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Los AngeLes Times sundAy Crossword PuzzLe
Fill the empty squares so each row, column and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1-9.
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By Dave Green
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sAturDAy JuMble solution beloW
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Across 1 Unflappability 7 Responds to an alarm 13 Bliss 20 Counterman? 21 On deck 22 “Raging Bull” fighter 23 Trust builder? 25 Clink 26 Sent messages, before faxes and email 27 Bit of body art 29 Julia of “Legends of the Fall” 30 Meat cut 31 Result of losing two points, perhaps 35 Convey 38 Descendant of the English Bulldog 39 Son of Donald 40 Shares an email with 43 Pigeon hangouts 44 Voice of TV’s Fat Albert 45 Get online shopping help, say 47 Sports org. with three major divisions 48 Student of Socrates 49 Hired car 50 TV exec Arledge 51 Tolkien monster 52 Concern for gardeners 55 Protest gone bad 56 Piggy 57 Gambling game 58 Veers 59 Pound units 61 Urban of country 63 Rooting area 64 Shot with English 65 Reach by schooner, say 67 Canal through Oneida Lake 69 Half of a record 71 Trap that’s spun 74 Gremlins, e.g. 75 Wriggler on a hook 78 __-Wan Kenobi 79 Some price changes 81 Whoop-de-__: lively parties 82 WWII issue 83 Suffix with Jumbo 84 Glacial expanses 86 Night noise 87 Edge along 88 Happy hour sponsor 89 Kyrgyzstan range 90 Refrigerant trade name 91 Troubles 92 Teacher’s bane, at times 94 Celebrity 95 Like Jack and Jill, ultimately 98 __ lepton: physics particle 99 Fiber source 102 The littlest bit 104 Mozart’s “The Hunt,” for one 109 Verify 110 Colored tee, perhaps 111 Bawled (out) 112 Aflutter 113 Hill group 114 Border maintainers Down 1 Time of one’s life 2 Fruit fly or gnat 3 Loser’s ad word
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4 Nebraska city named for a Native American tribe 5 Streakers in showers 6 Withdrawal in 2016 headlines 7 “Should __ acquaintance ...” 8 FDR program 9 Gothic novelist Radcliffe 10 Understanding 11 Oxford college 12 Classic Fender guitar, briefly 13 Golfing countryman of Player 14 Unit of heat 15 Diminutive two-seater 16 “Pinball Wizard” opera 17 Spherical opening? 18 WWII British firearm 19 Spot to spot Spot 24 See 25-Across 28 WWII alliance 31 Was beaten by 32 U-shaped river bend 33 “Oy __!” 34 Monte of Cooperstown 35 Schoolyard argument 36 Itsy-bitsy 37 Any one of the NFL’s top 25 career scoring leaders 38 Bit of braggadocio 40 They’re spoken in anger 41 Transport for Chingachgook 42 Editors’ marks 44 Quilter’s need 45 Dangle 46 Pedal problems 48 Subatomic particle 49 Serving convenience 52 Flutter by like a butterfly 53 Templo Mayor builder
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Driven to act Tablet buyer, usually “It’s nobody __ business” Poses Pooh creator Ahmedabad address Livorno lady friend Hard one to work with P-like letters Thick-furred primate Like court testimony Virus first identified in Zaire IQ test pioneer Thoughts Extend one’s Self? Petroleum produced from rock fragments Jazz standard that became an LSU fight song Hyundai compact “No seats” letters Performed a ballroom dance 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug The great outdoors Site of an ascent Playbill listings 60-Down’s info source Central points In short order, in verse Dunham of “Girls” Ornate arch My way __-do-well Band accessory Neurotic toon pooch Potato source: Abbr. Paper read on the LIRR, perhaps Cardinal points, briefly?
