LA TIMES CROSSWORD:
“THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” By ED SESSA ACROSS
1 Graf with 22 Grand Slam singles titles 7 Epcot’s Spaceship Earth, e.g.
12 Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego
16 Part of HMS
19 Soup dish
20 Like many feedbag cereals 21 NFL analyst Tony
22 Big name in kitchen gadgets
23 *Pro in a ring 25 Helped throw a party 27 Boxers’ org.?
28 Birth day ordeal 29 Boxer’s wound
31 Clock watchers 32 Bygone Russian ruler 34 Sonic the Hedgehog creator
35 Math class for coll. credit 36 *Challenge for a hopeful collegian 40 Footnote abbr. 42 Removes fasteners from 45 Hand-rubbing chuckle 46 Trawler’s catch 48 Firewood option
49 Title for Marian 50 Reacts with obvious pleasure
52 Comply with
53 Pet peeve? 54 Cap-and-crown org.? 55 *Multi-faceted stage performance 58 Believer
60 Least amt. 61 Reasons against 62 Lands’ End department 63 Barrier __
64 Historic toolmaking period 66 Practices, as a trade 68 Eyes and ears
71 Chocolate-caramel candy brand
72 Industrial arts class, informally
73 Actor Cumming of “The Good Wife”
74 River inlet 75 International economic coalition
77 *Military stint
80 One of the Bobbsey twins 81 Valley with cellars and sellers
82 On the fence 84 Loathing
85 “__ Misbehavin’": Fats Waller song
86 Suffix with glob 87 Ingratiates oneself (to), with “up”
89 The NBA’s Magic 90 Leave the larval stage 92 __-Croatian language 94 *Act of genius 97 Plant-based sugar substitute
99 Charged atoms 100 Earliest work in a musical chronology
104 One making amends 105 Winter coat? 106 Afghan capital 108 Initialism for some time away from work
109 Met a monthly obligation 111 Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have
114 Canon initials
115 Singer from County Donegal
116 Like many roofs 117 Parking garage designation 118 Just make, with “out” 119 Insect repellent 120 Gushes
121 Forensic competition
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1 Mar. 17 figure 2 Ankara natives
3 “Fear of Flying” author Jong
4 Topper for 2-Down 5 Premonition 6 Hospital deliveries 7 Disco era word
8 Lion player Bert
9 5’9” Giant Mel 10 Disco band brother 11 Makes hopping mad 12 Foot part
13 Bath bathroom 14 “Gotcha, man” 15 Perp’s pretend friend, in interrogation
16 *1977 Eagles hit 17 Works out
18 Reel holders 24 Letter-shaped girder 26 Hand-to-hand sound 30 Brass band members 33 Marsh plant 34 Bonehead
35 Yves’ squeeze 37 Interruption lead-ins 38 Tide type
39 “We Have the Meats” sandwich chain 41 This, when over there 42 Fish sauce taste
43 Low point
44 *Liszt list, e.g.
47 “I’m buying” 50 Downfall 51 Part-time player 53 Bank add-ons 55 What weight watchers watch
56 Access, as a site 57 Drive origination point 59 __ Penny: folk tale name 65 Smoked salmon 66 Calls work from home 67 Grant on old TV 68 Blighted area 69 Mirthful
70 "Ë votre __!” 72 Stretch mark, say 73 Grownup
75 Safari sights
76 Pitch from a rep 78 Lysol targets 79 Stands in the forest, perhaps
83 Baum princess
85 A group of them may be called a shrewdness 87 Dealt with 88 Memorable pie throwers
90 Window one would rather keep closed
91 Tiny Tim’s strings 93 Oregon golfing mecca 95 Swathe 96 Automaton prefix 98 Sherlock’s foe Adler 101 Three-time A.L. batting champ Tony 102 Nine-piece combo
103 Sharp-eyed bird 104 Cathedral recess 105 ER directive
106 Had already learned 107 Supplements, with “to” 110 Emmy-winning scientist 112 Melrose in L.A., say 113 Lincoln’s st.