LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Device that may catch a private remark
7 Enemy of ancient Athens
13 Comfortable
19 First MLB player inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
20 More hackneyed
21 Unlike automobile gasoline
22 Film remake about a student who finally finds the right martial arts teacher?
24 Earnings
25 Breath mints that contained Retsyn 26 Mend
27 Jerky spot?
29 Goodyear city
30 Realm from 800 to 1806: Abbr.
31 NASA scientist Geoffrey who won a Hugo for his short story “Falling Onto Mars”
33 “Finished!”
35 “The Coldest Rap” rapper
37 Film remake featuring a spooky archaeological site?
44 Etched art
49 Comes up
50 Molecule central to many vaccines
51 Film remake heavy with art metaphors?
53 Choice
56 Wharton degs.
57 __-dried tomatoes
58 Lighthouse view
60 Grounation Day celebrant
61 “Affirmative”
62 Got
67 JD-to-be’s exam
69 Film remake featuring broken raga instruments?
75 Hue
76 Result of a sincere
compliment
77 Vitals checker, briefly
79 Speed reader?
82 Cul-de-__
85 “Uh-uh!”
86 Chris of Vampire Weekend
87 Magic charm
89 Film remake that tries to prove all unmarried men are created equal?
95 First mo.
96 Audrey Tautou title role
98 Holds dear
99 Film remake featuring spa treatments that
are no joke?
103 Sign of neglect
104 Emcee
105 Yiddish word meaning “little town”
108 African viper
111 Sign on
114 Petrol brand
118 Region
119 Food distribution
giant
121 “Leave that to me” 123Film remake that
documents soapbox sites?
126 Nod off
127 With a keen eye
128 “Blitzkrieg Bop”
surname
129 Tree decor
130 Number with 100
zeroes
131 Raw bar choice
DOWN
1 Catch
2 Earth tone
3 “Finished!”
4 Visibility reducer
5 Grammy-nominated
folk singer DeMent
6 Crew leader, briefly
7 “What a shame”
8 Early tourney match
9 Fashion’s __ Taylor
10 Underwriter’s assessment
11 Many an Olympic gymnast
12 “Acoustic Soul” singer India.__
13 Journalist Velshi of MSNBC
14 Rent payer
15 System infiltrator
16 Litter box concern
17 Exec’s note
18 Fall setting
20 Chinese-American chef and restaurateur Joyce
23 “I mean to say ... ”
28 Border
31 Strauss of denim
32 Thailand, once
34 Extremely
35 Funds for later yrs.
36 Ore. neighbor
38 Soft & __
39 Guitarist Lofgren
40 “Good to know”
41 Novelist Leon
42 Going past the fourth
qtr., say
43 Grams
44 “Fleabag” award
45 Poker player’s “pass” 46 Grind, as teeth
47 __ cavity
48 NASA garb
52 Navel type
54 “Parks and Recreation” actor Chris
55 Part of TTFN 59 Besides
62 Going up in smoke?
63 Beach souvenir
64 Sounds of reproach
65 Lang. of Jamaica
66 Lorna __ cookies
68 Female sib
70 Abbr. after many
names 71 Two-headed fastener 72 Turbine blade
73 Run over
74 Strike down, biblically 78 Little dogs
79 Indian noble 80 Middle of a Latin trio 81 __ buggy
83 Fivers
84 Period of inactivity 86 Like dry champagne 88 Artists’ mecca near
Santa Fe
90 Spy-fi org.
91 Coop group
92 Sale indicator
93 Epistle apostle
94 Braying beast
97 Remote button
100 Savanna beasts
101 Give a charge to
102 “Sorry! Couldn’t resist!”
106 Bird call
107 Bitty
108 Neckwear named for
a British racecourse 109 Tableau
110 Conundrum
111 Tilt
112 Potent start?
113 “Keep talking”
115 Unaccompanied
116 Rural tower
117 After-lunch
sandwich
119 Crack up
120 Sweet tubers
122__ Aviv
124Braz. neighbor
125 In favor