LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Prepare for parking
or driving
5 Stared openmouthed 10 Liabilities
15 Did laps
19 Mountain goat
20 Not out of contention
yet
21 Word for a leiperson?
22 “Hmm ... I doubt
that”
23 First the chardonnay, then the merlot, then the cabernet? 25 Invisible walls?
27 Be there for 28 Sandler of “Uncut
Gems”
30 Brewpub pour
31 Ran across 32 Mystical gathering 33 Felt hats
36 Has a good cry 38 Vocal quality
40 Land
42 Imitate a horse 45 Place for a deeptissue massage 48 Hands out cards 51 Unwrapped with
enthusiasm
53 Land parcel
54 Inept caner’s
resource? 57 Meteorology
lectures?
59 Voting no
60 Fleet parts
62 Have followers 63 British co.
64 Fair shelters 67 Cookbook offering 70 WSJ headline topic 71 Watches on Hulu, say 73 Like farmers’ market
veggies
74 River through Reno 79 __ and vigor 80 Intervene
82 Quick post office run,
say
83 Subj. for a non-native
speaker 86 Ear-related
88 “Time is money” or
“money is power” 90 Greek Cupid
91 Bungalow owner’s challenge to a roofer?
95 Makes doubly sure everyone’s in on the joke?
98 World Baseball
Classic team 99 Came off as
101 Chopper blade
102 Org. followed by
“puckheads”
103 Outkast hit single 105 Touch-screen
gestures
107 Puts into words
109 CrossFit sets
111 Embassy employee 114 Snap, crackle, and
pop
118 Sashimi choice
120 Ticket remnant
122 Revived villain in Domino’s ads, with “the”
123 Food critic Hines whose name is on cake mixes
124 Appreciative sound from the alumni luxury box?
128 Water cooler?
130 Midrange voice
131 Wide-awake
132 Chocolate source 133 Region
134 Cheers
135 Lasagna staple
136 Part of a protected
URL
137 Office surface
DOWN
1 Fillable flatbreads 2 Taper off
3 Roman goddess of
the hearth
4 Range
5 Person who makes
beds?
6 European mountain 7 Rice dish
8 Get around 9 “Gracias” response 10 Beaver creation 11 Pharmaceutical giant
__ Lilly
12 2019 film starring
Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly
13 “Good News” rapper
Megan __ Stallion 14 BOGO events
15 Dim __
16 Amusingly capricious 17 Upfront stake
18 More than half 24 Provide privacy
protection, in a way 26 Remove wrinkles
from
29 Slip some skin 34 Laugh-a-minute sort 35 Taj Mahal site
37 “The Martian” actor
Sean
39 Has for lunch 41 “Here!” 43 Determination
44 Do the impossible with cats, proverbially
45 DNA lab items 46 Wine grape
47 One in a cast 49 Cowardly Lion
portrayer
50 Pitches to customers
52 Term with a check mark on an airport
sign
55 Beach toy for a windy
day
56 Florida theme park
with a geodesic dome
58 Poorly ventilated theatre phenomenon 61 Command to an
attack dog
65 Utter chaos 66 Metalworkers 68 Green-skinned
tropical fruit 69 Cure-all mixture 72 Wallops, quaintly 75 All hands on deck 76 “Pieces of Her”
novelist Slaughter 77 “How to Get Away With Murder” actor Alfred __ 78 Unsuccessful Ford
model
81 Spanish boy
83 Mark for good 84 Actress Elisabeth 85 Maze
87 Pills for pets, often 89 NYSE, NASDAQ, etc. 92 Diggs of “Empire” 93 “There’s no one else” 94 Labor Day mo. 96 Scoundrels 97 Experiment with
100 Academic VIP
104 Cathedral alcove 106 Single-malt pour 108 Storied sailor
110 Backpack holder
112 Drum kit cymbals
113 Official mandate
115 Induce fear in
116 Makes less harsh
117 Be sly
118 Way off
119 Polynesian dance
121 Golden St. campus 125 Haircuts
126 Fine print, e.g.
127 Sch. group
129 Flo Milli’s music
genre