Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“LESS IS MORE” By GARETH BAIN
ACROSS
1 PC core 4 NYC airport 7 Shia holy man 11 Short 15 Driver’s
economy meas. 18 __ Tin Tin 19 Its “Concise” version has more than 1,700 pgs. 20 Orkan sign-off
half 21 Sailing, say 22 Uncommon size 23 Nine-circles
literary locale 25 Coward’s path? 28 Oregon’s
Douglas fir, e.g. 30 Uncertain 31 General __
chicken 32 Sleeping
watchman, say? 35 “Dead parrot”
sketch actor 37 London’s __
Modern 38 Secret supply 39 Roman
naturalist 40 Letters for a
British princess 42 Tennis legend 44 Bro who cracks insensitive jokes? 49 Clumsy types 51 Oncle’s mate 53 “Telephone
Line” gp. 54 Vatican
masterpiece 55 Cute cases 57 Grasp 58 White hat, in
oaters 60 Skewed 61 Chores done
altruistically? 65 Oolong or
souchong 66 Jam cause,
maybe 67 Subway
opposites 68 Like much lore 71 “That’s
refreshing!” 74 Cruel school
assistant? 82 Capital affected
by typhoons 85 “The Highwayman” daughter 86 Theta preceder 87 Like a good
guess 88 Powerful god 89 Classic Pearl
Jam album 90 “Inside the NBA”
analyst 92 ’ Tis the season 93 Naive Romeo? 97 Latin trio word 99 Psalm 23
comforter 100 “Under the Redwoods” author 101 AMD rival 103 Kitten’s
plaything 105 Playground
retort 107 Pixie whose dust lacks potency? 112 Cub with
records 113 Necklace gem 115 One-legged
ballet pose 116 Stairway to
heaven? 120 Is connected 121 Old MGM rival 122 Meat 123 Put a handle on 124 Vague time
frame indicator 125 Sargasso
swimmer 126 German sunrise
direction 127 Small bills 128 Beethoven’s
nine: Abbr. 129 First name in
comics villains 130 QB’s coups
DOWN
1 Like fresh
lettuce 2 Patchy horse 3 Not true 4 Sissy’s Oscarwinning role 5 Least violent 6 Love 7 Put away 8 Egyptian __:
spotted cat 9 Army unit 10 Muslim
theologians 11 Examined, as a
joint 12 1979 Afghanistan invader: Abbr. 13 Use color-coded
cans, say 14 Lao Tzu
principle 15 British Invasion genre named for Liverpool’s river 16 Mexican
change 17 Honkers 24 Sicilian high
point 26 Ballad’s end? 27 Spork, for one 29 Reputed Dead Sea Scrolls transcribers 33 Concert receipts 34 Ryder Cup team 36 Imitates Daffy 39 Arafat’s org.
until 2004 40 Breaks ground 41 Assign stars to 43 Annoyance 45 Bird that migrates from the Arctic to Antarctica 46 Sci-fi people 47 __ Reader: eclectic magazine 48 Facts and
figures 50 Baker’s verb 52 Noir hero 56 City NW of Santa Barbara, to locals 58 “__ Kitchen”: Gordon Ramsay show 59 No trouble at all 60 Farming prefix 62 Comprehensive,
gradewise 63 “Shall we?”
reply 64 Polite reply 69 RSA ruling
party 70 Showy bloom 71 “__ girl!” 72 “What a Piece of Work Is Man” musical 73 Fulfill an urgent
desire 75 Explorer
Tasman 76 Nevada casino
city 77 Cong. member 78 Rickey Henderson, notably 79 Ambulance
bandage 80 1952 Olympics
city 81 Oboe
component 83 Like tongue-against-roof-of the-consonants 84 Febrero
preceder 89 Mao __-tung 90 Surg. branch 91 Exposes 94 Makes a call 95 Orchestra
section 96 Foe of Saruman, in Tolkien 98 Controversial high school health lesson 102 Makes happy 104 Throaty sound 105 Space age toon
dog 106 Corner pieces 107 First family before the Wilsons 108 Magic, on
scoreboards 109 Saharan region 110 Held power 111 Cheerleaders’
repertoire 114 In __: truly 117 Group decisionmaking challenge 118 In high spirits 119 “Let me think ...”