LA TIMES CROSSWORD:
“FOUR OF A KIND” By PAUL COULTER
ACROSS
1 Light songs
6 “East of Eden” director
Kazan
10 Commercials 13 Surrounded by
19 Ancient Greek theater 20 Like marathons 21 Japanese drama
22 It’s against the motion 23 Law firm standout
25 Stay afloat, in a way 27 “Dream on!”
28 Rabbit predators 30 Clerical vestments 31 Warm, in a game
32 Acts disrespectfully
toward
34 Obtain by trickery
36 Like Joel Goodson’s
business, in a 1983 film 37 Respectful greeting 39 Egg cells
40 Fits to __
42 Near-perfect bridge feat 46 South American shocker 52 Affect
53 Live for evil, say?
55 Back
56 Half a fly
57 Daisylike bloom
58 __ school 60 Dialogue-stopping
button?
61 “All That Jazz” director 63 Fire remnant
66 Piano’s soft pedal, for one 68 Future educator’s goal 72 Wrap in a bandage 73 Tennis star Osaka 74 Brings (out)
75 Bakery buy
76 Hang (around), as with a
friend
77 City on the Po
79 Likely 82 Out with permission, maybe
85 Put on a jury 88 Actress Cornish of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” 90 Vietnam War defoliant 92 Bonneville racing venue 94 Einstein’s “m”
95 B&O and Reading 97 Places to hang 98 Office alerts 102 Beginning
104 Got the point?
106 “Your turn”
107 Part of A.D.
108 Liquid transfer device 110 More than simmer
113 Did a flower garden task 116 Tennis umpire’s order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers 118 Ingratiate
119 Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan 120 Highland wear
121 Cold shower? 122 Catering supply 123 Some “ER” roles
124 Toy with runners 125 Father-and-son actors
DOWN
1 “Copacabana” showgirl 2 Bad day for Caesar 3 Lay down the law 4 Excessively
5 NBC weekend fixture, briefly
6 Carry away 7 Corporate symbols 8 Attending USC, e.g. 9 Terrible time? 10 Probably not a good sign at a picnic
11 Tight headgear 12 Trounce 13 Words in some pop group names
14 Do a yard job 15 14th-century Russian ruler
16 Heaps affection (on) 17 Swordfish __ 18 Absorbent fabric 24 Word containing three of itself
26 Helped plan a job, maybe 29 Penny attachment 33 D-Day French city 35 “The Lion King” lion 36 “Criminal Minds” agent played by Matthew Gray Gubler
37 Marines NCO 38 Double agent Aldrich 41 Coastal flier
43 Delhi dairy drink 44 Feeler
45 Author Rita __ Brown 47 Irish nationalist Robert 48 Symbols in some pop group names
49 Blow
50 Perfume name
51 Bad look
54 Artist El __
57 “A Hard Road to Glory” author
59 Asmara is its capital 61 Make stout
62 Perth protest
64 Dues payer: Abbr.
65 Big name in water filters 66 “My Heart Will Go On” singer
67 Appear
68 Country music sound 69 Country rocker Steve 70 Ancient Greek medical researcher
71 Luxury
72 Ancient colonnade 76 Author’s assumed character 78 Young __
79 Left, as a sinking ship 80 Big East team 81 Nickname for Esther 83 24-hr. conveniences 84 U.S. govt. broadcaster 86 Ballpark figs.
87 1994 Peace co-Nobelist 88 Way off 89 Flower named for its color and shape
91 In pieces
93 Flip-flop 96 Proverbial bone breakers 98 Manners 99 Olympics segment 100 Maryland’s Fort __ 101 Court command 103 Wheel alignment 104 __ oil 105 Page-bottom abbr. 107 Sleek, for short 109 PGA rival of Tiger 111 Brainstorm 112 D-Day craft 114 Chewie’s pal 115 Drill wielder: Abbr. 117 Spanish “that”