El Dorado News-Times

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- “STRETCHES ACROSS” BY ROLAND HUGET Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Lake skimmer 7 Bitterly harsh 14 In flames 20 Free bakery

treats? 21 “Orphan Black”

star Maslany 22 Prim partner 23 Uses a salamander, perhaps 24 Hand sanitizer

ingredient 25 Glossy fabric 26 *Terms for

tenants 29 “Great” detective of kidlit 32 QBs and DHs 33 Winter coaster 34 Kerfuffles 38 Prefix with

tourism 39 Back up 41 Refer to 44 Stop dithering 45 *Question in a famous balcony scene

53 Emission from radioactiv­e decay

54 Wrestling

legend Ric

55 NYC film festival

locale

56 Actor Epps

57 Ocelot, e.g.

59 Harmon series

60 __-O-Honey

candy

62 Bud

63 “Mudbound”

director Rees

65 Bag-screening

org.

68 *Southeaste­rn evergreen that sounds like a 100 Court dividers 102 Wear a long face 103 Not good at all 104 Radiate 105 Lugs around 107 Sandwich letters 110 Motorless aircraft 112 *Financial report section 117 “The Night Watchman” Pulitzer winner Erdrich 119 Marshmallo­wfilled treat 120 Bible book with 150 poems 123 “__ Restaurant”: classic Guthrie 124 song Quarterbac­k who of Super was Bowls MVP XLII and XLVI 125 Pabst brand 126 Smartphone screen borders 127 Supplement­ed 128 “For Your Eyes Only” singer Sheena

73 college *“Tennessee

Waltz” composer

77 Run-down

theaters

78 Be a little shy?

80 Admit defeat

81 Fury

82 Test run

84 Fictional sleuth

Wolfe

85 Well-known

88 Device that may display awkward moments on the jumbotron

90 Abalone eater

94 “Queen

Sugar” creator

DuVernay

95 *“Leave this to

me”

99 Quick qualifier //

DOWN

1 Snarky remark 2 Drop the ball 3 Excessivel­y 4 Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces

5 Iron-rich leafy

vegetable

6 Rae of “The

Lovebirds” 7 Unsteady,

quaintly 8 “Coming at you!” 9 Cultural values 10 “Knives Out” writer/director Johnson

11 Rock groups 12 How sun-dried tomatoes may be packed 13 Pasadena

engineerin­g sch. 14 Lhasa __ 15 Breakfast cereal

fiber

16 Much, informally 17 Big monkey 18 Snooze symbol 19 East end? 27 London luxury hotel that opened in 1889 28 __-proof 29 Rookie, casually 30 Tooth trouble 31 Duking it out 35 Not imported 36 Gp. with

reserves 37 Ancient portico 39 “Buona __”:

Italian greeting 40 Over yonder 42 Go bad

43 “Heart & Soul” country singer Church

46 Male sheep 47 IRS

convenienc­e 48 The works 49 “Gnarly, dude!” 50 __-tac-toe 51 Swap

52 Kimono sash 57 Styles 58 Concert

mementos 60 Fave bud

61 “__ be darned!” 62 Hors d’oeuvres

spread 64 “Fargo” actor McGregor 66 Weekly NBC show with a musical guest 67 Go gray, maybe 69 Burger order 70 Apple TV+ device 71 “Comprende?” 72 Razzie Award adjective 73 Nobel category 74 Needle hole 75 Tip of the Alps? 76 Macramé unit 79 Coin-in-afountain thought 82 Sticking point 83 Frilly trim 85 Autograph

hounds 86 “Sans” opposite 87 Test for solvers 88 Keystone figure 89 Big D hoopster 91 Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain 92 Abu Dhabi ruler 93 Goes bad 95 Wow

96 Part of MVP 97 Talk with one’s

hands

98 Orbital circuit

shape

101 Water channel 104 Literary awards named for a Baltimore writer 106 “The Joy of

Painting” prop 107 Fair, in a way 108 Jeff of the Traveling Wilburys

109 Lukewarm 111 Prefix with gram

or cart

113 “Room” novelist

Donoghue 114 Map line

115 “It __ over till it’s

over”

116 __ Park:

Queens area 117 Forensic facility

118 World Cup chant 121 Old conductanc­e

unit

122 ID with two

hyphens

 ?? ??

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