L. A. CROSSWORD “AMAZEBALLS*”

ACROSS 1 Takes the odds 5 Flop’s opposite 10 Anchored

16 Braying beast 19 Audition piece 20 1988 Summer Olympics site 21 From C to C 22 __ Victor 23 *Convenient carrier

25 *Small, flat legume

27 Braille bits

28 Poet Pablo Neruda, e.g.

30 “My treat” 31 Distinctive Rolls Royce feature 34 Many a text writer

36 Hikes from the center

37 Wilson of “Pitch Perfect” movies 38 Heinz Field player 39 Rapid __ 41 Nickname for young Skywalker 42 Ramshackle shelters

43 One way to get you

44 *Octal system 47 *Item found in a parlor

51 Like Fran Drescher’s voice 52 Cheerleaders’ handfuls 56 Your cousin’s 81-Across, maybe 57 Plague critter 60 Pudding starch 61 Carne __

63 Subject of a Dean Martin classic 64 *Pneumatic silo declogger

66 “Your table’s ready” gizmo 67 Chekov on

“Star Trek” 68 Directed

69 Last to arrive 70 French article 71 Proclaims 72 Passionate

74 *Fund for fun 77 *Path for a promising young exec

81 See 56-Across 82 Fouls up, as plans

85 “The Crow” actress Ling

86 “The StarSpangled Banner” quartet

89 “Les Misérables” girl

90 __ Ste. Marie 92 Prefix with centric

93 Barbaric 94 Worrisome engine sound 95 Teatro __ Scala 96 Old copiers

98 Right on the map 99 *It covers the Batmobile 101 *Brie, e.g. 107 Ottoman bigwig 108 Cooling-off period?

109 City of NE Italy 110 Garbage hauler 111 B-day numbers 112 “Full House” surname

113 Award for

“Mr. Mercedes” 114 Lift one’s spirits? DOWN 1 “Phooey!” 2 Significant time 3 Bronze component 4 Tack room item 5 Ice __

6 Shade of green 7 What Indiana sought

8 “What did I tell you?” 9 Chopper

10 Calder pieces 11 Telescope eyepiece 12 Weasel relative 13 Pro follower 14 102-Down opposite

15 “__ Rosenkavalier” 16 Spots for sports 17 Trattoria entrée 18 Least extreme 24 Weevil’s target 26 Tied-under-thechin topper

29 Prefix with gram 31 Take the wrong way?

32 Sofer of soaps 33 Sacred Nile bird 34 Longtime “60 Minutes” reporter 35 Small price to pay 36 Backtalk

38 Sonic the Hedgehog maker 39 “Mr. Citizen” autobiographer 40 Regrets

42 Santa has a famous one 45 Acclimatize

46 Art supporter? 47 Fashion first name

48 Pixel pattern

49 Secret stuff 50 Target rival 52 Worrywart, at times 53 Eye-fooling genre 54 Extraction sites 55 Golden or Walden 57 Drink from a bowl

58 Spender of rials 59 Group of 13, traditionally 60 Genealogy chart 61 Spaced out 62 Lustful deity 64 Portfolio listings 65 Wee

69 Rents

71 “Frozen” princess 72 Conviction

73 “Cast Away” setting

75 Fanatic

76 Anise liqueur 77 Dieter’s concern 78 Lie next to 79 Birdsong

80 Toy with a tail 82 Skeptic

83 Italian noble family

84 Budget bin record 86 Ramshackle

87 One taking a lot of notes 88 Soothes

89 React to an awkward moment

90 Military band

91 Bear witness 93 Queen lead guitarist __ May 94 Track figure 96 Animal lovers’ org.

97 French city where William the Conqueror is buried

98 Italian smoker 100 Many an IKEA buy

102 14-Down opposite

103 Newton fruit

104 Green prefix

105 Sponge (up) 106 Woolly mama