L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS 1 Plymouth Reliant, e.g. 5 Spanish cathedral city 9 Yawner 13 Flakes in geology class 17 Language that gave us “bard” 18 Magazine founder Eric 19 Graceful leap 20 Wasn’t plumb 22 Practice good web courtesy? 25 With merchandise, say, as payments 26 Snack cake that can be deep-fried 27 Author Morrison 28 Bening of “The Kids Are All Right” 29 Proof-ending abbr. 30 Description of the start of some Road Runner cartoons? 33 Foot bone 36 Graceful leap 37 Clarifying words 38 Non-discriminatory hiring abbr. 39 Et __ 40 Cruised through 41 Cool play area, maybe 43 “Erie Canal” mule 45 Frequent motherand-child painter 47 Last verb in the Gettysburg Address 49 Bar game 53 Nibbles on Friskies? 56 Supreme Roman 58 Pamplona’s kingdom 59 ’70s extremist gp. 60 Boast opener 61 Warning for a snoopy Snoopy? 68 Scads 69 Chilean pronoun 70 Cellphone setting 71 Rock band member 73 Treatment for a milk hangover? 78 1921 Valentino role 79 Breastbones 81 Not let go of 83 __ Moines 85 Jackie’s designer 86 Tobacco plug 88 Record, in a way 89 Mystery author Grafton 91 Distinctive flavor 93 Like details you’d rather be spared 94 In the stars 95 Line that might not calm down Richard III? 99 Tool for Cinderella 100 Remove from the box 101 The __: Horace works 102 Small detail 106 1958 hit that won the first Song of the Year Grammy 107 Song that inspired this puzzle 110 Puts up 111 Level 112 Humor that evokes winces 113 Myrtle or hazel 114 Thing to do 115 Postulates 116 Joint for jumping 117 Large septet
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1 Surrey neighbor 2 Fox’s fabled flattery victim 3 Italian sparkler 4 Burger successor 5 Shocking 6 Kitchen extension? 7 Bump-log link 8 Snugly situated 9 Muslim spirit 10 Make anew, as a trench 11 Downed 12 Lang. of Luther 13 Pretend 14 Ab __: from the start 15 Middle of England? 16 Threw in 20 Housekeeping concern 21 Sicilian province or its capital 23 Maui music makers 24 Combine 28 Port-au-Prince pal 30 Pink-slip 31 “That’s enough!” 32 Poses 33 Middle X, in a game 34 Roman wings 35 Hall of Fame WNBA star __ Leslie 36 Ones seeking change 40 Books with legends 41 Warehouse job 42 Savings plan letters 44 European peak 46 “This comes __ surprise” 47 Leave in the garage 48 Kept down 50 Sitcom with the episode “Stable for Three” 51 Lead singer on “The Joshua Tree” 52 Not a copy: Abbr. 54 Green Hornet’s driver 55 Trick ending? 57 First book of the New Testament 59 Feudal peasant 61 Pickup artists? 62 Bountiful locale 63 Left the ground 64 Advantage 65 Turkish coin 66 Corp. raider’s ploy 67 Cad 72 Devastating 2008 hurricane 73 Comic strip mother of Hamlet and Honi 74 “You __”: Lionel Richie hit 75 Launches 76 Departure notice? 77 Emulated Arachne 80 Word with musical or muscle 82 Reel partner 84 With 92-Down, Monopoly prop. bordering the Electric Company 86 Russian Civil War fighter 87 Maximilian I’s realm: Abbr. 89 Chihuahua neighbor 90 Ben and Sam 92 See 84-Down 93 Gathered steam 94 Affectionate 95 Bed cover 96 Playwright Moss 97 Baklava sweetener 98 Glade targets 99 “The Wrong Sort of Bees” author 102 Seconds 103 Shipping deduction 104 Planning session input 105 Positive words 107 “__ Not Easy Being Green” 108 Soul seller 109 Nantes negative