L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Herd mentality

ACROSS

1 Small Mercedes sedan 7 Golf match equalizer 15 Less risky 20 Lighthearted 21 Cheerio relative 22 Yearn for

23 Ants in the British colonies?

25 Drove at Indy 26 Tentative agreement 27 Baton Rouge-to-Jackson dir.

28 “Great” Russian czar 29 Sun Devils’ sch. 30 Updike’s “Rabbit Redux,” e.g.: Abbr.

31 Tennis immortal

33 Dull opening?

34 Gp. with a three-finger salute

35 Listing

37 Fish attending Mass? 41 Baroque painter Guido 42 Elvis sings it in “Blue Hawaii” 44 Sarcastic “So sad” 45 Lions marching event? 47 Cataract surgery replacement 48 Green-lights 50 Edmond __: the Count of Monte Cristo

51 Large body of eau 52 Fiscal execs

54 Pope’s jurisdiction 57 Reason for a star 61 Juno, to Socrates 62 Punk subgenre 63 Whales’ sorely lacking veggie supply?

67 Goof

68 Pringles alternative 70 Nestlé candy with a white covering 71 “Shoulda listened to me!” 73 Cool, in ‘90s slang 74 LAPD unit? 75 Madame’s Spanish counterpart

77 Pale __

78 Dilute

80 Wolves from Lower Manhattan?

85 Things to avoid 87 Rangers’ domains 88 Wild plum

89 Bats living in an old Chrysler? 92 Whoopi’s role in

“The Color Purple” 93 VCR button 94 Degree in math 95 Tinged

96 Texter’s qualifier

98 NBC show since 1975 99 Gives the slip

101 Be on duty at, as a battle station

102 Aids in DNA sequencing research 105 Fathered

106 Crows sailing from Ethiopia to Egypt? 110 Orson Scott Card protagonist __ Wiggin 111 Documented 112 Swimwear fabric 113 Short

114 Closed ecosystems 115 Net worth component

DOWN

1 “black-ish” airer 2 Symbol of monastic life 3 Alfredo __, “Ratatouille” character named for a pasta

4 Alaskan island invaded by Japan in WWII 5 Least likely to mingle 6 Connotation 7 Brinker on skates 8 Start to correct?

9 Gun lobby org.

10 __ Taco

11 Scott classic

12 “Race Matters” author West

13 Lyon lover’s word

14 Ask invasively 15 Certain owl’s howl 16 “How now? __?”: Hamlet 17 News source for millions 18 “Be it __ humble ... “: song lyric 19 Phone button

24 Law firm abbr.

28 Baja bar tender?

29 __ The Magazine

31 Just barely

32 Oxford, but not

Cambridge 33 Mousetrap brand 36 1970s Plumber 37 Exercise target 38 Shouts of discovery 39 Madrid-based airline 40 Moonshine

42 Reuters apps alternative 43 Tardy with

46 Down __: Maine nickname

47 Writer Uris

49 “My bad”

51 ER scans

53 “Love Song” singer Bareilles

54 Beatles album with a bang

55 The Wizard of Oz’s hometown 56 Rewards for regulars 57 Lukas of “Witness” 58 Debatable “gift” 59 Small piano 60 General __ 64 Refinement 65 Aspiring MBA’s major 66 Fishing boat

69 Boiling sign

72 What a subscription renewal prevents 75 WWII weapon 76 Crafts website 78 Hypes

79 Frozen planet in

“The Empire Strikes Back” 80 Tree trunk

81 J.Lo’s fiancé 82 Pumpkin pie seasoning 83 Vending machine feature

84 Underwater projection 86 Not even moist

87 Based

89 Car radio button

90 Adam of Maroon 5 91 Mexican horseman 92 Rising stars

96 QB’s pass to a CB, say 97 L.A. Philharmonic

Conductor Emeritus 100 Tick-ing bomb?

101 City bond, briefly

102 “An Inconvenient Sequel:

Truth to Power” author 103 Results

104 Spanish cordial

106 Rabble

107 “The Name of the Rose”

author

108 __-com

109 Presumed UFO crew