L.A. CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Baroque music family name

5 Busy months for CPAs

11 Lays into

18 AAA part: Abbr. 20 Head huggers 22 Obeyed a triangular sign 23 Mountain dew source

24 Reaches via plane 25 Salad greens 26 Royal title

29 Toyland notables 30 Poet’s palindrome 31 Common Market letters

32 “__ shall live your epitaph to make”: Shak. 33 One-time filler 34 First-ranked competitor 38 Polyester fabric 40 First hit, perhaps 44 Org. concerned with brownfields 45 Class with angles 47 Step down 49 Longfellow’s bell town

50 Eye care brand 52 Pampering spot 54 Was in front 55 Painful sequence 58 Suffix with ball 59 Fred or George Weasley

63 Brush fire op

64 NBA scoring stat 65 Corn holders 66 Minimally adjusts 70 Aden Young’s “Rectify” role

72 It’s fixed by a bank

75 Milk sources 76 Tabloid material 77 Lord in a Christmas song, e.g.

78 Busy, as decor 79 Casual Friday surprise

80 Pack animal 81 Parasite in the dust

83 Kids’ summer fun spot

88 Bit of broth 89 Do some carpentry 90 Symbolic uncle 93 Maple-syrup-tobe

94 Words with bow or scarf

95 Winter glider 97 Amphibious assault troop carrier

100 __bar

103 Flow blocker

104 War hero/actor who played himself in “To Hell and Back”

107 Menu listing 109 Belgian diamond center

111 The Mustangs of Dallas coll. football 112 When doubled, a hip-hop dance 113 Friend of Pooh 115 Kinda-sorta cousin

116 Dark side Darth 118 Item on the housekeeping checklist, or a hint to completing five puzzle answers 124 Steep slopes 126 Gather dust

127 Give one’s address, maybe 128 Spot-on

129 Took the deal 130 Western

Wyoming county 131 Sign of alertness 132 Hard rain metaphor

133 Email folder

DOWN

1 Big do

2 Spumante source 3 Forensic detectives, briefly

4 “A Study in Scarlet” detective 5 Competent 6 Porridge veggies, old-style

7 Went off on Twitter

8 Racing series including the “500”

9 Agenda, e.g. 10 Upright swimmer 11 Floor support? 12 Mythical voyager 13 Composed 14 “Arabian Nights” character 15 Contraction with two apostrophes 16 Denim purchase 17 ‘60s antiwar gp. 19 Red wine choice 21 With 67-Down, controversial MLB period

27 Heckler’s input 28 —- 34 Garr on screen 35 Slanted column 36 It’s usually easy to see through

37 DJ’s collection 39 Cartoon frame 41 Perfect spot 42 Saint-__: Riviera resort

43 —

46 Transcript no. 48 Besides Jan., only month with two federal holidays 51 Open, in a way 53 Union setting 56 Rolls into a ball 57 Gorsuch predecessor

60 Pole emblems 61 Two-nation peninsula

62 —

63 Shapely leader? 67 See 21-Down 68 Specks in a river 69 Topples (over) 71 Packaging abbr. 72 Minor league baseball level 73 “The Untouchables” studio

(1959-’63) 74 Croaked

75 John in court 79 Photo tint

82 Defunct carrier 84 Opposite of fast 85 Hill staffer

86 Senior __

87 —

90 Seat of the Bishop of London

91 Vital vessels

92 Juin preceder 96 Contempt

98 Peak in France 99 Propellant developed to replace gunpowder 101 Do some craftwork 102 Sweater’s comment

105 Come out

106 —

108 Pool toy

110 Start of the fire? 114 Big-eyed baby 116 Brandy bottle letters

117 Crop unit

119 The Hague’s home: Abbr. 120 Beatty and Kelly 121 Restrain

122 Thames campus 123 Wreck reminder

124 That, in Tijuana 125 Abbr. on some business cards