Hartford Courant (Sunday)

LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

- By Tom Pepper & Zhouqin Burnikel

ACROSS

1 Bugs 7 Flat-topped hills 12 Faux wood in a fireplace 18 Pass by 19 Harding biopic 21 Chihuahua coin 22 Place for a rock 24 1984 Jeff Bridges film that begins with a UFO crash 25 Shorthand system 26 Just 27 Place for a roll 29 Geometry calculatio­n 31 U.S. intel org. 33 “Trainwreck” director Judd 34 Place for a rock 39 Carbon compound 40 Short evening wear? 43 Driver’s assignment: Abbr. 44 Microsoft Office default typeface until 2007 45 Ore-Ida side, familiarly 47 Tech company with an exclamatio­n point 49 Envelope abbr. 51 Burden 52 Take a break 55 Hulu alternativ­e 56 Left high and dry 58 Place for a roll 61 __ as punch 62 Bring home 64 Shopping cart count 65 Choice words? 66 Fit together, as some dolls 69 Brobdingna­gian 71 Barbecue fuel 73 Kung __ chicken 76 Booze 78 Bit attachment 80 Dave Barry genre 84 Place for a rock 87 Natural ability 90 Mammal with more gray matter than a human 91 Caesar __ 92 Nabe in lower Manhattan 93 Miami Heat coach Spoelstra 94 Buy time 96 Australia’s national gemstone 98 In the midst of 100 Pub pintful 101 Orecchiett­e shape 102 Asgard god 105 Place for a roll 108 Actress Jennifer in Capital One commercial­s 110 Letters after nus 111 “Othello” villain 112 Place for a Rock 116 Matching 118 Put in more chips, say 122 Stretch with no landmarks 123 Place for a roll 126 Firsthand accounts 127 Fast and furious 128 Sharp kitchen tool 129 Tons 130 Knobs on a pipe organ

131 Respected ones

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1 Loch in hoax photos 2 Tons 3 Strong wind 4 Word with column or cord 5 Oregon’s oldest city 6 Cha, chai, or matcha 7 Bog down 8 2021 Marvel movie directed by Chloé Zhao 9 Most tender 10 “32 Flavors” singer DiFranco 11 Bring into alignment 12 Arrives at 13 Chess legend Karpov 14 Milkshake insert 15 Meat common in Greek cuisine 16 Shape of sesame seeds 17 No longer there 20 Indian city with a mausoleum 21 House channel 23 “Just think ... ” 28 Hairy Halloween costume 30 Disgraced energy company 32 Make a scene? 34 Swimmer’s woe 35 __ Pradesh: Indian state 36 Fashionabl­y dated 37 “All in the Family” spinoff 38 Short trips 40 Part of a magazine spread 41 Class clown 42 Some whiskey drinks 46 Largest island in French Polynesia 48 Wall flowers, perhaps 50 Wall or flower 53 Architect’s detail, briefly 54 Muppet who rarely says “I” 57 Port city south of Kyiv 58 __ Lankan rupee 59 Take heat from? 60 Japan’s largest beermaker 63 Factor in sibling rivalry, often 67 Costco rival, familiarly 68 Bulky brass instrument 70 Bridal bio word 72 Instrument for a troubadour 73 Counterpar­t of poetry 74 Place for a stent 75 Prized statuette 77 Sanders, for one 79 “No Logo” author Klein 81 Big picture? 82 Black swan of ballet 83 Type in again 85 Rogue computer of sci-fi 86 Small amount 88 Hypocritic­al sorts 89 Polynesian kingdom with more than 170 islands 92 Tortilla chip topper 95 Adds, as paper to a copier 97 Fish in some omelets 99 Series of bad takes 103 Appliances with drums 104 Ancient Cuzco dwellers 106 Not tricked by 107 Gave for a short time 108 Italian city known for salami 109 Oldest of the Pointer Sisters 112 Lombardy lake 113 Cartel founded in Baghdad 114 Widely shared post 115 Sweeties 117 Karaoke gear 119 Castaway’s home 120 One who’s forwardloo­king 121 Makes a misstep 124 Interest rate fig. 125 Safety gear for ER workers

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