Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Prepare for sushi,
in a way 5 Experienced 8 “Milk’s Favorite
Cookie”
12 __ light
17 Nevada casino city 18 Taro paste
19 La. or Dak., once 20 Parodies
23 The ad said “seasonal work” ... and we got an __! 26 Island wine 27 Ewoks’ forest moon 28 Asian New Year 29 Did very well in 31 Fan
32 Turned up ground 33 One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew
35 ... “flexible hours”
... and we got a __! 38 Team that’s won six Super Bowls 41 NFL linemen
42 Open court hearing, in law
43 “__ the ramparts ... ” 44 Cape Town’s home: Abbr. 45 Songwriter
Redding
47 Rescue plea 48 Start to build a pot 49 Prohibition 51 Programming classroom
53 Tuneful
56 ... “fast-paced environment” ... and we got a __! 59 Fitting tightly 63 Boomerang’s path 64 Natural soother 65 Bearded flower 67 Tootsy protector 68 Haphazard
application 70 ... “good driving record” ... and we got a __! 74 Bodybuilder’s asset 75 In single file
77 Wind catcher
78 Very small amount 80 Protective shelter 81 Horns usually shed once a year
83 ... “high-energy position” ... and we got a __!
87 Covered, in a way 89 Caper film subject 90 “Eat Better, Eat Together” mo.
91 Door support
94 One living an orderly life?
95 Poetic period
96 Hard pull
98 Opposite of WSW 99 Carp family fish 101 Fifth-century invader 102 Smoke dispensers, at times
107 ... “service-minded attitude” ... and we got a __! 111 Be mistaken
112 “__ Been Thinking About You”: 1991 #1 hit
113 Copy __
114 Author Bagnold
115 Long-bodied fish 117 A channel may lead to one
119 Shaving cream additive
121 ... “strong verbal skills” and we got a __!
124 Ljubljana language 125 Honoring verses 126 Word between two cards?
127 Germany’s von Bismarck
128 Coat material 129 Microsoft product
130 Versatile truck, informally
131 Loch with a legend
DOWN
1 Statements of faith 2 Six-sided fastener 3 Keyed up
4 Musical modifier 5 Make a choice 6 Linger idly
7 __ bar
8 Non-Rx
9 Puts back up
10 Sets upright
11 Gluck’s “__ ed Euridice”
12 Belief system 13 Sweetheart
14 Like some sports 15 Ancient music hall 16 School income source
21 Program in advance 22 “Hell is other people” French dramatist
24 Eurasian range 25 “Yada, yada, yada” letters
30 Visibly anticipate, with “over”
34 “Little help here, bud?”
36 African antelope 37 “Iron Mike” in the ring
39 Coastal bird
40 Does a metalworking job 46 Sailor
47 Letter embellishment
48 One given the part 49 Drink mixer, in Manchester
50 Stress
52 Farm product 53 Reagle of “Wordplay” 54 Nebraska senator Fischer
55 Weather map line 56 Bob Marley, e.g. 57 Sway on a curve 58 Common quartet instrument 60 Emphatic type
61 Late to the max 62 “The Balcony” playwright
66 Taking with force 69 Deliver spontaneously
71 Like granola bars 72 Surround
73 Small deer
76 __ Puff: SpongeBob’s driving teacher 79 Shred
82 Something to crow about?
84 Cell, nowadays 85 Always, to a poet 86 Cover-up in Nero’s time
88 Russian note
91 Royal ornaments 92 Of a battery terminal 93 Sources of fine wool 95 Less clear
97 Strip of equipment 99 Anger
100 Putting on the payroll
101 Job for a stylist
103 Let up
104 Pupils do it in the dark
105 They happen
106 Brief scuffles 108 Franklin’s burned wood
109 Provide with funding 110 Member of the fam. 116 Name possibly derived from the Arabic for “hairy” 118 Colorless gas for colorful signs
120 Born, in Brest
122 “Acid”
123 Pumpernickel grain