L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Printer supply

4 Stretch often named for a

leader

7 __ Fresh: fast-casual Texmex chain

11 Overthinks things, say 19 Like many bathmats 21 Legend

22 Cheap digs

23 Rip-roarin’

25 Selected during Duck,

Duck, Goose, say 26 Create an outstanding

design?

27 Foreboding

29 Lacking

30 Knitting __

32 Actor Carell

36 Designer initials

39 PBS painter Bob

41 Kiosk at some wedding

receptions

46 “I’ll take that as __” 47 Vellani who plays Kamala

Khan on “Ms. Marvel” 49 Great Plains people 51 Drops in

52 “Changing the subject … “56 Spot for primer and

shadow, maybe

57 March family creator 58 Theater backdrop 59 Forum admin

61 River near the Great

Pyramid

62 “Ouch!”

64 “Ben-__”

65 Bro kin

66 Kenan Thompson’s show,

for short

67 More than a little mentally

fatigued

72 Tuba sound

74 Function

75 Appear in print

76 Took away from, as profits 80 Painter Magritte

81 “Barry” network

82 “The Naked Chef” chef

Oliver

84 Pop singer Britney 85 Golden years

87 Staley Da Bear, for one 90 Mosaic piece

92 Writer Silverstein 93 Banana skin

94 Palette choice

95 Blank expression?

97 Hard to find

99 Tolkien series, to fans 100 Lauder of cosmetics 101 Standing Rock people 104 Goes back out

108 Slept soundly after a

big day

112 Gilda who won an Emmy

for 66-Across

116 Documentary

photographer Lange 120 Slow-moving tree-dweller 122 High-stakes gridiron situation, and a feature of eight long puzzle answers 123 Playpen cry

124 Effectiveness

125 Cultural sphere

126 Fitbit unit

127 Whiz

128 Sounds of understanding

DOWN

1 Memo phrase

2 Meal- and exercise-tracking

app

3 Gearshift topper

4 Renée __ Goldsberry of

“Girls5eva”

5 Wash out

6 On point

7 Ecological communities 8 Play opener

9 Become a member

10 __ Domini

11 Decides one will 12 Feathery neckwear 13 Longtime NASCAR

sponsor

14 Super vision?

15 Women

16 Pop

17 School near Windsor 18 Fed. IDS

20 Emotionless 24 Semi-oxidized teas 28 Arena attendant 31 “Aw, nuts”

33 “Arrival” arrivals

34 Cast a ballot

35 Member of a Tiktok

subculture

36 __ Lama

37 Genuflected

38 Top-__

40 “Couldn’t agree more” 41 Audre Lorde creation 42 Like a liberal commercial

aviation agreement 43 K.T. of country music 44 Govt. security

45 Jekyll’s counterpart 47 Preface, briefly

48 Words to live by

50 Not great, quality-wise 53 Gulf Coast region 54 Earthy colour

55 Radiate

60 Dept. of Labor div. 63 Ticket leftover

65 Justice Sotomayor 68 “That __ no concern to

you”

69 Short-form blog platform 70 Homecoming cry 71 Mountainous Asian

republic

72 Co-owner of the Pequod 73 “Consequently … “

77 Chip to dip

78 Brook swimmer 79 Blender brand

80 Flatbread made with atta

flour

81 Deli subs

82 Civil rights leader Lewis 83 Madrid museum

86 __ pool

88 Willow variety

89 Onion kin

91 NFL passing stat 96 Three-faced Greek goddess 98 Pub device

99 Soup scoop

102 Surgeon, informally 103 Sample

104 Classic Icelandic saga 105 Unrefined one

106 Champagne choice 107 Breaks down

109 Spots for checks and

balances?

110 Whack

111 Browser button

113 “Strega __”: Tomie depaola Caldecott Honor book

114 Set in stone, say

115 Matthew of “The

Americans”

117 Coddling, for short

118 Giggle syllable

119 Seemingly forever

121 Clean Air Act org.