L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Timely blessing

5 Rounds before the finals, for short 10 Farm yield 14 Kudos at a poetry slam

19 Batgirl garment 20 Glazer of “Broad City” 21 Chicago mLS team 22 __ noir 23 meditate (on) 24 Shout to an FBI agent investigating the wrong fellow? 27 Cherry-topped dish 29 Travel pillow spot 30 meh

31 “Now, where __ we?”

32 Taco topping 34 Long who plays Steve on “PEN15” 36 Helps

38 “The polygraph is rigged!,” e.g.? 43 NAACP co-founder __ B. Wells 44 Informal meeting? 45 Piggy bank opening 46 Sound like autumn leaves

50 “We should!” 52 “What’s your __?” 55 Smidgen 57 “Broken Arrow” director John 58 Fertile desert spot 60 “RuPaul’s Drag Race” prize money? 65 __ Gatos, California

67 London stroller 68 Planet __: gym chain

69 Intro to typing? 72 “Get __ of this!” 75 Suit bottoms

76 At an angle 77 Sheet of ice 79 maker of Calling All Goddesses! nail polish

80 Like philosophers who can’t find their way home? 85 Fern-to-be 89 Spot-on

90 BBQ side 91 Trauma specialist, for short

93 Fed. power dept.

94 Past

98 Airbnb alternatives

100 Scent

102 Former quarterback manning

103 Hype that just goes on and on and on? 108 Word with high or tech

110 __ bargain 111 Penélope Cruz’s birthplace

112 Dull pain 113 Fingers-crossed thought

116 Ice cream brand 118 Database systems giant

121 Put off fulfilling a campaign promise? 125 Churn up 126 Chilling

DOWN

1 Quietly keeps in the loop 2 Waimea Bay island 3 Available options when booking a flight

4 Pop up a lot? 5 Evade 6 “Xanadu” gp. 7 Leslie of “This Is 40”

8 Whole

9 Lyric poet of Lesbos

10 Corp. money exec 11 messy barbecue fare

12 Cookie used as a froyo topping 13 Took care of a boxer? 14 mud bath venue 15 Birdbrains

16 __ hair pasta 17 Decants

18 Eye ailment 25 Brings up 26 Emulate a drone 28 Sudsy mugfuls

127 33-Down animal who loses because of a nap 128 “Four Quartets” poet

129 Clock toggle 130 use foul language 131 Ensnare 132 Flavors, in a way 133 Large bodies of water

33 Storyteller whose tales usually feature talking animals 35 Illuminated from below 37 Tempe sch. 38 Stitch’s human companion 39 Brainchild 40 Cricket sound 41 Place for solar panels 42 Cleveland Browns great __ Graham 47 Twitter message 48 Fine-grained soil 49 many ages

51 Like some partners 53 “Julie & Julia” writer/director Ephron 54 Cookware brand 56 Kennel racket 59 Kinda 61 “Later!” 62 “Chilombo” Grammy nominee Jhené __ 63 Cotton swabs 64 Not ready to eat 66 Not hidden

69 Ski resort feature 70 Yummy 71 Chances

73 Body cream additive 74 Gloomy

76 Big chunk 78 Forest moon that’s home to the Ewoks 81 Ballet move

82 Sound off 83 Admit (to) 84 Extinct mauritian birds

86 Like a family with a stay-at-home dad 87 move for one’s co., say

88 “The Night Circus” novelist morgenstern 92 Handles food waste ecologically 95 Sister of Laertes 96 Opposite of paleo

97 Flood with chocolate syrup, say 99 “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” cat

101 T. rex’s “I’m going to eat you!” 104 Predicament 105 Rocky projections 106 Bribe for airtime 107 Glittery accessories 108 Carpentry fastener 109 Job jar assignment 112 Copies

114 Take the lead? 115 Youngest daughter of Cronus 117 Breeze (through) 119 “Future Nostalgia” singer Dua __ 120 Stately trees 122 Atop, poetically 123 Gym unit 124 movie filming site