SUNDAY LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD BY ZHOUQIN BURNIKEL, EDITED BY PATTI VAROL
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1 Muscles toned by planks
4 Does, e.g.
8 Goes out swinging? 13 Longest reptile in the world
19 “Gosh, that was a long time ago”
21 Buck in the Baseball Hall of Fame
22 Bring back on board 23 *Canaries
24 *Bar food served with blue cheese and vegetable sticks
26 Gets slippery 28 Patronize, as a hotel 29 Hush-hush docs 30 Bundle of hay 32 Caustic cleaners 34 Enter stealthily 36 *Orange flowers that represent wealth in some Asian traditions
40 __ Domani: Italian wine brand
41 Promising letters? 42 Really bothered 43 *“Peace Train” singer 49 *Atlanta event for sci-fi fans
52 Actress Shawkat 53 Museum item 54 “Thumbs up” answers 55 Smashing success 56 Provided at no cost 59 Wealthy
60 “r u coming soon?” 62 Call to the on-deck circle
64 Beads on blades 65 *Sacred Hopi ritual 71 *Western, slangily 73 “One Mississippi” star Notaro
74 Dulse and nori seaweeds, e.g.
76 __-mo video
77 Coup target
79 “You can’t do that!” 80 Aggravate
83 Top-tier celebs 87 Basic font
89 Window shade 90 *Absurdly chaotic situation
92 *Playground fixture 95 Russian crepes 96 Short “Stop!" 97 Vinaigrette acronym 98 *Spray behind a speedboat
101 Act omnipotent
104 Burkina __ 105 Assns.
106 Some ballpark figs. 107 Total accord
109 Mogadishu resident 113 *Sheet with a folded corner
116 *Ashtray for trash, e.g. 120 “Let me rephrase that … ”
121 Appointed
122 Soul mate
123 Sandwiches made with bolillos
124 Secret rendezvous 125 Black bit inside a papaya
126 Vietnamese New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues
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1 Cause of inflation 2 Graphic designer’s deg. 3 Part of a match
4 Deli apparatus 5 Fine-tune
6 Community group with a deer logo
7 SoCal campus with Mission Revival architecture
8 Lump of goo
9 Heavy loads
10 Some boxing punches 11 World Cup overseer: Abbr.
12 Leaves in stitches 13 Safeguard
14 Tree with flexible wood
15 Weigh, in a way
16 Main language of India 17 Heart, but not soul 18 Legendary loch
20 Use TurboTax, perhaps 25 Pool divisions
27 Easily influenced 30 “Free your pores” brand
31 __ frescas: fruity Mexican drinks
33 So far
35 Maker of eco-friendly Vero computers
36 Neat and clean
37 PC hookup
38 Rash symptom 39 Sainted pope called “the Great”
43 Put into gear?
44 Have the intention of 45 Thin candle
46 Drop in pronunciation 47 More pleasant 48 Phonetic symbol
50 __ Squad: Best Buy tech support team 51 KitchenAid rival 52 Covered California statute, for short 57 Critical-care ctrs. 58 Club fees
61 Major Yemen port 62 Starts
63 Quite cold
65 Cook dim sum, say 66 Part of TNT 67 “Encore!”
68 Big deal
69 Trade pact from 1994 to 2020
70 Debussy’s “__ de lune” 72 Casual collared shirt 75 Sketchy subject? 78 Waiting room directive 80 Digs in the snow 81 Versailles residents 82 Philosopher Immanuel 84 Pet pendant 85 Tractor-trailers
86 Plug away (at) 88 Impose, as a tax 91 Hair __
93 Cultured products? 94 Bret with four Gold Gloves
95 Red Sox, on scoreboards
98 Hot spots
99 Got going
100 “Judge Judy” event 101 Product pitch
102 Light brew
103 Failed to
104 Like bubble baths 106 Make a long story short?
108 Trade jabs
110 Makes a choice
111 Bog down
112 Shivering fit
114 “Blonde” star de Armas 115 Summer hrs. in Philly 117 Kiddo 118 “Or so __ heard” 119 Pickleball need