Los Angeles Times

Touchdown

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Alex Vratsanos

ACROSS

1 One of the Magi 7 Exotic pet 13 Bushel quartet 18 Largest of the British Virgin Islands Future looie, perhaps 19 Hot wings did him in 20 Pass receiver 22 somewhat separated from the offensive line Male reproducti­ve 23 system part Antique clock molding 25 Brawls 26 Nautica competitor 28 EARTH 29 Advice pseudonym for 30 56 years Bouncing baby? 32 Cloth-dyeing craft 33 MARS 34 Venice vessel 35 Big name in Scotch 37 Chuck who wrote 40 "Black Belt Patriotism" Farmwork 42 In opposition to 47 Easily seen sign 50 Christmas tree 51 decoration­s Plainsong singers 52 Bat used in practice 54 JUPITER 56 Tailor's line 57 Afro-Asian land 58 Grieg's language 60 Bread holder 62 Hitchcock's wife and 63 collaborat­or combo 65 Immiscible combo 68 "Good golly!" 71 "— durn tootin'!" 73 SATURN 74 Clog cousin 76 1972 host to Nixon 77 Unsettled one? 80 Cosmonaut Vladimir 82 Hunter's quarry 84 Orally defames 86 Greeting from Kermit 88 Neckwear in some 89 Native American traditions URANUS 90 Pain 92 Devoted 93 Hammer or stirrup 95 What Dorothy did, for most of the "Wizard of Oz" movie 98 Insurance card 102 amount 102 Uber —: food delivery service 103 Architect's task 107 Grace conclusion 108 Started, as a co. 109 NEPTUNE 110 Devoted 111 Arrive as astronauts did 7/20/69 ... and what's literally seen in seven pairs of puzzle answers 114 Inundation 116 PLUTO 117 Become absorbed 118 Longtime host of "The Newlywed Game" Bob 119 Lanai hi 120 Winter Olympics competitor 121 Takes verbal potshots

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1 — of vantage: favorable position 2 "I met a fool i' the forest" forest 3 Post-apocalypti­c 1987 Patrick Swayze film 4 Suffix with malti- and cocka5 Boosters, often 6 Like entertainm­ent software with a "17+" restrictio­n 7 Face-to-face 8 '90s second family 9 Juan's "some" 10 Rm. coolers 11 12 Whims Blew away 13 Like some horses 14 Common ER test 15 -lilly 16 Wurst topping 17 Branch of Islam 18 Old draft deferment St. with the secondsmal­lest 21 capital Nikkei index giant 24 Former secretary of 27 defense Panetta Gas up? 31 Icon after "Not a 32 member?" Shape, as dough 33 Source of electrical 35 interferen­ce Old Pisa dough 36 Russian retreat 37 "I Love Lucy" role 38 Electric guitar vibrato 39 producer Ringmaster? 41 Calif. NFLer 43 Witness protection 44 plan? Econ. measure 45 Pueblo pronoun 46 — Park: Queens area 48 "Have a taste" 49 Attend by oneself 51 Leaves 53 Mardi — 55 Filmmaker Jacques 59 Barbecue fare 61 Big name in insurance 64 "Famous" Coney Island 66 contest sponsor Ex-Cowboy 67 quarterbac­k Tony Renata Tebaldi 69 contempora­ry Callas Swiss Roll-like snack 70 Comic Dangerfiel­d 72 "I'm listening" 75 Mil. award 77 Skull and Bones 78 member Prynne's stigma 79 Old tape initials 81 Metaphoric­al self-help 83 aid Most endangered 85 Traditiona­list 87 Workstatio­n shared by 90 employees on different shifts Middle proof word 91 Sentimenta­lism 94 Website with study 96 guides "Meek," in "Blessed are 97 the meek" Math subj. 98 Missouri River city 99 — colony 100 Gyneco-'s opposite 101 Verse alternativ­e 103 Sherlock's adversary 104 Adler Greases (up), as hair 105 Court pair 106 Sicily's only landlocked 108 province Friendly honk 109 "Interestin­g!" 112 Combat sport, briefly 113 Cody Bellinger stat 115

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