CROSSWORD LOS ANGELES TIMES

ACROSS

1 Hunk 5 Tortilla-wrapped

serving

11 Hardly a

haymaker 14 Pulled up

a chair

17 Whom Samwise accompanied to Rivendell 18 Backspace

key, often

19 One who might err on the safe side?

20 __ dixit: assertion

without proof 21 Add zing to 22 Berate 23 “Heavens!” 25 *Lids for a fancy

box?

27 *Easy order

for a mixologist 29 Zing

30 Donizetti aria “Regnava __ silenzio”

31 Bee bunch 33 Watergate figure with a radio talk show

34 Exude

36 Learn

37 Giant __, world’s largest antelope 39 *Ceremonious

choreography 42 *Lothario’s

organ

46 Bearded

blossom

47 G, in the key

ofC

48 Adjust, as a

chronometer 49 Tat misreadable

as WOW 50 Honey

52 Tweaks

56 “Is this some

kind of __?” 58 New England

cape

59 __ chi

61 Biting 62 “Goodbye, cruel world!,” in Westerns 65 *Ring leaders 68 Worldwide

anticrime gp. 71 Rod’s partner 72 Author Deighton 73 Bench press

muscle

76 Ethel on

“I Love Lucy” 77 Produce a steady

stream of 80 Words with remember or forget 82 Bon __: Comet

rival 83 “__ the loneliest

number” 85 “Argo” org. 87 Fine __ 88 *Joe may come

from one 91 *Moved like a

crowd 95 Crease-resistant

fabric 96 Estefan with

Grammys 98 Consider to be 99 Steel, e.g. 101 Form opener 102 Key preposition 103 Boxer with feats

of Clay? 106 *Significant

other 110 Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? 113 Rank people? 114 Swab’s assent 116 Blink of an eye 117 D.C. pros 118 Cleo’s undoing 119 Fix, as a pump 120 Former Midwest territorial capital 121 Is for you 122 Steely __ 123 Airborne camera

holders 124 Many a

competition

DOWN

1 Bone to pick 2 Fictional turn-on 3 Smellysounding German river? 4 Windfall

5 Wild

6 Smell __ 7 Fugitive portrayer before Ford 8 Believer’s suffix 9 Pots, cups, etc. 10 Prefix with -pod 11 Handled containers 12 Every which way 13 Fraternal initials 14 Leadfoot 15 Syrian president 16 Touchy

17 Bomb 20 Baseball unit with distinct halves 24 Musician with a Nobel Prize 26 Bread butts 28 The Who classic 32 Female in WWII 35 Boot from power 36 Heavenly topper 37 Original sinner 38 Fired up 39 Dexter’s wife in “Dexter” 40 Metal that’s pumped 41 __ effect 43 Alternate version,

in scores

44 Farm

connection

45 ER part: abbr. 48 Word with

debt or guilt 51 HBO rival 53 Beaver’s work 54 Victim of hot

wings?

55 More classy 56 Bond or bonding

follower

57 Delight

60 Dada daddy? 63 “Uncle” of

old TV

64 Flagon filler 65 Risk

66 Peptic problem 67 Rain-__ gum 68 Apple

computer 69 Nautilus

captain

70 Like poison ivy 73 One who remembers old flames with fondness? 74 Shocked

accusation 75 Outlay

78 Actor Pat of Batman films

79 NCAA’s Bruins 81 Broccoli __

83 LBJ’s antipoverty agcy.

84 “The Sound of

Music” extra 86 Calculating

snake?

89 Leads,

as a band 90 “Family Ties” mom 91 Ancient Roman currency minter 92 Anger 93 Go-between 94 Bubbler

97 Gecko, for one 99 Dryer brand 100 Texas university in Beaumont

102 Fairy tale baddies

104 Café con __ 105 Thought

107 Campus area 108 Heavenly bear

109 “Monday Night Football” channel 111 Shade of green 112 Hogwarts librarian __ Pince

115 That thing in Tijuana