Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“SIGNS OF THE TIME” BY ZHOUQIN BURNIKEL
ACROSS
1 4 Muscles by Does, planks e.g. toned
8 Goes out
swinging? 13 Longest reptile
in the world 19 “Gosh, that was
a long time ago” 21 Buck in the Baseball Hall of Fame
22 Bring back on
board
23 *Canaries
24 *Bar food served with blue cheese and vegetable sticks 26 Gets slippery 28 Patronize, as a
hotel
29 Hush-hush docs 30 Bundle of hay 32 Caustic
cleaners
34 Enter stealthily 36 *Orange flowers that represent wealth in some Asian traditions
40 __ Domani: Italian wine brand
41 Promising
letters?
42 Really bothered 43 *“Peace Train”
singer
49 *Atlanta event
for sci-fi fans 52 Actress
Shawkat
53 Museum item 54 “Thumbs up”
answers
55 Smashing
success
56 Provided at no
cost
59 Wealthy
60 “r u coming
soon?”
62 Call to the
on-deck circle 64 Beads on
blades
65 *Sacred Hopi
ritual
71 *Western,
slangily
73 “One Mississippi” star Notaro
74 Dulse and nori
seaweeds, e.g. 76 __-mo video 77 Coup target ´ 89 Window shade 90 *Absurdly chaotic situation 92 *Playground fixture 95 Russian crepes 96 Short “Stop!” 97 Vinaigrette acronym 98 *Spray behind a speedboat 101 Act omnipotent 104 Burkina __ 105 Assns. 106 Some ballpark figs. 107 Total accord 109 Mogadishu resident 113 *Sheet with a folded corner 116 *Ashtray for trash, e.g. 120 “Let me rephrase that ... ” 121 Appointed 122 Soul mate 123 Sandwiches made with bolillos 124 Secret rendezvous 125 Black bit inside a papaya 126 Vietnamese New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues 1 Cause of inflation 2 Graphic GHVLJQHU·V GHJ 3 Part of a match 4 Deli apparatus 5 Fine-tune 6 Community group with a deer logo 7 Socal campus with Mission Revival architecture 8 Lump of goo 9 Heavy loads 10 Some boxing punches 11 World Cup overseer: Abbr. 12 Leaves in stitches 13 Safeguard 14 Tree with flexible wood 15 Weigh, in a way 16 Main language of India 17 Heart, but not soul 18 Legendary loch 20 Use Turbotax, perhaps 25 Pool divisions 27 Easily influenced 30 “Free your pores” brand 31 __ frescas: fruity Mexican drinks 33 So far 35 Maker of ecofriendly Vero computers 36 Neat and clean 37 PC hookup 38 Rash symptom 39 Sainted pope called “the Great” 43 Put into gear? 44 Have the intention of 45 Thin candle 46 Drop in pronunciation 47 More pleasant 48 Phonetic symbol 50 __ Squad: Best Buy tech support team 51 Kitchenaid rival 52 Covered California statute, for short 57 Critical-care ctrs. 58 Club fees 61 Major Yemen port 62 Starts 63 Quite cold 65 Cook dim sum, say 66 Part of TNT 67 “Encore!” 68 Big deal 69 Trade pact from 1994 to 2020 'HEXVV\·V ´BB de lune” 72 Casual collared shirt 75 Sketchy subject? 78 Waiting room directive 80 Digs in the snow 81 Versailles residents 82 Philosopher Immanuel 84 Pet pendant 85 Tractor-trailers 86 Plug away (at) 88 Impose, as a tax 91 Hair __ 93 Cultured products? 94 Bret with four Gold Gloves 95 Red Sox, on scoreboards 98 Hot spots 99 Got going 100 “Judge Judy” event 101 Product pitch 102 Light brew 103 Failed to 104 Like bubble baths 106 Make a long story short? 108 Trade jabs 110 Makes a choice 111 Bog down 112 Shivering fit 114 “Blonde” star de Armas 115 Summer hrs. in Philly 117 Kiddo 118 “Or so __ heard” 119 Pickleball needDOWN