L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
OFF TO A GOOD START BY GARY LARSON
Across
1 Dojo maneuver 5 Guitarist Joe of The Eagles 10 Wilts 14 Start of an incantation 18 The last Mrs. Chaplin 19 Slow down 20 Shiraz’s land 21 Trickle 22 Awesome product component? 24 Awesome mattress covering? 26 Step on it 27 Stuck a fork in 29 Glenn Miller Orchestra singer Ray 30 Immortal name in dance 32 Ultimatum word 33 Staringinto-space experiences 34 DEA agent 36 Court game word 39 Routine 40 Stubborn critter 43 Awesome plumbing connector? 48 Tiny toiler 49 Fall collection? 51 More consequence? 52 Poetic adverb 54 “__ & Basie”: 1963 jazz collaboration 55 “True Detective” actor Mcnairy 56 Bump from the schedule 60 Peacock’s pride 64 QVC sister channel 65 Shot in the arm 66 Wall St. trader 68 Awesome hobby? 70 Awesome hunting dog? 72 Bit of legal advice 73 Lose control 74 Chicken dinner choice 75 Support 76 Gallivant 78 Sound 80 Wine choice 81 Originally called 82 Tool in a kit 84 Shadowed 86 Low-tech notetaking aid 88 Awesome entitlement? 91 Snake’s sound 92 Zodiac animal 93 Vacation spot 94 “Truly, the souls of men are full of __”: Shak. 96 “We the Living” novelist 100 Big drink of water 104 Retail outlets 108 Low wind 109 Like some receptions 112 In a showily pretentious manner 113 Awesome suit fabric? 115 Awesome predicament? 117 Tennis great Nastase 118 Villain named Julius 119 Points at the dinner table 120 Pepsi rival 121 Picnic staple 122 Cerealgrain 123 Mocking sarcasm 124 Arab leader
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1 Movie mogul Harry and sportscaster Linda 2 Lift 3 Checked out at the library 4 Ease, as symptoms 5 Ring org. 6 Scythe blade shapes 7 Starbucks serving 8 Bar word meaning “cup” in Danish 9 Sage and thyme 10 Pro or con 11 2000s Yankee nickname 12 Sign of something missing 13 Unkind look 14 Whitish 15 Tailgate party recyclable 16 Campaign poster word 17 Most pertinent 22 Org. in Clancy novels 23 Wheel inventor 25 Govt. agency that aids entrepreneurs 28 “Get lost!” 31 Hosp. readout 33 Bolivian export 35 Units of resistance 37 ‘80s-’90s Compaq laptop model 38 Prepare sans oil, as a movie treat 40 Israeli leaders? 41 Betray 42 Soldier, at times 44 Electronics whiz 45 “Mending Wall” poet 46 Wrinkle remover 47 Continues 48 Supplier of bills 50 Seductress 53 Far from fragrant 57 It may be skipped 58 Security rounds 59 Locks 61 Bellow title hero March 62 One looking for a switch, maybe 63 Those, in Tijuana 65 Coastal California scenic attraction 67 Basenji and Borzoi 69 Flips 70 Katherine of “Suits” 71 Edible seaweed 74 1970 Kinks hit 77 What’s more 78 Like Miss Congeniality 79 Writer Bagnold 83 Trouble 84 Prominent, after “on” 85 “... but it’ll cost you” 86 __ tax 87 “The Bourne Identity” malady 89 Assist 90 Test for M.A. seekers 92 Yeshiva leaders 95 One involved in a speculative “bubble” 97 Fix, as a hem 98 Aids-fighting drug 99 Salon overhaul 101 Bridge positions 102 Novelist Shaw 103 Actress Davis 105 Kipling’s“__-tikkitavi” 106 Less well 107 Word of support 109 Small change 110 Bothers 111 Critter on XING signs 114 Notable time 116 Word of reproof