LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“FOUR OF A KIND”
ACROSS
1 Light songs
6 “East of Eden” director Kazan 10 Commercials 13 Surrounded by 19 Ancient Greek theater
20 Like marathons 21 Japanese drama 22 It’s against the motion
23 Law firm standout
25 Stay afloat, in a way
27 “Dream on!” 28 Rabbit predators 30 Clerical vestments
31 Warm, in a game 32 Acts disrespectfully toward 34 Obtain by trickery
36 Like Joel Goodson’s business, in a 1983 film 37 Respectful greeting
39 Egg cells
40 Fits to __ 42 Near-perfect bridge feat
46 South American shocker
52 Affect
53 Live for evil, say? 55 Back
56 Half a fly 57 Daisylike bloom 58 __ school 60 Dialogue-stopping button?
61 “All That Jazz” director
63 Fire remnant 66 Piano’s soft pedal, for one 68 Future educator’s goal
72 Wrap in a bandage
73 Tennis star Osaka
74 Brings (out) 75 Bakery buy 76 Hang (around), as with a friend 77 City on the Po 79 Likely 82 Out with permission, maybe 85 Put on a jury 88 Actress Cornish of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” 90 Vietnam War defoliant 92 Bonneville racing venue 94 Einstein’s “m” 95 B&O and Reading
97 Places to hang 98 Office alerts
102 Beginning
104 Got the point? 106 “Your turn”
107 Part of A.D.
108 Liquid transfer device
110 More than simmer
113 Did a flower garden task
116 Tennis umpire’s order after oddnumbered games
... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers
118 Ingratiate
119 Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan
120 Highland wear 121 Cold shower? 122 Catering supply 123 Some “ER” roles
124 Toy with runners
125 Father-and-son actors
DOWN
1 “Copacabana” showgirl
2 Bad day for Caesar
3 Lay down the law 4 Excessively 5 NBC weekend fixture, briefly 6 Carry away 7 Corporate symbols
8 Attending USC, e.g.
9 Terrible time? 10 Probably not a good sign at a picnic 11 Tight headgear 12 Trounce 13 Words in some pop group names 14 Do a yard job 15 14th-century Russian ruler 16 Heaps affection (on)
17 Swordfish __ 18 Absorbent fabric 24 Word containing three of itself 26 Helped plan a job, maybe
29 Penny attachment
33 D-Day French city
35 “The Lion King” lion
36 “Criminal Minds” agent played by Matthew Gray Gubler 37 Marines NCO 38 Double agent Aldrich
41 Coastal flier 43 Delhi dairy drink
44 Feeler
45 Author Rita __ Brown
47 Irish nationalist Robert
48 Symbols in some pop group names 49 Blow
50 Perfume name 51 Bad look
54 Artist El __
57 “A Hard Road to Glory” author 59 Asmara is its capital
61 Make stout 62 Perth protest 64 Dues payer: Abbr.
65 Big name in water filters
66 “My Heart Will Go On” singer 67 Appear 68 Country music sound
69 Country rocker Steve
70 Ancient Greek medical researcher 71 Luxury 72 Ancient colonnade
76 Author’s assumed character 78 Young __
79 Left, as a sinking ship
80 Big East team 81 Nickname for Esther
83 24-hr. conveniences
84 U.S. govt. broadcaster
86 Ballpark figs. 87 1994 Peace coNobelist
88 Way off 89 Flower named for its color and shape
91 In pieces 93 Flip-flop 96 Proverbial bone breakers 98 Manners 99 Olympics segment
100 Maryland’s Fort __
101 Court command
103 Wheel alignment
104 __ oil
105 Page-bottom abbr.
107 Sleek, for short 109 PGA rival of Tiger
111 Brainstorm
112 D-Day craft
114 Chewie’s pal 115 Drill wielder: Abbr.
117 Spanish “that”