SUNDAY, May 9, 2010 — John Lampkin (syndicated)

Theme: "Pet Food" — Animal/food puns!

[Note: This is the syndicated L.A. Times puzzle. It does not appear in the actual newspaper, but is available for free at cruciverb.com.]


Theme answers:

• 23A: Duck's snack? (GRAHAM QUACKER).
• 38A: Canary's cereal? (SHREDDED TWEET).
• 71A: Dog's creamer? (ARF AND ARF).
• 101A: Owl's beverage? (HOOT CHOCOLATE).
• 122A: Chick's first course? (SPLIT PEEP SOUP).
• 3D: Sheep's eggplant dish? (BAA BAA GHANOUJ).
• 59D: Cow's dessert? (RASPBERRY MOOS).

Everything Else — 1A: Outback developer (SUBARU); 7A: Like students on finals eve (UP LATE); 13A: Turn over with faith (ENTRUST); 20A: Pain relief brand (ANACIN); 21A: Bit of inclemency (SHOWER); 22A: Have advance knowledge of, as the future (SEE INTO); 25A: Crossword whose answers contain all 26 letters, e.g. (PANGRAM); 26A: Jeer (GIBE); 27A: Play narrated by a stage manager (OUR TOWN); 28A: Half of a Pacific island (BORA); 29A: Supermarket ID (UPC); 30A: Ecol. watchdog (EPA); 31A: Give and take (SWAP); 32A: Je t'__: I love you, in France (AIME); 34A: __ Wafers (NILLA); 36A: Blind alley (DEAD END); 42A: 1998 biopic about model Carangi (GIA); 43A: Camelot charger (STEED); 45A: Like sirens (SEXY); 46A: Long-shot winners defy them (ODDS); 47A: B-flat equivalent (A SHARP); 50A: Hog meat (HAM); 51A: Stair posts (NEWELS); 53A: "Alice in Wonderland" (2010) star Wasikowska (MIA); 54A: A loose one can trip you up (SHOELACE); 57A: Garden party hiree (CATERER); 62A: Hog hangouts (PENS); 64A: Film with Bond girl Honey Ryder (DR. NO); 65A: Jason's ship (ARGO); 68A: 1998 Olympics city (NAGANO); 69A: Beak (SNOOT); 74A: Cavaradossi's lover (TOSCA); 75A: Fresh (UNUSED); 77A: Picked do (AFRO); 78A: Aptly named beam (Z-BAR); 80A: Jacuzzis (SPAS); 81A: Lounging garb (PAJAMAS); 83A: Diner on a hill (ANTEATER); 86A: NYC subway line named for two boroughs (BMT); 87A: Cue (PROMPT); 90A: Like 20-Across, briefly (OTC); 91A: __ femoris: thigh muscle (BICEPS); 93A: It may be filled with Londonderry air (TYRE); 97A: Van Gogh's confidant brother (THEO); 98A: Early Teutons (GOTHS); 100A: Mastodon preserver (TAR); 104A: Bunkers and streams, to golfers (HAZARDS); 108A: Actress Rene (RUSSO); 109A: Signed note (CHIT); 110A: Snug and comfy (COZY); 111A: Even so (YET); 112A: Fury (IRE); 113A: Facetious "Not funny" ("HA HA"); 116A: Third degree of a musical scale (MEDIANT); 119A: Uma's role in "The Avengers" (EMMA); 120A: Demand to be free (LET ME GO); 124A: Not metaphorical (LITERAL); 125A: Tube (TEEVEE); 126A: Service station feature, briefly (C-STORE); 127A: Regal (STATELY); 128A: Garden tools (EDGERS); 129A: Equilibria (STASES); 1D: Declined (SAGGED); 2D: Like some green tomatoes (UNRIPE); 4D: 20-Across target (ACHE); 5D: Estuary (RIA); 6D: Going to seed, as grass (UNMOWN); 7D: Grab, as power (USURP); 8D: "Cool" relative (PHAT); 9D: In __ parentis (LOCO); 10D: Like most early adolescents (AWKWARD); 11D: ___ Beanies: little stuffed animals (TEENIE); 12D: Muff a grounder (ERR); 13D: Hockey's Phil, to fans (ESPO); 14D: Close (NEAR); 15D: One paying a flat fee? (TENANT); 16D: Fix (RIG); 17D: Like printer paper (UNRULED); 18D: Attached, as paper (STAPLED); 19D: Alley prowlers (TOMCATS); 24D: Thigh muscles (QUADS); 28D: Moisten, poetically (BEDEW); 31D: Browns in a pan (SEARS); 33D: Gds. (MDSE.); 35D: Noted WWII photo site, briefly (IWO); 37D: Diego's day (DIA); 38D: Blockade (SEAL OFF); 39D: Blood: Pref. (HEMA-); 40D: Biz boss (EXEC); 41D: Poet Thomas (DYLAN); 44D: Powerful D.C. lobby (THE NRA); 47D: Intensifies (AMPS UP); 48D: Earth shade (SIENNA); 49D: Third deg.? (PH.D.); 51D: Computer geek, e.g. (NERD); 52D: ER "Right away!" ("STAT!"); 55D: Vivaldi's hour (ORA); 56D: Pachelbel's "__ in D Major" (CANON); 58D: They may need stroking (EGOS); 60D: Bivouac (ENCAMP); 61D: Facetious tributes (ROASTS); 63D: Former Cub star (SOSA); 66D: Martha's Vineyard paper since 1846 (GAZETTE); 67D: "Law & Order" actor (ORBACH); 70D: ER stat (TEMP); 72D: What the suspicious smell (A RAT); 73D: Full of flab (FAT); 76D: Sith lord's title (DARTH); 79D: Lee follower (REB); 82D: Trendy London area (SOHO); 84D: Honk (TOOT); 85D: Posh (RITZY); 88D: Much-visited place (MECCA); 89D: Bear in a red shirt (POOH); 92D: 1880s pres. monogram (CAA); 93D: Pulse quickeners (THRILLS); 94D: Touching comment? (YOU'RE IT); 95D: Stone name (ROSETTA); 96D: Visitors from afar, for short (ETS); 98D: Drop leaf support (GATE LEG); 99D: Stood out (SHONE); 102D: Stick (COHERE); 103D: Favored a foot (LIMPED); 105D: Montezuma's people (AZTECS); 106D: Coyly decorous (DEMURE); 107D: Middle ear bone (STAPES); 110D: Bull attractors (CAPES); 114D: "__ in Calico": Crosby song (A GAL); 115D: Blessed (HOLY); 117D: Ring pretense (DIVE); 118D: Old Roman road (ITER); 119D: "¿Cómo __?" (ESTÁ); 121D: Strawberry, in the '80s (MET); 122D: Véronique, e.g.: Abbr. (STE.); 123D: L.A. hours (PST).