the los angeles times
Love Is ...
ACROSS
1 Honshu high pt. 7 King of Maine 14 Alpine Olympics
event 20 Playground
denial
21 Former SAG
president Gilbert 22 Like many
garages 23 Discipline involving slow movement
24 “... the beauty of
the soul” 26 Equivalent wd. 27 22.5 deg. 29 Spam-spreading
program 30 Games gp. that added a “P” to its initials in 2019 31 Frank behind a
bookcase 32 Colosseum
warrior 35 Sommer of
cinema 37 Literally, the sci.
of women 38 Origami bird 41 Manhattan, e.g.:
Abbr.
42 Progress 45 Airport not far from the Common 46 Native
ceremonial pipe 49 Emphatic type 53 Forever, with
“an”
55 “... a fruit in season at all times” 58 Leopardlike
cats
59 Touch
60 German coal
valley
61 Author Rand 62 Suffix with salt 63 “Yes!”
64 Med. office
titles
65 WWI Belgian
battle site
67 Very big 70 “... an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired”
74 Inner: Pref.
75 Sky blue
77 Audio units:
Abbr.
78 Word with cut or
pin
79 Dripping __
81 TD scorers 82 High style
84 Dish put away
with a spoon 85 Two-year periods 89 “... an act of endless forgiveness” 92 Bleachers
critiques
93 First U.S. space
station
94 Court conference the jury doesn’t hear
96 Bay State sch. 97 Source of
emergency light 100 Tats
101 Used for a tryst 102 AOL, e.g.
105 Makes stuff up 106 Elite tactical
units
110 Congeal
112 Pitch-raising
guitar device
114 Payroll service
co.
115 Agnus __
116 Response to
overhearing?
119 “... eternal, infinite ... equal and pure”
123 Hostile
advance
125 Bad way to be
led
126 Oakley skill
127 Model railroad scale
128 Ideal partner
129 Swears to
130 Password
partner
DOWN
1 Yoga needs 2 Cafeteria
convenience 3 Sinn __
4 Auntie’s hubby 5 “... a flower, you
got to let it grow” 6 Rock memoir 7 Texting format,
briefly 8 Perforated orb
holding leaves 9 “Cats” poet 10 Spotted horse 11 Post-WWII pres. 12 Genesis twin 13 Whale-watching
woe
14 Wouldn’t go back
on
15 Elec. units 16 Greek “i”
17 Cake topping 18 Childcare
employee 19 Place to putt 25 Top medal 28 Orders from on
high
32 Way more cool 33 “By Jove!” 34 Bonnie Blue’s
dad
36 Place to have a
meal
38 Queen of the
Nile, familiarly 39 Campus mil. unit 40 Screenwriter
James
43 Horn of Africa
country: Abbr. 44 Pirate’s cry 47 “Burnt” pigment 48 Oregon’s highest
point
50 Absorb
in class
51 “... __ to come” 52 Kid’s assertion 54 Road to the
Forum
56 Goof or gaffe 57 Tamblyn of
“West Side
Story” (1961) 59 Iowa State city 63 Monastery VIP 64 Sign of a slow
leak
66 Honey and Sugar 67 80-pound concert
instruments 68 Turkic native 69 Like winds in
storms 71 Gambler’s
calculation 72 Raoul Dufy,
stylistically 73 Silly goose 76 Continental
travel pass
80 “... the truth more first than sun, more last than star” 83 Limelight
84 Salon cuts 85 Warned one’s
master, perhaps 86 Line above the
equator: Abbr. 87 “Sing it, Sam”
speaker
88 DA’s aide 90 “Xanadu” rock
gp.
91 Suffix with
Catholic
92 Jargon
95 Very small role 98 Starring role 99 Ad astra per __:
Kansas motto
102 Phased-out
Apple messaging tool
103 Wade noisily
104 Florence’s __
Vecchio
107 Pixar title robot 108 Wood shapers 109 Half-serious
sequence?
111 Spanish bull
113 Final notice
116 Sightseeing trip 117 Christmas trio 118 Fingered
120 Operated
121 Back at sea
122 Hall of Famer
Young et al.
124 Issa of
“Insecure”
Q: I suffered with leg cramps at night for many years.
They may have been due to wearing high heels. After retirement, they didn’t occur as often, but I still got them occasionally.
Then I happened upon your radio program. You were interviewing the person who developed HotShot for muscle cramps. During that show, you also mentioned apple cider vinegar as a remedy.
For me, apple cider vinegar is a miracle! If I feel a leg cramp coming on, I get up and take a teaspoonful of vinegar. The cramp is usually gone quickly, and I can go back to bed and sleep peacefully!
A: The scientists who developed HotShot used strong flavors in their muscle cramp remedy. These include cinnamon, ginger and an extract of hot pepper. Such spices along with sharp flavors like vinegar or mustard activate transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in the mouth, throat and stomach. This may override the hyperexcited motor neurons responsible for leg cramps.
Q: You’ve written about cold keys on the back of the neck for nosebleeds. I never tried keys, but a cold wet washcloth on the back of the neck works. One of my nephews had a lot of nosebleeds when he was little, and it always worked for him.
A: Many readers agree with you, despite the disapproval of medical experts (Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences, December 2003). We suspect that the cold triggers blood vessel constriction, but we have not seen any studies to support this hypothesis.