L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Dodge a conviction

5 Kin kin

9 Amazon review rating units

14 Gathered dust 17 Morlock prey 18 Logical opening 19 Swift’s brutish race 20 Backing

21 Easter precursor 22 What’s expected

23 Kind of lead a closer often has to protect

24 Hop on the bandwagon 25 People’s 2019 Sexiest Man Alive 27 Drop-down item 29 Grammy channel 30 Patient person? 31 Sense

33 Copter topper 35 Tarnished

37 More than just asks 41 Dawn

43 “Now __ heard it all!” 44 Austin __: Tennessee university 45 Conquest for Caesar 47 Osso __

48 Court break point 52 1971 New York prison riot site

54 Phil Collins’ longtime band 56 First name in student loans

57 Big 12 Cowboy’s rival 58 Help the bad guys 59 Buzz creator 61 Twilights, in verse 62 Vocalist

64 Long border range 66 Dives into, as a workload 69 Dundee denials 70 Speak with style 71 Makeshift weapon 72 Luray attraction 75 Burgundy and Weasley 76 Landed with a line 80 Novelist Waugh

81 Ref. whose recent updates include “chillax” and “whatev”

83 Ward of “FBI”

85 Prefix with cortical 86 College URL ending 89 Madison in “Splash,” e.g. 91 Acorn coats 92 Thumbs-ups

93 “... kissed thee __ killed

thee”: Othello 94 Foreshadow

96 Cut down

97 “Told you so!”

98 Laundry cycle

100 Furthered the

development of

102 Eager beaver’s demand 106 Leading airplane features? 108 Farm gatherings

109 Red-carpet honorees

110 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” 112 Maker of BILLY bookcases 114 Outback offering 118 Small craft 119 Acknowledge the general 121 Folksy Guthrie 123 Gator tails? 124 “Great” primate 125 Post-Christmas event 126 “Forbidden” perfume 127 One of a seagoing trio 128 Beethoven’s “__ Adieux” Sonata

129 Horses originally developed in a desert climate

130 Sty feed

131 He played Ricky in early TV

DOWN

1 Competently 2 Sheltered, at sea 3 Time-consuming 4 Downwind 5 Downgrade 6 Sworn statement 7 Stint

8 One that usually leaves the park

9 __ Salvador 10 Downplay 11 Simple choice

12 Haul out of bed 13 Phishing target, briefly 14 Wear with pride 15 Crop up

16 Fit as a fiddle 19 Downstream 24 Downward

26 New start? 28 Cardinals, e.g.: Abbr. 30 Skin care brand

32 Field

34 Heavy burden 36 What some put on to feel better about themselves 37 Bridge call 38 Anti-harassment movement 39 Anti-apartheid author Alan

40 Cube makeup 42 Prepare for a selfie 46 Syr. neighbor

49 TVA output 50 Descend

51 House mtg.

53 “Dog Whisperer” Millan 55 Surgery opening? 60 Simplify 63 Canadian gas

65 Very confused 67 Downcast 68 127-Across feature 70 Downdraft 72 Suffragist Elizabeth __

Stanton

73 Skin soother 74 November honorees 76 Home detector target 77 Block

78 Blown away 79 Interminably

82 Part of FEMA: Abbr. 84 Rights movement shorthand

87 Maker of Zero-Turn mowers 88 Functions

90 City that aptly rhymes with “casino”

95 Word on a bill

99 What a mouse may evoke 101 __ Fridays

102 Podium handout

103 Bolt to tie the knot 104 Sends packing

105 One working on pitches 107 There aren’t quite enough

of them in musical chairs 111 Hari of espionage

113 Sea devastated by

irrigation projects

115 Actress Falco

116 Urges

117 Morales of “Jericho” 119 Span. title

120 __-80: old computer 122 Bit of Wall St. news