L.A. CROSSWORD
“BACK TO BASICS”
ACROSS 1 “True Detective,” e.g.
6 Worshippers of the sun god Inti 11 Chinese smartphone brand 15 Organization with an ElderWatch program
19 Dollar, to Enterprise 20 Snookums
21 Rice, for one
22 “That explains it” 23 “Match Game” host
25 Arenal Volcano home
27 Crash site?
28 Blonde __
29 The mariachi’s guitarrón is one 31 Settled on a papasan, say 33 Senegalese-American actress __ Rae
36 Idealistic sort
37 Stick up
39 Taste in kombu kelp
42 Team to play in SoFi Stadium 45 Whole Foods fruit 51 Do figure eights 53 Sarge’s boss 54 Unthinking 55 Preliminary race 58 Hungarian town known for its baroque buildings 59 Bank transaction 60 Code creator 61 Comes to an end 63 Actress Vardalos 64 Polite words while entering 66 Pollution concerns
68 Cause of goosebumps, maybe
69 Called from the flock
71 Chip dip, casually 72 Stretchable loop 76 Parents not related by blood 80 Bygone space station
81 Last bit
82 Wealthy heir 84 Mötley __
85 Press (down) 87 Paleo __
88 Classic Ford, familiarly
89 Stuffs to the gills 90 Move furtively 92 Widespread adverse reaction, as to a new policy 95 Off the mark 98 Major artery
99 Well resource
100 Iris rings
103 Beyoncé, to the Beyhive
105 “That’s a shame” 108 Item in Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass”
113 Hamm from Alabama
115 Black widow’s creation 117 Savory pastry 118 Pungent deli choice
122 Indian flatbread 123 Thickener in Asian desserts
124 Rub it in 125 Beckoning elision 126 “Watermark” musician
127 Parks in American history
128 Snow vehicles 129 Moving measurement DOWN 1 Uninteresting
2 Ticks off 3 Minnesota-based cosmetics company
4 Big __
5 The Honest Company co-founder
Jessica
6 Lollygags
7 “Game of
Thrones” patriarch Stark
8 Cornfield cry
9 Diva’s time to shine
10 Good thing for teammates to be in
11 Take place 12 Everyday language 13 __ Service
14 Kia sedan
15 Bus stopper 16 Iraq is about 1% of it 17 Suggestions, for short
18 Samosa veggies
24 Excuse in court 26 Taiwanese laptops
30 Father of Thor 32 Office newbies 34 Legacy creator 35 Stockpile 38 Number of Scrabble X-tiles 40 Initial fee 41 Star Wars Day month 43 805-year-old document 44 “Shrek!” author William
45 Paella pot
46 Place for solar panels
47 Billy’s caretaker 48 High-fashion shoemaker Jimmy 49 Winning
50 They’re often choppy
52 Periods of note 56 Winter hrs. in Halifax
57 “Lip Sync Battle” commentator Chrissy
60 Numerous
61 A.L. Central team 62 Fish commonly known as a porgy 65 Band named for a rodent
66 Launch site
67 They might be game changers 69 Language group including Zulu 70 Furthermore
72 Defib experts
73 “Big Little Lies” novelist Moriarty 74 Sci-fi film FX 75 Clown car noise 76 Mythical mariner 77 Forum wrap
78 Cost of belonging 79 Meeting, casually 82 Tend to the sauce 83 Mojave natives 86 “Knowing all the facts”: Woody Allen
88 __-pitch
89 Stick in the snow 91 “Grant County” crime novelist Slaughter
93 Lie in the sun 94 Baby’s ailment 96 Hummingbird food
97 Island near Trinidad
101 “__ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” tune
102 Stars, to Cicero 104 Skips
106 “Shucks!”
107 Tractor giant 108 Study, with “over” 109 Privy to
110 __ limits 111 Breakfast staple 112 12 ounces, at Starbucks
114 Basics appearing in reverse in eight puzzle answers 116 Ran
119 Blini topping 120 Young chap 121 Increase, with “up”