L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Parcel of land 6 Confused state 9 Chapter XXVIII of “Moby-Dick” 13 Creator of a quirky cartoon family 19 Island veranda

20 Old cereal box no.

21 __ Alto

22 Vacation option 23 Designated meditation area?

25 Key to a discography including “Purple Rain”? 27 Writer known for his surprise endings

28 Old lemon

29 Pick

30 Longtime TV host Carol 33 Expansive

34 Lhasa __: small dog 36 Dots in l’océan

37 Lift

40 Exist

41 Library attention-getter 45 Purity meas. 46 Vacant look, e.g.? 49 Annual report VIP 50 Quaint “before”

51 High school phase for many

52 Testing site

53 Oral dozen

55 Got out of the stable, say 57 “Platoon” setting 60 Atlantic and Pacific, e.g. 62 Lincoln in-law

63 One who doesn’t stay put 65 Bard’s bedtime

66 __ Reader 67 Southampton sword 69 Tirade from an underground worker? 71 Smartened (up) 72 Stopper

73 Water control project 74 Hound attraction 75 Spanish ayes 76 Fashionable sort? 79 Witch

80 In abundance 83 Emcee responsibilities 84 Opposite of pref. 86 Dominated

88 “That’s surprising” 89 Loving murmur 90 Elegant knight’s accoutrement?

94 Tap choice, for short 95 Lombardy Castle city 97 USO show audience 98 “Me too”

99 Tech news website 100 Browning, e.g.

102 Rocky areas?: Abbr. 103 Oversees

105 Unemotional

108 Farewell that’s bid

110 One of two using matched

weapons

112 New Englander from

Lhasa?

114 Viper’s bar order? 118 Storied restaurant 119 Suit to __

120 Fallen space station 121 Rink fakes

122 Hems in

123 Hires competitor 124 BART stop, e.g. 125 Rarely ordered food?

Down

1 Comfort during a tough time, for short 2 Bleachers sound 3 California’s Santa __ River 4 Camera choices

5 10% donation

6 Like the biggest stories 7 Smell 8 Reminiscent of venison 9 Soothe 10 Aggressive marketing 11 Posh party invitees 12 Doggy bag item 13 Expert

14 Hangs on a line 15 Longtime rubber company 16 Personal assistant 17 PC speed unit 18 Suggestive message 24 Took back 26 Shannon’s county 30 Yamaha user 31 Extreme

32 What to click in response to an offensive tweet? 33 Fight (for) 35 Writers

38 ICU personnel 39 Infomercial urging 40 Completely surrounding 42 Insufficient medley? 43 Calm

44 Like green salads 46 Time for una siesta 47 Down

48 From A __

54 Title name that “Every little breeze seems to whisper,” in a Chevalier song

56 One may be exposed by an expert

58 Iowa State city 59 Spring time

61 First got acquainted 63 Serious foe

64 De Matteo of “The Sopranos”

67 Do film editing work 68 Program with steps 69 Green eggs advocate 70 Namibia neighbor 71 Author who wrote “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life” 73 Two pills, perhaps 75 Cereal brand since 1955 77 49-Acrosses lead them 78 More than trot 80 “Archie Bunker’s Place” co-star

81 Plains dwelling 82 Dublin-born poet 85 Nailed, say

87 Sound file suffix 91 Business baron

92 Cold War protest sign slogan

93 They don’t play the field: Abbr.

96 Each

99 Floor covering

101 Two trios and a duo 102 Mazda sports car 104 Requirements

105 Shot in the dark

106 Floor covering

107 Kimono holders

109 Twosome

110 Mil. awards

111 Quart, say

113 Pack animal

115 ‘50s White House

nickname

116 1995 Tony honoree for Excellence in the Theatre: Abbr.

117 Sound of reproach