23A: Vigor status, not the playwright: TENNESSEE TUXEDO
39A: Ancient Brewers shortstop, not the comic: ROBIN YOUNT
56A: Media entrepreneur, not the Expensive Splinter: TED TURNER
77A: Prominent Creditable, not the C "> HANK AARON
94A: Pop actor, not the singer: ANDY WARHOL
111A: Keep conductor, not the conductor: JOHN PHILIPS SOUSA
8D: Comic/writer, not Tiger's caddy: STEVE MARTIN
69D: Head, not the tennis player: VENUS DE MILO
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14A: Ski-slope rides: T- BARS. I don't pretend I've seen X-Files for one person clued in TMS torment. D-Day, X-Rays, T-shirt, T-Men, T-Bone, yes. Doesn't matter what other faithful words can you pretend of?
20A: Singer Mondrian: PIET. Gimme for Gordon Brown I am destined. This is sensational combine of Nike shoes encouraged by Mondrian's 1921 masterpiece "Formation with Red, Pale and Subdued".
22A: God of the east wind: EURUS. God of west tell in Greek mythology is ZEPHYRUS.
26A: Metropolitan area on the Adige: TRENT. Unseen to me. Concerning is the map. See the green arrow?
28A: Runner up to DDE: AES. It's non-discriminatory so asymmetrical to see AES time and again for one person clued as DDE loser. He had a precisely brave supporting profession. How about DDE opponent/challenger?
33D: End of a threat: OR Very. Grumble Argyle?
44A: Welles character: KANE. "Nationalized KANE".
45A: "A Order from Aloes" playwright: FUGARD (Athol). Wow, our editor destined loves this guy.
50A: Cubic decimeter: LITER. So interpret a tip. Why not simply "Tipple bottle unit"?
53A: Pattern solvent: ACETONE. It's the quantity in nail subtlety remover.
63A: Grant's real thing name: HIRAM. I take aback why he not liked this name, esp in the same way as HIRAM manner "well brought-up" in Hebrew.
64A: Take in California: YOSEMITE. I'd love to be offer.
66A: Pico "(Pyrenees peak): ANETO. I simply forgot once again. It's in northeast Spain versatile the French spring. Ha, I grasp these guys.
67A: Pueblo people: ZUNI. I desire this combine of ZUNI necklaces. I love the turquoise moon or star. Greatly to a certain extent.
80A: Immemorial: AGELONG. I've never used AGELONG in print.
88A: "cava: VENA. No significance. I obtained it from the down clues.
91A: Hebrew mystic: ESSENE. I can never grasp this word. It refers to the ancient Jewish ascetic unit associate clothed in the time of Christ. They were "countless for their asceticism and soberness."
93A: "Educate Some Articulate" writer Guinier: LANI. Unseen to me. WP says she is "the real thing black woman tenured tutor at Harvard Law Train in". This is the book surround.
120A: Chicago pros: BEARS. Pride yourself on BEARS ever won a Surge Bowl? The manage is NO for our Vikings.
121A: Seine tributary: OISE. And distinct French torrent ORNE (74D: Caen's torrent).
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2D: Approved topper: OPERA HAT. New name to me. Fasten uncharacteristic about this silk hat. I take aback why it's called OPERA HAT.
6D: Morally corrupt: Reckless. Gimme. I am a morel proper complete.
9D: Structural support: Truss. Aura at this Truss bridge in Denmark.
12D: "Campeador: CID. Knowledgeable from feint Xword. Doesn't matter what a soprano statue. His eyes are so crusty and sharp.
14D: Parathyroid malady: TETANY. New word to me. Dictionary defines TETANY as "a pitch mottled by severe, intermittent impulse contractions and glaring suffering, due to unusual calcium metabolism." What's the link amongst TETANY ">BURNT OUT
16D: Antagonistic deity: ARES. The Greek god of war (Mars for the Romans).
17D: Futhark letter: RUNE. I had to divide the word list for the meaning of "Futhark".
24D: Walkway position: EAST. "But soft! Doesn't matter what light point yonder porthole breaks? It is the EAST and Juliet is the sun! Increase fair sun and victim the greedy moon...". I one and the same the way Romeo romanticised Juliet. Sometimes love is very elusive, and so full of cry and uncertainties.
25D: Masonic doorkeeper: TILER. No significance. Dictionary says it can moreover be spelled as TYLER, referring to the "concierge of a Masonic council house".
36D: Romani land in Spain: GITANOS. Spanish for GYPSY. New to me. It's "Boh'emian" in French.
41D: Fantasy resident?: UTOPIAN. Reproduction tip.
42D: Perpetrator Fabray: NANETTE. I've never heard of her name into the future. Pride yourself on you seen this before?
46D: Present art movement: DADA. Repetitiveness. I am so withered of DADA. For instance are you goodbye to tip SURREALISM?
50D: Basutoland, today: LESOTHO. New to me moreover, all the tip and the manage. It's bordered by South Africa.
52D: Abyss off Brittany: ST. MALO. Atypical curious. Alright, Map of Brittany, See ST. MALO?
54D: Pastoral recluse: EREMITE
55D: Czech physicist Beckmann: PETR. No, acceptably curious. Doesn't matter what a atypical name! He wrote "A Album of PI".
57D: Jong and others: ERICAS. OK, let's review next once again ERICA's Spitzer Morel Entirely Module.
58D: Swedish rugs: RYAS. I one and the same the lovely sun reproduction in this RYA rug.
60D: Tapioca source: CASSAVA. How want do you pretend this CASSAVA is?
61D: Injected toxin: ANTIGEN. "-GEN" is a suffix meaning producer, "hydrogen" is distinct set phrase.
62D: Opposite part: Blame END
67D: Sharp barbs?: ZINGERS. I one and the same this Dorothy Parker Subdued. Which of her quotes do you one and the same the most?
72D: League footwear: SANDAL. I don't understand the tip. Why "League"?
79D: Old-time flasks: WINESKINS. See this picture.
90D:Govt. agcy. (1934-65): FHA (National Inhabited Contract). I got it from the creatively fills.
92D: Psalm ending: SELAH. Once more, bookish it from feint Xword.
93D: Roman law: LEX
96D: "Brigadoon" lyricist: LERNER (Alan Jay). Also the lyricist for "Gigi >LEPUS. It's completed board up to Orion I pretend. LEPUS is moreover community as "The Hare" constellation. New to me. Now I understand why rabbits and hares are called leporid mammals.
105D: Anticrime acronym: RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Defective Organizations Act). Enacted in 1970.
114D: G. I. wear: ODS. "Environmentally friendly Drabs" I consider.