L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Dined in

ACROSS

1 Arctic “snowshoe” critters 6 Musical Mama 10 Meter users

15 Bit of beer, say 18 Cluster of stars? 19 Myanmar, at one time 20 Look forward to 21 Colorful card game 22 Note to self before appearing on “America’s Got Talent”?

25 MGM rival

26 Tile setter, often 27 Firing offense? 28 Well-mannered

30 Bits of energy 32 Stable dwellers 34 Dresses down 35 “What do you __?” 39 Where to find Reubens and Cubans 41 They’re in the air 43 Today, to Tomás 44 Coop up in a coop 46 Take a load off

48 Cry out loud 50 Soapmaking compounds 53 Put a damper on 54 Gospel travelers

55 Fire sign

57 Not just primary, as an heir

58 Uzi’s brother in “The Royal Tenenbaums” 59 Ancient Greek warrior’s pet monkey?

63 Take advantage of 64 Place to see X’s and O’s 66 Witch

67 Like the soles of walking boots

69 Put on a pedestal 70 Cinematic Sergio 71 Actor’s nickname that sounds like a golf term 72 Posy pieces

74 ‘90s candidate who opposed NAFTA 75 Walter Reed hospital city 78 Night before the big day 79 Try to cure the effects of a skunk invasion on a semi?

82 Carol opener

83 Jeans name

85 Like some probes 86 “LOTR” menaces 87 Leaders

89 Jumbo tail?

90 Vicious with a bass

91 Pea opener in toons? 92 Fly over Africa

93 Express opp.

95 __ academy

98 Go a round or two 100 Many August births 101 Spa offering

104 Rope maker’s supply 106 Tried to make up for lost

time 108 Part of it is now a desert 110 Whale tracker

112 Short end of the stick 117 Cru output

118 Best Reader Award winner?

121 Classic auto 122 Adjust 123 Cybersales

124 Noted 2001 bankruptcy 125 Solid start?

126 Word in a Morton Salt motto

127 Thin change

128 1951 Reagan co-star

DOWN

1 Modern-day break-in 2 Snape portrayer Rickman 3 Ready in the field

4 90° from norte

5 Way through a fence 6 “Scene’s over!”

7 51, for one 8 Insincere flattery 9 Pepperoni alternative

10 ... Fitzgerald, __, Milhous ... 11 Stunned state 12 Summoned to the door 13 Does some meal prep 14 Foul quality

15 “That’s not a baby bump?”?

16 Signed

17 Backyard amenities 19 Canal craft

23 Mesa __ National Park 24 Toon adventurer 29 They get the job done 31 Scandalous stuff 33 With 52-Down, bagel flavoring 35 Competition carrot 36 Mes con 31 días 37 Liven up the science fair? 38 Dundee denial

40 “I hate the Moor” speaker 42 Victoria’s Secret competitor

45 Hiker’s handful

47 More honest 49 Promise to marry

51 End of an ultimatum 52 See 33-Down

54 Down Under bud

55 Hot concert spot 56 No surprise to a Disney World arrival 60 Delightful bites 61 Prosecutor’s burden 62 Pieces of pie, often 65 Educator LeShan 68 Common game piece 70 “Why, then, __ soldier drink!”: 40-Down 71 More than just asks 72 Hide in the forest? 73 Happily-after link

74 Critters with black eye patches

75 Guns that don’t shoot 76 Playground comeback 77 Pack animals 80 Machu Picchu or Chichén Itzá

81 Spanish 101 word 84 How tuna might be packed

88 Skinny swimmer

91 Not straight up 92 Pleasant surprise 94 One of the 54-Across 96 Golfers’ headgear 97 Beginning with 99 102-Down month

101 Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Brett

102 Fire sign

103 “The Pearl Fishers” priestess

105 “The Good Fight” actress 107 Social misfit

109 When the story starts on stage

111 Copy paper purchase 113 Early Bond foe

114 Pull down 115 Familiar gamut 116 Car-collecting comic 119 “Country Music” chronicler Burns

120 Bit of perjury