SUNDAY LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Sorrowful sigh

5 Crude cartel since 1960 9 Blue, in Barcelona 13 Shady plot

18 Actress Sorvino

19 City in Victor Hugo novels

21 “Catch ya later!” 22 Jazz singer Cleo 23 Club for music majors? 26 Agent concerned with spots

27 Heredity units 28 Causing shudders, maybe

29 Key holder, often 31 Was successful in 32 YouTube alternative 34 Stage name intro 35 “How tragic”

36 Club for geology majors?

40 Still in the sack 42 Monogram on some high-end handbags 43 Many corny jokes

44 Go on the lam 46 Biblical name of ancient Syria

48 “__ Christ Superstar” 49 Makes a connection 51 Howled loudly 53 Wasatch Mountains ski town

56 Club for astronomy majors?

59 Standard

60 Standards

62 __ jockey

63 Rough guess

64 Vague quantity

65 Like extreme measures

68 Reebok rival

71 New citizen, perhaps 73 NFL flag thrower 74 Dull pain

76 Treat 74-Acrosses, maybe

78 Wee

79 Christmas helper 80 Club for paleontology majors?

85 Storage unit

86 __ station

88 Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson

89 NAACP __ Awards 91 Cold, slushy treat 92 Nemo’s home 93 Mystery writer Paretsky

94 Victoria’s Secret purchase

97 Haggler’s concern 99 Club for philosophy majors?

104 Middle Eastern title 106 Short greetings 108 How tempura is fried 109 Scrooge visitor 110 Come really close to 112 African language family

114 Square

115 Spanish folk hero 116 Club for botany majors?

121 Pass along

122 British aristocrat 123 Changed direction, nautically

124 Uber Eats display 125 Many first-time voters

126 Some bourbons 127 Cincinnati ballclub 128 Chariot-riding god

DOWN

1 “Who __ to judge?” 2 Legalese and computerese

3 Longtime Tottenham football rival

4 GPS tech

5 Bloom County penguin 6 “I Said a Prayer” singer Tillis

7 Browning’s before 8 Show place

9 Smoothie berry 10 Online pub

11 Abu Dhabi’s fed. 12 Texter’s “I didn’t mean that :)”

13 Rickman of “Die Hard” 14 Time of Roosevelt’s fireside chats

15 Club for genealogy majors?

16 Walk result, maybe 17 Brief copy

20 Kind of drum or guitar 24 Enter again

25 “Not my __” 30 Moody’s top bond rating

31 Question of motive 32 Wedding planner’s concern

33 “How tragic” 34 Freestyle raps

37 “Go faster, huskies!” 38 Genesis figure

39 Like some neighbors 41 Highchair wear

45 Safe IRA option 47 Most lowdown 48 Some spreads 49 Hardy title character 50 Sharp front tooth 52 Systane target 53 “Bizarre Foods” host Zimmern

54 Singing nymph of the Rhine

55 Club for urban planning majors? 57 Passing through 58 Three Gorges structure

61 Stockpiles

66 “I’m not eating that!” 67 Merriment 69 Baskin-Robbins treat 70 Word with ink or egg 72 Barb

75 Sticky brand 77 Governor Noem of South Dakota

81 Olympic sword 82 Petty squabble 83 Inbox buildup

84 Alert

87 Architectural style between 1714 and 1830 90 Bunch of honkers 94 Stronger, as mixed drinks

95 Cash of country 96 Ctrl-__-Del

98 Albeit, briefly

100 Dash or slash

101 Diary passage

102 Mountain lion

103 Big __: drug industry, colloquially

104 Tennis great Chris 105 Fracas

107 Conclude

111 “Grand” ice cream 112 Cause of some nodding

113 Shoemaker’s tools

114 Many profs 117 Install, as brick 118 Bedazzle 119 Sam player on “Cheers”

120 “Breaking Bad” villain Fring