L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Alerts that may lead to roadblocks, briefly 5 Bela Lugosi was buried in one

9 Orkney components 14 Egg boiler’s aid

19 Ball game

20 “You said it!”

21 Steel plow pioneer 22 Ask for “fish ‘n’ chips,” say 23 Action at a coop dance? 26 Catkin producer 27 Make a bundle farming? 28 Fella

29 The Tempter

31 __ fide

32 D.C. fundraisers 33 Confederacy foe

35 See 16-Down 36 Guitarist Clapton 37 Primo

38 Car in a ‘60s hit 39 Nestling tossed out of a bar?

43 Eggy quaff

44 Mad fad

46 Silver, to Long John 47 Story subtitled “Murder Most Fowl”? 50 Cotton Club site 54 Imam’s faith 55 Towels off gently 58 Neutral tone

59 Part of a house profile 63 Puffin relative

65 Gp. with many sub-par members 66 Rooster’s wake-up call? 69 Tiny hatchling group? 73 Promgoer’s concern 74 Television station? 75 One of two on a threespeed

76 Inuit transport 79 Income for Inc., say 82 Tailor

86 Unleash a tirade 88 What fussy hens do? 92 Intermittent drip cause 95 Ristorante potful 96 Home-school link: Abbr. 97 Fowl haulin’ a semi? 101 Some boxing wins 102 Disappearing ski resort feature

103 Saudi Arabia neighbor 104 42-Down’s leg count 105 Breathers?

107 Smack, as a mosquito 108 Start to meter or liter 109 Anarchist in 1921 news 112 Voluminous ref. work 113 Canine complaints

115 Wes Craven film locale:

Abbr.

117 “Rooster Wars” sequel in which Hen Solo rescues Princess Layer?

120 Herder’s rope

121 Sun: Pref. 122 Sentiment-al piece? 123 What beavers do 124 Have a feeling 125 Auto bust

126 What’s going on 127 Deserve

DOWN

1 Phone programs 2 Plays down

3 Navy aerobatic team member

4 Pain relief

5 Give a hoot 6 “Clueless” director Heckerling

7 Loose dressing gown 8 Same old same old feeling 9 Promise sealed with a kiss 10 Board-and-pieces units 11 Sister of Luke 12 X-rated works 13 Legislative councils 14 Leaves in a cup

15 “You know where to find me”

16 With 35-Across, Japanese Olympian

17 Like paradise

18 Start another eight-ball game 24 Controversial “babysitters”

25 Brief warning to a

busybody

30 “Like, obviously!” 33 Eclectic magazine 34 Write, as music 37 Naysayer

38 Part of LGBTQ

40 Online addresses 41 Scholarship consideration 42 Seabed sidler

44 1983 Keaton film

45 Jelly garnish 48 “M*A*S*H” actor Jamie 49 Go south

51 Fat-reducing procedure, briefly

52 Thick & Fluffy waffle brand

53 Beverage that goes back millennia

56 Speed competition 57 Mongolian tent 60 Monk’s condition, in the TV show

61 No friend of Fido 62 Swedish university city 64 Colorful pond fish 66 Color of el mar 67 Mojito component 68 Having a spat

69 “The __”: classic Yankee nickname 70 Furniture stores that sell meatballs 71 Astronomer Tycho __ 72 Move, in real estate lingo 75 Start to parallel park 77 Torchbearers?

78 Firing site

80 Blueprint detail 81 Crowning point

83 Head honcho

84 London station wagon 85 End of the line

87 Annie who voiced Bo Peep in “Toy Story” 89 Man, in a Desmond Morris best-seller 90 Tango groups

91 Emails a dupe to 93 Encircle, as with a lei 94 Had a midday meal 97 Video game makers 98 2001 Audrey Tautou title

role

99 Game with ghosts 100 High time?

102 Minor pain

106 __ Hall

107 Mae West’s “__ Done Him

Wrong”

110 Disney collectibles

111 Tony relative

113 Iraq War concerns, briefly 114 In stitches

116 __ kwon do

118 2015 Verizon acquisition 119 Feline call