Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 __ Punk: “Get
Lucky” duo 5 Regard highly 11 Sand dune
conveyance 15 Spanish “Look!” 19 Spaghetti __
puttanesca 20 Myocardium,
e.g.
21 Sprinkler hookup 22 Heaps
23 Places (down) 24 Legume that helps quell anxiety? 27 Horror film
director Aster 28 Divest (of)
29 __ Chef: meal
kit company 30 Runaway hit 31 “My mind is often in the gutter ... ”? 37 Crush, in gamer
slang
38 Elation 39 Ethiopia’s Selassie 40 Looked forward to 44 Humanitarian/ chef Andrés who founded World Central Kitchen 46 Bonobo, e.g. 47 Shiny fabric 49 “I __ you one!” 50 Mattel game
with 108 cards 51 Decennial
survey 54 Charge
55 Go toe-to-toe 56 Mayor Tishaura Jones’s city: Abbr. 57 Ergonomic kitchen gadget brand
58 Device that blocks all commercial endorsements? 61 Participated 64 Garlands that symbolize friendship 65 Assns.
66 Basic needs for preserving a walnut? 72 Alan of “The Aviator” 75 Discovery org. 76 Bangkok currency 80 Ruling by a British finance minister? 86 Journalist Kasparian 87 __ milk 88 Race in place 89 Holy Week
ender
90 More effortless 92 Drench
93 She sheep 94 “Ciao!”
95 South Bend’s st. 96 Ride in a velodrome 97 Predetermined schedule 99 Actor Taye 101 E pluribus __ 103 Portable bed 104 Dine and dash? 110 Finnish telecom
giant
112 Snitch (on) 113 CIA forerunner 114 Mauna __ 115 Citrus juicer’s
downfall? 120 __-serif
121 Assert
122 Inflatable float 123 Estevez of “The
Breakfast Club” 124 Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle’s longest answers 125 Gendered
possessive
126 Kennel
cacophony 127 Court calendar
128 “Queer Eye” stylist Jonathan Van __
DOWN
1 __ Lama
2 Sleep interrupter 3 Acting on one’s
own
4 Some future
profs
5 Ashanti, for one 6 Leather with a
fuzzy finish 7 Water bottle confiscator: Abbr.
8 Logical lead-in 9 Rivendell
resident
10 CH3, chemically 11 Longtime orca
performer 12 Solitary sort 13 Atty.’s title 14 Cidade de __: Rio neighborhood 15 Lilongwe’s country 16 “I’ve still got fight left in me!” 17 __ IRA 18 “__ questions?” 25 Tug-of-war need 26 Form, as a jury 28 GPS option 32 Real Madrid cheer
33 Cries of understanding 34 Eagerly accept, as praise
35 Von Trapp sister 36 “Dinner is getting cold!”
41 Sage 42 Basketball
Hall of Famer Patrick
43 Particulars, informally
44 Fair 45 Suspicious of 47 Rx 48 Does a great job
51 Club in a Manilow hit
52 Test 53 Average 54 Like sharp cheddar 59 Elbow-wrist connectors 60 “Stay” singer
Lisa
62 __ Academy: educational nonprofit 63 Watch over 67 Erupts in anger 68 Pleasant tingling sensation, initially
69 __ latte: spiced tea with steamed milk 70 Longtime Lucci role
71 “You made that up!” 72 After, in Arles 73 Spanish luxury fashion house 74 Bedding choice 77 Absorb 78 Catchy melody 79 Use a key to enter? 81 Gave a hand 82 Actress __ Pinkett Smith 83 Employing 84 Horse’s “Hey!” 85 Argentine dance 91 California sch. just north of Tijuana 96 Believe 98 Fireplace tools 99 Scuttlebutt 100 Had a bite, perhaps? 101 Outcome 102 “If I Ruled the World” rapper 105 Power positions? 106 Drifts, as an aroma 107 Comedian Fields 108 Taboos 109 Reacts to a plot twist, perhaps 110 Actress Campbell 111 City on the Yamuna river 115 Big cheer 116 Hear here 117 Punk subgenre 118 Insta post 119 Type 120 Fig. on a blue card