Task for the caregivers of a Trojan War hero?: ACHILLES TENDING. Achilles tendon.

36. Method of preserving souvenir tops?: T-SHIRT CANNING. T-shirt cannon.

51. Activity in a Toronto pastry shop?: CANADIAN BAKING. Canadian bacon.

65. Tall tales about one's climbing experience?: MOUNTAIN LYING. Mountain lion.

84. Greeting that may come with barks and licks?: WELCOME WAGGING. Welcome wagon.

95. Rodent who's really angry he missed the migration?: BITTER LEMMING. Bitter lemon.

114. Good-natured fun leading up to an election?: CAMPAIGN RIBBING. Campaign ribbon.

I don't quite get the title. When I first read the title, I thought IN in the first word is moved into the second word. 

In case you missed, here's an interview of today's constructor Pam Klawitter, who also makes puzzles for the Daily POP Crosswords, edited by Patti also.

Across:

1. Performs an operation, in a way: ADDS. Math operation.

5. "One Kiss" singer __ Lipa: DUA. Meaning "love" in Albanian.

8. Southwestern building block: ADOBE.

13. Buzzing cloud: SWARM.

18. Sans-__: font style: SERIF.

20. Liberty Mutual's industry: Abbr.: INS. Due to the puzzle title, this is clued as insurance-related.

21. Toyota's luxury division: LEXUS.

22. Common newspaper name: TIMES. China's English newspaper Global Times is controlled by the government.

23. Saudi neighbor: OMANI.

27. __ optics: FIBER.

28. Tolkien saga, briefly: LOTR. The Lord of the Rings.

29. Forbes rival: INC.

30. Vitamin C source: CITRUS. These are called yuzu. I have a tiny tube of hand cream with yuzu in. Smells amazing.

31. Chicago business district: THE LOOP.

34. Bootleg booze: HOOCH.

42. March on Washington fig.: MLK.

43. Split __ soup: PEA.

46. Most candid: OPENEST.

47. Iris covering: CORNEA.

49. Bring in: EARN.

50. Lead: GUIDE.

55. Ethiopian capital: ADDIS ABABA. Means "new flower"  in Amharic, the official Ethiopian language. We also have 101. Horn of Africa nation: SOMALIA.

58. Aliens, for short: ETS.

59. Certain lamp resident: GENIE.

60. "Breathe Me" singer: SIA.

61. Fuel-efficient bikes: MOPEDS.

63. Bertie played by Hugh Laurie: WOOSTER.

69. Many an episode of "This Is Us," e.g.: SOB FEST.

73. Kir __: French cocktail: ROYALE.

74. Naughty: BAD.

77. To no __: in vain: AVAIL.

78. Tallahassee sch.: FSU.

81. "Some Like It Hot" co-star: TONY CURTIS. I think Marilyn Monroe was the most beautiful woman in the world. Don't you agree?

88. Dry Italian wine: SOAVE.

89. __ Major: URSA.

90. "Let's go, amigos!": ANDALE.

91. Concession speech deliverer: ALSO-RAN.

93. School org.: PTA.

94. __ drop: MIC.

99. Rizzo of "Midnight Cowboy": RATSO.

102. Tubman of Judy Blume's "Fudge" series: SHEILA.

105. SUV stat: MPG.

108. Taylor Swift's "Look What You __ Me Do": MADE.

109. Genius Bar tablets: IPADS.

117. Gymnast Comaneci: NADIA.

118. On, as an alarm: ARMED.

119. Garlicky mayonnaise: AIOLI. Never had this.

120. "Da 5 Bloods" director Spike: LEE.

121. Serengeti grazer: ELAND.

122. John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen __": MEANY.

123. Painter Picasso: PABLO.

124. AARP folks: SRS.

125. Hook's sidekick: SMEE.

Down:

1. Starting from: AS OF.

2. __-glace: rich sauce: DEMI. Steve would have told you more about this.

3. Dull: DRAB.

4. Trigonometry function: SINE.

5. Cockney, e.g.: DIALECT.

6. 7UP nickname, with "the": UNCOLA.

