SUNDAY LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Capital known as
“The City of Trees”
6 HS course for a future poli-sci major
11 “How silly of me!” 14 Cook brisket, perhaps 19 Capital known as
“The City of Stairs” 20 Quinceañera accessory 21 Singer profiled in the 2022 Netflix documentary “Halftime,” familiarly 22 Ancient manuscript 23 Friends in Low Places? 26 Outkast rapper __ 3000 27 Org. whose logo features crossed clubs 28 Oct. 24 observance 29 Chemical in bagel-making 30 Cream-filled pastries 32 Way off
34 Some truffle hunters 36 Colorado State’s sports team
37 Jellicle Ball attendee 38 Dust in the Wind? 44 Love, in Verona 46 Walking tall 47 Half-inning trio
48 Can opener
49 Pixar swimmer 50 Lacking proper punctuation, perhaps 51 Delight
53 School member 54 Party in the USA? 58 “Am __ blame?” 59 Presto, musically 60 20s dispensers 61 Capitol Hill fig. 62 Amsterdam waterway 64 “Just watch me!” 66 [Crying emoji]
70 Video art pioneer __ June Paik
72 Licensed transport 73 Train, as a boxer 76 Hilton-owned hotel chain
77 Dancing in the Street? 83 Basic ballet move 84 Antibiotic units
85 “__ Kai”: Netflix series 86 Central Plains tribe 87 Organ with a hammer 88 Foie __
89 Ticket prices?
90 Tons and tons
91 Crazy in Love?
95 DOJ agency
96 Bench press targets, for short
97 College administrators 98 High-end hair dryers 101 Flatbread served with dal
104 Projectile’s path
105 Beach balls?
108 Noisy fight
109 Vessel implant
110 Down in the Boondocks?
114 Play place?
115 To’s opposite
116 Model/actress Kate 117 “__ mañana”
118 Less spicy, in a way 119 Bros
120 __ profundo: low voice
121 Oyster cracker?
DOWN
1 Unflattering media coverage, briefly
2 Rolex competitor 3 “Seriously!?”
4 Maple syrup base
5 Like a hotel bathroom, often
6 Teeny bit
7 Gyro wrapper
8 “Slow Horses” actor Oldman
9 Deposit for processing 10 Unit for soccer practice carpool, say 11 Video game with a turntable-shaped controller
12 Copa América cry 13 Slip ’N Slide need 14 Quantities such as mass and time
15 Address for Hercule Poirot
16 “Weird, right?” 17 Steve with nine NBA titles as a player and coach
18 Old flames
24 Finish
25 The “C” of the CMYK color model
31 Prepare to move, as artwork
33 Christmas tune
34 Pop star Mars 35 Scrubs
38 Root veggies
39 “… then again, we could try something else” 40 [It’s gone!]
41 Ardent desire
42 “No sweat!” 43 “Truthfully,” in a text 44 Shenanigan 45 Conductor Zubin 50 Genetic letters 51 Many NYC addresses 52 Tibetan dumpling 53 Festival entry
55 Major key of Chopin’s “Heroic” Polonaise 56 Spreading fear
57 B te __
63 “The Favourite” queen 64 Candy __
65 Graph line 67 Minnesota’s Paul Bunyan, for one
68 Item in a quiver 69 Bros
71 Wild hurry
72 Threw out
73 Serious
74 Coach purchase, perhaps
75 __ plancha: Spanish cooking method 77 Concrete piece 78 Classic travel trailer 79 Castle defense
80 Sour compounds 81 One-named Irish singer
82 Power base?
83 Test subject for Gregor Mendel
88 Nail polish enhancer 89 Devotees
90 “Oh, really?” 92 Mandarin, e.g.
93 “I’ll follow you” 94 Patio spot
98 Green owl in a popular language app
99 El __: America, in Mexico
100 Necessitate a bleep 101 Soft “Over here!”
102 “__ boy!”
103 Radio toggle
105 Oodles
106 Sci-fi craft
107 Latin dating word 111 Anger
112 AirNow.gov partner 113 Prominent part of a beefeater’s uniform