L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Expert’s nugget 7 Seaside eatery 14 Relative challenge for some

19 Stand-up sort 20 Filmmaker for whom a Golden Globe award is named

21 Part of TNT 22 Lectured about links? 24 Got out of the pen 26 1974 Peace Nobelist from Japan

27 Gram opening

28 Word on a towel

29 Icky stuff

30 __-cone

33 Portable preparedness kit 35 Rang

37 2019 NCAA hoops champ 38 Start of a few choice words?

40 World Golf Hall of Famer Lorena

42 Big discount events 45 Fabric flaws

46 Govt. health org.

47 “We have that in stock,” e.g.?

49 Uniformed “O Canada” singer

51 Prom coif

52 Maple syrup base 53 Oktoberfest vessel 54 Balaam’s mount

55 “In memoriam” piece 59 Adjust the length of 63 Peach center 64 “Cabaret” film director 66 Spanning

68 Foo Fighters frontman Grohl

69 “__ dreaming?” 70 Extra-base hit, likely? 73 Guys

74 Frog hangout

76 Like many awards 77 Similarly named rival of a video game plumber 78 PDX : Portland :: __ : Chicago 79 Heavenly body? 81 Sentence structure? 82 Wetland

83 Tips politely 85 Complainer who won’t quit

87 Dressed 89 Fundraiser

91 Fake modeling material? 97 Round number? 98 Obama Education secretary Duncan 99 Specialized market segment

100 Big name in grills

102 Utah’s __ Canyon

103 Do brunch, say

104 Maze navigator

106 Cara of “Fame”

108 Yet, in poetry

109 “That was ages __” 110 Law firm fig. 111 Brief affair

113 XL, for one

115 Work intermittently (in) 117 Let go of a factory workers unit? 122 Intel-gathering mission 123 Premier League powerhouse 124 Syrian city 125 Rainbow-shaped 126 Has no wrong answers, say

127 Academy bestowals

DOWN

1 Downing St. VIPs 2 Union __ 3 “Blueprint for a Sunrise” artist

4 Chiding sounds 5 Frigid time

6 ID card feature

7 New Orleans summer hrs. 8 Bethlehem university 9 “Absolutely!”

10 Prop for an emcee 11 Olive pursuer of comics 12 Sprouts source

13 Call the game

14 First to hear the news 15 Little bites

16 P.O. delivery 17 Peppery salad green 18 Convinced

23 Twerp 25 “Find out”

28 __ mentality

30 NBA’s Nikola Jokic, e.g. 31 “Lost in Yonkers” playwright 32 Guidebook for throwing a shot?

34 37-Across conf. 36 “Hamilton” creator __-Manuel Miranda 39 “Aha!”

41 “I’m such a klutz!” 43 Char 44 Energetically excited 46 Cooking oil option 48 Poor spirits?

50 Sec

51 Good to have around 54 All together 56 Prepared, as beer 57 Waterloo resident 58 Ruler until 1917 60 Stage hog staying sober? 61 From then on

62 Patch

63 Rollin’ stone, in a Motown classic

65 What collaborators should be in 66 46-Across HQ city 67 Small burger

71 Edie of “The Sopranos” 72 Fish-eating bird 75 Academy Award winner Dame Judi __ 80 Limnologist’s subject 82 Wither away 84 Funhouse reaction 86 Commit a hoops no-no 88 Good times to build sand castles

89 Least adorned 90 Many a “Freaks and Geeks” character 91 Manipulate digitally 92 Falls for someone who’s married?

93 Red __: fictional sub 94 __ party 95 American Heart Mo., aptly

96 Armed conflict 97 What “/” may mean 101 Ardent enthusiast 102 Frames around smartphone displays 105 Top-tier 107 Mandarin hello 110 Lotion ingredient 112 Hendryx of the “Lady Marmalade” trio Labelle 114 Util. supply 116 Include covertly, briefly 117 Online gaming annoyance 118 St. Pete’s place

119 Beer choice

120 “Code Switch” airer 121 Dawn goddess