L.A. Times Crossword
“CHANGE THE SUBJECT” BY SUSAN GELFAND & KATIE HALE
ACROSS
1 Word with corn
or matzo
5 Fill-in at an office 9 Truly hopeless 15 Org. with badges 18 Director
Preminger 19 Thrown in 21 “Clever you” 22 Each and every 23 Tip from a history teacher about how to study WWII? 26 __ card: smartphone need
27 Intimate
28 Went fast 29 Radio City
Music Hall style 31 Unreturned
tennis serve 32 Grover’s
predecessor 35 __ the pot
37 “On a ... ”
poems
38 Tip from an English teacher about the editing process? 42 “__ there, done
that”
44 Rapper Dr. __ 45 Dines
46 3-Down novelist
McEwan 47 Desilu
co-founder 49 Actress Ward 52 Observed
Ramadan, say 55 Question of
identity
58 Make a
difference
60 Tip from a gym teacher about how to win at tug-of-war? 63 Get more out of 65 Nonprofit URL
ender
66 Make money 67 Tiny organism 71 Atlanta pitcher
Kirby
74 Sandal feature 76 Botanical balm 77 Hosp. areas 79 Charlie Parker’s
instrument
81 Tip from an astronomy teacher about how to set up telescopes? 85 Some flower girl
candidates 90 “Stay With Me”
singer Smith 91 Invisible 92 Great flood
protagonist 94 Baseball deal 95 Western treaty
gp.
97 Stuck in __ 99 MMA calls
101 Big-screen
format
102 Tip from an accounting teacher about calculating profits and losses?
109 Pie crust
ingredient
110 “Anything __?” 111 Prepare for a
comeback tour 112 Reproductive
cells
115 Google oneself,
perhaps
117 Downright nasty 118 Caged copycat 120 Successful
show letters
121 Tip from a math teacher about working with squares and cubes?
11/19/23 126 Shorten, as a
skirt
127 Venezia’s land 128 Skin soother 129 Sheltered from
the wind
130 Thumbs-up 131 Former Seattle
team, familiarly 132 Tide type
133 Colorado’s __ Verde National Park
DOWN
1 Chocolaty coffee 2 Moral code 3 Booker Prizeshortlisted novel made into a film starring Keira Knightley
4 Booty
5 Grew molars,
say
6 Prefix with
thermic
7 Any of the
Rockies: Abbr. 8 Magic word 9 Little bit
10 Droid
11 Stick (out) 12 Log-shaped
pastry
13 Shirley Temple
garnish
14 Acid __ 15 Question of
evidence
16 Deli device 17 Just about 20 Colorado ski
spot
24 Burlap bag 25 Arctic hazards 30 Qatar’s capital 33 Hearing things 34 Struggling to
stay awake 35 Apostle of
Ireland, for short 36 Throw at
39 Med school subj. 40 Islamic mystic 41 Fries or slaw 42 “Kapow!” 43 Notable period 48 Zip
50 Girl who cannot be trusted to hold the football for Charlie Brown
51 Pasta __ Norma 53 Pamplona bulls 54 Omelet skillet 93 Hindu spring 56 Supersized festival
sandwich 96 Goes on to say 57 Normandy river 98 Number of 59 Energized anew Powerpuff Girls 61 Unleash upon 100 Course for 62 Number of college-bound Grammy HS students Awards won by 102 Plump
Dolly Parton 103 “Amen to that!” 64 Classic mint 104 Contract adverb
brand 105 “The Nightmare 67 Bleating sounds Before
68 Pelvic bones Christmas” 69 Dorm areas for composer
hanging out Danny
70 NBA official 106 Doesn’t use 72 Dynamism scissors 73 H-Town pro 107 Legendary Paul 75 Parkway sign 108 Close by 78 Wool clippers 113 Casts a ballot 80 Resident of 114 On a cruise Japan’s third 116 “Exodus” largest city novelist Leon 82 Unseat 117 Many execs 83 Spooky 119 Travel without a 84 Comfy and cozy destination 86 Prince in “The 122 Pharmaceutical
Little Mermaid” giant __ Lilly 87 Small part for a 123 MC’s need
big name, often 124 World Cup 88 Writer LeShan cheer
89 Census datum 125 Cavaliers sch.