Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“WORD FOR WORDS” By C.C. BURNIKEL
ACROSS
1 Did a triathlon leg
6 Pepper spray alternative
10 At full speed 15 Slightly 19 Taste enhanced by shrimp paste 20 Otherworldly glow 21 Multi-colored spring bloomer 22 Bugs or Porky 23 Pet Airways security device? 25 Narrative from novelist Levin? 27 MIT, for one 28 Govt. investment 29 Grand Mosque locale 30 Luxury hotel chain 31 Essence 33 Pyrex sister brand 35 It precedes Flames’ home games
37 The Yankees during the Babe Ruth era? 40 True
43 Chicago Blackhawks’ broadcaster 44 Give
45 Wine glassmaking component? 50 “Your point being?”
51 Betel nut tree 53 Church reading 54 Memorable
Louis
55 A/C measures 57 Agenda 59 Dress policy at some fancy restaurants 62 Enzyme ending 64 Shot at a bar 65 Big name in anti-itch cream 66 Slow-cooked dishes 69 Alley designation? 72 “The Highwayman” poet
73 “Don’t sweat it” 75 “Of course!” 76 __ Paese cheese
77 Like some celestial paths 78 Isn’t being used 81 Dust jacket ID 85 City bus path: Abbr.
86 Expose 88 Where __ 89 Green Day drummer __ Cool
90 Seminar on Hughes’ poetry? 94 “Amen to that!” 97 Inseparable 98 Utterly lost 99 Hockey contract
negotiator? 100 Solo performance 103 Actor Cumming 105 Lat. and Ukr., formerly
106 SpaceX CEO
Musk
107 Put a damper
on
110 Memorize things, maybe 112 Part of U.S. 115 Association of gamblers? 117 Injury treatment for a top pitcher? 119 Not worth __ 120 Resort rental 121 Apple Watch
assistant 122 Exposed 123 Body
imperfection 124 Dover souls 125 Warmhearted 126 Plot spoilers?
DOWN
1 Tampa NFLers 2 Apple since
1998
3 Nepal Airlines headquarters 4 First-responder letters
5 Call the shots 6 Hand, to Jorge 7 Uncle Henry’s
wife
8 Wading spot 9 Corn holder 10 Cap-__: from
head to toe 11 Jacobs of
fashion 12 Jungle crusher 13 Genesis father
of twins 14 1785-’90 U.S. capital 15 Ferocious Flea foe
16 Like hardcovers 17 Ancient neighbor of Lydia
18 Big bang producer 24 Come before 26 Dance in a line 29 Beauty mark 32 And so on:
Abbr. 34 Language of Andorra
36 “It’ll be fun!” 37 Striker’s bane 38 Habit 39 Flying start? 41 Little devils 42 Daring exploit 45 Reject with contempt 46 Forearm-related 47 Slangy rejection 48 Like critters counted at night
49 City in southern France 52 One of the Van
Halens
56 2005 horror sequel
58 “If __”: “So be it” 60 Hamlet, for one 61 Alfalfa sprouts concern 63 USMC rank 65 West Yorkshire’s largest city 66 Show
contempt 67 Sacher dessert 68 Receded 69 Risotto relative 70 Show with numbers 71 Shiny, in adspeak 74 January birthstone 76 Home to the Congressional Country Club 78 Variety
79 “__ of My Soul”: Isabel Allende novel
80 Not of the cloth 82 Took a course
under duress? 83 __ Mawr College
84 In order 87 “Madam Secretary” star 91 Almond Joy ingredient 92 Cat-__-tails 93 Close 95 “Hold your horses” 96 Cabinet dept. 99 Apprentice 100 Creator of tasty cups
101 John of rock 102 Ugly marketing
battle
104 Computer
acronym
108 Home run pace 109 Scrapes (out) 111 eBay competitor 113 Like fine cheese 114 Doc’s orders 115 Unenviable 116 Doing the job,
briefly
117 “Don’t __ me!” 118 Deserving