Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Archaeologist’s find 5 “Fire” crawlers 9 Cartoon explosion word 13 Trickster
18 Where the iris is 19 Country dance 20 German camera 21 Trilateral trade deal 22 Silo in a rural valley? 24 Allegro __: very fast, in scores
25 Like some statues at night 26 Surrounded
27 A+ for a struggling student? 29 Opposing teams
30 __ chin
31 Like a sudoku solution 32 Allergic reaction 35 “A Writer’s Life” writer 37 What a red handset icon may end
38 Ought to
40 Humongous
41 Neat places to get beers? 46 Nightmare? 48 Authenticity on the street 49 Pound or stone
50 Bier chiller
51 Police dept. rank
52 Place for an updo 54 Ancient temple complex 56 Grab the tab
59 Alma mater of Clinton and Ford, briefly 61 Marina sights
62 Terse Supreme Court decision for lions? 65 House Speaker before Pelosi
68 Actress O’Hara 69 Position paper, e.g. 73 Many have pins at one end
74 Kunta in “Roots” 75 Prefix with warrior 77 Animation letters
78 In a trice
79 Rides the bench 80 Challenge from an expresident? 83 Southern tavern accents? 86 Texas’ __ Duro Canyon 88 Grimm girl
89 Tied
90 Afghans’ neighbors 92 Inspected prior to a job 93 Bellamy’s sister on “The 100”
97 Underworld figure 98 Military sch.
100 Wall Street bear?
102 How Albee’s “The Zoo
Story” is written
106 Grammatical separator 107 Senator Hatch
108 Classic audiophile’s
equipment, and a hint to Marked down eight long puzzle answers 109 Adrien of cosmetics 110 Misleading move 111 Greeting from Kermit 112 Marginal mark
113 Good __: enjoyable books 114 Fictional navigator Phileas obstacles
116 Note recipient, at times
DOWN
1 Arrogance, in slang 2 Range feature 3 Sporty Spice, familiarly 4 Cause of a walk 5 Came up
6 Most recently made 7 Aggravated, with “off” 8 Camera initials
9 “Take care!” 10 “Hungarian Rhapsodies” composer
11 Palm tree berry 12 Most of Italy, to 14-Down residents
13 Warm and cozy
14 See 12-Down 15 Company with a quacking mascot
16 Crete peak: Abbr.
17 Pi __, “Life of Pi” hero 20 Least plausible 23 Ineligible for kiddie rides 27 Bass et al.
28 Miner’s find
30 Digger’s find
32 Strength
33 Group in a loft
34 Casino, to gamblers 36 Gamer’s game face
37 City near Le Havre 39 MASH staff
41 Nod off
42 Pops, as a bubble
43 Last Stuart queen 44 Iranian dough
45 NYSE listings 47 54-Across’ land 48 Missouri senator McCaskill
52 Most squad cars 53 Alaskan native 54 Stout container
55 US Open stadium namesake
57 Make it to 58 Unnamed persons 60 Caps
61 Ground cover plant also called periwinkle 63 Hesitant sounds
64 Nike rival
65 Padlock hardware 66 Matty with a .307 lifetime batting average 67 Unkempt sort 70 Skedaddles 71 Match 72 Investor’s concern 74 Firing device 76 Texter’s “Holy cow!” 79 Really quit 80 “Chocolat” co-star 81 Mystical secrets 82 Lost driver’s disappointments 84 Exposes 85 Intensely supportive 86 Unmistakable 87 Cracked a bit 90 Sealing, as a package 91 Don Quixote’s squire __ Panza
93 Grumpy Muppet 94 Task list entry 95 Buccaneers’ home 96 Dangerous companion? 97 Thyme bit 99 Pacific salmon 101 Nabisco bite 102 “With ya so far” 103 Tommie of the 1969 Miracle Mets
104 Biological unit
105 Not kosher
108 Role in “Evita”