SUNDAY, September 13, 2009 — Sylvia Bursztyn

[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: "Music Fame" — Theme answers are names of songs (or, in one case, an album that is also the name of a song) that all end with a word that rhymes with fame.


Theme answers:

• 17A/33D: "Gilda" number (PUT THE BLAME ON MAME).
• 19A: Elvis hit (HIS LATEST FLAME).
• 24A: Jim Croce hit (I GOT A NAME).
• 34A/85A/111A: "South Pacific" song (THERE IS NOTHIN' LIKE A DAME).
• 66A: Led Zeppelin album (THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME).
• 119A: Fats Domino hit (AIN'T THAT A SHAME).
• 37D: J. Geils Band hit (FREEZE FRAME).

Everything Else — 1A: Clobber (BASTE); 6A: Stallone's judge role (DREDD); 11A: Brenner or Donner (PASS); 15A: Judge Roy Bean's bailiwick (SALOON); 16A: Sowing machine (SEEDER); 21A: Unprincipled (AMORAL); 22A: Guarantee (ENSURE); 23A: Smidge (IOTA); 26A: Rock type (ACID); 27A: They're attractive (MAGNETS); 30A: --- Paulo (SAO); 31A: It's game (TAG); 32A: Cygnus star (DENEB); 36A: Notable lamp maker (TIFFANY); 39A: Prior to, to Prior (ERE); 40A: Top Ten and to-do (LISTS); 42A: Junket (TRIP); 44A: Montevideo Mrs. (SRA.); 45A: Go over again (RETRACE); 47A: One way to wax (POETIC); 49A: Give off (EXUDE); 53A: Good-humored (AMIABLE); 56A: Score half (DECADE); 58A: Two-piece top (BRA); 59A: Put on (STAGE); 62A: Melodies (AIRS); 64A: The gamut (A TO Z); 65A: NATO kin (OAS); 72A: Fix (RIG); 73A: At hand (NEAR); 74A: Cookbook amts. (TSPS.); 75A: Ruinous (FATAL); 76A: Verse opening (UNI-); 77A: Crackpot (MANIAC); 80A: Stock figures (BROKERS); 83A: Inventor Nikola (TESLA); 87A: Stockpiles (AMASSES); 91A: CPR specialist (EMT); 93A: "And --- conclusion ..." (SO IN); 94A: "Julius Caesar" setting (FORUM); 96A: No. pro (CPA); 97A: Finishes in front? (VENEERS); 101A: Beckett play (END GAME); 103A: Net receivables? (EMAIL); 105A: Lord of the ring? (ALI); 106A: Lats' neighbors (ABS); 108A: Soaps (SERIALS); 110A: " ... lamp --- my feet" (UNTO); 115A: This and that (BOTH); 116A: Solomon's asset (WISDOM); 118A: Winter's eave hanger (ICICLE); 122A: Tizzy (DITHER); 123A: Dressing vessels (CRUETS); 124A: Gene form (ALLELE); 125A: New Mexico art colony (TAOS); 126A: Japanese fencing (KENDO); 127A: Serves boos? (JEERS); 1D: Baby's berth (BASSINET); 2D: Refer indirectly (ALLUDE); 3D: Fly like an eagle (SOAR); 4D: Athabaskan emblem (TOTEM); 5D: Benz ending (-ENE); 6D: More adroit (DEFTER); 7D: Identify with (RELATE TO); 8D: Writer LeShan (EDA); 9D: Moore of the movies (DEMI); 10D: Remains at the bottom (DREGS); 11D: Cougar (PUMA); 12D: "This must weigh ---!" (A TON); 13D: Tiers of a cloud (STRATA); 14D: Tribal healer (SHAMAN); 15D: Earnest (SINCERE); 16D: Pits (STONES); 17D: Local lingo (PATOIS); 18D: Gray piece (ELEGY); 19D: Tumble (HEADER); 20D: Spectacle (SIGHT); 25D: Horse morsel (OAT); 28D: Befuddled (AT SEA); 29D: Fathered (SIRED); 35D: Lot of construction (SITE); 38D: Send by phone (FAX); 41D: Here, to Moreau (ICI); 43D: "Three Musicians" artist (PICASSO); 46D: Tatters (RAGS); 47D: Make waves? (PERM); 48D: Suffragist Carrie (CATT); 50D: Lusitania sinker (U-BOAT); 51D: Pinter's practice (DRAMA); 52D: Painter's prop (EASEL); 54D: Some ciudad sections (BARRIOS); 55D: Story (LIE); 57D: Quote from Homer (D'OH); 59D: Car bar (STRUT); 60D: Your of yore (THINE); 61D: Protection (AEGIS); 63D: Posed (SAT); 67D: PBS supporter (NEA); 68D: "Island in the Sky" writer (GANN); 69D: Library ID (ISBN); 70D: "JazzSet" network (NPR); 71D: Guff (SASS); 78D: Stub --- (A TOE); 79D: Double features? (CHINS); 81D: Playwright Capek (KAREL); 82D: Big bird (EMU); 84D: Grant or Greenwood (LEE); 86D: Beholden (INDEBTED); 88D: Tabloid fodder (SCANDALS); 89D: Apotheosis (EPITOME); 90D: Wilde tragedy (SALOME); 92D: Merchant (TRADER); 94D: Belief systems (FAITHS); 95D: D-Day beach (OMAHA); 97D: In force (VALID); 98D: Draw out (ELICIT); 99D: Khrushchev (NIKITA); 100D: Fed. loan agcy. (SBA); 102D: Small cavern (GROTTO); 104D: Iditarod entrant (MUSHER); 107D: Smooch (SMACK); 109D: Son of Seattle Slew (SWALE); 112D: Come back (ECHO); 113D: Pub round (ALES); 114D: Word on Irish stamps (EIRE); 117D: Wight, for one (ISLE); 120D: Sister or mother (NUN); 121D: Mahal of fame (TAJ).