L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Water music

ACROSS 1 Reading aid

5 __ Office

9 Resort amenity 12 Allergic reactions 18 DQ Blizzard flavor 19 Bridal gown decoration 20 First one cast, usually 21 Speaks in a boring way 22 It happens without warning 25 Buzzard’s snack, perhaps 26 Avoid, as a puddle

27 Big piece

28 Truck propeller 29 Finish off, as a cake 30 __ Bridge, which connects Buffalo, NY, to Fort Erie, Ontario

31 Carnival destination 32 Old car starter 35 “Tarzan” critter

37 Took off again 39 Skeptical reply 43 Reason for an ankle monitor

46 Phishing target 48 Payroll service co. 49 Exam given intradermally, for short 50 “Chicago” actor

52 “Do ___ to eat a peach?”: Eliot

53 Cut the crop

55 Salt on the Seine 56 Word with bed or board 58 Bellyached

60 “ABC World News Tonight” anchor David 61 Rate of speed

63 Fond du __, Wisconsin 64 90-Across garb 65 Hollywood tease 67 Keyboard centerpiece, and a phonetic hint to six long puzzle answers 70 Loose, pants-wise 73 Blood donation unit 75 Before, before 76 “Piece of cake!” 78 Shapely school subj.? 80 Milk sources nowadays 83 One-in-a-million 85 Young fellow 86 Quotable “Star Wars” character

87 “North Woods Law” critter

88 Head of the party?

90 See 64-Across

93 Short bylaw?

94 “Wheel” coup

96 It’s more than right 98 Western skyline sight 99 Skilled speaker

102 Craft beer letters

103 Witherspoon of “Wild” 104 Pup __

106 Directly

108 Big name in luxury cars 109 Nightly news segment 111 First name in ‘70s tennis 112 Gets some air

117 “I Love __”: Irving Berlin song with the line “So you can keep your fiddle and your bow”

118 Fringe benefit for some reps

120 “Othello” role 121 Korean exports 122 Online break-in 123 Actress Campbell 124 New York’s __ Island 125 Military VIP 126 Products of 66-Down 127 Part of GPS: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Leader leader? 2 Stuck in __

3 Trifling

4 Magical Mary 5 Garden of eating? 6 Spray holder

7 HP rival

8 Michele of “Glee” 9 Position

10 Member of the first Super Bowl-winning team 11 Boat for couples 12 Client

13 Fishing basket 14 Frontier transport 15 Generous words 16 Trompe l’__ 17 Identity theft target, briefly

20 Little created by E.B. White

23 Zoom

24 With 112-Down, classic Faulkner story 28 Examine in detail 30 Preppy trio? 32 Bracelet ornament 33 Arrived on wheels 34 Childcare aide 35 Russian workers’ cooperative 36 Opening bout, for short 38 Word for us 40 Swedish wheels 41 Nagy of Hungary 42 Put coins into 44 Sneak off and hide 45 Bering, e.g.: Abbr. 47 Calf catcher 50 World Cup cry 51 Event host

54 Item on the best man’s checklist

57 More mature 59 Actress/activist married to Ossie Davis 62 Waterside sights 66 See 126-Across 68 “Curses!” cousin 69 Bring to the majors, in baseball 71 Presidential name in three centuries

72 Alpine songs

74 Wearable ads, maybe 77 Spicy dip

79 Kid-lit “Maniac”

80 Car radio letters

81 It’s handed down

82 Chili’s competitor

84 Flow counterpart 89 Off-tangent link 91 Arguing

92 Airport surface 95 Floatplane feature

96 Wild revelries

97 Units of force

100 “Call the Midwife” nurse 101 Crankcase reservoir 105 Bert’s pal

107 Barnyard mama

108 Stella Artois alternative 109 Minor fight

110 Italian tower town 112 See 24-Down

113 Human __

114 Toon nephew

115 USPS stack

116 Editorial “let it stand” 117 They run often in summer, initially

118 ER graph

119 MAX rival