Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“HERD MENTALITY” By JOHN-CLARK LEVIN
ACROSS
1 Small Mercedes sedan
7 Golf match equalizer
15 Less risky 20 Lighthearted 21 Cheerio relative 22 Yearn for
23 Ants in the
British colonies? 25 Drove at Indy 26 Tentative
agreement 27 Baton Rouge-toJackson dir. 28 “Great” Russian czar
29 Sun Devils’ sch. 30 Updike’s “Rabbit Redux,” e.g.: Abbr. 31 Tennis immortal 33 Dull opening? 34 Gp. with a threefinger salute 35 Listing
37 Fish attending Mass? 41 Baroque painter Guido
42 Elvis sings it in “Blue Hawaii” 44 Sarcastic “So sad”
45 Lions marching event? 47 Cataract surgery replacement 48 Green-lights 50 Edmond __: the Count of Monte Cristo 51 Large body of eau
52 Fiscal execs 54 Pope’s jurisdiction 57 Reason for a star
61 Juno, to Socrates 62 Punk subgenre 63 Whales’ sorely lacking veggie supply? 67 Goof 68 Pringles alternative 70 Nestlé candy with a white covering 71 “Shoulda listened to me!” 73 Cool, in ’90s slang 74 LAPD unit? 75 Madame’s Spanish counterpart 77 Pale __ 78 Dilute 80 Wolves from Lower Manhattan?
85 Things to avoid 87 Rangers’ domains 88 Wild plum 89 Bats living in an old Chrysler? 92 Whoopi’s role in “The Color Purple”
93 VCR button 94 Degree in math 95 Tinged 96 Texter’s qualifier 98 NBC show
since 1975 99 Gives the slip 101 Be on duty at, as a battle station
102 Aids in DNA sequencing research
105 Fathered 106 Crows sailing from Ethiopia to Egypt? 110 Orson Scott Card protagonist __ Wiggin 111 Documented 112 Swimwear fabric
113 Short
114 Closed ecosystems 115 Net worth component
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1 “black-ish” airer 2 Symbol of monastic life 3 Alfredo __, “Ratatouille” character named for a pasta 4 Alaskan island invaded by Japan in WWII 5 Least likely to mingle 6 Connotation 7 Brinker on skates 8 Start to correct? 9 Gun lobby org. 10 __ Taco 11 Scott classic 12 “Race Matters” author West 13 Lyon lover’s word
14 Ask invasively 15 Certain owl’s howl
16 “How now? __?”: Hamlet 17 News source for millions
18 “Be it __ humble ... ”: song lyric 19 Phone button 24 Law firm abbr. 28 Baja bar tender?
29 __ The Magazine 31 Just barely 32 Oxford, but not Cambridge 33 Mousetrap brand 36 1970s Plumber 37 Exercise target 38 Shouts of discovery 39 Madrid-based airline 40 Moonshine 42 Reuters apps alternative 43 Tardy with 46 Down __: Maine nickname 47 Writer Uris 49 “My bad”
51 ER scans 53 “Love Song” singer Bareilles 54 Beatles album with a bang 55 The Wizard of Oz’s hometown 56 Rewards for regulars 57 Lukas of “Witness” 58 Debatable “gift” 59 Small piano 60 General __ 64 Refinement 65 Aspiring MBA’s major 66 Fishing boat 69 Boiling sign 72 What a subscription renewal prevents 75 WWII weapon 76 Crafts website 78 Hypes 79 Frozen planet in “The Empire Strikes Back” 80 Tree trunk 81 J.Lo’s fiancé 82 Pumpkin pie seasoning
83 Vending machine feature 84 Underwater projection 86 Not even moist 87 Based
89 Car radio button 90 Adam of Maroon 5 91 Mexican horseman 92 Rising stars 96 QB’s pass to a CB, say
97 L.A. Philharmonic Conductor Emeritus 100 Tick-ing bomb? 101 City bond, briefly 102 “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” author 103 Results 104 Spanish cordial 106 Rabble
107 “The Name of the Rose” author 108 __-com 109 Presumed UFO crew