L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Across
1 Fern seed
6 Posh hotel
amenity
10 Cook, in a way 15 Sneaky
stratagem 19 Secret rival 20 “Bingo!”
21 Tom Sawyer’s
aunt
22 Sneaky
stratagem 23 Phrase of
individuality 26 “__ the Woods” 27 Skill
28 Hawaii County
seat
29 Holes a very short
putt
31 Math function 32 Sizable piece 34 Adored object 35 Blog feed format
letters 38 American flag
component, e.g. 44 Sorority letters 46 65-Across, in
Japanese 47 Suffix meaning
“country” 48 Notes from a
loser, maybe 49 Brownish grays 52 “My Way” lyricist 54 GPS displays 57 Captain Hansen of “Deadliest Catch” 58 Plot device in TV’s
“Fringe” 62 Tolkien tree
creature 63 Promised 64 Pound sound 65 46-Across in
English
67 “Mi casa __ casa” 68 Creating compelling characters, for a writer 72 Timberlake’s old
group
74 Small amt. of
time
78 Dental brand
suffix
80 Title character inspired by Hearst 82 “Heavens to
Betsy!”
84 __-12 Conference 87 Brainstorming
process 92 “Respect for Acting” author Hagen
93 One way to start 94 Pasternak
heroine 95 Brought up to
speed
96 Comic strip about
a high schooler 98 Gateway Arch designer Saarinen
101 Kipling title
orphan
102 Artist Magritte 103 Fallback plans 110 Nonsense
111 Lyrical works 112 Cooks with fat 113 Is obligated to 115 Upscale 117 Father or son
actor
118 “The Chronicles of Barsetshire” author
122 Clapton on
guitar
123 They often follow “also” in dictionaries 127 Courteous 128 Strongly longing 129 Beech family
trees
130 Looks after 131 Durbeyfield
daughter 132 __ Island Red:
chicken
133 Duma denial 134 University town
near Bangor
Down
1 Anti-DWI org. 2 __-dieu 3 German
composer Carl 4 Starts of feuds 5 Pristine 6 German candy
brand 7 Possesses 8 Drill insert 9 Funny couple? 10 Some Olympic
trials
11 Set for repairs 12 Northeast
Nevada city 13 Red or brown
brew 14 Connecticut coastal tourist town 15 “Marines’ Hymn”
city
16 Has no restraints 17 Piedmont wine
area
18 Lowly laborer 24 Western Nevada
city
25 In said fashion 30 Flap 32 Long-necked bird 33 Specifically
designed poem 35 Seal after
peeking, say 36 Barn units 37 Cooks in a pan 39 “__ won’t work” 40 To wit
41 Growl
42 Render useless 43 U.S. Army E-6 45 Floored it, say 50 Fraction of a joule 51 Enter stealthily 53 Word often used
before “old” 55 Know-it-all? 56 Observe 59 Sunday paper pile 60 Former Saturn
model
61 Bugs that roll 66 Backyard chef’s
equipment 69 Backyard chef’s
stick
70 Sensory organ 71 Series with Capt.
Picard, to fans 73 Kabuki kin 75 Curveball relative 76 Climatedisrupting current 77 Baby swan 79 Director Lupino
81 Slender swimmer 83 African bovine 84 “The Godfather” novelist 85 Working on the task
86 Mass group 88 Change course suddenly 89 Like a jaybird? 90 Cuts a little
91 Get under
control
97 Leads astray 99 Assembled for a
cause
100 How some stunts
are done
104 Wonder Dog of
comics
105 Letter closing 106 Gramps’ mate 107 Gripe from the
weary
108 “The __ llama, / He’s a beast”: Nash
109 Have as a client 114 Less trustworthy 115 Small body-shop
job
116 __ Lackawanna
Railway 117 2012 Best
Picture
118 Rd. often named
for a state
119 __ account: never 120 PC scrolling key 121 Petrol station
sign
124 Hot tub reaction 125 20 hundred
weight
126 Articulate