LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD EDITED BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE NICHOLS LEWIS BY DAVID ALFRED BYWATERS
ACROSS
1 Order not to pay 5 Attention-seeker’s
word
9 Make up one’s mind 15 Half of a theoretical
duality
19 Frankfurt article 20 Make over 21 Serving from a
buffet station 22 Versed in
23 Part of a successful
baker’s rep? 25 Ice-cream shop cry? 27 Irritable
28 Where to find Bend
and Bandon: Abbr. 29 Mosaic part 30 Centers
31 Joie de vivre 33 New Age physician 35 Bundles that may
be cylindrical 36 Nocturnal nuisance 39 Critter that doesn’t
sound interesting 41 Fish in a spread 43 Has too much,
briefly
44 Report on a sucker? 48 Expressed, as a
farewell
50 Imitated
51 Early Iranian 52 Simple Simon’s
request
53 Try to live up to 57 Blue-striped ball 58 Amer. attorney’s
study
60 Proofer’s “Leave it
alone” 62 Chihuahua kisses 63 W. alliance since
1948 65 “Hadestown”
creator Mitchell 67 Ice skater’s small
talk?
69 Verify 72 Metaphor for a
mess
73 Talked pompously 74 Shell game item? 75 Brown ermine 77 Dumbbell abbr. 78 “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” poet
79 Puerto Rico, por
ejemplo 81 Company with orange-and-white trucks
83 Friend
86 Golf club without
much loft 88 Smashed 90 Humble response
to praise
91 South Africa’s __
Town
92 Sound of disgust,
in comics
93 Salon receptionist’s
job?
96 One side of many
rulers: Abbr. 99 Composer of the
opera “Alfred” 101 Oil cartel letters 102 Smartphone
sounds
103 Attempts to beat
on foot
105 Bowler’s aversion 108 Desierto’s lack 109 Listing in a
revision, perhaps 111 “Juno” actor
Michael
112 Many a bottom line 114 Wear away
118 Cowardly
committee head? 120 Farmers market
IOU?
122 Bob with jokes 123 Back fin
124 Move like honey 125 Manual reader 126 127 128 129
Some farm moms Swift Potential opponents of us Carry
DOWN
1 Group within a
group
2 Lose energy 3 Taxing task 4 Wouldn’t leave be 5 Rainbow, e.g. 6 Egret, for one 7 River to the Fulda 8 Sleep __
9 Tweak for better
flavor, say
10 Text alternative 11 Quartet in many a
string orchestra 12 Least healthy
13 Bit of OED info 14 Thames campus 15 Desert plant in the
asparagus family 16 Lunar program 17 “You don’t have to” 18 Pleasant-sounding
rock?
24 Polk predecessor 26 Sound from a
nursery rhyme trio 32 Aesthetic notes 33 “Caught you!”
34 Sleeveless garment 36 Vocal improv 37 “Uh-uh!”
38 Kitchen fixture 39 Late-night reading
aids
40 Arctic, for one 42 ’60s conflict site 45 Guys
46 Greeting card
sentiment
47 Carrier rider 49 Chooses
54 “A Hard Road to
Glory” author 55 Hopper on a pad 56 Fixer’s proposed
amt.
59 Hot holiday drink 61 Overjoyed
63 How police might
act
64 Wine drinker’s
bonus
66 Big comm.
company, once 68 Dawdle
69 Tobacco plug 70 Winery prefix 71 Making a mess of 74 Summer setting in
K.C.
76 “Take __!”
80 Inc. cousin 82 Keats’ “foster-child of silence and slow time” is one
83 Two together 84 Cal. entry
85 Not so pricey 87 “The Fault in __
Stars”: 2014 film 89 Badly timed,
sometimes
91 Easy to see 94 Life-saving proc. 95 Like crossword
answers 96 Christmas display 97 Bone __ 98 Abrasion
100 Trump game often
with 24 cards 104 Icicle sites
106 Gibe
107 G-B-D, say
108 Fill with wonder 110 Added stipulations 112 Lipton of tea fame,
for one
113 Cry of trepidation 115 Very
116 Nutrition regimen 117 Basic French verb 119 Filch
121 Sleep phenomenon,
briefly