The los angeles times

ACROSS

1 Totally wiped 5 College Board

exam for jrs. 9 Fondant colorer 12 Dream big 18 Roman aqueduct

section

19 Active volcano

on Sicily 20 Timely benefit 21 Bedouin, e.g. 22 HTTP 504: Knight fails to return to castle before portcullis closes for curfew

25 Soft cotton fabric 26 Literary

comparisons 27 Organs that

affect balance 28 Boutonniere

counterpart 29 Bed cover 30 “Turn up the

heat!”

31 Fade, say 33 Triangles on a map, typically: Abbr.

34 Flower in some O’Keeffe paintings

35 HTTP 403: Knight not approved to embark on second search for the Holy Grail 40 Snap veggies 41 Sign into law 42 Push

notifications 43 DOJ staffers 45 Ryan of “Star

Trek: Picard” 46 Puglia lang. 49 HTTP 419: Knight’s squire’s apprenticeship no longer in force

53 Gets fit

57 Routine material 58 Store securely 59 Blues label based

in Memphis

60 Icy layer 61 “Pressure” singer

Lennox 62 Tennis unit 65 Some fossils 67 Citi player

69 16th POTUS 70 Baby carrier 72 Spindly 74 Villain’s

hideaway

76 “The Sparks Brothers” director Wright 78 Commuters’

region

80 HTTP 500:

Knight fails to tip waitstaff at banquet

83 Meh

84 Lump of soil 86 Finnish tech

giant

87 Lowered a lot, as

prices

90 New cadet 92 Rowdy crowds 96 HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent’s head during joust

100 French friend

101 Fairy tale meanie 102 White peg in

Battleship

103 Car port?

104 Waterfall on a doughnut production line 105 Fuel mining site 107 Angry speech 109 Toyota sedan

112 Suggest

113 Medieval protocol for knights, or an alternate title for this puzzle?

116 Rise

117 “Sadly ... ”

118 Spark interest? 119 For a __

pittance

120 Hi-fi system

121 Civil rights

initialism

122 Brouhahas

123 115-Down votes

DOWN

1 Sack

2 Error remnant 3 Probiotic yogurt

brand

4 Rap anthem By Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 5 Ring out

6 Warm compress

target, maybe 7 Termite eaters 8 Mai __: cocktail 9 “Monsters, Inc.”

factory product 10 “Pinkie

promise?” 11 Isengard

attacker 12 Weapons expert 13 Sweet and __ 14 Make the grade 15 “Better get a

move on!” 16 Royal tenures 17 “Ready Player One” author Cline

20 Santa costume

need

23 Sharp

quality 24 Warrant 28 Attention 29 Swing dance

move

30 “The Graham Norton Show” airer

32 Recruit

35 Big bash 36 Agate kin 37 Speaks with a sore throat

38 “No good __ goes unpunished” 39 Swab for

27-Across 44 Model/activist

Holliday

45 Like tiaras 47 Parmesan

substitute

48 __ support 49 Like a sponge 50 With hands on

hips

51 Teensy

52 Fishy topping 54 Goofy sort