L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Across
1 Readily available 6 Arabian
Peninsula natives 12 Declines
18 __ apart
20 1998 Winter
Games city 21 Place for retiring? 22 *Cuddly toy 24 Was behind 25 April 4, in 2021 26 “99 Luftballons” singer whose name is an anagram of two of Henry VIII’S wives 27 Texter’s “If you ask me”
28 Q’s value in Scrabble
29 “Solve for x” subj. 31 Harbor bobber 33 Feudal workers 35 Pieces with views 37 *Layered lunch 41 Popular fact source
43 Hunter seen at night
44 Rami’s role on “Mr. Robot”
47 Sch. with a Lima campus 48 Swingers’ tools 51 Attend to a boxer, maybe
53 Ill will
55 Irrefutable truth 57 Litter box emanations 60 *Braves outfielder who was the 1990 N.L. Rookie of the Year
62 “Ex on the Beach” channel
64 Actress Hatcher 66 Half a film genre portmanteau 67 Workplaces for RNS
68 Tiny bit
69 Cheery greeting 70 __-free: cleaning cloth term 72 Market 74 Bowlers, e.g. 75 Menu preposition
76 Palais pal
78 Aides for profs 80 Check, with “in” 82 __ Miss 83 *Webmaster’s concern
87 Financial liabilities
89 Ailing
90 Performed a concerto’s cadenza
92 Where kitties get
pampered 96 Substandard 97 __ de parfum 99 Beaux of old
102 Civil rights icon
John
103 “Close, but no
cigar”
106 *Cuts a school
period
108 Prefix with
league
110 Some video files 113 Israeli statesman
Abba
114 Washington
MLBER 115 “Right this
instant!”
116 Global fiscal org. 118 Piece of cake
120 Paid off
123 Sweetums
125 Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues
129 Poland neighbor 130 Entering words 131 Thin piece
132 “Shame on you!” 133 Raised
134 Topples (over)
Down
1 Cries of pain 2 “Just kidding!” 3 2010 Coen brothers remake
4 __ Romeo
5 Some
downloaded docs 6 Hot
7 Superhero suffix 8 Opposin’ 9 Identifies 10 Cockamamie 11 Discontinued Camry model 12 “The King and I” kingdom
13 When two hands come together? 14 Luxury bag monogram 15 *Jackson or Lincoln 16 Prominent 17 Warms up the
crowd 19 Hold in reserve 21 Beam benders 23 Court tie 29 Straddling 30 Tempt
32 Festive time 34 Name on the
1979 album
“The Wall” 36 Millercoors rival 38 Part of the former Yugoslavia
39 City west of Tulsa 40 Tough situation 42 Portend
45 “The Wire” antihero __ Little 46 Saves for later viewing
49 Mexican town known for its beer, which is now a Heineken brand 50 Winter hillside sights
52 Kid
54 Track official 56 Spy org. created by FDR
58 Dig find
59 Asian honorific 61 “Maleficent” actress
62 City west of Venezia
63 *”We’ll need a better solution” 65 Opening remarks
69 Invited to the skybox
71 Flip sides?
73 Was in charge of 74 Low-cost
stopover 76 __ interpreter: press conference figure
77 Fighting word from the French for “mixture” 79 Store
81 “The Good Place” network 84 Eaglecam spot 85 Seize illegally 86 Passing words?
88 Poolroom powder
91 What Brinker’s boy plugged with a finger
93 Graceful vertical entrance 94 Birthplace of Galileo
95 Mgr.’s helper 98 Cost of withdrawal 100 Ate in small bits 101 Exchanges verbal
jabs
104 Tense situation 105 Private
agreement?
107 Agitated states 108 Two cents
109 Partners of
crannies
111 Grimm
creature 112 Actor __ Baron
Cohen
117 Stole stuff
119 Docking place 121 Cheapest way to
buy, with “in” 122 “Nurse Jackie”
star Falco
124 Gentle touch 126 Exist
127 Fish in unadon 128 Yearbook gp.