L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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1 Seriously deteriorates 5 Item sold in sheets 10 “Social contract” philosopher 15 Pit-__ 19 To be, to Bizet 20 Pelican State sub 21 Behavioral guide 22 Moneyed, in Málaga 23 Easy summer listening? 25 Important exam for shady lenders? 27 “I have to go out!” 28 Van Gogh setting 29 Kadetts, e.g. 30 “Let me repeat ... ” 31 Mixes, as cards 33 Set out 35 Novelist Waugh 36 Wrath 37 Record player 38 Ciudad BolÌvar’s river 41 Thoroughbreds’ annual dance? 45 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” 46 Black dog 47 King dog 48 Calm 49 Diet for conspirators? 51 Celestial altar 52 Substitute for a bad word 53 Reheats 55 Nutritional figs. 56 “Cheers” role 57 “Cheers” order 58 Island setting for the 10th season of “Survivor” 59 Words to a captain 61 Really bad bubbly? 65 Inept shepherd 68 Biker’s invite 69 Gettysburg Campaign VIP 70 Dairy sight 73 Adidas competitor 74 Horse of the Year, 1960-’64 75 City SSW of Seville 77 Old studio letters 78 Lager shipping route? 81 Ones wrapping around a pole? 82 Casual top 83 Crescent piece 84 Prayer starter 85 Prayer book for kids? 88 Leave for a bit 90 Memorable 1893 defendant 91 “__ a pity” 92 Ready to eat 93 Follower 94 Boxster maker 98 Rustle (up) 100 2000s NCAA president __ Brand 101 Shinto temple entrance 103 General Arnold of WWII 104 Last-minute jilters? 106 Flower hater’s bugbear? 108 Old Nair rival 109 Draft recipient 110 Fail to say 111 Spread measure 112 Two caplets, say 113 They may follow teams 114 Do a lawn repair job 115 Luau music makers
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1 Concrete-reinforcing rod 2 ’90s “SNL” regular Cheri 3 Accident consequence, perhaps 4 Triple __ 5 Just-in-case item 6 Part of a traveler’s budget, perhaps 7 Chartres cleric 8 Board game with cheese-shaped tokens 9 British novelist Barbara 10 Electric guitar innovator 11 End of a list 12 Attribute, with “up” 13 White wine apéritifs 14 Theologian who opposed Luther 15 Gotten up 16 Cocktail invented in Puerto Rico 17 Trendy berry 18 Related 24 Rockers Van __ 26 Like sons and daughters 29 Beatles nonsense syllables 32 Cold, to Carlos 34 “Oh dear!” 35 Specialty 37 Only 38 Jupiter and Saturn 39 Chip, Skip or Harry of broadcasting 40 Quite big 41 Some TVs 42 Surrounding glow 43 Poll man 44 Company cars, as a group 45 Block, beaverstyle 49 Stuff 50 For nothing 52 Wearing nothing 53 Large mackerel 54 Actor Ladd 58 Patients’ main MDs, to insurers 59 AARP concern 60 Santa __ Valley: California wine region 61 Endure 62 Leading 63 Take it easy 64 Electric guitar wood 65 Spiked cakes 66 Hardly secret 67 Per-unit pay
scales 70 Verify with several sources 71 Norman’s home: Abbr. 72 Winter fabric 74 Stomach discomfort 75 Customers 76 Romance novel publisher 79 Barrel maker 80 Hot-and-cold fits 81 Prefix with morph 82 Three-pronged letters 85 Generic trendsetters 86 “Redemption” author 87 “Let __!”: “Get going!” 89 PNC Park player 90 Charged 93 “Not a chance!” 94 Where to see many El Greco works 95 No longer squeaky 96 Le __, France 97 Pentathlon blades 98 Painting medium 99 “Pinocchio” goldfish 100 One of a daily trio 102 Publisher Chandler 105 ENVY and OMEN laptops 106 Distribution word 107 Water under le pont