7. Kutcher of "Jobs": ASHTON.

8. Tide alternative: ALL.

9. Sub station?: DELI. 25. Pressing need?: IRON. Good old clues. 

10. Team members: OXEN.

11. Anheuser-__: BUSCH.

12. Abbr. on some cornerstones: EST.

13. Christmas Eve visitor, familiarly: ST NICK.

14. Shoe measurement: WIDTH.

15. Boy in "The Kite Runner": AMIR.

16. Eye care brand: RENU.

17. Inbox fillers: Abbr.: MSGS. Messages.

19. Some evergreens: FIR TREES.

26. Big name in water purification: ECOLAB.

32. Growth chart nos.: HTS. Heights.

33. Printing measure: PICA.

35. Portent: OMEN.

36. Wardrobe item on HBO's "Rome": TOGA.

37. Taters: SPUDS.

38. Klum of "Making the Cut": HEIDI.

39. Setting of the 2022 film "RRR": INDIA. I love this clue angle. "RRR" is a huge hit. Most expensive Indian film ever made.

40. Lymph __: NODE.

41. Fortitude: GRIT.

43. Smock stain: PAINT.

44. Bert's BFF: ERNIE.

45. Tick off: ANGER.

48. "Illmatic" rapper: NAS.

49. Just scrapes (by): EKES.

51. Crunch's rank: CAP'N.

52. Disable the security system for, say: ABET.

53. Zilch: NADA.

54. Eagerly expectant: AGOG.

56. "Famous" cookie-maker: AMOS.

57. Ring match: BOUT. Boxing ring.

62. Polite address: SIR.

63. Artful: WILY.

64. Two Grants: ONE C.

65. Ten-time NBA All-Star Anthony, to fans: MELO. Now with the Lakers.

66. "Me? Never!": NOT I.

67. Fourvière locale: LYON. Known for this basilica.

68. Yin counterpart: YANG. Lesley just had Ba Huo Guan (cupping) two days ago. See below. She told me she had too much "Yin" inside her. Cupping is quite popular now. Even Gwyneth Paltrow tried it.

69. Escorted to the penthouse, say: SAW UP.

70. For all to see: OVERT.

71. Light wood: BALSA.

72. Pay stub abbr.: FICA.

74. Witch craft?: BROOM. Love this clue.

75. Arcade pioneer: ATARI.

76. Lounge piece: DIVAN.

78. Subject line abbr.: FWD.

79. Old car from Sweden: SAAB.

80. Fruit that's not so cute: UGLI. Do you guys like cranberry walnut bread? Sometimes they put orange peels inside. Ruins the whole thing for me.

82. Ship sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898: USS MAINE.

83. Hong Kong's Hang __ Index: SENG. Often abbreviated as HSI, like our DOW.

85. Tiki bar drink: MAI TAI.

86. RSVP cards, often: ENCS.

87. Sees: GETS.

91. Asserts without proof: ALLEGES.

92. Plumeria garland: LEI.

94. Illness: MALADY.

96. "Lara Croft: __ Raider": TOMB.

97. Inbox fillers: EMAILS.

98. Original "SNL" cast member Gilda: RADNER.

99. Turn red, say: RIPEN.

100. __ vincit amor: OMNIA. Reads like "everything conquers love".

102. Car warranty call, usually: SCAM.

103. Fabled loser: HARE.

104. Watson of "Little Women": EMMA.

106. "No __": "Piece of cake": PROB.

107. Fish organ: GILL. I finally tried Caribbean jerk salmon yesterday. It's not bad. I still prefer soy sauce/honey combo.

110. BFFs: PALS.

111. Singer Lambert: ADAM.

112. Have a meal: DINE.

113. "Soldier of Love" singer: SADE.

115. Space: GAP.

116. "About Me" info: BIO.

 

Malcolm, a regular blog reader and friend of Fermatprime (Lorraine), sent me below picture and note. Lorraine used to comment on our blog regularly. She does not solve LAT crosswords these days. Malcolm said she plays Word Solitaire every day and almost always gets the max possible score.

This is from the Techer, a Caltech Alumni Magazine, Spring 2023. A FULL-page photo. It sits by itself but seems to be associated with an article called Groundbreakers which is about the first women to earn bachelor’s degrees at Caltech.

C.C.