L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Cool comfort

ACROSS

1 Tip off 5 Iridescent stones 10 Broadway restaurant founder

15 Fancy window feature 19 Bizet’s “Habanera,” e.g. 20 Frequent co-star of Sly 21 From the top

22 Large volume 23 Bottom of a pie 25 Quality bedding material 27 Gourmet gastropod 28 Puts at risk

30 Ring components 31 Fish caught in pots 33 Stock ending? 34 Historic 1804 contest 35 Texas city in the film “Friday Night Lights” 38 Org. with a New London academy

41 Sites with jets 45 Leading the line 46 Where Petaluma is 50 Switchboard connection: Abbr.

51 Mil. driller

52 For hire to sire

53 It may be a lot 54 Wistful remark 56 Burn the toast, say 57 How much sautéing is done

58 Hate the idea of

59 Org. founded on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth 60 “Dark of the Moon” poet 62 Hummus scooper 63 Fam. tree member 64 Religious faction 65 Room in some posh residences

69 Made off with 72 Barely done

74 Road closing? 75 Amazon predator 77 Brand with a Creamy Vodka sauce

79 1954 Ford debut 81 Great Plains tribe

82 Unc, to Dad

83 “It’s not my first __!” 84 Choral part

85 Teaching model

86 Hugs, on cards 87 Manning of football 88 Tex-Mex dipper

91 Botch

92 Carriers of carriers 94 Pre-college, briefly 95 Female folklore fiend 97 Scoffing sounds

98 Rel. title

100 “She Believes __”: Kenny

Rogers hit

101 Lash out at

104 Like parts of the Great

Plains

108 Invited

112 Oakland-based environmental group 114 2009 Meryl Streep role 116 Author Dinesen 117 Ruin, with “up”

118 Part of PGA: Abbr. 119 Singer on a 2007 Black Heritage postage stamp, familiarly

120 Is just right

121 Bring to a boil

122 Lots of paper 123 Overly curious

DOWN

1 Pub hardware 2 Shillelagh’s land

3 “__ With a ‘Z’”: 1972 TV special

4 Like the most summery day

5 Non-Rx

6 City awarded the 2024 Summer Olympic Games 7 Donor drive target 8 Sylvester’s problem 9 Fill completely 10 Palatable 11 Well-coordinated 12 Super Bowl XXXIV champs

13 24 horas

14 On trial 15 Fifth-century Roman Empire foe 16 Revolution prefix 17 “Seriously?” 18 They’re often cooped up 24 Pub round 26 Separately 29 Mumbai melody 32 Altar sacrifice, at times? 34 Enjoyed some courses 35 Initial stages 36 College offering 37 Struggling student’s option

38 Freed, in a way 39 iTunes Store category 40 Mil. authority 41 Intangible quality 42 Game player’s purchase 43 Suit

44 Part of a plan

47 “__ Mio”

48 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

49 View from much of U.S. Highway 101 52 Samaritan’s offering 55 Can’t get out of it 58 Like many soup veggies 61 Performer’s place 62 Keep the beat?

63 Use, as one’s resources 66 Last Supper question 67 Meditative discipline 68 Long, thin mushroom 70 Awful 71 Barbecue fare 73 Water-absorbing plant part

76 Tube top

77 Kitchen job

78 Cast assignment 79 Protection from the elements

80 Short orders? 81 “Mayor” author 85 Prefix with ware 89 “C’est magnifique!” 90 Big name in casual garb 91 Air out 93 Predatory fish with an acute sense of smell 96 Former car-financing org. 98 Green word?

99 Glowing piece

100 Beat around the bush, e.g. 101 “Get real!”

102 Response to un capitán 103 Administrative hub 104 Wallop

105 Just shy of shut

106 Trojan Horse, for one 107 Rick’s “kid”

109 Drug bust unit

110 Some annexes

111 1944 turning point 113 Rip off

115 Coolers, briefly, that span two words in the nine longest answers