L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Across 1 Noble, unselfish sort
8 Copy
14 Language of the Quran
20 Magnetite, e.g. 21 Port N of Pittsburgh 22 Examine in detail 23 This year’s hatchlings? 25 Influential groups 26 Quelques-__: a few, in French 27 One in a shell 28 ER workers 30 “Bellefleur”
author
31 Half a tuba sound 32 Scrips 33 Acapulco aunt 34 Mayo is found in it 35 Quarterback Manning
37 Chopin virtuoso’s self-assurance? 45 Highland hillsides 47 Attorney general after Sessions 48 Tummy muscles 49 Coal carrier 50 Greek cross in a company logo? 54 Exist
55 Diva deliveries 56 Formally commend 57 Ancient assembly areas
58 Opinion surveys on text changes? 60 Extend People 62 Santa feature 64 Kids’ song refrain 65 Some QB protectors
68 Alpine peasant dress
70 Sealed
73 Animal house 74 Skateboarding move
76 Peak
78 Lover of Silvio in “Pagliacci”
80 Time to honor an aircraft manufacturer? 83 Jeered 85 Buckwheat noodle
89 U.K. honors
90 Faller of 2001 91 Shark’s interim appendage?
93 Bug
94 Knock
95 Q.E.D. word 96 Hoists
97 Ripening of a Mediterranean fruit?
103 UFO crew, in
theory
104 “One Mic” rapper 105 Anaheim MLB team, in crawl lines
106 Meh
108 Film buff’s channel
111 Typical hole-in-one, e.g. 113 Triage ctrs. 114 Piggies’ protector 117 “... __ saw Elba” 118 White rat, e.g. 120 Pupil with a phonetic beginning that hints at what the circled letters comprise
123 Beach locales 124 Bread maker
125 Heartfelt
126 Mostmassive 127 Heavy hammer 128 High houses Down 1 Generate
2 Place to play 3 Become discouraged 4 Queen’s offspring 5 Monopolize 6 Mountain ridge 7 Strip of vegetation 8 Chipper
9 Seriously shrunken sea 10 Baptism, for one 11 Outdoor gear brand
12 Portugal’s second-largest city
13 Astringent in red wine
14 “Tarzan” critter 15 Puts in more film
16 French satellite launcher 17 Grabbed for a chat 18 “Of course” 19 Prefix with pit 24 At one time, at one time
29 Apple browser 32 Japanese soup 36 Sufferer healed by Jesus
38 Super, slangily 39 Like some artifacts, thanks to radiocarbon 40 Clear
41 French vineyard 42 “As if”
43 Border __ 44 Inventor of an early stock ticker
45 Discreetly send a dupe email to 46 “Vive le __!” 51 Eastern royal 52 New __
53 Limo service vehicle
54 Extend
55 “... or __ thought” 58 Coastal flier 59 Await judgment 61 Sistine Chapel mural setting 63 Quaint coin-op eatery
65 Surname in a 1983 Styx hit 66 Worldwide
67 Item of camping gear
69 Arid
71 Equal
72 Historic Icelandic work 75 “__ for Innocent”: Grafton novel
77 Sex educator
Hite
79 So far
81 2008 TARP beneficiary renamed Ally Financial
82 Simple radio antenna
84 Eye opener? 86 Like garage parking 87 Modicum
88 Reply to a ques. 91 Bus. card info 92 Stat start 94 Is indignant about
98 Carousel traveler
99 Funny brothers 100 Programming language named for a mathematician 101 Bone: Pref.
102 Sounds
107 Bristlelike parts 109 Perfume, as at High Mass 110 Hands, in slang 111 Apiece
112 Baseball brother 114 Boston or Chicago
115 Blood type, briefly
116 Shrek, for one 117 “Giant” author Ferber
119 East, in Essen 121 Charlemagne’s domain: Abbr. 122 Coffeehour
vessel