Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“PT EXERCISE” By MATT McKINLEY
ACROSS
1 Peaks 6 Two-letter pop group 10 Prepares potatoes, in a way
15 Card in a wallet 19 Zagreb native 20 Vanishing sound 21 Seating option 22 It gives you the
big picture 23 Most highly regarded seasoning? 26 Side
27 Call for icing, maybe
28 Author Binchy 29 Limo amenity 31 Literally, “shady side”
32 Like two Beethoven piano sonatas 33 Groom on a 1952 Life cover 34 B, in a sandwich 37 Bridget Riley’s “Movement in Squares,” e.g. 40 23rd of 24 41 Gets more friendly, with “up”
45 __ collar 46 Brusque orchestral violinists? 49 Alley in comics 50 Soft shoe 51 Portends 52 Bush boss 53 Singer DiFranco 54 Card game shout 55 “Trinity” novelist 56 “__ Not There”: Zombies hit 58 Child with a sponsor, maybe 60 Homer’s “Northeaster,” for one
62 Wall covers 65 Quick quality 66 Italian noble family 67 Actress Helen with her personal programmer? 70 One of a program dozen 73 Big-eyed bird 75 “Tristram Shandy” author 76 Bag by the
barbecue
78 Lit
81 Honey beverage 82 “Hamilton”
award 83 97-Across output 84 Holiday drink 85 Knockoff hr. 88 Glittery rock 89 Logician’s letters 90 Granite St. campus 91 Kids responsible for breakfast bread?
94 Town
95 Low choristers 97 See 83-Across 98 Golf bag set 99 “Not a chance!” 100 Pie nut
102 Kiss at the mall, briefly 103 Security briefing org.
104 Lunch with fish 107 Large crosses 109 Head honcho, e.g. 113 Finished 114 Well-ventilated chef’s hat? 117 It’s often stained 118 Language that
gives us “kayak” 119 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” author
120 Old Eurasian
rulers
121 Wine adjective 122 Ideal areas 123 Letters before Q? 124 Limited-choice, as a question
DOWN
1 John follower 2 Sticking point? 3 Extra
4 Near the start 5 Yalta Conference notable 6 Informal pricing words
7 __ vivant
8 High time
9 __ de coeur: amorous relationship 10 Forgo
11 Put on 12 Musician’s suffix 13 Pipes and such 14 Welcome 15 Former “Today”
co-host 16 Source of film
trivia
17 Complex story 18 Lumberyard supplier 24 Staple __ 25 Doesn’t hold back
30 Ski resort refreshment? 33 It borders three oceans 34 Mystify
35 Does penance (for) 36 Chocolate-loving gang? 37 Rex in the classics
38 It may be given with a bow 39 Saddlebag
carrier
40 Radio tuning
shortcut 42 Measurement for meat rotating on a spit? 43 Like many Bing Crosby records 44 Slant
46 Sacred scroll 47 Got hot online 48 Joke
51 Florida NFLer 56 Words often about details 57 Yogi Bear cocreator
59 CD part 61 Bastes, say 63 Talking point? 64 Educates 68 Lures 69 Straights and flushes 71 Place to grab a bite
72 Promise 74 Randy Johnson and Aroldis Chapman 77 Deli choice 78 Oscar __ 79 O’Neill’s
daughter 80 Giuseppe’s god 86 Wanderer 87 80%-Disneyowned channel 88 Nats pitcher González 92 Done with 93 Slow and steady
94 Just barely, at the track 96 Animated 99 Powerful
101 Adorable one 102 “Dead __ Society”: 1989 film 103 Half-__: coffee order
104 Stink 105 Middle eye layer 106 Part of the woods?
107 Really mess up 108 Hit hard
109 Shed
110 Start of a sad tale
111 Bird related to the noddy 112 Brand that’s a homophone of its company’s initials
115 N.Y. neighbor 116 Where some pounds are spent: Abbr.