LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Trade 5 Bestow upon, as a compliment 8 Increased excessively, with “on” 13 Back country 18 Subject of a memorable chocolate simile 19 Sport with fourperson teams 20 Came to 21 Theatrical work 22 Barbecue feature 24 More cordial 25 Canning tomatoes 26 Sign outside the women’s locker room? 29 Paper cut cries 30 High 31 Wooded depression 32 How the riot act is read 34 Lifeboat item 37 Beginning of Christmas? 38 Tiny __ 39 Gadget in the game Twister 41 Hopper using hops? 45 Gardner of “The Hucksters” 46 Cher’s “Burlesque” role 49 Reason 50 Auditorium sections 52 Illegal USMC status 53 Pot filler 54 Castaway’s signal 56 Where Yogi naps 57 Vice president before Gerald 58 Fragrant bloom 60 Excitement 61 Edison’s 1,000-plus 63 Told too much 66 Powerful Persian bloodline? 70 It’s longer than a dit 71 Finale of Copland’s “Rodeo” 73 Hosp. areas 74 Wii fanatic, say 76 Shaker unit 77 __ tai 78 Equine array 80 Paintballs, e.g. 84 Fizzles out 85 Fire sign? 88 Inflict 89 Sushi options 90 Black batt. terminal 91 Draft in a moldy basement? 94 “Wanna bet?” 97 Academic no. 98 Full Sail or Harpoon product 99 Title stuffed bear in a 2012 comedy 100 Squat hounds 102 Red Carpet stance 104 Rotisserie league data 106 Israeli machine gun 107 Stray nut among the Doritos? 113 Total 115 Naps, maybe 116 Athenian landmark 117 Gussy up 118 Some map dots 119 Olympian chariot rider 120 Real estate division 121 Repaired, in a way 122 Bothersome 123 Was in the driver’s seat 124 Dieter’s data
DOWN
1 Hardly a pick-up expert? 2 Cleaning cloth 3 Rough quantity 4 __ colony 5 Tip 6 Temper 7 Crème brûlée ingredient 8 Considerable outbreak 9 Cooperative words 10 Hometown folks 11 Managed with difficulty, with “out” 12 Disdainful 13 Slip 14 NYSE event 15 Another showing of an Edsel documentary? 16 Matthew McConaughey has one 17 Nervy 19 Want more 23 Seller of staples 27 Safe to have 28 Former lab burners 33 Prepare to paint again 34 Kimono holders 35 It occasionally floods Florence 36 Mtge. adjustment 38 Lift not as common as it used to be 40 Tylenol target 42 Fit as a fiddle 43 Summers in China? 44 Tom and Jerry, e.g. 47 Partially, casually 48 Spill clumsily 51 Hard-to-miss sign 54 Zoomed 55 Estate highlight, often 57 Lid inflammation 59 “__ a mission” 60 Some magazine spreads 61 Coll. prep test 62 Some drive-thrus 63 “That’s a surprise” 64 Greene of the original “Battlestar Galactica” series 65 Pulled hamstring, to a hurdler? 67 Move in on 68 “The Frog Prince” byline 69 Like gymnasts 72 Trash-talks 75 Not at all typical 77 Wise men 78 Ballpoint alternative 79 “The Blacklist” actor 81 Gather 82 Cornfield attraction 83 Accepted 85 Santa __ Derby 86 Accidentally reveals 87 Fraidy cat 88 “That sav’d a __ like me!”: “Amazing Grace” 92 Filled with tears 93 Denounces 95 Duel attendant 96 Bouts 100 Goals of some back pats 101 Poetic blue 103 Young barn dweller 104 Trap 105 Bound bunch 108 Washer part 109 Abundant gemstone Down Under 110 Old empire builder 111 Vancouver, for one 112 Sega competitor in the 16-bit market 114 Ball holder