CROSSWORD LOS ANGELES TIMES

ACROSS

1 Readily available 6 Arabian Peninsula natives 12 Declines

18 __ apart 20 1998Winter Games city 21 Place for retiring?

22 * Cuddly toy 24 Was behind 25 April 4, in 2021

26 “99 Luftballons” singer whose name is an anagram of two of Henry VIII’s wives 27 Texter’s “If you ask me”

28 Q’s value in Scrabble

29 “Solve for x” subj. 31 Harbor bobber 33 Feudal workers 35 Pieces with views

37 * Layered lunch 41 Popular fact source 43 Hunter seen at night 44 Rami’s role on

“Mr. Robot” 47 Sch. with a Lima campus 48 Swingers’ tools 51 Attend to a boxer, maybe

53 Ill will 55 Irrefutable truth 57 Litter box emanations 60 * Braves outfielder who was the 1990 NL Rookie of the Year

62 “Ex on the Beach” channel 64 Actress Hatcher 66 Half a film genre portmanteau 67 Workplaces for RNs

68 Tiny bit 69 Cheery greeting 70 __- free: cleaning cloth term 72 Market 74 Bowlers, e. g. 75 Menu preposition 76 Palais pal 78 Aides for profs 80 Check, with “in” 82 __ Miss 83 * Webmaster’s concern 87 Financial liabilities 89 Ailing 90 Performed a concerto’s cadenza 92 Where kitties get pampered 96 Substandard

97 __ de parfum 99 Beaux of old 102 Civil rights icon John

103 “Close, but no cigar”

106 * Cuts a school period

108 Prefix with league

110 Some video files

113 Israeli statesman Abba 114 Washington MLBer

115 “Right this instant!” 116 Global fiscal org. 118 Piece of cake 120 Paid off 123 Sweetums 125 Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues 129 Poland neighbor 130 Entering words 131 Thin piece

132 “Shame on you!”

133 Raised 134 Topples ( over)

DOWN

1 Cries of pain

2 “Just kidding!” 3 2010 Coen brothers remake

4 __ Romeo

5 Some downloaded docs

6 Hot 7 Superhero suffix 8 Opposin’ 9 Identifies 10 Cockamamie 11 Discontinued Camry model

12 “The King and I” kingdom

13 When two hands come together?

14 Luxury bag monogram 15 * Jackson or Lincoln 16 Prominent 17 Warms up the crowd

19 Hold in reserve 21 Beam benders 23 Court tie 29 Straddling 30 Tempt

32 Festive time 34 Name on the 1979 album “TheWall” 36 Miller Coors rival 38 Part of the former Yugoslavia 39 City west of Tulsa

40 Tough situation 42 Portend 45 “TheWire” antihero __ Little

46 Saves for later viewing 49 Mexican town known for its beer, which is now a Heineken brand 50 Winter hillside sights

52 Kid

54 Track official 56 Spy org. created by FDR

58 Dig find 59 Asian honorific 61 “Maleficent” actress

62 City west of Venezia

63 *“We’ll need a better solution” 65 Opening remarks 69 Invited to the skybox

71 Flip sides? 73 Was in charge of 74 Low- cost stopover 76 __ interpreter: press conference figure 77 Fighting word from the French for “mixture” 79 Store

81 “The Good Place” network 84 EagleCam spot

85 Seize illegally 86 Passing words? 88 Poolroom powder 91 What Brinker’s boy plugged with a finger 93 Graceful vertical entrance 94 Birthplace of Galileo

95 Mgr.’ s helper 98 Cost of withdrawal 100 Ate in small bits

101 Exchanges verbal jabs

104 Tense situation 105 Private agreement? 107 Agitated states

108 Two cents 109 Partners of crannies 111 Grimm creature 112 Actor __ Baron Cohen

117 Stole stuff 119 Docking place 121 Cheapest way to buy, with “in” 122 “Nurse Jackie” star Falco 124 Gentle touch 126 Exist

127 Fish in unadon 128 Yearbook gp.