LA TimES CROSSWORD:
“EXTRA SPECIAL” By CHRISTINA IVERSON ACROSS
1 Paulson of “American
Crime Story”
6 Remove one’s name from,
as on Facebook
11 __ one’s time
15 Ooze
19 Steered
20 Ma Rainey player Davis
21 Ones in wool coats 22 Muscle car rod 23 Holiday-themed minifigures in LEGO Advent calendars?
25 __ bean
26 Muscle car roof
27 Like Zippo lighters and
Maglite flashlights
28 Not for keeps
30 Major reversals
32 Whole Foods section 34 Leaves off 36 Pulitzer-winning Glass
37 Club kin
40 Formal complaints about a sommelier’s recommendations?
47 “I’m all __!”
49 “Kiss Me Deadly” singer
Ford
50 __ Vogue
51 TV pioneer
52 “You’re not allowed to feel
that way!,” e.g.?
58 “__ Eleven”: Emily St. John
Mandel novel
60 Furniture wood
61 Bite
63 Tierra en el mar
64 Post, as on a bulletin board
67 Gold unit
69 Photo filter
70 Tale of the hora?
74 Wasn’t well
76 Ball of the Bulls 77 Post-workout indulgence 78 Subj. for Elinor Ostrom and Emily Oster
79 Walks loudly
82 Five cents
86 Mosaic piece
90 Surfer’s dream?
93 Born
94 Hershey candy in gold foil 96 Skiing aid
97 Arcade name
98 Way to manage the study of Ceres and Vesta? 105 __ de cr me
106 Cheer for un gol
107 Vowel-rich first guess in Wordle
108 Growing concern
110 Plant pests
113 Did the tango
116 Wet floor?
120 Print maker
121 “Spring forward” unit 123 Pretty but ineffective dressing?
126 Apple variety
127 “Blackfish” killer whale 128 Soap that floats
129 Co-founder of A.A., familiarly
130 Metal bands?
131 Sturdy trees
132 Like flourless cake
133 Naturally powered elevator?
DOWN
1 California sch. near the
Mexican border
2 Vishnu’s quartet
3 Wander
4 Meeting place for a H.S.
film club
5 Prevented from being on
time
6 Grape, in Spanish
7 Diarist Anaïs
8 “Africa” band
9 “Doom Patrol” actor Tudyk 10 Fixture in some patio
firepits
11 “Hey now, that’s
unreasonable!” 12 “Gimme!”
13 Actor Patel
14 Genesis twin
15 Planet with 53 named
moons
16 Bacon specification 17 North Carolina college
town
18 Spices (up)
24 Ward with awards 29 “Egad,” like, way updated 31 Disney princess voiced by
Anika Noni Rose 33 Pottery oven 35 Understands
37 Suds
38 Gold fabric
39 Stepped
41 Clear (of)
42 Thing
43 Second start?
44 One seeing Spots?
45 Gut bacteria
46 Yemen metropolis 48 Dublin’s St. __ Green
53 Epic featuring Paris
54 Old Dodge
55 Trying
56 Morales of “Ozark”
57 Oscar winner Laura 59 Closet organizers
62 Gets behind
65 Short address
66 All in favor
68 PreCheck org.
69 Justice Sotomayor
70 Very relatable
71 Not behind
72 Hilfiger rival
73 Ditty
74 Insurance giant
75 Fruity frozen drinks
80 “__ Loves Mambo”
81 Schedule opening
83 Stay fresh 84 Therefore
85 Test with logic games 87 Blundered
88 Kanga’s kid 89 Shawkat of “Arrested Development”
91 Civil rights initialism 92 Coral habitat 95 Idiosyncratic sort 99 Privileged few 100 Twinkly toppers
101 Kylo of the “Star Wars” sequels
102 Geometry giant
103 Org. that sent Juno to Jupiter
104 Fashionable
109 Sierra __
110 Natural hairstyle
111 Penniless 112 “Amscray!”
114 Roof trim
115 Mousetrap brand
117 Dad, in Chinese
118 Challenges on the field 119 Burden for many students 122 British singer Rita
124 Trauma ctrs.
125 “Later, gator”