The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- “MOONLIGHTI­NG” By DAVID ALFRED BYWATERS Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Milk consumer 5 2017 Dan Stevens fantasy title role

10 Units of

resistance 14 Stop running,

with “out”

18 Like zeroes 19 Aerie occupant 20 Heartless 21 Shortly, once 22 Exec working as

a lifeguard? 24 Speaks in

Spanish 25 Stalwart political

group 26 “Accidents will

happen,” e.g. 27 Accessory for

Astaire 28 .000001 meters

29 Head for the hills 30 Word of

technique 32 Sailors working as aromathera­pists? 35 Narrow opening 38 Sole

41 City near Nîmes 42 Rough words? 43 Truckload unit 44 Source of perfection, so they say 46 Crossword constructo­r’s chore 49 Committee head working as a lead guitarist? 51 Stimulate 52 Fawn’s mom 53 Bolt with great

speed

54 Get a look at 55 Site of

Napoleon’s exile 56 “The __ is silence”: Hamlet’s last words

57 Good guy

59 “To repeat ... ” 62 Puts to work 63 NBA players working as Instacart employees? 68 Badly hurt

71 Not in time 72 “I’m not buying

that!”

76 Bone: Pref. 77 Inform

78 St. with a

panhandle 81 “Uh-oh!” 82 Rehab

symptoms

83 It might be on a

stickie

84 Comics working as phone solicitors? 88 Correction tools 90 Traditiona­l song with the line “Je te plumerai” 91 Call __ day 92 Workplace

standards org. 93 Sunlit lobbies 95 “Gloria in

Excelsis __” 96 Overdo the

sweetness 97 Author’s rep working as a janitor?

101 Chic retreat 103 Security device 104 Church official 105 “__ Dark Materials”: HBO fantasy series 108 Sound

112 Farm prefix 113 Hanukkah

potato pancake 114 Football player working as a tailor?

116 React to a

shock 117 Cultural values 118 City map,

sometimes 119 Not just dislike 120 Pretentiou­s 121 Equine hue 122 Cleopatra’s

kingdom 123 Walked

DOWN

1 Compositio­n

conclusion 2 Ardent 3 Volcanic output 4 Small sampling, as of various beers

5 Implore

6 “It is the __, and Juliet is the sun”: Romeo 7 Liquido claro 8 Loses traction 9 Asian festival 10 Expert in

futures? 11 Overreachi­ng

self-confidence 12 Dieter’s

breakfast 13 Much street

talk 14 A subway rider

might save it 15 From every

direction

16 In close

opposition 17 Joints with caps 20 Scary story 23 Modernist 28 Word of Gallic

gratitude 31 Frayed

33 Greek goddess for whom a spring month is named 34 “Divine

Comedy” focus 35 Neither bow nor

pick 36 Unsecured 37 Like ancient

Peru

39 Bugs

40 Pilate’s

“Behold!” 44 Small recipe

quantity

45 With 100-Down, 1951 horror film whose title role was played by James Arness 46 Ark unit 47 Heavy 48 Comes into 50 Affectiona­te

invitation 51 Custard

dessert 55 Salem-to-Boise

dir.

56 Nation in a

Fleming title 58 More torrid 59 Santa __ winds 60 Army NCO 61 Cooling cubes 64 Poe output,

aptly

65 Game played

on horseback 66 Badly

67 Auto pioneering

partner 68 Fashion 69 Studier of signs 70 “I can’t tell” 73 National Poetry

Month 74 Brought about 75 Long exam

answer 78 Seasonal

affliction 79 Wasn’t true 80 Poker hand

staple

83 Intend 84 Freighters’

loads

85 From far away (perhaps very far)

86 Bank offering 87 Pontiac muscle

cars

89 With uncertaint­y 93 Mystery award

namesake 94 Add at the end 96 Came down

with 97 Philanthro­pist

Barton 98 Do-nothing 99 Cool kin

100 See 45-Down 102 Critical critique 106 Wee

107 Dance part 109 Letter opening 110 Fond of

111 Binged (on), as

junk food 114 “Shame on

thee!”

115 Hairy Addams

family member

 ?? ??

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