LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
“LOAF AFFAIR” BY MIKE TORCH ACROSS
1 Breaks off
6 Window framework 10 Kicks off 15 Cake-finishing artist 19 Dugout, for one 20 Either of matching words, in a way: Abbr.
21 Home to the Palazzo della Ragione 22 Pew area 23 Flopped financially 24 ’60s protest slogan 26 In
27 Bread worshipers? 29 In a dishonorable manner
31 Makes serious demands on
32 __ Geo: cable channel 33 Source of intolerance 34 Frequent savers 37 Time div.
39 “One of Ours” Pulitzer-winning author
40 Kick out 41 Musical composition about a bread-loving pack animal? 46 Cooped-up critters 47 Arms carriers? 49 Concerns 50 Adjective for rapper Kim
51 Bread joke-teller’s trait?
54 Diet including wild fruit
56 Vote in favor
57 Music and art genre 58 “Lemme __!” 59 Confines 60 Two-time A.L. Manager of the Year Francona, familiarly 61 Ballet movements 63 Cougar, e.g., briefly 64 Declining due to age 67 Harbor view spot 68 Ore source
69 Easy sequence? 72 Norwegian capital 73 Celebratory wish over Jewish bread? 77 “__ yours”: “My gift” 78 Gift recipient
79 Big hits
80 NASA approvals 81 Ibsen title character’s bread? 85 Stop in Québec? 86 Immerses in liquid 87 Get it wrong 88 Insurance company founded for rural workers
90 Takes back
92 Like some discount mdse. 94 Left-hand page 95 King in “The Tempest” 96 “Sorry, I meant to give you a plain burger”?
102 El __ 103 Orchestra section 106 Jenna, to Jeb 107 Nerd
108 Folding declaration 109 Cosmo rival 110 Europop’s __ Base 111 Besides 112 Bottomless gulf 113 Passing out at the table?
114 Golf Channel analyst Wadkins
DOWN
1 Doctor’s order 2 Part of TTFN 3 Most eligible for service 4 Ineffective
5 Put a price on freedom?
6 Fine furs 7 Writer Nin 8 Reasonable 9 “Fixer Upper” network 10 Verdi creation 11 L.A.-based brewery 12 Tokyo, formerly 13 O.T. book 14 Religious observances 15 Fretful
16 Bread that only appears for a short time? 17 Harmful aspects 18 Try a new shade on 25 Salon coloring 28 Program file suffix 30 Masseuse’s target 33 “See ya!” 34 Architect Frank 35 Yellow-and-white daisy
36 Sleep study subject 37 Soybean paste 38 “Do __ you must” 39 PC insert 41 Nursery sch. 42 Sharp 43 Mentions specifically 44 Place 45 Disaster movie? 47 U.S. security 48 Norwegian capital 52 Option for a return 53 Precarious 54 Prefix with frost 55 Mandela’s org. 59 Bell sounds
60 Like the Oz woodsman 61 Singing voice, informally 62 Looney Tunes stinker 63 Soften in feeling 64 Hop-jump link
65 Art Deco artist 66 Bread with a winelike aroma? 67 Breathes hard 68 Ocean feature 69 Worship 70 15-Across co-worker 71 Dermatologists’ concerns 73 Refines
74 “Good buddy” 75 Pick up
76 Blues musician’s “harp” 78 Literally, Greek for “bad place”
82 Lost Colony’s island 83 Big biceps, at the gym
84 Chef’s supply 85 London football club 88 Aromatic herb 89 Part of MoMA 90 Span
91 The senior Saarinen 92 Ear bone 93 Opposites of squeakers, in sports 94 Davis with an Oscar, Emmy and two Tonys 97 Employed 98 Luxor’s river 99 Cook Paula 100 B-school course 101 Rebel against 104 Diplomatic bldg. 105 Pop artist Lichtenstein