LA TIMES CROSSWORD:
ACROSS
1 __ vu
5 Command from Kirk 13 Drink word for “strained” 19 [Sigh]
20 Unsuccessful
competitors 21 One-footed creature 22 Cracked river barriers? 25 Spicedup
26 Sign of contempt
27 In a lab, it’s often white 28 “Yesterday!”
30 Cart count
31 Pop by
33 Org. with quarantine
authority
35 Western alliances
37 How the satisfied stand 39 “Psych!”
40 What a generous mechanic might do after a wreck?
44 Indistinct mass 46 Deck-enclosing option 48 Brainchild
49 Mani-pedi locale 50 David or Saul? 53 “Sunday Morning”
channel
55 __-de-sac
56 Felt
57 Greek X
58 Jolly syllables
60 Words of defeat 62 Chipotle alternative 64 Kind of artery
65 DNC chair Tom 66 Pittance
68 Request to the local
marriage oath writer? 72 Some dishwashers 73 Gap rival
75 Memoir, for one 76 Odist’s inspiration
78 Rib
79 Best Female Athlete, e.g. 80 Eur. country in the Olympics since 1992 82 Dulles alternative
86 Place to stay
87 Business card no. 89 Variety headline for director Lee’s U.S. debut? 92 Calf spot
93 With 66-Down, when Lady Macbeth says, “Leave all the rest to me” 95 Nonprofit reporting app 96 Coal carrier
97 Magician’s tote?
101 Clancy’s “The __ of All Fears”
103 More-than-stretchy statement
104 “The Yodeling Cowgirl” in “Toy Story” films
105 Novelist Rand
106 Rodeo contestants, at times
108 Quiet order
110 Run smoothly
112 It’s dropped for emphasis 113 Implied
116 Pioneer 35mm cameras 118 Talks about woks?
122 Shmoo creator
123 Tapered cigar
124 __ Brasi, “The Godfather” enforcer
125 Frank
126 Regular guys? 127 Headliner
DOWN
1 Some diaper changers 2 Panache
3 1607 settlement 4 Selling point
5 Abolish
6 Spooky 7 Like about 25% of
Russia’s population
8 Part of MVP
9 “The A-Team” muscle 10 Singer’s skill
11 World Heritage Site org. 12 Subtle “Over here!” 13 Member of the fam 14 Flexible lunch hour 15 Directory name
16 College Bd. result using a
1-to-5 scale
17 Consider
18 Throws in
23 Golfer’s wedge, e.g. 24 Delicious
29 Musical timbre
32 Ph.D.’s next hurdle 33 French sweetie
34 Crab Key villain
36 Wild attempt
37 Lunchbox staples, initially 38 Protected while sailing 40 Silicon Valley field 41 Ryder of “Stranger
Things”
42 Works
43 Chopin work
45 Creamy soups
47 Mends, as a rattan chair 51 Stark in “Game of
Thrones”
52 Muffet fare
54 Nurse
59 “Try it”
61 Creations with colorful
blocks
63 Crunchy snack
64 Regret
66 See 93-Across 67 Breakfast staple 69 Hurting
70 __ Mawr College
71 Gets ready to play 73 Scrabble 8-pointer 74 Rainy
77 Driving aid 80 It covers the House 81 Encircle
83 Thin Mints seller 84 Trendy berry
85 Finger
88 Has
90 “Girls” Emmy nominee Hoffmann
91 “Oh, that’s adorable!” 94 Make a mess of, as traffic 98 Swipe again?
99 Slingshot feature
100 January birthstone 102 Queens squad
106 2014 Lizzie Borden portrayer Christina 107 Flight safety equipment? 108 Crunchy side 109 Port opener
111 See 119-Down
112 Advanced teaching deg. 114 Machu Picchu denizen 115 Peter the Great, e.g. 117 Mar. arrival, in theory 119 Dr. who 111-Down 120 “__ tree falls ... ”
121 USCG reception