Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
METAMORPHOSIS
ACROSS
1 Frozen snack
7 Ford failure 12 Promising Hold ’em
holding
19 Painting, e.g.
21 Slip
22 ’30s-’40s period 23 Quadrennial victory
determinant 25 Tinkered with like a
tailor
26 Prepares to fire 27 Mario Bros. console 28 Mexican month 30 Indian wrap 31 Biopic about
Charles
32 Hidden stockpile 34 Up for __ 36 Champs-Élysées
feature
39 Solar panel
components 43 Dance studio fixture 46 Smart
47 Light bulb
generator? 48 Calendar pgs. 49 Casual “Same
here”
52 Ingenuous 55 Capital NE of
Buffalo
57 Source of narrowly
focused thinking 61 Slightly drunk 62 Nabisco offering 63 Earth
64 Tokyo, long ago 65 Clickable image 67 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, __ Bouvier 68 Dennis, e.g.
70 Like vision dimmed
from fatigue
72 Total
75 The Arno runs through it 76 Kitchenware brand 78 Man, for example 79 “Hmm ... doubt it” 80 Baffled
83 Virgil’s optimistic sentiment
87 One placed near a gutter
89 Surrendered
90 Made one’s case 91 Surfer’s destination?
92 Small salamander 94 Troubles
97 Ways to lose
98 Wrap up
104 Sushi go-with 105 Scents
106 Coagulates 107 Lucrative, contractually
110 Help badly?
113 Dealt with
115 Alberta speed meas.
116 Mötley __
117 Yolk’s counterpart 120 Sci-fi creatures who arranged each set of circled letters? 123 Litter, say
124 Spud
125 Show disdain for 126 Over the moon, so to speak
127 Shorthand pro 128 Emmy-winning
“Lou Grant” actress Linda
DOWN
1 “What concerns me is ... ” 2 Eyelashes 3 Hamilton, to Burr 4 Muscle Beach display
5 Feedbag morsel 6 “Now!”
7 Building extension 8 Humor columnist Barry 9 Boston cream pie component 10 Non-acidic vitamin brand
11 Eye lustfully
12 Pan Am rival 13 Rowling’s Hedwig and Lewis’ Glimfeather 14 Hummus go-with 15 He played James in the four films before Daniel 16 Satellite imaging product
17 Wrath
18 “Tubular!”
20 Pay for
24 NBA part: Abbr. 29 “Nineteen EightyFour” foe of Winston and Julia 32 Seashore souvenir 33 Bit of a “Beavis and Butt-Head” chuckle
35 Grauman of Chinese Theatre fame
37 Proceeds smoothly 38 Many an op-ed piece
39 Ragú rival
40 “The Mod Squad” role
41 Co. bigwig
42 Ball of yarn, perhaps 43 Yellowstone sight 44 Burning
45 “Chicago” actress Zellweger
50 Votes for
51 Without a key 53 Website with film profiles
54 “The Four Seasons” solo instrument
56 What pewter is, mostly 58 Narrow inlet 59 Breakfast area 60 Broadband predecessor 66 Angler’s basket 68 Providing amplification for, as a speaker
69 Crossed (out) 71 Attorney’s letters 72 “Thrown” criticism 73 Not rented 74 Chocolatier’s array
75 Angel dust, initially 77 New England nickname
79 Bolt on the track 80 Hard pencils to sharpen
81 __ firma
82 Far from charming 84 White and black pawns, e.g.
85 Lyrical
86 Second chances 88 Trawler’s tool
93 Court
95 Inc. cousin 96 Grouchy moods 99 Crab in space 100 Progresses with ease
101 “And if I don’t?” 102 Last year’s frosh 103 Start of a view
107 Bars on necks 108 Saintly glows 109 Short-tempered 111 Outback runners 112 French crown? 114 Welcoming sign 116 Key used in combinations 117 Instagram, e.g. 118 Online outburst 119 Homer’s TV neighbor
121 Ranch extension? 122 The Red Baron, to Snoopy