L.A. Times Crossword

DOUBLE BILL

ACROSS

1 Some small dogs 5 Musubi wrap 9 Intel research 14 African capital where Akan is spoken 19 “Scram!” 20 Germ carrier? 21 Russian crepes 22 Frasier’s brother 23 *”This should be just right, my furry friends”? 26 Liquid-Plumr rival 27 Origins 28Fair-hiring initials 29 Indian flatbread

31 Color that is equal parts blue and green 32 *Peculiar pair at the office? 38 Has motivation for

40 Bout enders, briefly 41“Whitney

Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody” director Lemmons

42 Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discord 43 MYOB part 45 Dam on the Nile 49 Escher museum site, with “The” 115 “Grease” actress Conn 116 Sand hill

117 “_ _ you for real?”

118 Hasbro game that requires quick reflexes 121 Make up (for) 123 Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue

128 Switchboard section

129 Out

130 Not pizzicato 131 No. in a forecast 132 Lock 133 Word on a triangular sign

134 Exemptions for top seeds

135 _ _ buco

DOWN

1 Former Eurasian leader 2 Rather

3 Rock the baby, around the world, etc. 4 Comforts 5 “Night Court” TV network 6 British pop singer Rita

7 Made the grade 8 Bee or butterfly 9 Sac fly result 10Antlered ruminant 11 Olds of old 12 Shallot kin

13 _ _ Gritty Dirt Band 14 “Your point is?” 15 Big top performance 16 Skeet target 17 Kidney-related 18 With a single voice

24 Takes advantage of 25 Gander 30 “Eww!” 33 Short “And yet ... “

34 Woodworking connector

35 Utah city near two national parks

36 Soft summons 37 Lanikai Beach’s island

38 Like some grilling planks 39 Got up 44 Confidentiality doc 46 Typist’s meas. 47 Curaao neighbor 48 Hard on the ears

50 Goad 51 Canadian gas brand

53 “Intelligence for Your Life” host John

54 Hilton competitor

55 Some airport rides 56 Attracts 58 Charles River sch.

63 Andante and adagio 65 Hotmail provider

66 La Scala performance 70 Flask filler 71 Got up 72 Harness strap 73 Homey lodgings 74 “Big Little Lies” actress Kravitz 75 Throws in 76 Time in the tub 77 “Nearly finished!” 81 Orchard fruit originally from

Ohio

82 “Come on in!” 83 Answered an invite

85 Puts in a Hall of Fame, say

87 Kylo of the “Star Wars” sequels 89 Jamaican genre 90 Sport with bamboo swords

93 “Hold it, horses!” 94 Share hot goss 95 Himalayan recluse

96 Citation abbr. 101 Degrade oneself by 103 Word with year or rear 105 South American palm 106 Drink list? 108 Asian noodle 109 Get used (to) 110 Instrument in Hindi cinema 111 Pet in a tank 112 Zhou who

hosted Nixon 113 Stop

114 Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank 119 Alpo rival

120 Tit for tat, e.g. 122 Some city trains

124 Luxury bag monogram 125 Tied the knot 126 Broomball surface

127 Denials