San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUzzLE
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
126 Vietnamese New Year, which is represented By the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues
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Cause of inflation Graphic designer’s deg.
Part of a match Deli apparatus Fine-tune Community group with a deer logo SoCal campus with Mission Revival architecture Lump of goo Heavy loads Some boxing punches World Cup overseer: Abbr.
Leaves in stitches Safeguard
Tree with flexible wood
Weigh, in a way Main language of India
Heart, but not soul Legendary loch Use TurboTax, perhaps
Pool divisions 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