LA Times Crossword 3 Mar 19, Sunday Puzzle Solution

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Island near Java : BALI
5. At the drop of __ : A HAT
9. Players with parts : CAST
13. Like highways : LANED
18. Apple variety : IMAC
19. Jay of “Jerry Maguire” : MOHR
20. Top story : ATTIC
22. Post with a column : EMILY
23. Process that may transform a neutron into a proton : BETA DECAY
25. Tree with edible nuts : BEECH
26. “I swear!” : NO LIE!
27. Man of La Mancha : SENOR
28. Line on a package : STREET ADDRESS
31. Hefty closer : TWIST TIE
34. Out before the term ends : PAROLED
35. Sturdy trees : ELMS
38. Cote call : COO
39. Hectic hosp. areas : ERS
41. “Iron Man” Ripken : CAL
42. Ostrich relative : EMU
45. Navy bigwig : FLEET ADMIRAL
48. School notebook decorations : DOODLES
51. Sound mixing control : FADER
52. Georgia, once: Abbr. : SSR
53. Online pop-up, say : INTERNET AD
56. Asia’s __ Darya river : AMU
57. Expert : ACE
60. Magazine since 1850 : HARPER’S
62. Princess in “The Princess and the Frog” : TIANA
63. Don Juan : CASANOVA
66. One of Donald Duck’s nephews : HUEY
67. Google : Android :: Apple : __ : IOS
68. Isaac’s eldest : ESAU
69. Common animal welfare goal : PET ADOPTION
73. Actor __ James of “Divergent” films : THEO
77. It ends in Nov. : DST
79. Like die-hard fans : AVID
80. Hearty bowlful often topped with tortilla chips : TACO SOUP
82. Skate park move : OLLIE
85. Spice rack staple : OREGANO
88. Like the Beatles? : FAB
89. __ Fridays : TGI
90. Tip for a loser? : DIET ADVICE
92. Raised rumblers : ELS
94. Every hour on the hour, say : OFTEN
96. An official election ballot can’t have one : ERASURE
97. Barbershop standard : SWEET ADELINE
101. Bummed : SAD
102. Clearance rack abbr. : IRR
104. Danson of TV’s “Fargo” : TED
105. Bus sched. item : ARR
106. Tailless primates : APES
107. Withdrawal charges : ATM FEES
111. Longtime comic with a “Great Jewish Joke Book” : ALAN KING
114. Anonymous fan : SECRET ADMIRER
117. Singer Jones : NORAH
120. Brown with a frying pan : ALTON
121. Permanent marks : SCARS
122. Makes retroactive … or what the eight other longest Across answers have : BACKDATES
126. Sun block? : CLOUD
127. Mississippi’s __ River : YAZOO
128. Sandbox boo-boo : OWIE
129. Sushi roll wrap : NORI
130. Mini racers : KARTS
131. The Ivy League’s Quakers : PENN
132. Caboose : REAR
133. Agt. after tax evaders : T-MAN

Down

1. Marathon runner’s wear : BIB
2. Iowa college town : AMES
3. Past the deadline : LATE
4. Complaint from the nosebleed section : I CAN’T SEE
5. “West Side Story” number : AMERICA
6. Ad __ committee : HOC
7. “Gotcha!” : AHA!
8. Clandestine arrangement : TRYST
9. 11-time MLB All-Star Miguel : CABRERA
10. Perfectly, with “to” : … A TEE
11. Exorbitant : STEEP
12. Altoids rival : TIC TAC
13. Tennis great Ivan : LENDL
14. Valentino’s love : AMORE
15. Rosetta Stone discovery area : NILE DELTA
16. Yale alumni : ELIS
17. Turns red, perhaps : DYES
21. Classic parlor game : CHARADES
24. Investor’s barometer, with “the” : DOW
29. __ del Fuego : TIERRA
30. Melancholy : DOLOR
32. Ground cover : SOD
33. Alley prowlers : TOMS
35. Rub out : EFFACE
36. Incan herd members : LLAMAS
37. Gorgon slain by Perseus : MEDUSA
40. Mistake : SLIP-UP
43. Like the Grinch : MEAN
44. Org. that may request food recalls : USDA
46. Air__: Southwest subsidiary : TRAN
47. “More or less” cousin : -ISH
49. “I’m __ you!” : ONTO
50. Franklin and Jefferson, religiously : DEISTS
54. Nair rival, once : NEET
55. “Taste this” : TRY IT
58. Egyptian Christian : COPT
59. Prior night : EVE
61. Mary’s best friend : RHODA
64. Accounting jobs : AUDITS
65. Missile Command producer : ATARI
67. Pizarro victim : INCA
70. Con counterpart, across the Pyrenees : AVEC
71. Compendium : DIGEST
72. Clumsy one : OAF
74. Inside investment info : HOT TIP
75. Oregon college town : EUGENE
76. Offers a view : OPINES
78. Hall of Fame linebacker Junior : SEAU
81. English horn relative : OBOE
82. Tributes in verse : ODES
83. Constantinople coin : LIRA
84. Star : LEAD ACTOR
85. Eggs order : OVER EASY
86. Tattoo parlor sticker : NEEDLE
87. Flamenco cheer : OLE!
91. Snowstorm consequence : DRIFT
93. Suffix meaning “country” : -STAN
95. Egregious : FLAGRANT
98. Becomes tiresome to : WEARS ON
99. Vessel for couples : ARK
100. Pub patron : DRINKER
103. One with a lot of baggage : REDCAP
108. Salmon cousin : TROUT
109. Gives a darn? : MENDS
110. Pollution portmanteau : SMAZE
112. Shady area : ARBOR
113. Wordless agreement : NOD
114. Quarterback’s setback : SACK
115. Jazz great Fitzgerald : ELLA
116. Tofu nutrient : IRON
118. Splittable bit : ATOM
119. Eldest daughter of Cronus : HERA
123. Wonder : AWE
124. Its HQ is named for George H.W. Bush : CIA
125. Sloth, e.g. : SIN

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