LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
11/29/20
ACROSS
1 Readily available
6 Arabian Peninsula natives 12 Declines
18 __ apart
20 1998 Winter Games city 21 Place for retiring? 22 *Cuddly toy
24 Was behind
25 April 4, in 2021
26 “99 Luftballons” singer whose name is an anagram of two of Henry VIII’s wives 27 Texter’s “If you ask me” 28 Q’s value in Scrabble 29 “Solve for x” subj.
31 Harbor bobber
33 Feudal workers
35 Pieces with views 37 *Layered lunch
41 Popular fact source 43 Hunter seen at night 44 Rami’s role on “Mr. Robot” 47 Sch. with a Lima campus 48 Swingers’ tools
51 Attend to a boxer, maybe 53 Ill will
55 Irrefutable truth
57 Litter box emanations 60 *Braves outfielder who was the 1990 N.L. Rookie of the Year
62 “Ex on the Beach” channel 64 Actress Hatcher
66 Half a film genre
portmanteau
67 Workplaces for RNs
68 Tiny bit
69 Cheery greeting
70 __-free: cleaning cloth term 72 Market
74 Bowlers, e.g.
75 Menu preposition
76 Palais pal
78 Aides for profs
80 Check, with “in”
82 __ Miss
83 *Webmaster’s concern 87 Financial liabilities
89 Ailing
90 Performed a concerto’s
cadenza
92 Where kitties get pampered 96 Substandard
97 __ de parfum
99 Beaux of old
102 Civil rights icon John
103 “Close, but no cigar”
106 *Cuts a school period
108 Prefix with league
110 Some video files
113 Israeli states-man Abba
114 Washing-ton MLBer 115 “Right this
instant!” 116 Global
fiscal org. 118 Piece of
cake
120 Paid off
123 Sweetums 125 Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues
129 Poland
neighbor 130 Entering
words
131 Thin piece 132 “Shame on
you!”
133 Raised
134 Topples
(over)
1 2 3
DOWN
Cries of pain “Just kidding!” 2010 Coen brothers remake 4 __ Romeo 5 Some downloaded docs 6 Hot
7 Superhero suffix 8 Opposin’
9 Identifies
10 Cockamamie 11 Discontinued Camry
model
12 “The King and I” kingdom 13 When two hands come
together?
14 Luxury bag monogram 15 *Jackson or Lincoln 16 Prominent
17 Warms up the crowd 19 Hold in reserve 21 Beam benders 23 Court tie 29 Straddling 30 Tempt 32 Festive time 34 Name on the 1979 album
“The Wall”
36 MillerCoors rival
38 Part of the former
Yugoslavia 39 City west of Tulsa 40 Tough situation 42 Portend
45 “The Wire” antihero __
Little
46 Saves for later viewing 49 Mexican town known for its beer, which is now a Heineken brand 50 Winter hillside sights 52 Kid
54 Track official
56 Spy org. created by FDR 58 Dig find
59 Asian honorific 61 “Maleficent” actress 62 City west of Venezia 63 *”We’ll need a better
solution”
65 Opening remarks 69 Invited to the skybox 71 Flip sides?
73 Was in charge of 74 Low-cost stopover
76 __ interpreter: press
conference figure 77 Fighting word from the
French for “mixture” 79 Store 81 “The Good Place” network 84 EagleCam spot
85 Seize illegally
86 Passing words? 88 Poolroom powder
91 What Brinker’s boy plugged
with a finger
93 Graceful vertical entrance 94 Birthplace of Galileo 95 Mgr.’s helper
98 Cost of withdrawal
100Ate in small bits
101 Exchanges verbal jabs
104 Tense situation
105 Private agreement?
107 Agitated states
108 Two cents
109 Partners of crannies
111 Grimm creature
112 Actor __ Baron Cohen
117 Stole stuff
119 Docking place
121 Cheapest way to buy, with
“in”
122 “Nurse Jackie” star Falco 124 Gentle touch
126 Exist
127 Fish in unadon
128 Yearbook gp.