L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

End game

ACROSS

1 “Welcome” site 4 Word clarified by the minute hand 8 Rainbows, e.g. 12 __-Trinity National Forest, California’s largest 18 Bullring bravo

19 In __: as found

20 Haul contents 21 Seafood sauce

22 Card game for students? 24 Card game for the lovelorn? 27 Waffling 28 Donnybrook

29 Easy __

30 Roll call calls 31 Hungers (for) 34 __ Gherardini, memorable portrait subject

36 Cub with dingers 37 Abbr. on old maps 38 Quad minus two? 40 Hang (around) as friends 41 Medical implants 43 Board game for spies? 46 Paid military group, briefly

48 Herr Schindler 49 Stable serving

50 Cpl.’s superior 53 Spock’s father

54 ... with __ organized crime 57 Catch

59 “For every child” rights group

61 Lyft rival

63 Place for a dip 65 Morlock victims

66 Card game for plumbers? 68 Playground game for bellhops?

70 Hideous folklore figure 71 Bull, say 72 Youngsters 73 Literature Nobelist Gordimer

74 Big name at The Hershey Company

76 Shade tree

78 Flax fabric

79 Supporter of arms, for

short

80 Hispanic leader in a beret 82 Sandwiches for dessert 85 Meted (out)

86 Card game for office temps?

90 Taylor’s on-again, offagain romance

93 Unseld of the NBA 94 Make bubbly

95 Fairy queen

98 Manual reader

99 Excited about, with “on” 101 Year’s record

102 Taiwanese tea drink 103 Skin flick

105 Caribbean cruise stop 107 Man of letters? 110 Card game for auto mechanics?

113 Board game for tightrope walkers?

114 Boyd who was married to Clapton

115 Nullify

116 “Of course” 117 Driver’s helper

118 Gets some shuteye 119 Lentil, e.g. 120 Pinochle combo 121 Eight-time Norris Trophy winner

DOWN

1 McDonald’s drink orders 2 They may be blind 3 Movie preview 4 Subtle “Check this out!” 5 Former Sony brand 6 Comic book legend 7 John of “Quiz Show” 8 Apiece, in scores 9 Shares a place (with) 10 Holiday garland item 11 First-rate

12 Eye sores

13 “I told you so!” 14 Specialty 15 Nine-time presidential contender Harold 16 Atlantic game fish 17 Con __ 23 Bro’s counterpart

25 Bizet opera priestess 26 High or heavy bodies 32 Jazz club units

33 Had a break between 32-Down

35 Most populous continent 38 Certain wrench component

39 Boob tubes

40 German : Vater :: French : __

42 Santa’s sackful 43 French for “mangers” 44 Strong “pocket” holding in Hold ‘em

45 Flip-flop

46 Le Carré’s “The Night __” 47 Land on the Red Sea 50 Soup cracker 51 Reacted to corn, maybe 52 Model Chrissy 53 Induce, as perjury 55 Tater

56 Clothing

58 In an impoverished way 60 Big fairy tale character word

61 Wrinkly fruit

62 “Très __”

64 Patrick with a simulcast sports show

67 Farm machine 68 Center, for one 69 In copious amounts 72 Golden State Warriors coach Steve 75 Amazon speaker brand 77 Female antelopes 81 Word before “if you like” on some stickers 83 Eclipse, maybe 84 Sistine Chapel ceiling figures

85 Period, e.g.

86 Groove 87 Pipsqueak

88 Lacking a sound basis 89 Pre-head cold feeling 90 Keg stopper

91 Takes by force

92 Start the hand over 95 Cuban rum drink 96 Bully, often

97 Either original “PTL Club” co-host

100 Relieves

101 “Storage Wars” network 102 Setting for many a joke 104 One of four direcciones 106 Paleontologist’s discovery 108 Neutrogena shampoo brand

109 Shake off

111 Pup’s cry

112 Early Great Plains building material