L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD History lesson

ACROSS

1 Readily available 6 Arabian Peninsula natives 12 Declines

18 __ apart

20 1998 Winter Games city 21 Place for retiring? 22 *Cuddly toy

24 Was behind

25 April 4, in 2021

26 “99 Luftballons” singer whose name is an anagram of two of Henry VIII’s wives

27 Texter’s “If you ask me” 28 Q’s value in Scrabble 29 “Solve for x” subj. 31 Harbor bobber

33 Feudal workers

35 Pieces with views 37 *Layered lunch

41 Popular fact source 43 Hunter seen at night 44 Rami’s role on “Mr. Robot” 47 Sch. with a Lima campus 48 Swingers’ tools

51 Attend to a boxer, maybe 53 Ill will

55 Irrefutable truth

57 Litter box emanations 60 *Braves outfielder who was the 1990 N.L. Rookie of the Year

62 “Ex on the Beach” channel 64 Actress Hatcher

66 Half a film genre

portmanteau 67 Workplaces for RNs 68 Tiny bit

69 Cheery greeting 70 __-free: cleaning cloth

term

72 Market

74 Bowlers, e.g.

75 Menu preposition 76 Palais pal

78 Aides for profs

80 Check, with “in”

82 __ Miss

83 *Webmaster’s concern 87 Financial liabilities 89 Ailing

90 Performed a concerto’s

cadenza

92 Where kitties get

pampered 96 Substandard

97 __ de parfum

99 Beaux of old

102 Civil rights icon John 103 “Close, but no cigar” 106 *Cuts a school period 108 Prefix with league

110 Some video files

113 Israeli statesman Abba 114 Washington MLBer 115 “Right this instant!” 116 Global fiscal org.

118 Piece of cake

120 Paid off

123 Sweetums 125 Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues 129 Poland neighbor

130 Entering words

131 Thin piece

132 “Shame on you!”

133 Raised

134 Topples (over)

DOWN

1 2 3

Cries of pain

“Just kidding!”

2010 Coen brothers remake

4 __ Romeo

5 Some downloaded docs 6 Hot

7 Superhero suffix 8 Opposin’

9 Identifies

10 Cockamamie 11 Discontinued Camry

model

12 “The King and I” kingdom 13 When two hands come

together?

14 Luxury bag monogram 15 *Jackson or Lincoln 16 Prominent

17 Warms up the crowd 19 Hold in reserve

21 Beam benders

23 Court tie 29 Straddling

30 Tempt

32 Festive time

34 Name on the 1979 album

“The Wall”

36 MillerCoors rival

38 Part of the former

Yugoslavia

39 City west of Tulsa 40 Tough situation 42 Portend

45 “The Wire” antihero __

Little

46 Saves for later viewing 49 Mexican town known for its beer, which is now a Heineken brand 50 Winter hillside sights 52 Kid

54 Track official

56 Spy org. created by FDR 58 Dig find

59 Asian honorific 61 “Maleficent” actress 62 City west of Venezia 63 *”We’ll need a better

solution”

65 Opening remarks 69 Invited to the skybox 71 Flip sides?

73 Was in charge of 74 Low-cost stopover

76 __ interpreter: press

conference figure 77

Fighting word from the French for “mixture” 79 Store

81 “The Good Place” network 84 EagleCam spot

85 Seize illegally

86 Passing words? 88 Poolroom powder 91 What Brinker’s boy

plugged with a finger 93 Graceful vertical entrance 94 Birthplace of Galileo 95 Mgr.’s helper

98 Cost of withdrawal 100 Ate in small bits

101 Exchanges verbal jabs 104 Tense situation

105 Private agreement? 107 Agitated states

108 Two cents

109 Partners of crannies 111 Grimm creature

112 Actor __ Baron Cohen 117 Stole stuff

119 Docking place

121 Cheapest way to buy,

with “in”

122 “Nurse Jackie” star Falco 124 Gentle touch

126 Exist

127 Fish in unadon

128 Yearbook gp.