L.A. Times Crossword
“ACADEMIC CLUBS” BY AMY JOHNSON & KATIE HALE
ACROSS
1 Sorrowful sigh 5 Crude cartel
since 1960 9 Blue, in
Barcelona 13 Shady plot 18 Actress Sorvino 19 City in Victor
Hugo novels 21 “Catch ya later!” 22 Jazz singer Cleo 23 Club for music
majors?
26 Agent concerned with spots
27 Heredity units 28 Causing shudders, maybe
29 Key holder, often 31 Was successful
in
32 YouTube
alternative 34 Stage name
intro
35 “How tragic” 36 Club for geology
majors?
40 Still in the sack 42 Monogram on some high-end handbags 43 Many corny
jokes
44 Go on the lam 46 Biblical name of
ancient Syria 48 “__ Christ
Superstar” 49 Makes a
connection 51 Howled loudly 53 Wasatch Mountains ski town
56 Club for astronomy majors? 59 Standard 60 Standards
62 __ jockey 63 Rough guess 64 Vague quantity 65 Like extreme
measures 68 Reebok rival 71 New citizen,
perhaps
73 NFL flag thrower 74 Dull pain
76 Treat 74-Acrosses, maybe
78 Wee 79 Christmas
helper
80 Club for paleontology majors? 85 Storage unit 86 __ station 88 Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson 89 NAACP __
Awards
91 Cold, slushy
treat
92 Nemo’s home 93 Mystery writer
Paretsky 94 Victoria’s Secret
purchase 97 Haggler’s
concern
99 Club for philosophy majors?
104 Middle Eastern
title
106 Short greetings 108 How tempura is
fried
109 Scrooge visitor 110 Come really
close to
112 African
language family 114 Square
115 Spanish folk
hero
116 Club for botany
majors?
3/3/24 121 Pass along
122 British aristocrat 123 Changed direction, nautically
124 Uber Eats
display
125 Many first-time
voters
126 Some bourbons 127 Cincinnati
ballclub
128 Chariot-riding
god
DOWN
1 “Who __ to
judge?” 2 Legalese and
computerese 3 Longtime Tottenham football rival 4 GPS tech 5 Bloom County
penguin
6 “I Said a Prayer”
singer Tillis 7 Browning’s
before
8 Show place 9 Smoothie berry 10 Online pub 11 Abu Dhabi’s fed. 12 Texter’s “I didn’t
mean that :)” 13 Rickman of “Die
Hard”
14 Time of Roosevelt’s fireside chats 15 Club for genealogy majors?
16 Walk result,
maybe
17 Brief copy 20 Kind of drum or
guitar
24 Enter again 25 “Not my __” 30 Moody’s top
bond rating 31 Question of
motive 32 Wedding planner’s concern
33 “How tragic” 34 Freestyle raps 37 “Go faster,
huskies!” 38 Genesis figure 39 Like some
neighbors 41 Highchair wear 45 Safe IRA option 47 Most lowdown 48 Some spreads 49 Hardy title
character 50 Sharp front tooth 52 Systane target 53 “Bizarre Foods”
host Zimmern 54 Singing nymph
of the Rhine 55 Club for urban planning majors? 57 Passing through 58 Three Gorges
structure 61 Stockpiles 66 “I’m not eating
that!” 67 Merriment 69 Baskin-Robbins
treat
70 Word with ink or
egg
72 Barb
75 Sticky brand 77 Governor Noem
of South Dakota 81 Olympic sword 82 Petty squabble 83 Inbox buildup 84 Alert 87 Architectural style between 1714 and 1830 90 Bunch of
honkers 94 Stronger, as
mixed drinks 95 Cash of country 96 Ctrl-__-Del 98 Albeit, briefly 100 Dash or slash 101 Diary passage 102 Mountain lion 103 Big __: drug industry, colloquially
104 Tennis great
Chris
105 Fracas
107 Conclude
111 “Grand” ice
cream
112 Cause of some
nodding
113 Shoemaker’s
tools
114 Many profs
117 Install, as brick 118 Bedazzle
119 Sam player on
“Cheers”
120 “Breaking Bad”
villain Fring