LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
“INVITEES” BY ELIZABETH C. GORSKI
ACROSS
1 Sympathy seekers 8 Spring title on a
beefcake calendar 13 Chills out 18 Almond-flavored
liqueur 20 Ocean floor 22 Strain 23 Heavenly ruler? 25 “The War Between the
Tates” author Alison 26 Cub with many dingers 27 Wight or Man: Abbr. 28 Party org. 29 Alarm 31 Best-selling physician 35 Game with swinging
and dancing? 37 “I’m responsible” 40 Cohn played by Pacino
in “Angels in America” 42 Sea eagles 43 Theban king’s
dinosaur? 46 Bond girl Ekland 47 Hubbub 50 Polish targets 51 Surfer’s gadget 53 Stereo on one’s
shoulder 55 Handed down, in a
way 56 Still in the game 58 Kemo __ 60 The Green Wall of China is designed to slow its expansion 61 City whose police cars
sport a witch logo 63 __ Nostra 64 Surpassed 66 Klutz 69 Economy-boosting
govt. issue? 73 Bootery spec 74 Absolutely awful 76 Writer Bagnold 77 Crimean Peninsula city 79 Ripped 80 Fedora feature 81 Pond flower 83 Sweet’__: drink
additive 87 As a group 90 Prefix with -crat 92 “Revolutionary” Chopin
work 93 Object in court 94 Parishioner’s
obligation 96 Steaks served at
roasts? 99 Pianist known for his Beethoven interpretations 100 See 62-Down 101 Freaky to the max 102 Contraption that gives skiers a lift in more ways than one? 106 City in Pennsylvania
Dutch country 109 Like some back roads 110 Goat’s cry 112 Golden, in Paris 113 Poetic dusks 117 VersaVac maker 118 Motto for the
Untouchables? 123 Grammy-winning
Gorme 124 Persian Gulf sight 125 Warned 126 Overhaul the lawn 127 Low voice 128 Getty of “The Golden
Girls”
DOWN
1 Sunday ritual 2 “__ to PM”: 2001
Christina Milian hit 3 Eschews the doorbell 4 Purchases that give you a run for your money? 5 “Not __” 6 Bus driver’s course:
Abbr. 7 Zebra patterns 8 Bks. in progress 9 Like some coll.
courses 10 Cleansing rite
associated with Easter 11 Collectible calculators 12 “__ out!” 13 Empathize with 14 Prosperous outlying
areas 15 Mattress brand 16 Flutist’s warble 17 __ wool 19 __ buco 21 Paint a picture of 24 Patient attention,
briefly 30 Riding sidekick 32 Workout count 33 The Mustangs of the NCAA’s Conference USA 34 Doughnut box word 36 Sun. talk 37 U2 frontman 38 Ill-fated king 39 1998 Sarah
McLachlan hit 41 Tic-tac-toe loser 44 More fit 45 Increase, with “up” 46 Wild animal 47 Humble home 48 Maynard’s pal in
’50s-’60s TV 49 Rust, e.g. 52 General __ chicken 54 Corp. jet group 56 Choir member 57 Worn wreath 59 Hanging Gardens site 62 With 100-Across,
petition 63 Chewed stuff 64 Ceramic pot 65 Max. 66 Sunbeam brand 67 Make amends 68 Tones (up) 70 Marry 71 Pie fruit 72 Potent conclusion? 75 Teachers’ org. 78 Louis XVI’s queen 80 Software development
phase 81 Boor 82 King Kong’s love 84 Debussy’s “Clair de
__” 85 Wordsworth works 86 Popular 19th-century
heading 88 Barely ran? 89 Fire truck device 91 Money-managing exec 92 River of Spain 95 Where the action is 97 Timeline beginning 98 Widely used base 99 Largest U.S. union org. 100 Ballpark staples 102 Dove 103 Sandwich order 104 Nourishes 105 Name on a range 107 Ice cream maker
Joseph 108 Aussie lad 111 Lemony drinks 114 German painter Nolde 115 Salt in a lab 116 Knife of yore 119 Bar bill 120 “My man!” 121 Young __ 122 Break down