LA TIMES CROSSWORD:
“SPORTING CHANCE” By GARY LARSON ACROSS
1 Model in the Beach Boys’
“Fun, Fun, Fun” 6 “Nightmare” street 9 Middles
15 Demonstrating skill 19 Subtle glows 20 Wasikowska of “Damsel”
21 Allergic outburst 22 Hudson Bay nation 23 *Grizzly, for one
25 *Olaf II of Norway, notably
27 Ornamental vase 28 Earthly
30 MLB Hall of Famer Fox and
journalist Bly
31 __ a soul
32 Va. winter hours 34 Genesis twin
35 Hose clamp tightener
37 More klutzy
40 Prepare, as a contract
45 Like some dorms
46 *It goes up in cold
weather
48 Sound of shock
49 Sharply hit baseball
51 Relax, maybe
52 Wolf down
54 Guru’s residence
56 Pool concern
57 Loses steam
60 Claim no longer allowed
on cigarettes
62 Fortune
64 Show with constant cliffhangers
66 Cell division
68 NL Central club 69 *Nickname for Joe
DiMaggio
73 Words of understanding 75 Uses, as a scale
77 Candy bar with a Nordic
name 78 Self-reproach
80 Thinks
82 Played really badly 85 Comic book artist 86 Mentally assimilate
88 A musician usually has a good one
90 Originally called
91 Bête __
92 Willing to listen (to) 93 *The sun will eventually be one
97 Button alternative
98 Posse carriers
101 Max Ernst, for one
102 True
104 Yearn
106 Eye, to a poet
107 Pickup relatives, briefly 108 Condemnation
111 Zip one’s lip
114 “Rugrats” dad
117 *ICBM booster until 1987 120 They’re on the same side … and a hint to the answers to starred clues 122 Pizzazz
123 Spiritualist Deepak
124 Bagpiper’s topper
125 Past pudgy
126 Target of a military press 127 “Dear Evan __”: 2015 musical
128 Mahershala of “Moonlight”
129 Grown-up efts
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1 Perfume that sounds forbidden
2 VP under Jefferson 3 Par-3 choice, often 4 Not even rare? 5 Insurance that covers dams?
6 Manicurist’s board 7 Yarn spinner
8 Dark area on the moon 9 Surfboard/kayak hybrid 10 Yellowfin tuna
11 Response to goo 12 Slugger’s creation 13 Shades
14 “I’m __ to hear from you!”
15 Smoothie fruit
16 Cheese on crackers
17 Telescope part
18 To this day
24 Docking place
26 Result of one too many,
maybe
29 Rookie, briefly
31 “I can’t agree to this” 33 Scrabble piece
35 Going places?
36 *Kipling’s Shere Khan is
one
37 Author Sheehy
38 Relaxed
39 Airline with an all-kosher
menu
41 Turkish bigwigs 42 *“Virtuous Woman”
reggae singer
43 Solheim Cup team 44 Fluoride-in-water meas. 45 Cat’s weapons
47 Little trickster 50 Confirms, as a password
53 Sub
54 China __: showy bloom 55 Use for preservation, as
wine barrels
58 Takes off
59 Pass rusher’s stat
61 Small intake
63 Attacks
65 Story line
67 Singer Ed featured in the
2019 film “Yesterday” 70 “Just kidding!”
71 Place for a pad
72 Modern Persians
74 __ throat
76 Utopias
79 Knowledge of spiritual
matters
81 Bareilles of “Waitress” 83 Without ice 84 Understanding
86 Quote from Homer 87 2012 Facebook event, for short
89 Overhaul
94 Sunbather’s pride 95 Poke fun at
96 Best Supporting Actress before Ingrid
99 Merit 100 Discolor by burning 101 Military alert state
103 Jack of “Some Like It Hot” 105 To-do
107 It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990 108 Tick off
109 Series finale: Abbr.
110 Huff and puff
112 R&B great James 113 Ring at a wedding
114 State of suppressed worry 115 Reason to cram
116 List for a versatile tool 117 Talk acronym
118 Mil. mess duties
119 Before, poetically
121 Presidential nickname