L.A. Times Crossword
SQUAD GOALS
ACROSS
1 Flub
7 Tell (on) 10 Barbershop service 15 Santa __: home of the Charles M. Schulz Museum 19 Without principles
20 Word with devil or dog
21 Patio stone 22 Extremely bad 23 *Symptom of isolation, perhaps
25Oahu’s _ _ Stadium 26 Actress Rowlands
27 French novelist Zola 28 *Leave the nest 31 Cash collector 32 Yearbook superlative 33 Distillery tub 34 “What was I _ _ to do?” 35 Looking for, in ads 37 Jackal cousin 39 Bring up 42 Contrail makeup 44 Shape of the three-point line 45 Illustrator’s tools 47 Recipient of a classic shout-out
48 *No. 1 Katy Perry album featuring the No. 1 song “Firework” 52 Fender bender 55 Itty-bitty kitties 56*Oscar-winning
role for Rami Malek
58 Cup holder spot, perhaps 59 Demeanor 61 Prov. that borders all but one of the Great Lakes 62 Scrutinize 63 No longer consequential 65 Yearbook gp. 68 Busch Gardens city
71 Brief quarrel 75 “Let’s _ _!” 77 Gomez’s hairy cousin 79 Soothing YouTube genre, for short
81 “You think I did that!?”
82 *One of Sheriff Woody’s catchphrases in “Toy Story” 88 Accompanist? 90 Mark on a garage floor 91 *Concurrence of many negative possibilities 93 Rd. with a no. 94 Very, in Biarritz 96 “_ _-hoo!”
97 Try to swat 98 Supports on Kickstarter, say 101 Taco truck dips 103 “Gangnam Style” rapper 104 “The Secret History” writer Donna
106 Smallish batteries
107 Degrees for corp. execs 110 Cake layer 114 *Lorraine Hansberry play whose title comes from a Langston Hughes poem
118 Food processor’s output 119 Burgles 120 Papa 121 Championship series where fans hope to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues? 123 Fit 124 Fireplace hazard 125 Flow back 126 Early online forum
127 Brewed beverage 128 Prophets 129 Early broadcasting co.
130 Low points
DOWN 1 Diamond side 2 Parmesan quality 3 Gas giant? 4 Diamond cut 5 Track assignment
6 Beauty brand whose name stands for three body parts 7 Sends regrets, perhaps 8 Heads-up 9 Spare in a boot 10 “Me time” option 11 Low-calorie ice cream brand 12 Maker of Skin So Soft products 13 Fervor 14 Delete 15 “Fidelity” pop artist Spektor 16 Kitchen beeper 17 Snitch 18 Woeful sigh 24 Spanish “that” 29 Green smoothie ingredient, perhaps
30 Simple card game
32 Synthesizer pioneer 36 Involuntary jerk 37 Rep
38 Group seen seven times in this puzzle
40 JumboTron maker
41 First responder, briefly
42 Cash app 43 Send to a specialist 44 “Blessed _ _ ... “46 Say “aaahh!” 48 Disneyland ride 49 Malta money 50 James Bond’s first movie foe 51 Pristine, as a baseball card
53 Like some roads in January
54 Pair’s performance 57 “on ur way?” 60 “Or perhaps less” 64 Brewed beverages 66 Chivalrous title 67 URL starter 69 Fashion 70 “Kidding!” 72 “Turn on the AC!” 73 Author Jonathan Safran _ _
74 Like some mattresses 76 Fake it 78 Dirty laundry destination 80 Oxidizes 82 Pop singer Ora 83 Fit for a seat? 84 Birth certificate entry
85 Top classification 86 Bow-wielding god 87 Hub near Marin Co.
89 “Don’t touch that dial” 90 Round figure? 92 Gratuities 95 Dirt, so to speak 99 Crusty roll 100 Yearbook gp. 102 Mythical forest flutists 105 Surfer’s concerns 107 “Morning Joe” network 108 NASCAR racer Wallace 109 107-Down anchor Cabrera 111 Afghani neighbor 112 Conger hunter 113 Musical breaks 114 Like many North Africans 115 Judicial garb 116 “_ _ happy to!” 117 Spout sporter 118 City with an iconic tower 122 Lots of laughs