LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
1/14/24
ACROSS
1 Old Route 66 city 6 Hindu “sir” 10 Subway fare 15 Audit asst. 18 By the seat of one’s pants, e.g. 19 Mil. pilot’s branch 20 Players between midfield and defense in lacrosse 22 Not ‘neath 23 Sign in a stadium locker room? 26 Industrial tank 27 Cabinet dept. with a windmill on its seal 28 Eur. realm until 1806 29 Outrage 30 Food mill substitutes 32 Sign in a writer’s room? 38 Bedroom piece 40 Trick for a treat, perhaps 41 Bank buildings? 42 Every bit 43 “Black” or “white” mammal that is actually gray 46 Propped (up) 48 Autocorrect target 52 California’s Point __ National Seashore 54 N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy, e.g. 56 The America’s Cup, for one 57 Bring to a near boil 58 Sign in a therapist’s reception room? 62 Oven setting 65 Early virtual forum 66 Leisurely walk 67 Class reunion roster word 68 Part of a vague threat 70 __ shanty 72 Some backyard grills 74 Home watcher 75 Not quite right 79 Brand for sensitive skin 83 Long ago, in the past 84 Sign at a law firm specializing in the Fifth Amendment? 88 Beverage 89 Otis Redding’s “__ Little Tenderness” 90 Univ. applicant exams 91 Shark hunters 95 Harmonized, with “in” 96 Starts working on 98 Not this second 100 Keep a stiff upper __ 101 Sysadmins, e.g. 103 __-fi 105 Just 107 Sign at a cafeteria? 113 Learn to live with 114 French word common in fragrance names 115 52, in Roman numerals 116 “Frozen” reindeer 119 Vietnamese soup 120 Sign at a used bike shop? 126 Geological period 127 Barked sharply 128 Cold and clammy 129 Child of Uranus 130 Put on 131 Secures, as a package 132 Takes responsibility for 133 Informal “Let’s say ...”
DOWN
1 Laundry brand 2 Hokkaido noodle 3 In a straightforward way 4 “Amen to that” 5 Tsp. or tbsp. 6 Small donkey 7 “Carl’s Date” voice actor Ed 8 Stuffed bun 9 Gallery on the Arno 10 Despised 11 Biblical suffix 12 ETA determiner 13 Clod 14 Gobbled (down) 15 Cast party? 16 Oyster bead 17 Like some Pinterest boards 21 Hibachi chef’s need 24 “Yup” 25 Worries 31 Sam’s Club competitor 33 Anklebones 34 Shape with equal angles 35 Ease off the gas 36 Saint of Ávila 37 Avoids 38 Trivia night setting 39 Diminutive suffix 44 Goddess whose tears cause the Nile to rise 45 Corddry of “For All Mankind” 47 Cutting edge of fashion? 49 Full bore? 50 Wire-bending hand tool 51 Most bizarre 53 Stunt legend Knievel 55 Aphrodite’s consort 57 Clog or wedge 59 “What’re you gonna do about it?” 60 Pressure cooker release 61 Stitch to 62 Moves like a kangaroo 63 Weapons center 64 Didn’t edit out 69 Bag for a field day race 71 Thrifty rival 73 Lagerita ingredient 76 Summer worker, perhaps 77 More or less 78 Believes, vocally 80 Inclusive Latin term 81 “Tell Mama” singer James 82 Condé __ 85 Stir up 86 Not “dis” 87 Apple tool 92 Embrace 93 Have a bug 94 Have a bug? 96 Under a Super Trouper, e.g. 97 Humanitarian Schindler 99 Yahoo! service 102 __-toe 104 British name for a game with suspects 106 Send again 107 Like many superheroes 108 Tickled nose noise 109 2023 NCAA men’s basketball champs 110 Stock for oboists 111 “Gone Girl” author Gillian 112 Woodland pests 117 Periods of time 118 State bird of Hawaii 121 Clean air org. 122 iPad download 123 “Told you!” 124 Crow sound 125 “Arrival” arrivals