L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Accentuating the negative

ACROSS

1 “Proud Mary” pop gp. 4 “Glad that’s over!” 8 Vineyard measure 12 Contaminate 19 Grammy winner Corinne Bailey __

20 Lille lover’s word 21 Coward in drama 22 More eco-conscious 23 Like frayed laces on hockey skates? 26 Forward motion 27 Stretches on the job 28 Waferlike

30 Brontë governess 31 Road trip expenses 32 Area 51 creatures, it’s said 33 Tail end

35 Málaga mlle.

38 Flight school hurdle 39 Dig up buried BurmaShave relics? 44 Roomba, briefly 45 Contrail makeup 47 Defense org.?

48 Wet suit material

50 Elm Street surname 53 Advice to a sinner 55 Junkyard fillers 56 Seemingly forever 57 Brief period of apathy? 61 Iowa Straw Poll city, once 62 Do as Vassar did in 1969 64 NOYB part

65 Text addition? 66 Feminine side

67 “Say no more” 68 Deceptive operation

70 It has all five black keys in its scale

72 Grab with a toothpick 75 Vital opening? 77 Verizon subsidiary 78 Song often sung in Italian 79 Flip, in a way 81 German gent 82 Committee leader who’s a bit on edge? 85 Biodegrade 86 Frustrate

88 Really go for

89 “The Ten Commandments” role 91 Team culled from other teams

94 URL ending

95 Marner of fiction

96 Jeans go-with 97 Orthodontist’s concerns 100 Contest on horseback 104 Queen’s offspring

106 Some square dancers 107 Title after vows, perhaps 108 Passover feast

109 Ten Benjamins

111 Erode

115 Rinky-dink

116 Morgan of “The Bucket

List”

119 Pets that help with luggage after a trip? 121 Challenge for a flight attendant 122 Work (out) 123 Sistine Chapel mural setting 124 Release, with “out” 125 “Ain’t gonna happen!” 126 Straddling 127 Learning method 128 Part of GPS: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Some prefer them thin 2 Braggart’s comeback 3 Pharmacy order 4 Guitar amp units 5 Singles, say

6 Moody music genre 7 “Blue-Backed Spelling Book” author

8 Join the game, in a way 9 Small decision-maker 10 2018 Masters champ Patrick

11 Trees with berries 12 Vardon Trophy org. 13 Limited offer come-on 14 Assess

15 King and a Norman 16 Rattle football linemen? 17 TV’s Jim Rockford, for one 18 Cockney adverb

24 Under Cupid’s spell 25 “Frozen” snow queen 29 Pull back, with “in” 32 Huge, to a poet 34 Eligibility factor 36 Suffers a sudden decline 37 Links rarities 39 Overturns

40 What stars may represent

41 Doggie bag treat

42 Chill (with)

43 __ paint

46 Flu symptom 49 Negligent

50 They’re often tapped 51 Underlying cause

52 Do a “Wheel of Fortune” job?

53 “Anne of Green Gables” setting 54 Imposing building 58 Often-minced veggie 59 Quran deity

60 Word of support 63 Met works

69 Frat letter 70 Pre-BBQ treatment 71 Difficult times 73 Alternative medicine plant

74 Initial orders?

76 “Un Ballo in Maschera” aria

78 Equally eccentric 80 Funny Bombeck 81 Paris abductee 83 Arabian Peninsula port 84 Energetic risk-taking type, so it’s said 86 Spreadsheet filler 87 Sign __

90 Regard

92 2010 World Cup host: Abbr.

93 One and only

95 Sgt. played by John Wayne in “Sands of Iwo Jima”

98 Patriotic chant

99 Apple since 1998

101 Lofty standards

102 Stahl of “60 Minutes” 103 Hush-hush meetings 105 “The Rapture of Canaan”

novelist Reynolds

108 Excel

110 Sharif of “Che!”

112 Flanged fastener

113 Lhasa __

114 Bee-eater’s prey

115 Tech news site

116 __ base

117 Brazil map word

118 Name change indicator 120 Flap