L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Brewer's need

5 "In the Land of Israel" author Oz 9 Barbershop tool 14 Cremona artisan 19 Skunk River city 20 Hardly a revealing style 21 Quiet partner 22 Domed-top structures, perhaps 23 Imminent wordplay warning?

26 Peter, Paul or Mary 27 "Aladdin" prince 28 Astronomy Muse 29 Disney's Cruella De __ 30 Many a Degas

31 Oil sources

33 "Is my account settled?"? 36 Drive-__

37 Types 39 Parmenides' home 40 Apiece, in scores 42 Others, in Latin 43 You're looking at one 44 "Sunday Night Football" network

47 Nervous draft choice? 51 1982 sci-fi film 52 "Mon __!"

53 Field of study 54 Workbench attachment 55 Getting on

56 Scary fairy tale beast 57 More mean

59 Film festival entry 61 Half a luau serving? 62 French season 63 Agency that regulates test cheating? 68 Sched. uncertainty 70 Really digging 72 Oldest Musketeer 73 Became aware of 75 Kind of guy you can count on

76 Bit

78 "I, Claudius" role

80 A silly stunt may be done on one

81 Cabinet dept. 82 Swarm

83 Very first ATM password? 86 "Dropped" '60s drug 87 European capital 88 Fruity cocktail word 89 "Comprende?" 90 Space opening 91 International economic coalition

93 Link warning letters 96 Popular disco era pastimes?

100 Moves unsteadily

103 Heads off

104 According to

105 Shark hanger-on

108 "What's __?"

109 Make a mash of

110 No longer be

comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title

113 Young conger 114 Public commotion 115 Logician's link 116 Former gen.'s status 117 Orchestra section 118 Signs of the future 119 Running goal 120 "Anything __?"

DOWN

1 Comedy club chorus 2 Breakfast choice

3 "... shall not __ from the earth": Lincoln 4 Atlanta-to-Miami dir. 5 Love abroad

6 Half a '60s quartet 7 Beasts of burden 8 Spanish ayes 9 Planet shape: Abbr. 10 Best Buy buy

11 They may be shot in rafts 12 Eyelike openings 13 Ballpoint, e.g. 14 Tested for gold, say 15 Really bad atmosphere 16 Justice confirmed under Bush 43 17 Workplace cartridge contents

18 Basketry fiber

24 Puffy clouds

25 Kind of acid in red wine 30 Turning whiter 32 Biblical debarkation point 34 Estrada of "CHiPs"

35 Big name in Argentine politics

37 Breaks

38 "Night" author Wiesel 41 Flood deterrent 43 Annoying criticism 44 Romantic evening extension 45 Thiamine deficiency disease

46 It could be a mere nod 47 Decline

48 Talks from Cicero 49 Took offense at 50 Acute

51 "What a long week!" 52 Classic O'Brien noir film 55 Bothers

58 Nasdaq debut

59 How many TV shows air 60 Private nonprofit: Abbr. 61 Ran into

64 The Carpenters' soloist 65 Shopping list entry 66 Calvary inscription 67 Relatives of b'ars? 69 Arabian Peninsula port or its gulf

71 Crag

74 Least occupied 75 Come together 76 Rears

77 Friend of Claudius I 78 Common opening time 79 "A Visit From the Goon Squad" Pulitzer winner Jennifer

83 Crude gp.?

84 MLB leader in career saves

85 Virgil subject

87 Clunky old cars 90 Concurred

91 Aplenty

92 Designed to fit tightly 94 Herb commonly in fivespice powder 95 Removes forcibly

96 Mill output 97 Elementary seed 98 Audacity

99 Fact

100 Fiji's eastern neighbor 101 Cereal grass disease 102 Bjorn Borg, e.g.

106 Barely gets, with "out" 107 Bog

110 BART stop

111 Simon & Garfunkel's "__ Robinson"

112 "... __ he drove out of sight": Moore