Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword

1 Plush carpet 5 Lunchbox staples,

initially 9 Two-time Argentine

president 14 Piglike rhino relative 19 Sword handle 20 Beat but good 21 Texas Revolution

battle site 22 All-page link 23 Field: Pref. 24 Scrape in the sandbox 25 Hold fast, as one’s

attention 26 Get behind, as a desk 27 Pouilly-__: wine 29 Sure thing 32 Sam Spade type 33 Wrote to, nowadays 35 Low-tech travel

guide 36 “You can’t fool me!” 38 Explorer Ericson 39 Washroom item 43 Nine months, for

some tots 44 “Lou Grant” star 46 Wash. neighbor 47 Language of many

mottos 48 Spikes 50 Reduce in importance 52 Oath 54 Titanic undertaking 57 Really gets to 59 Native of Nigeria 60 Sloppy kiss 61 Cause of a close

shave 64 Epidemic-fighting

agcy. 67 Belief sys. 68 Investment descriptor that should sound alarms 69 For instance 70 Actor Stephen 71 Suffix with stamp 72 Order to swabs 73 Donizetti opera “L’elisir __” (“The Elixir of Love”) 74 Poet’s adverb 75 Emotion indicator,

often 77 City NNW of San

Diego 80 Gourmet 84 Hardly fleeting 85 Casual tops 88 Work well together 89 ’60s protest org. 91 “If I Were a Rich

Man” singer 92 Pasta ending 93 Pal 94 Longfellow’s bell

town 95 Half a fly 96 Like some ancient

Celts 99 Dessert square 101 Long John Silver creator’s monogram 104 Many a side dish 109 “__ Fideles” 111 Little bits 112 Base lines 113 Oater actor Jack 115 Capital south of Helsinki 116 Lycée student 117 Industry leaders 118 Hieroglyphics bird 119 Rise in a big way 120 Cold fall 121 Exaggerated on

stage 122 “Eli’s Coming” songwriter 123 Word homophonically hidden in the eight longest puzzle answers

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1 Harsh treatment,

with “the” 2 World Court site,

with “The” 3 Tanzanian flowering

plant 4 Classic muscle cars 5 Introduction 6 Acknowledge

applause 7 Better, as gossip 8 Metal marble 9 Medicare Rx section 10 Lamb pen name 11 Indian musician who influenced Beatle George 12 Symbolic warning 13 Homework shirker’s

punishment 14 Puccini heroine 15 “West Side Story”

girl 16 River to Chesapeake

Bay 17 Hitting the roof 18 Enters again 28 Pfizer-owned trademark 30 One crying foul? 31 James’ creator 34 Skin-treatment plant 37 Go 39 Field unit 40 Dined 41 __City: computer

game 42 Vacation spot 44 Look up to 45 Wet floor 47 Theater option 48 Irish truck 49 Parrot’s cry 51 Not yet interlaced,

as yarn 52 Putted into the hole 53 Like some bad

weather 55 Up-and-down inventor? 56 2015 World Series winning manager Ned 58 Hollywood adaptation 61 Trucks with ovine

logos 62 Mine, to Mimi 63 Refines one’s aim 65 Dance runner 66 King of pop 68 Smallish iPods 69 Tammany Hall Tiger

artist 73 Childless couple’s

acronym 76 “I’ll take what I can

get,” in classifieds 77 R&B singer Gray 78 Authenticated 79 Riles up 81 DVD predecessor 82 U.N. workers’ gp. 83 Cru output 85 Tot’s toes 86 Hot 87 1992 Kentucky Derby

winner 89 Entered on tiptoe 90 Med. man of ’70s TV 93 MML÷X 94 NYSE trader 97 Go 98 A metro area may be

shown in one 99 Low in pitch 100 Playground dispute

words 102 St.’s second-in-command 103 Sordid 105 Part of NYSE: Abbr. 106 __ Strip 107 Final __ 108 Semester, e.g. 110 First name in legal

fiction 114 Tune Release date 03/26/17; xwordeditor@aol.com; ©2017 Tribune Media Services Inc. Answer Above