The los angeles times
ACROSS
1 “That’s sorta
funny” 4 Oscar-nominated biopic about a Supreme Court justice 7 Pampered pet’s
destination
13 “If I Were __
Man”
18 Good Grips
brand
19 In the way of 20 Eyepieces 22 Soprano Fleming 23 Choking hazard
warning label 25 Like some car
engines 26 Disciple of
Haile Selassie, informally 27 *Coral Sea
structure 30 Fawning
parents? 31 Roland Garros
playing surface 32 “Far out!” 33 Shows of soft
power? 35 Battleship
response 36 Webpage
standard 37 Delight 40 Pushover
41 Quick __ wink 42 Tribeca neighbor 43 Names on a fundraiser’s call list 45 Customizable Wii
Sports avatar 46 *Place to chill on
the train? 50 Wander off 54 Property transfer
need
55 Word on a whiskey bottle
56 Stadium
visitors
58 DDE rival
60 __ Xtra: soda
brand 63 Pan Am rival 64 Track legend
Zátopek 65 *Long-running comic strip about the Patterson family
71 First name in
game shows 72 Old Prizm maker 73 Actor Morales 74 South, south of
the Rio Grande 75 Liz of fashion 78 Vegetables in
fried rice
81 Peal
84 Fifth cen. pope 85 *Naval vessel known as a “flattop”
90 Org. with lots of
“Raw” footage 92 Wrote 36-Across,
say
93 Threesome 94 Fannie or Sallie
follower
95 Salt spray
99 Gas additive
brand
100 Luge, e.g.
101 Ctrl+C action
102 Belle & Sebastian
genre
104 Hearty bowlful 105 Blue Pixar fish 106 Red or Card
107 *Dog breed that weighs no more than seven pounds
113 Iraq port city
115 “You had your
chance!”
116 Centrum
alternative
117 One who plays a
part
118 To the extent
that
119 Adobe file format 120 New __: cap
brand
121 Caterpillar rival 122 Fins, or when parsed differently, a feature of the answers to the starred clues 123 Retired boomer 124 1040 fig.
DOWN
1 __ Kong
2 Lifted one’s
spirits? 3 Traveler’s
storage spot 4 Well-worn 5 Amorphous mass 6 Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” for one
7 Round up
8 Nail the midterm 9 Mascara
container 10 Curved line, in
musical notation 11 Twosome
12 “King of the Hill”
town
13 Pt. of ETA 14 *Cause of some memory problems
15 Jeans measure 16 Part of etc.
17 San Simeon
castle builder 21 Mount
24 Duracell options 28 Suckerfish
29 Gift tag field 34 Pass off (on) 35 Tarnish
36 Biker’s wheels 37 “The Back-up Plan” actress, familiarly 38 Sharing word 39 Org. with a
community pool 42 Record half 43 Wear
44 Handled
47 *Need for a comprehensive background check?
48 Suisse peak 49 Playful growl 51 Hits hard 52 French friend 53 Couture initials 57 Veers port or
starboard 59 Bell-shaped lily 61 Sox from Mass. 62 Cup insert 65 Experienced 66 __ hygiene 67 Portable drive
capacity prefix 68 Restorative 69 Medieval land 70 Closing music 71 Roast hosts,
briefly
76 “Young Americans” singer David 77 Son of Ares and
Aphrodite 79 Prime minister before and after Churchill
80 Some bottle caps 82 Stretches out? 83 2024 and 2028 86 ORD summer
hrs.
87 Weight room unit 88 Help
89 Del __ Books:
sci-fi publisher 91 2023 award for
Lionel Messi 95 Mythical mariner 96 Twist together 97 “__ Fideles” 98 Horn sounds
100 Emotional strain 101 Former “Iron
Chef America” chef Cat __
103 Word on a
whiskey bottle 104 Instrument in the
tanbur family
105 P&G detergent
brand
108 Former U.N. chief
Annan
109 Macedonian or
Montenegrin
110 Aesop
character
111 Winds down
112 Meg of “You’ve
Got Mail”
114 “__ you sure?”