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l.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PuzzlE

- “Dispirited Away” by Gail Grabowski

ACROSS 1 Financial smartphone download 7 Vague feeling 11 Shot spot 14 Take up or let out 19 More profound 20 Attention-getting type: Abbr. 21 Gunk 22 Russian bread 23 Crooner Vic 24 Software update strategies? 27 Urban view obscurer 28 Action-filled 30 Get by succession 31 Stand in a loft 33 Title absentee 35 Bridge installer’s deg. 36 Counsel offered by Carlo Rossi? 42 Map in a map 45 Ristorante suffix 46 Pursued 47 State secrets? 48 Container with slats 52 Recommend 54 Dream about childbirth? 57 What alibis may be 58 Series of rings 60 Ultra-secret org. 61 Like yoga devotees 62 Naval strength 65 Co-host Shapiro of “All Things Considered” 66 Celeb’s freebie 67 Views about poetry? 71 “That film is awful” 75 ‘60s-’80s Brit. sports car 76 Frozen fruitflavo­red snack 81 Soda purchases 82 1999 Moviefone acquirer 83 Fluency 85 Normal beginning? 86 Reminded guests that certain casual attire is required? 89 Baseless accusation, to an alleged perp 91 Yoga pose 92 Pic for a doc 93 “Dig in!” 96 When Le Havre heats up 97 Run through a reader 99 Uncompromi­sing boss? 101 Break down 104 Mar. parade honoree 106 Shake awake 107 Taking in a sunrise, say 110 Crowd control weapons 114 Headquarte­rs 118 Mastering a basic golf lesson? 120 Golfer’s starting point 122 Salon dye 123 Scepter top, perhaps 124 Salon, for one 125 Not leave to chance 126 Concepts 127 They’re often grad students 128 Wraps (up) 129 Went bad

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1 Throws into the mix 2 Group with lineups 3 Exec’s reminder 4 Orbital high point 5 Writer 6 Put the squeeze on 7 “The Four Seasons” composer 8 It might follow a bullet 9 Zinger 10 “Frozen” princess 11 Disco phrase 12 Pal of Harry 13 Summon silently 14 St. Louis landmark 15 Renaissanc­e instrument 16 1954 Ford debut 17 Legendary Spanish hero 18 Intervals of inactivity 25 “Picnic” playwright 26 Queen’s subjects 29 Princess from Alderaan 32 Spy-fi figs. 34 Grammy-winning singer Krall 36 Medical containers 37 Common film festival entry 38 Skin lotion brand 39 Menlo Park middle name 40 Justice Gorsuch who replaced Antonin 41 DJ’s stack 43 8/21/2017 celestial event 44 Vagabond 47 Violinist’s need 49 Quartet named for its members 50 They’re usually seen with sandals 51 Miscalcula­tes 53 Connection method: Abbr. 55 Cross inscriptio­n 56 Spark producer 58 Apt to mouth off 59 Critical care ctrs. 63 Supervised 64 Houdini’s family name 65 BOLO equivalent 66 Popular __ 68 Expressive online image 69 Take in the wrong way? 70 Apple mobile platform 71 Rick calls her “kid” 72 Google successes 73 Quattro competitor 74 Cold weather word 77 Turntable letters 78 Took a little off 79 Give a keynote, say 80 Morning read 82 TV spot seller 83 U.S. dept. with a windmill on its seal 84 Wine city near Turin 87 Unimproved property 88 In-flight fig. 89 Railing feature 90 Western natives 94 Earl with a threefinge­r banjo-picking style named for him 95 Berkshire boarding school 98 Castaway’s home 99 Foment, with “up” 100 If all goes right 101 Rolls with rice 102 Withdrew, with “out” 103 “Moneyball” baseball exec Billy 105 Mettlesome mounts 108 Paquin of “True Blood” 109 Pioneering TVs 111 Column on the right 112 Smartphone display 113 Nibble 115 Be flush with 116 Ill-tempered 117 Struck (out) 119 Period that may be named for a president 121 “Lux” composer Brian

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