L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Across
1 __ act
6 Graceful bird 10 Manhattan sch. 14 Baggage check
requirement 19 Primer sequence 20 Trillionth: Pref. 21 Surprised
greeting 22 Actress Thomas 23 Screwballs in the
hayloft? 25 Where crooks
learn their trade? 27 Enjoying a wilderness vacation, maybe 28 Two-mile-high
city
30 Caged, with “up” 31 Very long tooth 32 Pouch
occupants 33 Fronded tree 34 Picasso, for one 37 Med. prefix 38 Income statement writeoffs 42 Live-income filler 43 Cookie cooks? 46 Cosmonaut
Gagarin 47 Film-rating org. 48 Elec. instrument 49 “Later”
50 “The Simpsons” character Sideshow __ 51 Faller of 2001 52 “Hmm ... don’t
think so” 53 Northumbrian
monk, briefly 55 __ facto 56 Slowish
movement 58 Leafstalks 60 Interfere (with) 61 Mickey and Jerry 62 Strict diet
restriction 63 Blacken
65 “... dark, __ the blaze of noon”: Milton
67 Prizes in a case 69 Feline named for
an island 72 Sensible
73 Tardy with 74 Team across the state from the Marlins
75 Artist Yoko 76 Decked
77 Zany Martha 78 They’re heavier
than foils 80 Villain named
Julius
81 Russian city 83 Dealt with unproductive mollusks? 85 Easy putt 86 Faithfulness 88 Showing skill 89 Order givers 90 Ending with
ortho
91 Bar, at the bar 93 Algebra, e.g. 94 Rabbitlike
rodent 97 Arctic temperature word 98 Inherited
102 Restaurant reservation for fish?
104 Result of Uncle Sam frequenting Papa John’s? 106 Link with
107 Banned for a rules infraction, informally 108 Marginally 109 Kate’s sitcom
pal
110 Above it all
111 Old pol. divisions 112 Toon explorer 113 Window insert
Down
1 Mexican resort, familiarly
2 Not fatty 3 Above-it-all attitude 4 Clementi composition 5 Fill, as with light 6 Lively quality 7 User-edited site 8 Top performer 9 Pretty darn good 10 Patient share 11 Game with capturing 12 Dragsters’ org. 13 Shelter sound 14 “Brr!”
15 Former name of Benin 16 74-Across’ stadium, casually, with “The”
17 Burn soother 18 Top prize 24 Bottom position 26 Many 29 Rosemary, e.g. 32 Fun 33 Celebratory
procession 34 Run-on sentence’s lack, probably 35 Remove, as a
brooch
36 Like surfers?
37 El __ 38 Stimulating
leaves
39 Group of body
shop specialists? 40 Long lock 41 Storage cylinders 43 10 micronewtons 44 Wear
45 Cookout fare on
sticks
48 “Fiddler on the
Roof” village 52 The Tar Heels of
the NCAA 53 Spray ‘n Wash
target
54 Much of Lamb’s
legacy 55 High-resolution
film format 57 Help on the Hill 58 Character who uses “yam” as a verb
59 Repeated 62 __ public
64 USN rank 65 Require from 66 Like about 15% of New Zealanders 68 It’s unlikely 69 Fannie __: securities 70 Musical in which FDR is a character 71 58-Down et al. 74 __ Martin Cognac 78 Skateboarder’s
protection 79 Crab’s sensor 80 Hammett who created Nick and Nora
82 Was a factor in 83 Handy “Mr.” 84 Roman
statesman 85 Reward for a
donation, maybe 87 Beaucoup 89 Perennial NCAA football powerhouse 91 Conger catcher 92 Snow-covered hill
sights 93 “Zoom-Zoom”
sloganeer 94 Official records 95 Windy-sounding
woman’s name 96 Sandwich
cookie
97 Some fam.
meals
98 Mogul 99 Simba’s mate 100 Speaker of
Cooperstown 101 Poems of honor 103 Spots on
the tube
105 Midori on the ice