L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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1 Run-down area 5 Fire starter 10 Defunct Ford div. 14 Like some bulls 19 Bigger than big 20 Enjoy slowly, as a drink 21 “I __ busted!” 22 Come to light 23 Message about nearly a dozen U.S. sailors being flown overseas? (Pa.) 27 Not talkative 28 Receive inside info 29 Tired comment 30 One terminus of Chicago’s Blue Line 33 Soccer goose egg 34 Cunning plan 35 Annoyed Mayberry aunt gets an old Toyota at a raffle? (Wis.) 41 Delaware’s capital? 44 Disheveled 45 At least one 46 Landlord’s reminder 48 Tanning time on the Riviera 49 Babe’s counterpart 51 “Follow me!” 53 State definitively 54 Constitution letters 55 White selection, briefly 57 Boast about Japanese animation? (Me.) 60 Not requiring stamps 62 Hopefully, what’s left for dessert? 63 “Funny thing is ...“64 Emanation from an aging rural miner? (Co.) 68 Pitcher part 70 Absence 71 All 75 Lunch treats from Clinton’s veep? (Or.) 78 Holiday song sextet 79 Brooding genre 80 Ornate molding 81 Sources of bow wood 82 Author Caleb 83 Five-O alert 84 Tied 87 Goof 88 Myrtle whose oil is a folk remedy for skin conditions 92 South end? 93 Black Friday headline? (Md.) 97 Overnight retreats 98 Simba, at the start of “The Lion King” 99 Primrose family plant 100 Ready to breed 103 Moonlighter’s work 106 Tokyo shopping district 110 Muslim ascetics drain Sahara pipeline contents? (Ca.) 114 Flawed 115 Cap’n’s underling 116 “Free your pores!” skincare brand 117 Ignore, with “out” 118 Tighten, as laces 119 Jazz club sessions 120 Prefix for a Dow foam 121 Not quite never
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1 1990s-2000s Laker star, familiarly 2 Humdinger 3 Not-cute fruit 4 Geminids sights 5 3-2-4 ID 6 Wrestler’s coup 7 Orbital high point 8 “Deadliest Catch” narrator Mike 9 Work with needles 10 Six-legged prayer? 11 Addresses with “@” 12 Brief invite answer? 13 Artfully shy 14 Treo maker, before it shortened its name 15 Sheikdom of song 16 Air freshener scent 17 On the briny 18 For fear that 24 Kind of alcohol 25 Kid raiser, in two ways 26 Cockpit worker 31 Prez on a five 32 Prince Harry’s locks, e.g. 34 Holder of keys 35 Devoured 36 Untrue 37 “C’mon, take a __” 38 Security checkpoint device 39 Well filler 40 Shoe or its dance 41 Hot sauce bottle image 42 Good guy, to a bad guy 43 French 101 verb 47 Stopped flowing 50 Pakistani tongue 51 Swindler 52 What may be baby’s first word 55 Fair grade 56 Couldn’t avoid it 57 Italian lawn game 58 Lymph __ 59 Love to bits 61 Motored (along) 62 Parents 65 Leave, slangily 66 Inappropriate look 67 Demand too much of 68 Silver Bullet Band rocker 69 Joyous song 72 A new one may itch 73 Push forward 74 Actor Maguire 75 Style 76 Nikita’s negatives 77 Rowlands of “The Notebook” 78 Worn things 82 __-Magnon 85 Hosp. drama role 86 Sells 87 Add to a website, as a video 89 Bigger copy: Abbr. 90 Guadalajara gal pal 91 Draw upon 94 Most aloof 95 Cough drops brand 96 Scotch cocktail 97 “Just me,” formally 100 Quite a distance 101 Hardly a threat 102 “SNL”staple 103 Wild plum 104 Sparring punches 105 “Never heard __” 107 Car, truck or bike 108 #30 on the periodic table 109 Toward shelter 111 Small ammo 112 Like deeply discounted mdse. 113 Leader with perks