Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“IT’S JUST NOT THE SAME” By MARK McCLAIN ACROSS
1 Fern seed 6 Posh hotel amenity
10 Cook, in a way
15 Sneaky stratagem
19 Secret rival
20 “Bingo!”
21 Tom Sawyer’s aunt
22 Sneaky stratagem
23 Phrase of individuality
26 “__ the Woods”
27 Skill
28 Hawaii County seat
29 Holes a very short putt
31 Math function
32 Sizable piece
34 Adored object
35 Blog feed format letters
38 American flag component, e.g.
44 Sorority letters
46 65-Across, in Japanese
47 Suffix meaning “country”
48 Notes from a loser, maybe
49 Brownish grays
52 “My Way” lyricist
54 GPS displays
57 Captain Hansen of “Deadliest Catch”
58 Plot device in TV’s “Fringe”
62 Tolkien tree creature
63 Promised
64 Pound sound
65 46-Across in English
67 “Mi casa __ casa”
68 Creating compelling characters, for a writer
72 Timberlake’s old group
74 Small amt. of time
78 Dental brand suffix
80 Title character inspired by Hearst
82 “Heavens to Betsy!”
84 __-12 Conference
87 Brainstorming process
92 “Respect for Acting” author Hagen
93 One way to start
94 Pasternak heroine
95 Brought up to speed
96 Comic strip about a high schooler
98 Gateway Arch designer Saarinen
101 Kipling title orphan
102 Artist Magritte
103 Fallback plans
110 Nonsense
111 Lyrical works
112 Cooks with fat
113 Is obligated to
115 Upscale
117 Father or son actor
118 “The Chronicles of Barsetshire” author
122 Clapton on guitar
123 They often follow “also” in dictionaries
127 Courteous
128 Strongly longing
129 Beech family trees
130 Looks after
131 Durbeyfield daughter
132 __ Island Red: chicken
133 Duma denial
134 University town near Bangor
DOWN
1 Anti-DWI org.
2 __-dieu
3 German composer Carl
4 Starts of feuds
5 Pristine
6 German candy brand
7 Possesses
8 Drill insert
9 Funny couple?
10 Some Olympic trials
11 Set for repairs
12 Northeast Nevada city
13 Red or brown brew
14 Connecticut coastal tourist town
15 “Marines’ Hymn” city
16 Has no restraints
17 Piedmont wine area
18 Lowly laborer
24 Western Nevada city
25 In said fashion
30 Flap
32 Long-necked bird
33 Specifically designed poem
35 Seal after peeking, say
36 Barn units
37 Cooks in a pan
39 “__ won’t work”
40 To wit
41 Growl
42 Render useless
43 U.S. Army E-6
45 Floored it, say
50 Fraction of a joule
51 Enter stealthily
53 Word often used before “old”
55 Know-it-all?
56 Observe
59 Sunday paper pile
60 Former Saturn model
61 Bugs that roll
66 Backyard chef’s equipment
69 Backyard chef’s stick
70 Sensory organ
71 Series with Capt. Picard, to fans
73 Kabuki kin
75 Curveball relative
76 Climate-disrupting current
77 Baby swan
79 Director Lupino
81 Slender swimmer
83 African bovine
84 “The Godfather” novelist
85 Working on the task
86 Mass group
88 Change course suddenly
89 Like a jaybird?
90 Cuts a little
91 Get under control
97 Leads astray
99 Assembled for a cause
100 How some stunts are done
104 Wonder Dog of comics
105 Letter closing
106 Gramps’ mate
107 Gripe from the weary
108 “The __ llama, / He’s a beast”: Nash
109 Have as a client
114 Less trustworthy
115 Small bodyshop job
116 __ Lackawanna Railway
117 2012 Best Picture
118 Rd. often named for a state
119 __ account: never
120 PC scrolling key
121 Petrol station sign
124 Hot tub reaction
125 20 hundredweight
126 Articulate