The los angeles times
“Before Tea”
ACROSS
1 Humidifier
output
6 Ratio phrase 10 Dweeb 14 Hubbubs
18 Angry 19 Twosome 20 Fencing
implement 21 Dark beer
22 Give orders, even
while dreaming? 25 Muse of poetry 26 Tolkien creature 27 Contributes 28 Swiss chocolatier 29 Light beer 30 Tanning bed
fixtures 33 Stripped (of) 35 Bauxite, e.g. 36 “Don’t lose
hope!”
38 Mining engineer who became president in 1929 40 Maine college
town
42 Request from one robot to another in “Futurama”?
44 In the center of 47 List unit
48 Flit
49 Update, as charts 53 Vintage ski lift 54 Davis of “Grumpy
Old Men”
56 2022 World Cup
city
58 “Dune” director
Villeneuve 60 Ancient
character 61 Small battery 63 Target of some
bark beetles 65 Gets there in no
time?
67 Rapper will.__ 70 One who starts a fight over the last crustacean at a seafood buffet? 74 “Hip Hop Is
Dead” rapper 75 Episodic option
in some games 77 Feel crummy 78 Bobs and weaves 80 Put on board 81 Colleague of
Sonia and Ketanji 83 Latch (onto) 86 Like Wiccans and
Druids
90 Domain 91 Diploma word 93 Monogram pt. 95 Humorist Barry 96 Not as harsh 99 Decorations for a “Bob the Builder” birthday cake? 102 Via ship, e.g.
104 Brewpub handle 105 Large grinders 106 Polite title
108 Face up to
110 Found loathsome 111 Poet who wrote, “The worst enemy to creativity is selfdoubt”
113 __-Roman
114 Darling
116 Narrow inlet
119 Chateau-dotted
valley
120 “Oh, you’re not acting so brave now, are you!”? 124 Word with circle
and tube
125 Capri, for one
126 Voting no
127 Pizza slice, say 128 Charge
(with)
129 Really, really
overcook
130 Deli array
131 Introductory
course
DOWN
1 Hard-to-describe
feeling
2 “East of Eden”
brother 3 Old incarnations 4 Extra NFL
periods
5 Outdoor gear
giant
6 Old Apple
devices 7 Beachfront
property?
8 Links
9 RN workplaces 10 Came through 11 First act 12 Swamp grasses 13 Didn’t stray from 14 Razor brand 15 Maintain forest health with a planned fire? 16 Word with space
and planet
17 Put away for
later
21 Rarely
23 Was out briefly 24 Thin shard
31 Iron deficiency 32 Fall flower, for
short
33 Pentagon org. 34 “Mrs. America” political cause, briefly 36 Advertising
award
37 Red __: spicy
candies 38 Protagonist 39 Available, in a
way
41 Drag racer’s fuel,
briefly
43 Awful
45 Sleigh driver 46 Lock of hair 50 “Enter Sandman”
band
51 Fresh
52 Caplet
55 “Gentle,
gentle” 57 Jungfrau, e.g. 59 Germ
62 Sighed line 64 Many an exec 66 Hold (up) 67 Quran faith 68 Breakout gaming
company 69 Illustrative tools in a neuroscience lab?
71 Wallpaper unit 72 Inkling
73 Fix unlawfully 76 Hide-and-seek
word
79 Prepare to ride,
in a way 82 Ghostery, for one 84 Cleaning up the
mess, say 85 Audio jack abbr. 87 Cate Blanchett’s “The Lord of the Rings” role 88 Declare
89 “Queer Eye” expert Jonathan Van __
92 Prior to today,
poetically
94 “The Savages” filmmaker Jenkins
97 Artist known for
optical illusions 98 __ Speedwagon 100 Hairy Addams
cousin
101 “__ so fast!”
103 Old English
104 Ring of color
106 Go 50-50 on
107 Massey of old
films
109 College newbie 110 Sister’s attire
112 Long haul
114 Thoroughly
cooked
115 “¿Cómo __
usted?”
117 Ancient Cuzco
dweller
118 Like much
cheddar
121 Hawaiian-style
pizza topping
122 Record collector’s collection
123 Carnival
maker