The los angeles times
ACROSS
1 Squirrel’s
cheekful
6 Whole bunch
10 “I did it!” 14 Spumante
specification 18 Faith with a shrine in the Hanging Gardens of Haifa 19 Healing
succulent 20 Silent stars? 21 “The Chi” creator
Waithe
22 Canine that thinks it’s an old-timey news announcer? 24 Bikini in the
Pacific, e.g. 25 Eager
26 Any minute now 27 Corvallis sch. 28 Ridiculous 29 Flanged
fasteners 30 Willingness to
support
32 Bird that thinks it’s a television show host? 36 Contacted privately, in a way
38 Craps cube 39 Egyptian
peninsula 40 Ingredient in some vegan marshmallows 42 “The curl experts” hair care brand 45 Tourney favorite 48 Marsupial that thinks it’s an actor?
51 Agcy. that oversees
PubMed
52 Snare 54 Cambridgeshire
cathedral city 55 Brewery
shipments 56 Cheer syllable 58 Snapple rival 60 “Homeland” org. 61 Opposite of
33-Down 62 Sets to zero, as a
scale
64 Runs very slowly 65 Alight
67 Tabbies that think they’re collies?
71 Pound sounds 72 Pot payments 74 Minor in
Hollywood 75 Inflict upon 77 Italian three 78 Big name in
financial services 80 Fashion
monogram 81 Cable network
that’s a nonprofit 82 Trouble 83 Observe
84 Cozy room 86 Insects that think they’re outfielders? 90 Teensy bit 93 Wool type 94 Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe 95 “Groovy” 96 Picture of Pluto? 97 “Star __” 99 Lambs that think they’re census takers?
104 Swim events
107 Takes a victory
lap, maybe
108 Reads (over)
109 Frozen solid?
111 Caramel candy
sold in a tube
113 Word after “Lavender” and “Purple,” in song titles
114 Red Monopoly
piece
115 Bird that thinks it’s a restaurant critic?
118 Finished
119 __ City:
Pittsburgh
120 “__ did I just
watch?”
121 Don
122 Try again
123 Little helper?
124 Simplicity
125 Pedometer units
DOWN
1 Basics
2 Pod used as a chocolate substitute
3 “Such a flirt!” 4 Occasion to carry an umbrella
5 Diarist Anaïs 6 Carpentry tools 7 Social capital 8 Pioneering ISP 9 Pt. of HDTV 10 Phoebe or
Cronus 11 Surrounded by 12 Mutation that removes a DNA sequence 13 Interpretation first provided for a SOTU address in 2021 14 Comfort item for
some tots
15 Light show? 16 Principle celebrated on the first night of Kwanzaa
17 Iotas
20 __-pedi
23 Used up
28 Stores with Småland play areas
29 Gives a zero-star
review, say
31 Cry from a Mega
Millions winner 33 Opposite of
61-Across
34 Ball caps or
bottle caps 35 Remove from the top of an inbox, say
37 Musher’s
conveyance 40 Partnerships 41 Jam at a Pride
Parade
43 Awake before the
alarm 44 Headwear sported by Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue 46 Consider, as an
idea
47 Prepares at a state fair, perhaps
48 Gym
49 Lye, in a lab 50 Syst. between Baltimore and D.C.
53 Fez danglers 57 Enters
59 __ cucumber 62 Blast letters 63 “This is your last
warning!” 66 Droplets on a
cobweb
68 LP or EP, e.g. 69 Official religion
of Djibouti
70 Deer sir
73 Turns blue? 76 Burning
79 Sired
81 Easter Island’s
country
85 Nasal irrigation
vessels 87 Backstage crew 88 First Nations
people
89 Like some
intricate designs 91 Before birth
92 “I love everything you’ve done here”
98 “I’ll drink to that” 99 Hunger for
100 Ran very slowly 101 Receive
102 Put on the
market
103 Breads with
pockets
105 Rich cake
106 Single-masted
sailboat
107 Mjölnir
wielder
110 Give credit to
112 Possesses
114 Employee benefit
option, for short 115 Manchego
source
116 Cry of
recognition
117 Path finder in a Pathfinder, briefly