Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“ACADEMIC CLUBS” AMY JOHNSON & KATIE HALE
ACROSS
1 Sorrowful sigh
5 Crude cartel since 1960
9 Blue, in Barcelona
13 Shady plot
18 Actress Sorvino 19 City in Victor
Hugo novels
21 “Catch ya later!”
22 Jazz singer Cleo
23 Club for music majors?
26 Agent concerned with spots
27 Heredity units
28 Causing shudders, maybe
29 Key holder, often
31 Was successful in
32 Youtube alternative
34 Stage name intro
35 “How tragic”
36 Club for geology majors?
40 Still in the sack
42 Monogram on some high-end handbags
43 Many corny jokes
44 Go on the lam
46 Biblical name of ancient Syria
48 “__ Christ Superstar”
49 Makes a connection
51 Howled loudly
53 Wasatch Mountains ski town
56 Club for astronomy majors?
59 Standard
60 Standards
62 __ jockey
63 Rough guess
64 Vague quantity
65 Like extreme measures
68 Reebok rival
71 New citizen, perhaps
73 NFL flag thrower
74 Dull pain
76 Treat 74-Acrosses, maybe
78 Wee
79 Christmas helper
80 Club for paleontology majors?
85 Storage unit
86 __ station
88 Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson
89 NAACP __ Awards
91 Cold, slushy treat
92 Nemo’s home
93 Mystery writer Paretsky
94 Victoria’s Secret purchase
97 Haggler’s concern
99 Club for philosophy majors?
104 Middle Eastern title
106 Short greetings
108 How tempura is fried
109 Scrooge visitor
110 Come really close to
112 African language family
114 Square
115 Spanish folk hero
116 Club for botany majors?
121 Pass along
122 British aristocrat
123 Changed direction, nautically
124 Uber Eats display
125 Many first-time voters
126 Some bourbons
127 Cincinnati ballclub
128 Chariot-riding god
DOWN
1 “Who __ to judge?”
2 Legalese and computerese
3 Longtime Tottenham football rival
4 GPS tech
5 Bloom County penguin
6 “I Said a Prayer” singer Tillis
7 Browning’s before
8 Show place
9 Smoothie berry
10 Online pub
11 Abu Dhabi’s fed.
12 Texter’s “I didn’t
mean that :)”
13 Rickman of “Die
Hard”
14 Time of Roosevelt’s fireside chats
15 Club for genealogy majors?
16 Walk result, maybe
17 Brief copy
20 Kind of drum or guitar
24 Enter again
25 “Not my __”
30 Moody’s top bond rating
31 Question of motive
32 Wedding planner’s concern
33 “How tragic”
34 Freestyle raps
37 “Go faster, huskies!”
38 Genesis figure
39 Like some neighbors
41 Highchair wear
45 Safe IRA option
47 Most lowdown
48 Some spreads
49 Hardy title character
50 Sharp front tooth
52 Systane target
53 “Bizarre Foods” host Zimmern
54 Singing nymph of the Rhine
55 Club for urban planning majors?
57 Passing through
58 Three Gorges structure
61 Stockpiles
66 “I’m not eating that!”
67 Merriment
69 Baskin-robbins treat
70 Word with ink or egg
72 Barb
75 Sticky brand
77 Governor Noem of South Dakota
81 Olympic sword
82 Petty squabble
83 Inbox buildup
84 Alert
87 Architectural style between 1714 and 1830
90 Bunch of honkers
94 Stronger, as mixed drinks
95 Cash of country 96 Ctrl-__-del 98 Albeit, briefly
100 Dash or slash
101 Diary passage
102 Mountain lion
103 Big __: drug industry, colloquially
104 Tennis great Chris
105 Fracas
107 Conclude
111 “Grand” ice cream
112 Cause of some nodding
113 Shoemaker’s tools
114 Many profs
117 Install, as brick
118 Bedazzle
119 Sam player on “Cheers”
120 “Breaking Bad” villain Fring