LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Heat in “The Heat”
6 Pickle piece
11 Eschew
15 On its way
19 Scouting party?
20 2018 CVS Health
acquisition
21 Prepare to be shot?
22 x, y and z, in math
23 Song in which Pat Benatar challenges the owner of an aquarium? (1980) 27 Trapped by a winter storm 28 It’s not an option
29 Split in two
30 Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl on a big bird? (1965)
35 Zipped
36 IRS exam
37 Tokyo, once
38 Peruvian pronoun 39 Gibbons on TV
41 Answered an invite
43 Song in which Johnny Rivers unmasks a Far East spy? (1966)
49 Puritan pronoun
50 Judge’s seat
52 Release money
53 Big pitcher
54 Like some office jobs 58 Checkout task
59 Bit of sediment
60 Song in which Peter Gabriel bakes a simianshaped dessert? (1982) 64 Volkswagen model 65 Veracruz neighbor 66 Ending with calc and sod 67 “Amen”
68 Drag racer’s fuel, briefly 69 Song in which the Plastic Ono Band promotes legumes? (1969)
75 Good card for lowball 76 Explorer Hernando de __ 77 Former renter
78 Oral health org.
79 Tool in a wheeled bucket 81 Polite address
82 Biblical twin
86 Song in which Culture
Club dons lizard costumes
to teach punctuation? (1983)
90 Nickname for Chicago’s
Ernie Banks
91 Pretentious
92 Ewe wish?
93 Apt name for a chef? 95 “We __ the World”
96 Mid-calf pants
99 Song in which The Clash knocks over a wedding recep-tion? (1982) 103 Ninja Turtles’ ally April __ 104 Pension __ 106 Pablo’s
“precise” 107 Song in which AC/ DC plays nasty tricks on livestock? (1976)
114 Actress
Watson
115 Nabisco
cookie
116 Home on
the range 117 Calculus
pioneer
118 Negotiation ender 119 Ballroom
basic
120 Remove 121 Brontë
sister
DOWN 1 Ultimate
degree 2 Singer Grande’s debut fragrance 3 Hogwash 4 Larry the Cable Guy, for
one 5 Dotted (with) 6 Declined 7 Small, at the Sorbonne
8 Culture: Pref.
9 Even one
10 ‘90s Indian prime minister 11 Jag
12 Crossed-fingers sentiment
13 Yard sale adjective 14 Hoops hanger 15 Very hot and dry 16 Glorify 17 Chutzpah 18 Expressed disdain for 24 Neaten the garden,
perhaps
25 Scandal, to a politician,
perhaps
26 Captain Marvel’s magic
word
30 E-commerce icon 31 “Quiet!”
32 “If only __ known ... “33 Tape deck button
34 Leb. neighbor
35 __ Sanders, only athlete to play in both the Super Bowl and World Series 39 Jousting weapon 40 Homework assignment 42 South American pig
relative
43 Vexed state
44 “__ homo”
45 Job
46 Mink cousin
47 Acid type found in
vinegar
48 Cancel out 50 Composer Bartók 51 Altar in the sky
55 In __ parentis
56 French friend 57 Jeweler’s tool
59 Con, half the time 60 Cold relief brand
61 High style, maybe
62 It can take a yoke 63 Truth or Consequences
st.
64 Father of Julian Lennon 67 Con job
69 Some black-clad teens 70 “Possibly” 71 “Va-va-__!”
72 Prefix with sphere 73 Half-brother of Julian
Lennon
74 Santa __ winds 76 Splinter groups
79 With suspicion 80 Argentine icons 83 Worker during a
walkout
84 Ambiance
85 Ride provider
87 Kind of vows 88 Chocolate __
89 First responder: Abbr. 90 Rave review word 93 Rake over the coals 94 Sinaloa street snack 96 Like apps
97 Cartoon genre
98 Prefix with frost 99 Odorless basement
hazard
100Temporary tattoo dye 101 C-suite VIPs
102 “Meh”
104 Major quinoa producer 105 Creepy look
108 Web address
component
109 Hip-hop Dr.
110 Propeller with just one
blade
111 Philanthropist Broad 112 Fish that may be jellied 113 Meddle