Montreal Gazette

LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- EDITEDBY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE NICHOLS LEWIS

ACROSS

1 Dramatist Connelly 5 Invite to enter 10 Mall draw 14 “Take a chance!” 19 1997 film apiarist 20 Glittery stone 21 Available 22 Reason for wobbling, perhaps 23 Seasonally decorated doorways? 25 Inept burger joint cook? 27 One begins “Rhapsody in Blue” 28 Casual wear 30 Sword- wielding legend 31 “No worries, dude” 33 Viewpoints 35 Crime- fighting film cyborg 39 Condescend­ing sort 41 Hoodwinks 43 Prefix with centric 44 “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” band, briefly 47 Prospector’s pooch? 52 Sch. in Ames 53 Rye buy 55 Whittle ( down) 56 Some fitness ctrs. 57 Maker of Veriton computers 58 Viewpoint 60 “What a shame!” 63 Carol contractio­n 64 Sign on a B’way booth 65 Not as experience­d 66 Digital jewelry 69 Identified 71 Like he- man pushups 73 Ill- fated woman? 75 The Clintons, notably 78 Citation or Corsair 80 Lets out a bit 82 Small amount 83 Dry riverbed 85 Victim of curiosity 87 Award- winning Disney animator Glen 88 Tijuana title 89 Longtime Kentucky hoops coach 90 Deep depression 93 Registered, with “in” 95 Peace Nobelist Cassin 96 Excitement 97 Uncultivat­ed area in Roseanne’s back forty? 101 Casting aid 102 88- Across feature 104 “The Great Dictator” Oscar nominee 105 Shredded 107 Most sacred 110 Potpourri pieces 113 Fragrant resin 117 Modern storage area, with “the” 119 Sacred structure 121 Choose to play for pay 122 Snake looking scared? 126 Sales pitch for an Austrian pistol? 128 A lot 129 Wasatch Mountains resort 130 __ shirt 131 Sight from Taormina 132 Bond player before Dalton 133 Level 134 “Dragonwyck” author 135 Cherished

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1 Civilian attire 2 Thing to set 3 Thing of the past 4 Ensemble of eight in the score of Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileira­s No. 5” 5 Cabinet dept. 6 Brief times 7 “Expect great things” retailer 8 Perfect 9 Brand that includes Taster’s Choice 10 Often- exaggerate­d tale 11 Calcutta Tech grad on “The Simpsons” 12 Kay of “Rich Man, Poor Man” 13 Belgian painter James 14 Longtime New Yorker cartoonist James 15 Establish a fresh foothold 16 Hankering 17 Key for Satie? 18 Original D& D co. 24 During 26 Dude 29 Granny __ 32 Aerial stunt 34 Poor, chance- wise 36 Gals’ gathering before the flick? 37 Advent 38 Does some bartending 40 Big blowout 42 The Amish, e. g. 44 Mild smoke 45 Mystery middle name 46 Allergen survey? 48 React to humidity, in a way 49 Close again 50 Ineffectua­l 51 “Me Talk Pretty One Day” piece 54 Pet parasite treatment 57 Artist’s studio 59 Throws wildly, say 61 River of Tuscany 62 Was fairly successful 67 Narrow margin 68 “Summer Nights” musical 70 Weather reporters 72 Tourist attraction 74 Year’s record 76 Money- saving, commercial­ly 77 Scintilla 79 “If I Only Had the Nerve” singer 81 French governing group 83 Fury 84 Speaker’s output 86 Islands staple 91 Kids’ baseball card deal 92 Matches the scorecard, so to speak 94 A lock may be in one 97 No- nonsense route 98 “Dark side” sci- fi group 99 SWAT team supply 100 Fast races 103 Haggle 106 Took off to team up 108 Hamlet, to Gertrude 109 Pull with effort 111 De Gaulle’s birth city 112 Supercilio­us sort 114 Ill will 115 “The Hunger Games” setting 116 Back biter? 118 “Lobster Telephone” artist 120 Lovelorn nymph 122 Iranian pilgrimage site 123 Tabloid pic subject 124 From __ Z 125 Fr. holy woman 127 Leavenwort­h locale: Abbr.

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GAIL GRABOWSKI

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