l.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PuzzlE
“Warm Reception” by Don Gagliardo and C.C. Burnikel
ACROSS 1 “Thunderstruck” band 5 Alberta resort town 10 Heavenly spheres 14 Caps’ partners 19 Manhattan or Queens, briefly 20 City NW of Orlando 21 Bryan’s “Breaking Bad” role 22 Formed for a specific purpose 23 Town gathering place 26 Dough 27 Bombards with bogus offers 28 One of a toon septet 29 Bathroom safety feature 31 Highway deterrent 33 Arabian Peninsula port 35 Acidity levels: Abbr. 36 Pennant trio? 37 Sherpa’s domain: Abbr. 38 Ivory or Coast 40 Lions’ homes 43 “Eureka!” 45 Gardener’s purchase 48 Witch’s familiar, maybe 49 Shtick figures 53 Coastal flier 54 Eurasian capital 55 Fixture on many a cattle drive 57 Jet with suits? 59 Eastern way 61 Remains in the cooler 62 “You’re on!” 66 Cardinal, e.g. 67 Some NASA missions 68 Fleeces 70 Purpose of some government credits 72 Artist’s choices 73 Bamboozle 74 Teased 75 Retail focus 77 “Priest” in a Nash poem 79 Runway retiree of ‘03 80 Cantaloupe cousin 84 Astrological sector 86 Disc golf starting point 90 Friend of Harry 91 Guarantee 92 Place to see a facial mask 93 Hidden 95 Bummed 96 K follower 98 Acting opportunity 99 __ Spiegel: German magazine Attention that can help healing, briefly Kettle cover Titicaca, por ejemplo 107 Bacon with six degrees? Source of many breaking stories
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103 105 109 113 Italian-born three-time Oscar winner 115 Night fliers 118 It helps when picking up 119 Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be 122 Rice/Lloyd Webber musical 123 Sheikh, e.g. 124 “__ Fire”: Denzel Washington movie 125 Visiting the Getty Mus., say 126 Business bigwig 127 Workout stat 128 Santa __ racetrack 129 Training locale
DOWN 1 Basics 2 Joint venture 3 Boots brand with Bouncing Soles 4 Charge 5 “___ voyage!” 6 Heavy metal relative 7 Brussels-based defense gp. 8 Pest control device 9 Confronted 10 Beat year after year after year ... 11 “Phooey!” 12 “This is disgusting!” 13 Sharpening tool 14 Many unscripted programs 15 Gas additive, perhaps 16 Incredulous response 17 Pitching legend Ryan 18 Improvises with nonsense syllables 24 Amer. currency 25 Set one’s sights on 30 Hit hard 32 Yoga poses 34 Maker of Candy Buttons 37 Little more than 39 Preceder of an alt. name 41 “I’m gonna pass” 42 Schoolwork 44 Dabblers 45 Short time 46 Short breaths 47 Turkic Russian 50 “Enough already!” 51 Deep sleeps 52 Mario Paint console, initially 56 Greek vacation isle 58 Composer with a Helsinki academy named for him 60 Smart guys? 63 Basic matter 64 Arp’s school 65 Palindromic file extension 66 Storage unit 68 Talk nonstop 69 Pro-and-con newspaper pair, perhaps 71 Powerball, e.g. 72 Flip side? 73 Catch a few z’s 74 Entered quickly 76 VirusScan developer 78 “60 Minutes” correspondent 79 Traffic tangle 81 Pope Francis’ birthplace 82 Nobelist who developed a model for 63-Down 83 Sugar bowl visitor 85 H.S. benchmark 87 Pole, for one 88 WWII venue 89 Circle in a fabric pattern 94 Harebrained 97 It’s filled and folded 100 Not exactly high-strung 101 Tadpole, say 102 Group in robes 104 Big name in Scotch 106 __ ray 108 ROTC school near D.C. 110 Not tricked by 111 Are no more 112 “__ That Bass”: Gershwin song 114 Hindu princess 116 __ oak: Mediterranean tree 117 Start of a gridiron play 120 “48 Hours” airer 121 It might be recombinant