The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“TO THE CONTRARY” BY DENNIS NULLET
ACROSS
1 Letters and such
5 S. Korean gaming spot
11 Boxing __
15 Manager
19 Patron saint of sailors
20 Responsible (for) 21 Pay (up)
22 Doozy
23 Toys that may improve dexterity
24 Zombie armada?
27 Make grooves in
29 Baby’s noise
30 Winged figure in Christian art
31 Bad press?
38 Marsh plant
40 Salivation stimuli
41 Book after Joel
42 Rhubarb dessert
43 Object of veneration
44 New York Dolls genre
45 Dog’s bane
49 Scary place?
55 Ultradevoted fans
57 Fetch
58 Like a fashionable arrival
60 Shred
61 Grandmother, affectionately
62 Elk
65 Get in the way of
66 Mandible
69 Square dance halls?
72 Lounging spot
73 Good for growing
76 Elite groups
77 Disney queen whose powers are similar to Jack Frost’s
80 Traveler’s annoyance
81 Actress Jessica
82 Stay active
86 Implore
88 Faulty method?
92 Discombobulate
93 Bryn __: first U.S. college to offer graduate degrees to women
95 Lhasa __
96 Many a noir hero
97 Top spot in Formula One
98 Says “hi” to
100 Word with rock or space
102 Instruction for putting away fishing tackle?
108 Tres plus cuatro
109 Irish actor Stephen
110 Color of corroded iron
113 Wash gardening clothes?
120 Capital of Fiji
121 “Bridgerton” actor __-Jean Page
122 Like a class presentation
123 Evening affair
124 Place to tie up
125 C in C
126 Yard border, perhaps
127 Hit on the green
128 Sister of King Charles III
DOWN
1 Squad whose colors match the New York City flag
2 Scads
3 Like jumping without looking
4 On the wrong end of the score
5 Subject of a 2006 demotion
6 Movie theater
7 “Totally gnarly!”
8 Honor for David and Victoria Beckham: Abbr.
9 Iberian “Hello”
10 Rx order
11 Monopolized a conversation
12 With everything counted
13 Higher power?
14 “Golly!”
15 Mel who voiced Bugs Bunny
16 Intake opposite
17 Idle computer state
18 Belligerent
25 Finishes with buttercream, perhaps
26 __ and means
28 Hotshot
32 Exchange value
33 Miner’s dream
34 “Break a leg!” preceder
35 Milk sweetener
36 Elicit an “OMG!”
37 “Gladiator” setting
38 Prod
39 German “a”
44 Free
45 Resell quickly
46 Ran with ease
47 Many a musical composition by Czerny
48 Colorado town near Snowmass
50 Bald eagle, e.g.
51 Coastal inlet
52 Happening place?
53 Actor Peters of the “X-Men” franchise
54 “Silas Marner” author
56 Humerus locale
59 Malleable metal
62 Wright brother
63 Like many drones
64 Sleepover duds, for short
65 British __
66 Sour from experience
67 Big 52-Down
68 Strauss piece
70 Actor Holbrook
71 Got ready to drive
74 Minimal
75 Strong alkaline solution
78 Job for many an action hero
79 Situp muscles
81 In the least
82 Elements in live edge wood slabs
83 Complete devastation
84 Soothsayer
85 Village People song covered by the Minions
87 Wild and crazy
89 First name in the freezer aisle
90 Perform first
91 Not new
94 “Straight Outta Lynwood” singer
97 Ballad penner
98 Gym closet contents
99 “Yes __!”
100 Gives the go-ahead
101 Poodle pampering place
102 Grab power
103 NFLer supported by Sourdough Sam
104 Yard border, perhaps
105 Natives of the Central Plains
106 Sam of “Jurassic Park”
107 Microwaved
111 “I can’t __”
112 Show gumption
114 “Please explain”
115 Time often named for a leader
116 Baking soda amt.
117 “__ do __”
118 Bon mot deliverer
119 Morsel