Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“SPOUT NONSENSE” By GAIL GRABOWSKI
ACROSS 1 Criticize severely
5 Very little 10 Musical with the song “A New Argentina”
15 Roll on a farm, maybe
19 Major attachment 20 Many an emailer
21 Pay
22 Northern terminus of I-79 23 Totally unlike wetlands
24 Golf goof 25 Plumber, at times?
27 Boxer in the wrong profession? 30 Finished behind 31 NBC show anchored by Lester Holt 32 “Pagliacci” clown 34 Muzzleloading aid
38 It holds water 39 Snowblower brand
40 Light beer?
41 Big bucks, briefly 44 Herb-carrying semi? 49 Monogram on L’Homme products
50 Put up with 52 Menu words 53 They’re not fast reads
54 Help in the gym 55 Allow access to 56 Pay ending? 57 Considerable care 58 Is sympathetic (toward)
59 “This Gun for Hire” actor
60 Mag man with a mansion
61 Under attack 62 Actor Morales 63 Affected by tears, as makeup
65 Winter air 66 “I thought it was a secret”
69 Biblical brother 70 Sported
71 Pester for payment 72 Quattro competitor
73 Base with a coach
75 What an iron often causes 76 Pen name 77 Gonzalez in 2000 news 78 Ones not itemized 79 Willamette River capital
80 Crescent component 81 Have an inkling 82 Ristorante suffix 83 Unlikely to get sick?
87 H.S. dropout’s exam 88 Environmental destruction 91 Congenial
92 Wine flavorer 94 Filibuster site 95 Not in anymore 97 Most shabby 102 Took the wrong way?
104 One with a questionable sense of fashion?
106 News of a crude carrier sighting? 110 Mumbai money 111 Stallion’s mate 112 Skedaddle 113 Lacked roots 114 __ Gay
115 Island off Tuscany 116 It may cause quakes 117 How-to units 118 Ill-fated Ford 119 It’s usually graded DOWN 1 Darwin wore one
2 Sunlit courts 3 Hitch
4 Wouldn’t commit
5 Sushi bar order 6 2014 U.S. Senior Open winner Montgomerie 7 “I’ve had such a curious dream!” speaker
8 Part of a violin 9 Spot with a bird’s-eye view 10 Flock mom 11 “Grease” singer 12 Domed dwelling 13 Sleuths, for short
14 Many bars no longer have them 15 Turn into eventually
16 Old Testament sanctuary 17 Deliberate omission, some say
18 Market closing? 26 What makes lists briefer, briefly
28 Red wine choice
29 “A Doll’s House” heroine
33 “Just curious” 35 Flat-bodied fish depiction?
36 The Christina in Wyeth’s “Christina’s World”
37 Lats relatives 39 Maker of nonstick cookware
40 Lats relatives 41 Places to browse
42 Steel girder 43 “Jush one more, bartender,” e.g.? 45 Rubbernecked 46 Minnesota’s St. __ College 47 Infomercial pitch
48 It’s trapped in house traps 51 Ernst genre 54 Broad-leafed maritime plant 57 1995 Reform Party founder 58 Baton Rouge sch.
60 Female lobster 61 Throwing out a chain letter, and others
62 Really big stretch
64 Relieved (of) 65 Spelunker
66 New Mexico state flower 67 Remove 68 Subsided 70 Natural elevation 71 Scuttlebutt 73 Tastes
74 As a result 75 70-Down’s opposite
76 Private home 77 Opulent home 79 Court conferences 84 Obedient response to un capitán
85 Like navigable Arctic waters 86 Like paste, jewelry-wise 89 Life’s work
90 “... like __ not” 93 Fate
95 “Pet” problem 96 Mag sales staff member 97 Proofer’s finds 98 Two-time Billboard Top Artist awardee 99 Virtual transaction 100 Novi Sad natives 101 Pleasant surprise 103 Rorschach image
105 Provide money for
106 Wrong
107 Key for Ravel? 108 Grazing area 109 Some OT winners