LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Sitcom character originally called Kessler in the pilot episode
7 Impounds, maybe
15 Very silly
20 Charge
21 Asthma sufferers’ aids
22 Not a sparkling finish
23 Easy-to-hit pitch in Stockholm?
25 Apple tablets
26 Home and nickname of The University of the South
27 Pet __
28 Touch
29 Anna __, 18th/19th-century poet called the Swan of Lichfield
32 1973 Judy Blume novel
34 Swell
37 Johannesburg’s land: Abbr.
40 Precisely
42 Classical and Romantic
44 Grass bristle
45 Minor matter in Manchester?
52 Steamed state
53 “Just kidding!”
54 Shakespearean title city
55 Caulking materials
57 More than dislike
59 London classic, with “The”
61 Gung-ho
62 “Big Little Lies” co-star with Nicole, Shailene, Laura and Zoë
63 How dividends might be paid 66 Dustin’s “Midnight Cowboy” role
68 Toledo’s lake
69 __ facto
72 PC storage stats
73 Colombian cat
74 Agile deer
75 Fuzzy fruit
76 Online memo
78 Flips, in a way
80 __ Isle: Ireland nickname
82 Lindsay’s Broadway writing partner
84 Brothers of old Hollywood
88 Stitch temporarily
89 Being a nuisance to
92 Research
93 @@@@
94 Fish often fried
96 Argument in Ulaanbaatar? 98 IBM competitor
99 Chicago daily, familiarly
101 Nair rival, once
102 Radical ’60s org.
103 Tennis immortal
105 Times to remember
109 Pioneer 35mm cameras
113 Outback birds
115 Realizes
117 121-Across maker
121 Sandwich cookies
123 Rent money in Mumbai?
126 Tomato __
127 Devotions
128 Honduras hundred
129 Rough suit fabric
130 In a bind?
131 Dave of “Storage Wars”
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1 Contact between two billiard balls
2 Investment firm T. __ Price
3 From square one
4 King with a gilt complex?
5 Web mag
6 Alter, in a way
7 “Mystic River” Oscar winner Robbins
8 Indivisible 9 Sound of a hit
10 Totally full
11 “Tiny Alice” playwright
12 Emulate Silas Marner
13 Garfield’s gal pal
14 Fashion initials
15 Gallic girlfriend
16 Staples supply
17 Medal recipient in Milan?
18 Typical: Abbr.
19 Fellows
24 “The Return of the Native” setting
28 Sweat
30 Goes bad
31 Challenge
33 Worried state in Dublin?
35 Two-time Tony winner Kurtz
36 Menu heading
37 Guns
38 Old-time knife
39 Uttar Pradesh tourist city
41 Princess topper
43 Scorch 46 Starting place for a comeback
47 “Are we going __ not?”
48 Strauss opera
49 Where St. Pete is
50 First actor who sang “If I Were
King of the Forest”
51 Tick off
56 Byes
58 Brewpub bragger, often
60 Dance move in Dijon?
64 Greek marketplace
65 Weather forecast shorthand
67 “Fan-cee!”
69 Japanese floral art
70 Hook and Silver
71 Inferior items in Zurich?
77 German capital
78 Have the throne
79 Scientology founder Hubbard
81 Religious offshoot
83 Prefix with fuel
85 Squeezes (out)
86 Wished undone
87 Sunscreen nos.
90 Caroling standard
91 __ club 95 Metal-yielding minerals
97 Book that spawned the film “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
100 Island administered by three countries
104 Play too broadly
106 Moth-repellent wood
107 Flags down
108 Sudden outpouring
110 Trick
111 Yippie Hoffman
112 Stud farm residents
114 Likely to be discounted
116 Foul mood
118 Posted
119 Blanchett of “Elizabeth”
120 You may get a whiff of one
121 Select
122 __ bar
123 “Portlandia” network
124 Tax prep charge
125 Trippy ’60s drug