Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword
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ACROSS
1 “True Detective,” e.g. 6 Worshippers of the
sun god Inti 11 Chinese smartphone
brand
15 Organization with an
Elderwatch program 19 Dollar, to Enterprise 20 Snookums
21 Rice, for one
22 “That explains it” 23 “Match Game” host 25 Arenal Volcano home 27 Crash site?
28 Blonde __
29 The mariachi’s guitarrón is one
31 Settled on a papasan,
say 33 Senegalese-american
actress __ Rae 36 Idealistic sort
37 Stick up
39 Taste in kombu kelp 42 Team to play in Sofi
Stadium
45 Whole Foods fruit 51 Do figure eights 53 Sarge’s boss 54 Unthinking 55 Preliminary race 58 Hungarian town known for its baroque buildings 59 Bank transaction 60 Code creator 61 Comes to an end 63 Actress Vardalos 64 Polite words while
entering
66 Pollution concerns 68 Cause of goosebumps, maybe 69 Called from the flock 71 Chip dip, casually 72 Stretchable loop 76 Parents not related
by blood
80 Bygone space station 81 Last bit
82 Wealthy heir 84 Mötley __
85 Press (down)
87 Paleo __
88 Classic Ford, familiarly
89 Stuffs to the gills 90 Move furtively 92 Widespread adverse reaction, as to a new policy
Off the mark Major artery Well resource
Iris rings Beyoncé, to the Beyhive “That’s a shame” Item in Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass”
113 Hamm from Alabama 115 Black widow’s creation
117 Savory pastry
118 Pungent deli choice 122 Indian flatbread 123 Thickener in Asian desserts
Rub it in Beckoning elision “Watermark” musician
127 Parks in American
history
128 Snow vehicles
129 Moving measurement 95 98 99 100 103
105 108 124 125 126
DOWN
1 Uninteresting
2 Ticks off 3 Minnesota-based
cosmetics company 4 Big __
5 The Honest Company
co-founder Jessica 6 Lollygags
7 “Game of Thrones”
patriarch Stark 8 Cornfield cry
9 Diva’s time to shine 10 Good thing for teammates to be in
11 Take place 12 Everyday language 13 __ Service
14 Kia sedan
15 Bus stopper
16 Iraq is about 1% of it 17 Suggestions, for
short
18 Samosa veggies 24 Excuse in court 26 Taiwanese laptops 30 Father of Thor 32 Office newbies 34 Legacy creator 35 38
40 41 43
44
45 46 47 48
49 50 52 56
Stockpile Number of Scrabble X-tiles
Initial fee
Star Wars Day month 805-year-old document “Shrek!” author William
Paella pot
Place for solar panels Billy’s caretaker High-fashion shoemaker Jimmy Winning They’re often choppy Periods of note Winter hrs. in Halifax 57
60 61 62
65
66 67
69
70 72 73
74 75
“Lip Sync Battle” commentator Chrissy Numerous
A.L. Central team Fish commonly known as a porgy Band named for a rodent
Launch site
They might be game changers Language group including Zulu Furthermore Defib experts “Big Little Lies” novelist Moriarty Sci-fi film FX Clown car noise 76 77 78 79 82 83 86
88 89 91
93 94 96 97 101
102
Mythical mariner Forum wrap
Cost of belonging Meeting, casually Tend to the sauce Mojave natives “Knowing all the facts”: Woody Allen __-pitch
Stick in the snow “Grant County” crime novelist Slaughter Lie in the sun Baby’s ailment Hummingbird food Island near Trinidad “__ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” tune Stars, to Cicero xwordeditor@aol.com; ©2017 Tribune Media Services Inc. Answer Above 104 106 107 108 109 110 111 112
114
116 119 120 121
Skips “Shucks!” Tractor giant Study, with “over” Privy to
__ limits Breakfast staple 12 ounces, at Starbucks
Basics appearing in reverse in eight puzzle answers Ran
Blini topping Young chap Increase, with “up”