LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“WORKPLACE SUPERSTITIONS”
ACROSS
1 Street fights 9 Skimpy skirt 13 Diacritic for a long vowel sound 19 Caltech city 20 Low-pH material
21 Italian innkeeper 22Weather forecaster’s “Don’t”? 25 Throwaway 26 Batter’s stat 27 Caesar’s rebuke 28Manuscript marking 29 Beautician’s “Don’t”?
34 Pink Floyd’s Barrett
35 Boarding aid 39 “American Idol” fixture until 2010 40 Other side 42 Gave a sigh 44Words heard shortly after many amarriage pronouncement 46Major artery 50 Exercise, as power
51 Kimono ties 53 Tolkien talking plant 54 17th/18th-century British ruling house
55 Little guy
56 “__ Misérables” 57Home security co.
58 Indigenous Nepalmountain people
59 Bear genus 61 “Narc” co-star Ray
63 Bona __
64 Big name in romance fiction 67 Carpenter’s “Do”?
70 Brainchild 71 Vulcanmind __ 72 Start of a play 73 Versatile game piece 75 Comprehensive 77Wanna-__ 78 Snack item 79 Corp. leaders 82 After-dinner party
83Heartache 84 Christmas tune 85 They’re often tapped out
87 Bit of character assassination 88 One hanging at a food court
90Had a longing 92 Sucked (in) 94 Spring bulb 96 Follows 97 Doo-wop group __ Na Na
99 Ice skater’s “Don’t”?
102 Copied 103Henry __
104 Ages and ages 105 “An Essay on Criticism” poet
109 Banker’s “Do”? 116 Russia, vis-à-vis Crimea, in 2014
117 “__ it a rest!”
118 Prepare for conflict
119 Brought up
120 Eject
121 Final shot
DOWN
1 Catch a glimpse of 2Guitar gadget 3Plays for a fool 4 Some coolers
5 Big Pharma watchdog: Abbr. 6 Sportscaster Berman
7Harden
8 South American dances
9 Put a dent in
10 __ fishing 11 Zippo
12 One stuck in traffic, at times 13 Fertilizer ingredient
14 Say further 15 Pianist’s “Do”? 16 Difficult to hoe 17 When rights may be restricted
18 Fit together compactly 21 Climbing equipment
23 Two-piece suits 24Words inNewton’s first law 29 Son of Odin and Frigg
30 Deli option 31 “Famous” cookie maker
32Work on a green, say
33 Entered permanently 35 Barmitzvah celebrant
36Red signover a door
37Nonbinary gender pronoun 38 Construction worker’s “Don’t”? 41 Deckhand 43 Grab a bite together
45 Being dragged along
47 Speedy 48 Fantasy football deal
49 Lost completely 52Utterly infatuate 54 Relief from the heat
57 Lotion ingredients
58With determination
60 Take to the rink 62 Chef’s hat 64Not quite right 65 Spiteful feeling 66 Classic tune 68 Early programming acronym 69 Showreverence for, as a deity 74 Confine with a dike, say 76Northern neighbor of Chile
78 Took in 80 Restaurant windowposting 81 Corner, in away 83 Attack with enthusiasm, as a project
84 “The Lion King” lioness
86 ’60s radical gp. 88 Area of expertise 89 Baseball stat 91 CommonMarket initials
93 Promised to attend, perhaps 95 Drive forward 97 Title holder 98 Temporary tattoo dye
100 Sonar sounds 101 Jungian archetype
102Hardly in the neighborhood
105 Core
106 Chicago Bulls forward __ Porter, Jr.
107 Feature of some orange juice
108 Sport in which the entire body is a valid target
110 Firefighting tool 111 Pup’s protest
112 Michigan in Chicago: Abbr. 113Word before age or year
114 “60 Minutes” airer
115 Dennings of “2 BrokeGirls”