Calgary Herald

L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES

- “FLOSS” BY KATHLEEN FAY O’BRIEN

Across

1 Some “No Passing” road sections 6 Journalist Roberts 11 Tests with printed patterns, briefly 15 “Phooey!” 19 1814 treaty site 20 Dadaism pioneer 21 Worn item that actually originated in Ecuador 23 Perfect apart

ment deal? 25 Saying “Break

a leg,” say? 26 “TMI!” 27 __ Authority 29 Minor

adjustment 30 Descendant of

Sperry Rand 32 Likely to pry 34 “Phooey!” 38 Traditiona­lly red

structure 41 Roller with

leaves 43 Situation of

intense scrutiny 45 Preview to a

view, for short 46 Plumbing school

basic? 49 Islands staple 50 “__ here!” 52 Glide on powder 53 Portent 55 N.L. lineup

absentees 56 Highly values 58 The 114th began

in 2015 62 “Roundabout”

rockers 63 Flip over 66 It has all five black keys in its scale 67 Singer Mann 69 Black, in verse 71 Traditiona­l wisdom about hustlers? 73 Go like hotcakes 74 Ernie Banks

epithet 76 Karnak’s

country 77 “Please help me

out” 80 Sound of fear 81 Sunday dinner

entrée 84 Little shooter 87 Traitor 88 Scottish

hillside 89 Lager alternativ­e 92 Working 93 Top-billed 95 Astronomer­s’ monthly reading? 100 CD-__ 101 Canton natives 103Key part of Bruce Wayne’s wardrobe 104 10001 letters 105 “M.O.” rapper 106 Many a

reception 107 Emulate Cher in

the ’70s 110 __ law 113 Valley where David fought Goliath 115 Came out 119 Song about a

yellow ribbon? 123 Hooting,

mostly? 125 Relax 126 Backs (away) 127 Ottoman Empire

founder 128 Banned apple

spray 129 Part of Q.E.D. 130 Cher’s former

partner 131 Storage

facilities

Down

1 They’re usually broken before use 2 Mom-and-pop

enterprise 3 Ward of Hollywood 4 Evasive strategy 5 Dutchman who painted “The Surprise” 6 Frozen pizza brand 7 Rock to refine 8 Hiker’s burden 9 Schoolyard

retort 10 Infinite 11 Some 45-rpm

records 12 Showing one’s claws, so to speak 13 Nibble 14 Wise one 15 Most gloomy 16 Sushi fish 17 2015 N.L. MVP

Bryce Harper, e.g. 18 Old AT&T rival 22 Was serious

about 24 Abbr. for people with only two names 28 Raced 31 Desires 33 Rd. atlas listings 35 Supply at the thermomete­r factory? 36 Chapel Hill

athlete 37 Eponymous Fox weekly news show 38 Anger 39 Biblical prophet 40 Beet-flavored

drink? 42 Stylish 43 Betting favorite,

often 44 People 46 Cry 47 Radiation units 48 Like a June day,

to Lowell 51 Reeves of “John

Wick” 54 Codebreake­r’s

org. 57 “May I approach” court conference­s 59 “Awake and

Sing!” dramatist 60 Patriots’ org. 61 Goo amount 64 Croatian capital 65 Companion of

Ares 68 “Again ... ” 69 “Nature” author 70 Live partner 72 Tax season VIP 75 “I need a short

break” 78 Belmonts

frontman 79 Kin of -trix 82 Golfer’s choice 83 Luggage

danglers 85 Loads 86 “Goodness!” 90 Texas Air Force

base 91 He played Emile in Broadway’s “South Pacific” 94 Racecar safety

feature 96 Agcy. that aids

start-ups 97 Guy 98 Stumped 99 “Piece of cake” 102 Annually 104 “I have time” 106 Togo neighbor 108 Every, in an Rx 109 The 5,922 of a

Taj Mahal model 111 Natural balm 112 Mark indicating

a musical phrase 114 Dr. Seuss’s “Hor

ton Hears __” 116 Phone download 117 “Goodness!” 118 TV sites 119 Ipanema

greeting 120 Confine to bed,

maybe 121 Mauna __ 122 Banned bug

spray 124 Novelist

Deighton

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