LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“LOVE IS ... ” By JAKE BRAUN
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1 Honshu high pt. 7 King of Maine 14 Alpine Olympics event 20 Playground denial 21 Former SAG president Gilbert 22 Like many garages 23 Discipline involving slow movement 24 “... the beauty of the soul” 26 Equivalent wd. 27 22.5 deg. 29 Spam-spreading program 30 Games gp. that added a “P” to its initials in 2019 31 Frank behind a bookcase 32 Colosseum warrior 35 Sommer of cinema 37 Literally, the sci. of women 38 Origami bird 41 Manhattan, e.g.: Abbr. 42 Progress 45 Airport not far from the Common 46 Native ceremonial pipe 49 Emphatic type 53 Forever, with “an” 55 “... a fruit in season at all times” 58 Leopardlike cats 59 Touch 60 German coal valley 61 Author Rand 62 Suffix with salt 63 “Yes!” 64 Med. office titles 65 WWI Belgian battle site 67 Very big 70 “... an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired” 74 Inner: Pref. 75 Sky blue 77 Audio units: Abbr. 78 Word with cut or pin 79 Dripping __ 81 TD scorers 82 High style 84 Dish put away with a spoon 85 Two-year periods 89 “... an act of endless forgiveness” 92 Bleachers critiques 93 First U.S. space station 94 Court conference the jury doesn’t hear 96 Bay State sch. 97 Source of emergency light 100 Tats 101 Used for a tryst 102 AOL, e.g. 105 Makes stuff up 106 Elite tactical units 110 Congeal 112 Pitch-raising guitar device 114 Payroll service co. 115 Agnus __ 116 Response to overhearing? 119 “... eternal, infinite ... equal and pure” 123 Hostile advance 125 Bad way to be led 126 Oakley skill 127 Model railroad scale 128 Ideal partner 129 Swears to 130 Password partner
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1 Yoga needs 2 Cafeteria convenience 3 Sinn __ 4 Auntie’s hubby 5 “... a flower, you got to let it grow” 6 Rock memoir 7 Texting format, briefly 8 Perforated orb holding leaves 9 “Cats” poet 10 Spotted horse 11 Post-WWII pres. 12 Genesis twin 13 Whale-watching woe 14 Wouldn’t go back on 15 Elec. units 16 Greek “i” 17 Cake topping 18 Childcare employee 19 Place to putt 25 Top medal 28 Orders from on high 32 Way more cool 33 “By Jove!” 34 Bonnie Blue’s dad 36 Place to have a meal 38 Queen of the Nile, familiarly 39 Campus mil. unit 40 Screenwriter James 43 Horn of Africa country: Abbr. 44 Pirate’s cry 47 “Burnt” pigment 48 Oregon’s highest point 50 Absorb in class 51 “... __ to come” 52 Kid’s assertion 54 Road to the Forum 56 Goof or gaffe 57 Tamblyn of “West Side Story” (1961) 59 Iowa State city 63 Monastery VIP 64 Sign of a slow leak 66 Honey and Sugar 67 80-pound concert instruments 68 Turkic native 69 Like winds in storms 71 Gambler’s calculation 72 Raoul Dufy, stylistically 73 Silly goose 76 Continental travel pass 80 “... the truth more first than sun, more last than star” 83 Limelight 84 Salon cuts 85 Warned one’s master, perhaps 86 Line above the equator: Abbr. 87 “Sing it, Sam” speaker 88 DA’s aide 90 “Xanadu” rock gp. 91 Suffix with Catholic 92 Jargon 95 Very small role 98 Starring role 99 Ad astra per __: Kansas motto 102 Phased-out Apple messaging tool 103 Wade noisily 104 Florence’s __ Vecchio 107 Pixar title robot 108 Wood shapers 109 Half-serious sequence? 111 Spanish bull 113 Final notice 116 Sightseeing trip 117 Christmas trio 118 Fingered 120 Operated 121 Back at sea 122 Hall of Famer Young et al. 124 Issa of “Insecure”