L.A. Times Crossword
Ten Minutes to Win
It
By Amie Walker
ACROSS
1Printer supply
4Stretch often
named for a leader
7_ _ Fresh: fastcasual Tex-Mex chain
11Overthinks things,
say 19Like
many bathmats
21Legend 22Cheap digs
23Rip-roarin’ 25Selected during Duck, Duck, Goose, say
an outstanding design?
27Foreboding 29Lacking 30Knitting _ _
32Actor Carell
36Designer initials
39PBS painter Bob
41Kiosk at some wedding receptions
46“I’ll take that as __”
who plays Kamala Khan on “Ms. Marvel”
49Great Plains
people
51Drops in
52“Changing the
subject ... “
56Spot for primer
26Create 47Vellani
and shadow, maybe
57March family
creator
58Theater backdrop
59Forum admin
61River near the
Great Pyramid
62“Ouch!” 64“Ben-__” 65Bro kin
66Kenan Thompson’s show, for short
67More than a little
mentally fatigued
72Tuba sound
74Function 75Appear in print
76Took away from,
as profits
80Painter Magritte
81“Barry” network
82“The Naked
Chef” chef Oliver
84Pop singer
Britney
85Golden years
87Staley Da Bear,
for one
90Mosaic piece
92Writer Silverstein
93Banana skin
94Palette choice
95Blank
expression?
97Hard to find
99Tolkien series, to
fans
100Lauder of
cosmetics
101Standing Rock
people 104Goes back out 108Slept soundly
after a big day 112Gilda who won an Emmy for 66-Across
116Documentary
photographer Lange
120Slow-moving
tree-dweller
122High-stakes gridiron situation, and a feature of eight long puzzle answers
123Playpen cry
124Effectiveness 125Cultural sphere
126Fitbit unit
127Whiz 128Sounds of
understanding
DOWN
1Memo phrase
2Meal- and exercise-tracking app
3Gearshift topper
4RenŽe _ _ Goldsberry of “Girls5eva”
5Wash out
6On point
7Ecological
communities
8Play opener
9Become a member
10_ _ Domini
11Decides one will
12Feathery
neckwear
13Longtime
NASCAR sponsor
14Super vision?
15Women 16Pop 17School near
Windsor
18Fed. IDs
20Emotionless 24Semi-oxidized
teas
28Arena attendant
31“Aw, nuts”
33“Arrival” arrivals
34Cast a ballot
35Member of a
TikTok subculture
36_ _ Lama
37Genuflected 38Top-__ 40“Couldn’t agree more”
Lorde creation
42Like a liberal commercial aviation agreement
43K.T. of country music Sotomayor
68“That _ _ no
concern to you”
69Short-form blog
platform
70Homecoming cry
71Mountainous
Asian republic
72Co-owner of the
Pequod
73“Consequently
... “to dip
swimmer
41Audre 44Govt. 45Jekyll’s
security
counterpart
47Preface, briefly
48Words to live by
50Not great,
quality-wise
53Gulf Coast region
54Earthy colour
55Radiate 60Dept. of Labor div.
leftover
63Ticket 65Justice 77Chip 78Brook 79Blender 80Flatbread
brand
made with atta flour
81Deli subs
82Civil rights leader
Lewis
83Madrid museum
86_ _ pool
88Willow variety
89Onion kin
91NFL passing stat
96Three-faced
Greek goddess
98Pub device
99Soup scoop
102Surgeon,
informally
103Sample 104Classic Icelandic
saga
105Unrefined one
106Champagne
choice
107Breaks 109Spots
down for checks and balances? 110Whack 111Browser button 113“Strega _ _”:
Tomie dePaola Caldecott Honor book
114Set in stone, say
115Matthew of
“The Americans”
117Coddling, for
short
118Giggle syllable
119Seemingly
forever
121Clean Air Act
org.