l.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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1 Holed, as a putt 5 Gives and takes 10 Unlit? 15 Showy display 19 Neat as __ 20 __ firma 21 Butt (in) 22 Google Nexus competitor 23 Nonconformist 25 Predecessor of Begin 26 Superman’s cover 27 Choice cut 28 Went for a seat 29 British aristocrat 30 Get hot on Twitter 32 Longtime Guardian cartoonist Asquith 33 Roadwork warning 37 Equally hot 39 Rosemary relative 41 Tolkien forest giant 42 “Moneyball” Oscar nominee 44 Boneheads 45 Candy that comes in three colors 48 “Gimme __!”: start of a Rutgers cheer 49 “10538 Overture” band 51 Good buddy 52 HDTV brand 53 Pulls a fast one on 56 Don McLean song that begins “Starry, starry night” 58 Large spitz 62 Parts of teacups 63 Central Utah city 65 Pomegranate color 66 Dragon roll ingredient 68 Room to chill 69 Still undecided, briefly 70 X Games pursuits 73 Permitted 74 Huge load 75 Uni, in sushi bars 76 You, to Goethe 77 Tax-sheltered accts. 78 They may be placed 79 Delivery expert, briefly 81 Canal transport 83 Forward 84 “Ich bin __ Berliner” 86 Has too much, briefly 87 Styling stuff 88 Pop holder 89 Position held three times by Henry Clay 94 Troop support mission 98 Looks for flaws in 99 “The Royal Tenenbaums” director Anderson 101 Eavesdrops, with “in” 102 Stretch 103 Athlete’s setback 107 Ottoman governor 108 “You __ right!” 110 Olympian war god 111 Auction group 112 Stern with a bow 114 South Pacific capital 115 Tea grade 117 Pledge drive talk, essentially 119 Brings together 120 Revise, as text 121 Map fleck 122 Spice Girl Halliwell 123 Hebrides tongue 124 Fellas 125 Insincere 126 Teeny amt. of time
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1 Paella ingredient 2 Existing independent of experience, in logic 3 Eponymous market analyst 4 Joint where kids are welcome? 5 Son of a Gun! vinyl protectant maker 6 Oddballs 7 Pianist Claudio 8 Royal issue 9 Held court 10 Junkyard metal 11 Midwest hub 12 Fundamentalist region 13 Longtime Brit. music label 14 Second-home income, perhaps 15 Colorado Gold Rush area 16 Feature of club nights for wannabes 17 Official order 18 Safeco Field summer hrs. 24 Stretches to the limit 29 Where el sol rises 31 Extremists 34 Ernest Moniz’s dept. 35 2001 scandal subject 36 Who and No: Abbr. 38 Rehab hurdle 40 Chews (on) 43 National Humor Mo. 46 Blunted blades 47 Construction site sight 49 Continually 50 Citrus drink 53 Squabble 54 Big wheel 55 Borneo rainforest denizen 57 Words to live by 59 Wastes time 60 Brush targets 61 Fidgeting 63 Good Grips kitchenware brand 64 Google Maps offering: Abbr. 66 Depression __ 67 “The X-Files” extras 70 Two-time British Open champ 71 Belarus capital 72 __ exam 78 Cake pan trademark 80 Polite acceptance 81 Gets buff? 82 Role-playing game beasts 83 Carrot cousin 85 Pres. advisory team 88 DXV ÷ V 89 “To each __ own” 90 Theoretically 91 Handles for surfers 92 National org. with the slogan “everychild. onevoice” 93 “Babe” extras 94 Twelve Steps support group 95 Money-back lures 96 Plot size, perhaps 97 One with the ability hidden in nine puzzle answers 100 Make waves, in a way 104 Danish coin 105 Victoria Quarter city 106 Rich boy in “Nancy” comics 109 Rebuttal piece, perhaps 113 Fire __ 114 Leave wide-eyed 116 Feathered six-footer 117 Nurse 118 Muddy home