L. A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Across
1 “Thunderstruck” band 5 Alberta resort town 10 Heavenly spheres 14 Caps’ partners 19 Manhattan or
Queens, briefly 20 City NW of
Orlando 21 Bryan’s “Breaking Bad” role 22 Formed for a
specific purpose 23 Town gathering
place 26 Dough 27 Bombards with
bogus offers 28 One of a toon
septet 29 Bathroom safety
feature 31 Highway
deterrent 33 Arabian
Peninsula port 35 Acidity levels:
Abbr. 36 Pennant trio? 37 Sherpa’s domain:
Abbr. 38 Ivory or Coast 40 Lions’ homes 43 “Eureka!” 45 Gardener’s
purchase 48 Witch’s familiar,
maybe 49 Shtick figures 53 Coastal flier 54 Eurasian capital 55 Fixture on many a
cattle drive 57 Jet with suits? 59 Eastern way 61 Remains in the
cooler 62 “You’re on!” 66 Cardinal, e.g. 67 Some NASA
missions 68 Fleeces 70 Purpose of some government credits 72 Artist’s choices 73 Bamboozle 74 Teased 75 Retail focus 77 “Priest” in a Nash
poem 79 Runway retiree of
’03 80 Cantaloupe
cousin 84 Astrological
sector 86 Disc golf starting
point 90 Friend of Harry 91 Guarantee 92 Place to see a
facial mask 93 Hidden 95 Bummed 96 K follower 98 Acting
opportunity 99 __ Spiegel: German magazine 100 Attention that can help healing, briefly 103 Kettle cover 105 Titicaca, por
ejemplo 107 Bacon with six
degrees? 109 Source of many
breaking stories 113 Italian-born three-time Oscar winner 115 Night fliers 118 It helps when
picking up 119 Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be 122 Rice/Lloyd
Webber musical 123 Sheikh, e.g. 124 “__ Fire”: Denzel Washington movie 125 Visiting the Getty
Mus., say 126 Business bigwig 127 Workout stat 128 Santa __
racetrack 129 Training locale
Down
1 Basics 2 Joint venture 3 Boots brand with Bouncing Soles 4 Charge 5 “___ voyage!” 6 Heavy metal
relative 7 Brus sels-based defense gp. 8 Pest control device 9 Confronted 10 Beat year after year after year ... 11 “Phooey!” 12 “This is
disgusting!” 13 Sharpening tool 14 Many unscripted
programs 15 Gas additive,
perhaps 16 Incredulous
response 17 Pitching legend
Ryan 18 Improvises with nonsense syllables 24 Amer. currency 25 Set one’s sights
on 30 Hit hard 32 Yoga poses 34 Maker of Candy
Buttons 37 Little more than 39 Preceder of an
alt. name 41 “I’m gonna pass” 42 Schoolwork 44 Dabblers 45 Short time 46 Short breaths 47 Turkic Russian 50 “Enough
already!” 51 Deep sleeps 52 Mario Paint
console, initially 56 Greek vacation
isle 58 Composer with a Helsinki academy named for him 60 Smart guys? 63 Basic matter 64 Arp’s school 65 Palindromic file
extension 66 Storage unit 68 Talk nonstop 69 Pro-and-con newspaper pair, perhaps 71 Powerball, e.g. 72 Flip side? 73 Catch a few z’s 74 Entered quickly 76 VirusScan
developer 78 “60 Minutes”
correspondent 79 Traffic tangle 81 Pope Francis’
birthplace 82 Nobelist who developed a model for 63-Down 83 Sugar bowl visitor 85 H.S. benchmark 87 Pole, for one 88 WWII venue 89 Circle in a fabric
pattern 94 Harebrained 97 It’s filled and
folded 100 Not exactly
high-strung 101 Tadpole, say 102 Group in robes 104 Big name in
Scotch 106 __ ray 108 ROTC school near
D.C. 110 Not tricked by 111 Are no more 112 “__ That Bass”:
Gershwin song 114 Hindu princess 116 __ oak: Mediter
ranean tree 117 Start of a gridiron
play 120 “48 Hours” airer 121 It might be
recombinant