l.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PuzzlE

ACROSS 1 __ act 6 Graceful bird 10 Manhattan sch. 14 Baggage check requirement 19 Primer sequence 20 Trillionth: Pref. 21 Surprised greeting 22 Actress Thomas 23 Screwballs in the hayloft? 25 Where crooks learn their trade? 27 Enjoying a wilderness vacation, maybe 28 Two-mile-high city 30 Caged, with “up” 31 Very long tooth 32 Pouch occupants 33 Fronded tree 34 Picasso, for one 37 Med. prefix 38 Income statement write-offs 42 Live-income filler 43 Cookie cooks? 46 Cosmonaut Gagarin 47 Film-rating org. 48 Elec. instrument 49 “Later” 50 “The Simpsons” character Sideshow __ 51 Faller of 2001 52 “Hmm ... don’t think so” 53 Northumbrian monk, briefly 55 __ facto 56 Slowish movement 58 Leafstalks 60 Interfere (with) 61 Mickey and Jerry 62 Strict diet restriction 63 Blacken 65 “... dark, __ the blaze of noon”: Milton 67 Prizes in a case 69 Feline named for an island 72 Sensible 73 Tardy with 74 Team across the state from the Marlins 75 Artist Yoko 76 Decked 77 Zany Martha 78 They’re heavier than foils 80 Villain named Julius 81 Russian city 83 Dealt with unproductive mollusks? 85 Easy putt 86 Faithfulness 88 Showing skill 89 Order givers 90 Ending with ortho91 Bar, at the bar 93 Algebra, e.g. 94 Rabbitlike rodent 97 Arctic temperature word 98 Inherited 102 Restaurant reservation for fish? 104 Result of Uncle Sam frequenting Papa John’s? 106 Link with 107 Banned for a rules infraction, informally 108 Marginally 109 Kate’s sitcom pal 110 Above it all 111 Old pol. divisions 112 Toon explorer 113 Window insert

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1 Mexican resort, familiarly 2 Not fatty 3 Above-it-all attitude 4 Clementi composition 5 Fill, as with light 6 Lively quality 7 User-edited site 8 Top performer 9 Pretty darn good 10 Patient share 11 Game with capturing 12 Dragsters’ org. 13 Shelter sound 14 “Brr!” 15 Former name of Benin 16 74-Across’ stadium, casually, with “The” 17 Burn soother 18 Top prize 24 Bottom position 26 Many 29 Rosemary, e.g. 32 Fun 33 Celebratory procession 34 Run-on sentence’s lack, probably 35 Remove, as a brooch 36 Like surfers? 37 El __ 38 Stimulating leaves 39 Group of body shop specialists? 40 Long lock 41 Storage cylinders 43 10 micronewtons 44 Wear 45 Cookout fare on sticks 48 “Fiddler on the Roof” village 52 The Tar Heels of the NCAA 53 Spray ‘n Wash target 54 Much of Lamb’s legacy 55 High-resolution film format 57 Help on the Hill 58 Character who uses “yam” as a verb 59 Repeated 62 __ public 64 USN rank 65 Require from 66 Like about 15% of New Zealanders It’s unlikely 68 69 Fannie __: securities 70 Musical in which FDR is a character 58-Down et al.

74 71 __ Martin Cognac 78 Skateboarder’s protection Crab’s sensor

80 79 Hammett who created Nick and Nora Was a factor in

82 83 Handy “Mr.” 84 Roman statesman 85 Reward for a donation, maybe 87 Beaucoup 89 Perennial NCAA football powerhouse 91 Conger catcher 92 Snow-covered hill sights 93 “Zoom-Zoom” sloganeer 94 Official records 95 Windy-sounding woman’s name 96 Sandwich cookie 97 Some fam. meals 98 Mogul 99 Simba’s mate 100 Speaker of Cooperstown 101 Poems of honor 103 Spots on the tube 105 Midori on the ice