L.A. Times Crossword
“AMENDMENT NEEDED” BY JOHN MICHAEL CURRIE
ACROSS
1 Oldest Simpson
kid
5 Casino
convenience 8 Model plane
wood
13 Motor City pro 19 State with an astronaut on its quarter
20 Aunt, in
Acapulco 21 Lures
22 “Knock, knock!” 23 Tactful one 25 *Accidentally scorch the appetizers? 27 Basket maker,
e.g.
29 Gibbs of “The
Jeffersons” 30 Stomped (on) 31 *“You can’t wrestle a chimney sweep and come out clean,” e.g.? 36 D.C. VIPs 37 Typeface word 38 Displace
39 3D ring shape 41 Amarillo-toAustin dir. 43 Very small 44 *Mission of the Blue Origin rockets carrying William Shatner and Michael Strahan? 51 Unknown degree 52 Burn soother 54 “Only Time” artist 55 Fervency 56 *Finish a crossword with a spelling error? 61 “The Hangover” role for Ed Helms 63 “Eureka!” elicitor 64 Golden Fleece
seeker 65 Colleague 66 Drawbacks 67 Unlikely to be
discussed 69 Classic Ford,
familiarly 71 Takes turns? 73 Credit
74 Airbnb
alternative 77 Twice-monthly shoreline occurrence 80 Minnesota representative Ilhan 81 Aquaman’s
domain
82 *Say no to a
date? 86 Arctic seal
refuges 88 __’acte
90 Lamb mamas 91 Package
opening? 92 *Run-ins with
soft cheese? 97 Watery defense 98 “Srsly!?”
99 Corp. hierarchy
modification
100 Like
102 Fitbit unit
106 Darlin’
108 *Exhale in a game of hideand-seek?
111 Posh
112 Not just once 114 Pan-fries
115 *Florists who specialize in purple bouquets?
119 Took control of,
as a competition 123 Olympic
projectile
124 Sarnia’s lake 125 Simu of “Barbie” 126 Hostile
127 Tangible thing
4/7/24 128 Sewing kit item 129 Mo. before May 130 With this puzzle’s circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue
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1 Figure, casually 2 Pacific tuna 3 Paper problem 4 “War and
Peace” novelist 5 Tops
6 Pageant crown 7 Chum on a
boat?
8 Telly channel 9 Apt rhyme for
spa
10 Youngest Hemsworth brother
11 Gets ready for a
ride
12 Space City pro 13 Cubism pioneer 14 Texter’s qualifier 15 Closes 16 Earth, in some
sci-fi
17 Director Welles 18 Cries out for 24 Calle __: street in Miami’s Little Havana 26 “You’re in good hands” sloganeer 28 EGOT winner
Moreno 31 Taking to court 32 Decide one will 33 Gardening brand 34 Neither
companion 35 Ph.D. seeker’s
test
40 Cheaper,
perhaps 42 Hockey great
Tikkanen 44 West End
district
45 Many a YA hero 46 Where Ferrari is
RACE
47 Like business
vis-à-vis coach 48 Extra option 49 “True Grit”
filmmakers 50 Historical
chapters 52 Prefix with
futurism 53 Newsom and Hochul, once: Abbr. 57 Jeweler to the
Romanovs 58 Spanish cat 59 Spice mixture 60 Turner memoir 62 Bearlike 65 Smartphone precursors, for short 67 Proctor’s tool 68 Nintendo rival 70 Hi-__ audio 72 Many e-forms 73 __ salad 75 Come back to
the table 76 Judge’s seat 78 Fishing spot 79 Helps to waterski
82 Leith of “The Great British Baking Show” 83 Barely leading 84 Seeing red 85 “Grand” peak 87 Airport near San
Jose, Calif. 89 Did exceedingly
well 93 23-Across’s base 94 Many stats 95 TNT start 96 Many pieces by
57-Down
97 Skip an epic
party, say
100 Filmmaker with
a distinctive style 101 Was sure
102 Playground
feature
103 Italy’s first capital 104 Be
105 Joe of “Bupkis” 107 Jacuzzis, e.g. 109 “Se __ español” 110 Spring bloom 113 Fictional sleuth
Wolfe
116 Modest digs
117 Down Under
hopper
118 NBC skit show,
for short
120 Tour gp.
121 Large deer
122 Bill for
education?