L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Mother’s Day

ACROSS

1 Stops up

5 Some shells

9 Blokes

14 Bee’s landing place 19 Abbr. covering unlisted items

20 Part of the rural scenery 21 Yoga term meaning “force”

22 Elevate

23 Foppish fed? 26 National capital on Cape Verde

27 Dr. __ Hahn on “Grey’s Anatomy”

28 Best possible

29 They hang at parties 31 Word from the French for “little wing”

33 Tech tutorials site 35 Dadaism pioneer 36 Federal hush-hush org. 37 Hotel housekeeper’s concern?

41 Easter entrée 44 Rockies roamer 45 Some HDTVs

46 Like San Francisco’s Coit Tower

47 It’s everything, they say 50 1910s conflict

53 Spike with films 54 “Two mints in one” sloganeer

55 Brazen

56 Muppets watchers 58 Muppets’ address, briefly 61 Upscale retailer

62 Gave a leg up 65 Rattler’s weapon

66 Air pump letters 67 Woman’s surprise party for her kids’ kids? 70 Edwards, e.g.: Abbr. 73 Net, but not Jet or Met 75 Like some massages 76 Bitter __

77 Certain dietary abstinence 80 Civil War topper

81 Part of a squirrel’s stash 83 __ for the ride

84 BOLO equivalent

87 Old atlas letters 88 Burdens

89 Plentiful

90 Potato often used for fries 93 Pub stickers

95 Slangy assent

96 “One man’s trash ... “? 99 Toss in

102 IRS convenience

104 Like four-leaf clovers 105 The one that got away 107 “Do tell!”

111 Shot in the dark

113 Openings for Tolkien and

Rowling?: Abbr.

114 Nursery rhyme dieter 115 Sniffle over some Austen? 118 Hanukkah fare 119 Sporty old Ford

120 So 121 Beginning to bat? 122 Lessened

123 Jack of “The Wizard of Oz”

124 Celine of pop 125 Staff notation

DOWN

1 Hardly dignify 2 Pioneering game consoles 3 Heavy envelope makeup 4 Pizza purchase 5 Monkey in “Aladdin” 6 Places to tie up

7 “A horse, of course, of course”

8 In a circle near a diamond 9 Skiers’ retreats 10 Hesitate while speaking 11 24-hr. banking spots 12 Old-style “Wicked!” 13 Riviera resort 14 Know-it-all

15 High school hurdles 16 Ask for a doggie bag? 17 Banned orchard spray 18 P.O. box fillers 24 Copies made on onionskin, probably

25 Word with fast or passing 30 Baseball stats 32 Informal science

34 Big name in nonstick cookware

38 Unit of force 39 Scrabble vowel value 40 Bartender’s array 42 Fifth book of the New Testament

43 More than half 44 Unsuccessful swing 46 Test-drive car, e.g. 47 Recipe meas. 48 Some S&L plans 49 Frequent February craft project?

51 “The __ are lovely, dark and deep”: Frost 52 “Who’s there?” reply 54 House prop

57 Really bombed

59 First name in ramp-toramp jumping

60 Univ. term few

63 Trio of asses? 64 Bikini specs

67 Funk band Kool & the __ 68 Outdoorsy sort’s retailer 69 Dresser’s concern? 71 Harmful gas outlet 72 Crunchy lunches 74 Nemesis 76 Favorable aspect 77 What prices may do 78 Wiesel with a Nobel 79 Halloween staple 81 Bait, often

82 Hot wings chaser, perhaps 85 Aspiring therapist’s maj. 86 Black or brown critter 90 “No cellphone at dinner,” say

91 Dig up 92 Shakespearean genre 94 Back in the day 96 Unexpectedly and unhappily single 97 Starr-struck one? 98 Held

99 For each one

100 Tries to prevent

101 Pharaoh, for one

103 Space cadet

106 Egypt’s Sadat

107 Cartographer’s speck 108 Hollywood rating gp. 109 Sitcom that starred a

singer

110 Windsurfing need 112 Wrapped wear

116 “Compton” album maker 117 Rouen rejection