The los angeles times

ACROSS

1 Happens again 7 Stares in wonder 12 Promising player

in the minors 20 Asimov classic 21 Catherine of

“Schitt’s Creek” 22 Sci-fi vehicle 23 1977 Top 10 hit

for Styx

25 Even, as odds 26 Sixth sense

letters 27 “Belfast” Oscar

nominee Ciarán 28 Pickle serving 30 Secrecy contract,

for short 31 Impressionist

Édouard 32 Problem-solve 36 Elite squad 39 Comics dog 41 Adjust an entry on a time sheet, say

42 Topiary target 43 Deceptive

estimate

45 Root vegetable 49 Instigators

51 Tax agcy.

53 NYC home of 31-Across’s “Two Roses”

54 Secret language 55 Theater worker 56 Comment made while dusting off one’s hands, perhaps 58 Industry giant 59 Wow

60 “Blast from the

past” hashtag 61 Fluffy scarf 63 “Let’s do this!” 65 Switching outfits, and what can be found in this puzzle’s circled letters

68 “Big Five” film festival held in Germany 71 Granola morsel 72 Lip balm brand 73 “The Bachelorette” network 76 “Didn’t we just

have this?” 77 Gloom 79 Nobel-winning Swedish poet Tranströmer 81 Sportswear brand founded in Italy

82 Wet weather 83 Wooden pin 84 “Have our plans

changed?” 87 Purplish blue 89 With a firm tone 90 Ad infinitum 91 Big name in

convertibles 94 Spanish kiss 95 Build-A-Bear

creation

96 Act like a

chicken?

100 Art forms?

103 Corruption,

metaphorically 104 Indiana NBA

player

105 Baseball flub

106 Domino dot

109 Solo

112 Collectibles with baseball stars, e.g.

116 Places for Penguins and Ducks

117 Cut off from

escape

118 Early Ford

119 Lacking intelligence, in British English 120 Made a choice 121 Wows

DOWN

1 Basmati __ 2 Mythical

matchmaker 3 Provide for free 4 Purple yam 5 Rock, Paper,

Scissors 6 OxiClean target 7 Shiny dental

prosthesis

8 Cries of epiphany 9 Bear foot 10 Phase of an

artist’s career 11 Authority 12 “Fleabag” star

Waller-Bridge 13 President after

Jimmy

14 Ignores feelings of fullness, perhaps

15 Gel

16 Big-leaguer 17 Word in budgetfriendly brands 18 __ attitude

19 Pay for everyone 24 Having four

sharps

29 Knitting stitch 31 Violet kin

32 Bay Area town whose name means “shark” in Spanish

33 Bring up

34 Pro wrestling

patriarch Hart 35 Company

boycotters? 36 Pet rescue org. 37 Lose on purpose 38 Gradually wear

away

40 More of a nerd 43 Application entry 44 Acid rock’s acid 46 “Moi? Never!” 47 Islamic leader 48 Glazier’s unit 50 Caribbean native 51 Gaga over 52 “Relax, it’s under

control” 57 Crudely built

places?

58 Ten below? 60 Svelte

62 Past 64 Secondary image 65 Treatment

centers 66 Guzzling sound 67 Like most wedding receptions 68 Italian port on

the Adriatic 69 Pulitzer-winning

novelist Jennifer 70 Midnight trip to

the fridge 73 Wasn’t feeling

100% 74 Light-haired 75 Sweet stuff 78 Actress Dennings 80 Fruit discard in a

compost bin 81 Ocean sheets 83 Table

85 “Not That Fancy”

singer McEntire 86 Office buzzer 88 Argon or xenon 89 Really ticked

92 “I owe you one!” 93 Intermission 96 Bond player

Daniel 97 Cookbook author

DiSpirito 98 Mudbank

frolicker

99 Weed B-Gon

maker

101 Large planter

102 Matter taken on

faith

105 Actress Falco

106 Chief exec

107 Inactive

108 Awarenessraising ads

110 Shirt part

111 Wee, for short 113 Wear the merch

of, say

114 Qty.

115 “__ Twist, Scientist”: animated series based on a bestselling picture book