L osa ngeles Times Sunday Crossword
No Rhym e,n o Reason
ACROSS
1 Just one of the fam 4 Quayle successor 8 Part of PBR 13 Brazilian dances 19 1881 face-off spot 21 “... only God can
make __”: Kilmer 22 How some bills are
paid
23 Costuming choice for a “Cats” performance?
25 Move to protect a
king
26 Put away
27 Mag. edition 28 “Hulk” director Lee 29 Retired flier, briefly 30 Fair-hiring abbr. 31 Narrow inlets 33 Crowded subway
metaphor
36 Prince in “Frozen” 37 Proctor’s nightmare? 41 Tree surgeon’s challenge?
44 Just right
45 Yucatán’s yesterday 47 Reeves of “Point
Break” 48 Self-descriptive adjective
49 Prof’s assistants 51 One skilled at squandering?
57 “Mamma Mia!” song 58 See 87-Down 59 Midori in a rink 60 Brother of Macaulay
and Rory
61 Like each succeeding
eye chart line 63 Butterflies
66 Broad bean 67 Fathered, biblically 70 Sweeping thoroughfare?
72 Mont Blanc’s range,
to its west
73 News source, perhaps
74 Pool slip-up
75 Author of kids’ Busytown books 77 Showing faith in
79 Bit of animation 80 “We’re gonna be
late!” 81 84
88 89 90
91 93
95
100 102 103 105 106 107 109 110 112 116 118
121 122 123 124
125
126 127
Utter
Expert on current energy options? Classic ending? “Mi __ es tu __” Wide receiver Don who played in five Super Bowls Shanghai money Part of a Norwegiansounding ice cream name
Dud of a car that Stephen King might write about? Chophouse bandit? All over Lasagna layer More than half H.S. dropout’s goal Small shot
Piece of TNT? First lady Hoover Garlicky spread “Aladdin” backdrop Lazy son, vis-à-vis his lazy dad?
They bite
Sleep disorder
Fib Prominent Syrian family
Bette’s “Divine” nickname Editor’s backpedaling Self starter?
DOWN
1 What’s underfoot? 2 DIY furniture brand 3 Robbie Coltrane, e.g. 4 Curling stone 5 Hockey great
6 Salad slice
7 Some annexes
8 Kung __ chicken 9 Rose oil
10 1971 Peace Prize
awardee
11 Golfer Garcia
12 Talks acronym 13 Unleashes (on) 14 Med school subj. 15 Mic wielders 16 Flat-bottomed boat 17 Comparable in distance
18 “Blimey!” cousin 20 Run or work 24 29 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 46
50
52 53
English homework Rocker Bob Blackjack holding “Up and __!” Zap in the kitchen Indoor buzzer? Sporty muscle cars Milk Dud rival “CSI” actor George Egg-hunt holidays Sells aggressively __ B’rith Deluge result, perhaps
The best one is airtight
Ending for hip Bilbao bulls 54 55 56 58 61 62
64 65 67 68
69 71
72 74
Con game, say Roof edge Genetic strands Trace “Brava!” Cookbook author Dispirito Protective shot Dutch wheels Diner menu staples MIT Chapel designer Saarinen Caesar’s France Writer of really old stories? Valiant’s son German wine region 76
78 81 82 83 85 86 87
89 92 94 95
96 97
Abstract expressionist Mark Chihuahua choo-choo Stuffing stuff Well offshore Reb’s rival Transmitting truckers Sphere opener With 58-Across, area with severely declining industry
Bar in Baja Dickens title starter Verbal attack First European to sail to India
Juarez winter months Gold and silver xwordeditor@aol.com; ©2017 Tribune Medi ase rvices Inc. Answer Above 98
99 101 104 107 108
111 113 114 115 117 118 119 120
Well-armed swimmers? Shutout feature Good luck charm Fork “fingers” Frequent flier Singer Lance, or the part he sang with *NSYNC Leftover scraps Check out creepily Island chains Ticks off Barnyard bleat Thanksgiving tuber Whale group World Cup cry