L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD Gimme a hand!

ACROSS

1 Fighting, after “at” 5 Fabled loser

9 Battle of heavyweights 13 Nail alternative

18 Turkish currency

19 Not quite round

20 Luxury sheet material 21 Slopping the hogs, e.g. 22 *Smell awful

24 *Do a garage job

26 27 Like loud crowds 29 Applied fragrant hair

dressing to

30 Tire pattern

32 Golden

34 Hanoi holiday

35 Social function

38 “Cast of thousands”

member

40 Davis Cup org.

42 Many Eng. degrees 45 Othello and kin

46 Titled women

47 Last checkbox, often 48 Set aflame

49 Misfortunes

50 Tom and buck

51 SAT prep teacher, often 52 Firecracker part

53 “Toy Story” bully 54 Evaded the bouncer,

maybe

55 Bat-maker’s tool

56 Go through quickly 57 Reserve, as a date 59 Home with smoke flaps 60 Dancing pro

61 Suffix suggesting wealth 62 Ulna locale

64 Chaplin of “Game of

Thrones”

65 Drew out

67 Many airport rides

68 E is the only vowel that doesn’t begin any of their names

72 Napkin material 73 Unemotional

74 Destiny and source

of the phoenix 75 Managed care gp. 76 Some eligible receivers 77 Informed, with “in” 78 Communion site

79 Frigate front

80 Tourist’s rental 81 Nitpickers split them 82 Of great scope 83 Composed tweets, say 84 Give it a whirl

85 Cost to play

86 Brut, compared to sec 87 Ate, with “down” 88 Words with stew or pickle 89 Tender spots

91 Took a chance

93 Adorn with sequins 97 Toyed with, cat-style 99 Coming and going 103 *Walk off the job 105 *Cause a disturbance 107 Photoshop, e.g.

108 Printer powder

109 “Winning __ everything” 110 Austen classic

111 Stains on reputations 112 Knocks out, in a way 113 Flat-nosed dogs

114 Like some pockets

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Auto pioneer Potentially ruinous “Doggone it!” Reacted to a punch More saintly

St. Teresa’s home “Norma __” Designer Schiaparelli Roughly one-third of Africa

10 Where embryos develop 11 Emcee’s lapel attachment 12 Like GIs in the kitchen 13 Cream cheese serving 14 Play badly?

15 Cross above an altar 16 Vowel-rich lake

17 Join with a blowtorch 20 Rubs clean

23 Anna of “The Emoji

Movie”

25 Wobble

28 Hotels.com quotes 31 *Speculate, in a way 33 *Have what it takes 35 Horse-and-buggy group 36 Four-page sheet

37 *Do a washday chore 39 Magneto’s enemies 41 Slipper, for one

42 *Try to deceive one of the

base runners

43 Big-box store division 44 Rodeo bovine

46 Take out

47 __ Banks

50 Minibike relative 51 Cantina appetizers 52 Shrek’s love

54 “The Elements of Bridge”

author Charles

55 Having one’s doubts 56 Turnips and parsnips 58 Prepares ham for an

omelet, say 59 Gain popularity on

Twitter

63 Bassoon cousins

65 Send to the Hill 66 Currency of Jordan 69 Migratory herring 70 Portray fury or fear 71 Spread, as seed 73 X-Acto knife cut

74 Skin cream additive 77 Venice features 78 Respond to reveille 79 Manufactured

81 Homes for gliders 82 Suds maker 83 Placement word 86 Ducklings’ dads 87 Reaches a peak 88 Chesapeake Bay, e.g. 90 Offer a view

92 Winery process 93 Worker during a walkout 94 Dark cloud

95 Choral part

96 Kett of old comics 98 Faucet annoyance 100 Point a finger at

101 Coin depicting a torch 102 Totally lose it

104 Obey the coxswain 106 Pac-12 sch.