Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“FAST x FURIOUS IV” By YAAKOV BENDAVID and YONI GLATT

ACROSS

1 Bring up, as a subject 7 Longtime Syrian ruling family name

12 Rat on 16 Passover mo., usually 19 Vaquero’s home 20 Ethiopia’s Selassie 21 Puritan’s conclusion? 22 Sulu portrayer John

23 Fast 26 Vehicle in a queue 27 Computer connection method

28 “Die Lorelei” poet

29 Wound

31 Doctor Octopus,

to Spidey 32 Load

34 “The Flying Dutchman” soprano 36 Norse pantheon 37 Development site 40 “Groundhog Day” insurance salesman 42 Specifics, informally 44 Rope fiber 45 Carne __: steak dish 47 Paying passengers 49 Food 51 Based on deduction as opposed to experience 53 Furious 56 Gentle attentiongetters 57 Series-ending abbr. 59 Radiate 60 “Nor to their idle __ doth sight appear”: Milton 61 Part of Q.E.D. 62 Groups that get busy in Sept. 64 Charm 66 Fairy tale figures

70 T, on the NYSE 71 Rootless sort 73 Hit the dirt on a diamond

74 “So exciting-not”

75 Half of an alternative to 7-Down 77 Former White House family

79 Digitally stored 80 Stack 81 Cathedral part 83 “No damage” 85 Actor Wallach 86 Palindromic magazine 87 Fast

91 As an alternative 93 Philanderer first seen in Cervantes 94 Banjoist’s aid 96 Choking up 97 Peak in Thessaly 98 Creator of Horton the Elephant 101 Gardener’s buy 102 Rural spread 103 Columbus’ birthplace 105 Critical times, military-style 107 Author Morrison 109 Dispassionate 112 Vibrant photo 114 Region bordering the River Avon

116 Showman named Phineas 119 Letters on a note 120 Furious 123 Balaam’s mount 124 Cajun mainstay 125 Blake of ragtime 126 Herbal brew 127 Understand 128 Hold back 129 __-no question 130 Nasty looks

DOWN

1 Bring up to speed 2 Totaled, as a bill 3 Furious 4 Have a hankering (for) 5 “The Witches of Eastwick” co-star 6 Schmooze (with) 7 Sashimi staple 8 Word in many California city names 9 Many a Punjabi 10 Skin cream ingredients

11 Treated like it didn’t exist, as gravity

12 Tony Gwynn’s uniform number 13 Frequent winner 14 Polite question opener 15 Kagan on the bench 16 Some fingerpointing 17 One in an ancient Jewish sect 18 Rehnquist’s successor 24 “Total Recall” director Wiseman 25 Klein of fashion 30 Son and brother of George 33 Tennis’ Novak Djokovic, for one

35 Fast 38 Source of praise in verse

39 Red Guard leader 41 Editor’s “Lose it”

43 Headed the cast of

45 The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, e.g. 46 Ancient Greek military power 47 Furious

48 A little 50 Andrews or Vandenberg: Abbr.

52 “Tsk tsk” sayers 54 Pitching stat 55 “Cosmicomics” author Calvino 58 Vena __

63 Big rollers 65 __ shaft 67 Fast

68 Buffy player Sarah Michelle __

69 Ally of “The Breakfast Club” 72 Stadium access 76 Like a supermarket before a major storm, perhaps 78 Musical fifths 80 Saint at a gate 82 Name-linking trio

84 LEGO buys 87 Kind of situation to avoid 88 “What’s the point?!” 89 “Way to go, bro!” 90 Gentle gait 92 __-puf: old laundry product 93 Open galleries 95 Pet shelter visitor, maybe 99 Draped dress 100 Bondi Beach city 102 Forensic evidence bits 104 “Now, about ... ” 106 Seamless flow 108 Large power 110 More cuddly 111 Jewish community orgs. 113 It helps a team pull together 115 Snatches 117 Blessing follower 118 Went by car 121 Actress Graynor 122 Muchacho’s uncle