The los angeles times
ACROSS
1 Old Route 66 city 6 Hindu “sir” 10 Subway fare 15 Audit asst.
18 By the seat of
one’s pants, e.g. 19 Mil. pilot’s
branch
20 Players between midfield and defense in lacrosse
22 Not ‘neath
23 Sign in a stadium
locker room? 26 Industrial tank 27 Cabinet dept. with a windmill on its seal
28 Eur. realm until
1806
29 Outrage
30 Food mill
substitutes 32 Sign in a writer’s
room? 38 Bedroom piece 40 Trick for a treat,
perhaps
41 Bank buildings? 42 Every bit 43 “Black” or “white” mammal that is actually gray
46 Propped (up) 48 Autocorrect
target 52 California’s Point __ National Seashore
54 N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy, e.g.
56 The America’s
Cup, for one 57 Bring to a near
boil
58 Sign in a therapist’s reception room? 62 Oven setting 65 Early virtual
forum 66 Leisurely
walk 67 Class reunion
roster word 68 Part of a vague
threat
70 __ shanty 72 Some backyard
grills
74 Home watcher 75 Not quite right 79 Brand for
sensitive skin 83 Long ago, in the
past
84 Sign at a law firm specializing in the Fifth Amendment? 88 Beverage
89 Otis Redding’s “__ Little Tenderness” 90 Univ. applicant
exams
91 Shark hunters 95 Harmonized,
with “in”
96 Starts working
on
98 Not this second 100 Keep a stiff
upper __
101 Sysadmins, e.g. 103 __-fi
105 Just
107 Sign at a
cafeteria?
113 Learn to live with 114 French word common in fragrance names 115 52, in Roman
numerals
116 “Frozen” reindeer 119 Vietnamese soup 120 Sign at a used
bike shop?
126 Geological period 127 Barked sharply 128 Cold and clammy 129 Child of Uranus 130 Put on
131 Secures, as a
package
132 Takes
responsibility for 133 Informal “Let’s
say ...”
DOWN
1 Laundry brand 2 Hokkaido noodle 3 Ina straightforward way
4 “Amen to that” 5 Tsp. or tbsp. 6 Small donkey 7 “Carl’s Date”
voice actor Ed 8 Stuffed bun 9 Gallery on the
Arno
10 Despised 11 Biblical suffix 12 ETA determiner 13 Clod
14 Gobbled (down) 15 Cast party? 16 Oyster bead 17 Like some
Pinterest boards 21 Hibachi chef’s
need
24 “Yup”
25 Worries
31 Sam’s Club
competitor 33 Anklebones 34 Shape with equal
angles
35 Ease off the gas 36 Saint of Ávila 37 Avoids
38 Trivia night
setting 39 Diminutive suffix 44 Goddess whose tears cause the Nile to rise 45 Corddry of “For
All Mankind” 47 Cutting edge of
fashion?
49 Full bore? 50 Wire-bending
hand tool
51 Most bizarre 53 Stunt legend
Knievel 55 Aphrodite’s
consort
57 Clog or wedge 59 “What’re you gonna do about it?” 60 Pressure cooker
release
61 Stitch to 62 Moves like a
kangaroo 63 Weapons center 64 Didn’t edit out 69 Bag for a field
day race 71 Thrifty rival 73 Lagerita
ingredient 76 Summer worker,
perhaps
77 More or less 78 Believes, vocally 80 Inclusive Latin
term
81 “Tell Mama”
singer James 82 Condé __
85 Stir up
86 Not “dis” 87 Apple tool 92 Embrace
93 Have a bug 94 Have a bug? 96 Under a Super
Trouper, e.g. 97 Humanitarian
Schindler 99 Yahoo! service 102 __-toe
104 British name for a game with suspects
106 Send again
107 Like many
superheroes
108 Tickled nose
noise
109 2023 NCAA men’s basketball champs
110 Stock for
oboists
111 “Gone Girl”
author Gillian 112 Woodland pests 117 Periods of time 118 State bird of
Hawaii
121 Clean air org.
122 iPad download 123 “Told you!”
124 Crow sound
125 “Arrival” arrivals