Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
CODE CRACKERS
ACROSS
1 College loan
co-signer, maybe 4 Establish as law 9 Long-legged birds 15 Five-O nickname 19 Before, poetically 20 Prepare to surf 21 Reunion attendee 22 King Harald’s father 23 One way to enter a pool 25 __ media 26 Film scene shot without interruption 27 Kenya’s first prime minister __ Kenyatta 28 Hydroelectric project 29 One end of a
church key 31 Amazon assistant 33 Abundant element
in Earth’s core 35 Thingamajigs 36 Physical location? 41 Humor 42 Winans of gospel 43 Most hip 45 Supposed to arrive 46 Spa sounds 49 Plotting chuckle 51 Delta rival renamed
in 1997 53 Moving aids 54 “Mobile” communications device used in law enforcement 60 Jack in a suit 62 Initial Hebrew letter 63 Mountain melody 64 Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” has one that includes cannon fire 68 Lose it 69 Matching game 71 Total, as a bill 72 2012 Beyoncé hit with the repeated line “Say you’ll never let me go” 76 Slips through the cracks 79 Domingo, for one 80 One of Australia’s six 81 Summing-up words 83 Thin coin 86 Digitally approve 88 Game-winning line 89 Hallelujah trio? 90 Spanish article 91 Sharp tingle, as of fear 95 Ford contemporary 98 Discount 102 Guru whose opinions are trusted 107 Surname on Elm Street 108 Chiwere-speaking native 109 Trial subject 110 2019 “Game of Thrones” event 114 45, in classic pop 117 Well-behaved 118 Like many Horace works 119 Mexican madam 120 Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them 122 __ Reader 123 When Hamlet kills Polonius 124 Divider of pews 125 Word in many obituaries 126 Collectible ’90s caps 127 Put away for later 128 Kingdom 129 Important stretch
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1 Kanye West label 2 Ring of color 3 Regarded 4 2003 holiday comedy 5 Reason for being barred at a bar 6 Taj Mahal city 7 Immense 8 Blast cause 9 Suspected 10 Heaps 11 Tear channel 12 Czech track legend Zátopek 13 Cellular process affecting nucleotide sequences 14 Scene of some “Gunsmoke” action 15 College address ending 16 Actor born Alphonso D’Abruzzo 17 First of three Leslie Nielsen comedies, with “The” 18 Supervises 24 Venomous 29 U2 frontman 30 Whale group 32 Pitching staff star 34 VCR button 37 Masseuse’s target 38 Not sure (of) 39 12th Jewish month 40 Hi-__ graphics 44 Munro pen name 46 “Great minds think alike,” e.g. 47 Fire-suppressing gas 48 Position 50 Med. care provider 52 U.K. fliers 53 They may be changed by judges 55 Place side by side 56 Taking it badly? 57 Run in place 58 Modernist’s prefix 59 TV chef Brown 61 Love of antiques 64 Renowned clown 65 Navel formation 66 Stand-up comic’s seat 67 Lock __: come into conflict 70 Front-of-bk. list 73 __ Bo 74 “Just what I wanted!” 75 ’70s Israeli prime minister 77 “Music for Airports” producer 78 Move quickly 81 Ruler unit 82 Veg out 83 A piece of cake 84 More than familiar with 85 Growing up 87 “Shoo!” 92 Brand with a pitcher-shaped mascot 93 Bard’s instrument 94 Freudian focus 96 Mo. when Festivus is celebrated 97 Beetle Bailey nemesis 99 Treats again, as a sprain 100 Grow older 101 Actress Thompson and ice dancer Virtue 103 Disney Beetle 104 “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” singer Warwick 105 Drama queen, e.g. 106 View from Jidda 111 Really digging 112 Pinot __ 113 Grammy winner India.__ 115 Galileo’s birthplace 116 Strip __ 120 Away companion 121 Rock in a setting