the los angeles times
Mondegreens
ACROSS
1 Heat in “The
Heat”
6 Pickle piece 11 Eschew
15 On its way 19 Scouting party? 20 2018 CVS Health
acquisition 21 Prepare to be
shot?
22 x, y and z, in
math
23 Song in which Pat Benatar challenges the owner of an aquarium? (1980)
27 Trapped by a
winter storm 28 It’s not an option 29 Split in two 30 Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl
on a big bird? (1965)
35 Zipped
36 IRS exam 37 Tokyo, once 38 Peruvian
pronoun 39 Gibbons on TV 41 Answered an
invite
43 Song in which Johnny Rivers unmasks a Far East spy? (1966) 49 Puritan pronoun 50 Judge’s seat 52 Release money 53 Big pitcher 54 Like some office
jobs
58 Checkout task 59 Bit of sediment 60 Song in which Peter Gabriel bakes a simianshaped dessert? (1982) 64 Volkswagen
model 65 Veracruz
neighbor 66 Ending with calc
and sod 67 “Amen” 68 Drag racer’s fuel,
briefly
69 Song in which the Plastic Ono Band promotes legumes? (1969) 75 Good card for
lowball 76 Explorer
Hernando de __ 77 Former renter 78 Oral health org. 79 Tool in a wheeled
bucket
81 Polite address 82 Biblical twin 86 Song in which Culture Club dons lizard costumes to teach punctuation? (1983) 90 Nickname for Chicago’s Ernie Banks 91 Pretentious 92 Ewe wish?
93 Apt name for a
chef?
95 “We __ the
World” 96 Mid-calf pants 99 Song in which The Clash knocks over a wedding reception? (1982) 103 Ninja Turtles’ ally
April __
104 Pension __
106 Pablo’s “precise” 107 Song in which AC/DC plays nasty tricks on livestock? (1976) 114 Actress Watson 115 Nabisco cookie 116 Home on the
range
117 Calculus pioneer 118 Negotiation
ender
119 Ballroom basic 120 Remove
121 Brontë sister
DOWN
1 Ultimate degree 2 Singer Grande’s
debut fragrance 3 Hogwash
4 Larry the Cable
Guy, for one 5 Dotted (with) 6 Declined
7 Small, at the
Sorbonne 8 Culture: Pref.
9 Even one
10 ‘90s Indian prime
minister
11 Jag 12 Crossed-fingers
sentiment
13 Yard sale
adjective 14 Hoops hanger 15 Very hot and dry 16 Glorify 17 Chutzpah 18 Expressed
disdain for 24 Neaten the
garden, perhaps 25 Scandal, to a politician, perhaps 26 Captain Marvel’s
magic word 30 E-commerce icon 31 “Quiet!”
32 “If only __
known ... “33 Tape deck
button
34 Leb. neighbor 35 __ Sanders, only
athlete to play in both the Super Bowl and World Series
39 Jousting
weapon 40 Homework
assignment 42 South American
pig relative 43 Vexed state 44 “__ homo”
45 Job
46 Mink cousin 47 Acid type found
in vinegar 48 Cancel out 50 Composer
Bartók
51 Altar in the sky 55 In __ parentis 56 French friend
57 Jeweler’s tool 59 Con, half the
time
60 Cold relief brand 61 High style,
maybe
62 It can take a yoke 63 Truth or Consequences st.
64 Father of Julian
Lennon
67 Con job
69 Some black-clad
teens 70 “Possibly”
71 “Va-va-__!” 72 Prefix with
sphere 73 Half-brother of
Julian Lennon 74 Santa __ winds 76 Splinter groups 79 With suspicion 80 Argentine icons 83 Worker during a
walkout 84 Ambiance
85 Ride provider 87 Kind of vows 88 Chocolate __ 89 First responder:
Abbr.
90 Rave review
word
93 Rake over the
coals
94 Sinaloa street
snack
96 Like apps 97 Cartoon genre 98 Prefix with frost 99 Odorless
basement hazard 100 Temporary tattoo
dye
101 C-suite VIPs
102 “Meh”
104 Major quinoa
producer
105 Creepy look
108 Web address
component
109 Hip-hop Dr.
110 Propeller with
just one blade 111 Philanthropist
Broad
112 Fish that may be
jellied
113 Meddle