SUNDAY LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Cymbals played with a pedal
6 Doofus
10 Snack or stack at the poker table
15 Hushed summons 19 Sun-dried brick 20 Hardwood trees 21 32-foot pastry visible from the 405 in Los Angeles
22 “Sex Education” protagonist 23 Composite image where stars appear as streaks
26 Key turning point? 27 Landscaping tool 28 Title role for Madonna 29 Chihuahua’s alert 30 Sinister
32 Early social networking site 34 Cartagena kiss
35 Flat formation 38 Kitchen containers 39 Flurry of emotions 41 GoPro device 44 Musical ability
45 Ref. that added “adultification” in 2023 46 Rattan
47 Vehicle that may address the “last mile” problem
52 Used a peeler 53 Comedian DeLaria 54 Like last-minute tix, maybe
55 “Stop talking” 56 Sudden shocks
57 Air space?
59 Rio hello 61 Bag-checking org. 62 __ fide
63 “Don’t forget your umbrella and galoshes!” 71 Bavarian range 72 Prefix with cache 73 Get loose, in a way 74 Ginger __
75 Italian seaport 77 Flock infant
79 Brio
81 Word with bird’s or bull’s
82 75-Down accessory 83 As the situation warrants
88 Simpson who plays the sax
89 “Mr. Robot” creator Esmail
90 Beam 91 Said aloud
92 Phryge, for Paris 2024, e.g.
97 Cable
98 Has on the calendar 99 “American Dad” dad 100 Inched closer
103 Match makeup
104 Petting zoo chorus 105 Base for many Italian fashion labels
106 Ginger blossom garland
108 Tends to spilled milk 110 Period that included the storming of the Bastille
114 Dressy attire
115 “The Color Purple” producer
116 “You said it!”
117 Do some dirty dancing
118 Jennifer of “Dirty Dancing”
119 Dishwasher cycle
120 Petting zoo ride
121 Music League submissions
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1 “Hell __ no fury … ” 2 Figurative expression 3 Comfy cozy
4 First pres. born outside the Thirteen Colonies 5 Power trip?
6 Debate issues
7 Trash
8 HEMNES retailer 9 Vanilla meas.
10 1990s media coverage? 11 Souped-up car 12 Indigenous Alaskan 13 Water filter brand 14 Mentally prepared
15 “… and I approve this message” spots
16 Lifted prints?
17 [Not my error] 18 Disappointed click 24 Digital images?
25 Wild goat
31 Actor Kilmer 33 Blueprint bit 34 Hardwood tree 35 House of Lords member
36 St. __ of Assisi 37 Employed
39 Madrid “more” 40 Adversary
41 Pegged instruments 42 Indigenous Alaskan 43 Denotes
44 Biotech bacteria 48 Makes a flat sheet flatter
49 Resolution
50 Peak between Pelion and Olympus
51 “__ a big if!”
52 Duck habitat 56 Musician Batiste 58 Provide pardon 60 Acute thing
62 Bread shaped like a 21-Across
64 Plant with a tiger tooth variety
65 Brewery letters
66 One on a fixie, say 67 Like some tear-jerkers 68 Yr. before a historic time change
69 Journalist King 70 Dashboard display 75 Outdoor kitchen fixture
76 Simple 78 Lowest rank for a 35-Down
80 Crucially important 82 Unappealing plateful 83 Baylor University city 84 “I dunno … ” 85 “Postman __”: BBC stop-motion animation series
86 Crunchy snack 87 Helper
89 Accepts an invitation to pose
93 Calif. Christmas hrs. 94 Poses in a yoga studio 95 Lazy walrus, e.g., for short
96 Paper money
97 Coral community
100 Assumed
101 Marvin the Martian, e.g.
102 Corporate shake-up affecting the companies in the circled letters?
104 Switzerland’s capital 105 Brief brief
107 Signs
108 NYC arena
109 Possessive word 111 Troy research univ. 112 Missy Elliott genre 113 Number of players in Battleship