Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
OH, THAT CHANGES THINGS!
ACROSS
1 Gretchen of “Boardwalk
Empire”
4 Takes steps
8 Takes time drinking
14 Tiff
18 Dr. __ Skoda, J.K. Simmons’ “Law & Order” role
20 Dory, e.g.
21 Pricing word
22 Whiskey cocktail
23 “Must-see” review
24 Cheese with an edible rind
25 Sketching an infamous emperor?
27 Outdoor barbecue area for wings?
30 Loses it
31 Yemen’s capital
32 Conger catchers
33 Georgia et al., once
34 More coarse, as sandpaper
36 Named time span
38 Big brand in card collections
43 Stubborn equine
45 Albany is its cap.
46 Brave opponent
48 iPad, iPod and iPhone?
51 More relaxed
53 “Word on the street is ... ”
55 Funny Fey
56 Shirt named for a game
57 Land
61 Grassy plain
63 Admit, with “to”
64 Never again 66 Ragout, e.g.
69 Leaves alone
71 Theme park beast, perhaps?
75 Actress Woodard
78 Spot in the Senate
79 Tattoo target
82 Road sign caution
83 Great Lakes’ __ Canals
86 More inclined
88 Gym site
90 Scarlett’s plantation
92 Windpipe
95 Woodlouse, e.g.
97 Intoxicated to the point at which getting a tattoo sounds like a good idea?
99 Blog feed letters
101 Simple sack
102 Play for a sap
103 Martini go-with?
104 Cries of pain
106 Former New Mexico senator with an Uncle Mo
109 Chowder morsel
112 Iced pastry
114 Dukes seen in fights
117 Paradise
121 100 centavos?
123 Twin peaks?
126 Genetic lab samples
127 Support beam
128 Stallion’s mate
129 Indy racing family
130 Notes after fa
131 Tabloid fodder
132 Start to build a pot
133 Navy builder
134 __ child
135 WWII spy org.
DOWN
1 Former Ford autos, briefly
2 City on the Missouri
3 On one’s own?
4 French cleric
5 Trumpet kin
6 Where Chiang ruled from 1950 on
7 Thief
8 Rock bottom 9 Revolted
10 Coastal inlet
11 Work on a seam, say
12 Vaping products, briefly
13 Man of La Mancha
14 IRS ID’s
15 Hardy work
16 Certain something
17 Walked over
19 Aptly named Renault
26 Chansons de __: medieval French poems
28 Clinton running mate
29 Revered Mother
33 Weakens
35 Coup target, perhaps
37 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life”
39 Six-time N.L. home run champ
40 Number on a tag
41 __ noir
42 Bars not for drinking
43 Swiss peak
44 In a bit
47 One watching a shepherd, say
49 Amigo
50 Cleaning chemical
52 Renewable energy choice
54 Physical opening
58 Some Hollywood FX
59 Court arbiters
60 Toledo’s lake
62 Snakes in hieroglyphics
65 Valuable rocks
67 River to the North Sea
68 Hard-hitting sound
70 Ginza locale
72 Wallet contents
73 Wrath
74 J.R.R. Tolkien feature
75 Up
76 Peruvian plain
77 Travelers’ decision points
80 Spur-of-themoment Tinder profile?
81 Sgts. and such
84 Plains tribe
85 Leftover morsel
87 California locale where “Maria Maria” fell in love, in a Santana hit
89 Vitamin C source
91 Six-pack contents?
93 Speck
94 Legendary fire starter
96 Office group
98 Permissible
100 Son-of-a-gun
101 It makes everything better, purportedly 105 Safe and sound
107 Filet __
108 Fat, say
110 Hawaiian feasts
111 Nitrogen compound
113 Selected
115 Rulers before the Bolsheviks
116 Gets ready to file
117 Jane Austen novel
118 Student __
119 Mongolian tent
120 “The Mikado” weapon, briefly
122 Anthem opener
124 Eavesdropping org.
125 Young socialite