Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“SPLIT DECISIONS” By BRYANT WHITE
ACROSS
1 Race distance 5 Shrink 12 Traditional koa
wood product 19 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” author Loos 21 Unworthy of 22 Started up again 23 __ officer 24 Bishopric cousin 25 Like aftershave
after a shave 26 1994 A.L. batting
champ Paul 28 *Wine
ingredient? 29 *Sarah of “Suits” 30 Pigment used in rustproof primer paints 32 Blood lines 34 Bananas or nuts 37 Monetary “p” 38 Diamonds, in slang 43 Rib-tickler 46 Oval-shaped wind 48 Benefit
49 *Slip through the cracks 50 *Traffic stoppers 51 Junk bond rating 54 Yitzhak’s predecessor 55 Allegro non __: fast, but not too fast 57 Umbrella component 58 Problematic to the max
60 Gas pump fractions 61 Fermented honey drink 64 Mountain nymph 65 World Cup “Way to go!” 66 Product with lots of shapes ... or what each of four black squares effectively is? 70 Poli-__ 73 Absinthe flavoring 74 A-line line 75 Bench warmer? 77 Stone set alone 81 Basic card game 83 1994 Olympic gold medalist skater Baiul 84 __ donna 85 Triple __: liqueur 86 *Take by force 88 *“A Clockwork Orange” antihero 89 Keys 90 South American river with a crocodile namesake
92 Clumsy boats 93 Tribal emblem 94 Minty cocktail 96 Gun 98 Daredevil’s stock-in-trade 99 Put out
104 *Closely match 109 *Aconcagua’s range 114 Conditionally let out
115 Winning game after game 116 They’re seen among the reeds
118 Samurai lacking
a master 119 Go back over 120 Superheroes always have them
121 They come with strings attached 122 Fine-tuned 123 Krypton, but not Tatooine 124 Canapé spread
DOWN
1 Bruce Wayne lives in one 2 Pointless
3 Stayed 4 Business for many Amazon explorers? 5 Agatha Christie’s “The __ Murders” 6 “The Day the Earth Stood Still” actress Patricia
7 Part of A.D. 8 Musician Redbone 9 Half the taijitu symbol 10 Tried hard 11 *Biblical possessive 12 Polished 13 Grooves made by a saw 14 Sky-high gp. 15 Time co-founder 16 Mideast leader 17 Fast time 18 On pins and needles 20 *Gene variant 27 Vientiane native 29 Ocasek of the Cars 31 Means of access 33 *Put on the books
35 Elon University st. 36 Washington city where Olympic skiers Phil and Steve Mahre were born 37 Circle ratios 38 *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 “Thor” film 39 Egg-shaped 40 Racer Yarborough 41 Roasts, in a way 42 Blind segment 43 Brando role in 1978’s “Superman” 44 Critical layer 45 Fulfilled 47 Defies authority 49 Ringling Brothers brother 50 Half a Balkan country 52 Prefix with -aholic 53 Magnum stopper 56 *Ghost 59 Boston-based sportswear giant 62 Hotshot 63 Attract 67 Goddess with a throne headdress 68 Insignificant 69 Key of Schubert’s “Trout Quintet” 70 Cornfield sight 71 Sundae alternatives 72 Big name in movies? 73 Mann of ’Til Tuesday 76 Winter Palace resident 77 Roasting rod 78 Rounding phrase 79 Merry-go-round tune 80 *Dangerous strain 82 Derby, perhaps 86 Cool 87 Anchorage for a galleon 91 Mark down, maybe 92 *Place abuzz with activity 94 Sent raspberries to?
95 Text letters often in blue 97 Diamond pro 98 Location 100 Body with arms?
101 1994 rival of Nancy
102 “The Cocktail Party” playwright 103 Fog modifier 104 Red dessert wine
105 From square one 106 Appraise 107 Cutting-edge brand? 108 Security problem 110 Iditarod terminus 111 Carpe __
112 “__ quam videri”: 35-Down motto 113 WWII weapon 116 *It’s next to nothing
117 JFK arrival, once