L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

Work place

ACROSS

1 She plays Niobe in “The Matrix” sequels 5 ‘70s Connecticut governor Ella

11 Requiring utensils, as some sandwiches 19 Pitcher Hershiser 20 Searched roughly 21 Apparent displacement due to observer movement

22 Facility for processing vacation requests? 24 Facility where the higherups do business?

26 Puts on cargo

27 “It’s a __!”

28 ORD postings 29 Expert

30 English race place 31 Hides

35 Reagan secretary of state 37 Click beetles 39 Wyoming natives 42 Peak

44 Facility for researching cocoa-based goodies? 48 Muesli morsel

49 City NNW of San Francisco

53 __-Ball: arcade game 54 Place for a hero 55 Pizzeria fixture 57 “Yum!”

59 Last of a series

62 Help

63 Red Cross supply 65 Deck alternatives 67 Advisories

69 Facility for baking custardfilled pastries? 74 Minds 77 Composer Prokofiev 78 Master, in Hindi

82 Zero deg. at the equator, say

83 Impact sound

87 Put (away) 89 California lake near the Nevada border 90 Unpopular spots 92 Donor drive target

94 Eye

96 Tabloid topic 97 Facility for purchasing the latest fad items? 101 Fingers

103 Indian cooking style 104 Michelin product 107 Some are vital 110 Shapes again 112 Slangy denials

115 Super Bowl LIV halftime performer

116 Ph.D. hurdle

119 Kind of 1940s suit 120 Gown fabric

121 Facility for a matchmaker? 124 Facility for cloning research? 126 Disinfect 127 Start a paragraph, maybe 128 Writer Bagnold

129 Many kilt wearers 130 Pickles

131 Yardsticks: Abbr.

DOWN

1 La __, San Diego neighborhood that’s home to Scripps Research 2 Neighborhoods 3 Facility for recycling old batteries?

4 Lung air sacs 5 Miracle-__

6 Thumb (through) 7 Fling

8 Pizzeria offerings 9 Shakers and others 10 Keats’ “To Autumn,” e.g. 11 Black __

12 Toast topping

13 Part of Q.E.D.

14 Foe of Rocky and Bullwinkle 15 Frequent subject in recent headlines

16 Green and Yankovic 17 Conspiring group 18 Strict

23 It’s often divided 25 __-de-chaussée: ground floor

32 “Well, __-di-dah!”

33 Suit in a Spanish deck of cards 34 Off-the-wall

36 Worn

38 Sound of an impact 40 Work with feet 41 Toward the sheltered side 42 Attractions in San Diego and the Bronx 43 Icicle’s locale

44 Privia Pro Stage pianos, e.g. 45 Cordelia’s father 46 Touched down 47 Bridge actions 50 Seized vehicle

51 Its planes have missile defense systems

52 Toy with a tail 56 Women with habits 58 Sharpens

60 Liquid meas.

61 They may be bitter 64 Gym equipment 66 Tough spot 68 Physical, say 70 Weasel report? 71 Stare at in a creepy way 72 Distribute, with “out” 73 Waterfront sight 74 Leaves on a dog

75 A head

76 Peak seen from Messina 79 Facility for manufacturing homes? 80 Skinny

81 Godsend

84 Arrive, in a way

85 Plus

86 Pre-test helper

88 Flier with a flight 91 Jazz diva Jones 93 Seconds, say 95 Contaminates 98 Excavation site

99 Isn’t at all wishy-washy 100 Glass lip

102 Thespian companies 104 “Feather canyons everywhere,” to Joni Mitchell

105 Building blocks

106 Givens in the “Wheel of

Fortune” bonus round 107 Drinks in the a.m. 108 Like non-oyster months, traditionally

109 Did okay in class

111 __ layer

113 Heston title role 114 Sprouts-to-be 117 Mason’s wedge 118 “The Usual Suspects” crime lord Keyser __ 122 108-card game 123 Montblanc product 124 Hard to see in 125 Sci-fi beings