LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Academic Clubs by Amy Johnson & Katie Hale
ACROSS
1 Sorrowful sigh 5 Crude cartel since
1960
9 Blue, in Barcelona 13 Shady plot
18 Actress Sorvino 19 City in Victor Hugo
novels
21 “Catch ya later!” 22 Jazz singer Cleo 23 Club for music
majors?
26 Agent concerned
with spots 27 Heredity units 28 Causing shudders,
maybe
29 Key holder, often 31 Was successful in 32 YouTube alternative 34 Stage name intro 35 “How tragic”
36 Club for geology
majors?
40 Still in the sack 42 Monogram on some
high-end handbags 43 Many corny jokes 44 Go on the lam 46 Biblical name of
ancient Syria
48 “__ Christ Superstar” 49 Makes a connection 51 Howled loudly 53 Wasatch Mountains
ski town
56 Club for astronomy
majors?
59 Standard 60 Standards
62 __ jockey
63 Rough guess 64 Vague quantity 65 Like extreme
measures
68 Reebok rival
71 New citizen,
perhaps
73 NFL flag thrower 74 Dull pain
76 Treat 74-Acrosses,
maybe
78 Wee
79 Christmas helper 80 Club for paleontology
majors? 85 Storage unit
86 __ station
88 Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson
89 NAACP __ Awards 91 Cold, slushy treat 92 Nemo’s home 93 Mystery writer
Paretsky 94 Victoria’s Secret
purchase 97 Haggler’s concern 99 Club for philosophy
majors?
104 Middle Eastern title 106 Short greetings
108 How tempura is
fried
109 Scrooge visitor
110 Come really close to 112 African language
family
114 Square
115 Spanish folk hero
116 Club for botany
majors?
121 Pass along
122 British aristocrat 123 Changed direction,
nautically
124 Uber Eats display 125 Many first-time
voters
126 Some bourbons
127 Cincinnati ballclub 128 Chariot-riding god
DOWN
1 “Who __ to judge?” 2 Legalese and
computerese 3 Longtime Tottenham
football rival
4 GPS tech
5 Bloom County
penguin
6 “I Said a Prayer”
singer Tillis 7 Browning’s before 8 Show place 9 Smoothie berry 10 Online pub
11 Abu Dhabi’s fed. 12 Texter’s “I didn’t
mean that :)” 13 Rickman of “Die
Hard”
14 Time of Roosevelt’s
fireside chats 15 Club for genealogy
majors?
16 Walk result, maybe 17 Brief copy
20 Kind of drum or
guitar
24 Enter again
25 “Not my __” 30 Moody’s top bond
rating
31 Question of motive 32 Wedding planner’s
concern
33 “How tragic” 34 Freestyle raps
37 “Go faster, huskies!” 38 Genesis figure
39 Like some neighbors 41 Highchair wear 45 Safe IRA option 47 Most lowdown 48 Some spreads 49 Hardy title character 50 Sharp front tooth 52 Systane target 53 “Bizarre Foods” host
Zimmern
54 Singing nymph of the
Rhine
55 Club for urban
planning majors? 57 Passing through 58 Three Gorges
structure 61 Stockpiles
66 “I’m not eating that!” 67 Merriment 69 Baskin-Robbins treat 70 Word with ink or egg 72 Barb
75 Sticky brand 77 Governor Noem of
South Dakota 81 Olympic sword 82 Petty squabble 83 Inbox buildup
84 Alert
87 Architectural style between 1714 and 1830 90 Bunch of honkers 94 Stronger, as mixed
drinks
95 Cash of country 96 Ctrl-__-Del 98 Albeit, briefly
100 Dash or slash
101 Diary passage
102 Mountain lion
103 Big __: drug industry, colloquially
104 Tennis great Chris 105 Fracas
107 Conclude
111 “Grand” ice cream 112 Cause of some
nodding
113 Shoemaker’s
tools
114 Many profs
117 Install, as brick
118 Bedazzle
119 Sam player on
“Cheers”
120 “Breaking Bad”
villain Fring