L.A. Times Crossword
“SIGNS OF THE TIME” BY ZHOUQIN BURNIKEL
ACROSS
1 Muscles toned
by planks 4 Does, e.g. 8 Goes out
swinging? 13 Longest reptile
in the world 19 “Gosh, that was
a long time ago” 21 Buck in the Baseball Hall of Fame
22 Bring back on
board 23 *Canaries 24 *Bar food served with blue cheese and vegetable sticks 26 Gets slippery 28 Patronize, as a
hotel 29 Hush-hush docs 30 Bundle of hay 32 Caustic
cleaners 34 Enter stealthily 36 *Orange flowers that represent wealth in some Asian traditions 40 __ Domani: Italian wine brand 41 Promising
letters?
42 Really bothered 43 *“Peace Train”
singer 49 *Atlanta event
for sci-fi fans 52 Actress
Shawkat 53 Museum item 54 “Thumbs up”
answers 55 Smashing
success 56 Provided at no
cost
59 Wealthy
60 “r u coming
soon?”
62 Call to the
on-deck circle 64 Beads on
blades 65 *Sacred Hopi
ritual 71 *Western,
slangily
73 “One Mississippi” star Notaro
74 Dulse and nori
seaweeds, e.g. 76 __-mo video 77 Coup target 79 “You can’t do
that!” 80 Aggravate 83 Top-tier celebs 87 Basic font 89 Window shade 90 *Absurdly
chaotic situation 92 *Playground
fixture 95 Russian crepes 96 Short “Stop!” 97 Vinaigrette
acronym 98 *Spray behind a
speedboat
101 Act omnipotent 104 Burkina __
105 Assns.
106 Some ballpark
figs.
107 Total accord
109 Mogadishu
resident
113 *Sheet with a
folded corner 116 *Ashtray for
trash, e.g.
120 “Let me
rephrase that ... ” 121 Appointed
122 Soul mate
123 Sandwiches made with bolillos
124 Secret
rendezvous
125 Black bit inside
a papaya
2/4/24 126 Vietnamese
New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues
DOWN
1 Cause of
inflation 2 Graphic
designer’s deg. 3 Part of a match 4 Deli apparatus 5 Fine-tune 6 Community group with a deer logo 7 SoCal campus with Mission Revival architecture 8 Lump of goo 9 Heavy loads 10 Some boxing
punches 11 World Cup
overseer: Abbr. 12 Leaves in
stitches 13 Safeguard 14 Tree with
flexible wood 15 Weigh, in a way 16 Main language
of India
17 Heart, but not
soul 18 Legendary loch 20 Use TurboTax,
perhaps
25 Pool divisions 27 Easily influenced 30 “Free your
pores” brand 31 __ frescas: fruity
Mexican drinks 33 So far
35 Maker of ecofriendly Vero computers 36 Neat and clean 37 PC hookup 38 Rash symptom 39 Sainted pope called “the Great”
43 Put into gear? 44 Have the
intention of 45 Thin candle 46 Drop in
pronunciation 47 More pleasant 48 Phonetic symbol 50 __ Squad:
Best Buy tech support team 51 KitchenAid rival 52 Covered California statute, for short 57 Critical-care ctrs. 58 Club fees 61 Major Yemen
port
62 Starts
63 Quite cold 65 Cook dim sum,
say
66 Part of TNT 67 “Encore!”
68 Big deal 69 Trade pact from
1994 to 2020 70 Debussy’s “__
de lune” 72 Casual collared
shirt
75 Sketchy subject? 78 Waiting room
directive
80 Digs in the snow 81 Versailles
residents 82 Philosopher
Immanuel 84 Pet pendant 85 Tractor-trailers 86 Plug away (at) 88 Impose, as a tax 91 Hair __ 93 Cultured
products? 94 Bret with four
Gold Gloves 95 Red Sox, on
scoreboards 98 Hot spots
99 Got going
100 “Judge Judy”
event
101 Product pitch 102 Light brew
103 Failed to
104 Like bubble
baths
106 Make a long
story short?
108 Trade jabs
110 Makes a choice 111 Bog down
112 Shivering fit
114 “Blonde” star de
Armas
115 Summer hrs. in
Philly
117 Kiddo
118 “Or so __ heard” 119 Pickleball need