LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Opening Act by Pam Amick Klawitter
ACROSS
1 Savvy 7 Degrees for corp. execs 11 Grates on 16 Couples’ refuge? 19 Come to a boil 20 __ of office 21 They have Mystery and Birthday Cake varieties 22 It’s tipped in a parlor 23 Appreciative freeloaders? 26 English cathedral town 27 Early mobile home? 28 Merged telecom co. 29 Brie coverings 30 Poems that glorify 31 Entrust, as authority 35 Little bitty bits 37 World conference participants? 43 Platte River valley native 45 Spherical opening? 46 Crews of “America’s Got Talent” 47 “__ something I said?” 48 __ set 52 Bad way to come on 56 Garfield’s foil 57 1993 Oscar nominee Rosie 59 Longtime SeaWorld star 61 Proof of ownership 63 ‘Neath opposite 64 Taco topping 65 “There’s snowplace like home” or “I only have ice for you”? 69 FedEx alternative 71 NFL’s Gronk and others 72 Special __ 73 Vietnam holiday 74 Writing that’s both flowery and thoughtful? 80 Sketch starter 84 U.K. locale 85 Tolstoy title name 86 Goofs around 87 B in chemistry 88 Spare tire, perhaps 90 “Nausea” novelist 93 Court cry 95 Grade 96 Sunset dirección 98 Fictional captain with the middle name Tiberius 100Hebrew prophet 102 Time anticipated by environmentalists? 109 Time-honored words 110 It may be requested before a sentence 111 Much junk mail 114 WWI battle river 116 Time of preparation 117 Take effect 122 Old Mideast alliance: Abbr. 123 Bad dream about Cerberus? 127 USMA part, briefly 128 Beloved 1981 bride 129 Memo letters 130 Silver State NFLer 131 Sign of a hit 132 Bier holder 133 Aussie hoppers 134 Dakota del Norte, por ejemplo
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1 Marines NCO 2 “Over __!” 3 Gather 4 Major suffix 5 Cajole 6 Rapper Mos __ 7 Like lava 8 Troublemaker 9 Absorbed, as a cost 10 Doo-wop syllable 11 Silk Road desert 12 Big sporting spots 13 Bring about 14 Much 15 Sound from a flat 16 Breezed through 17 __ of thumb 18 Florida attraction 24 Hybrid citrus 25 Fantasized 30 Bony prefix 32 Just managed, with “out” 33 “This is so relaxing!” 34 Gets ready to drive 36 Winter setting in the Rockies: Abbr. 37 Show off a new outfit, say 38 Pays to play 39 Film set VIP 40 Passion 41 Gave it a whirl 42 Watchful ones 43 Lollapaloozas 44 In the Black? 49 Top row keyboard key 50 Had success on the links 51 Clark Kent, on Krypton 53 Post-Trojan War epic 54 Prefix with con 55 Fellow 58 Frank of avant-garde rock 60 Whse. inventory 62 Geeky sort 66 Voldemort’s title 67 Skating gold medalist Ohno 68 Certain footrest 70 Pacific Division NBA team 74 Clear, as a windshield 75 Calculus pioneer 76 Clear the board 77 Genetic material 78 Curie or Cardin 79 Houston-to-Miami dir. 81 Restaurant critic Claiborne 82 Raised-chair dance 83 Sarcophagus symbol 89 Second-stringers 91 Ring ref’s decision 92 Ransacked 94 #30 on a table 97 Last word, say 99 Author Kesey 101 Tabasco time-outs 103 Brit’s rats? 104 Greek markets 105 Mocha native 106 Grado de examen perfecto 107 Bacon and Smith 108 10 C-notes 111 Adding results 112 Couple 113 1968 self-named folk album 115 Have in mind 118 Send out 119 “Done!” 120 Ticked off 121 Roman ruler of ill repute 123 NFL scores 124 Dinghy mover 125 Muscle car in a ‘60s hit 126 Where Charlemagne reigned: Abbr.