Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword
Inner Cities
ACROSS
1 Plot again
6 Brand created by a periodontist in the 1950s
11 Zap
15 Kite user’s verb 18 Yawning
19 Iris aperture
20 Being broadcast 21 Toledo’s lake 22 *Alternative to a
pizza oven
24 Word derived from the underworld god Orcus 25 Quarterback’s option 26 “Romanian Rhapsodies” composer 27 Birds that tell time? 29 Tolkien race
30 What Brits cross to
get here
34 Forsaken
35 Orange __
36 Like some airports:
Abbr.
38 *Office group leader 42 Those with clout 43 Reef dweller
45 Line of clothing 46 Harsh
48 Blow away
49 Latin being
51 Part of a court game
name
53 Elimination 56 General on a menu 57 Rat
59 Antique shop transaction
60 *Online gaming
attraction
65 Designer Cassini 67 Street in Mason’s
office
68 Sews up
69 Dynamic start? 70 Norse patron 72 Encouraging words 73 Rotund man in a
bright suit 75 Metalworking union 77 *Mathematical abstraction with evenly spaced integers 79 Farriers’ tools
81 Like some mistakes 83 Ode title starter 84 Shooting marble 86 87 89 92 94 96 98
100
102 103
105
106 109 110 113 116 117 118 122 123 124 125 126 127 128
129 14 15
Passion Daring exploit Luthor, to Superman Not for kids
Sign up Wrangles Former General Motors division *Only occupant of Vostok I Varieties Teaspoon equivalents, roughly Goddess with cow’s horns
Track wagers Conception
Not full Judging groups Ring at the chapel YA fiction reader Startup funds ... and a hint to what’s hidden in the answers to the starred clues Manitoba tribe Fails to be Beach, in Baja Futuristic toon dog Monopoly token D-day craft Gunpowder ingredient
Feed, as a fire
DOWN
1 “Streamers” playwright 2 Pulitzer-winning
novelist Jennifer 3 “The Egg and I”
woman
4 In an imitative way 5 Parts of a pound 6 Special __
7 Same old same old 8 GI’S address
9 “The Mod Squad”
role
10 __ cheese
11 Began to deal with 12 Fluffy felines
13 Like gales vis-à-vis breezes Gift-wrapping times, perhaps
*Lead singer of a group whose first two Top 40 hits reached #1 16
17 21 23
28 31 32 33 35
36 37
39 40 41 44 47
Champ dethroned by Clay in 1964 Approvals
Duel tool Political initials since 1884
V8 relative Elevator name Hawaiian goose Court figs. Program for future docs
Draft pick When repeated, a cautioning word Wherewithal Timbuktu’s land Incessantly Cancún cash Reddish rash 50 52 54 55
56 57 58 60 61 62 63
64 66 71
Mcgwire rival Apple storage place __ wrench Limited-term usage contract
More irritable Eric of “Pulp Fiction” Position of control Travel docs Defeatist’s words *Breakfast order usually made with ham, onion and green pepper “Ben-hur” author Wallace Valuable rocks Idle talk
“Cone of shame” docs 74 76 77 78 80 82 85 87
88 89
90 91 93 95
97
Quiets
90 degrees Wafer brand Goes bad
In __: as found Twinge Strange quality Unofficial EU leaders group
Peak seen from Messina 15-Down singing style
TV planet
Start to save? Political opposition Cause of yelling, often
One working on a bench? 98 99 101
104 107 108
110 111
112 114 115 119 120 121
Snag
Writer Welty 2014 World Series champs
__ ale
Tax pro Calamares or caracoles
Elec., e.g. Locker room shower, at times? Where to find a hero Bit of mischief Wild plum
Wolf down Salon coloring Saturn or Mercury