L.A. Times Crossword

4/4/21

ACROSS

1 Happening now and then 11 Support for an injured limb 16 Oz traveler 20 Hybrid citrus fruit

21 Edmonton NHLER

22 Terse rejection 23 Was in the running for

24 Like some prophets 25 Compressed video format 26 They show off pedicures

27 Part of 32-Down 29 Oddball

31 Reps’ rivals

32 Girl in Byron’s “Don Juan” 33 Steak __

34 Small size

37 Have a meeting of the minds 38 Boxes for drawers?

41 Drops from the sky

42 City planner’s concern

44 Muppet chimp __ Minella

45 Gawk at

46 Move lightly 47 Snack often eaten inside-out 48 City with a notable tower 49 Bring together 50 Like much jewelry, in ads 54 Anchored floats 55 Like some FBI security scans 57 Country house 58 Miley’s Montana 59 Falcon’s nest 60 “Congrats!” 61 Prefix with grade 62 Bowl-making tools

64 Pass on

65 Kind of offer that avoids financing 67 Old-time anesthetic

68 Ball of fire 70 Longtime Cracker Jack prize

72 Second

73 Critical juncture 74 Broadcasts

75 Bar codes? 76 Gaza Strip gp. 77 Prom invitation

81 Canal that roughly parallels I-90 in New

York

82 Ones who have class

84 “Merci,” in

Mainz

85 Palace prankster

87 Delta deposits 88 __ Ababa

89 Spam holders 90 Incendiary fuel 92 Fix, as a printer 93 One of Nolan Ryan’s seven 97 Rights activist Clooney

98 “__ you!”: fashion compliment 100 Colorful top 102 Paltry

103 “I Am the Walrus” was one

104 Emulated the wealthy

105 Abbr. on a cornerstone 106 Crofts’ partner

107 Meager characteristic

DOWN

1 Seis y dos

2 Small part of a big hand

3 Turn over

4 Trout __: nutty fish dish

5 Group of geese a-laying

6 Like some medical care 7 Great Plains natives

8 Small grievances 9 Santa __ winds 10 Prynne’s scarlet stigma

11 Parlor furniture support

12 Climbing vine 13 Ailments

14 Mario Bros. console

15 Got big enough for, as oversized clothes

16 Former midsize Chevy

17 Monets,

Manets, etc. 18 Having only length, for short 19 Aborted, at NASA

28 It means nothing to the French

30 “To __ his own” 32 Pride initialism 33 1948 also-ran 34 Figurehead spot 35 Champing at the bit

36 Marriage phrase from the Book of Common Prayer

37 Animated film mermaid

38 Potty opening? 39 Gut course

40 Date component 42 Radii neighbors 43 Churns up

46 End of the Tour de France 48 Uruguay’s __ del Este

50 One wielding an ax?

51 Soft palate extension

52 Quinn of “Elementary” 53 Architecture middle name 54 Baccarat call 56 Quiet laugh 58 Whalers’ wheels 60 Rarely used antonym of disheveled 61 Limerick neighbor 62 Quantum events?

63 Not quite true? 64 Artful dodges 65 “Have __ day!” 66 Mandel of “America’s Got Talent”

68 Causes pain 69 Bosox rivals 71 1914 Belgian battle river 73 Surefire

75 Not as much as 77 Spreadsheet unit

78 Honey-do list components

79 Word new fathers love to hear

80 Ark passengers, mostly

83 Like most 20th-century phone calls 85 Sacred struggles 86 Maroon, in a way

88 Adams of photography 89 “I’ve Grown Accustomed __ Face”: “My Fair Lady” song

90 First blank on many forms 91 Iowa college town

92 Fed. food overseer

93 Bright star

94 One that’s worn on road trips

95 Bits of work 96 Lines on Google Maps: Abbr. 99 Secure, with “down”

101 Sass