LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Oldest Simpson kid
5 Casino convenience
8 Model plane wood
13 Motor City pro
19 State with an astronaut on its quarter
20 Aunt, in Acapulco
21 Lures
22 “Knock, knock!”
23 Tactful one
25 *Accidentally scorch
the appetizers?
27 Basket maker, e.g.
29 Gibbs of “The
Jeffersons” 30 Stomped (on)
31 *”You can’t wrestle a chimney sweep and come out clean,” e.g.?
36 D.C. VIPs
37 Typeface word
38 Displace
39 3D ring shape
41 Amarillo-to-Austin dir.
43 Very small
44 *Mission of the Blue Origin rockets carrying William Shatner and Michael Strahan?
51 Unknown degree
52 Burn soother
54 “Only Time” artist
55 Fervency
56 *Finish a crossword with a spelling error?
61 “The Hangover” role for Ed Helms
63 “Eureka!” elicitor
64 Golden Fleece seeker
65 Colleague
66 Drawbacks
67 Unlikely to be discussed
69 Classic Ford, familiarly
71 Takes turns?
73 Credit
74 Airbnb alternative
77 Twice-monthly shoreline occurrence
80 Minnesota representative Ilhan
81 Aquaman’s domain
82 *Say no to a date?
86 Arctic seal refuges
88 __’acte
90 Lamb mamas
91 Package opening?
92 *Run-ins with soft cheese?
97 Watery defense
98 “Srsly!?”
99 Corp. hierarchy modification
100 Like
102 Fitbit unit
106 Darlin’
108 *Exhale in a game of hide-and-seek?
111 Posh
112 Not just once
114 Pan-fries
115 *Florists who specialize in purple bouquets?
119 Took control of, as a competition
123 Olympic projectile
124 Sarnia’s lake
125 Simu of “Barbie”
126 Hostile
127Tangible thing
128 Sewing kit item
129 Mo. before May
130 With this puzzle’s circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue
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1 Figure, casually
2 Pacific tuna
3 Paper problem
4 “War and Peace” novelist
5 Tops
6 Pageant crown
7 Chum on a boat?
8 Telly channel
9 Apt rhyme for spa
10 Youngest Hemsworth brother
11 Gets ready for a ride
12 Space City pro
13 Cubism pioneer
14 Texter’s qualifier
15 Closes
16 Earth, in some sci-fi
17 Director Welles
18 Cries out for
24 Calle __: street in Miami’s Little Havana
26 “You’re in good hands” sloganeer
28 EGOT winner Moreno
31 Taking to court
32 Decide one will
33 Gardening brand
34 Neither companion
35 Ph.D. seeker’s test
40 Cheaper, perhaps
42 Hockey great Tikkanen
44 West End district
45 Many a YA hero
46 Where Ferrari is RACE
47 Like business vis-àvis coach
48 Extra option
49 “True Grit” filmmakers
50 Historical chapters
52 Prefix with futurism
53 Newsom and Hochul, once: Abbr.
57 Jeweler to the Romanovs
58 Spanish cat
59 Spice mixture 60 Turner memoir
62 Bearlike
65 Smartphone precursors, for short
67 Proctor’s tool 68 Nintendo rival
70 Hi-__ audio
72 Many e-forms
73 __ salad
75 Come back to the table
76 Judge’s seat
78 Fishing spot
79 Helps to water-ski
82 Leith of “The Great British Baking Show”
83 Barely leading
84 Seeing red
85 “Grand” peak
87 Airport near San Jose, Calif.
89 Did exceedingly well
93 23-Across’s base
94 Many stats
95 TNT start
96 Many pieces by 57Down
97 Skip an epic party, say
100 Filmmaker with a distinctive style
101 Was sure
102 Playground feature
103 Italy’s first capital
104 Be
105 Joe of “Bupkis”
107 Jacuzzis, e.g.
109 “Se __ español”
110 Spring bloom
113 Fictional sleuth Wolfe
116 Modest digs
117 Down Under hopper
118 NBC skit show, for short
120 Tour gp.
121 Large deer
122 Bill for education?