L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES

1 Takes the odds 5 Flop’s opposite 10 Anchored 16 Braying beast 19 Audition piece 20 1988 Summer Olympics site 21 From C to C

22 __ Victor 23 *Convenient

carrier

25 *Small, flat

legume

27 Braille bits 28 Poet Pablo

Neruda, e.g. 30 “My treat” 31 Distinctive Rolls Royce feature 34 Many a text writer

36 Hikes from the center 37 Wilson of “Pitch Perfect” movies 38 Heinz Field player 39 Rapid __ 41 Nickname for young Skywalker 42 Ramshackle

shelters

43 One way to get you

44 *Octal system 47 *Item found in a parlor

51 Like Fran Drescher’s voice 52 Cheerleaders’ handfuls 56 Your cousin’s 81-Across, maybe 57 Plague critter 60 Pudding starch 61 Carne __ 63 Subject of a Dean Martin classic 64 *Pneumatic silo declogger 66 “Your table’s ready” gizmo 67 Chekov on “Star Trek” 68 Directed

69 Last to arrive 70 French article 71 Proclaims 72 Passionate 74 *Fund for fun 77 *Path for a promising young exec

81 See 56-Across 82 Fouls up, as plans 85 “The Crow” actress Ling 86 “The StarSpangled Banner” quartet 89 “Les Misérables” girl

90 __ Ste. Marie 92 Prefix with centric 93 Barbaric 94 Worrisome engine sound 95 Teatro __ Scala 96 Old copiers 98 Right on the map 99 *It covers the Batmobile 101 *Brie, e.g.

107 Ottoman bigwig 108 Cooling-off

period?

109 City of NE Italy 110 Garbage hauler 111 B-day numbers 112 “Full House”

surname

113 Award for “Mr. Mercedes” 114 Lift one’s spirits?

Down

1 “Phooey!” 2 Significant time 3 Bronze component 4 Tack room item 5 Ice __ 6 Shade of green 7 What Indiana sought 8 “What did I tell you?” 9 Chopper 10 Calder pieces 11 Telescope eyepiece 12 Weasel relative 13 Pro follower 14 102-Down opposite

15 “__ Rosenkavalier” 16 Spots for sports 17 Trattoria entrée 18 Least extreme 24 Weevil’s target 26 Tied-under-thechin topper 29 Prefix with gram 31 Take the wrong way?

32 Sofer of soaps 33 Sacred Nile bird 34 Longtime“60 Minutes” reporter 35 Small price to pay 36 Backtalk 38 Sonic the Hedgehog maker 39 “Mr. Citizen” autobiographer 40 Regrets 42 Santa has a famous one 45 Acclimatize 46 Art supporter? 47 Fashion first name

48 Pixel pattern 49 Secret stuff 50 Target rival 52 Worrywart, at times 53 Eye-fooling genre 54 Extraction sites 55 Golden or Walden 57 Drink from a bowl 58 Spender of rials 59 Group of 13, traditionally 60 Genealogy chart 61 Spaced out 62 Lustful deity 64 Portfolio listings 65 Wee

69 Rents 71 “Frozen” princess 72 Conviction 73 “Cast Away” setting 75 Fanatic 76 Anise liqueur 77 Dieter’s concern 78 Lie next to 79 Birdsong

80 Toy with a tail 82 Skeptic 83 Italian noble family 84 Budget bin record 86 Ramshackle 87 One taking a lot of notes 88 Soothes 89 React to an awkward moment 90 Military band 91 Bear witness 93 Queen lead guitarist __ May 94 Track figure 96 Animal lovers’ org. 97 French city where William the Conqueror is buried

98 Italian smoker 100 Many an IKEA buy 102 14-Down opposite 103 Newton fruit 104 Green prefix 105 Sponge (up) 106 Woolly mama