L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
TOP TO BOTTOM
Across
1 Dodge a
conviction
5 Kin kin
9 Amazon review rating units 14 Gathered dust 17 Morlock prey 18 Logical opening 19 Swift’s brutish race
20 Backing
21 Easter precursor 22 What’s expected 23 Kind of lead a closer often has to protect
24 Hop on the bandwagon 25 People’s 2019 Sexiest Man Alive 27 Drop-down item 29 Grammy channel
30 Patient person? 31 Sense
33 Copter topper 35 Tarnished
37 More than just asks
41 Dawn
43 “Now __ heard it all!”
44 Austin __: Tennessee university 45 Conquest for Caesar
47 Osso __
48 Court break point 52 1971 New York prison riot site 54 Phil Collins’ longtime band 56 First name in student loans
57 Big 12 Cowboy’s rival
58 Help the bad guys 59 Buzz creator 61 Twilights, in verse 62 Vocalist
64 Long border range
66 Dives into, as a workload
69 Dundee denials 70 Speak with style 71 Makeshift weapon
72 Luray attraction 75 Burgundy and Weasley
76 Landed with a line
80 Novelist Waugh 81 Ref. whose recent updates include “chillax” and “whatev”
83 Ward of “FBI” 85 Prefix with cortical
86 College URL ending
89 Madison in “Splash,” e.g. 91 Acorn coats 92 Thumbs-ups
93 “... kissed thee __ killed thee”: Othello 94 Foreshadow 96 Cut down
97 “Told you so!” 98 Laundry cycle 100 Furthered the
development of 102 Eager beaver’s
demand
106 Leading airplane
features?
108 Farm gatherings 109 Red-carpet honorees 110 Thurman of
“Pulp Fiction” 112 Maker of BILLY bookcases 114 Outback offering 118 Small craft 119 Acknowledge the general
121 Folksy Guthrie
123 Gator tails?
124 “Great” primate 125 Post-christmas
event
126 “Forbidden” perfume
127 One of a seagoing trio
128 Beethoven’s“__
Adieux” Sonata 129 Horses originally developed in a desert climate 130 Sty feed
131 He played Ricky in
early TV
Down
1 Competently 2 Sheltered, at sea 3 Time-consuming 4 Downwind 5 Downgrade 6 Sworn statement 7 Stint
8 One that usually leaves the park 9 __ Salvador 10 Downplay
11 Simple choice 12 Haul out of bed 13 Phishing target, briefly
14 Wear with pride 15 Crop up
16 Fit as a fiddle 19 Downstream 24 Downward
26 New start? 28 Cardinals, e.g.: Abbr.
30 Skin care brand 32 Field
34 Heavy burden 36 What some put on to feel better about themselves 37 Bridge call 38 Anti-harassment movement 39 Anti-apartheid author Alan
40 Cube makeup 42 Prepare for a selfie
46 Syr. neighbor
49 TVA output 50 Descend
51 House mtg.
53 “Dog Whisperer” Millan
55 Surgery opening? 60 Simplify 63 Canadian gas 65 Very confused 67 Downcast 68 127-Across feature 70 Downdraft 72 Suffragist Elizabeth __ Stanton 73 Skin soother 74 November honorees
76 Home detector target
77 Block
78 Blown away 79 Interminably
82 Part of FEMA: Abbr.
84 Rights movement shorthand 87 Maker of Zero-turn mowers 88 Functions 90 City that aptly rhymes with “casino” 95 Word on a bill 99 What a mouse may evoke 101 __ Fridays 102 Podium
handout
103 Bolt to tie the
knot
104 Sends packing 105 One working on pitches
107 There aren’t quite enough of them in musical chairs
111 Hari of espionage 113 Sea devastated by irrigation projects 115 Actress Falco 116 Urges
117 Morales of “Jericho”
119 Span. title
120 __-80: old
computer
122 Bit of Wall St.
news