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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword

Poetry Slam

- By John Lampkin; Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Wacky 7 Subterrane­an queen 10 Reaction to a trip 14 Throw out 19 Eight-time Best Actor

Oscar nominee 20 Cloud content 22 Queen topper 23 Shakespear­e’s ghostwrite­rs?

25 Let in

26 Neither surfeit nor

dearth, informally 27 Lie about one’s age? 28 Heavenly harp 30 Decreases

31 Go after

33 Aspiring singer’s aid 35 Flexible joint

37 What a ritardando

gradually gets

40 Very likely will, after

“is”

42 Be beholden (to) 45 “Another day, another $%&! Grecian urn”?

49 Short notes

51 Pete’s wife on “Mad

Men”

52 Fits

53 Places for drinks on

tracks

56 Pacino and Roker 57 Florida horse country

city

59 Streaker’s covering 60 __ account

61 Faced

62 Cloudy

63 Assist in the gym 66 Landscaper’s truckload

68 “Religious Poetry Writing for Dummies” reminder? 75 All of Sartre’s “No

Exit”?

76 Cut with light

77 “... bug in __” 78 Giant Manning 79 Omit

82 Env. fattener 84 Smarts measured by

the ounce? 86

87 89 91 93 94

98 99

102 103 105 107 111 113 115 118

119 121 124

125 126

127 128 129 130 Muscle that sounds like a kiss

“Me too”

One way to run Play division Excited, with “up” Love song written while playing hooky? Cooked sushi fish “My goose is cooked!” Baroque

Like some rovers Buzz

Really feared Panthers’ school Dessert options Enter, as data How many Oscars 19-Across won

Be of help Chaucer’s workflow? Many a quartet’s bottom line Relaxed Produce visibly, as a sweat

Young ones Great times Bond, for one Burns subjects

DOWN

1 Legendary mountain

climber

2 Even things

3 Toroid treat 4 Addlepated

5 Pub patron’s pint 6 Bowser’s bagful 7 One way to run 8 Destinatio­n of the 1925 diphtheria serum run

9 Bashful

10 Baseball’s “Little

Giant”

11 Audibly

12 7-Across, to an aardvark

13 Get sore

14 Sorority vowel 15 Youtube upload 16 Poet known for her

footwork? 17 Wah-wah source? 18 Pix from needles 21 Subsidiary wager 24

29 32 34 36 38 39 41 43 44 45 46 47

48 50 Enthusiast­ic kids’ plea

Music genre prefix Bit of subterfuge Bucolic outbursts Tank

Lamb literature Castro of Cuba Smooch and stuff Frayed Canadian gas Item sold in sheets Van Gogh milieu “How many roads __ man walk down ... ”: Dylan

Swamp gas Intestinal bacterium 54

55 57 58 59 62 64 65

67 69 70 71 72 73

74 Career military members Matchless Elocuted

Vegas attraction Oinker’s digs Yukon or Denali “Newshour” airer “Little House” family name

Schlep Interrupti­on Plumber’s piece Forest __

Drive away Colleague of Ruth and Sonia Chopped into cubes 79 80 81 83 85 88 89 90

91 92 95 96 97

100 101 104 Asian libation __ pants Tennyson lecture? “Bye!”

Prefix with dermal One-eyed Norse deity No. 2

The Beatles’ “words of wisdom” Asian appetizer Soaps and vacuums Oboe kin

Stop seeing someone Unintentio­nal rat poison victim Trailhead handout Minor matter Handy xwordedito­r@aol.com; ©2017 Tribune Medi ase rvices Inc. Answer Above 106

108 109 110 111 112

114 116 117

120 122 123 “__ Hope”: ’70s-’80s soap

Nerds

Follow Oceanic abysses Concord

2017 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Phil __

Suffix with buck Job in a kitchen Whitewater challenge Alhambra article Ed.’s stack

U.S. govt. broadcaste­r

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