The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CROSSWORD
LOS ANGELES TIMES
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