Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword
Pollination
ACROSS
1 “Behind the __ I’ll convey myself”: Polonius
6 Base near home 11 EMT skill
14 Judge’s seat 18 Hardwood tree 19 Fail to make use of 20 WC
21 Prayer opening 23 *Henry James heroine
25 Top of a scepter,
perhaps
26 “Three Tall Women”
Pulitzer playwright 27 German university
city
28 Initial payments 29 *Hip-hop artist with the 2014 #1 hit “Fancy”
31 Pays attention 34 Delivery pros
35 One taking a selfie 36 AP rival
37 “Cold one over here,
please”
40 Campaign funding
org.
42 *Youngest NBA player to win the MVP 46 Big risk taker 52 Happening
53 Studio supporter? 54 Remote, as a road 55 Dwindle
57 Divested (of)
58 Bird in Saint-saëns’ “The Carnival of the Animals”
59 1912 Olympic legend 60 2007 IHOP acquisition
66 Barrett of Pink Floyd 67 *Bashful one 71 “NCIS” was spun off
from it
74 Key movie scenes 75 60-year-old Mattel
classic
79 Since
81 D.C. VIP
82 Pocatello natives 84 Korean rice dish 87 Designer Geoffrey 90 Keats, for one 91 “These go to eleven”
band 93
95 96 98
99 102 105 109
111 114 115
116 117
120 121 122 123 124
125 126
127 *“Under the Net” novelist
Prefix with Pen Nab Pocatello-to-provo dir.
Borscht veggie Approached
Go back in *Looney Tunes girlfriend
“The way I __ ... ” Creature found atop the apt part of each answer to a starred clue
Pine Tree State campus town
__ Diego
*Add unneeded ornamentation Some, in Stuttgart Bit of work Saying
Big fight Palindromic Latin verb
Rehab woe Palindromic court star
Creases
DOWN
1 “Idol” judge replaced
by Degeneres 2 “Around the Horn”
host Tony
3 French coronation
city
4 Coolers in windows,
briefly
5 Timid
6 Target Field team 7 Cease
8 Bermuda, e.g.
9 GPS data
10 Aachen article 11 Blocked, as a drain 12 Gershwin title lover 13 One-named Swedish
pop singer
14 Ruth’s husband 15 Allowing admittance
anywhere, as a pass 16 Highborn
17 Angler’s basket 22 Reason to shake 24 Overexcited 29 Watson creator 30 Vail alternative 32 Tina and Lana 33
34 37 38 39 41 42 43
44 45 47 48
49 50 51 56 Mel Blanc’s “That’s All Folks” et al. Pitcher Hershiser Donkey sound Dawn deity Linguistic suffix Citrus suffix Skillful
Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You __?” Make over Mauna __ Suspect’s story Copland ballet with a hoedown
Gives one’s word “It could happen” Allow to use “The Way We __” 57 60 61 62 63 64
65
68 69 70 71 72 73 76
77 78 Guns
Like, with “to” Dessert option __ Park: Pirates’ field Part of XL: Abbr. Site of Napoleon’s exile
Fish in the genus Hippocampus Where __ Hip-hop’s Salt-__ Walked-on Some punches Take __ of: taste Mongolian desert Scott of “Charles in Charge” Etched: Abbr.
Bk. read at Purim 80 82 83 85 86
87
88 89
92 94
97 99 100 101 Tweaks Research ctr.
JFK, say
Plan, with “out” Pancakes sometimes served with caviar What Superman first looked like? Prior to, in poems Grafton’s “__ for Evidence” Sliced-off parts “He that __ many words shall be abhorred”: Eccl. Coffee order: Abbr. Fraternal org. Strange Preppy jackets xwordeditor@aol.com; ©2017 Tribune Media Services Inc. Answer Above 103 104 105 106 107 108
110 111 112 113 117 118
119 Abated
Aside (from) Ceremonies Govt. security Caught congers Judy of “Devious Maids” Support for glasses Facet
Israeli airline Margin Energy metaphor “Unbelievable” rock band Celestial lion