The Colorado Springs Gazette

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Word with corn or matzo

5 Fill-in at an office

9 Truly hopeless

15 Org. with badges

18 Director Preminger

19 Thrown in

21 “Clever you”

22 Each and every

23 Tip from a history teacher about how to study WWII?

26 __ card: smartphone need

27 Intimate

28 Went fast

29 Radio City Music Hall style

31 Unreturned tennis serve

32 Grover’s predecessor

35 __ the pot

37 “On a ... ” poems

38 Tip from an English teacher about the editing process?

42 “__ there, done that”

44 Rapper Dr. __

45 Dines

46 3-Down novelist McEwan

47 Desilu co-founder

49 Actress Ward

52 Observed Ramadan, say

55 Question of identity

58 Make a difference

60 Tip from a gym teacher about how to win at tug-ofwar?

63 Get more out of

65 Nonprofit URL ender 66 Make money

67 Tiny organism

71 Atlanta pitcher Kirby

74 Sandal feature

76 Botanical balm

77 Hosp. areas

79 Charlie Parker’s instrument

81 Tip from an astronomy teacher about how to set up telescopes?

85 Some flower girl candidates

90 “Stay With Me” singer Smith

91 Invisible

92 Great flood protagonist

94 Baseball deal

95 Western treaty gp.

97 Stuck in __

99 MMA calls

101 Big-screen format

102 Tip from an accounting teacher about calculating profits and losses?

109 Pie crust ingredient

110 “Anything __?”

111 Prepare for a comeback tour

112 Reproductive cells

115 Google oneself, perhaps

117 Downright nasty

118 Caged copycat

120 Successful show letters

121 Tip from a math teacher about working with squares and cubes?

126 Shorten, as a skirt

127 Venezia’s land

128 Skin soother

129 Sheltered from the wind 130 Thumbs-up

131 Former Seattle team, familiarly

132 Tide type

133 Colorado’s __ Verde National Park

DOWN

1 Chocolaty coffee

2 Moral code

3 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel made into a film starring Keira Knightley

4 Booty

5 Grew molars, say

6 Prefix with thermic

7 Any of the Rockies: Abbr.

8 Magic word

9 Little bit

10 Droid

11 Stick (out)

12 Log-shaped pastry

13 Shirley Temple garnish

14 Acid __

15 Question of evidence

16 Deli device

17 Just about

20 Colorado ski spot

24 Burlap bag

25 Arctic hazards

30 Qatar’s capital

33 Hearing things

34 Struggling to stay awake

35 Apostle of Ireland, for short

36 Throw at

39 Med school subj.

40 Islamic mystic

41 Fries or slaw

42 “Kapow!”

43 Notable period

48 Zip

50 Girl who cannot be trusted to hold the football for Charlie Brown

51 Pasta __ Norma

53 Pamplona bulls

54 Omelet skillet

56 Supersized sandwich

57 Normandy river

59 Energized anew

61 Unleash upon

62 Number of Grammy Awards won by Dolly Parton

64 Classic mint brand

67 Bleating sounds

68 Pelvic bones

69 Dorm areas for hanging out

70 NBA official

72 Dynamism

73 H-Town pro

75 Parkway sign

78 Wool clippers

80 Resident of Japan’s third largest city

82 Unseat

83 Spooky

84 Comfy and cozy

86 Prince in “The Little Mermaid”

87 Small part for a big name, often

88 Writer LeShan

89 Census datum

93 Hindu spring festival

96 Goes on to say

98 Number of Powerpuff Girls

100 Course for college-bound HS students

102 Plump

103 “Amen to that!”

104 Contract adverb

105 “The Nightmare Before Christmas” composer Danny

106 Doesn’t use scissors

107 Legendary Paul 108 Close by

113 Casts a ballot

114 On a cruise

116 “Exodus” novelist Leon

117 Many execs

119 Travel without a destination

122 Pharmaceutical giant __ Lilly

123 MC’s need

124 World Cup cheer

125 Cavaliers sch.

COMICS

en-us

2023-11-19T08:00:00.0000000Z

2023-11-19T08:00:00.0000000Z

https://daily.gazette.com/article/282978224737414

The Gazette, Colorado Springs