Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“STRAIGHT A’S” By VICTOR BAROCAS

ACROSS

1 Derby town

6 One of 256 in a gal.

10 Davis of “Dr. Dolittle”

15 Pale tone 19 Bread in a Hillel sandwich 20 Learn

21 __ William Scott of “American Pie” films

22 Second person

in Paris?

23 One who has blown a gasket, perhaps 26 Top-notch 27 Livestock identifier

28 Greek vowel 29 Jay or A

30 Dr.’s hours, e.g. 31 Soviet Union : Salyut :: USA : __ 33 Inventor Whitney 35 Classic fruity drinks 37 Living area in “The Martian,” with “the”

39 AAA, to a 23

Across

45 Chilly 48 Cleveland’s lake 49 One-time Jets home 50 Indiana Jones’ real first name 51 “House” star Hugh 53 Friend to Tarzan 54 “Three and out” football play 55 Shell propeller 56 Old recording accessory 58 AAA, to a 56Across, usually 62 Pre-op test 63 Wrath 64 Friend of Che 65 Brontë sister 66 “The cookies are done!” sound 68 Religious acts 69 Like some ukes 70 Baggy

72 First name in scifi

73 School opening? 74 Faux __

77 North Carolina

baseball team 79 Office builder? 82 Convoy member 83 Pop singer Brickell 84 Debtor’s letters 85 Adverb in the “Star Trek” intro 86 Rock with bands 89 Put on a mission 90 Wanton want 92 Like the center of

attention

93 AAA, for the 77

Across

97 Frehley of Kiss 98 Dismal, poetically 99 Sgt.’s underling 100 Stills, say

103 Transit map dot 105 1003, to Tiberius 108 Verdi’s “__ tu” 110 Copy illegally 112 “Daily Planet”

byline name 113 AAA, for 79

Across

117 MLBer with 696 home runs 118 Fist fight fists 119 Soothing agent 120 Prisoner’s place, in an 1894 adventure novel 121 Snowblower brand

122 Thus far 123 Are inclined 124 Rye blight

DOWN

1 Common core? 2 Liver spread 3 European Parliament meeting city 4 Missouri’s __ Mountains 5 “Spamalot” name 6 What’s “afoot,” to Holmes

7 Home for a tulip 8 Likewise, with “the” 9 Doolittle, to Higgins 10 Bear, in Barcelona 11 Blood fluids 12 Move easily 13 Lacking feeling 14 Major course 15 Like many a politician’s answers 16 Deep-fries 17 Mystical

character 18 Like many eBay products

24 Glen relative 25 Cooper work 32 Read the riot act to 34 Big-time

36 Title for Kate Middleton, briefly 37 Split in two 38 Shakespearean cry of woe 40 Ready to pick 41 Inclined channels 42 Streisand title role 43 Nonsensical 44 Charlotte’s Jane 46 Bobby enshrined in a Toronto hall 47 Shakespearean cry of disgust 52 “The Monster” rapper 57 Website suffix 58 Small servings 59 Surf music feature

60 Sumac of Peru 61 RSVP part 64 Topped off 66 Cry from Homer 67 “Love __ Battlefield”: Pat Benatar hit 68 Court decision 69 Member of Sauron’s army, in Tolkien 70 Video game brother 71 Certain transplant need 72 Where Herod

reigned

73 Pope during the French Revolution 74 Offering downloadable content 75 Company with a duck in its logo 76 Flair

77 Nip at a bar 78 “Stop fooling around!” 79 Pouty face 80 Wind-knockedout sound 81 Cal Poly campus site, initially 84 Behave cruelly

towards

87 Sea battle weapon

88 “I kissed thee __ I killed thee”: “Othello” 91 Trying to resist the rich dessert, say 94 Wavelength symbol

95 Even once 96 Retreat

101 Barely hit

102 Food processor? 103 Venetian blind part

104 Root for a luau 106 Black 107 Output from Rodin’s thinker? 109 Not in operation 111 Prefix with skeleton 114 Minn. winter hours 115 Bromide particle 116 Gangster’s piece