BESTSELLERS SUNDAY LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
BY CHRISTINA IVERSON, EDITED BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE NICHOLS LEWIS
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Investigator” by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
2. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
3. “Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
4. “What Happened to the Bennetts” by Lisa Scottoline (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 5. “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley (William Morrow)
6. “The Recovery Agent” by Janet Evanovich (Atria)
7. “The Sacred Bridge” by Anne Hillerman (Harper)
8. “Shadows Reel” by C.J. Box (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
9. “The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn (William Morrow)
10. “The Match” by Harlan Coben
(Grand Central Publishing)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak” by Shannon Bream (Broadside)
2. “Half Baked Harvest Every Day” by Tieghan Gerard (Clarkson Potter)
3. “Freezing Order” by Bill Browder (Simon & Schuster)
ACROSS
1 Paulson of "American Crime Story"
6 Remove one's name from, as on Facebook 11 __ one's time
15 Ooze
19 Steered
20 Ma Rainey player Davis 21 Ones in wool coats 22 Muscle car rod 23 Holiday-themed minifigures in LEGO Advent calendars?
25 __ bean
26 Muscle car roof
27 Like Zippo lighters and Maglite flashlights
28 Not for keeps
30 Major reversals 32 Whole Foods section 34 Leaves off 36 Pulitzer-winning Glass 37 Club kin
40 Formal complaints about a sommelier's recommendations?
47 "I'm all __!"
49 "Kiss Me Deadly" singer Ford
50 __ Vogue
51 TV pioneer
52 "You're not allowed to feel that way!," e.g.?
58 "__ Eleven": Emily St. John Mandel novel 60 Furniture wood
61 Bite
63 Tierra en el mar 64 Post, as on a bulletin board
67 Gold unit
69 Photo filter
70 Tale of the hora? 74 Wasn't well
76 Ball of the Bulls 77 Post-workout indulgence
78 Subj. for Elinor Ostrom and Emily Oster
79 Walks loudly
82 Five cents
86 Mosaic piece 90 Surfer's dream? 93 Born
94 Hershey candy in gold foil
96 Skiing aid
97 Arcade name
98 Way to manage the study of Ceres and Vesta?
105 __ de crème
106 Cheer for un gol 107 Vowel-rich first
guess in Wordle
108 Growing concern 110 Plant pests
113 Did the tango
116 Wet floor?
120 Print maker
121 "Spring forward" unit 123 Pretty but ineffective
dressing?
126 Apple variety
127 "Blackfish" killer
whale
128 Soap that floats 129 Co-founder of A.A.,
familiarly
130 Metal bands?
131 Sturdy trees
132 Like flourless cake 133 Naturally powered
elevator?
DOWN
4. “Celebrate with Babs” by Barbara Costello (Alpha)
5. “Atlas of the Heart” by Brené Brown (Random House)
6. “Arrive and Thrive” by Brady/Foutty/ Wooten (McGraw Hill)
7. “Brighter by the Day” by Robin Roberts (Grand Central Publishing)
8. “I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet” by Shauna Niequist (Zondervan)
9. “Hello, Molly!” by Molly Shannon (Ecco)
10. “Recessional” by David Mamet
(Broadside)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. “Nine Lives” by Danielle Steel (Dell)
2. “Ocean Prey” by John Sandford” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
3. “1st Case” by Patterson/Tebbetts (Grand Central Publishing)
4. “Dark Night in Big Rock” by Johnstone/Johnstone (Pinnacle)
5. “Any Sunday” by Debbie Macomber (Harlequin)
6. “Hideaway” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s)
7. “Sooley” by John Grisham (Anchor)
8. “Tom Clancy: Target Acquired” by Don Bentley (Berkley)
9. “Black Ice” by Brad Thor (Pocket)
10. “Daylight” by David Baldacci 1 California sch. near the Mexican border
2 Vishnu's quartet 3 Wander
4 Meeting place for a H.S. film club
5 Prevented from being on time
6 Grape, in Spanish 7 Diarist Anaïs
8 "Africa" band
9 "Doom Patrol" actor Tudyk
10 Fixture in some patio
firepits
11 "Hey now, that's
unreasonable!" 12 "Gimme!"
13 Actor Patel
14 Genesis twin
15 Planet with 53 named
moons
16 Bacon specification 17 North Carolina college
town
18 Spices (up)
24 Ward with awards 29 "Egad," like, way updated
31 Disney princess voiced by Anika Noni Rose 33 Pottery oven 35 Understands
37 Suds
38 Gold fabric
39 Stepped
41 Clear (of)
42 Thing
43 Second start?
44 One seeing Spots? 45 Gut bacteria
46 Yemen metropolis 48 Dublin's St. __ Green 53 Epic featuring Paris 54 Old Dodge
55 Trying
56 Morales of "Ozark" 57 Oscar winner Laura 59 Closet organizers 62 Gets behind
65 Short address
66 All in favor 68 PreCheck org. 69 Justice Sotomayor 70 Very relatable
71 Not behind
72 Hilfiger rival
73 Ditty
74 Insurance giant 75 Fruity frozen drinks 80 "__ Loves Mambo" 81 Schedule opening 83 Stay fresh 84 Therefore
85 Test with logic games 87 Blundered 88 Kanga's kid 89 Shawkat of "Arrested Development"
91 Civil rights initialism 92 Coral habitat 95 Idiosyncratic sort 99 Privileged few 100 Twinkly toppers 101 Kylo of the "Star
Wars" sequels
102 Geometry giant 103 Org. that sent Juno
to Jupiter
104 Fashionable
109 Sierra __
110 Natural hairstyle 111 Penniless
112 "Amscray!"
114 Roof trim
115 Mousetrap brand 117 Dad, in Chinese 118 Challenges on the
field 119 Burden for many
students
122 British singer Rita 124 Trauma ctrs. 125 "Later, gator"