El Dorado News-Times

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- “FINISH LINES” BY BRIAN CALLAHAN Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 “That’s sorta funny”

4 Oscarnomin­ated biopic about a Supreme Court justice

7 Pampered pet’s destinatio­n

13 “If I Were __ Man”

18 Good Grips brand

19 In the way of

20 Eyepieces

22 Soprano Fleming

23 Choking hazard warning label

25 Like some car engines

26 Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally

27 *Coral Sea structure

30 Fawning parents?

31 Roland Garros playing surface

32 “Far out!”

33 Shows of soft power?

35 Battleship response

36 Webpage standard

37 Delight

40 Pushover

41 Quick __ wink

42 Tribeca neighbor

43 Names on a fundraiser’s call list

45 Customizab­le Wii Sports avatar

46 *Place to chill on the train?

50 Wander off

54 Property transfer need

55 Word on a whiskey bottle

56 Stadium visitors

58 DDE rival

60 __ Xtra: soda brand

63 Pan Am rival 64 Track legend Zátopek

65 *Long-running comic strip about the Patterson family

71 First name in game shows

72 Old Prizm maker

73 Actor Morales

74 South, south of the Rio Grande

75 Liz of fashion

78 Vegetables in fried rice

81 Peal

84 Fifth cen. pope

85 *Naval vessel known as a “flattop”

90 Org. with lots of “Raw” footage

92 Wrote

36-Across, say

93 Threesome

94 Fannie or Sallie follower

95 Salt spray

99 Gas additive brand

100 Luge, e.g.

101 Ctrl+C action

102 Belle & Sebastian genre

104 Hearty bowlful

105 Blue Pixar fish

106 Red or Card

107 *Dog breed that weighs no more than seven pounds

113 Iraq port city

115 “You had your chance!”

116 Centrum alternativ­e

117 One who plays a part

118 To the extent that

119 Adobe file format

120 New __: cap brand

121 Caterpilla­r rival

122 Fins, or when parsed differentl­y, a feature of the answers to the starred clues

123 Retired boomer

124 1040 fig.

DOWN

1 __ Kong

2 Lifted one’s spirits?

3 Traveler’s storage spot

4 Well-worn

5 Amorphous mass

6 Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” for one

7 Round up

8 Nail the midterm

9 Mascara container

10 Curved line, in musical notation

11 Twosome

12 “King of the Hill” town

13 Pt. of ETA

14 *Cause of some memory problems

15 Jeans measure

16 Part of etc.

17 San Simeon castle builder

21 Mount

24 Duracell options

28 Suckerfish

29 Gift tag field

34 Pass off (on)

35 Tarnish

36 Biker’s wheels

37 “The Back-up Plan” actress, familiarly

38 Sharing word

39 Org. with a community pool

42 Record half

43 Wear

44 Handled

47 *Need for a comprehens­ive background check?

48 Suisse peak

49 Playful growl

51 Hits hard

52 French friend

53 Couture initials

57 Veers port or starboard

59 Bell-shaped lily

61 Sox from Mass.

62 Cup insert

65 Experience­d

66 __ hygiene

67 Portable drive capacity prefix

68 Restorativ­e

69 Medieval land

70 Closing music

71 Roast hosts, briefly

76 “Young Americans” singer David

77 Son of Ares and Aphrodite

79 Prime minister before and after Churchill

80 Some bottle caps

82 Stretches out?

83 2024 and 2028

86 ORD summer hrs.

87 Weight room unit

88 Help

89 Del __ Books: sci-fi publisher

91 2023 award for Lionel Messi

95 Mythical mariner

96 Twist together

97 “__ Fideles”

98 Horn sounds

100 Emotional strain

101 Former “Iron Chef America” chef Cat __

103 Word on a whiskey bottle

104 Instrument in the tanbur family

105 P&G detergent brand

108 Former U.N. chief Annan

109 Macedonian or Montenegri­n

110 Aesop character

111 Winds down

112 Meg of “You’ve Got Mail”

114 “__ you sure?”

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