South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
SIGNS OF THE TIME
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
DOWN
1 Cause of inflation
2 Graphic designer’s deg.
3 Part of a match
4 Deli apparatus
5 Fine-tune
6 Community group with a deer logo
7 SoCal campus with Mission Revival architecture
8 Lump of goo
9 Heavy loads
10 Some boxing punches
11 World Cup overseer: Abbr.
12 Leaves in stitches
13 Safeguard
14 Tree with flexible wood
15 Weigh, in a way
16 Main language of India
17 Heart, but not soul
18 Legendary loch
20 Use TurboTax, perhaps
25 Pool divisions
27 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