Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“SUBSTITUTE MEASURES” By ED SESSA
ACROSS 1 Hindu “sir” 5 Beaucoup 11 Engineer’s details 16 Shortening letters
19 Abba not known for singing
20 From the top, to Tiberius 21 “Yes __”: 2008 campaign slogan 22 Boomer’s kid 23 Measly treat for
Polly? 25 Marinade used in Spanish cooking 26 __-Magnon 27 Lizard-like amphibian 28 Latin trio word 29 Breakers in semis 31 Ceremonies 32 Work required
to raise kids? 35 Decked out 38 Sextet in the
Senate 39 Levelheaded 40 Math useful for
cooks 41 Advantage in kickboxing? 47 Fragrant compound 48 Ancient jewelry staples
49 Be an incredible speaker? 50 President Taft’s birthplace
51 Not dressed for swimming, generally 52 Small 27Acrosses 53 Snake oil
hawker, say 56 Wing
57 They’re heard
in herds 59 Straight
60 2012 presidential candidate 62 The buying power of cash? 67 Like much folk music
69 Face or race 70 Mad king of the
stage
71 One in a
golfer’s bag 72 Certain winner 74 Some ’Vette
roofs
77 Musical ending 81 Divided sea 83 Crowded-room
atmosphere 84 Longtime name in catalogs 85 “The Exorcist” actor Max von __
86 Cub soda? 90 Former midsized Chevy 91 “A creel of __, all ripples”: Sylvia Plath 92 Fruit pastry 93 Reddened, perhaps 94 Polished pearls? 99 Barbecue
brand
100 Popular type 101 Cleanup hitter’s
stats
102 Milk choice 107 Non’s opposite 108 Popular type 110 Bad snippets of Miss Muffet’s memory? 111 Topper for Rumpole of the Bailey
112 Thicket of trees 113 Persevered in 114 Traveler from
76-Down 115 Sign before
Virgo
116 Lugged
117 Treatment for some causes of backache 118 Puts to bed DOWN 1 More than just asks
2 Start of a magical chant 3 Canaanite idol 4 Certain singles bar frequenter, in theory
5 Spot charges 6 Showed bias 7 How many boxed sets are recorded 8 Blackjack table gratuity 9 Puts too much in the fishtank 10 On behalf of 11 Hindu title 12 Organ part 13 Coral reef, e.g. 14 Hailed wine? 15 Cool, colorful
treat
16 Reign supreme 17 Land at Orly? 18 Dracula
repellent
24 Key with three flats 28 Shells on Omaha Beach 30 Good, in Guadalupe 33 Painting and dancing 34 Preserves holder 35 Trojan War god
36 Mrs. on a spice rack 37 Germany’s von Bismarck 38 Suckling’s milk source
41 How many are
chosen? 42 Ground grain 43 Muscle-bone connection 44 Belgian treaty city 45 4-point F, for one
46 Word with Ghost or Grail 48 First lady before Mamie 52 Tally-keeping cut
53 Wine label word 54 City NW of Marseille 55 Pelican St. acronym 58 Mayberry tippler
59 Little one 61 Marvin Gaye classic subtitled “The Ecology” 62 Gluten source 63 Texas Hold ’em
declaration 64 Mustang sally? 65 Tokyo dough 66 Hurdle for Hannibal 67 “More than I can list” abbr. 68 Actress Hatcher 73 Ad-libbed 74 Unwraps
excitedly 75 Political asset 76 Home to 114
Across 78 One-eyed
Norse deity 79 Ready to eat 80 Lots (of), as
cash 82 ’90s daytime talk show 84 Brief quarrel 85 Unrivaled 87 Bring to life, in a way
88 From the past 89 Ones affected by bad weather, briefly
90 First word in France’s motto 93 Opposite of pass
94 One might elicit a nervous “Nice dog”
95 “Taxi” dispatcher
96 La Paz paisano 97 Belittle 98 Nettled 99 Single-minded about
103 Little snorts 104 Berkshire school 105 Socially awkward one 106 Sounds of
disapproval 109 Jack, jill or joey 110 One of a pair
on a rack