Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Luminescent gems 6 Fish head?
10 “Who Let the Dogs
Out” group __ Men 14 Act extempore 19 Lear daughter 20 Breakfast scramble 21 Some deleted
contacts 22 Enlightenment
philosopher Thomas 23 Poorly put together
trays? 26 Mary-in-mourning
piece 27 Marshmallow Man
in “Ghostbusters” 28 Capital of Tibet 29 Literary whaler 30 Start and end of a
faceoff?
31 __ of strength 32 Boyfriend
33 Rap’s Snoop __ 37 God destined to slay the sea serpent Jörmungandr 39 Donkeys who got
caught in the rain? 45 “Snowy” bird
47 Ice rink leap 49 Self-satisfied 50 Bankrupt
51 Pews?
54 Sacred text
55 Bob in the Basketball Hall of Fame
56 Dutch painter Frans 57 Pat Benatar’s “Love
__ Battlefield” 59 Historic space
station
60 Stern direction? 61 Stinging insect 62 Dorky one
64 Picnic pest
65 “We all see the obvious here, right?,” and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues?
70 Citrusy suffix 71 Piccata bud 72 Marine mammal in
a matrilineal group 73 Anti-fraud org. 74 Bear’s lair
75 Reddit forum for
inquiries
76 Early educ. 77 Potent potion 81 Purple or green herb 83 Khaki work uniform? 88 Checkout unit 89 Waffle __ 90 Identical 91 Spine-chilling 92 Request from one who prefers dry mashed potatoes? 96 95-Down beds,
maybe
98 Talk back to
99 Yule tune
100 “No problem!”
102 Spy org.
104 Surreptitious one 107 French composer
Gabriel
109 Former police procedural starring Kathryn Morris
114 Jazz great
Armstrong
115 Energy supplies
that are just OK? 117 “You mean a lot to
me”
118 “This __ fair”
119 Pool table fabric 120 Tempts
121 Yearned (for)
122 Flight nos.
123 Takes a load off
124 “Thus ... ”
DOWN
1 Fantasy baddies 2 Impudent 3 Tlaxcala water 4 Pop’s __ Gaga
5 Dig (at)
6 Toque
7 Paying strict attention 8 Comm. system with
visual cues 9 Beluga, e.g.
10 Gets feedback from
an early audience 11 Weapons thrown at targets, in some social settings 12 Greek goddess of
childbirth
13 Beast of burden 14 Seem (to be) 15 Rum cocktail
16 In __ of 17 Engrossed by 18 Drop of sweat 24 Clump of hair 25 Defrost
29 Word that may be
replaced by a slash 31 NPR show hosted
by Terry Gross 32 Open carriages 33 Lily-Rose __ of
“The Idol” 34 Fantasy baddie 35 Determination 36 Location metadata 38 Skin care brand 40 “Ew, stop sharing” 41 Steamed bite 42 Abolitionist Harriet 43 Conditioning, as a bamboo cutting board
44 Hägar’s dog
46 Like some glasses 48 Path of __ resistance 52 Gp. concerned with
crashes
53 Swiss instrument traditionally made from red pine 54 Pastel shade 58 Ocean floor 61 “Raw” org. 62 Puckered
expression in a selfie 63 Iga Swiatek’s org. 65 Conceptualize 66 More on edge
67 __ awareness 68 Twistable cookies 69 Birds mummified in
ancient Egypt 70 Madison Ave.
industry 76 Ensembles associated with Hillary Clinton 78 Bonus, in 70-Down
lingo
79 “Bearded” flower 80 Marbled breads 82 “Try to stop me
now!”
84 Nickname that
drops -ing
85 French pronoun 86 “TBH” kin
87 Actual expenditures 93 Gave a boost 94 Film critic Reed 95 Steppes tent 97 Rural tower
101 Underwater
ecosystems
103 “Mrs. America”
Emmy winner Uzo 104 Marina space
105 Centers
106 Currency also known as the renminbi
107 Rock, in Rock,
Paper, Scissors
108 __ Mae Bullock: Tina
Turner’s birth name 109 Gaul or Breton
110 Ocean Spray prefix 111 Base’s chemical
opposite
112 Complete groups 113 Provincial petrol
provider
115 Old-timey “ugh”
116 Camping gear co-op