Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword

Word for Words

ACROSS

1 Did a triathlon leg 6 Pepper spray alternative

10 At full speed 15 Slightly

19 Taste enhanced by

shrimp paste 20 Otherworldly glow 21 Multi-colored spring

bloomer

22 Bugs or Porky

23 Pet Airways security

device?

25 Narrative from novelist Levin?

27 MIT, for one

28 Govt. investment 29 Grand Mosque locale 30 Luxury hotel chain 31 Essence

33 Pyrex sister brand 35 It precedes Flames’

home games

37 The Yankees during

the Babe Ruth era? 40 True

43 Chicago Blackhawks’

broadcaster

44 Give

45 Wine glass-making

component?

50 “Your point being?” 51 Betel nut tree 53 Church reading 54 Memorable Louis 55 A/C measures 57 Agenda

59 Dress policy at some

fancy restaurants 62 Enzyme ending 64 Shot at a bar

65 Big name in anti-itch

cream

66 Slow-cooked dishes 69 Alley designation? 72 “The Highwayman”

poet

73 “Don’t sweat it” 75 “Of course!”

76 __ Paese cheese 77 Like some celestial

paths

78 Isn’t being used 81 Dust jacket ID

85 City bus path: Abbr. 86 Expose

88 Where __ 89 90

94 97 98 99

100 103 105

106 107 110

112 115

117

119 120 121

122 123 124 125 126 Green Day drummer __ Cool Seminar on Hughes’ poetry?

“Amen to that!” Inseparable Utterly lost Hockey contract negotiator?

Solo performance Actor Cumming Lat. and Ukr., formerly

Spacex CEO Musk Put a damper on Memorize things, maybe

Part of U.S. Association of gamblers?

Injury treatment for a top pitcher?

Not worth __ Resort rental Apple Watch assistant

Exposed

Body imperfection Dover souls Warmhearted Plot spoilers?

DOWN

1 Tampa Nflers

2 Apple since 1998 3 Nepal Airlines headquarters 4 First-responder letters

5 Call the shots

6 Hand, to Jorge 7 Uncle Henry’s wife 8 Wading spot

9 Corn holder 10 Cap-__: from head to

toe

11 Jacobs of fashion 12 Jungle crusher 13 Genesis father of

twins

14 1785-’90 U.S. capital 15 Ferocious Flea foe 16 Like hardcovers 17 Ancient neighbor of

Lydia

18 Big bang producer 24 Come before 26 Dance in a line 29 32 34 36 37 38 39 41 42 45 46 47 48

49 Beauty mark

And so on: Abbr. Language of Andorra “It’ll be fun!” Striker’s bane Habit

Flying start? Little devils Daring exploit Reject with contempt Forearm-related Slangy rejection Like critters counted at night

City in southern France 52

56 58 60 61

63 65

66 67 68 69 70 71 74 One of the Van Halens

2005 horror sequel “If __”: “So be it” Hamlet, for one Alfalfa sprouts concern

USMC rank West Yorkshire’s largest city Show contempt Sacher dessert Receded Risotto relative Show with numbers Shiny, in adspeak January birthstone 76

78 79

80 82

83 84 87

91

92 93 95 Home to the Congressional Country Club Variety

“__ of My Soul”: Isabel Allende novel Not of the cloth Took a course under duress?

__ Mawr College In order “Madam Secretary” star

Almond Joy ingredient Cat-__-tails

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104 108 109 111 113 114 115 116 117 118 Cabinet dept. Apprentice Creator of tasty cups John of rock Ugly marketing battle Computer acronym Home run pace Scrapes (out) ebay competitor Like fine cheese Doc’s orders Unenviable Doing the job, briefly “Don’t __ me!” Deserving