Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Festive occasion 5 Stinging remark 9 Italian for “small rolls” 15 Epps of “House” 19 One working on figures? 21 Knocked the socks off 22 Goody-goody’s “headwear” 23 Tibetan breed 24 Cinematographer’s concern 26 Patriotic org. 27 Starts the haggling at 29 Powerful perch 30 First Bond girl 36 Let the tears go 37 In the past 39 Rocker Young 40 Real estate listing abbr. 41 Palm tree nut 43 Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks, e.g. 45 Orange County seat 47 Max Ernst, for one 50 Bases-loaded walk stat 51 Well-stated 54 Literally, “the tar” 55 Crimson Tide’s home 61 Mao’s successor 64 Jobs offering of 2007 65 Former Bears coach 66 Full or half holds 68 Train-stopping spots: Abbr. 69 Event where the number 12 is important, and a feature of 12 two-word answers in this puzzle 72 Once, archaically 73 Texas Hold ’em variety 76 Believing in the green-cheese moon, say 77 Smoothing tool 79 Leveling initials 80 “The Voice” coach 84 Rub with oil 85 Evelyn Waugh, but not George Eliot 86 Pujols blasts: Abbr. 87 Interactive website plug-in 91 Unusual thing 96 Scare 97 Reacted to a massage
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100 __-de-France 101 Wolfe who tracks crooks 102 “Licensed to __”: Beastie Boys album 103 Sea-Tac posting 106 Its largest hub is in Atlanta 109 Turtledove 111 Hair disheveler 112 Ambulance VIP 113 First Japanese car to be produced in the U.S. 116 Mozart highlight 122 Ancient Andean 123 Just as prescribed 124 Save a date, say 125 Consider 126 Bugs 127 Flower stalk 128 Wrist-directed reprimand 1 “The Simpsons” real estate agent Gunderson 2 Hamburger beef? 3 Shows the way (to) 4 Military attack 5 Ovine bleat 6 Men’s tennis org. 7 Thing in court 8 Like some shoulders 9 Lambeau Field pro 10 Saved up 11 Site of ’60s action 12 Modern-ending? 13 “Darn it!” 14 State with a panhandle 15 [Gasp!] 16 Oscar winner Anna 17 Asserts sans proof 18 Fish eggs 20 Bush advisor Rove 25 Like koalas 28 Mexican Mrs. 30 Young __ 31 “Bloom” star Stephen 32 Ideal for growing 33 OB/GYN test 34 Org. in the film “Sneakers” 35 Italy’s La __ 38 Morsel 42 Very little 44 6-Down counterpart founded by Billie Jean King 46 Ireland’s __ Islands 48 Go out with __ 49 Soldat’s weapon 51 “__ sure you’re aware …” 52 One of Edison’s 1,000-plus 53 Put in the crosshairs 55 Quaint “Not so” 56 B.J. or Justin of baseball 57 Commandment verb 58 Mozart’s “__ fan tutte” 59 Seraglio room 60 J.Lo, for one 61 Mezzo Marilyn 62 Racing great Bobby 63 Stars at the Forum? 67 Official emblem 69 Aweigh 70 US Open champ between John and Mats 71 Grant-providing gp. 74 ’60s defense secretary 75 Chain with stacks 77 Coddled kitty, e.g. 78 Crosswordsolving Simpson 81 At a Lakers’ home game, e.g. 82 Place 83 ’ 90s U.N. secretarygeneral Boutros-__ 84 River past Berne 87 Start of a rhyming Basque game 88 Finished 89 Element’s combining power 90 2011 Liam Neeson film involving a wolf pack 91 Fjord-like inlet 92 Pink Floyd album including “Dogs” and “Sheep” 93 Abdominal 94 Mad-as-all-getout state 95 Tapped-out letters 98 Gets away from 99 Boozer’s affliction 104 Stampede rope 105 Casing outing, briefly 107 Physics bits 108 Spring 110 Pop singer Lambert 113 Kept under wraps 114 Crushable container 115 Native Nebraskan 117 Search, with “down” 118 Scratch (out) 119 Sleep lab acronym 120 TV chef Garten 121 Cause of Cleo’s demise