The los angeles times
ACROSS
1 With 21-Across, marching band instrument 5 Feline weapons 10 Vineyard
measure 14 Valuable find 19 James who co-wrote and sang “I’d Rather Go Blind” 20 Monsieur __: classic Jacques
Tati role
21 See 1-Across 22 Had one’s fingers
crossed
23 M.D. on “Wheel
of Fortune”? 25 Fast-working “Downton Abbey” woman? 27 Indian menu
word
28 “... a grin without
a cat!” thinker 30 How aspirin is
taken
31 Restful state 32 Promising moment, as of wit
33 Till stack 34 Madness 35 Coward’s lack,
figuratively 36 Aparicio in
Cooperstown 37 Dress (up) 40 Float like smoke
rings
43 Painter in
prison?
45 Crime novelist
Paretsky
46 Crop up
48 “Nixon in China”
role
49 Mutual influence 51 Speak like a rug? 52 Ideal for farming 55 Quilting events 56 Hurricane of
2011
57 The Who
co-founder 59 Prepare for a
race 61 Hot rod? 62 Shoppe preceder 63 CIA operative in
the Arctic?
67 Dry run
70 Happy cap tosser 72 Delete
73 “And Still I Rise”
poet 75 Unacceptable, as
punishment 77 Caramel-topped
dessert
78 Exodus obstacle 81 Chem class part 82 Partied hearty 84 Site for used cars 85 Short-vowel
mark
87 “The West Wing” Emmy winner, 2006
88 One rating singles bar come-ons? 92 Smelter metals 93 __ hours 94 “Don’t play”
music notation 95 Gazetteer stats 96 Drink from a
snifter
98 Wall map marker 99 Princeton
mascot
100 Cell feature
103 Trip up
106 Derby drink
107 Hill hundred
109 Gofer at a
ballpark?
111 Displayer of truck-stop equipment?
113 Flirt with, say
114 Sign of spoilage 115 Marquesses’
inferiors
116 100-year-old chip
brand
117 Ran standing still 118 Digs for pigs
119 Surprise ending 120 Put one over on
DOWN
1 Awards
adjective
2 For face value 3 “Fear Street”
series author 4 Kids’ play places,
across the pond 5 Settle on 6 Ill-gotten loot 7 Some choir
members
8 Try to win over 9 Secure for the
trip
10 Fan
11 Pain in the neck 12 Mystical
character 13 Liberty’s LiMu,
for one 14 Beatles’ “__ a
Place”
15 Oblong tomatoes 16 Birthstone after
sapphire
17 Bridal shop buy 18 Hot tub feature 24 One of a coupe’s
pair
26 Time on a
marquee 29 Clark’s teenage
crush
32 Fishing line
holder
33 Gives the heaveho
35 Nature’s
bandage
36 White sale
purchases 37 Bank worker
with lots of stories?
38 City across the Mediterranean from Cartagena 39 Marvin of
Motown
40 Guy hiding in a red-and-white striped shirt 41 Sans-serif font 42 Farmland tour
giver? 44 Advertising
gimmick
45 Elf
47 Melodic sense 48 Eponymous surgical family name 50 Tear
53 Tear
54 Hawke of
“Sinister”
55 Less carpeted 58 One of Barbie’s
best friends 60 Hi-__ graphics 61 Seasonal song
word
64 Back off
65 Give this for that 66 Historian’s
subject
68 Dry Italian wine 69 Straws, e.g. 71 Cockpit gauge
fig.
74 Be a chatterbox 75 Metaphorical
sticking place 76 Auditioner’s goal 77 Pat down 79 English
composer of the symphonic study “Falstaff” 80 “That __ it!” 83 Awards a seat to 86 Skiers’ aids 89 Corrections
staffers
90 Push for
91 Like Jennifer
Aniston’s eyes 94 Typed in ALL
CAPS, maybe 96 Least wacky 97 Mosque leader 98 Not given to
speeches
99 Yank at
100 Amoebae, e.g. 101 “The Kiss”
sculptor
102 Recess rebuttal 103 Piedmont wine
region
104 Hustled
105 Longtime Kentucky resource
106 Green hue
107 Bollywood
attire
108 Whole lot
110 Uncorking
sound
112 Rook’s call