CROSSWORD LOS ANGELES TIMES

ACROSS

1 Primary aspirant’s challenge 6 Tough test metaphor 11 Skunk River city 15 “Let’s move it!” 19 Historic

Jordanian city 20 Tree native to

southern Brazil 21 Bar purchase 22 1985 U.S. Open champ Mandlikova 23 “Fire!,” say? 25 Pittsburgh Steelers’ founder 27 “Peer Gynt” widow

28 Web portal since 1994 30 Egg-shaped wind instruments 31 Time to party 35 Stopover spot 36 “Two and a Half Men” co-star 37 Subject to discussion 38 “Happy Days” actor 39 Unflappable 40 Sprat no-no 43 Fact or fiction starter 44 “That bloke is hurt!” 47 Racer Yarborough 48 Weaken by eroding 52 Prefix with natal

53 Muse of comedy 55 Scent

56 Age __ 58 Crime lab holdings 61 Searches with a divining rod 63 Stately steed 65 Chant, often 66 Planning

considerations 67 Disappointing digs for pigs? 70 Serving liquor, as a town 71 Dropped an egg? 75 Back

76 Puts into words 79 Mountaineer’s rope fasteners 82 __-pitch

83 Red Muppet 84 Jenna of “Dharma & Greg” 85 Big tower, briefly: abbr. 87 Demanded maximum effort

91 Takes to court 92 Sign attracting wickerwork craftspeople? 96 Corrida chant 97 Sonnet ending? 98 Baby marsupial 99 Cold, in Cartagena 100 Held in high regard

104 Capital on I-84 105 Arabic “son of” 106 Some Guggenheim works 107 Designated, perhaps incorrectly 110 Workout regimen 112 Crazy Eights cousin

113 “Hold on now, pal” 115 High-tech all-night study aid? 120 Jersey, for one 121 Bustles

122 Sushi bar supplier

123 Hold in high regard

124 Impel

125 Child measures?: abbr. 126 Snarky 127 Red-carpet figure

DOWN

1 Swimming pool adjunct 2 Blanc behind Bugs 3 LAX posting 4 Orderly arrangements 5 Big name in Egyptian kings 6 Fiver 7 Quartet for walking? 8 TV hillbilly __ May Clampett 9 Withdrawn 10 Ring on a burger

11 __ rule 12 Where Fez is 13 Make a humble retraction 14 Bronzing method 15 Tabernacle singers

16 “The Insider” director Michael

17 Fit for service 18 Floor opposition 24 Swain 26 Turgenev’s birthplace 29 Bamboozled 31 Sitcom sign-off word 32 Berkshire school 33 Consumer who admires store displays?

34 APR reducer 38 Hard to make out

40 Pale yellow, light brown, etc.? 41 Property recipient, in law 42 Afternoon services 45 Start of a duel 46 Marlins manager Mattingly 47 Adm.’s subordinate 49 Masthead VIPs 50 Caviar 51 Wedding consequence, perhaps 54 Med. care group

57 Foot in a pound 59 Spanish sherry 60 Farm female 61 Bishop’s jurisdiction 62 Useful

64 __ exam 67 Room for a home theater 68 CBS CEO Moonves 69 “I’m not listening to you” 72 Hightails it 73 Professional org. since 1878 74 Presumed defense against mind-reading 76 Symbol of peace 77 Ancient

78 “__ Believer”: ’60s hit

80 Issa __, creator of HBO’s “Insecure” 81 Deemed appropriate 86 Homes for F-16s 88 1957 war movie title river

89 Pat on a pancake, perhaps 90 Danson and Knight 93 Works on bare spots 94 Bit of ocular relief 95 Tackles, e.g. 98 Shocker 101 Victoria’s Secret spec 102 Hit song from “Flashdance” 103 Wagnerian soprano 104 Acted sheepishly? 106 Went (over) thoroughly 107 Big belt 108 Very

109 A jerk may serve one 111 Indonesian resort island 114 Slow start? 116 One-third of nove 117 Online guffaw 118 Wash. neighbor 119 Complex trap

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