LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Hankered (for)
7 Honi’s comics dad 12 Jungian concerns
19 Ricky Martin’s surname, by
birth
21 Mindless
22 Stuffed meat dish 23 Fraudulent budget increase
for cleaning supplies? 25 Together
26 Walk in the park, say 27 Ending with neur28 Role for Ingrid
30 False __
31 Lucie’s dad
32 Start of a classic dramatic
question
33 Those waiting for
Facebook friend acceptance?
36 Iain’s negative 38 Concerning
40 Pre-flight pandemonium? 44 Big spreads
49 Challenge, as testimony 50 Air issues org.
51 “I knew it __ you”
53 “Oy vey!”
54 Seal the deal
55 Hungry request
57 Fire
58 Folding ladder feature
60 H, to Kronos
61 Word of accusation
63 Mil. rhyme for “Yahtzee” 64 Lost steam
65 Banking at a beach ATM? 69 Shape-fitting game
72 “The __ Show”
73 Feed bag bits
74 Deg. of distinction
77 Just about
78 Letters to a lender
79 Part of CPA: Abbr. 81 Modeling supply
82 Stray
83 Atl.-based network
84 Shut out
85 Embrace, as a custom 88 Ancient Assyrian capital 91 Growing bulb?
93 First Black person to host a
successful TV variety show 96 Whole lot
97 Major curves on a mountain
road?
101 Record speeds, for short 103 “__ Smile”: Hall & Oates hit 107 Park way
108 Scott of “Hawaii Five-0”
109 “Oh”
110 Statehouse official: Abbr.
111 At Notre Dame, say
113 Ocean trip for relationship
strengthening? 117 Sawtoothed 118 Strand at a
chalet, say 119 More
frivolous 120 Like a best
friend
121 One of the Allman Brothers 122 Lots
DOWN 1 Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit 2 “Chestnuts
roasting ...” co-writer 3 Exam nonos 4 Tony winner who portrayed TV’s Barney Miller 5 Vogue
alternative 6 __ gratias 7 Use to conceal, as a bed 8 Added
conditions 9 Chicken, in a Cantonese dish 10 Wilson of Heart 11 Saskatchewan capital 12 What a chair does 13 Spoken sounds 14 “Delish!” 15 Simple fastener 16 “__ mañana” 17 Car that didn’t go far 18 Percolates 20 Precise location 24 Moving 29 Pres. or CEO 32 Fed. anti-discrimination
org. 33 __ Palace: castle on the
Portuguese Riviera
34 Word with white or cream 35 “America’s __ Talent” 37 Legal gp. 39 Ready 40 One way to crack 41 “You found the right
person”
42 Patti Tavatanakit was its Rookie of the Year for 2021: Abbr.
43 Jazz pianist __ Jamal 45 Quarterback Rodgers 46 Soften
47 One-named body-image
advocate
48 Sesame __
51 Bulb measure
52 Nightly news figure 56 Where it all started
57 One side of an issue 58 Mgr.’s second-incommand
59 Wintry strains 61 California’s San __ Obispo 62 Part of MIT: Abbr.
63 Fix
65 “The most striking figure in Starkfield,” in a Wharton
classic
66 Twelve, half the time 67 African antelope 68 Polished off
69 Alpine lake
70 Weena’s race, in a Wells
classic
71 IRS agent
74 Bit of talk show selfpromotion
75 One may fall over a crowd 76 Something specific,
informally 79 Heels
80 Showing support for 81 Take a limo, say 83 Special occasion service
84 Sofia’s home: Abbr. 86 Some NCOs
87 Arafat’s gp., once 89 Group for ex-GIs 90 Brings forth
91 Recycling receptacle 92 How deals are usually
sealed
94 Kissing at the bar, briefly 95 Hit the jackpot 97 Protestant denom. 98 Group of experts 99 Geek Squad member, for
short
100 Burns a little
102 Parts of gigs
104 Word from a coach
105 Where to find words for
words
106 Label giant
109 “Gotcha, man”
110 Loaf
112 Pop’s Carly __ Jepsen
114 Text-scanning tech.
115 Called before
116 Limo passenger