L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Deliberate lying

ACROSS

1 Einstein’s “m”

5 Game with knights 10 Missouri city nickname 15 Cell accumulation 19 Some choristers 20 Auto pioneer Henry 21 Woman on the original “Star Trek” bridge 22 Fish or book lead-in 23 Enjoy prettifying the gifts? 25 Fast-spreading Web units 26 Spanish muralist 27 “Piece of cake” 28 Wrinkled Sunday dinner? 30 Home of Odysseus 31 What pros know, with “the”

32 The Big Ten’s Boilermakers 33 Makes red-faced 37 Brew in big containers 38 Skinny, loose-jointed club golfer?

43 “The Enemy Within” org. 44 Deg. for crown fitters 45 “Tiny Alice” dramatist 46 Golden State school whose city is also its county

47 Doesn’t abandon, as one’s promise 51 Strategize

52 Helena winter hrs. 53 Yale of Yale fame 55 “The Easter Parade” author Richard 58 “Nobody wins!”

60 How checks are written 62 Nine-piece combo 64 “Fooled you!” 65 Dishes like a 28-Across? 70 Morse “T”

71 Sugar coating 73 Kindle download 74 Bishop’s district 76 “Phooey!” cousins 78 Dense overgrowth 80 Bad picnic omen 81 Marseille mates 82 Sandburg’s metaphorical fog carrier 84 Barbarian 86 Preserved, in a way 87 Span. title 90 Leaving approx.

91 Just taps on the door? 94 Rooftop landing spot 97 Like candid photos 98 Transfer to a larger computer, say 99 Barbecue leftovers 102 Rough partner?

107 Texas Hold ‘em in Texas? 109 Causes of road trip delays 112 1977 ELO hit

113 Selection from a pool 114 Bird that returns fire when hunted?

115 Yet

116 Square dance quorum 117 “Live PD” airer 118 Throb

119 Wine list heading 120 “Flashdance” star Jennifer 121 Top officers

122 Tarot reader

DOWN

1 Son of Thor, in comics 2 Divvy up 3 Bacteria in grapelike clusters

4 Libyan port on its own gulf

5 Whiner

6 Lupine call 7 Fictional governess 8 Main plot element in “The Sting”

9 Labor Day mo. 10 Recap

11 Central idea 12 Springs 13 Baseball’s Hershiser 14 “Piece of cake” 15 Learn well 16 Begged

17 Went after 18 Hunting dogs 24 Where it’s at

28 Took off

29 Persian on the floor 31 Yeshiva leader

34 “I want to be entertained” 35 Mennonites, e.g. 36 Pinafore letters

37 Play a prank on

38 Like a large hole 39 Taking everything into account

40 Jordan or Curry, e.g. 41 Actress Rowlands 42 Beast with thick skin 43 Dropped-pot sound 48 West Virginia border river 49 Letter after Sierra 50 Plains tribe

52 Paolo’s possessive 54 Enjoys, as an ice cream cone 56 Indigenous

57 Not enjoying the whale watch, maybe

59 Frat row letter 61 Nephrologist’s concern 63 Luther’s 95 __ 66 Lessened

67 Old stories

68 One’s early years

69 Tiny insect egg

72 Efron of “High School Musical”

75 Mets infielder Robinson __

77 Regular work 79 42-Down features 80 Folksy Guthrie 83 ProFlowers parent co. 85 Econ. yardstick

86 At work

87 Horror film reaction 88 Admonish

89 Eased

92 Violinist who taught Heifetz

93 Tea prep aids 95 Hawkeyes

96 Friend

99 Blood line

100 Word shouted with a

raised glass

101 Antelope groups

103 King with a magic touch 104 Wayne of Wayne Manor 105 Café lightener

106 Glacial ridge

108 Dark purple

109 Word repeated in an

iconic FDR quote 110 Superboy’s girlfriend 111 Includes

114 Slight amount