L.A CROSSWORD “BETA BLOCKERS”
ACROSS
1 It’s usually spotted in a game 7 Prolong painfully 14 Pablo’s puttingoff word 20 Heat-sensitive patch
21 1982 Toto hit 22 Twist counterclockwise, as a nut
23 Defeat decisively in an annual Nathan’s contest? 25 Hardly modest 26 Hardly quick 27 Steamed dumplings, e.g. 28 Oftmispunctuated word
30 Plane angle symbol
31 Alley Oop’s love 33 Diplomacy
35 Tribute with bent elbows
37 Best-liked, in texts
40 Flabbergast
41 One in line for what’s left
42 For instance 43 Whale-tale captain
46 Cutlery causing boo-boos?
49 Cell dead spot indicator 51 European capital 52 Many misses 53 Ripped
55 Super 56 __ fu
57 Amer. fliers 58 Ripped off
60 Handle change 62 Actress Peeples 63 Bird on LSU’s seal 65 Is for all
66 Apply, as butter 68 41-Across, often 69 Explore à la an aging Captain Kirk?
72 Director Lee 73 “Enough already!” 77 Vague opening? 78 98, but not 98.6 82 Bird hunted to extinction by the Maori
83 Easygoing sort
85 The boy wellknown in meteorology? 87 California roll ingredient
88 Bat head?
90 Cardiff’s country 92 Galileo’s birthplace 93 Give__
94 Last-__: desperate 95 Greening up
97 Roleo official? 99 Actress Sommer 100 Revival prefix 101 Some reddish deer
103 Place to stay when you’re out, ironically
104 Many retirees: Abbr. 105 Against a thing, at law
107 Utah national park
108 Bury
110 Eager kids’ plea 112 Heady quaff
114 War zone excavation 116 GI no-show 120 Achieve success 122 Farm workers’ coffee setup near a fence post?
125 “We can’t hear you!” 126 Consequence of only getting close?
127 “Enough already!” 128 “The Communist Manifesto” co-author
129 Sign off on
130 Govt. securities
DOWN
1 Conks out
2 Verbal
3 Con __: musical tempo
4 Halved
5 Japanese 7-Down 6 Dies in this puzzle?
7 See 5-Down 8 Pitchers Darling and Guidry 9 Quick-witted
10 Pilot feeder 11 Palindromic celeb
12 Not suitable 13 First presidential swinger, golf-wise 14 Org. with minors 15 Critical ticker valve
16 Where even termites were welcome, presumably
17 One who sniffs out good investments?
18 Tree house 19 “Dragonwyck” novelist Seton 24 Criticize to death 29 Astronomer’s aid 32 Kentucky __, event before the Derby
34 Trim, as a pic 36 Painfully off-pitch Jewish diva?
37 Get all misty
38 “__ woman wishes to be no one’s enemy (and) ... refuses to be anyone’s victim”: Angelou
39 Like some memes 41 Kind of tea 42 “Because I __!” 44 OB/GYN test
45 Set off
47 Into shenanigans 48 “The Gift of the Magi” gift
50 Support wear 54 Comic-Con attendee 58 Sampling from Quaid’s vineyard? 59 Dig deeply 61 Sleeping bag site 64 Lab __
67 Ax to grind
69 Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare tragedy 70 TripAdvisor rival 71 Einstein 73 Photoshop fodder
74 Outspoken
75 Carpet made from corn husks?
76 Beach in a classic bossa nova hit 78 If all else fails
79 Ends
80 Misjudgment 81 Smartphone options 84 Pollen-packing petal pusher 86 Surreal ending? 89 Dentist’s directive 91 Mumbai wrap 93 Designer Klein
96 It’s played secretly under the table 98 Secretly
102 More than irk 106 Celebrate wildly 107 Cause of temporary weight loss?
108 101 course
109 1:1, for one 110 NASCAR’s Yarborough
111 Elvis’ middle name
113 Moon goddess 115 Coup target
117 Power eponym 118 “The Grapes of Wrath” character 119 Rents
121 Defib settings
123 Big name in ATMs 124 Radiation source