Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“ELECTRONIC GAMES” By GARY LARSON
ACROSS 1 Immense 9 Spurred (on) 14 Starts of many names 18 Procedure enforced locally 20 Magician’s cry 21 Certain something 22 Unlikely getaway car alternative? 24 Time left in an online auction? 26 Utmost degree 27 River-to-sea connection 29 Policy that includes higher menu prices 30 Stitches 33 Meadow mom 34 Zest 36 Civil rights legislation? 41 Many a Middle East native 44 Craved 45 Bowling ball material 47 Hood’s weapon 49 Where to get down 50 World view, perhaps 52 Serengeti stampede? 55 Multidisciplinary strengthtraining program 57 Guitarist Paul 60 Tell a thing or two 61 B’way need 62 Under pressure 66 “The Plough and the Stars” playwright 67 Three-hanky films? Red choice 70 73 Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, e.g. 74 Single circuit 77 Supremely spooky 79 Bit of legal advice 80 Promise that one will 83 Bong for special occasions? 86 Beast of burden 87 Shower 88 Certain house mem. 89 Emmy-winning creator of “Six Feet Under” 93 Solvent 94 Thames academy 97 Big place to fool around in? 100 “Take Me Home, Country __”: John Denver hit 102 Simple sack 103 Court figs. 104 Take the heat off? 107 Early Yankee nickname 109 “Rhoda” production co. 112 Eve? 115 Midnight sail? 119 Auto race signal 120 Pried (into) 121 Glues 122 Daly of “Judging Amy” 123 “The Teflon Don” 124 Climbing plant features DOWN 1 Word spoken during pouring 2 Throng 3 Bad pun response 4 Ad about being green, briefly 5 Zip 6 Wrath 7 “Cat Scratch Fever” musician 8 Shiny print 9 Boston suburb 10 Elapse 11 Supermodel Carangi 12 Nevada copper town 13 “The light __!” 14 Synagogue singer 15 Quattro maker 16 Support, with “up” 17 Words of wisdom 19 Down 23 16th-century English architectural style 25 Whit 28 Top of the line 30 Takes out 31 A and O, but not E,IorU 32 Relieve (of) 34 Soccer game highlight 35 Long bones 36 Campaign sign word 37 Idiosyncrasy 38 FAA overseer 39 Stanley of the NHL? 40 MLB scoreboard letters 42 Mexican waters 43 Sew with temporary stitches 46 Sign on the back 48 Nonbinary gender pronoun 50 Perfect, as a collectible coin 51 Web site 53 Il __: Mussolini 54 Some appliances 56 Place to soothe the sole? 57 Horne and Dunham 58 “College Football Live” channel 59 Item on a rack 63 Sob syllable 64 Scot’s “Crikey!” 65 Features of some ’Vettes 67 2000 title role for Julia 68 Happen upon 69 Results of Googling 70 Cuckoo clock quartet 71 Bank construction 72 Ain’t like it oughta be? 74 “Vive __!” 75 “I did not think to shed __”: “Henry VIII” 76 Freighters’ destinations 78 Like some floors 81 “Portrayer” of Duck Dodgers 82 Southwestern lizards 84 Screen or bomb 85 Rhinitis-treating MD 86 South American greeting 90 Owner of Grey Goose and Dewar’s 91 Speck