LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
Country that’s about 24 times longer than its average width
6 Vendor’s wagon
14 Online access cos. 18 Nixon’s older daughter
19 It established Congress 20 PDQ, in the ER
21 Satisfied with one’s work
in the transporter room? 23 Miles’ “Sideways” love
interest
24 NFL official
25 Conger catchers
26 Daring deed
28 Informer
29 Setting for searches 31 Black
34 Big mess
36 Title book in a classic
computer game 37 Brezhnev of the USSR 40 One who gets in
42 Detain Dr. McCoy? 47 Sends, in a way
48 Cover letters?
51 One may be painted 52 Fancy topping
54 Mangy mutt
55 Apple product
56 Opening tempo of Dvorák’s
“New World Symphony” 58 __ gratia artis: MGM motto 61 End of a warning
63 Weave
66 “Be silent,” in music
68 Arch type
69 Phaser, slangily?
73 Tiny
74 Katniss’ ally in “The Hunger
Games”
76 Surpasses
77 Forward pass
79 No. with two dashes
80 Ski weekend destination 82 Pluck
84 Flamenco shout 85 Heineken brand named for
a Mexican city
87 Recurring
90 Actor Beatty
91 Warm sign-off
93 DNA sample from Kirk’s
chief engineering officer? 97 Beverly Cleary title dog 99 Defrauded, say, with “on” 10018-wheeler
104 Frontier home
105 Either Zimbalist
107 Creme-filled Drake’s cake 111 Bobby of the Bruins
112 Contents of some banks 114 Gloomy
116 Wedding promise
117 Newton, e.g.
Masseuse trained in massage techniques from Spock’s home planet? 124 Fabled
loch
125 Observing lions in the wild, maybe
126 Sign up 127 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” 128 Uncalledfor
129 Candy mogul
H.B. __ 119
DOWN 1 Makes
with skill 2 Genderspecific pronoun 3 Less
cordial 4 Flax fabric 5 High
nester 6 “Easy to
Be Hard” musical 7 Song and dance 8 Unnamed degree 9 Cocktail party staple 10 “Bad Moon Rising” band,
briefly
11 Adjust in a garage
12 Flight by night 13 Connections 14 School of thought 15 Allure of boldly going where no man has gone before?
16 Pony up the service charge,
say 17 Museum pieces 18 Wee 21 Cup part 22 Bayou, perhaps 27 Poet who used the name
Old Possum 30 Abbr. often after a
comma 31 Carbon compound 32 Storage spot 33 Horatian work 35 Sports org. name since
1910
38 Historic time 39 It’s a wrap
41 Big name in jeans 43 Elevator name
44 Runs easily
45 Grazing area
46 Barely enough
48 News exclusives
49 Clears of data, as a PC 50 Happy Meal toy replica of
Captain Kirk’s ship?
53 “A Death in the Family”
author James 56 Wonderstruck
57 “Buenos __”
59 Flea market deal
60 Did salon work
62 Allow
63 Latin “behold”
64 Bygone depilatory
brand
65 First word in all but one
“Seinfeld” episode title 67 Cause of inflation 70 Everglades deposit 71 Wheel connectors
72 Play delayers
75 Gave in (to)
78 Start of a classic accusation
Fabled racer 81 82 Flapjack cooker
83 Dorm overseers, for short 86 Wilcox daughter in
“Howards End”
87 Tabloid couple
88 Sign-off letters before L 89 Nice season
91 Blow away
92 “Ambition should be made
of __ stuff”: “Julius Caesar” 94 EMT skill
95 It’s found in banks 96 Immigrant’s subj. 98 Tighten the strings of,
maybe
101 Safe to have
102 Example
103 Composer Stravinsky
106 Bogus
108 Church official
109 Nemo’s creator
110 Habituate
113 Makeup line
114 Galahad et al.
115 Action movie weapons
118 Screening org.
120 Heel
121 CIO partner
122 Dundee denial
123 NYY rival