The los angeles times
ACROSS
1 Capital known as “The City of Trees”
6 HS course for a future poli-sci major
11 “How silly
of me!”
14 Cook brisket,
perhaps 19 Capital known as “The City of Stairs” 20 Quinceañera
accessory 21 Singer profiled in the 2022 Netflix documentary “Halftime,” familiarly 22 Ancient
manuscript 23 Friends in
Low Places? 26 Outkast rapper
__ 3000
27 Org. whose logo features crossed clubs
28 Oct. 24
observance 29 Chemical in
bagel-making 30 Cream-filled
pastries
32 Way off
34 Some truffle
hunters 36 Colorado State’s
sports team 37 Jellicle Ball
attendee
38 Dust in the
Wind?
44 Love, in Verona 46 Walking tall 47 Half-inning trio 48 Can opener 49 Pixar swimmer 50 Lacking proper punctuation, perhaps 51 Delight
53 School member 54 Party in the
U.S.A.?
58 “Am __ blame?” 59 Presto, musically 60 20s dispensers 61 Capitol Hill fig. 62 Amsterdam
waterway
64 “Just watch me!” 66 [Crying emoji] 70 Video art pioneer
__ June Paik 72 Licensed
transport
73 Train, as a boxer 76 Hilton-owned
hotel chain 77 Dancing in the
Street?
83 Basic ballet move 84 Antibiotic units 85 “__ Kai”:
Netflix series 86 Central Plains
tribe
87 Organ with
a hammer
88 Foie __
89 Ticket prices? 90 Tons and tons 91 Crazy in Love? 95 DOJ agency 96 Bench press
targets, for short 97 College
administrators 98 High-end hair
dryers
101 Flatbread served
with dal
104 Projectile’s path 105 Beach balls?
108 Noisy fight
109 Vessel implant 110 Down in the
Boondocks?
114 Play place?
115 To’s opposite
116 Model/actress
Kate
117 “__ mañana”
118 Less spicy,
in a way
119 Bros
120 __ profundo:
low voice
121 Oyster cracker?
DOWN
1 Unflattering media coverage, briefly
2 Rolex
competitor 3 “Seriously!?” 4 Maple syrup
base
5 Like a hotel
bathroom, often 6 Teeny bit
7 Gyro wrapper 8 “Slow Horses”
actor Oldman 9 Deposit for
processing
10 Unit for soccer practice carpool, say
11 Video game with a turntable-shaped controller
12 Copa América
cry
13 Slip ‘N Slide need 14 Quantities such
as mass and time 15 Address for
Hercule Poirot 16 “Weird, right?” 17 Steve with nine NBA titles as a player and coach 18 Old flames 24 Finish
25 The “C” of the CMYK color model
31 Prepare to move,
as artwork 33 Christmas tune 34 Pop star Mars 35 Scrubs
38 Root veggies
39 “... then again, we could try something else” 40 [It’s gone!] 41 Ardent
desire
42 “No sweat!” 43 “Truthfully,”
in a text 44 Shenanigan 45 Conductor Zubin 50 Genetic letters 51 Many NYC
addresses 52 Tibetan
dumpling 53 Festival entry 55 Major key of Chopin’s “Heroic” Polonaise 56 Spreading fear 57 Bête __
63 “The Favourite”
queen
64 Candy __ 65 Graph line 67 Minnesota’s
Paul Bunyan, for one
68 Item in a quiver 69 Bros
71 Wild hurry 72 Threw out 73 Serious
74 Coach purchase,
perhaps
75 __ plancha: Spanish cooking method 77 Concrete
piece
78 Classic travel
trailer
79 Castle
defense
80 Sour
compounds 81 One-named
Irish singer 82 Power base? 83 Test subject for
Gregor Mendel 88 Nail polish
enhancer 89 Devotees
90 “Oh, really?” 92 Mandarin, e.g. 93 “I’ll follow you” 94 Patio spot 98 Green owl in a popular language app 99 El __: America,
in Mexico
100 Necessitate a
bleep
101 Soft “Over here!” 102 “__ boy!”
103 Radio
toggle
105 Oodles
106 Sci-fi craft
107 Latin dating
word
111 Anger
112 AirNow.gov
partner
113 Prominent part of a beefeater’s uniform