Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
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