sunDAy’s JuMble solution From Previous Page HONCHO OPPOSE DETECT IMPACT LAVISH HOTTER
Cryptoquip #1. Clue: M equals E
HE WAS BEGINNING TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HE WAS A GHOST. THE OTHER GHOSTS SAID — THAT’S THE SPIRIT MonDAy’s JuMble solution From Previous Page CHECK TANGY SUMMON PEWTER
Cryptoquip #2. Clue: P equals T
THE COSMETOLOGY STUDENT MISSED HER EXAM AND NEEDED TO TAKE A — MAKEUP TEST tuesDAy’s JuMble solution From Previous Page TAKEN FUSSY DIVEST COTTON
Cryptoquip #3. Clue: N equals O
THEY WERE HOPING TO GET A DISCOUNT ON A GRANITE COUNTERTOP, BUT THE PRICE WAS — SET IN STONE WeDnesDAy’s JuMble solution From Previous Page IMAGE TOKEN TRENCH COUPON
Cryptoquip #4. Clue: P equals Y
IT WAS EASY TO SPOT THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE SCHOOL DANCE, BECAUSE THEY WERE — PROMINENT thursDAy’s JuMble solution From Previous Page HANDY WEAVE REBUKE CHOSEN
Cryptoquip #5. Clue: Y equals T
WHEN THE BEER MAKERS ARGUED OVER WHO MADE BETTER BEER, THE RESULT WAS A — “BREW-HAHA” FriDAy’s JuMble solution From Previous Page WHEAT COUNT SHADOW WEIGHT THE IDENTICAL TWIN BOYS DRESSED SO DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE — “TWO” EACH HIS OWN sAturDAy’s JuMble solution PETTY KIOSK HUMANE CIRCUS HE WOULDN’T STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WINE, SO HIS WIFE WANTED HIM TO — PUT A CORK IN IT
Across 1. — chowder 5. Temporary bed 8. 2003 movie, “— in Translation” 12. “Grandfathered” actor Patel 13. James Coburn film, “— Man Flint” 14. Spanish stew 15. Roman poet 16. “— Ventura, Pet Detective” 17. Small change 18. 1980 comedy featuring a gopher 21. Tennis umpire’s call 22. “The Big Bang —” 26. 1971 movie, “The Anderson —” 29. Corbin Bernsen on “L.A. Law” 30. Self-image 31. Wolf Blitzer’s channel 32. Oscar de la — 35. Vichyssoise vegetables 37. Olympic awards 39. Very long time 40. Shown, star of 8- and 18-Across and 45-Down: 2 wds. 45. Uninteresting 48. Parisian affirmative 49. “Dynamic” prefix 50. French friend 51. Sheldon’s nemesis Wheaton 52. He was Grandpa Walton 53. Sounds in a pound 54. 180 degrees from NNW 55. Woody Allen’s “Anything —” Down 1. “Lake Placid” peril, for short 2. Product of Hawaii’s Kilauea 3. Zealous 4. Patricia Heaton series, “The —” 5. Harrison Ford movie, “The Mosquito —” 6. “That smarts!”
7. Mr. Williams of “Chesapeake Shores” 8. Jeremy Renner’s “The Hurt —” 9. Flamenco shout 10. Fall from grace 11. Moppet 19. “Say — to the Dress” 20. Half a Latin dance 23. “— Upon a Time” 24. Milieu for Mario Lemieux 25. Longings 26. School session 27. Tommie of the Miracle Mets 28. “On Golden —” 33. Deborah Kerr movie, “Separate —” 34. Actress Tatyana 35. Mr. Ferrigno 36. Infuriate 38. Decelerates 39. “Into the Wild” star Hirsch 41. “Code Black” actor Guzman 42. Stagger 43. Mars, to the Greeks 44. Days of — 45. “Groundhog —” 46. John’s “Pulp Fiction” dance partner 47. Spike TV’s “— Sync Battle”
# 3: Right as the plumber was leaving to work on a leaky faucet, somebody cried “Have a safe drip!” # 5: Two stubborn lumberjacks just # 2: If you distribute only a couple couldn’t reach any agreement. of cards to each of the players, I I think they were at loggerheads. guess that’s no big deal. # 4: When I switched to a new eye- # 1: Lazy sorcerer who is habitually seen hanging around bars and care facility last week, they asked for my contact information. nightclubs: a lounge wizard.