L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Jouster’s wear 6 Language of 100,000+ Canadians 10 “Waterloo” group

14 Jr. challenge

18 Early “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair 19 Got the news 21 Champagne word

22 Toy owner in “Toy Story” films

23 Bailiff who keeps the jury in stitches?

25 Hotel unit 26 Egg-white omelet’s lack 27 Close friends, say 28 Dramatic technique 30 “The Sandbox” playwright

31 Frigg’s spouse 32 Parade features

33 Bull alligator sounds 34 Music played between attorneys’ arguments? 39 Faithful spring?

40 Pal played her in early films

41 Invitation encl.

42 First of an alley’s 10 45 Tribute creator

46 Palm species

48 Home of the Big 12’s Cyclones

50 Actress Ward

51 “The Great” detective of kid-lit

52 Polite argument on behalf of the accused?

56 Ins. giant

57 Bar group

59 Toyota logo shape 60 Chaucer works 62 Prompts on stage 63 Steam up 65 Vanishing act word 67 Send (to)

70 Do the crawl, e.g. 71 Cause of ruination 75 Action film shooter 76 Cartoon dialogue introduced as evidence? 81 Garfield’s foil

82 Place for a nest 84 Vishnu’s quartet 85 Solemn promise

86 Get a hard copy 87 Persian hunting dogs 89 Sing the praises of 91 Turn into cash

92 Scott in an 1857 case 93 Satisfaction for a prosecuting attorney? 97 Mustard town

99 __ Fables

100 Plate crossings

101 Blow a gasket

102 Justice Kagan

103 Aggressive stingers 107 __ one’s time: wait 108 Tennis great Steffi

109 Action brought by a cowardly plaintiff? 112 Links org.

113 In __: unmoved 114 Spot cost 115 “Neon” fish 116 After that 117 Scientist __ deGrasse Tyson

118 Alan in old films 119 “My bad, Francesca”

DOWN

1 Clemson’s NCAA div. 2 Large cross

3 Pouty face 4 Often-fried veggie 5 Upgrade technologically 6 __ blanc: Loire Valley wine 7 Take exception to 8 Digs in

9 Prior to, in verse

10 Out of the country 11 Literary Yorkshire family name

12 Channel markers 13 Drive-thru device 14 Truckers’ cargoes 15 High-hat challenge of a conviction?

16 Freud disciple

17 Little shavers

20 Goes for oil

24 Foster with Oscars

29 Bounder

30 Tiler’s calculation 32 Sickly

34 Flaxen, as hair 35 Speed gauge 36 Question in Matthew 37 Heart and soul 38 Morales of TV’s “Titans” 39 Not as much 42 Female lobster 43 “Would __ to you?” 44 Pesters 46 Refreshes, with “out” 47 Walgreens rival 48 Way over yonder 49 Filmmaker Gibson 52 So-so mark

53 Firm belief 54 Genesis matriarch 55 Town across the Thames from Windsor 58 Composer Weill 61 Makes available to 63 Hole-making tools 64 Pen part

65 Milne creation 66 Control

67 Wagon road features 68 Biblical scribe 69 Magistrate who specializes in agricultural litigation? 70 “Cheers” bartender 71 URL element

72 “Ta-ta, Thierry!”

73 Big ship

74 “I can do that” 77 Carefully timed operation 78 E-file org. 79 Awkward sorts

80 Title for Gaga

83 Pole, for one

86 Farm workers of old 88 Canterbury’s county 89 Companion of Dorothy 90 Camel cousin 91 O’Connor who played Gabrielle on “Xena” 93 Italian treats

94 Handy

95 Selling for, with “at” 96 Waited in hiding

97 First appearance 98 “Fighting” Indiana team 99 Lofty home

103 World Cup org.

104 Tiny bit of a min.

105 Ballet attire

106 Titles of respect

108 “Family Feud” reruns

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110 “Good” cholesterol initials 111 Mai __