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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword

Marked Down

- By Mark Mcclain; Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Archaeolog­ist’s find 5 “Fire” crawlers 9 Cartoon explosion

word

13 Trickster

18 Where the iris is 19 Country dance 20 German camera 21 Trilateral trade deal 22 Silo in a rural valley? 24 Allegro __: very fast,

in scores

25 Like some statues at

night

26 Surrounded

27 A+ for a struggling

student?

29 Opposing teams 30 __ chin

31 Like a sudoku solu

tion

32 Allergic reaction 35 “A Writer’s Life”

writer

37 What a red handset

icon may end 38 Ought to 40 Humongous

41 Neat places to get

beers? 46 Nightmare? 48 Authentici­ty on the

street

49 Pound or stone 50 Bier chiller

51 Police dept. rank 52 Place for an updo 54 Ancient temple com

plex

56 Grab the tab

59 Alma mater of Clin

ton and Ford, briefly 61 Marina sights 62 Terse Supreme Court

decision for lions? 65 House Speaker be

fore Pelosi

68 Actress O’hara 69 Position paper, e.g. 73 Many have pins at

one end

74 Kunta in “Roots” 75 Prefix with warrior 77 Animation letters 78 In a trice

79 Rides the bench 80 Challenge from an

expresiden­t? 83 86

88 89 90 92

93

97 98 100 102

106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

114 115 116 Southern tavern accents?

Texas’ __ Duro Canyon

Grimm girl

Tied Afghans’ neighbors Inspected prior to a job Bellamy’s sister on “The 100” Underworld figure Military sch. Wall Street bear? How Albee’s “The Zoo Story” is written Grammatica­l separator

Senator Hatch Classic audiophile’s equipment, and a hint to eight long puzzle answers Adrien of cosmetics Misleading move Greeting from Kermit Marginal mark Good __: enjoyable books Fictional navigator Phileas Negotiatio­n obstacles

Note recipient, at times

DOWN

1 Arrogance, in slang 2 Range feature 3 Sporty Spice, famil

iarly

4 Cause of a walk 5 Came up

6 Most recently made 7 Aggravated, with

“off”

8 Camera initials 9 “Take care!” 10 “Hungarian Rhapso

dies” composer 11 Palm tree berry 12 Most of Italy, to

14Down residents 13 Warm and cozy 14 See 12Down 15 Company with a

quacking mascot 16 Crete peak: Abbr. 17

20 23

27 28 30 32 33 34 36 37 39 41 42 43 44 Pi __, “Life of Pi” hero

Least plausible Ineligible for kiddie rides

Bass et al. Miner’s find Digger’s find Strength Group in a loft Casino, to gamblers Gamer’s game face City near Le Havre MASH staff

Nod off

Pops, as a bubble Last Stuart queen Iranian dough 45 47 48

52 53 54 55

57 58 60 61

63 64 65 NYSE listings 54Across’ land Missouri senator Mccaskill

Most squad cars Alaskan native Stout container US Open stadium namesake

Make it to Unnamed persons Caps

Ground cover plant also called periwinkle Hesitant sounds Nike rival Padlock hardware 66

67 70 71 72 74 76 79 80 81 82

84 85 86 87 Matty with a .307 lifetime batting average Unkempt sort Skedaddles Match Investor’s concern Firing device Texter’s “Holy cow!” Really quit “Chocolat” costar Mystical secrets Lost driver’s disappoint­ments Exposes Intensely supportive Unmistakab­le Cracked a bit 90 91

93 94 95 96

97 99 101 102 103

104 105 108 Sealing, as a package Don Quixote’s squire __ Panza Grumpy Muppet Task list entry Buccaneers’ home Dangerous companion?

Thyme bit Pacific salmon Nabisco bite “With ya so far” Tommie of the 1969 Miracle Mets Biological unit Not kosher

Role in “Evita”

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