L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It’s usually spotted in a game

7 Prolong painfully

14 Pablo’s putting-off word 20 Heat-sensitive patch 21 1982 Toto hit

22 Twist counterclockwise, as

a nut

23 Defeat decisively in an

annual Nathan’s contest? 25 Hardly modest

26 Hardly quick

27 Steamed dumplings, e.g. 28 Oft-mispunctuated word 30 Plane angle symbol 31 Alley Oop’s love 33 Diplomacy

35 Tribute with bent elbows 37 Best-liked, in texts 40 Flabbergast

41 One in line for what’s left 42 For instance

43 Whale-tale captain 46 Cutlery causing boo-boos? 49 Cell dead spot indicator 51 European capital

52 Many misses

53 Ripped

55 Super

56 __ fu

57 Amer. fliers

58 Ripped off

60 Handle change

62 Actress Peeples

63 Bird on LSU’s seal

65 Is for all

66 Apply, as butter 68 41-Across, often 69 Explore à la an aging Captain Kirk? Director Lee “Enough already!” Vague opening?

98, but not 98.6

Bird hunted to extinction by the Maori Easygoing sort

The boy well-known in meteorology?

87 California roll ingredient 88 Bat head?

90 Cardiff’s country 92 Galileo’s birthplace

93 Give __

94 Last-__: desperate 95 Greening up

97 Roleo official?

99 Actress Sommer

100 Revival prefix

101 Some reddish deer 103 Place to stay when you’re

out, ironically

104 Many retirees: Abbr. 105 Against a thing, at law 107 Utah national park 108 Bury

110 Eager kids’ plea

112 Heady quaff

114 War zone excavation 116 GI no-show 72 73 77 78 82

83 85 120 Achieve success 122 Farm workers’ coffee

setup near a fence post? 125 “We can’t hear you!” 126 Consequence of only

getting close?

127 “Enough already!” 128 “The Communist

Manifesto” co-author 129 Sign off on

130 Govt. securities

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 Beta blockers

Conks out

Verbal

Con __: musical tempo Halved

Japanese 7-Down

Dies in this puzzle?

See 5-Down Pitchers Darling and Guidry Quick-witted

Pilot feeder Palindromic celeb

Not suitable

First presidential swinger, golf-wise

Org. with minors Critical ticker valve Where even termites were welcome, presumably One who sniffs out good investments?

Tree house 19 “Dragonwyck” novelist Seton

24 Criticize to death 29 Astronomer’s aid 32 Kentucky __, event before

the Derby

34 Trim, as a pic

36 Painfully off-pitch Jewish diva?

Get all misty

“__ woman wishes to be no one’s enemy (and) ... refuses to be anyone’s victim”: Angelou

Like some memes

Kind of tea “Because I __!” OB/GYN test

Set off

Into shenanigans

“The Gift of the Magi” gift Support wear Comic-Con attendee Sampling from Quaid’s vineyard?

Dig deeply Sleeping bag site

Lab __

Ax to grind

Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare tragedy TripAdvisor rival Einstein Photoshop fodder 37 38 39 41 42 44 45 47 48 50 54 58

59 61 64 67 69

70 71 73 74 75 Outspoken

Carpet made from corn husks?

Beach in a classic bossa nova hit

If all else fails

Ends Misjudgment Smartphone options Pollen-packing petal pusher Surreal ending? Dentist’s directive Mumbai wrap Designer Klein

It’s played secretly under the table

98 Secretly

102 More than irk

106 Celebrate wildly

107 Cause of temporary

weight loss?

108 101 course

109 1:1, for one

110 NASCAR’s Yarborough 111 Elvis’ middle name

113 Moon goddess

115 Coup target

117 Power eponym

118 “The Grapes of Wrath”

character

119 Rents

121 Defib settings

123 Big name in ATMs

124 Radiation source

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