Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword
ACROSS
1 Dried meat snacks 9 Whitewater craft 15 Son of Abraham 20 Got emotional 21 Greek island named
for a storied flier 22 Rousey who was the first American woman to win an Olympic judo medal 23 *Discerning 24 *Building manager 26 “Little Red Book”
writer
27 Author Tolstoy 29 Land between hills 30 Mensa prereq
31 Big __: Red Sox nickname
34 Truckers’ loads 36 Call, old-style 37 *Performer’s period
on the job
43 “A Hymn to __”: “My
Fair Lady” song 46 Not attentive 47 Bauxite, to aluminum
48 Conquer a hero? 50 Chaplin accessory
51 Decked out 52 Victoria’s Secret
purchase 53 *Electricity
57 Is down with 58 Smelting by-product 60 Corp. alternatives
61 Unwitting test taker 62 Longtime U.K. record
label
63 Greek fabulist 65 Bilbao bear
66 Locks in a barn
67 *Apportion
72 Point after deuce 73 Sticking point? 74 Jefferson Memorial
column type
75 Catch a few winks 78 Handles clumsily
81 Give up
82 “__ la France!” 83 “The History of the Standard Oil Company” author Tarbell 84 *Follow
86 Neighbor of Ill. 87 Obstacles to good
teamwork
88 Picnic crashers
89 Play it by __
90 Many PH.D. students
91 Reminder
93 Make out
94 *Work a side hustle 99 __ old age
103 Poppycock
104 Votes in favor
105 Rod user
107 Teeny, tiny bit
108 Kind of PC port
110 Place for a mask
113 *Infatuated with,
with “on”
116 Place for Amtrak passengers to unwind … and a hint to how to interpret eight puzzle answers 120 Fiji neighbor
121 Tenant
122 Paragon of prestige
123 Mork’s leader
124 Hider’s revelation 125 Fish with the largest
brain
DOWN
1 Originate (from)
Secret
2 Mother of Castor 3 “Aladdin” parrot
4 GI chow
5 Yom Kippur observer 6 Despot Amin
7 Fabric from Iraq
8 Graf __: WWII ship 9 Opposite of trans 10 Contact lens giant 11 Morning smell in
“Apocalypse Now” 12 Vague threat
13 Emerald Isle
14 Egg container 15 Baghdad native
16 In a way, informally
17 Thin 77-Down
18 Fruity thirst-quenchers
19 Horse preceder, clumsily
when things are amiss?
25 Laid low
28 “Gone With the
Wind” family name 31 Blotchy
32 Team’s #1 pitcher 33 Get-up-and-go
35 Sit in casks, say
37 Secret supply
38 Faith with Sunni and
Shia branches 39 Pickle brand with a
stork mascot 40 Medusa, for one 41 Neighbors of the
Knicks
42 Latvian chess champ
Mikhail __ 44 Atahualpa subject 45 Track competition 49 Mideast port on the
Mediterranean 50 Like chicken-fried
steak
52 Washroom fixture 53 Police record 54 “Frozen” sister 55 Cause for a romaine
recall 56 Muppet who plays lead guitar in the
Electric Mayhem 58 Flip-flop 59 The Beatles’ last
studio album 64 Rosie of “Do the
Right Thing” 66 Tiny Oreos 68 Place of refuge 69 Manet’s “Olympia,”
e.g. 70 Anti-war 71 “The Imitation Game” encryption machine
76 Rescue from a shelter 77 17-Down, e.g.
78 K-12 fundraising gps. pitcher Mayhem 79 “Rule, Britannia”
composer Thomas 80 Pool party arsenal
81 Italian “dear”
85 Run for it 86 Sought-after Japanese beef
87 Ages and ages 90 Dressy accessory 91 “Gangnam Style”
rapper
92 Sushi topping
95 “Pick me! Pick me!” 96 A jiffy
97 Repair shop offer 98 __ rasa: blank slate 100 Volunteer’s offer
101 Type of pie popular in
Southern cuisine
102 Mess up
105 In the matter of
106 American-born Jordanian queen
107 Airs now
109 Area meas. about the size of a pinkie toenail
110 Part of the navel is
one
111 Guinea pig look-alike 112 Affectedly cultured 114 New England sch.
115 Future Ph.d.’s test
117 Mckellen who played
Gandalf
118 February Va. hours
119 Flight safety org.