LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Leader who succeeded Muhammad

7 Tried to get home,

say

11 Boiling state 14 Beliefs

18 Keys on a piano 19 100 cents

20 “I, Claudius” role 22 Texter’s “Then

again ... ”

23 Govern in Austin? 25 Set of rules for a

jury?

27 Sault __ Marie 28 Throttle 29 Pretentious 30 Anthem contraction 31 Group name derived from the Dutch for “farmer” 32 __ blanche

33 Like crazy 35 Graceful antelopes 38 Volume subtitled “100 Good Excuses”?

40 Car bar

41 Bodies usually

bigger than bays 43 Mercury Theatre

co-founder Welles 44 Farm units 45 Lawyer’s filing 46 “The Texan” star

Calhoun

48 The Eagle, e.g. 51 Eric the Red’s son 52 Comedian Shecky 53 Currency exchange

abbr.

54 Mozart’s “__ Kleine

Nachtmusik” 55 17.2-million-squaremile area

57 __ metal: dark ’80s-’90s music genre

59 Snakes’ weapons 60 Party garb for one going as a pollution inspector? 65 Historic period with

a lot of risks? 68 Bob of “Fuller

House”

69 Explode

71 Full of slime 72 Breezed through 73 Animation frame 74 Family reunion

attendee

77 Botch

81 “__ so you!”

82 “No problem!” 83 Name of two

presidents 84 Privilege 85 Broadcaster

88 A lot

89 State bordering Baja 90 Cube-shaped stones

for a fireplace shelf? 94 Overly optimistic 95 “Chicago Med” pro 96 Location 97 Clamorous

98 Color TV pioneer 99 H.S. exam for

college credit 101 Brownish gray 102 Cacophony

105 Wizard’s communications device?

107 Braided Greek

cheese?

110 Biblical plot

111 Blood type, briefly 112 Lash mark

113 Shade

114 Fit together

compactly

115 Classified ad abbr. 116 Comply with

117 Slow-moving

mammals

DOWN

1 Bounders 2 Settled (on)

3 Euros replaced

them

4 Coolers?

5 Winds also called

ottavinos

6 Result of keeping a

cap on too long 7 Goes after 8 Elegance

9 401(k) alternative 10 Big affairs

11 Out of gear 12 Entertain at

bedtime, as a tot 13 “Sixteen Tons” singer whose nickname is his birth state

14 Games gp. 15 Waited, not always

patiently

16 Roadster in the

Henry Ford Museum 17 Crow with Grammys 21 Brit. lexicon

24 High spots 26 Metal-threaded

fabrics

29 Golden Triangle

country 31 Shameless 32 Eye-opening cupful 34 Spanish span

35 Emphatic type: Abbr. 36 They actually prefer fruit and grains to cheese

37 “Frasier” actress

Gilpin

38 Kitchen counter

staple

39 Cocktail order 41 Coll. senior’s test 42 One-eighty 45 Cookout choice 46 Babe with a bat 47 Dept. of Labor arm 49 Tech sch. alumnus 50 Big butte

52 Base figs. 54 Fast bucks

56 Barfly 58 Represented

oneself to be 59 Casbah headgear 60 Morales of “NYPD

Blue”

61 Agreement 62 Seemingly forever 63 Lyft rival

64 Paragon of

stubbornness 66 Denials

67 Dairy grazer 70 Light fare

73 Street edging piece 75 Crash site? 76 Royal Navy initials 78 Pizzeria chain,

familiarly 79 Motorist’s decision

point

80 Donnybrook 82 Frites seasoning 84 Holiday guests,

maybe

86 1995 court VIP 87 Go over 88 Cottontail’s tail 89 They usually don’t

have laces 90 Mythical males with

tails

91 Game keeper? 92 Homeowner, vis-àvis the bank 93 Cooperstown’s lake 94 Attack, as of an

illness

97 Foul

100 Saigon soup 101 Word game piece 102 Bit of progress 103 Allergic reaction 104 Dundee

disagreements 106 Tolkien creature 107 Wee hour

108 Information source,

with “the”

109 __ Schwarz