Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“FOLLOWING PROTOCOL” JORDAN HILDEBRANDT

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 Pushnotifications 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Trek: Picard” 46 Puglia lang. 49 HTTP 419: Knight’s squire’s apprenticeship no longer in force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 55 Splitting tool 56 Coeval 57 Spielberg shark thriller 59 Sister on “Succession” 63 Flow partner 64 You, in Montréal 66 Drivewaypatching gunk 68 Actress Hatcher 71 Place for a pickme-up? 73 Cheesy layered

snack

75 Keep up on the

issues?

77 One prone to histrionics, informally 79 Hershey

caramel candy 80 Faygo or Fanta 81 Get-up on Sunday morning?

82 __ out a living 85 “Time to blow this popsicle stand”

88 Come clean about 89 Sulky mood 90 Ninth planet, until 2006 91 Fishy topping 93 Ill-fated “Grey’s Anatomy” resident George 94 Nutty

95 Match at the poker table 96 Coffee-andchocolate concoctions 97 Narcissist 98 Hypnotic state 99 Areas of

expertise 104 Sen.’s domain 106 Greenhouse unit 108 Genesis figure 109 Included in an

email thread 110 “How terrible!” 111 Divests (of) 113 Uber or Lyft

alternative 114 Tampa’s st. 115 Affirmative