L.A. CROSSWORD
“HUNGER GAMES”
ACROSS
1 Comfy cover-up 7 Didn’t toss 11 Elemental variant 18 Loosen, in a way 19 “Spare me your excuses”
21 Spot for doodles 22 Land at Mexico
City Airport? 23 A hungry actor might __
25 Poison sumac exposure risk 26 Nonstick cookware brand
28 “It matters how you get there” app 29 Dollars for quarters 30 A hungry film critic might __ 34 Compote component
36 Polish literature? 37 Exile
39 Bird feeder food 43 “How you holdin’up?”
46 “No __ done” 48 Subjects of the film “Blackfish” 50 Music-licensing org.
51 Not quite right 52 Some is changed regularly
53 A hungry locksmith might __ 56 Pentagon address 57 Clever barb response
60 Loch with a mystery 61 Seriously ticked 62 Cartoon desert island sight
64 Passé
65 Special forces mission
67 Competed using blades
68 A hungry librarian might __ 73 Cherry-topped dish
76 Venerable English school
77 Dinghy need
78 “Thor: Ragnarok” actor Idris
82 Live, TV-wise 83 Bouquet bearer 85 Mariano Rivera, memorably
88 Alley in comics 89 A hungry janitor might __
92 Shade
93 Curved plumbing piece
95 Call __ day 96 Monopoly buy 97 Somber notice 99 CafePress purchase
100 Comes together 102 Kellogg’s toaster pastry
104 Philistine
105 Inched
107 A hungry banker might __
113 Point of contention 116 Swearing or swearing-in words 118 Cookie grain 119 Mystique 120 A hungry angler might __
124 Lanai furniture material
126 “One man’s struggle to take it easy,” for
“Ferris Bueller” 127 Intimidating words 128 Password preceder 129 Poor rating
130 Actress Falco 131 Reason
DOWN
1 Measure up
2 Singer Baker 3 14-time Grammy-winning banjoist Béla 4 North Carolina team
5 Unlike this ans. 6 One who picks up a lot
7 Mexican painter Frida
8 Night before 9 Chapel bench 10 Champ’s collection 11 Trains
12 A behavioral sci. 13 Ferrell’s “SNL” cheerleading partner
14 Guiding principles
15 Willing to listen
16 Auto store buy 17 “Grand” ice cream brand
19 Ponzi scheme, e.g. 20 Psalm pronoun 24 Sincere attempts 27 Oft-chewed item 31 Defiant response 32 TiVo predecessor 33 Foot that’s part of a meter
35 Four Corners state 38 City on Lake Erie 40 WWII sub
41 Gush on stage 42 Wiped out 43 Ramadan ritual
44 Abu Dhabi dignitary 45 Name on Irish euros
46 Veda reader 47 Resembling 49 Omega rival 52 Capital north of Berlin
54 Like some bagels
55 Pond papa 58 Stopped at sea, with “to”
59 Chatters
63 Terrier on “Frasier” 66 Before now
67 Fit to be tied 69 Word before or after “mother” 70 Outcome 71 Breakfast-on-therun pickup
72 Really feel the heat 73 Pulitzer-winning Ferber novel
74 Work together 75 Present at birth 79 Actress Petty of “Orange Is the New Black” 80 Tusked critter
81 Cal. entry 83 Naysayer’s weapon?
84 Highly skilled in 86 Often-seared tuna 87 English Derby town
90 Last element in Pandora’s box 91 Lawn-Boy parent company
94 Menace
98 Texter’s “Oh, and another thing ... “99 Geoffrey the Giraffe’s store 101 River racers
103 Stick (to)
104 Carlsbad Caverns dweller
106 Bright again
108 White __
109 Party spread 110 __-Grain: breakfast bar brand
111 Blue eyes, e.g. 112 Baseball
Hall of Famer Koufax
113 Ratio phrase
114 Adult cygnet
115 Herb used in turkey dressing
117 E’en if
121 “Based __ true story” 122 Retirement spot
123 “Moonlight”
Oscar winner Mahershala __ 125 Comparison words