LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“Before Tea” by Laura Effinger-Dean & Christina Iverson
ACROSS
1 Humidifier output 6 Ratio phrase 10 Dweeb
14 Hubbubs
18 Angry
19 Twosome
20 Fencing implement 21 Dark beer
22 Give orders, even
while dreaming? 25 Muse of poetry 26 Tolkien creature 27 Contributes
28 Swiss chocolatier 29 Light beer 30 Tanning bed
fixtures
33 Stripped (of) 35 Bauxite, e.g. 36 “Don’t lose hope!” 38 Mining engineer who became president in 1929
40 Maine college town 42 Request from one robot to another in “Futurama”?
44 In the center of 47 List unit
48 Flit
49 Update, as charts 53 Vintage ski lift 54 Davis of “Grumpy
Old Men”
56 2022 World Cup city 58 “Dune” director
Villeneuve 60 Ancient character 61 Small battery 63 Target of some bark
beetles
65 Gets there in no
time?
67 Rapper will.__
70 One who starts a fight over the last crustacean at a seafood buffet? 74 “Hip Hop Is Dead”
rapper
75 Episodic option in
some games
77 Feel crummy
78 Bobs and weaves 80 Put on board 81 Colleague of Sonia
and Ketanji
83 Latch (onto) 86 Like Wiccans and
Druids
90 Domain
91 Diploma word 93 Monogram pt. 95 Humorist Barry 96 Not as harsh 99 Decorations for a “Bob the Builder” birthday cake?
102 Via ship, e.g.
104 Brewpub handle
105 Large grinders
106 Polite title
108 Face up to
110 Found loathsome
111 Poet who wrote,
“The worst enemy to creativity is selfdoubt”
113 __-Roman
114 Darling
116 Narrow inlet
119 Chateau-dotted
valley
120 “Oh, you’re not acting so brave now, are you!”?
124 Word with circle and tube
125 Capri, for one
126 Voting no
127Pizza slice, say
128 Charge (with)
129 Really, really
overcook
130 Deli array
131 Introductory
course
DOWN
1 Hard-to-describe
feeling
2 “East of Eden”
brother
3 Old incarnations 4 Extra NFL periods 5 Outdoor gear giant 6 Old Apple devices 7 Beachfront
property?
8 Links
9 RN workplaces 10 Came through 11 First act
12 Swamp grasses 13 Didn’t stray from 14 Razor brand 15 Maintain forest health with a planned fire? 16 Word with space and
planet
17 Put away for later 21 Rarely
23 Was out briefly 24 Thin shard
31 Iron deficiency
32 Fall flower, for short 33 Pentagon org. 34 “Mrs. America” political cause, briefly 36 Advertising award 37 Red __: spicy candies 38 Protagonist 39 Available, in a way 41 Drag racer’s fuel,
briefly
43 Awful
45 Sleigh driver
46 Lock of hair
50 “Enter Sandman”
band
51 Fresh
52 Caplet 55 “Gentle, gentle” 57 Jungfrau, e.g.
59 Germ
62 Sighed line
64 Many an exec
66 Hold (up)
67 Quran faith 68 Breakout gaming
company 69 Illustrative tools in a
neuroscience lab? 71 Wallpaper unit 72 Inkling
73 Fix unlawfully 76 Hide-and-seek
word
79 Prepare to ride, in a
way
82 Ghostery, for one 84 Cleaning up the
mess, say
85 Audio jack abbr. 87 Cate Blanchett’s “The Lord of the Rings” role
88 Declare
89 “Queer Eye” expert
Jonathan Van __ 92 Prior to today,
poetically
94 “The Savages”
filmmaker Jenkins 97 Artist known for
optical illusions 98 __ Speedwagon
100 Hairy Addams
cousin
101 “__ so fast!”
103 Old English
104 Ring of color
106 Go 50-50 on
107 Massey of old
films
109 College newbie
110 Sister’s attire
112 Long haul
114 Thoroughly cooked 115 “¿Cómo __ usted?” 117 Ancient Cuzco
dweller
118 Like much cheddar 121 Hawaiian-style pizza
topping
122 Record collector’s
collection
123 Carnival maker