L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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1 Extra care 6 Sits in a cellar, say 10 Carpentry groove 14 Creme-filled cake 18 “Over the Rainbow” composer 19 Egyptian sky god 21 “Excuse me ...” 22 Sharqiya Sands country 23 TEE 25 PITCH 27 Kosher deli offering 28 Millennium opener 30 Asian soup type 31 Territory 33 Tourney passes 35 “See you later!” 36 Choose My Plate. gov organization 39 SLICE 42 R.E.M. vocalist Michael 46 Court attendant 48 When a classic film gunfight started 49 Outdated messager 50 Weather-sensitive expectation, briefly 51 Creme-filled snacks 53 Catchall phrase 56 Descartes’ law 57 Italian cheese 59 Muckraker Jacob 62 Merging places 64 Source of a cc 65 Put to rest 67 __ factor 68 Co-creator of Mickey 69 Grammy winner Ronstadt 71 EAGLE 73 Candy shapes 74 Within: Pref. 75 Type 76 __ cake 77 Forsaken 78 Served with a creamy cheese sauce 80 Go (over) carefully 81 “My parents are gonna kill me!” 84 Pickles on “Rugrats” 85 Mark to come back to 89 Hot 91 Usher’s “Looking 4 Myself” label 92 As a friend, to Hollande 94 Everest expert 97 Card message 99 Not accustomed to 100 HOOK 102 Together, in scores 103 Neighbor of Ghana 105 __ Mawr College 106 Range of power 108 “Beat it!” 111 Century Link Center city 113 Rubbish 116 LIE 119 GREEN 122 Light color 123 Bluesy James 124 Handle 125 Taunt 126 Mud dauber, e.g. 127 Way to go on the gridiron? 128 NBA part: Abbr. 129 City on Germany’s A40
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1 EMILY’s List, for one 2 Polluted Asian sea 3 She left Casablanca with Victor 4 Unaligned 5 Untrustworthy sort 6 Contented sounds 7 “Scram, kid!” 8 Joyce’s home 9 Shell game, to a con man 10 Hearing VIPs 11 “Caught ya!” 12 Remove, in a way 13 Movado competitor 14 Muchanticipated appointment 15 Co-star of Julie in “Doctor Zhivago” 16 Ring of light 17 Like some GIs in a mess 20 Extend a visit 24 Spring game? 26 Goarmy.com virtual guide 29 Friday’s creator 32 Long sentence 34 __ check 36 Super, slangily 37 1974 Peace Nobelist 38 CHIP 40 Treasure Island, e.g. 41 __ nutshell 43 ROUGH 44 “Sexiest Man Alive” magazine 45 Lives 47 Pythagoras’ homeland 52 Maker of the SurfaceScrub floor cleaner 54 Security item 55 Publicity 58 Fervor 60 “So __ thee unforgiven”: Metallica lyric 61 Scam 63 Prize 66 Film villain with prosthetic hands 67 Between: Pref. 69 Dull gray, as winter skies 70 __ skating 71 Tough walk 72 2012 NFL MVP Peterson 73 Reindeer name 75 Hearing promise 77 Intelligentsia 79 They may reduce sentences 82 Scopes Trial gp. 83 Buttermilk lover Evans 86 Paul Anka’s “__ Beso” 87 Starbuck’s boss 88 Back in 90 First Met to win a Gold Glove 93 Contest 95 Poetic works 96 Cure-all 98 Some surfers 100 South Dakota’s state animal 101 Surgical procedures 104 Like some estates 107 Center of the Minoan civilization 108 Not many 109 Glittery mineral 110 Lith. and Ukr., once 112 Soil-scraping tools 114 Smartphone ancestors 115 Otherwise 117 Way to go: Abbr. 118 Talk foolishly 120 Pal of Harry 121 Japanese cabbage?