SUNDAY, March 21, 2010 — Sylvia Bursztyn

THEME: "And Sign Here" — A rebus puzzles in which an ampersand stands for the letters AND.

[Note: This is the puzzle that appears in the Sunday L.A. Times newspaper. If you don't get the paper, you can find the puzzle here. Scroll down to see the write-up of today's syndicated puzzle.]



Theme answers:

• 23A: Dick Clark's flagship (AMERICAN B[AND]ST[AND]).
• 48A: Company that merged with Nabisco (ST[AND]ARD BR[AND]S).
• 62A: Peet or Plummer (AM[AND]A).
• 67A: Irving Berlin's first big hit (ALEX[AND]ER'S RAGTIME B[AND]).
• 85A: Desert (AB[AND]ON).
• 91A: Unimpeded perspective (GR[AND]ST[AND] VIEW).
• 94A: Hero's heartthrob (LE[AND]ER).
• 118A: Like lovers on a park path (WALKING H[AND] IN H[AND]).
• 9D: Insipid (BL[AND]).
• 12D: Tristram of literature (SH[AND]Y).
• 36D: Screen's Kowalski (BR[AND]O).
• 39D: Sacker of Rome (V[AND]AL).
• 42D: Dressing variety (THOUS[AND] ISL[AND]).
• 47D: Leader dubbed Mahatma (MOH[AND]AS G[AND]HI).
• 59D: Provisions (VI[AND]S).
• 82D: Marlowe's creator (CH[AND]LER).
• 92D: Shaw title character ([AND]ROCLES).
• 107D: Ramble (ME[AND]ER).
• 114D: Huarache (S[AND]AL).

Everything Else — 1A: Old Egyptian charm (SCARAB); 7A: Native Israelis (SABRAS); 13A: Hogs the sofa (SPRAWLS); 20A: Yokohama drama (KABUKI); 21A: Red in the face (ABLUSH); 22A: Put right (IRON OUT); 25A: Canyon near Malibu (TOPANGA); 26A: Hanoi holiday (TET); 27A: Valletta's nation (MALTA); 28A: Tot stuff (TOYS); 30A: Addams Family uncle (FESTER); 31A: "What --- could I do?" (ELSE); 33A: Inlet (RIA); 34A: Recycling receptacle (BIN); 35A: Critic Roger (EBERT); 37A: Big horn (TUBA); 39A: Nice life (VIE); 40A: Scull session sticks (OARS); 41A: 20 dispensers (ATMS); 45A: Pinnacles (ACMES); 51A: Come in third (SHOW); 52A: Chest (THORAX); 54A: "Rumor --- it ..." (HAS); 55A: London greeting ('ELLO); 56A: "Twelfth Night" twin (VIOLA); 57A: Baseball honcho Bowie (KUHN); 58A: First name in stunts (EVEL); 60A: Plum kin (SLOE); 61A: Beast's beloved (BEAUTY); 63A: Edge (RIM); 64A: Memo abbr. (ATTN); 65A: Stole from an animal? (FUR); 66A: Plea asea (SOS); 72A: Small sts. (PLS.); 74A: Plaines preceder (DES); 75A: Yard sale stipulation (AS IS); 76A: Blunder (ERR); 77A: Imperil (RISK); 80A: "Lyin' Eyes" group (EAGLES); 82A: Cut short (CROP); 83A: Novelist Janowitz (TAMA); 84A: Tennis great Arthur (ASHE); 86A: "Moonstruck" Oscar winner (CHER); 87A: E-file agcy. (IRS); 88A: Wanness (PALLOR); 90A: Silver salmon (COHO); 95A: Satie or Estrada (ERIK); 96A: Romance novelist Victoria (HOLT); 97A: Hit head-on (RAM); 98A: Some MP3 players (RCAS); 100A: Legree's creator (STOWE); 102A: Hector, to Hecuba (SON); 103A: Campy wrap (BOA); 104A: Meager (SLIM); 108A: Sprints (DASHES); 111A: Campus mil. org. (ROTC); 113A: Some sisters (AUNTS); 115A: Put away groceries (ATE); 116A: Hurriedly (IN HASTE); 121A: In a tangle (SNARLED); 122A: Timeworn (AGE-OLD); 123A: An American, in Paris? (YANKEE); 124A: Features of some locks (KEYPADS); 125A: Fight back (RESIST); 126A: One of thrash metal's Big Four (SLAYER); 1D: Emulate Apolo Ohno (SKATE); 2D: Spin for Sasha Cohen (CAMEL); 3D: Helps in crime (ABETS); 4D: Capek classic (RUR); 5D: Tamiroff of "Topkapi" (AKIM); 6D: Baking soda, in brief (BICARB); 7D: Sleigh driver of note (SANTA); 8D: "Waterloo" quartet (ABBA); 10D: More out of practice (RUSTIER); 11D: First name in sports cars (ASTON); 13D: Perch (SIT); 14D: Claim (PROFESS); 15D: Roundup participant (ROPER); 16D: Oscar role for Ingrid (ANASTASIA); 17D: Tom Petty's "I --- Back Down" (WON'T); 18D: Olympic racer (LUGE); 19D: Asterisk (STAR); 24D: False name (ALIAS); 29D: St. Trinian's creator Ronald (SEARLE); 32D: Everlasting (ETERNAL); 34D: Slant (BIAS); 38D: Dos Passos trilogy (USA); 40D: Football-shaped (OBLONG); 43D: Very, to Verdi (MOLTO); 44D: Moves with the music (SWAYS); 45D: It's an Aleutian (ATKA); 46D: Buddy (CHUM); 49D: Ampersand for and, e.g. (as herein) (THEME); 50D: River mouths (DELTAS); 53D: Thermopylae victor (XERXES); 56D: "Billy Budd" captain (VERE); 60D: Word with mall or mine (STRIP); 61D: Trumped-up charge (BUM RAP); 64D: Classify (ASSORT); 65D: Solid (FIRM); 68D: Adam's site (EDEN); 69D: Least done (RAREST); 70D: Rib (TEASE); 71D: Without a Wacoal, say (BRALESS); 72D: Dove's cry? (PEACE); 73D: Toil (LABOR); 78D: Sneaker or loafer (SHOE); 79D: "Beloved Infidel"'s Deborah (KERR); 81D: "Get a move on!" (LOOK SHARP); 83D: Crop (TRIM); 86D: Boast (CROW); 87D: Nobelist Pavlov (IVAN); 89D: Chicken-king link (ALA); 91D: Wrote under wraps (GHOSTED); 93D: Mistreat (WRONG); 99D: Everly Brothers' "--- Clown" (CATHY'S); 101D: Edison contemporary (TESLA); 102D: Phase (STAGE); 103D: Cake type (BUNDT); 105D: Gangling (LANKY); 106D: "... --- wed" (I THEE); 108D: Frisbee, e.g. (DISK); 109D: Bancroft or Boleyn (ANNE); 110D: One-horse carriage (SHAY); 112D: Man --- (OWAR); 113D: Feels fluish (AILS); 117D: Mag. wheels (EDS.); 119D: Garden-pond fish (KOI); 120D: Concert finale? (-INA).