L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 “Let’s get started!” 9 An epicure has a refined one 15 Diamond covers 20 Maker of smarTouch gloves 21 Orbital high point 22 Abrasive mineral 23 Concertina heist? 25 Some, in Potsdam 26 Takes to court 27 River of Flanders 28 Rivière filler 29 Turmoil 30 Hunger 31 Artist Modigliani 33 Rulers before Lenin 36 Fed. auditing agency 37 Barkeep’s supply 38 Formal dance for tiny, winged debutantes? 42 Play for time 45 Lack of vigor 48 Cutting rooms?: Abbr. 49 Chick’s tail? 50 Big push to collect singles bar comeons? 53 Grace verb 54 Roger of “Cheers” 55 TV’s Mrs. Peel 56 Idiot box 58 Gallery work 59 Juice brand with the digital newsletter Lizard Tales 60 Cries at fireworks 63 Discharge 66 Gofer at a moon landing site? 72 Diamond brothers 73 Agnew’s plea, for short 74 Deuce follower 75 “Put __ Happy Face” 76 Pulse is one of them 79 Latin 101 word 80 “Back in Black” band 81 Weighed the container of 84 China piece commemorating a Ricky Ricardo catchphrase? 89 Hooting owl, to some 90 Jellied item in British cuisine 91 Hoops venues 92 Chorus section 93 Writing implement for Vatican edicts? 96 At least one 97 Final finish? 98 Much, informally 99 Go 103 “How disgusting!” 106 Blabbed about 108 Crossword clue, often: Abbr. 111 Level, in Liverpool 112 Abruzzo town in a Longfellow poem 113 Dental restoration 114 Dance for bears? 118 __ trip 119 Senior golfer Mark 120 Spouse 121 Grows faint 122 Low plants 123 Buttercup kin

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1 __ fit 2 Relative of -ish 3 Where Joan of Arc died 4 Hot times in Paris 5 Heartache 6 DNA polymerase, e.g. 7 Hornless honkers 8 Spherical 9 __ Romana 10 Cathedral area 11 Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida __” 12 Rainforest rodent 13 Thrice, in Rx’s 14 Letters on some loafers 15 Itty-bitty 16 Boy in “The Kite Runner” 17 Deserter 18 Events for select customers 19 Cardiac contractions 24 Argentite, vis-à-vis silver 29 Clickable addresses, for short 31 Censorshipfighting org. 32 “Part __”: Katy Perry hit 34 Pot boiler 35 “It’s __ country!” 37 Sorts 39 Purged 40 Nasser’s confed. 41 Substance used by whales as a feeding filter 42 Weight watcher of rhyme 43 __ del Fuego 44 Perfumery compound 45 Out 46 Duran Duran bassist __ John Taylor 47 An official lang. of Malta 51 “Remembrance of Things Past” author 52 “__ possibility” 53 Kicked off 57 Cinéma __ 59 Mollusk with an ink sac 60 Chiwere speaker 61 Olive __ 62 “Veep” airer 64 Transport on treads 65 Take care of 67 Catholic devotion 68 Etched: Abbr. 69 Pago Pago’s land 70 Semi-hard cheeses 71 Hurries 77 Alaskan native 78 Puts to sleep 79 Philip of “Kung Fu” 80 Partner 81 “As if there weren’t enough,” after “to” 82 Vast rainforest 83 Driven away 85 Sharp bark 86 Dander 87 Sew up 88 Sound after running 90 Poet’s deep black 94 Insurer of Bob Dylan’s vocal cords 95 Soup scoops 96 Specialized cactus branch 100 Fraction of a joule 101 Old Turkish bigwig 102 Visibly frightened 103 One of the Coen brothers 104 Created, in a way 105 Erases 107 Cartoon chipmunk 109 Valley where David fought Goliath 110 Let go 112 Prefix with sphere 114 React to a jilting, maybe 115 Big bird 116 “Stillmatic” rapper 117 Tach measure