The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

CROSSWORD

LOS ANGELES TIMES

- 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 Wineglassm­aking 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

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© 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 3/25/18

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