l.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“From Beginning to End” by Gail Grabowski
ACROSS 1 It puts the blue in blue cheese 5 Lit up 10 High muck-a-muck 15 Shell occupant 19 Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Estelle Parsons in 2014 20 Took turns? 21 Lawrence partner 22 Fast-moving mammal 23 Bedsheet material 24 Bored by it all 25 Puff up 26 Composer Stravinsky 27 Outstanding building manager? 29 Truck at the end of the convoy? 31 Source of inspiration 32 Scatter 36 Ridicule 37 Like some partners 40 Big name in small trucks 41 Nursery supply 42 Genre of the band Jawbreaker 43 Ordinary hero? 47 Co. leaders 50 Hazy 53 Tiered snack 54 French bean? 55 It may be blank 57 It’s a turnoff 59 How many vacations are taken 60 Hapless sort 61 Shut down 62 Pressure line 64 Sacher creations 65 All-in-one printer option 67 One auditing highway department supplies? 70 Jazzman Fountain 71 Prepared 73 Least available 74 More respectable 76 1940 DC Comics debut 77 Bogged down 78 Held firm 81 Literary __ 82 Flow with force 83 Northern terminus of I-79 85 Spots for dips 86 WWII venue 87 Golfer with an array of trick shots? 90 Routine letters 91 Brandy letters 93 Black cats, perhaps 94 Conservative portfolio investments 97 Not so demanding 100 Banish 102 In 103 Rate goose feathers? 105 Well-rehearsed swindle? 110 Get to 111 Begins 113 Prime minister between two Ehuds 114 With two exceptions, NFL Pro Bowl locale since 1980 115 Canadian gas brand 116 Contradict 117 Distress 118 Lowly laborer 119 They’re often in hot water 120 Sanction 121 Game of chance 122 Calligrapher’s supplies
DOWN 1 Challenging locks 2 Departure notice? 3 Succotash bean 4 “Goodness!” 5 Fiddles with 6 Wine, with “the” 7 Valuable vein 8 Like some soap opera plot elements 9 Abandon bachelorhood 10 ’60s-80s Brit. sports car 11 Pocahontas’ spouse 12 Range setting 13 “Project Runway Canada” host 14 Find work 15 Carpentry tool 16 Pub order 17 Pizzeria attraction 18 Reason for a raise 28 Daily power source 30 Molokai memento 33 Chinese leader? 34 2 Tone revival music genre 35 Wedding day rental 37 Two-time Masters champ Ballesteros 38 It gives you the big picture 39 Spock’s memoir? 40 Protective covering 41 Litigant 44 “Love Is Strange” actress 45 Prepare to serve, as wine 46 Kick off 47 Chess champion’s blog entry? 48 Extend a hand to 49 Short 51 Whisk, for one 52 Notable time 55 __-pitch 56 Quiznos offering 58 Part of TA: Abbr. 59 Reacted to a bad call 62 How homes may be measured 63 Cork alternative 64 The Magi, e.g. 65 Military nickname 66 Pull 68 Curmudgeonly comment 69 Keypad key 72 Objective 75 Rights reader 77 Auto ad no. 78 Samples, in a way 79 Water-storing plant 80 An oz. has six 83 “Did you __?” 84 Cheap way to live 87 City on the Guadalquivir River 88 “If you ask me,” to texters 89 Cassio’s commander 91 They may be seen in streams 92 Go out with 95 Diarist Anaïs 96 Well-armed swimmers? 97 Blue heron kin 98 Originate 99 Dip with zip 100 “Fain would I __ on form”: Juliet 101 Film composer Morricone 102 Update 104 German auto 106 Former Italian capital 107 Battle of Normandy city 108 “Hmm ... I guess that’s all right” 109 Sisters 112 Seam, say 113 BOLO equivalent