L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ANSWERS TO ALL PUZZLES ARE ON PAGE 26 AND 31

ACROSS

1 Impressive sights at affairs fendi rival Paved

Victim of river diversion in Asia Like some R-rated films Comfortable Sports venue where the home team hasn’t won in years? Boulevard feature Invoice no. Brainstorm Dreyfus defender Heavy weight Hubbub Trimming plans Industrial site Like memories to smile about Sock part Hottest, in a way Cattle farm run by bigwigs? __ Stephens: 2017 uS Open Women’s Singles champ Tennis feature Isolated work group that hinders corporate efficiency Bone near a calf Belgian artist James Chews like beavers “I __ noticed” 8 13 19 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 33 35 37

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Change for a ten Drop the ball Bird rarely on the wing

Pitt uRL ending Toys “R” us giraffe mascot Epithet for Henry ford? Stayed to the bitter end

NBA impossibility Hide out Sushi bar order Company named for the exaggerated height of its tallish bottles

87 Bowling headache

90 “Crazy” vocalist

91 Mountain gap

94 Blood bank fluids

96 Blackthorn fruit

97 fD employee

98 Magnate

100 Advice for runners’ practice sessions? feeling guilty Ducks org. frozen four org. Tough goings Like some promises Swan dive revelation Expected result Cause for a claim Not as relaxed Smeltery input french star 62 64 65

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DOWN

1 Mother of Isaac

2 first-class

3 Totaled

4 Reindeer cousin

5 Japan’s Mount __

6 Disobedient

7 Org. concerned with youth substance abuse Ramble on Egyptian site of a historic 1799 discovery

NfL passing stat Nueve y uno

Bat prefix Spicy food truck items

Had some 13-Down Purplish veggie TV weather promo about a storm threat? Biblical twin Entertainment center sites Actor Morales Iraq War weapon: Abbr. 8 9

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Powerful fall cleanup tools? Having a twist Bug, for one Gets back to business Sorrowful tune free-for-all Red Sea land 31 32

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Vinyl revival items: Abbr.

Low uSMC rank MLB Hall of famer Brock family guys

Bar on a truck Chef’s creation Cavern phenomenon [Bo-ring!] Absorbent fabric Many an MIT grad Lawless role Coup d’__ Routing word Respected figure Concerto finale, perhaps Depend Poetic contraction Hot spot service ER demand Research university with a Boston campus Agronomist’s concern School near Windsor

Org. created by the 1933 Banking Act Sense Shades

Early number? Buzzed familiar greeting fall mall hiree Ship-to-ship greetings 81 82 83 86 88 89 92

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129 130 131 quarters for a spell caster?

Actor Schreiber “I’m buying!” Moistens Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital Debtor’s note Gull relative Lynn’s father worked in one Primate genus Pain pill target Ignore Provider of shade Harder to get Corn unit fast flight u.K. military award

Goal of an accord flanged fastener fashion initials __ face

Peace goddess “The Gondoliers” bride Playwright Simon Sierra’s “other” Carpenter’s wedge “Auld Lang __” Cork’s home Maya __, Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer

ISP option french king Just right