The los angeles times

ACROSS

1 Just slightly 5 Golden State sch. 8 Lambs’ moms 12 Loose-fitting

tops

18 Whittle (down) 19 Sold-out letters 20 Egg-shaped

tomato

21 100%

22 *Space to

recover

25 Ohio college

town

26 Smoothie berry 27 Warty hopper 28 Pro __: gratis 30 Received

31 Food Network

garb

33 Have a bite 34 Westley’s repeated line in “The Princess Bride” 37 *Sending mixed messages, maybe?

41 GPS tech 42 Iditarod runners 43 Steel-cut grain 44 Raccoon kin 46 Word with

market or circus 48 Smartphone tech 49 Pediatricians,

e.g.: Abbr. 50 *Pickle-y

condiment

54 Part of a parfait 56 Air filter

acronym

57 Baton

58 Sheridan of “Ready Player One”

59 Indian tea

region 62 Historical

divisions

64 Skate park

fixture

66 “Sarah,

Plain and __”: Newbery winner by Patricia MacLachlan 67 *Ham it up for

the camera, say 70 *Chewable candy with a comic in its wrapper 72 Spanish model

Sastre

73 Not quite dry 74 Director

Preminger 75 Science class

models

76 Gas additive

brand

77 Actress Gadot 78 Obstacles to

good teamwork 80 Panoramic view 83 *Satisfactory

compromise 86 Secret agent 87 Genetic material

in some vaccines 90 Warm, in a way 91 Not fitting 93 Latvia, once:

Abbr.

94 Notary’s imprint 95 Risked putting one’s students to sleep, say

98 *10 or 11, at

many hotels

101 Virgo and

Scorpio, for two 104 Poke bowl tuna 105 Brings about

106 Holds

107 Peacekeeping

gp. since 1949 108 Classic muscle

cars

109 “House” actor

Omar

110 Left out

113 Home theater feature, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? 118 Cinnamon

candies

119 Brunei’s

continent

120 “We’ll square up

later” letters

121 Paper unit

122 Accord

123 Claim to be

untrue

124 Recipe amt.

125 Phased-out jets

DOWN

1 BOLO kin

2 2022 film starring Cate Blanchett as a conductor 3 Some floor

decor

4 Church officers 5 Required H.S.

course, often

6 __ Lanka

7 Frame of

reference 8 Unpredictable 9 Lumber

10 Punk offshoot 11 Afro-Brazilian

dance

12 As well

13 Four Corners

Native 14 Professional org.

for some brokers 15 “All right, let me

try”

16 Ad prizes 17 Keytar, e.g.,

briefly

21 Skater Harding played by Margot Robbie

23 Lose

purposefully 24 Billy __

29 “Do the Right Thing” actor Davis

31 Does the math 32 Teen soiree 35 Hungry,

probably

36 Outlet site 38 Lighten

39 Snoops (around) 40 Stare openmouthed

45 Try to rip 47 Sanctuary 49 Pulitzer-winning Kendrick Lamar album

51 Half a sextet 52 Caramel candy 53 Command posts 54 Thailand

neighbor 55 Longtime NPR

host Diane 56 Hem’s

counterpart