Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
That hurt!
ACROSS
1 Primary aspirant’s challenge
6 Tough test metaphor 11 Skunk River city
15 “Let’s move it!”
19 Historic Jordanian city 20 Tree native to southern 21
Bar purchase
22 1985 U.S. Open champ Mandlikova
23 “Fire!,” say? 25 Pittsburgh Steelers’ founder
27 “Peer Gynt” widow 28 Web portal since 1994 30 Egg-shaped wind
instruments
31 Time to party
35 Stopover spot
36 “Two and a Half Men”
co-star
37 Subject to discussion 38 “Happy Days” actor 39 Unflappable
40 Sprat no-no
43 Fact or fiction starter 44 “That bloke is hurt!” 47 Racer Yarborough 48 Weaken by eroding 52 Prefix with natal
53 Muse of comedy
55 Scent
56 Age __
58 Crime lab holdings 61 Searches with a divining rod
63 Stately steed 65 Chant, often 66 Planning considerations 67 Disappointing digs for pigs?
70 Serving liquor, as a town 71 Dropped an egg? 75 Back
76 Puts into words 79 Mountaineer’s rope fasteners
82 __-pitch
83 Red Muppet
84 Jenna of “Dharma & Greg”
85 Big tower, briefly: Abbr. 87 Demanded maximum effort
91 Takes to court
92 Sign attracting wickerwork craftspeople? 96 Corrida chant
97 Sonnet ending?
98 Baby marsupial
99 Cold, in Cartagena 100 Held in high regard 104 Capital on I-84
105 Arabic “son of”
106 Some Guggenheim works 107 Designated, perhaps
incorrectly
110 Workout regimen
112 Crazy Eights cousin 113 “Hold on now, pal” 115 High-tech all-night study aid?
120 Jersey, for one 121 Bustles
122 Sushi bar supplier 123 Hold in high regard 124 Impel
125 Child measures?: Abbr. 126 Snarky 127 Red-carpet figure
DOWN
1 Swimming pool adjunct 2 Blanc behind Bugs 3 LAX posting 4 Orderly arrangements 5 Big name in Egyptian kings
6 Fiver
7 Quartet for walking? 8 TV hillbilly __ May Clampett 9 Withdrawn
10 Ring on a burger
11 __ rule
12 Where Fez is
13 Make a humble retraction 14 Bronzing method 15 Tabernacle singers 16 “The Insider” director Michael
17 Fit for service
18 Floor opposition 24 Swain 26 Turgenev’s birthplace 29 Bamboozled 31 Sitcom sign-off word 32 Berkshire school 33 Consumer who admires store displays?
34 APR reducer
38 Hard to make out 40 Pale yellow, light brown, etc.?
41 Property recipient, in law 42 Afternoon services 45 Start of a duel 46 Marlins manager Mattingly
47 Adm.’s subordinate 49 Masthead VIPs 50 Caviar
51 Wedding consequence, perhaps
54 Med. care group 57 Foot in a pound 59 Spanish sherry 60 Farm female 61 Bishop’s jurisdiction 62 Useful
64 __ exam
67 Room for a home theater 68 CBS CEO Moonves 69 “I’m not listening to you” 72 Hightails it 73 Professional org. since 1878
74 Presumed defense against mind-reading 76 Symbol of peace 77 Ancient
78 “__ Believer”: ‘60s hit 80 Issa __, creator of HBO’s “Insecure” 81 Deemed appropriate 86 Homes for F-16s 88 1957 war movie title river 89 Pat on a pancake, perhaps 90 Danson and Knight 93 Works on bare spots 94 Bit of ocular relief 95 Tackles, e.g. 98 Shocker 101 Victoria’s Secret spec 102 Hit song from “Flashdance”
103 Wagnerian soprano 104 Acted sheepishly?
106 Went (over) thoroughly 107 Big belt
108 Very
109 A jerk may serve one 111 Indonesian resort island 114 Slow start?
116 One-third of nove
117 Online guffaw
118 Wash. neighbor
119 Complex trap