L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES

POLITICAL INSIDERS BY ALAN ARBESFELD

Across

1 Truckers’ competition 7 Finish behind 13 Adenauer sobriquet meaning “the old man”

20 Turns inside out 21 Available 22 Dressing choice 23 Kiddie lit hero created by Hans and Margret Rey (#18) 25 Sways on a curve 26 Space cadet? 27 Suspense novelist Tami 28 Fields of comedy 30 ‘70s-’80s batting instructor Charlie 31 Must

33 It usually begins “How many (whatever) does it take ...“(#36) 37 “Mi casa __ casa” 38 Bk. after Proverbs 40 Raise 41 Winnebago descendants 42 Winter wear 44 Dining __

45 “__ to eat and run ...“

48 Gain a lap 51 Film based on the novel “Shoeless Joe”(#32) 54 __ Gimignano: walled Tuscany town

57 “It’s __ wind ...“59 KOA visitor 60 Menu option 61 Website page 62 Rhythm rattler 64 Longtime rock ‘n’ roll disc jockey Dan

67 “It’s suddenly clear” 69 What’s hidden in answers with an apt “#” in their clues

72 1991 Steve Martin film set in Calif. 73 Front line? 74 Spiced up

75 Big ones are found on Wall Street

76 Altar agreements 78 Austrian expressionist Schiele 80 Former “60 Minutes” debater __ Alexander 81 Judge of hoops 82 Arizona tourist attraction (#34) 86 Dorm room, perhaps 87 Cartoon strip 88 Small team 89 Put a stop to 91 Mtge.-offering business 94 Mosque leader 96 Wine characteristic 97 Revelations 101 Athletic retiree? (#37)

105 Mr. Clean competitor 107 “M*A*S*H” extra 108 Knight clubs 109 River to the Rhein 111 “__ woods these are I think I know”: Frost 112 Letting it all hang out, theatrically 114 Religious high point? (#33) 118 What love and

hate share? 119 “It’s My Party”

singer Gore 120 Shakespearean

attendant

121 Hybrid with

thorns

122 Overage

123 Main squeeze

Down

1 Fix, as a rattan chair

2 Small eggs 3 Cliff dwellings 4 Ran out, as a supply 5 Preppy jackets 6 The Beavers of the Pac-12 7 Macy’s red star, e.g.

8 Low tie 9 Japanese chess 10 Hammer site 11 “Star Trek” spinoff, briefly 12 One-named folk singer 13 Mirabile __: wonderful to say 14 Amazon business 15 Cheesy “Welsh” dishes 16 Brown __ 17 Stay under the radar 18 Yankees’pitcher Masahiro 19 Happens as a result 24 Stunning surprise 29 Conan of “Conan” 32 Garr of “Tootsie” 34 Tennis great Steffi 35 Group in a drive 36 Veep between Dick and Mike 39 Friend of Hobbes 43 Gp. created by a 1955 merger 44 Welsh herding dogs 46 Invited to one’s place

47 Israeli author who wrote “A Tale of Love and Darkness” 48 Array of chocolates, say 49 Seething 50 Loses interest in 52 X-ray examiner, perhaps 53 Odds and ends 54 Many Beethoven pieces

55 “One sec” 56 Long Island paper 58 Has legs 61 Pulitzer journalist Seymour 63 “Rocky”role 65 ‘90s Indian prime minister 66 Planetary reflected-light ratio 68 Discharges 70 Singer Gorme 71 Pitcher Jesse with a record 1,252 regular-season appearances 77 Surfing indoors, say

79 Pine forest floor covering 82 Trigger was one 83 Dutch export 84 Oversimplify, with “down” 85 Funny Martha 87 Common attached file 90 Diner come-on 91 Most confident 92 Breakdown of social norms 93 Inventor Tesla 95 Physical strength 96 Prepares (oneself) for impact 98 Fanfare

99 Like supermarkets and stadiums 100 Cold and wet,

maybe

102 Goes on a tirade 103 Bobby in a 1971

#1 hit 104 Country rocker

Steve

106 Exercise beads? 110 Matthew of “The Americans” 113 Thrice, in Rx’s 115 Bad spell 116 2017 Pac-12 champs 117 Sharp products