Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Double Plays

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS

1 Hostile to

5 Golfer Cristie

9 Some Algonquian­s 10 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 11 Testers

12 Negligible

13 Major bone

15 Door securer

16 From one end to the

other, abbr. 19 Continenta­l combinatio­n 24 Seat site

25 Chairs

26 Toadstools and such 27 Core group

28 Wall candle holders 30 Be temporaril­y, 2 words 31 Conifer with durable

wood

32 T-shirt material 34 William of __

35 It heals all wounds 36 Deep carpet

40 Letter before iota 41 Road barrier in

California, 2 words 42 Ambitious

44 Famous garden spot 45 Undergroun­d plant part 46 Fight location

47 Small herrings 50 Landmark stone heap 51 There is a knife for it 52 Got over

54 Polynesian kingdom 55 Certain tribute 56 Instrument

57 Recess at St. Peter’s 58 Men’s swim suits 60 Doggy Docs 61 Satellite receiver 64 Exposure, 2 words 69 New York-area college 70 Top chef, Ramsay 71 Sensation

72 Cat call

73 “Li’l Abner” cartoonist 74 Mountains

DOWN

1 R&B singer India __

2 At no point in time, abbr. 3 Small gull

4 Monthly mag 5 Buckwheat groats 6 First name in jazz 7 Hitters’ stats

8 Entrance to an

expressway

9 Vacuum tube

(abbreviati­on)

11 Woes

14 Sweet wine

16 Cut short

17 Cohort

18 Dangerous anger 20 Don’t just stand there 21 Increase, 2 words

22 It’s a wrap

23 Chemical suffixes 26 Involuntar­y

28 Opening for a coin 29 Stockpile

32 Slangy greetings

33 Cut

35 Move briskly

36 Shore of the ocean, 2

words

37 Bugs

38 Certain discrimina­tor 39 Variety

41 Indonesian volcano and

island

43 “Atlas Shrugged” author 47 Grocery

48 Pasta choice

49 Carried on 51 Discontinu­e

52 Cowardly

53 Gym class material 56 Black key, 2 words 59 Sweetheart of __ Chi 61 Frisbee, e.g.

62 Tiny bit

63 Scissors cut

65 Shake up

66 Catch by trickery 67 Union agreements? 68 Trim the lawn

ACROSS

1 Buddhist monks

6 Totals (up)

10 NPR host __ Simon

15 Up in the air

19 Clock app feature 20 Female kangaroos 21 Blanches

22 Garden digger

23 “Time to blaze a trail in

frozen desserts, Ms. Lee” 26 Frigate front

27 Classic songs

28 Nnedi Okorafor genre 29 Tosses, slangily

30 Gibson ingredient

31 Lay out in advance

32 Mold, mildew, etc.

33 Like fancy caramel 37 “You’ll never make it big in the toy industry, Holly Hobbie!”

42 Farm team followers 43 Welcome

44 Banque currency

45 __ flottante: French

dessert

46 Brazilian berry

47 Bank claim

48 __Clean: laundry brand 49 Hiccup

50 “Stop tormenting the mail carrier, you mangy mutt!”

57 “Paradise Lost” figure 58 Croupier’s tool 59 Handwritin­g features 60 Bouncy Milne character 61 Sunday message

63 Former name on a Chicago

skyscraper

64 Get-up

68 Geologist’s unit

69 Mails

70 Arts town east of Georgia

O’keeffe’s Ghost Ranch 72 High court action? 73 “Whoa there, cowboy!” 77 Corner shop

79 Family guy

80 Roadie’s burdens 81 Moriarty of “The Boys” 82 Ballpark fig.?

83 “Let’s __ it a night” 85 Enlists again

87 Deplete

88 “Stop futzing with that,

Mr. Law”

92 Highland girls

93 Stands watch for, say 94 Not on a tape delay 95 Baton

96 Sings like Ella

97 Nickname of the NBA star whose #3 was retired by the Heat

99 Native American ceremony performed in the dry season

105 Pans with high sides 106 “Get off the court, Ms.

King!” 108 “Bonne __!” 109 Run the show 110 Apogee

111 __ Domingo 112 Knight-time story 113 Stuff on a shelf 114 Honey brew 115 Arborist’s charges

DOWN

1 Straggles

2 Substantia­lly

3 Poet Angelou

4 “East of Eden” brother 5 Performs a Native American

cleansing ritual

6 Beautify

7 Ann of “The Leftovers” 8 Comfy retreats

9 Vane dir.

10 Secret recording device 11 House of cards? 12 Snowman who says, “Some people are worth melting for”

13 “The Fosters” actress Polo 14 Org. that checks bags after

check-in

15 Loom

16 Just mentioned

17 Small armada

18 Conifers with bright red

berries

24 “Kills bugs dead” brand 25 Lion of Narnia

29 Car on many “worst cars

of all time” lists 31 Canadian prov.

32 Word repeated in “Star

Wars” introducti­ons 33 Trick-taking game

34 Nook

35 Courtesy car 36 Flibbertig­ibbet

37 Name on much farm

equipment

38 Lens care brand

39 Meeting point

40 Trash

41 Limb lifted in a développé 43 Unwell

47 Romance novelist Banks 48 Klutz’s cry

49 Fire proof?

51 Streamlet

52 Justice Kagan

53 Washday units

54 Carousel mount, to a tot 55 Sags

56 Hit with a water balloon,

say

62 Spam or ham

63 Bird feeder filler 65 Bell-bottoms features 66 First aid tincture

67 Some low-risk investment­s,

briefly

69 Drag one’s feet 70 Home of Sun Devil

Stadium

71 Egyptian snakes

73 Sheet cakes, in British

parlance

74 Going nowhere

75 Apply crudely

76 Gym units

77 “Nothing to write home

about”

78 213 or 323 for Los

Angeles, e.g.

83 Skips, as class 84 Commercial­s 85 Constructi­on fastener 86 French summer

87 Most blue

89 Frequent fliers 90 Tickled pink 91 Declutters, perhaps 92 Comedian Love 95 Worked (up)

96 Big gulp

97 Free software version 98 Texas city where Dr

Pepper was invented 99 Bibimbap base

100 __ mater

101 Almost closed

102 Hawaiian honker 103 Oscar winner Blanchett 104 Actress Mireille 106 Ask earnestly

107 “Kapow!”

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