L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD No more tears

ACROSS

1 Stand array

6 Exams for aspiring MBAs 11 Border

15 Word with dance or union 19 Work as a team 20 Draw a bead on

21 Old alphabet character 22 Inter __: among others 23 Chicken lover’s comment? 27 Most exceptional, in recent lingo

28 Relish 29 Afternoon service

30 Not cluttered

31 Race

32 Tannery tub

33 Cycle starter

34 What many writers work on

37 Attains 41 Gondoliers’ tools 43 Denial from one with a very recent white mustache?

46 Ant or Arkin

50 Like much junk mail 51 Title words before Legend or Woman 52 Consume

53 “You __ Beautiful”: Joe Cocker hit

54 Roast job

55 Some notebooks 56 Reporter’s query 58 Decides one will

59 Ewe, for one 60 Biblical prophet 62 Local monastery VIP? 64 Air__, 2011 Southwest acquisition 65 Chicago’s __ Tower 66 “Now, where __ we?” 67 Bad do result? 71 Italian actress Virna 72 Submissions to an ed. 75 Big name in plastic explosives

76 First name in folk 77 Hwy. crime 78 Hogwarts potions master 80 Word before county, river or Bill 81 Cincinnati-to-Detroit dir. 82 Japanese assent 83 “Turn! Turn! Turn!” songwriter

84 Hand measure 85 Young shepherd resigned to losing his flock? 89 Resignee before Richard 91 More jumpy

92 Camp equipment 93 Soccer star Hamm

96 N. American land 97 82-Down’s predecessor 98 Lawless role

100 Short __: little or no

consideration

102 Environs

104 Drives out

108 Evita’s exhortation to use

sunscreen?

111 Aunt Bee’s charge 112 Boathouse items 113 Ancient: Pref. 114 Rock-’n’-roller whom Forrest Gump supposedly met

115 Look as though 116 Small amount 117 Strict

118 Saxes, e.g.

DOWN

1 New Mexico native 2 Aware of

3 Petty peeves

4 “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” co-director 5 Paris divider 6 Comic

7 Jazz legend Jackson 8 Friend of Paris 9 Personal point of view 10 “Casey at the Bat” autobiographer 11 Gas in some lasers 12 Cheer (up) 13 108-card game 14 Roger Ebert gave one entitled “Remaking My Voice” in 2011 15 “Funny not funny” 16 Sought-after guests 17 Hybrid big cat 18 “Swing Shift” actress

Christine

24 Got warmer while searching for

25 “... __, and a lasting peace”: Lincoln 26 Head of Québec 32 Electrical unit 34 Jacob Riis concerns 35 Skosh

36 Like typical King novels 38 Reebok rival

39 Pros with schedules 40 That guy

41 Liszt’s instrument 42 “Being and Nothingness” philosopher 44 Unpredictable events 45 Tournaments 47 Bandleader Arnaz 48 Regarding

49 Peaty land

53 Kept in the know 55 Pioneering video game 56 Hacky Sack maker 57 Present

58 Change for a five 61 Tailless feline

62 Color named for a duck 63 D-Day conflict 64 Jackson Hole backdrop 65 Kate, pre-taming 67 Dangerous biters 68 Insightful 69 Community pool site 70 2009 Panasonic purchase 71 Mario’s brother 72 Myopic Mr. 73 Competed in a British bee 74 Feudal workers 77 Roast site

79 English coal mining city 81 Filmmaker Ephron 82 DDE’s predecessor 83 Unruffled

85 Small bars

86 “Barry” star Bill 87 Merging places 88 Common nut shape 90 Musical dragon loved by Little Jackie Paper 93 Windows precursor 94 “That’s my dream” 95 Memorable links nickname

97 Put icing on

99 Bay Area NFLer 101 Bullet point, e.g. 102 Curly do

103 Dodge City, to Ford County

104 Storied fox title

105 Honey site

106 Writer Bagnold

107 Cause for a kid’s grounding

109 Babble

110 Belgian or brown