L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Em dash

ACROSS

1 Sent regrets, say, briefly 6 Tank to go under 11 Sweater predator 15 Morsel in a linguine sauce 19 Get around 20 Upstanding 21 Twistable treat

22 “The Godfather” enforcer __ Brasi

23 Tales of woe?

25 Piggy bank?

27 High hybrid stat. 28 Organization for the 50+ crowd

29 Train units

31 Musical corps members 32 Feminist poet Lorde 34 Delicate fabric 35 Explode

37 Inflated accommodation 39 Leave politics to wander? 44 Historian’s Muse

45 The Emerald Isle 46 Attack

47 Yemeni port

48 App for getting a hip escort?

51 __ Diego

52 What some hounds follow 53 Fails to understand 54 Plug

58 Car dealer’s offering 59 Kama __ 61 Illinois-to-Washington family

63 Early fur trader

64 Tired routine 67 Precipitation not yet visible?

70 Busy hosp. areas 71 Absinthe flavoring 73 Sarges’ superiors 74 English glam rockers since the ‘70s 76 Someone to pay?

77 Big bomb trials

79 Ties

83 Cher and Che

84 Big __

85 Mafia hopefuls’ repressed personas?

87 Artful

88 Really dug

90 Sarah McLachlan hit 91 Basic diamond trio 92 Musty sheets? 95 Metaphorical incentive 97 Part of TNT

98 Crimson rivals

99 Writer Sontag

100 Winter hanger

103 Burt’s Bees product 104 Tap lineup

105 Neruda wrote one to

“things”

108 Libertine on screen? 111 Musical works for deep

voices?

114 Scheme

115 Novelist Murdoch

116 Cyber Monday sector 117 Tiptoe, say 118 Performed on karaoke night

119 ‘Tis the season 120 Currently 121 Quicker than is prudent

DOWN

1 Copier supply unit 2 Freudian __

3 One with unrefined tastes 4 Peck in the park, briefly 5 An era may be confined to one

6 Camping treat 7 Brilliant stroke

8 One may be measured in cups

9 It’s under Wayne Manor 10 French border region 11 Oft-beaded footwear 12 W. state whose largest city is named for a New England city 13 Perfect score, often 14 Hurry, with “it” 15 Challenges for climbers 16 Swanky 17 Taiwanese tech giant 18 Rover’s destination

24 ID __

26 Tick off

30 Ones crying foul? 33 Curved fasteners 34 Leapers in a carol 35 Avoided unhappy consequences 36 Muscat’s land

37 “Back in Black” band 38 Pelvic bones

39 Cristo Redentor city 40 Job application component 41 Brainstorm 42 Bleeping official 43 Joins, as a club

45 TV chef Lagasse 49 Ones taking a lot of interest in their work? 50 Org. that sued SeaWorld on behalf of orcas 52 Libel, in speech 55 Comedian Fields 56 Orchestral winds 57 Milwaukee theater named for a brewer, with “the”

60 Spanish New Year 62 One-named Tejano singer 64 Quick, in Quito 65 Peace Prize-winning relief org.

66 Hoops jump ball 68 “Couldn’t agree more” 69 Roof edge

72 It follows a guilty verdict 75 “Bewitched” witch

78 A and B, on LPs 80 Harmony ruiners

81 “Do __ others ... “82 Sibilant attention-getter 84 Soup step

86 “Henry & June” diarist 88 French comics series set in Gaul in 50 BC 89 Entreaty

90 Lively movement 93 River where down means north

94 “Doubt it”

95 Sticks by the pool table 96 Per se

99 In a wily way

100 Little handfuls

101 Royal Crown, for one 102 “Terrible” leader

103 Téa’s “Madam Secretary”

role

104 Home to most of the Silk

Road

106 Ingredient in OFF! 107 Best Upset, e.g.

109 Shot spot

110 Soul supplier

112 Blue

113 Glass of NPR