LA Times Daily Crossword December 2, 2018 Answers

1. Avian mimic 5. Selling point? 10. Weasel cousin 15. Passed quickly, as time 19. Pigeon calls 20. Kind of column 21. Stands at lectures 22. Lead in a movie, say 23. What the acrobatic landlady liked to do? 26. Wile E. Coyote supplier 27. Run-of-the-mill 28. Former LeBron team, on sports tickers 29. Lost on purpose 31. Buds, possibly 32. TruTV show for board game enthusiasts? 37. Sorority letter 39. Former LeBron team, on sport tickers 40. Takes a breather 41. "The Simpsons" retailer 44. "Chain of Fools" name 47. Out in the yacht 49. Bite playfully 52. When a pro might practice at Augusta National? 56. Departed 57. "Once __ a time ... " 58. Yon yacht 59. Name in a Tolstoy title 60. Formal split 62. Electric wheels 64. Second-tallest living bird 66. Inform 68. Skin-related 69. Gym employees for those getting in shape fast? 73. Don't hold your breath 76. Antelope playmates 77. Musical muscle car 78. Agave plant 82. "The wisdom of many and the wit of one": Russell 84. Dread 86. Bigelow product 88. Often painful crack 89. Cut with a small knife 90. Gold medal winners at the Renaissance fair? 94. Thesaurus wd. 95. Doing nothing 96. Cabinet department 97. Minute 98. China's Zhou __ 101. QB's stat 102. Shocked text letters 104. Wedding chapel's main form of advertising? 111. Vacation destination 115. Caroline Islands components 116. Rescue squad initials 117. Rant 119. Fictional plantation 120. Where bills should be put after an audit? 125. "Slippery" trees 126. "... but I could be wrong" 127. Celestial ovine 128. Shuts down 129. Colorist's supply 130. Price enders, often 131. Category 132. Obliterate, in Oxford

1. Menial work 2. "__ it!" 3. __ plume 4. Have high hopes 5. Hindu "Destroyer" 6. Start of an adage about humanity 7. Sandwich shop order 8. Often tickled bone? 9. "Foucault's Pendulum" author 10. Diagonal sail extender 11. Now 12. Pindar piece 13. Make widely known 14. Samples 15. Stadium staples 16. Eastwood's "Bronco Billy" co-star Sondra 17. Fictional hunter in a floppy hat 18. Signs of garden neglect 24. GM subsidiary 25. Guy's girlfriend 30. Comedy __ 33. One may be dull 34. Trek pack animal 35. Algonquian language 36. Picked up 38. Trojan War god 41. Touch 42. Nickname for José 43. Eerie fliers 45. Old anesthetic 46. Like many crosswords 47. "Up" star 48. WWII prison camp 49. Standard 50. Subject of Huáscar 51. Orange discard 53. Legally off base 54. Baited insect collector 55. Beans or greens 56. Scalia's successor 61. Enhancing word 63. Shaft between wheels 65. Handy 67. Trivial 70. Vivacious 71. Words near an "F," maybe 72. Musical handicap 73. Omar of "In Too Deep" 74. Doctor's order 75. French __ 79. Consider carefully, with "over" 80. Attention 81. Basilica recess 83. Astros catcher McCann 85. Bonnie Blue's dad 87. 2012 Ben Affleck film 91. "Gotcha!" 92. Casino game requirement, often 93. Symphonic disc 98. Mercedes line 99. Kings' org. 100. City from which Vasco da Gama sailed 101. NBA part 103. Driver's license info 104. Hardly favored 105. Volta's birthplace 106. Musical Mel 107. 86-Across variety 108. Drops 109. German river, to locals 110. Less risky 112. Gemini docking target 113. Lumps for Miss Muffet 114. German state 118. Climbed 121. "Exodus" protagonist 122. "The Situation Room" airer 123. It's game 124. Longtime Eur. realm