Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword
ACROSS
1 Order not to pay 5 Attention-seeker’s
word
9 Make up one’s mind 15 Half of a theoretical
duality
19 Frankfurt article 20 Make over
21 Serving from a buffet
station
22 Versed in
23 Part of a successful
baker’s rep? 25 Ice-cream shop cry?
27 Irritable
28 Where to find Bend
and Bandon: Abbr. 29 Mosaic part 30 Centers
31 Joie de vivre
33 New Age physician 35 Bundles that may be
cylindrical 36 Nocturnal nuisance 39 Critter that doesn’t
sound interesting 41 Fish in a spread 43 Has too much, briefly 44 Report on a sucker? 48 Expressed, as a farewell
50 Imitated
51 Early Iranian 52 Simple Simon’s request
53 Try to live up to
57 Blue-striped ball 58 Amer. attorney’s
study
60 Proofer’s “Leave it
alone”
62 Chihuahua kisses 63 W. alliance since
1948
65 “Hadestown” creator
Mitchell
67 Ice skater’s small
talk?
69 Verify
72 Metaphor for a mess 73 Talked pompously
74 Shell game item? 75 Brown ermine
77 Dumbbell abbr. 78 “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” poet
79 Puerto Rico, por
ejemplo 81 Company with orange-and-white trucks
83 Friend
86 Golf club without
much loft
88 Smashed
90 Humble response to
praise
91 South Africa’s __
Town
92 Sound of disgust, in
comics
93 Salon receptionist’s
job?
96 One side of many
rulers: Abbr. 99 Composer of the
opera “Alfred”
101 Oil cartel letters
102 Smartphone sounds
103 Attempts to beat on
foot
105 Bowler’s aversion
108 Desierto’s lack
109 Listing in a revision,
perhaps spread
111 “Juno” actor Michael 112 Many a bottom line
114 Wear away
118 Cowardly committee
head?
120 Farmers market IOU? 122 Bob with jokes
123 Back fin
124 Move like honey
125 Manual reader ll
126 Some farm moms s
127 Swift
Leave
128 Potential opponents
of us
129 Carry
DOWN
1 Group within a group 2 Lose energy
3 Taxing task 4 Wouldn’t leave be 5 Rainbow, e.g.
6 Egret, for one
7 River to the Fulda 8 Sleep __
9 Tweak for better
flavor, say
10 Text alternative 11 Quartet in many a
string orchestra 12 Least healthy
13 Bit of OED info 14 Thames campus 15 Desert plant in the
asparagus family 16 Lunar program
17 “You don’t have to” 18 Pleasant-sounding
rock?
24 Polk predecessor 26 Sound from a nursery
rhyme trio 32 Aesthetic notes 33 “Caught you!” 34 Sleeveless garment 36 Vocal improv
37 “Uh-uh!”
38 Kitchen fixture 39 Late-night reading
aids
40 Arctic, for one
42 ’60s conflict site
revision,perhaps 45 Guys
46 Greeting card sentiment
47 Carrier rider 49 Chooses
54 “A Hard Road to
Glory” author 55 Hopper on a pad 56 Fixer’s proposed amt. 59 Hot holiday drink
61 Overjoyed
63 How police might act 64 Wine drinker’s bonus 66 Big comm. company,
once
68 Dawdle
69 Tobacco plug 70 Winery prefix
71 Making a mess of
8 Sleep__ 74 Summer setting in
K.C.
76 “Take __!”
80 Inc. cousin
82 Keats’ “foster-child of silence and slow time” is one
83 Two together
84 Cal. entry
85 Not so pricey
87 “The Fault in __
Stars”: 2014 film 89 Badly timed, sometimes
91 Easy to see 94 Life-saving proc. 95 Like crossword answers
96 Christmas display ’60s conflict site Cal. entry
97 Bone __
98 Abrasion
100 Trump game often
with 24 cards
104 Icicle sites
106 Gibe
107 G-B-D, say
108 Fill with wonder
110 Added stipulations 112 Lipton of tea fame,
for one
113 Cry of trepidation 115 Very
116 Nutrition regimen
117 Basic French verb 119 Filch
121 Sleep phenomenon,
briefly