L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Across
1 Hunk 5 Tortilla-wrapped
serving
11 Hardly
a haymaker 14 Pulled up a chair 17 Whom Samwise accompanied to Rivendell 18 Backspace key,
often
19 One who might err on the safe side?
20 __ dixit: assertion
without proof 21 Add zing to 22 Berate 23 “Heavens!” 25 *Lids for a fancy
box?
27 *Easy order for a
mixologist 29 Zing
30 Donizetti aria “Regnava __ silenzio”
31 Bee bunch 33 Watergate figure with a radio talk show
34 Exude
36 Learn
37 Giant __, world’s
largest antelope 39 *Ceremonious
choreography 42 *Lothario’s organ 46 Bearded blossom 47 G, in the key of C 48 Adjust, as a
chronometer 49 Tat misreadable
as WOW
50 Honey
52 Tweaks
56 “Is this some kind
of __?”
58 New England
cape
59 __ chi
61 Biting 62 “Good-bye, cruel world!,” in Westerns 65 *Ring leaders 68 Worldwide
anticrime gp. 71 Rod’s partner 72 Author Deighton 73 Bench press
muscle
76 Ethel on “I Love
Lucy”
77 Produce a steady
stream of 80 Words with remember or forget
82 Bon __: Comet
rival
83 “__ the loneliest
number” 85 “Argo” org. 87 Fine __
88 *Joe may come
from one 91 *Moved like a
crowd 95 Crease-resistant
fabric
96 Estefan with
Grammys 98 Consider to be 99 Steel, e.g. 101 Form opener 102 Key preposition 103 Boxer with feats
of Clay?
106 *Significant other 110 Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? 113 Rank people? 114 Swab’s assent 116 Blink of an eye 117 D.C. pros
118 Cleo’s undoing 119 Fix, as a pump 120 Former Midwest
territorial capital 121 Is for you
122 Steely __
123 Airborne camera
holders
124 Many a
competition
Down
1 Bone to pick 2 Fictional turn-on 3 Smelly-sounding German river? 4 Windfall
5 Wild
6 Smell __ 7 Fugitive portrayer before Ford
8 Believer’s suffix 9 Pots, cups, etc. 10 Prefix with -pod 11 Handled containers 12 Every which way 13 Fraternal initials 14 Leadfoot 15 Syrian president 16 Touchy
17 Bomb
20 Baseball unit with
distinct halves 24 Musician with a
Nobel Prize 26 Bread butts 28 The Who classic 32 Female in WWII 35 Boot from
power 36 Heavenly topper 37 Original sinner 38 Fired up 39 Dexter’s wife in
“Dexter”
40 Metal that’s
pumped
41 __ effect 43 Alternate version,
in scores
44 Farm
connection
45 ER part: Abbr. 48 Word with debt or
guilt
51 HBO rival 53 Beaver’s work 54 Victim of hot
wings?
55 More classy 56 Bond or bonding
follower 57 Delight
60 Dada daddy? 63 “Uncle” of old TV 64 Flagon filler 65 Risk
66 Peptic problem 67 Rain-__ gum 68 Apple computer 69 Nautilus captain
70 Like poison ivy 73 One who remembers old flames with fondness? 74 Shocked accusation 75 Outlay
78 Actor Pat of Batman films 79 NCAA’s Bruins 81 Broccoli __ 83 LBJ’s antipoverty agcy.
84 “The Sound of Music” extra 86 Calculating snake?
89 Leads, as a band
90 “Family Ties” mom 91 Ancient Roman currency minter
92 Anger 93 Go-between 94 Bubbler 97 Gecko, for one 99 Dryer brand 100 Texas university in Beaumont 102 Fairy tale baddies 104 Café con __ 105 Thought
107 Campus area 108 Heavenly bear 109 “Monday Night Football” channel
111 Shade of green 112 Hogwarts
librarian __ Pince 115 That thing in
Tijuana